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After an unfortunate scandal robs her of all decent standing in society, Daphne can see no better alternative for her future than to go against her family's wishes and become a mail order bride. That is, until she receives a letter from her betrothed’s younger brother, saying that her husband-to-be, Dallas, has skipped town with another woman. As her hopes of starting over as a married woman begin to collapse, Daphne decides that her only option is to go through with her plan to move west to Daisy Creek. It is there she meets Parker, a local saloon owner.

Many lifetimes ago, the beautiful May Queen found exquisite seduction, not with her husband, but in the arms of the Green Man—the passionate ruler of all that is warm and light. And thus began the earth’s most torrid love triangle. Now three women of diverse eras are drawn to the mystical site of the Celtic queen’s tragic demise. Their fiery obsession, ignited by Beltane magic, is barely perceived, but erotically felt. With each kiss, their passion would break an ancient curse—and reunite a love most profound.

Small-town girl Hazel Lynn Morgan has survived the dull farm life in Ohio by letting her imagination soar. Reading has been her savior, and yet, escaping the quiet life as a mail order bride could be just the excitement she’s looking for. But the Texan cattle rancher she’s intended for has a secret that could ruin everything and a friend who could be their making...or tear them apart forever.

In early 2018, Erin Darcy created an online art project, "In Her Shoes – Women of the Eighth", to safely and anonymously share private stories of the real and devastating impact of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland. In the five months leading up to the referendum on abortion, the project asked a simple question of undecided voters: put yourself in her shoes. Within weeks, Erin was receiving hundreds of stories from a broad spectrum of experiences of planned and unplanned terminations.

Immigrant Millionaire: The Story of One Asian Woman Obsessed to Succeed in the Land of Opportunity by Kelli Nguyen-Ha.

Clarissa Marsh suspected she was with child...she couldn’t wait to tell her husband, Jeremiah, but before she got his hopes up or her own, she wanted to talk to her sister and get a second opinion. On her way to see her sister, fate intervenes. Tragedy strikes, and the only person there who can save her is her husband’s grown son who just so happens to be in love with Clarissa, and bitter toward his own father and her. Will Colton rise to the occasion?

In New York, Eloisa has her future entirely planned out for her. As a member of a well-off family, she is expected to marry, put aside her passion for writing, and live according to her parent’s expectations. Neither as charming nor as pretty as her older sister, shy Eloisa is resigned to her fate - that is until she finds an advertisement for a mail-order-bride, for a banker in the small town of Daisy Creek.

Elijah Rogers is content with his life as the trusted sheriff to the township of Green River. Although he is mostly content with his life as a bachelor, it takes seeing his close friend find happiness in marriage for Elijah to finally consider that there might be more to life than his work and faithful collie. All Lisette Rosemond wanted was to win a silly bet. Simply respond to the listing for a mail-order bride—what trouble could come from that? The last thing Lisette could have expected was that danger would find her even before she could step foot in the town of Green River.

Pest Control for Organic Gardening is a short book dedicated to gardeners, who want to keep their gardens free from synthetic and often times harmful pesticides, and fertilizers. However, there still is the problem and pests and disease. This book gives practical and sometimes surprising ways to address these problems in a biological method. It contains an extensive list of beneficial insects that can be used to battle harmful pests.

Las infancias son libres. Deben serlo. En esta serie volvemos a ser niñes gracias a ensayos escritos con las manos, pero también con el corazón, tomando la ternura radical como fuerza erradicadora del adultocentrismo. En infancias libres hacemos dos manifiestos por les niñes, honramos a las infancias diversas, a aquellas que injustamente han perdido su libertad; pero también, a las infancias que crecieron, como muchxs de nosotrxs, lastimadxs. Así, formulamos un diccionario de la no violencia para por fin dar a les niñes el lugar que merecen.

Dana Dillinger had been R.J. Maitland's right hand for years - loyal, dependable, and hopelessly, secretly, in love with him. So when he popped the question to prove he wasn't the playboy the press labeled him, she accepted his "proposal". But where R.J. envisioned a marriage in name only, Dana refused to settle for anything less than his heart....

It seemed ideal - two months at a charming writers' retreat, surrounded by kindred souls. But Bettina Boothe wasn't prepared for just how long eight weeks truly was. Or that in the process, she would have to open up and reveal the most secret places in her body and soul. Fortunately, her fellow authors do not share Bettina's self-consciousness and begin to draw her out of her self-imposed shell....

Do you find it difficult to lose weight? Do you hate complicated weight-loss strategies that end up starving you? Do you find the latest diet fads to be impractical for your lifestyle? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then this book about intermittent fasting is for you! This book will give everything you need to know about a weight loss method that does not involve counting every calorie of your meal, buying special weight loss shakes, or eating beyond the realms of what is considered a normal diet.

A passionate one-night stand leads to love when motel clerk Jill Griffin meets sexy rocker James Sheridan. Jill joins James and his struggling band on tour and discovers life on the road is a nonstop party despite a grueling concert schedule. The committed relationship Jill craves may be more than James can offer. The band’s popularity grows, as does the number of eager groupies and meddling journalists.

Ten great chapters from our women speakers from our various Steeling the Mind Conferences!

When renowned classical singer Marian Anderson wasn't allowed to sing at a theater in Washington, DC, because she was Black, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to sing at the Lincoln Memorial, at a concert attended by thousands of people. Marian went on to sing around the world on behalf of the UN and the US State Department, and as a part of the Civil Rights Movement, she also performed at the March on Washington. She went on to win many awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award—and she inspired countless people along the way.

Con las plumas maestras de Gabriela Warkentin y Adrián Roman, en esta serie vemos la eterna mirada de los perritos en esta ciudad en donde a veces nos llenan y los llenamos de amor, pero en otras, también los maltratamos.

In 1870, Hazel Lynn Morgan was a girl right on the verge of becoming a woman. She lives in a small town on a farm in Ohio, where nothing new or exciting ever happens. She has survived this long by reading books about exotic places and using her imagination, or what her Ma has termed, her “Magical Thinking”. Will a simple mail-order bride ad placed by a cattle rancher in Texas named Heath Key change Hazel’s life for the better? Or will the secret that Heath is hiding threaten to ruin both of their lives?

Aquí quien busca encuentra, y para hallar auténticas joyas no hacen falta brújula, mucha experiencia ni olfato de sabueso: ya sea ropa, accesorios o alimentos, en los tianguis encuentras algo, vayas buscando o no. Pásale a nuestro especial de tianguis, con la música, el griterío, todo tipo de productos, colores y sabores de fondo en el ambiente. Y una vez dentro, llégales a los cerros de prendas. Zambúllete y explora.

Joe Secrist was born with a rare condition called coloboma, which means that part of the one or more structures inside an unborn baby’s eye does not fully develop during pregnancy. A coloboma occurs in about one in 10,000 births. He was not diagnosed until his early childhood and was considered the clumsy boy who crashed his bike. This is Joe’s story and his account of life during his years of abuse and neglect. Once sent away, his abuse continued at the Indiana School for the Blind. Joe has kept his silence until now.