Download or read book Stay written by Susan Scott Shelley and published by Susan Scott Shelley. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florist Seth Stevens loves his job, even if being the sole bearer of his family’s legacy weighs too heavy at times. Needing to hire short-term help for the winter, he’s shocked when his ex-boyfriend Devonte volunteers. For the first time in the fifteen years of friendship since their college romance, both men are unattached. Though he shouldn’t mix business with pleasure, Seth longs to resume what they once had. Devonte Brooks prides himself on being a good son, a hard worker, and a loyal friend. He’s always ready to lend a hand, and when it comes to Seth, Devonte will do anything for the man who still holds a large portion of his heart. Working at Seth’s gives him supplemental income until the landscaping business he inherited from his uncle resumes in the spring, but won’t solve the problem of a new, rival company poaching his clients. Spending nearly every day together, the pair realize how in sync they are in work, play, and strive to help each other achieve their dreams. But family ties and new opportunities tug Devonte toward a life that will take him far away from Seth, as they did fifteen years ago. With history threatening to repeat itself, will they choose each other, or will all the petals fall off their blooming relationship?

Download or read book Faking Reality written by Sara Fujimura and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a reality star princess transform the boy-next-door into her Cinnamon Roll Prince? Dakota McDonald swore after “The Great Homecoming Disaster” that she’d never allow her romantic life to be a plot line in her parents’ HGTV show again. But when the restaurant run by the family of her best friend (and secret crush), Leo, is on the line, Dakota might end up eating her own words. Leo Matsuda dreams of escaping the suffocating demands of working in his family’s restaurant, but the closer he gets to his goal—thanks to the help of his best friend (and secret crush) Dakota—the more reasons there are for him to stay. Sara Fujimura's Faking Reality is another charming multicultural romance by the award-winning author of Every Reason We Shouldn’t, a National Public Radio Best YA Book of the Year. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Love Rugby Season of Love written by Susan Scott Shelley and published by Susan Scott Shelley. This book was released on with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love & Rugby: Season of Love, The Complete Collection contains the three books in the Love & Rugby:Season of Love MM romance series: Savor, Seduce, and Stay. Savor: An unexpected kiss at a Halloween party changes everything for widower Anderson and florist Penn, forcing them to face the attraction they've been dancing around for a year. The more time they spend together, the deeper Anderson falls, grappling with guilt, desire, and the feelings Penn arouses. Each moment they share proves to Penn how good the two of them together can be, and he yearns for Anderson to see there’s room in his heart to love Penn too. With the thorns of fears piercing their relationship, can love blossom between them? Seduce: Frequent traveler Wyatt has his sights set on fellow rugby club member Rocco, but Rocco seems determined to keep him at arm's length, until the pull they feel toward each other can't be ignored. As the holiday season unfolds, the men find more in each other than they ever imagined. But Rocco wrestles with loosening the reins at his restaurant and fears Wyatt’s penchant for jetting off on adventures isn’t compatible with a life so consumed by his business. And longing for companionship, Wyatt struggles with Rocco’s almost nonexistent work-life balance and whether there’s a place for him in it. Can they find a way to gift each other what they need most or will they end up alone under the mistletoe? Stay: Florist Seth is shocked when his ex boyfriend volunteers to fill in as short-term help over the winter. For the first time in the fifteen years of friendship since their college romance, both men are unattached, and those old feelings are still there. Spending nearly every day together, the pair realize how in sync they are in work, play, and strive to help each other achieve their dreams. But family ties and new opportunities tug Devonte toward a life that will take him far away from Seth, as they did fifteen years ago. With history threatening to repeat itself, will they choose each other, or will all the petals fall off their blooming relationship? The Love & Rugby: Season of Love series is a spin-off of the Love & Rugby series and features friends who are connected through a rec league rugby team in Philadelphia. The MM romance stories are low to medium angst and all have HEAs.

Download or read book My Little Secret written by Anna J. and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midori Hunter has it all, including a midnight black Aston Martin Vanquish S parked in the driveway of the mini-mansion she shares with her husband, Dr. Ray Hunter. On the outside looking in, one would think Midori is happy, but it's another story when you don't marry for love, but rather for financial gain. Tired of her cheating husband and fed up with being lonely, Midori takes a liking to Jaydah B., the sassy, sometimes cranky bestselling author who has drama of her own that she hasn't quite figured out how to deal with. They appear to be a match made in heaven, but when the lies that both women have told threaten to be exposed, who decides who stays and who goes? Midori and Jaydah have a lot on the line, and both could lose everything they've worked for. That's why their love affair has to remain their little secret.

Download or read book Permanent Position written by Sid Stark and published by Helia Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Stark remains a brilliant observer of the academia scene”—The Prairies Book Review Love Stephanie Plum’s wit, Kinsey Millhone’s grit, or Spenser’s wry take on academia? Try the Doctor Rowena Halley series! Loves hurts. Sometimes it kills. After the tumultuous events of the previous semester, Russian professor Rowena Halley has found a new job. This time it’s a one-semester adjunct position in Charlotte, North Carolina. Not ideal, but better than no job at all. At least that’s what she’s telling herself. Rowena loves what she does, but love isn’t always kind. Her job is keeping her broke AND three states away from her best candidate for serious boyfriend material, her ex is sending her cryptic messages from the war zone in Ukraine, and her brother has come back from Afghanistan even more messed up than before. And if that isn’t enough, students are trying to draw her into their family dramas—with dangerous consequences. Everyone knows that “publish or perish” is the rule in academia, but if Rowena isn’t careful, she may perish before she gets the chance to publish. Combining humor, romance, and suspense, Permanent Position gives an insider’s view of the gritty backstage of higher education, where words do more than cut and all the testing is high-stakes. *Content warning: We've got angsty adjunct professors, mouthy undergrads, a cynical Navy vet, and a career Marine all mixing it up in here. The level of adult language is significant.*

Download or read book Valentine Delights Journal written by Karen Jean Matsko Hood and published by Whispering Pine Press International, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This decorative journal is the perfect companion to the Valentine Delights Cookbook: A Collection of Valentine Recipes, Cookbook Delights Series. It’s a great tool for writing down your thoughts, favorite recipes, or simply keeping track of important reminders, personal notes, and special occasions. Each turn of the page reveals fresh food for thought, such as inspiring poetry and words of enlightenment. The pages are also sprinkled with fun trivia about Valentine’s Day history and folklore and symbols of this special day. This journal is great for jotting down your own poetry and short stories, or use it to store addresses and phone numbers. Convenient to carry and beautiful to look at, Valentine Delights Journal makes a thoughtful and unique gift!

Download or read book Scorched written by Jade C. Jamison and published by Jade C. Jamison. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you play with the Devil, you’re going to get burned. When Sam Archer, bad boy rock star, decides to move out of the city and do some soul searching, the last thing he expects to find is his new neighbor Gracelyn Ward. She’s everything he’s not—19 years old, religious, and an obedient child—but he finds himself falling for her anyway. Gracelyn Ward has always had a crush on Sam—who hasn’t? But she never thought he would be moving next door to her family and end up being so...likeable. Sam is everything Gracelyn’s parents never wanted for her, not to mention that he’s over 30. Despite her better judgment, it’s not long before she’s falling in love and beginning to question everything she’s ever held dear in her life. When her parents give an ultimatum, Grace and Sam are torn between desire and obligation. Will they succumb to the fire or will they get scorched by the flames?

Download or read book Valentine Delights Cookbook written by Karen Jean Matsko Hood and published by Whispering Pine Press International, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other time of the year, St. Valentine’s Day fills our hearts and minds with special feelings of tenderness and appreciation for that special person in our lives. We enjoy doing something out of the ordinary that shows our loved one that we truly value them and are pleased with who they are. In Valentine Delights Cookbook, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents her collection of more than 324 exciting Valentine recipes and some charming ideas on the subject to titillate the romantic and creative imagination in us all. Inside, you will also find some fascinating reading regarding this special day’s history, folklore, symbols, and much more. With recipes using readily available ingredients, Valentine Delights Cookbook will be a valued addition to any chef’s bookshelf.

Download or read book The Doctor Rowena Halley Series Books 1 4 written by Sid Stark and published by Helia Press. This book was released on 2022-02-19 with total page 805 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say knowledge is power. For newly minted PhD Rowena Halley, all her book learning isn’t enough to keep her safe. She’ll have to rely on her Moscow-honed street smarts instead. Get the first four books in the Doctor Rowena Halley series and three bonus companion novellas in one boxed set! "Brilliantly-written and highly entertaining, a must read..." The Prairies Book Review "A charming blend of academic inspection and social commentary that weaves an engrossing personal perspective into a blend of social observation and evolving romance." D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review Meet Rowena Halley, a former human rights activist turned academic. Rowena thought teaching on US college campuses would be a lot safer than interviewing torture victims in Russia. Boy, was she wrong. Rowena quickly gets caught up in campus intrigue that threatens to turn deadly. Meanwhile, the life and lover she thought she’d left behind in Moscow might not be so firmly back in the past as she’d believed. Written by a Russian professor with extensive insider knowledge of the topic, these books take a deep dive into the dark underbelly of American higher education. Serious and satirical in turn, they combine mystery, dark humor, and a touch of romance in a searingly funny examination of contemporary American and Russian society. *Content warning*: These books contain adult language—and have the one-star reviews to prove it. Worse than that, they have been accused of peddling philosophy and political science. You’ve been warned. Foreign Exchange (bonus novella) Rowena travels to Moscow to spend the holidays with her fiancé, opposition journalist Dima Kuznetsov. But a story he’s investigating takes a potentially deadly turn—for their love, and maybe for their lives. Campus Confidential Newly single and fresh from her dissertation defense, Rowena starts her first faculty job. She was expecting poor treatment and lousy pay. Murder seems a bit much. Permanent Position The good news: Rowena has a new job and maybe even a new boyfriend. The bad news: the job pays starvation wages, and the boyfriend is three states away. Oh, and Dima seems to want to be back in her life—if his death wish doesn’t get him first. But it’s when Rowena gets sucked into a nasty domestic dispute between a student and his mail-order Belarusian bride that things get really dangerous. Summer Session Rowena is looking forward to a fun interlude with American boyfriend Alex while teaching an intensive summer program. But their weekend getaway is interrupted when a student goes missing. Oh yeah, and Dima seems ever more determined to stay in the picture. Summer Break (bonus novella) Dima has spent the last year and a half in the comparative safety of the war zone in the Donbass. But now his past is catching up with him. A life-or-death confrontation might force him to rethink everything. Trigger Warning Rowena is starting a new job that almost pays a living wage (!!!). But when a prominent female gamer and feminist activist is targeted by a student men’s rights organization, Rowena gets drawn into a potentially deadly stew of toxic misogyny and heartbreak. Winter Break (bonus novella) When the commander of a separatist battalion in the Donbass makes Dima an offer he can’t refuse, he finds himself one step closer to finding out who’s behind the hit that’s been put out on him. But if he gets too close, he might not survive long enough for it to matter.

Download or read book Family Problems written by Joyce A. Arditti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Problems: Stress, Risk, and Resilience presents an interdisciplinary collection of original essays that push the boundaries of family science to reflect the increasingly diverse complexity of family concerns in the modern world. Represents the most up-to-date family problem research while addressing such contemporary issues as parental incarceration, same sex marriage, health care disparities, and welfare reform Features brief chapter introductions that provide context and direction to guide the student to the heart of what’s important in the piece that follows Includes critical thinking questions to enhance the utility of the book for classroom use Responds to family problem issues through the lens of a social justice perspective

Download or read book Living Consequences written by Brittney Holmes and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this moving novel, two high school seniors grappling with issues of sex, love, and intimacy learn lifelong lessons, and soon find that God's love and forgiveness can carry them through difficult times.

Download or read book My Crush on Aston written by Angela Darling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel has had a secret crush on Aston for a while now. But when Aston becomes a famous pop star and leaves school to go on tour, he becomes the object of every girl's crush. Rachel is happy for Aston, but she's also a little heartbroken that things between them might never be the same. Everything changes when Aston releases a new song about his own secret crush, and some of the lyrics make Rachel think that maybe, just maybe, Aston is singing about her. When Aston returns home on Valentine's Day to give a concert and reveal the identity of his secret crush!

Download or read book SICKO The Stubborn Child of God written by Kwame King and published by Victory Lift Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the invigorating, spine-tingling, true story of Sicko; a once-upon-a-time homeless kid bred in the west Bronx. Sicko’s life details the timeline of a lawless adolescent mentally trapped within the limits of poverty. A gifted Indo-African, adapting to his environment year after year, to the extent of adding to the ugly statistics of high school dropouts in the region. “Shaking that hood mentality wasn't easy. The streets was all I knew. I was conditioned to embrace poverty as home. Follow me as I take you through some unbelievable conditions and hardships. But keep in mind that although it may seem as if I enjoyed my part in the despair, I was never comfortable there. I just couldn't seem to find a way out.” At the young age of sixteen, Sicko merged with a sibling to form a hip-hop group called the “Darkside Mob”. Together, they inked their first recording deal and went on to travel the states. Performing alongside major industry artists, their fan base expanded quickly. Success seemed only a few events away. Suddenly, a stream of incidences occurred that landed them right back on the streets of the Bronx. Along the endless violent path they chose to resume, he and his brothers took a turn for the worse. Burdens only got heavier. Encounters came in the form of war scars and prison threats. That’s up until the authors desire for change. A transformation that was far from easy. In this heartfelt testimony, you'll be walked through drastic measures, to better understand the damaging of a childhood that affected one’s adulthood. You’ll relate to the everyday occurrences that keeps humanity divided: racial encounters, segregation, discrimination, street wars, financial barriers, domestic disputes and so much more. Then we’ll transition to the mindset of an entrepreneur. “See, I was raised in the sour apple, where I’ve savored my bitter share. So, prepare to receive a real-life account of how various negative pieces can be gathered and repaired. Prepare to be encouraged. This is my life… Kwame King