Download or read book The Girl s Guide to Getting Hitched written by Sophie Hart and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rule number one: Keep calm and marry on… When new mum and events planner Julia Crawford is given the opportunity to plan three weddings, she jumps at the chance. What could possibly go wrong? … Forget bridezilla, Aimee’s future mother-in-law is the stuff of nightmares – hell bent on taking over the wedding entirely. Worse still, her fiancé, Jon, seems oblivious. Aimee’s starting to wonder if she and her groom-to-be are right for each other after all… Body shy Debbie is on a mission. She’s determined to shed a lot of pounds before the big day. As the wedding inches closer, will the new Debbie lose sight of what’s really important? Gill loves Mike and their blended family of five kids to bits, but with a house full of teenage hormones and her eldest, Kelly, struggling with so much change, Gill is feeling the pressure... As the women bond over cake and a cuppa, can they each resolve their wedding woes before the big day? An uplifting, warm-hearted read packed with love, laughter and friendship. If you’re a fan of Jill Mansell, Milly Johnson or Lucy Diamond you’re in for a real treat. ‘Yet another fantastic book by Sophie Hart, an author who is very fast becoming a firm favourite of mine. This is a warm-hearted, uplifting story…It is a fun and entertaining story, and very enjoyable and more-ish. I kept turning the pages and was disappointed when it ended as I was loving the various threads of the story.’ Rachel’s Random Reads ‘I loved how real the stories felt, how much I was pulled into caring about each of the characters in the novel. This was a fantastic read full of friendship, love, laughs, a few tears and a whole host of hope for the future. This is the first of Sophie's books I have read but it definitely won't be the last, she's a great voice in women's fiction and one I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone who loves a heartwarming story. Books and Boardies
Download or read book A Modern Girl s Guide to Getting Hitched written by Sarah Ivens and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Modern Girl s Guide to Getting Hitched written by Sarah Ivens and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2002-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the truth about weddings with this fun, witty, self-help book for brides-to-be. A Modern Girl's Guide to Getting Hitched gives tips, guidance and case studies on how to plan for your big day, cope with your families and friends, and achieve your own goals. Entertaining and informative, it tells the truth about weddings that the magazines don't dare to mention. Topics covered include: *Coming to terms with never being able to pull men again! *Dealing with the details that will drive you mad - and discovering the available options *Looking like a princess - without having to behave like one *Creating the right service for you *Speeches - choosing the right people for the job and controlling their content *Choosing a bridesmaid without losing all your female friends *Learning how to balance being a wedding bore with a full-time job *Judgement Day - including common disasters and last minute fixes. A Modern Girl's Guide to Getting Hitched is a must-have, light-hearted guide to one of the most unintentionally stressful days of a woman's life.
Download or read book Getting Hitched written by Ruth Tidball and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Hitched bypasses the confetti and taffeta to bring you the only book you will need when planning your big day. Written by a unique female/male team, it addresses both the burning questions of every bride-to-be and the smoldering fears of every potential groom. In classic Rough Guides style, it sidesteps the obvious and the clichéd to bring you useful tips and exciting wedding day ideas. Features include: Budget tips: where to skimp and where to splurge, along with DIY options that won’t end in disaster. The ceremony: tailoring the occasion to fit your own vision. The people: choosing your bridal party, and whittling down the guest list. Alternative weddings: ideas for something genuinely different, from mariachi bands to outlandish venues. Emotional crises: weathering the wedding-planning storms, from cold feet to stroppy bridesmaids. Playlists and music ideas for ceremony, reception and wedding night. Warning: This book is NOT for the aspiring bridezilla.
Download or read book The Girl s Guide to Getting Hitched written by Sophie Hart and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rule number one: Keep calm and marry on... When new mum and events planner Julia Crawford is given the opportunity to plan three weddings, she jumps at the chance. What could possibly go wrong? ... Forget bridezilla, Aimee's future mother-in-law is the stuff of nightmares - hell bent on taking over the wedding entirely. Worse still, her fiance, Jon, seems oblivious. Aimee's starting to wonder if she and her groom-to-be are right for each other after all... Body shy Debbie is on a mission. She's determined to shed a lot of pounds before the big day. As the wedding inches closer, will the new Debbie lose sight of what's really important? Gill loves Mike and their blended family of five kids to bits, but with a house full of teenage hormones and her eldest, Kelly, struggling with so much change, Gill is feeling the pressure... As the women bond over cake and a cuppa, can they each resolve their wedding woes before the big day? An uplifting, warm-hearted read packed with love, laughter and friendship. If you're a fan of Jill Mansell, Milly Johnson or Lucy Diamond you're in for a real treat. What readers are saying about Sophie Hart: 'Sophie Hart has quickly become one of my favourite authors...She really injects personality into her writing, and I love her for it. I didn't want the novel to end... It's a FABULOUS read.' Girls Love to Read 'A charming, feel-good novel and one which stood out to me as being as little different to a lot of women's fiction books around at the moment. It was packed full of friendship, romance and was simply a really warm read - the equivalent of an uplifting day spent catching up with old friends with lots of laughs and smiles.' Reviewed the Book 'This is chick lit at its best from the first letter to the last full stop... an amazing, uplifting romantic comedy and one of my favourite reads of 2014.' Chick Lit Club 'Absolutely perfect for chick-lit lovers. It had everything! The comedy, the romance, a little splash of drama! If I could have wrapped my Kindle around me, then I would have, because I felt like I was cocooned into Annie's world with Sophie's superb characters and story.' Becca's Books 'A warm-hearted story examining both friendships and relationships... the perfect book to relax with and take your mind off reality. A must-read!' Bookaholic Confessions"
Download or read book Shacking Up written by Stacy Whitman and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2003-03-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have guide for any woman who’s ever thought about saying “yes” to the other big question: Will you move in with me? More and more couples are choosing to live together before tying the knot—for convenience, to save money and, most importantly, to see if they’re compatible. While living together can be an exciting way to take your relationship to the next level, it can also present a host of new questions and challenges. With its fresh, girlfriend-to-girlfriend manner, Shacking Up walks you through every step of the cohabitation process, from making the initial decision to breaking up or getting married. Beginning with a readiness quiz to help you decide if you and your honey are prepared to take the plunge, authors Stacy and Wynne Whitman provide a wealth of hands-on advice from lawyers, psychologists and financial planners as well as entertaining, true-life stories from couples with shacking up experience. Topics include: breaking the news to your family; managing and merging your finances; protecting yourself legally; real-estate decisions; and day-to-day dilemmas such as chores, privacy, and keeping the spark alive. Whether you opt for wedding bells or decide he’s not the one for you, Shacking Up is a stylish, empowering handbook for staying smart, savvy, and true to yourself along the road to happily ever after.
Download or read book A Modern Girl s Guide To The Perfect Single Life written by Sarah Ivens and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Modern Girl's Guide to the Perfect Single Life is a must-have book which tells the truth about how to survive and most of all, enjoy, single life. Covering every aspect of single life from going to events alone to fending off exes to enjoying your freedom, it gives advice and guidance on the real issues of single life. Topics include: -Living on your own -Surviving the weekends and holidays -Dating rules for the single girl -Feeling fabulous -Managing your emotions -Enjoying your single status -Facing the future Packed full of common dilemmas as well as secrets of success and case studies, this book is an essential guide for all single women.
Download or read book Hitched written by Julia Bourland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-06-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the inside scoop on the transition from the single life to life with a husband, filled with savvy advice for adjusting to a mate's quirks, as well as how marriage affects friendships, sexuality, and career goals.
Download or read book The Ultimate Guide for Getting Married in Jamaica written by Michael Roache and published by Michael Roache. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Guide for Getting Married in Jamaica is a MUST-Have for any couple planning to get married in Jamaica. You will be taken on virtual rendezvous to the most affable and romantic wedding destinations on the island paradise, Jamaica. Discover little known romantic honeymoon hot-spots plus unbelievably low-cost wedding packages, critical Jamaica wedding preparation tips & much more.
Download or read book No Regrets written by Sarah Ivens and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel stuck in a rut? Is life passing you by? Are you coming to a milestone in life and wondering if you missed out on great adventures along the way? Don’t panic! It's not too late to wear that itsy bitsy bikini or go gallivanting off to Bora Bora or spend more time with dear old Dad. No Regrets offers you 101 ways to ensure you’ll look back on life with a great big smile. No matter what your age or stage in life, this book will help you live life at full tilt, without regrets and without apologies. For every woman who wants to live life to the fullest and wake up each morning with No Regrets-a delightful must-have antidote for all of the woulda/coulda/shouldas in your life. Faced with new chapters in your life-even wonderful ones like getting married or having a baby—you might find yourself questioning the things you haven’t gotten around to doing, rather than the things you have. When you stayed in and missed the party of a lifetime, were you boring? Should you have told the handsome man on the train you fancied him, spent more time with your inspirational great aunt before she died, and fought against the in-crowd to stand up for what you believed in? In a word, YES! No Regrets gives you 101 ways to ensure that your life is rich with extraordinary experiences. With suggestions to satisfy every part of your personality, from your fashion maven to your intellectual side to your inner outdoorswoman, you’ll be inspired to live life as it should be lived—in pursuit of fun and adventure. Sarah Ivens invites you to learn to: Ride a Mechanical Bull Ditch Toxic Friends Buy Yourself a Princess Dress Retrace a Famous Roadtrip Stay Up All Night in Vegas Master a Foreign Language And much more. With real-life anecdotes from Sarah and other women, as well as simple, cost-friendly alternatives for each idea, No Regrets is the perfect guide to seizing opportunities, taking chances, and going after all life has to offer.
Download or read book The Girl s Guide to Winning a NASCAR R Driver written by Liz Allison and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How do you marry a NASCAR driver?" In a professional sport where over half its athletes are single men, no one but Liz Allison would, let alone could, dare to answer. Tongue-in-cheek but cunningly insightful, this satirical relationship guidebook with a NASCAR twist that will rev any female NASCAR fan's engine.
Download or read book The Good Girl s Guide to Great Sex written by Sheila Wray Gregoire and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candid and contemporary, this book gives you a Christian place to turn for answers to your most intimate--and embarrassing--questions. Billions of people have had sex. Far fewer have made love. In The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex, author Sheila Wray Gregoire helps women see how sexual intimacy was designed to be physically stupendous but also incredibly intimate. Whether you're about to walk down the aisle, newly married, or you've been married for decades, The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex will lead you on a wonderful journey of discovery toward the amazing sex life God designed you for. With humor, research, and lots of anecdotes, author Sheila Wray Gregoire helps women see how our culture's version of sex, which concentrates on the physical above all else, makes sex shallow. God, on the other hand, intended sex to unite us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Gregoire walks through these three aspects of sex, showing how to make each amazing, and how to overcome the roadblocks in each area we often encounter. Drawing on survey results from over 2,000 people, she also includes lots of voices from other Good Girls, giving insight into how other women have learned to truly enjoy sex in marriage.
Download or read book Wedding Speeches For Women written by Suzan St Maur and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more women are giving speeches at weddings today - even within the most traditional of cultures. And it's not just a case of "saying a few words." Whether you're the bride, bridesmaid, mother, grandmother, sister, friend or colleague, you want your speech to be meaningful and memorable, something everyone present will cherish forever. Wedding Speeches For Women is any woman's complete handbook to devising and presenting a wedding speech to remember. In it, you'll find all you need to know about how to: - Understand where your speech fits into the day - Prepare and write your speech - Make it work for you, not just the audience - Choose content that's perfect for the occasion and individuals - Pick a speech structure and approach from a selection of ideas - Choose from a wide range of joke concepts - Find good, poignant quotations - Select or even write a poem for the occasion - Overcome nervousness or "stage fright" - Benefit from professionals' presentation tips and tricks
Download or read book A Modern Girl s Guide to Dynamic Dating written by Sarah Ivens and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This must-have book tells the modern girl the truth about playing the dating game - and winning at it. A Modern Girl's Guide to Dynamic Dating gives tips, guidance and real-life answers about how to find, seduce and keep the right man. Packed full of common dilemmas and disasters as well as advice and experience, this is an essential book for all single women. The topics covered include: Where to look to find love; How to attract men and look drop-dead gorgeous; Avoiding losers, perverts and time-wasters; The first date - how to play it cool when you're on fire! Charming his friends and family; Is it love or just a passion session?; What to do with Mr Perfect when you've got him. A Modern Girl's Guide to Dynamic Dating is an hilarious, unmissable guide to finding the right man with the minimum of stress.
Download or read book How to Be Married to Melissa written by Dustin Nickerson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your therapist told you that marriage was no laughing matter, but standup comedian and podcaster Dustin Nickerson begs to differ. Join Dustin as he draws on experiences from his incredibly average life to share tips for appreciating the uniqueness of every marriage. Through storytelling and brutally honest disclosures, Dustin brings his highly relatable brand of humor to the challenges couples may face, including eating healthy (versus being happy), parenting (building crucial survival skills), finances (bill collectors, anyone?), and church attendance (Melissa's purse holds enough mints and fidget toys to entertain the kids and Dustin). Go beyond the formulas and charts of conventional marriage advice as you dig deep into your one-of-a-kind relationship. In this book written for actual married humans by an actual married human, Dustin shares: Why laughter in your marriage is essential--even in the hard times Why in marriage, unlike on Southwest, your baggage does not fly free An approach to problem-solving (we're talking money, kids, and in-laws) that brings you closer Why you should never put Scattergories on your wedding registry Praise for How to Be Married (to Melissa): "How to Be Married (to Melissa) feels like you're having a conversation with a guy who has legitimate experience and expertise in my favorite things: faith, marriage, and comedy. In a culture full of 'fake it till you make it' people, Dustin is the real deal when it comes to all three categories." --Trey Kennedy, comedian
Download or read book The Guide to Getting Married in the Canadian Rockies written by Jennifer Paltzat and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first-ever guide to getting married in the Canadian Rockies. Filled with how-tos, timelines, and lots of local information, it is the step-by-step guide from "I will" to "I do." The guide is laced with tidbits and practicality as only a girlfriend can give. If you, or someone you know wants to get married in Jasper, this is the only book you will need. Please join the author for the book launch of The Guide to Getting Married in the Canadian Rockies: Jasper Edition at the Jasper Visitor Information Building, a historical landmark and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The launch take place on May 22nd from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM and will be hosted by the Friends of Jasper National Park. May 2004 A Toast to New Bride's Guide Jasper, Alberta - Local author Jennifer Paltzat takes you from "I will" to "I do" in her new step-by-step girlfriends guide to getting married in Jasper National Park. The Guide to Getting Married in the Canadian Rockies - Jasper Edition. The guide is full of tidbits and practical advice to plan intimate weddings for two to lavish affairs for hundreds. Jennifer Paltzat has been to the school of been there and done that when it comes to planning a wedding in Jasper National Park. She has helped many clients achieve wedding memories to last their lifetimes in a place of unequalled beauty. Her expertise, ideas, contacts and spunk have all been packaged together to make a complete bride's guide to planning a dream wedding. Planning a wedding from a distance can be a nerve- wracking experience. Add to it the pressures of going to a world class vacation destination, national park and small town. It's enough to make you cry before you set even one foot down the aisle. Fear not! The Author will hold your hand through the whole event, providing girlfriend style wit and humor. The cover of the book shows Paltzat on her own wedding day with husband Chris and daughter. In the guide, she alsoEshares photos from many other exquisite weddings in Jasper. When asked why she wrote the book she replied, "It was really a process of events. The true 'A-ha' moment came when I found myself answering the same questions for brides over and over. There was no publication on the market to aid in weddings in this area or to reference. I was answering another email to a bride when, A-ha!" Her future plans include writing an edition to help Banff and area bride to be's. The Friends of Jasper National Park will give a toast to the author and her helpful new book by hosting the official book launch on Saturday, May 23rd at the Friends of Jasper store, located in the Information Centre from 7 - 9 pm. Everyone is invited to meet the author, enjoy some refreshments and exchange wedding day stories.
Download or read book The Zen Mama written by Sarah Ivens and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let go of parenting expectations and fears to raise courageous, confident children. The Zen Mama philosophy is that mother and child complement each other in adventures and experiences, always putting safety first but without getting caught up in the anxieties, drama, impossible expectations and mental baggage that too often comes along with modern parenting. Learning to become a Zen Mama will help you grow and nurture a Zen Child - someone who isn't afraid to be different, who can stand up for himself or his friends, and can travel the world and experiment with new things without being overwhelmed with self-doubt or being scared. Full of facts, actionable advice and practical tips, this book will be about combining the heart and the head with what works for you and your family, not comparing yourselves to others or meeting a societal standard. It will support and nurture the mother's journey like a wise and sympathetic friend and offers ideas and experience rather than judgement. The Zen Mama will help you to find your purpose as a mother. It will instil the self-belief you need to help create a resilient, creative, caring and smart child - and help to survive the journey.
