Download or read book Something About Jayden written by Rawiya and published by Triad Literary. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac Bridges appears to have it all. Generational wealth, a beautiful wife, and a successful career in advertising. He’s worked his fingers to the bone to earn a top spot at Denton & Bridges, but, more than anything, Isaac desires to take back the company Denton stole from his father years ago. College student Jayden Demario is looking to make something of himself to move from their tough neighborhood. Underneath the pretty exterior, Jayden is a damaged young man, who abhors Christmas because of bad memories. Jayden has no time for relationships and Isaac wasn’t looking for commitment, but when they begin working together, their goal of not mixing business with pleasure diverts quickly. Note: This book has been previously published.

Download or read book Jayden s Impossible Garden written by Mélina Mangal and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jayden and a new friend bring nature to the city in this timeless story about a community garden Amidst all the buildings, people, and traffic in his neighborhood, Jayden sees nature everywhere: the squirrels scrounging, the cardinals calling, and the dandelions growing. But Mama doesn’t believe there’s nature in the city. So Jayden sets out to help Mama see what he sees. With the help of his friend Mr. Curtis, Jayden plants the seeds of a community garden and brings together his neighbors—and Mama—to show them the magic of nature in the middle of the city. Timeless and vibrant, this story highlights the beauty of intergenerational relationships and the power of imagination and perseverance in bringing the vision of a community garden to life. Jayden’s love of nature will inspire readers to see their environment and surroundings as bursting with opportunities for growth and connection. At the back of the book, readers will find activities to make items found in the book, such as the milk jug bird feeder. Jayden’s Impossible Garden is the winner of the 2019 African American Voices in Children’s Literature writing contest, cosponsored by Strive Publishing and Free Spirit Publishing, and the recipient of the 2021 Foreword INDIES Honorable Mention, Picture Books, Early Reader (Children's). .

Download or read book The Other Half of Happy written by Rebecca Balcárcel and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quijana is a girl in pieces. One-half Guatemalan, one-half American: When Quijana's Guatemalan cousins move to town, her dad seems ashamed that she doesn't know more about her family's heritage. One-half crush, one-half buddy: When Quijana meets Zuri and Jayden, she knows she's found true friends. But she can't help the growing feelings she has for Jayden. One-half kid, one-half grown-up: Quijana spends her nights Skyping with her ailing grandma and trying to figure out what's going on with her increasingly hard-to-reach brother. In the course of this immersive and beautifully written novel, Quijana must figure out which parts of herself are most important, and which pieces come together to make her whole. This lyrical debut from Rebecca Balcárcel is a heartfelt poetic portrayal of a girl growing up, fitting in, and learning what it means to belong.

Download or read book Triangular Duplicity A Story of Friendship and Family written by Matthew Mancuso and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jayden and Taryn Ridgecut are family, twins who grew up in an ordinary small town on Earth. Jayden felt his world would come crashing down, as his sister was leaving soon for the prestigious Alliance Space Academy. Though life shows us different paths taken in life sometimes draw together in unusual ways. Dreams are best left in your mind, is the philosophy of some people, but Jayden is determined to break the mold on how society views him. Sometimes all anyone needs is an opportunity, and once that opportunity arises then it is the spirit that will determine whether we succeed or fail. Follow along with the adventure as Jayden Ridgecut tries to catch his dreams, follow his heart and protect the people he loves.

Download or read book Under Her Wing written by Ronica Black and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kassandra Haden loves working with kids, her quaint condo on the golf course, and most of all, her dog, Lula. She’s happy being alone, having convinced herself that people can’t be trusted. But when Lula gets lost, Kassandra’s thrown into a different world, one that insists she come out of her shell. As allured as she is frightened, Kassandra can’t seem to stay away from the dog shelter, and the devastatingly attractive owner seems to be the cause. Jayden Beaumont isn’t used to taking no for an answer. Running a no kill dog shelter isn’t easy, but Jayden embraces it. She lives for her work and saves many lives in the process. But in doing so, she’s neglected her own, and it’s about to cost her big. When Kassandra walks into Jayden’s shelter, two very different personalities collide. Can either woman open and trust in order to embrace the life they could have together?

Download or read book Home on the Ranch A Cupid s Bow Texas Reunion written by Tanya Michaels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home at last? Jace Trent is the definition of unsettled. But it’s a lifestyle he’s beginning to outgrow. So when Layla Dempsey returns home to Cupid’s Bow, Texas, it seems like fate. His best friend’s little sister is all grown up and so are Jace’s feelings for her. Everything changes, though, when he realizes that Layla’s been keeping a secret from him—his six-year-old daughter, Addie. Jace is furious at Layla’s betrayal. He’s missed so much of his daughter’s life! Yet how can he stay mad when a future with Layla and Addie is right in front of him. Jace will do anything to gain Layla’s trust—even pose shirtless in her cowboy fund-raising calendar—because he’s not letting the two of them walk out of his life again.

Download or read book Home on the Ranch Her Cowboy Hero written by Pamela Britton and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in the saddle Hooves for Heroes is much more than a job for Special Forces veteran Colby Kotch, it’s home. When his boss hires a spoiled rancher’s daughter, he’s less than thrilled. But Jayden Gillian is nothing like he expected. The gorgeous physical therapist is a single mom, struggling to raise a three-year-old daughter. Also unexpected—instant sparks. Jayden can’t afford to risk her job for a quick fling. Neither can Colby. But they can still be friends, right? Only, working together makes Jayden long to know more about Colby—and the pain in his past. Pain he’s trying to hide. She won’t let Colby push her away, because two wounded hearts can become whole again…together.

Download or read book It s Not Always Rainbows written by Joey Paul and published by Bug Books. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The LGBTQ rainbow covers people from all walks of life. Catherine and her friends all have to struggle for acceptance in their own lives. Parents, friends, teachers, pretty much everyone seems to have their opinion on how they should live. The only people who don’t tell them what they should do are each other and the people inside the LGBTQ community. So when people from that community start getting attacked and then murdered, Catherine feels she has to do something to stop it. Dealing with her own issues with her religious parents is tough enough, but what do you do when who you are is the reason someone wants you dead?

Download or read book Lovey Dovey Deep Thing written by Kieran Frank and published by Deep Hearts YA. This book was released on 2024-08-23 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senior year is just endless drama for Jayden. From Jayden getting irritated with his mom’s scuzzy new boyfriend to the way Gracie flaunts her Christian superiority over Jayden any chance she gets, Jayden always finds life never goes his way. And when new complications come along like his estranged father re-entering the picture, and brings with him a shocking secret, things just get immeasurably worse. But there is a bright spot in Jayden’s life. Or two, rather. Ollie and Geoff. It started as a romance with Ollie but was upended when Geoff entered the picture. Now Jayden is faced with a problem—he likes both boys. A lot. When he’s with one boy, he’s always missing the other, and vice versa. Could he talk both into a poly relationship? Or will he face losing one of them as a potential boyfriend?

Download or read book Suffer Me Forever written by Vladik Northboy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will take you on a long traverse of psychiatric placements and other forms of imprisonment that make up my life. I seek to allow my readers to experience and feel through a guided journey what it means to be me. This book will give you an explicit glimpse of what can happen when a child is exposed to carnal sexuality and totally dysfunctional living environments too early in life and the residual effects on his relationships. Relationships corrupted before they can even be established.

Download or read book Demons on her Shoulder written by K T Bowes and published by Hakarimata Press. This book was released on 2014-03-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WOULD YOU REINVENT YOURSELF TO ESCAPE YOUR PAST? Jayden Mitchell has crafted a perfect life from the ashes of her childhood. No one can know who she really is. No one can know what happened. She pours her efforts into counselling the ailing congregation of St Jude's parish, desperate to make a difference to those with no hope and no voice. Helping others keeps the darkness at arm's length and lets her pretend her emotional demons are under control. But the veneer is thin and Jayden's security more fragile than she dared to believe. Three men have the power to rebuild or destroy the delicate illusion of a woman who has everything. One man brings healing, one is steeped in prejudice and one wears guilt like a shroud. One of them will rob her of the future which should be hers. He means business. But which one is he? Don’t wait. Start reading this Christian suspense romance today. Reader reviews. “Oh, my goodness! Emotional demons! What an incredible depiction of what we do to ourselves. I couldn’t put this novel down.” Leslie “I saw myself and it broke my heart. Then she helped me put it all back together.” Marjorie “Loved the ending. Did not see that coming.” Lennie

Download or read book Demon Wind written by Kay Wilde and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2007-11-26 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “On a sultry southern night, beneath the full moon, the Demon Wind blows.” It is said that on the night of a Demon Wind, Southern belles who don't stay inside will find themselves compromised, or even pregnant, with little memory of how they got to be in that state. Jayden's beloved, yet overly superstitious grandmother hit her with that one about the time she reached puberty. As a result, Jayden wasn't at all surprised when she received a call from her grandmother warning to stay inside because the night was ripe for the Demon Wind to blow. The Demon Wind was nothing more than an obscure local legend, and Jayden Parrish was rooted securely in reason and logic. She didn't believe in superstitions... ...until she awoke the following morning to find sand in her bed. Sand, and the memory of the most erotic dream she'd ever experienced. A dream in which she had made uninhibited, passionate love on the beach with a man who had come to her from the sea. Was it a dream? A figment of her imagination? Or was it something else?

Download or read book Blizzard Night Disaster Strikes 3 written by Marlane Kennedy and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When disaster strikes, the only thing you can count on is yourself! A winter trip in the remote Michigan wilderness seemed like the perfect way for Jayden to get to know his new foster family. Though he doesn't have much in common with siblings Maggie and Connor, he's hoping they'll get to like each other over snow mobile races and steaming mugs of cocoa.But when the snow really starts to come down, the family van crashes and the three kids must go out into the bleak, white storm to search for help. Soon the wind is howling and night is starting to fall. Jayden, Maggie, and Connor will have to think fast, find shelter, watch out for bears, and somehow stay warm if they don't want to end up frozen in their tracks....

Download or read book Stevie Cutter written by Kit Crumb and published by Lost Lodge Press. This book was released on with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stevie Cutter’s father vanished on a flight over the South Pacific when she was thirteen. Now thirty years later, when she visits her dying mother in San Francisco she is given her father’s diary and plunged into a dangerous chain of events that will change her life forever. In the back of the diary is a hidden message with a clue to her father’s fate and a treasure map. But someone else is hunting for the treasure too and in their pursuit, threaten to destroy all that she loves.

Download or read book Vivaldi in the Dark Box Set written by Matthew J. Metzger and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2016-06-11 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling gay romance series by Matthew J. Metzger is now available in a box set! Contains the stories: Vivaldi in the Dark: Jayden's course changes when he falls for dry violinist Darren. But all is not what it seems, and Jayden is confronted with a dangerous depression that has brought Darren to the edge more than once, and undoubtedly will again. Darren's talent is his own undoing -- until a mugging takes the music forcibly away, and Jayden has the chance to change Darren's life and, quite literally, his mind. The Devil's Trill Sonata: Jayden is going to university. Dream-chasing and distance have Jayden thinking a break-up with his boyfriend is inevitable -- but they've weathered worse storms, right? Wrong. As their relationship fractures, Darren's depression strengthens -- until one night, a rejected call, and drastic action. Too late, Jayden learns where his heart truly lies. The dream is over -- and the reality is far, far worse. Rhapsody on a Theme: Their relationship has been repaired since Darren's overdose, but Darren has not. When two attempts at medication fail badly, his partner Jayden fears that the end of this depression will only come with the end of Darren himself. Until Darren is asked to play at Ethan's upcoming wedding. As Darren slowly returns to the music that never quite left him, the shadows finally begin to fade.

Download or read book Pale Light written by L.J. Hamlin and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elijah has been hunting supernatural creatures his whole life often alongside his father Joshua, who trained him from birth. When Elijah was a young teen, he and his father met Jayden, a young werewolf whose family had been slaughtered. They took him in, and he has worked with them ever since. When a case requires Elijah to work not only with his father and the werewolf he is secretly in love with but with his part-time lover Chogan, Elijah knows things are likely to get complicated, but he has no idea what is to come. The town is under attack from a brutal killer, and Elijah is finding it harder than ever to hide his true feelings. Is he the only one?

Download or read book Love Is Proud written by JMS Books Authors and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early morning hours of Sunday, June 12, 2016, a gunman entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and opened fire. Forty-nine innocent people lost their lives that night, and many more were injured. The LGBT community reeled when the news broke, not only because it was the deadliest mass shooting in the US to date, but because the act of terror and hatred was aimed directly at them. In the aftermath, many of us struggled for a way to express our grief and fear. With that goal in mind, the authors of JMS Books sought an outlet for their emotions; thus, this anthology of short stories and poems was created. Love Is Proud celebrates queer love in all its forms, showing that love must triumph over hate. Whether it's spending a quiet evening together at home, a night out on the town, or attending the local Pride event, this collection embraces how empowering love can be between men -- or women, or any and every shade under the LGBTQIA umbrella. Featuring never before published work from 49 different authors, Love Is Proud is a collaborative effort whose entire proceeds will go to Equality Florida to benefit the victims and their families of the Pulse nightclub shooting. All the work in the collection, including the editing, has been donated to offset the costs. This stunning anthology will be a charitable keepsake whose message of pride in who and how we love is an enduring testament to all those affected by this tragedy. Authors included in this anthology are: Jeff Adams, Addison Albright, John Amory, Leska Beikircher, Mychael Black, Mel Bossa, David Connor and E.F. Mulder, T.A. Creech, Nanisi Barrett D'Arnuk, Kim Davis, Annie Dean, Vivien Dean, Keelan Ellis, Paul Alan Fahey, Eric Fahnestock, Dean Frech, Francis Gideon, Lisa Gray, La Toya Hankins, William Holden, Drew Hunt, Rebecca James, Nickie Jamison, Shawna Jeanne, Iyana Jenna, Dilo Keith, Shawn Lane, Kassandra Lea, W.S. Long, Rae MacGregor, Wayne Mansfield, J.T. Marie, Matthew J. Metzger, Ruby Moone, H.D. Nels, Deirdre O'Dare, R.M. Olivia, Terry O'Reilly, Jessica Payseur, Matthew Robbins, Rob Rosen, Feral Sephrian, J.M. Snyder, Louis Stevens, Michael P. Thomas, Tinnean, J. Tomas, J.D. Walker, and Emery C. Walters.