Small Life

Grant Courtland, age 37, is a duly qualified lawyer in Canada and a CPA in North Carolina. When the stressful job he has held in the USA for the past 5 years ends due to the retirement of his boss, Grant has a tough choice to make. If Grant moves back to Canada then he will lose his USA residency. Would Grant prefer to be a Canadian attorney or an American accountant? He spent five years in each profession but both of those positions entailed crushing work hours which meant no social life. Grant chooses to open his own legal practice in the small city of Belleville, Ontario. Grant is ...

A warm June evening, a local tradition: The students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. But what begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver of the car, Penny Alistair, dead and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers - Penny's boyfriend Jake and her friend Demeter - are physically unhurt, but the emotional damage is overwhelming, and questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel.

Adele and Justine have never been close. Born 20 years apart, Justine was already an adult when Addie was born. The sisters love each other, but they don’t really know each other. When Addie dropped out of university to care for their ailing parents, Justine, a successful lawyer, covered the expenses. It was the best arrangement at the time, but now that their parents are gone, the future has changed dramatically for both women.

91 year-old Ira Levinson is kept concious after a car wreck by visions of his late wife, Ruth, who recounts stories of their lifetime together. A few miles away, at a local rodeo, Sophia Danko, a senior at Wake Forest, meets a young cowboy named Luke. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.

Why won’t the puzzle pieces of her life fit together? Darby is used to taking care of other people. As the oldest of her cousin pack, she has always looked out for the younger Callahans. After college she follows in her mother’s footsteps and becomes a nurse—a seemingly perfect fit for someone who has the desire to take care of others. Although she has known her purpose in life would be to help people, she has never been sure about finding love. After several failed relationships, she wonders if finding her soul mate is in the cards for her. Her parents and all of her aunts and uncles...

An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, best-selling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.

★★★★★ “More heart-wrenching yet heart-healing stories from this gifted author.” Award-winning author Mollie Mathews returns with more heartfelt explorations of the power of love to heal. Perfect for fans of Danielle Steel, Sarah Morgan, and Jojo Moyes The True Love 4 Book-Bundle Box Set contains the first four books in the TRUE LOVE STORIES series Love In Venice (Mauro and Maggie) Love in Mexico (Oliver and Ruby) Love In Sicily (Gianni and Kate) Love In Montana (Jack and Lizzie) LOVE IN VENICE (FINALIST RWNZ EXCELLENCE IN ROMANCE AWARD) One summer could change everything. . . ...

In the romantic tradition of The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe, number-one New York Times best-selling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals - transcending decades, continents, and the bittersweet workings of fate.

Returning home to Ditto, Texas, is bittersweet for Lila Matthews. Her dear and feisty aunt Gracie has passed away, leaving Lila her estate. That includes a centuries-old house, a field of the freshest strawberries in Atascosa County, more money than Lila can count, and a secret Aunt Gracie took to her grave. All the angels in heaven won’t be able to pry it out of her.

Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons—how did they make their money, exactly?—Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. When their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island is up in arms.

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Uncover biblical foundations for ethical entrepreneurship. Amidst a marketplace often dominated by cutthroat competition and self-centered practices, God Belongs in Business stands as a testament to the enduring strength of biblical principles in modern entrepreneurship. This book is a compilation of twelve Kingdom authors and offers a life-changing look at the transformative power of the Scriptures when sown into the fabric of the business. These narratives explore the practical application of lessons drawn from the Bible, and how they have transformed the authors' approaches to leadership...

Joanna Gore travels to Smicksburg, Pennsylvania under false pretenses. She has been corresponding with an Englisher for over a year. Are they marriage material? She definitely wants to leave the Amish, no doubt about it. The Amish of Smicksburg are more primitive than the Beachy Amish, so no worries about being sucked into their lifestyle. She’ll be the new teacher at the one-room schoolhouse and stay until Christmas, seeing snow for the first time. Joanna meets a host of characters, including Granny and Jeb Weaver, and her life twists and turns until she is dizzied enough to fall on her ...

A lifetime of lies, and a truth too painful to tell. When Suzanna Duff was ten years old, she lost her mama, and that’s when the lies began. At first, they were just harmless little fibs, a way to hide her unbearable loneliness and the truth about a daddy who came home rip-roaring drunk every night. But in time, the lies grew bigger and now, when she is a grown woman with a daughter of her own, they threaten to destroy everything she loves. The irony of this situation is that Suzanna never planned to stay in Georgia, she was simply passing through, looking for a fresh start in New Jersey....

You've seen the photos, you've imagined the scenario... a place to really call your own, no more cleaning for hours on end, freedom to pick up and travel when you choose, more money to invest or spend as you please, a smaller footprint, a more sustainable life... but are you ready to make the change? This book will inform, guide and share valuable ideas about making the move to a smaller or even a tiny house, what benefits you can expect, and even how to make your new home more sustainable. This book offers insights about the realities of small house living, how tiny houses help the ...

What we send out into the universe comes back to us magnified. Although the power of intention - the energy of positive thoughts - is widely accepted as an influential force in transforming lives, the exponential power of group intention has never been explored - until now. In The Power of Eight, Lynne McTaggart, an expert on the science of spirituality, reveals her remarkable findings from 10 years of experiments about how group intention can heal our lives - and change the world for the better.

The Calabrian Coast books are standalone stories that intertwine with recurring characters. Camillo runs a popular café on Altavicia’s main square. Giada runs an equally popular café across the square. They have both entered Altavicia’s Best Café competition. Scarred by his father’s death, Camillo’s greatest wish is to escape the Calabrian seaside village and return to his beloved London, where his family was last together and happy. Abandoned by her parents, Giada’s greatest wish is to earn her nonna’s love. The competition trophy is the ticket to both their dreams, but only...

When Jenny inherits her estranged grandmother’s cottage in Sherwood Forest, she has nothing to lose - no money, no job, no friends, no family to speak of, and zero self-respect. Things can only get better.... Her grumpy but decidedly handsome new neighbour, Mack, has a habit of bestowing unsolicited good deeds on her. And when Jenny is welcomed into a rather unusual book club, life seems to finally be getting more interesting. Instead of reading, the members pledge to complete individual challenges before Christmas.

Since you were old enough to hold a job, you've been hoodwinked to believe that wealth can be created by blindly trusting in the uncontrollable and unpredictable markets: the housing market, the stock market, and the job market. I call this soul-sucking, dream-stealing dogma "The Slowlane" - an impotent financial gamble that dubiously promises wealth in a wheelchair. For those who don't want a lifetime subscription to "settle-for-less", there is an alternative.

When a Texas rancher meets a stubborn island veterinarian, sparks fly—and not only the romantic kind. Dr. Elaine Hopewell came to Chincoteague Island to rebuild her shattered career, finding solace in the wild ponies she’s devoted herself to protecting. The last thing she needs is Cole Walker—an arrogant Texas cowboy with a poorly behaved cattle dog—disrupting her research and her carefully isolated life. Cole has one mission: investigate a suspicious breeding operation and return to his family’s ranch. Simple and temporary. But when he discovers Ellie’s fight to save ponies ...