Emotional First

Ben lost something that belongs to his sister, and he has to find it. He is scared, but it doesn't matter. Ben has to be brave. He has to go into the attic.

When Emily’s husband dies in a terrible accident, she’s not the only wife he leaves behind. Before their whirlwind romance and Emily’s discovery she was pregnant, Pete had been married to Caroline for more than 20 years. A devastating tragedy had torn them apart. But there was a part of Pete that had never fully left his first wife and a secret that would bind them together, forever. Finding herself lonely, heartbroken, and forced to face life and motherhood alone, Emily knows she needs someone she can trust and rely on. Even if it’s the woman her husband loved before her.

Naeem is far from the model teen. Moving fast in his immigrant neighborhood in Queens is the only way he can outrun the eyes of his hardworking Bangladeshi parents and their gossipy neighbors. Even worse, they're not the only ones watching. Cameras on poles. Mosques infiltrated. Everyone knows: Be careful what you say and who you say it to. Anyone might be a watcher.

Some things are worth rebuilding—even if it means risking your heart. When marketing executive Macy Sullivan inherits her grandmother’s crumbling coastal inn, she has just six months to restore it—or lose it forever. The only way to save her inheritance? Partnering with Luke Mitchell—the local builder she walked away from years ago, who might never forgive her. If Macy fails, she won’t just lose the inn—she’ll lose the last piece of her grandmother’s legacy. And with a ruthless developer circling like a shark, eager to tear it all down, Luke is the only person who can help ...

Some tides pull you apart. Others bring you home. As the Sullivan Point Inn's opening day approaches, Macy Sullivan faces unexpected challenges that test her resolve and her carefully laid plans. With her sophisticated mother's surprise arrival stirring up old doubts, Macy's vision for her future begins to blur. The only constant? Luke Mitchell—the local builder whose steady hands have helped restore more than just the inn's limestone walls. But when family secrets and hidden agendas threaten everything they've built together, Macy must decide what she truly wants before the tide pulls ...

Mixing things up could make her Thanksgiving wonderful! Nurse Grace Comstock needed a date for Thanksgiving STAT. She never expected Dr. Nick Tucci, who volunteered at the free clinic where she worked, to offer to escort her. At the feast Nick convinced her family that he was her adoring boyfriend. Even Grace found herself falling under the handsome doctor’s spell. She soon finds herself wishing their pretend relationship might blossom into true love. Though Nick has fallen hard for Grace and wants her in his life for good, she’s reluctant to open her heart to him. The handsome doctor ...

Banning Talbot, Marquess of Daventry and Society's favorite bachelor, is accustomed to having his every whim obeyed — until he finds himself the reluctant guardian of Prudence MacAfee, the outspoken, golden-haired hoyden laughably nicknamed Angel. Now it's Banning's duty to introduce this deliciously unconventional creature to the ton's most eligible suitors. But his heart has an agenda all its own.

Even as Mae and Elsie adjust to the worsening symptoms of the disease that has forever altered their lives, their families struggle to do the same. And though little is as it was, life and all it brings continues for all of them.Where We Turn is the third book in the continuing story of two families who meet at a time in their lives when change seem to be taking place almost every day. Hyde Hills Township is home to two women who meet at a time in their lives when they find themselves looking for answers beyond the obvious. As both Catherine and Grace come to quickly realize the status quo ...

Are you ready to embark on a journey that transforms pain into power? Courageous New Dawn Healing Verses invites you to explore the depths of your emotions and emerge stronger, braver, and more compassionate. This poetic anthology is designed to guide you through the complex feelings of loss, anxiety, and hope, offering healing with every word.

He destroyed her ambition, so he could rebuild her as his. Sienna Drake is an architecture student on the verge of greatness. Her final project is her masterpiece, until her brilliant and cruel stepbrother, Theo Kane, publicly shatters it, and her future, with a single, calculated critique. Humiliated and facing ruin, Sienna’s world collapses further when a family crisis forces them into a shared studio apartment. Trapped with her tormentor, she is cornered. Theo makes her a twisted offer: he will help her rebuild her career if she agrees to become his personal submissive. Under his ...

She wanted to understand art. He decided to make her his masterpiece. Ivy Sterling is an art history major whose carefully constructed world is shattered when her new stepbrother, the brilliant and cruel painter Caleb Dunn, publicly dismisses her analysis as shallow and emotionally vacant. Forced to live together in their parents’ sprawling loft, Caleb’s psychological torment escalates. He sees Ivy’s academic poise as a canvas he wants to destroy and repaint. Her desperation to save her failing thesis becomes his ultimate leverage. He makes her a dark proposition. He will mentor her, ...

Eyes were her enemy... ...until she saw his. Emma lives a solitary life, and after the trauma that thankfully ended two years ago, no one blames her. She has needs that she can't explain, desires that she can't accept, and they just draw her into her own loneliness. Blake has been searching for her. The woman he's never met, drawn into her life simply by a glimpse of her haunted eyes and beautiful face on a news broadcast. Not one scrap of his financial or business successes seem to matter without her in his life to shelter and protect. This is a stand-alone, dark instalove story with ...

Fake fiancée? Sure. Falling into bed with Logan Carter? A reckless, irresistible mistake. He’s my brother’s best friend. The man I’ve secretly wanted for years. The grumpy billionaire who never looked twice—until now. I should have said no when Logan asked me to pose as his fiancée to save his company’s reputation. Instead, I stepped into his world of whispered lies, press photos, and one shared bed too many. We agreed: no feelings. No future. But with every stolen glance, every forbidden touch, it’s getting harder to remember this is pretend. He makes me feel wanted and ...

Eight years ago, I was supposed to marry her. Instead, I destroyed her family and then abandoned her. Broken and hurt, she delivered me a savage blow in return. Naturally, that should have been the end of us. Except that I still want her. Even after all these years, memories of her linger in a mix of pain and desire. And now the sassy girl who once set my world on fire is suddenly in my city, curating art she has no idea that she inspired. Her body still ignites under my touch, but her eyes hold a cold, hard resolve to never re-engage with her family’s arch-enemy. To prove to Sabrina that...

Will his stardom put her out of reach just as he’s ready to take a chance? Kelsey has found peace only by shutting everything out and locking the door. So when the hot single dad next door needs her help, she wants to be a decent person. However, JD has chaos written all over him. JD has been nurturing his band for years, waiting for a big break and hoping for a lightning strike. His biggest shock is that his ex-girlfriend has left him a letter and a daughter he didn’t know he had. It’s about to break him… and the band. If JD gives in to his own desires, he’ll destroy the peace ...

En la educación de sus hijos, los padres buscan enseñarles a vivir y a convivir, a prevenir situaciones de riesgo, agresivas y frustrantes. Pero, lamentablemente, esto no siempre es posible, de ahí que sean necesarios libros tan reales y eficaces como este del psicólogo Javier Urra, con larga experiencia en estos asuntos.

The Dad's Guide to Imparting Success: How Any Dad Can Shape a Bright Future and Foster Success in Their Child is your ultimate guide to turning challenges into triumphs. Discover tried-and-true strategies to ensure your child’s success and strong identity formation.

Eighteen years ago, teenage Amy fled England, pregnant and heartbroken, to start over in New Zealand with her parents. Now Chris, the love she left behind, has walked into her beloved café by the beach and thrown her life into turmoil. As far as Amy’s concerned, Chris chose to ignore the child she was carrying when they last met. She brought up their daughter alone and created a happy home for them both on the other side of the world. But with Chris suddenly back in her life, she can no longer ignore the past and begins to wonder what really happened all those years ago.

It’s George and Mara Spencer’s 25th wedding anniversary, and the Spencer daughters are finally back under the same roof again: Lottie, the youngest, Mara’s adored only child, and Lottie’s two older half-sisters, Dinah and Vaughan, the daughters of George’s first marriage - a marriage that ended in a terrible tragedy, with the death of his beautiful young wife. In the years since, their father has found happiness again...but on this hot summer day in Birch Bend, when catastrophe strikes at the anniversary party.

Love comes in all shapes and sizes—especially when it unearths a forgotten past. Abby Hayes arrives in Maplewood Hollow with one goal in mind—find a lost family heirloom and leave the small town behind. Driven and determined, she’s ready to prove herself as an expert in historical artifacts. But her search leads her straight to Samuel Thornton, a brooding, reclusive mountain man with a past as mysterious as the locket she’s hunting. Samuel has spent years protecting his family’s secrets and the land he calls home. When Abby shows up, digging into things better left buried, he ...