Download or read book Knock Me for a Loop written by Heidi Betts and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to relationships, talk show host Grace Fisher won't stand for cheating—especially not from her fiancé, star hockey goalie Zack Hoolihan. Her weekly knitting group backs her up when she calls it off, but it doesn't entirely ease the sting of betrayal. She won't listen to Zack's indignant explanations of innocence—she just wants to tie up loose ends and move on. Until he winds up injured, that is, and she finds herself playing nursemaid ... Zack doesn't know how that woman got into his hotel room, but he does know losing Grace has put him so far off his game, he ended up with a busted knee and a broken heart. If things aren't mended fast, he'll miss the playoffs, miss his girl, and lose everything. But if Grace is willing to push him into physical therapy, maybe he can pull her back into his arms—before their truce unravels. This time, he'll do everything it takes to knit their relationship back together...

Download or read book The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms written by Christine Ammer and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “all systems go” to “senior moment”—a comprehensive reference to idiomatic English. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms explores the meanings and origins of idioms that may not make literal sense but play an important role in the language—including phrasal verbs such as kick back, proverbs such as too many cooks spoil the broth, interjections such as tough beans, and figures of speech such as elephant in the room. With extensive revisions that reflect new historical scholarship and changes in the English language, this second edition defines over 10,000 idiomatic expressions in greater detail than any other dictionary available today—a remarkable reference for those studying the English language, or anyone who enjoys learning its many wonderful quirks and expressions. “Invaluable as a teaching tool.” —School Library Journal

Download or read book Home for a Spell written by Madelyn Alt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back to work at her antique shop, Enchantments, Maggie's broken leg makes helping customers a lame proposition-but that doesn't mean the rest of her life is slowing down. While her boyfriend, the magically- inclined Marcus, has some unfinished business to attend to and her best friend is getting ready to tie the knot and move away, Maggie decides it's time to find her own change of scenery. And she'll start by finally getting a new apartment. But Maggie's new dream home turns into a nightmare when the apartment manager is found dead before she can even sign the lease. And Maggie finds herself not only searching for a new home-but for a frightfully clever killer...

Download or read book Surviving Hollywood written by Jerry Rannow and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-10-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with dozens of personal anecdotes, musings, and warnings from writers, producers, actors, and directors who have been there, Surviving Hollywood: Your Ticket to Success provides all the real-life tools you need for protecting your personal well-being in an unstable and sometimes unscrupulous industry. Readers will discover sage advice for keeping their spirits up despite constant rejection, weathering long periods of unemployment, maintaining a stable marriage and family life in an unstable business, keeping the faith in the midst of lies and deceit, and much more. Special sections address such topics as the dangers child actors face and how to deal with egomaniacs without becoming one.

Download or read book No More Divorce for You and Me written by Randy Morrow and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a MUST READ Page if You Want to Understand How the Book is Written I am writing this book not to be perfect but to be helpful. The best way to understand the book is to think of each chapter as an individual story or lesson learned. In fact, the best way to use it is to either a) just open up to a page; or b) look at the index to find the subject for which you are looking. Nothing in this book is theory, I actually experienced everything. I am one of those people who failed their way forward in life until I finally became the person of whom I am proud. I have intentionally not gone into minute detail because I want you to read it, think about it, and come to your own conclusion(s). Someone who has written a book has always held a place of awe with me. Because of my own experiences and highly limited beliefs, it never dawned on me that I could write a book. This all changed when I came down with a dose of cancer and started throwing off all the anchors holding me as a person, down. All of a sudden the book was just for me; it didn t have to look or feel a certain way; and I didn t care if a single book was ever sold. I just wanted to be an author! And here is the result. I sincerely hope you enjoy and learn from my own journey through the years. Experiences are good and bad, just that. They are something I went through, learned from, and survived. However, by sharing these experiences and allowing people to learn from them, I give them value. Randy Morrow

Download or read book The Game written by Vi Keeland and published by C. Scott Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new, sexy standalone from #1 New York Times Bestseller, Vi Keeland. It started out like any other Tuesday. I spent twelve hours writing algorithms for one of the largest companies in the world and then came home to work on a pet project of mine—feeding facts about the men I knew into a formula to find my perfect match before my twenties came barreling to a close. But then a man knocked on my door and handed me some papers that turned my life upside down. Apparently, a father I never knew existed had left me something in his will. That something turned out to be part ownership in a professional football team. Next thing I knew, I was learning a sport I knew nothing about by spending time with the team’s quarterback who was out with an injury, a man who my formula would definitely determine was all wrong for me. Christian Knox was too handsome and confident for his own good and could have any woman he wanted. Only lately the only woman he seemed to want was me. But there was no way I was getting involved when I was now his boss, even if he was insanely gorgeous and had the dirtiest mouth I’d ever come across. It would be wrong, wouldn’t it? Probably. But you know what they say about things that are wrong...sometimes they feel so right.

Download or read book Something Like This written by Alyne Hart and published by Alyne Hart. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Owen. He was gorgeous. He was cocky. He was a complete and total douche bag, and I was head over heels for him. He left to become a champion, a warrior amongst men. And though he said he would call, I never heard from him again. I never admitted to him how I felt. I never told him he made everything inside of me that hurt go away and everything that was wrong with me feel right - even if it were just for a little while. And that when he left, he took a little piece of me with him, a piece of my heart I could never get back. That was then, and this is now and none of that matters anymore. It all changed the day my daughter Violet was born. I moved on, life became about her and keeping my family ranch running. But now he's back to pay his respects to the man his best friend considered a father. A man our whole town loved, and he's about to find out that's not the only thing waiting for him in Evansdale. Together again it's time to face the truth. For both of us. The biggest question now is, is he ready for something like this?

Download or read book Brave Souls written by Jacey K Dew and published by Crimson Notebook Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three weeks have passed since the first attack. The world is in shambles. Chaos reigns as a power struggle begins. Alexa watched in horror as her niece was taken by Darius and Sandra. Her feelings are conflicted between her new boyfriend and her ex. Darius promises protection and vampirism, but Daniel cares for her. She is determined to retrieve Rayleen, but at what cost? Nikki is trapped and tortured. Her only chance at survival is to convince her captors she can see the future long enough to escape. Using her acting skills to convince them she has visions might be the easiest part of her plan. Jaiden hopes to reunite with her sister. She will use her abilities and the tools at her disposal to assist her travelling group- as long as she can keep them a secret. Resistance greets her at every turn.

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Download or read book Moving On A Novel written by Larry McMurtry and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving On anticipates McMurtry’s Terms of Endearment and explores the emotional journey of a young woman against a sprawling metropolis in 1970s Texas. Larry McMurtry’s Moving On, his epic first novel in the acclaimed Houston series, has long been considered a defining tale of “monumental honesty” worthy of great attention (New York Times). Preceding Terms of Endearment by five years, it is essential reading for anyone who appreciates the inherent genius of McMurtry’s late twentieth-century fiction. Moving On centers on the life of Patsy Carpenter, one of his most beloved characters. After calmly finishing a Hershey bar alone in her car, a restless Patsy drives away from her lifeless marriage in search of a greater purpose. In “precise and lyrical prose” (Boston Globe), McMurtry reveals the complex, colorful lives of Pete, the rodeo clown; high-spirited cowboy Sonny Shanks; and impassioned grad student Hank. A critical work of American literature that “presents human drama with sympathy and compassion” (Los Angeles Times), Moving On unfolds a tale of perseverance and emotional survival in the modern-day West.

Download or read book Liminal Sky Oberon Cycle Complete Box Set written by J. Scott Coatsworth and published by Other Worlds Ink. This book was released on 2022-06-11 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oberon is unique among the Common Worlds - a half-world with a strange past and an uncertain future. Jameson Havercamp and Xander Kinnson are thrust into the middle of a world-ending event and have to scramble to save the world - and themselves. Along the way, they peel back the layers of the onion to discover secrets wrapped in secrets that will eventually take them to where it all started - and may provide the key to saving Oberon and everyone on it. SKYTHANE Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnson, a handsome, cocky skythane with a troubled past. Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction. Even as the world starts to fall apart around them, they have no idea what’s coming—or the bond that will develop between them as they race to avert a cataclysm. Together, they will journey to uncover the secrets of this strange and singular world, even as it takes them beyond the bounds of reality itself to discover what truly binds them. LANDER The world needs saving, again. Xander and Jameson thought they’d fulfilled their destiny when they brought the worlds of Oberon and Titania back together, but their short-lived moment of triumph is over. Reunification has thrown the world into chaos. A great storm ravaged Xander's kingdom of Gaelan, leaving the winged skythane people struggling to survive. Their old enemy, Obercorp, is biding its time, waiting to strike. And to the north, a dangerous new adversary gathers strength, while an unexpected ally awaits them. In the midst of it all, Xander’s ex Alix returns, and Xander and Jameson discover that their love for each other may have been drug-induced. Are they truly destined for each other, or is what they feel artificial? And can they face an even greater challenge when their world needs them most? ITHANI Time is running out. After saving the world twice, Xander, Jameson and friends plunge headlong into a new crisis. The ithani―the aliens who broke the world―have reawakened from their hundred millennia-long slumber. When Xander and Jameson disappear in a flash, an already fractured world is thrown into chaos. The ithani plans, laid a hundred thousand years before, are finally coming to pass, and they threaten all life on Erro. Venin and Alix go on a desperate search for their missing and find more than they bargained for. And Quince, Robin and Jessa discover a secret as old as the skythane themselves. Will alien technology, unexpected help from the distant past, destiny and some good old-fashioned firepower be enough to defeat an enemy with the ability to split a world? The final battle of the epic science fiction adventure that began in Skythane will decide the fate of lander and skythane alike. And in the north, the ithani rise….

Download or read book Lander written by J. Scott Coatsworth and published by Other Worlds Ink. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world needs saving, again. Xander and Jameson thought they’d fulfilled their destiny when they brought the worlds of Oberon and Titania back together, but their short-lived moment of triumph is over. Reunification has thrown the world into chaos. A great storm ravaged Xander's kingdom of Gaelan, leaving the winged skythane people struggling to survive. Their old enemy, Obercorp, is biding its time, waiting to strike. And to the north, a dangerous new adversary gathers strength, while an unexpected ally awaits them. In the midst of it all, Xander’s ex Alix returns, and Xander and Jameson discover that their love for each other may have been drug-induced. Are they truly destined for each other, or is what they feel artificial? And can they face an even greater challenge when their world needs them most?

Download or read book Road to the Hollow written by Cassandra Featherstone and published by Cassandra Featherstone. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I suggest you focus your considerable talents and effort on finding another career path.” From the moment those words left Agent Grant’s lips, I realized my dream of being a profiler for the F.B.I. was dead. All because I happened to come from a small town in the Midwest. Seriously, that’s the only reason he would give me. So I did what any sane woman with a heart full of rage and an Ivy League education would do. Pack up what was left of my failed life and move back... I don’t know what triggered the flags on my file, but you can sure as hell bet I will find out—even if it kills me. While love blossoms and passions ignite, a sinister mystery unfolds in the shadows of Whistler's Hollow. Jolene, with her unwavering determination, becomes an unlikely detective, determined to uncover the truth behind the unexplained occurrences plaguing the town. As she delves deeper into the secrets that lie hidden within the supernatural realm, Jolene must navigate the treacherous waters of love and loyalty, forging alliances and unraveling dangerous conspiracies along the way.

Download or read book McGraw Hill s Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs written by Richard A. Spears and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2006-02-03 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the language of Nebraska . . .and 49 other states With more entries than any other reference of its kind,McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and clichés. The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries.

Download or read book Majestic Apartment Mystery written by Veda Taylor Strong and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story line begins with a mysterious caller waking Donovan in the early morning hours much to his unhappiness at being awaken. A pretty tenant has been murdered and left on the staircase. The crime reaches into the New York mob. Slowly the crime is untangled with the help of Detectives Hanley and Taylor. Story tends to keep your interest peaked.

Download or read book 13 1 2 written by Nevada Barr and published by Vanguard. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 13 ½, Nevada Barr, New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning Anna Pigeon novels, has written a taut and terrifying psychological thriller. It carries the reader from the horrifying 1970s murder spree of a child— dubbed “Butcher Boy” by a shocked public—in Rochester, Minnesota, to Polly, the abused daughter of Mississippi “trailer trash,” to post-Katrina New Orleans. In Jackson Square in the French Quarter a tarot card reader told Polly Deschamps she would be a success. Thirty years later, Polly is a respected professor of literature with good friends and her own home—a safe life for her and her two daughters. Butcher Boy, released on his seventeenth birthday, shook the snow from his boots and headed south. New Orleans, a Mecca for runaways then and now, offers sanctuary but never forgiveness. When Polly falls in love with Marshall Marchand, a restoration architect who is helping to rebuild her adopted city, shadows of the past rise out of the poisoned ground of New Orleans as thick and deadly as the toxic waters of the flood. Like history, some crimes are doomed to repeat themselves. Evil stays the same, only the victims’ names change. As two broken pasts collide in an uncertain present, Polly is determined that her children’s names will never be on that list.

Download or read book Patchwork written by Bobbie Ann Mason and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasury of both fiction and nonfiction by the award-winning author, including new material: “What a treat . . . She's one of our very best writers.” —Ann Beattie, author of A Wonderful Stroke of Luck The author of such classics as Shiloh and the memoir Clear Springs, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Kentucky-born Bobbie Ann Mason has been hailed as “a full-fledged master of the short story” by Anne Tyler and “an American original” by Jayne Anne Phillips. This reader collects outstanding examples of Mason’s award-winning work from throughout her career and provides a unique look at the development of one of the country’s finest writers. Patchwork contains short stories first published in the New Yorker and other leading periodicals; chapters from Mason’s acclaimed novels, including In Country, An Atomic Romance, and The Girl in the Blue Beret; and riveting excerpts from Mason’s eclectic nonfiction. Some examples of Mason’s recent explorations in flash fiction appear here in print for the first time. Mason’s writing glows with a nuanced understanding of the struggles and pathos of American life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. As George Saunders says in his introduction, “Bobbie Ann Mason is a strange and beautiful writer. . . . Her stories exist to gently touch on, and praise, even mourn, what it feels like to be alive in this moment.” Patchwork conveys Mason’s extraordinary talent and range.