Download or read book Coming to My Senses written by Alyssa Harad and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sudden love affair with fragrance leads to sensual awakening, self-transformation, and an unexpected homecoming At thirty-six—earnest, bookish, terminally shopping averse—Alyssa Harad thinks she knows herself. Then one day she stumbles on a perfume review blog and, surprised by her seduction by such a girly extravagance, she reads in secret. But one trip to the mall and several dozen perfume samples later, she is happily obsessed with the seductive underworld of scent and the brilliant, quirky people she meets there. If only she could put off planning her wedding a little longer. . . . Thus begins a life-changing journey that takes Harad from a private perfume laboratory in Austin, Texas, to the glamorous fragrance showrooms of New York City and a homecoming in Boise, Idaho, with the women who watched her grow up. With warmth and humor, Harad traces the way her unexpected passion helps her open new frontiers and reclaim traditions she had rejected. Full of lush description, this intimate memoir celebrates the many ways there are to come to our senses.

Download or read book I Will Love You written by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of the bestselling Biscuit series, Alyssa Satin Capucilli, tells a magical tale of parental love that every parent will want to share with their little one!In the very first moment, when you came to be, I looked at you, and you looked at me.I whispered these words as I held you near,for all time, for all space, for the world to hearI will love you."

Download or read book Girls Club written by Sally Clarkson and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the gift of friendship! In a time when many women feel lonely and isolated, Girls’ Club calls us to embrace the delight and comfort that can be found in life-giving friendships with women— and to cultivate relationships that not only offer emotional affirmation and acceptance, but also inspire, educate, and stretch us to live out our God-given potential. Told through stories and encouragement based on the authors’ experiences—Sally, a seasoned mother and well beloved author; her daughter Sarah, an Oxford scholar and new mother; and her youngest daughter Joy, a professional young woman pursuing her doctorate—Girls’ Club will speak to the importance of cultivating deep and lasting friendship at every stage in life. Join Sally, Sarah, and Joy as they explore the power, difficulties, potential, beauty, and satisfaction of friendships that help us live purposeful, Godly lives and that satisfy our longing for meaningful and intimate companionship. Also available: The Girls’ Club Experience (9781496436115), a companion guide to help women plant and deepen the roots of friendship.

Download or read book So Here s the Thing written by Alyssa Mastromonaco and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? comes a fun, frank book of reflections, essays, and interviews on topics important to young women, ranging from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood, and making and sustaining relationships of all kinds in the age of social media. Alyssa Mastromonaco is back with a bold, no-nonsense, and no-holds-barred twenty-first-century girl's guide to life, tackling the highs and lows of bodies, politics, relationships, moms, education, life on the internet, and pop culture. Whether discussing Barbra Streisand or The Bachelor, working in the West Wing or working on finding a wing woman, Alyssa leaves no stone unturned...and no awkward situation unexamined. Like her bestseller Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?, SO HERE'S THE THING... brings a sharp eye and outsize sense of humor to the myriad issues facing women the world over, both in and out of the workplace. Along with Alyssa's personal experiences and hard-won life lessons, interviews with women like Monica Lewinsky, Susan Rice, and Chelsea Handler round out this modern woman's guide to, well, just about everything you can think of.

Download or read book The New Southern Style written by Alyssa Rosenheck and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrantly illustrated exploration of the creative, inclusive, and inspiring movement happening in today’s Southern interior design The American South is a place steeped in history and tradition. We think of sweet tea, thick drawls, and even thicker summer air. It is also a place with a fraught history, complicated social norms, and dated perspectives. Yet among the makers and artists of the South, there is a powerful movement afoot. Alyssa Rosenheck shines a much-needed spotlight on a burgeoning community of people who are taking what’s beloved, inherent, and honored in the South and making it their own. The New Southern Style tours more than 30 homes and includes interviews with the designers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs who are reinventing Southern design and culture. This beautifully illustrated book is sure to inspire the home and soul.

Download or read book Love That Lasts written by Jefferson Bethke and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Love That Lasts, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion Jefferson Bethke and his wife, Alyssa, expose the distorted views of love that permeate our culture and damage our hearts, minds, and souls. Drawing from Jeff’s “prodigal son” personal history and from Alyssa’s “True Love Waits” experience, the Bethkes point to a third and better way. Blending personal storytelling with biblical teaching, they offer readers an inspiring, realistic vision of love, dating, marriage, and sex. Young people today enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by a romantic, fulfilling marriage only to discover they’ve been duped. They learned about love and sexuality from social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky past, and they have no idea what healthy, lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce ridden in history. Looking to God’s design while drawing lessons from their own successes and failures, the Bethkes explode the fictions and falsehoods of our current moment. One by one, they peel back lies such as, the belief that every person has only one soul mate, that marriage will complete you, and that pornography and hook-ups are harmless.

Download or read book Love Me If You Dare written by Alyssa Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are wallflowers, bluestockings, merry widows, and debutantes--members of a secret, exclusive Lady's Club in Berkeley Square! There ladies indulge in daring wagers, learn to fight, read scandalous books, and learn the art of wooing the gentlemen they will bring to their knees...Sebastian Crawford, Duke of Hartford, cares about his duty, honor, and family. He has everything planned: his sister is engaged, and now plans to select his duchess from a list of eligible debutantes. The last thing he expects is his sister to go missing a few weeks before her wedding!Lady Theodosia Winfern is upset when a devilishly attractive duke accuses her of persuading his sister to run from her duties. He declares that Theo won't leave his side (even if it means sleeping in his chamber) until his sister is found. Theo has little choice but to go along with his scandalous demands. The last thing she wants is the powerful duke as her enemy, especially as he knows about her secret lady's club!Both are quick to deny the increasingly fiery attraction between them until temptation becomes irresistible and passion can no longer be denied...

Download or read book The Ugly Muffin written by Alyssa Monah and published by Alyssa Monah. This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique little girl (a cupcake) ended up in a community of muffins. She wanted to fit in with her peers, but everything she did was as different as her looks when compared to the muffins around her. One day, she caught a glimpse of her reflection and loved everything that made her different. This is reaffirmed after the arrival of more cupcakes who look like her. Ultimately, the cupcake uses her differences to make her community a better place by bringing the muffins and cupcakes together in unity.

Download or read book Shenandoah Summer written by John Muncie and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, this bittersweet novel blends themes of art and passion to tell the story of two people learning to let go - and reaching for their heart's desire.

Download or read book The Four Loves of Alyssa The Love Story of Renewal written by Curtis Bowers and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Alyssa on her journey of her four loves that she encounters during a period in her life. The first love is Justin, an immature boyfriend with whom she has a passionate love life. She's thrilled with their relationship, as is Justin, until he discovers an unforgivable secret about Alyssa. Come with us and discover why Justin immediately broke off his relationship with Alyssa. Needless to say, Alyssa is devastated by Justin's actions. Find out if Alyssa's successful of winning back Justin's heart. Alyssa's second love is Ethan, a manager at a health club. Follow their adventure to the beach as they share their story of courtship. When they return, Alyssa accepts his advances and within a year, Alyssa gives birth to her third love, their son, Joshua. Shortly after Joshua's birth, Ethan passes away. Alyssa is devastated by Ethan's death and attends a grief support meeting. Experience with Alyssa the process she encounters attending the meetings, and the bearing that it has on her life. Observe firsthand of how she confronts her grief for Ethan and her all-important recovery process. Stand with her as she learns how to cope with her new life without Ethan. Alyssa meets her fourth love, Jason, at a grief support meeting. Discover the three coincidences that are a surprise to them, drawing them closer every day. Follow Alyssa and Jason as they experience the challenges of life without their former spouses. Observe their patience and love as they adjust to their new life together. Follow Justin's life, discovering his true feelings since Alyssa hurt him. As he continues his womanizing ways, his night stand fills with trophies of his conquests. Find out if his merry-go-round of feelings and women will ever stop.

Download or read book written by Kmg-baughman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survival!Yes survival!After thirty-four and a half years of physical, mental, verbal, sexual abuse, and yes-even incest, enough is enough! Thirty six year old Alyssa Montgomery is married and has one daughter. She knows there are things going on with herself that she cannot explain! Two years ago, Alyssa had gone to see Dr. Norma Price, a Psychologist who specialized in situations like Alyssa's. She didn't care much for Dr. Price, but she knows that she is the only one who has any knowledge of her family history and herself, so maybe she will give Alyssa one more chance to help her figure out what the hell is going on!Alyssa decided since she was already there, she would storm Dr. Price's office, going past the receptionist who tried to stop Alyssa from going back, and Alyssa slammed the doctor's office door open telling her that she would do whatever she said but that she needed help as of YESTERDAY! Dr. Price said; "Alyssa please take a seat in the lobby and I will be with you as soon as I can." Ten minutes later, Dr. Price opens her door and calls Alyssa back. As Alyssa is taking her seat Dr. Price is explaining to Alyssa; "I don't know if I can help you because you did not stick to our agreement for therapy before. How do I know you are serious now?" Alyssa pleaded; "I am so sorry for not coming back!" " I am sorry for not sticking to the commitment, but things are different now! I realize that I cannot fight this battle alone!" "I am scared to death I will do something I will forever regret and I don't want that to happen!" "Please Dr. Price, won't you help me?" "I can't take this abuse any more!" "I've had enough!"

Download or read book Simplicity of the Heart written by Robin Liebe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don't have to be perfect. Distraction only hinders you from moving on. Your heart reveals your focus. Satisfaction isn't hard to find. When you're broken, good things can come out of it. You don't have to create passion - it's already in you. Searching doesn't have to be exhausting. These seven points of thought are the basics of a simple heart. If you find it hard to lead a simple life, it's time that you learn how. Join Robin as she talks about the reasons simplicity of heart can be hard to find. You may also realize that simplicity is already at your fingertips. Do you want a heart with less clutter and a life that is rich and fulfilled? If so, begin reading ""Simplicity of the Heart"" today.

Download or read book Long Hot Nights written by Candice Poarch and published by Dafina Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Alyssa Claxton spends one unforgettable night on Paradise Island with Jordan Ellis under the stars. They both want more, but unfortunately, there is a double murder on the island and one of the victims is the husband of Alyssa's cousin, caught in a compromising position with a younger woman. Is this a crime of passion? Or does Paradise Island have a serial killer on its hands? When Alyssa's best friend becomes a suspect, she must join Jordan in the quest to unravel the secrets behind the murders, before the killer strikes again and ruins her chance at love.

Download or read book The Magic Room written by Jeffrey Zaslow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling journalist and author of The Girls from Ames, Jeffrey Zaslow, takes us to a multi- generational family owned small-town bridal shop to explore the emotional lives of women in the 21st century. You may not have heard of Fowler, Michigan, much less Becker's Bridal. But for the thousands of women who have stepped inside, Becker's is the site of some of the most important moments of their lives-moments that speak to us all. Housed in a former bank, the boutique owners transformed the vault into a "magic room," with soft church lighting, a circular pedestal, and mirrors that make lifelong dreams come true. Illuminating the poignant aspects of a woman's journey to the altar, The Magic Room tells the stories of memorable women on the brink of commitment. Run by the same family for years, Becker's has witnessed transformations in how America views the institution of marriage; some of the shop's clientele are becoming stepmothers, or starting married life for a second time. In The Girls from Ames, beloved author Jeffrey Zaslow used friendships to explore the emotional lives of women. In The Magic Room, he turns his perceptive eye to weddings and weaves together secrets, memories and family tales to explore the hopes and dreams we have for our daughters.

Download or read book His Australian Heiress written by Margaret Way and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this passionate saga set in present-day Australia, the passing of a wealthy patriarch leaves one young woman with a chance to change her life—if it doesn’t bring her world crashing down first... After losing her parents in a tragic accident, young Charlotte was taken in by her grandfather, Sir Reginald Mansfield. Despite his tyrannical tendencies, he cherished her above all—a fact made clear by his surprising bequest. In her early twenties, she intends to follow in his illustrious footsteps in the field of law. And now she is the beneficiary not only of his vast financial assets, but of Clouds—the stunning sandstone house in New South Wales with a breathtaking view of the Blue Mountains and a bountiful garden of fragrant flowers. Unfortunately, not everyone is pleased for her. Charlotte’s grasping aunt and uncle, as well as her controlling, entitled cousin cannot hide their fury. As rivalries simmer and naked greed roils the socially prominent clan, only Brendon Macmillan, Charlotte’s longtime friend, seems genuinely happy for her—despite the bitter, scandalous history between their families. Charlotte’s dream is to use the funds to open a shelter for abused women, and Brendon intends to support and protect her. But often, more money means more betrayals, secrets, and lies—and as Charlotte tries to determine who she can trust, she may be a woman in danger herself... “If you’ve never read Margaret Way before, you’re in for a treat!” --New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer

Download or read book Sweet Treats To Go written by Terra Kelly and published by Balto Creative Media, LLC. This book was released on 2019-06-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you craving sweets? The professionals are here to help. Do you need some homemade chocolate truffles? The Chocolatier (Man Card Book 1) - Weston and Rylee take a second chance at tempering the chocolate together in this best friend’s sister steamy romance. Or do you need some homemade donuts? My Single Dad (Man Card Book 3) - When Zander’s daughter steps in and adds his name to a dating site, there are more than just donut recipes shared between the sexy single dad and Nova. You want a little bit of everything in the pastry case? Find My Heart (The Winters Family Book Two) - Take a trip to Boise, Idaho and meet Alex, the youngest Winters brother. He’s going to get the new chef position at the local cafe and set a few hearts on fire in this second chance romance.

Download or read book The Winters Family Box Set Books 1 4 written by Terra Kelly and published by Balto Creative Media, LLC. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A loving contemporary romance that includes recipes made by the characters. Hard To Resist (Book One) Maybe it’s time for a change. Drew Winters is a sexy firefighter in his small-town. Lately, he’s been feeling like his life is on repeat. Nothing exciting happens, it’s the same routine every day. Get up, go on a morning run, and then head off to the firehouse. Until one day something… no, more like someone shakes up his normal routine. Isabel “Izzy” knows how to show the camera that perfect smile, but it’s a different story when it comes to real-life. She’s ready for a change of scenery and that involves the cutest cottage by the beach. One chance meeting and Drew will find Izzy hard to resist; all thanks to the no clothes rule in her house. They’ll experience instant attraction, forever romance, and you’ll never look at a grilled cheese sandwich the same way again. Find My Heart (Book Two) Two hearts are better than one. Alex Winters is a chef who loves to create delicious recipes… until the day he’s fired from his job. Now he has to make a choice that could change more than just his life. Alyssa is a single mom who experienced tragedy and doesn’t know how to let go of her past. When she moves to a small-town, she’ll experience something she hasn’t felt in years. This second chance romance will simmer over a pot of barbecue sauce. It will bring you dancing, laughing, living room forts, and mac n’cheese pizza. Loving Only You (Book Three) They never gave up on what they really wanted. Joshua Winters is a mathematician by day and a hot mixologist by night. He knows how to keep everyone else happy with his perfectly mixed cocktail. When it comes to his happiness, though, that ended when she left years before. Kenzie moved more times than she could count while growing up. She avoided relationships and built a perfectly placed wall around her heart. Until she meets him… again. This second chance romance will bring you an irresistible taco cook-off and one boozified banana split cake you don’t want to miss. Dance Into Love (Book Four) Dust off those dancing shoes. Danny is a sexy firefighter and has one thing on his mind… a stunning redhead. He’s spent the last two years trying to get her attention and he’s almost ready to give up. Until he finds out she needs a dance partner… Shawna has run away from everything in her life, even him. Now they’ll come face-to-face on the dance floor. Her first instinct is to run… but she secretly wants to jump into his arms. Their past may be the one thing that brings them together… and no-bake booze berry cheesecake.