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Cassie Linden worries about every word she can’t remember, terrified of the early-onset Alzheimer’s that stole her mother. Now, recently divorced, she’s back home to care for her aging father, who can no longer manage his beloved bees. To pay for her dad’s care, she puts her misgivings aside and convinces him to sell to a developer who’s putting up a luxury project next door. She also enlists the help of beekeeper Glenn Marsden, who fiercely opposes development of this last open space in town.

In the game of love, she is his last shot. Everyone loves the tall, funny, successful, and ridiculously handsome pool shark, Johnny Givens. He’s the guy every woman wants. So why hasn’t he found the? At forty-five years old, he’s tired of the dating scene, tired of not clicking with any woman that crosses his path. He’s over it. Rachel Garcia hopes for a better life, but for now, she bartends at her overbearing Uncle Dexter’s bar. And as for love, she has a few rules. No dating customers, no dating older men. Sounds simple enough.

The living aren’t the only ones listening. People think cemeteries are quiet. They aren’t. Not the old ones. Not the kind with crooked stones and names worn thin by weather and grief. They hum, they breathe, they watch. After a decade tending the dead, the sounds have stitched themselves into me—roots rubbing bones, frost shifting in the dirt, whispers caught in the cedars. It was supposed to be just another burial. Another evening alone with a backhoe and the wind. But this time the dark spoke back.

In her first book of comic strips, Emma reflects on social and feminist issues by means of simple line drawings, dissecting the mental load, ie all that invisible and unpaid organizing, list-making and planning women do to manage their lives, and the lives of their family members. Most of us carry some form of mental load - about our work, household responsibilities, financial obligations and personal life; but what makes up that burden and how it's distributed within households and understood in offices is not always equal or fair.

Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Multi-voiced Performance! This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and narrator. "The production's 10 outstanding real-life narrators portray the fictional audiobook's author and its nine narrators. Each of the talented real-life narrators...

An earth-shattering choice. A long-lasting love story. Since their first date in the school cafeteria back in the tenth grade, Sam and Maria have been inseparable. Before long, they fall madly in love. With every aspect of their lives mapped out, the future feels bright and full of hope. As adulthood approaches, Maria faces a life-changing choice. Her decision results in their separation and sends their lives in different directions. Maria’s inability to prioritize herself leads to the heartbreaking loss of her one true love and thrusts her into an agonizing marriage.

The Musician They were the perfect couple—or so she thought. Harper had it all: a husband who adored her, a beautiful daughter named Peyton, and a life filled with Sunday mornings at church and cozy family dinners. Dorian, her high school sweetheart, had turned his musical dreams into a thriving recording studio. Harper gave up her nursing career to raise their child and support him. Love was supposed to be enough. But love turned into something unrecognizable. Dorian changed—first slowly, then violently. The late nights, the distant eyes, the explosive temper.

In Point, people smile, wave, and mind their business. But when the first body is discovered, the illusion shatters—because the victim isn’t alone. A handcrafted doll sits beside the body. Carefully made. Deliberate. A perfect reflection of how they died. As more victims are found, the pattern becomes impossible to ignore. The dolls aren’t trophies. They’re messages. Detectives Loretta and David Smitty are pulled into a case where murder is treated like ritual and silence protects more than the killer. Every crime scene is staged. Every doll is intentional.

If Lora Hamilton was ever going to live a normal life and love again, she will have to follow through on her father’s dying request to put her tragic past behind her. For four years, Lora used work to isolate herself from others, to hide the guilt and shame she’s carried. Now she’s trapped in a lonely, meaningless life.

Quinlan, Texas is the kind of town that prides itself on church suppers, fishing tournaments, and minding its own business. But when a fisherman pulls a bloated body from the lake—its chest carved with a single teardrop—the illusion of safety shatters.

She never meant to fall for the country star. He never expected to find his muse in the woman with walls higher than his fame. Dottie Monroe has spent years hiding in plain sight. Working backstage at the Nashville's most famous country music showcase, keeping her past locked tight behind a quick wit and a no-nonsense attitude. Music was once her escape, but it’s been a long time since she let herself dream of anything more. Enter Chandler York, country music’s golden boy with charm for days, a career on the rise, and a complicated heart of his own.

As a Seer, everybody seems to want something from Hanna, especially dead people. She tries to ignore their overwhelming pleas for help and live a normal life, but when she starts high school she can’t avoid the ghost haunting her history class. He lectures so loudly, he makes focus impossible and passing the class even more difficult.

When I first set out to research market competitors on the subject of helping new moms transition back to work, I was disappointed (but not surprised) to find so few resources–especially when you consider what a large percentage of the population goes through this experience.

Brunschweiger posits women have the right to be happy and, if they choose to, feel comfortable rejecting the societal conventional pressure of having children. Our author suggests that women and their partners will have more freedom and enjoyment if they are childfree. Brunschweiger doesn’t want humanity to go extinct as some may suggest; rather, she wants the Earth and its inhabitants to have an enjoyable and sustainable future.

Anabelle Fleming is starting her first day of high school, but for her it’s a different first day. She’s moved to the small town of Pinewood, Colorado, because her mother, famous writer of thrillers, divorced her father, the front man for a monstrously successful rock band.

Hey Mama, You’re Killin’ It! includes 30 days of why moms are remarkable. Each daily encouragement reminds moms that our compassion, strength, courage, passion, and much more are changing the world, one decision to love at a time.

Moving abroad for work, whether it is permanent or for a short term assignment, is something that many people do each year. Taking the family pet, however, is something that often throws a new set of challenges into the mix.

Hate is definite, solid. It is planted. It grows, not only aboveground where it can be seen and flaunted as a shield of identity, but also below the surface, its roots reaching and penetrating into unexpected places without permission. A child can pick it up easily, too easily, especially when everything else around her seems indefinite.

Chicks Before Dicks may be the answer to your prayers, but not in the way you might think. This easy-to-understand guide is all about taking care of YOU and teaching you to find your joy, reach for your dreams, and learn to love yourself wholly. This timely handbook is your playbook to living the life you were meant to live. With you as the central focus, it will help you navigate the sometimes-chaotic relationship world and will help you hone in on what matters the most.

Mariatu refused to let traumatic and life-altering experiences define her. Instead, she persisted in reinventing her life by hustling to become a successful businesswoman and an educator. As a visionary, Mariatu was determined to make her dreams a reality. Along the way, tested were her strength, faith, and dedication. Her sacrifices and struggles were exhausting.