Download or read book Flip Flop Fantasy written by Christina Laflamme and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a hot and humid July day in 2016, I set out from my home in the heart of Toronto on a three-hundred dollar bicycle, alone, forty-one years old, with next-to-no camping or long-distance cycling experience. My destination: more than two thousand kilometers away, the Cabot Trail. I had no idea what I was doing or why I was doing it. All I knew was I was scared as hell. Single, no children, and perhaps feeling a little lost, I was unsure of so many things about my life. However, this bike ride I was entirely sure about. It was the only thing that felt right; so perhaps the journey would give me the reason? But would my girlish gumption be enough to see me through camping alone in the deep, dark woods, riding across thousands of kilometers, and climbing the many mountains of the Cabot Trail? Would going it alone and placing my faith in my fellow humans prove well-founded? Every moment was like a wild and wonderful wager. I knew in my heart that women are strong and that people are good. And this summer, I basically bet my life on it.

Download or read book Life Is Good written by Amy Hall and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's true, life is wonderful. Every day there is a multitude of fantastic, magical moments. Unfortunately, they can easily slip beneath your radar and go unnoticed in hectic modern life. Tune in to these ever-present treasures and appreciate them in their full color and beauty. This book is a charming collection filled with the daily sights, sounds, and sensations that will make you pause, smile, and recognize that life is a daily delight. Instead of becoming buried in interminable paperwork today, take a moment and listen to the ice cream truck's song or the pattering of rain against the window. Indulge in a thick chocolate milkshake poured from a stainless steel canister or sneak a slurp straight out of the milk jug. Find humor in watching kittens at play or a dog with a ball in his mouth. Enjoy life, because every moment counts.

Download or read book A Mile in My Flip Flops written by Melody Carlson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2010-06-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-something Gretchen Hanover is stuck. Seeking solace from a broken heart, she traded her wedding plans for home improvement shows and ice cream—but she knows she can’t live on Ben and Jerry’s forever. She also knows that her enthusiastic Lab puppy has outgrown her tiny apartment. The perfect patch for Gretchen’s dilapidated plans? She’ll become a first-time house-flipper. As ideas go, it’s daring and genius. She’ll take out a short-term loan, buy a fixer-upper, renovate it, resell it, and use the profit for an adorable house of her own. What could be easier? But Gretchen’s plans to flip quickly flop when the house turns out to be in worse shape than she expected. She is relying on her retired contractor-father, but he wants to draw in his carpenter friend Noah Campbell. And although Noah is handy with tools, Gretchen isn’t so sure about the baggage he brings with him. Will she be able to loosen her grip on the tools when it seems Noah may be her only help? A whimsical look at color swatches, mismatched curtain rods, and the building of relationships, A Mile in My Flip-Flops reminds us that it takes faith to renovate the heart, as well as the home.

Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1958-12-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Download or read book Rose s Bent Stem written by Nomita Khanna and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gory and horrifying... You can't put it down.” –The Tribune “Guaranteed to chill you.” –Vivek Atray, Hindustan Times “A horror-thriller book which will evoke creepy disturbing thoughts in your head and leave you scared.” –City Air News Tana, a diligent, young nurse with a troubled childhood, can’t believe her luck when she finds Vikram, a rich widower who says she is the ‘love of his life’. The strong attraction quickly turns into something else, unravelling her life. Nightmares that wrecked her childhood are back and start ripping her world apart. Evil has already claimed victims. Is it about to take another? As the four walls of her majestic Lutyens bungalow begin to close in on her, she spirals down into a dungeon. In this twisted world with betrayal at every step, she decides not to stay miserable and becomes the person she never thought she could be. The path to escape is swarming with grisly ambushes and... intrigue. No one really knows what happens behind closed doors or what goes on inside a person’s mind. How far will someone go to protect their secrets or to get what they want? Farther than anyone can imagine. People are unknowable.

Download or read book A Baby for the Boss written by Maureen Child and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprise pregnancy looms large in this will-they-won’t-they romance from the USA Today–bestselling author of Having Her Boss’s Baby. When Jenny Marshall meets gaming tycoon Mike Ryan, she thinks she’s met The One. But when he realizes she’s his competitor’s niece he believes she’s spying on him. Jenny thinks she’s done with Mike . . . until she gets a new job—and he’s her boss! His angelic-looking employee is more temptation than Mike can resist—even if he still can’t trust her. Now, she’s pregnant with his baby. Is she playing the most elaborate game of all . . . or could mother and child be his if only he opens his guarded heart? “Reading this novel you may think you are being transported into a love story with a bit of a different point of view. Overall this is a great story full of complications and ending with a love stronger than time.” —Harlequin Junkie

Download or read book To Hell in a Handbasket written by Beth Groundwater and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's snow accident when a young woman's icy demise sends Claire's vacation to hell in a handbasket To Hell in a Handbasket, book two in the Claire Hanover Mystery series. Skiing with her family in Breckenridge, Colorado, gift basket designer Claire Hanover hears a terrified scream cut the frigid mountain air. She is horror-stricken to find Stephanie Contino, the sister of her daughter's boyfriend, dead on the slopes. While everyone else assumes the death was an accident, Claire is suspicious of the extra ski tracks that cross dangerously into Stephanie's path. But the police are skeptical of foul play, even as more signs point to murder. When incriminating clues put her daughter Judy in danger, Claire investigates and finds trouble around every mogul. Between interviewing a daredevil snowboarder and giving ski lessons to a drug boss, she uncovers a chilling conspiracy that could turn deadly for her family. Praise for Claire Hanover Mystery series: “Will appeal to Desperate Housewives fans and those who like cozies with a bit of spice”—Booklist “Groundwater's second leaves the bunny slope behind, offering some genuine black-diamond thrills.”—Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Showing Jessie written by JoMarie DeGioia and published by Bailey Park Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guy who wants to settle down The girl afraid to lose herself again Showing her hand…showing his heart And a chance to have forever Jessie Wilde survived an abusive boyfriend and now just wants to live her own life. Her enthusiasm and expertise sell the environmental features of the idyllic town of Cypress Corners but she doubts her own worth, often hiding behind her glasses and bulky clothes. Former beach bum Noah Brady builds houses but he wants to make a home for himself and his young son. He doesn’t know if he has it in him, though. He’s never been a commitment or future kind of guy. When he meets Jessie, and gets to know the sweet smart girl inside, he has to figure out how to do this relationship thing. He’s starting to think she just might be his forever. Can Noah show Jessie there’s more to life than just surviving? Or will her fear of the past keep her from reaching for her future?

Download or read book Interiors written by Susan LeGrow and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interior design firm owner Rebecca Armstrong thrives on her work. It helps her set aside her feelings about the tragic loss of her adoptive parents a decade earlier and a manipulative lover who deserted her in her time of need. When Rebecca lands a dream contract for her firm, her past will challenge her new business relationship and her growing friendship with an older couple who are clients. Blake Hunter, a successful self-made businessman has a past too. Owner of a famous hotel chain, his childhood haunts him. A personal commitment has followed him into adulthood, causing enormous pain and grief. When he contracts Rebecca's firm to design the interior of his new luxury hotel, he finds the walls around his heart challenged by her forthright openness. Set in beautiful St. John's, Newfoundland, the lives of these four individuals increasingly intertwine, causing upheaval, new awareness and changed relationships.

Download or read book When in Vanuatu written by Nicki Chen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Diana quit her job and followed her husband to Manila, she believed the move would work for both of them: Jay would finally have his dream job, and she would take time off from her accounting career to start a family. Four years later, however, she’s still not pregnant. Her fertility doctor advises her to relax—an undertaking that is easier said than done in one of the noisiest, most crowded cities in the world. Nevertheless, Diana tries. She takes up yoga and meditation. She buys goldfish. Then one day, while Jay is away on business, a violent coup d’etat erupts. The rebels bomb the presidential palace and occupy parts of the city. Clearly, Diana decides, something needs to change. Determined to have a baby while she’s still young enough, she convinces Jay to transfer to the small South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, said to be “the most relaxing place on earth.” It isn’t long before she realizes that the island’s tropical beauty hides dangers and disappointments that will test her courage, her marriage, and her ability to open herself up to new possibilities.

Download or read book Due Diligence written by C.M. Nevill and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Reid has less than a month to secure a real estate deal or he will be fired by his broker. His troubles spin out of control when he becomes unknowingly involved with a drug cartel using him in their cocaine operation. Sam soon discovers he is an expendable asset of the cartel and to stay alive he is compelled to join forces with a DEA agent operating outside official sanctions of the agency.

Download or read book Tiger Heart written by Katrell Christie and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katrell Christie was a thirty-something former hippie-turned-roller-derby-rebel with an eclectic little tea shop, Dr. Bombay's Underwater Tea Party, in suburban Atlanta.Katrell had no idea on earth that justtwo years after opening her doors, herordinary American life would make a drastic change and so would the lives of women half a world away. I chose the name of my tea shop--Dr. Bombay's Underwater Tea Party --because it sounded whimsical.India wasn't a part of the equation. Not even remotely. I didn't do yoga. I had no deep yearning to see the Taj Mahal or tour Hindu temples. I was not harboring some spiritual desire to follow the path of the Buddha. Indian food? I could take it or leave it. But a regular customer, Cate Powell, raved about a trip she'd taken there as a Rotary Club scholar. Cate was planning to go again to work with a women's handicraft exchange. Her enthusiasm was infectious.'You should come, ' she said after breezing into the shop one day. I didn't give it much thought. It seemed about as likely of happening as me suddenly deciding to mount abid forMiss Georgia Peach.I was a new business owner with work stretching for as far as I could see . . . But Katrell did go. She toured the tea fields of Darjeeling, witnessed the Hindu throngs at the Ganges, and learned to string pearls in the Muslim town of Hyderabad where Cate was working to help market the jewelry. As we work I watch. Some shed their Muslim coverings when they enter the workroom but others remain fully covered, only a glimpse of eyes visible. It's disconcerting. I'm a Southern girl. My mother taught me to throw out a big friendly smile to the world. But with these womentheir faces cloakedI get nothing back. I can't connect. Even worse, I couldn't get my mind off the idea that no matter what these women did they would nev

Download or read book And Then Hope Happened written by Carmen Taylor-Acevedo and published by High Heels and Purpose. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives of two women changed by domestic violence, drawn together by God. At just eighteen years old, Faith Wells found herself trapped in a cycle of abuse. Then, just when she thought she was done, Darius made a promise to change for good, pulling her back onto his rollercoaster and derailing her life. First, she prayed God would change him and help him grow to be the man Faith knew he could be. Then, she got pregnant. Darius became enraged when she told him, forcing her to make a choice that would change her life irrevocably. In this moment of truth, she discovered her power, vowing never to accept another toxic relationship. Instead, Faith called on God for the strength to change her life. Arduous as it was, she removed Darius from her world and went to law school. Empowered by her past, she opened “First Step Women’s Shelter” to help other women pull themselves out of the violent cycle. Although, sometimes, she could see herself and the decisions she was forced to make reflected in their eyes, haunting her. There have been many women taken under Faith's wing, but none have inspired such an instant connection as Hope Owens-Towers. Hope dreamed of a fairytale wedding, a lovely home, healthy children, and an everlasting, profound love like that of her parents. She was certain she had found it all with Anthony, despite his occasional outbursts. However, his increasing aggression has pushed her to leave. Can she break the cycle before he breaks her? Read this inspiring and unforgettable women’s fiction story today!

Download or read book Pregnant by the Rival Ceo written by Karen Booth and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was just business. And then she got pregnant… Anna Langford is ready to be CEO of the family business, but her brother won't give up control. When she sees the opportunity for a major deal, she goes for it, even though it means working with Jacob Lin, her brother's former best friend, the guy she's never quite gotten over—the man her brother now despises. A successful venture capitalist, Jacob makes ruthless moves. And Anna has given him the perfect chance to take revenge on her brother… What starts as business turns into romance—until Anna learns of Jacob's motives. And an unplanned pregnancy presents them both with the greatest challenge they've ever faced.

Download or read book The Cleveland Local written by Les Roberts and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When hot shot Cleveland real estate attorney Joel Kerner, Jr., is killed on a Caribbean holiday, only his angry sister Patrice thinks it's more than a botched robbery. But when burly ex-football player-turned-investigator Milan Jacovich is hired to investigate the case, he gets stabbed, beaten, and almost burned to death, before he's led to the right door. Unfortunately there's a catch, and Milan is dangerously close to getting tangled in a barbed-wire net. Martin's Press.

Download or read book Waves of Hope written by Judith Keim and published by Wild Quail Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope and determination can bring results… Ellie Weatherby and the four other grandmothers living at Sanderling Cove decide with only two great-grandchildren, it’s time to swing into action. They invite their grandchildren to spend the summer at the cove, hoping to encourage romance between them. Ellie invites all three of her granddaughters to take over the management of the Sanderling Cove Inn so that she and her bridegroom can spend the time traveling in Europe for their honeymoon. Charlotte Bradford, Olivia Winters, and Brooke Weatherby are all at a point in their lives where they have the time to do as she asks. For Charlotte, it’s an excuse to leave her marketing career and life in New York City. After realizing her partner was never going to step up and do her share of work, Livy has just sold her bakery store in Virginia. Brooke is more than eager to leave her job as an accountant in upstate New York and, more importantly, escape the lonely life of keeping an eye on her mother, who suffers from fibromyalgia and depression. When Shane Ensley is sailing with Charlotte and another “cove kid,” Eric Simon, the boom knocks him into the water unconscious. When Charlotte rescues him, it changes everything for them. And starts the summer exactly as the grandmothers had hoped. Grandmothers can be very determined when it comes to seeing their grandchildren happy. A family saga full of love. Be sure to read all the books in the series – Waves of Hope, Sandy Wishes, Salty Kisses. Another of Judith Keim’s series books celebrating love and families, strong women meeting challenges, and clean women’s fiction with a touch of romance—beach reads for all ages with a touch of humor, satisfying twists, and happy endings. Be sure to check out her other delightful books and series that readers adore.

Download or read book Laugh Cry Eat Some Pie written by Deanna Davis Ph.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's special: A slice of insight and a scoop of wisdom, with some laughter on the side Deanna Davis is no stranger to tough times. Like the rest of us, she's faced her share of heartache, self-doubt, and professional obstacles among other challenges. In this inspiring new guide, she mixes together all the best ingredients-good humor, a dollop of wisdom, and powerful insights from the worlds of Positive Psychology and neuroscience-to serve up practical strategies for transforming your life, no matter how warmed-over everything around you (and inside you) might seem. With humor, honesty, and a down-to-earth, relatable style, Davis shares stories and insights that address the issues real women face every day-from balancing family needs with personal and professional ones, and stealing a few moments of quiet every now and then, to getting through the rough patches that every relationship sometimes throws us. Celebrating the importance of mindful living, the power of friendships, and the undeniable benefits of a good laugh (and, every now and then, a good cry), this is just the satisfying read we need for these tough times.