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Athena Pappas is the head writer on one of the most popular sitcoms in television history. But when Vegas comedian Stephen Cosse is brought in to beef up the show's suddenly sagging ratings, she starts to worry about her job. Sparks fly as the competition - and attraction - between the two writers heats up. Athena has never had a problem scripting the romances of her characters. So why is her own love life so hard to script?

Legend claims, deep within the rainforest of South America a mysterious tribe exists. Origin of their mystic happenings is an unusual spring and waterfall. It’s claimed once entered works like a portal to the other side, offering peace and verification of passed loved ones - who still live! Seen only by a chosen few, their specific whereabouts has remained unexplainably undetected. Some claim they’re fictitious, but others will die for their cause and existence. And some claim they are devout - while others call them murderers.

Being a parent is one of life's greatest challenges. For many years it was believed that continually berating and punishing their children was the best choice to educate them. Only in the last few years has the practice of positive disciplines been established. With this essential guide you will learn how to connect with your child and how to raise happy and disciplined children.

Lucas Abbott and his identical twin grew up sharing everything - including a reputation for funny, idiotic behavior. But now that Lucas is ready to shed that lovable-idiot image, grow up and have a real, adult relationship, the joke’s on him. He and his twin have fallen for the same woman. Crushed and hoping a few days on the slopes will work out his frustrations, he heads for Stowe, Vermont. All thought of fun and relaxation flies away as a car spins out in a snowstorm, and his firefighter/paramedic training kicks into high gear.

Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worlds - from high-society Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia family wants him out of harm’s way, but Ben stays on the job, determined to make amends for a past that haunts him.

Jo Flynn has never been in love. She is still looking for that connection. Sparks and tingles. Humor and tenderness. Desire. On a business trip to Raleigh, North Carolina, a need for more coffee sends her to a cafe where a chance encounter with a beautiful woman with emerald green eyes changes her perspective of what she's been looking for and her own beliefs about herself.

Escaping her abuser, Veronica heads for Texas as a mail-order bride. She brings with her an unexpected baby and hopes and prays that Max will be accepting of her child. She also hopes that she will be able to allow her husband to touch her. Max is stunned to see a secret baby, but he comes through as a cowboy hero and treats her as his own. He's not sure how to react to Veronica. She is jumpy and scared. He knows it'll be a long road to teach her that some men can be trusted. Then the dead father of her baby shows up.

490 shares powerful stories coupled with an eye-opening forgiveness technique that empowers anyone to experience every day with strength and clarity. You cannot be happy, healthy, or step into your purpose until you know and understand fully three things about yourself: your love language, fear triggers, and fear language. Knowing these changes everything! In this audiobook of compelling stories paired with eye-opening truths, Dr. Joan Samuels-Dennis introduces us to the room - a moment in time we must all forgive before we can transform into the beautiful.

Melissa couldn’t be happier that summer has arrived. She’s delighted to have her mother back by her side, and she is extending her beloved Hawthorn Cottage so her new family can live together. Meanwhile, Melissa’s mother, Sylvia, is back in good health and enjoying a brief stay at a stately retirement home. She loves getting to know the residents, until first a dog and then his owner are both found dead in the dining room. Like mother, like daughter, Sylvia decides to do a little investigating of her own.

Melissa has just finished writing her latest mystery novel and is enjoying the arrival of spring. She’s decided to let her fictional detective retire at last and perhaps put her own days of investigating behind her, too. But the ink has barely dried on the page when Melissa receives shocking news: Her estranged father has been found dead in the family home and her mother, Sylvia, is under suspicion of murder.

Melissa Craig has settled into a new job in the charming Cotswolds village of Upper Benbury. She is teaching French to several of the local teenagers, which gives her a fascinating insight into the young people’s lives. Material for a new novel, perhaps.... Her quiet life is interrupted when she sees her new neighbour running out of the woods in a blind panic. Melissa rushes to help him, but what she finds leaves her breathless: The body of young woman is lying on the bank of the river.

A body is found near a picture-perfect Cotswolds village...but the upstanding local residents couldn’t possibly be involved, could they? Murder is the very last thing on Melissa Craig’s mind when one of her neighbors pops in to complain loudly about a minor local robbery. She’s far too busy thinking about her next book.... But when the evening paper lands, there is a shocking headline. A young woman’s body has been found in the nearby woods, and it seems the local robbery may offer a crucial clue.

Vampires Valad and Michael control the town, and every 10 years, they pick a fertile woman from the village to be wedded to them as part of a tradition that dates back to over a century. No one knows what happens to the women once they are chosen and, quite frankly, no one wants to know. The simple fact is they are never seen again. When curvy Siona discovers that her newly engaged best friend is the next girl to have been selected, she does what no woman has ever done before. Siona volunteers herself to be chosen and to take her friends place.

Melissa Craig is struggling with her new novel, so when the invitation arrives to visit a nearby country house for some writing time, she decides a bit of peace and quiet is just what she needs. The house is everything she could have hoped for, even if the staff do seem rather unsettled. She has barely unpacked when the owner of the house persuades Melissa to investigate some threatening notes he has received. But before she can do any digging, he is found murdered in his own orchard.

Since her move to the country, Melissa Craig has become firmly established in village life. So, when one of the older residents fails to show up for a drinks party, Melissa goes to check on her. What she finds chills her to the bone: Her dear neighbor has been murdered, and the killer has painted a hideous smile onto her face. Melissa soon realizes that the death in her village bears the same trademark as a series of recent murders in the Cotswolds.

Amb un títol que emmarca la història com si fos un quadre, Michael Köhlmeier troba el límit entre la vida i la narració de la mateixa i ens mostra com pot separar i decidir un escriptor què ha de formar part de la seva obra i què ha de pertànyer a la seva intimitat. La profunda anàlisi que fa l’autor de les relacions, en una obra d’aparença senzilla, es redueix a un succés concret, gairebé anecdòtic. És així com en aquesta breu i bella novel-la comprovem com les diferències de caràcter de dues persones provoquen percepcions antagòniques del mateix incident.

Pere Gabriel, fill d’una família obrera, es fa gran en un temps de revoltes i incerteses. De ben petit ha de treballar i enfrontar-se amb una vida molt dura, però plena d’il·lusions, curiositat i tendresa. La guerra civil, la derrota, sobretot, les hi anorrearà i li imposarà un silenci, que amagarà un secret íntim que no revelarà fins a la vellesa.

L'atzar fa que en Martí i en Miquel es coneguin. L'amistat entre els dos xicots i el descobriment de les vivències de l'avi d'en Miquel els marquen profundament, perquè saben transformar aquestes relacions en una experiència positiva.

Un professor de filosofia que també escriu els discursos a determinats polítics del govern català viatja a Lisboa amb un comesa delicada: establir contacte amb el principal estrateg de la Revolució dels clavells de 1974, en una acció de la comissió reservada de la Generalitat “Horitzó 2014”, orientada a b uscar complicitats per a la independència de Catalunya.

El protagonista, en Manelic, un home senzill i primitiu, és cridat per casar-se amb la Marta, una noia de la terra baixa que fins aleshores havia estat obligada a mantenir relacions íntimes amb el seu amo, en Sebastià, el qual pretén continuar-les més enllà del que per a ell és un matrimoni de conveniència. La Marta, envilida per la relació forçada amb en Sebastià, troba en l’amor d’en Manelic la força per esdevenir lliure i trencar la dependència que la subjectava a en Sebastià.