What do you do when you're forced to give up the thing you love? Kate Mihevc Edwards was a passionate runner for years and lived for endurance sports. Until the day doctors told her she'd have to stop--or possibly die. After being diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), Kate was forced to mourn the loss of a lifestyle she loved and face a very scary question: What now? With the grit and determination that made her such an accomplished runner, Kate embarked on a journey that taught her to let go of her former self and claim a new life filled with strength, gratitude, and peace. Racing Heart is Kate's testament to this journey as she walks readers through her transition from a runner eager to finish the race to a woman who values the preciousness of the present. Written for anyone facing a major life change or hungering for a life beyond the mundane, Racing Heart is the inspirational reminder that it is often from the most painful experiences that true joy and passion emerge.
THE ORIGINAL UNABRIDGED VERSION-UPDATED PLOT-NEW ENDING A MUST READ! - Kirkus Indie Review, December 19, 2017 The French flag signals the start of the 24-hour adrenaline rush of Le Mans, the most famous auto race in the world, which provides the backdrop of a terror plot by Muslim jihadists to assassinate the leaders of the free world. Tygre, the beautiful heroine of The Racing Heart, becomes an unwilling pawn caught between the international forces of money, power, sex, and fanaticism. The story follows Tygre's transformation from her childhood in Poland to her coming of age through her experiences as a top supermodel, which affords her entrée into rarefied levels of high society, wealth, and power.The Racing Heart, a romantic thriller, is a gripping roller-coaster of emotions, events, and determination to overcome impossible odds. Will Tygre survive an international terror plot? Does she have what it takes to abandon her comfort level and reveal her true character? Will she find true love she has been searching for all her life? In the whirlwind of intrigue, Tygre is forced to adjust her skewed sense of values, display intelligence and gather the courage to emerge transformed and victorious. The Racing Heart has the emotion of Love Story and the thrill of Le Mans wrapped with insider perception into global terror. The novel is peppered with rich, powerful, abusive men who helped determine the course of Tygre's rise to fame, leading up to the über-villains, epitomized by the pill-popping Khalil Karim and his pathologically malevolent assistant and lover, Malik Youssaf. Flashbacks reveal the personal journey of a romantic, high-spirited teenage girl from Poland. The narrative progresses quickly, comfortably vacillating between present and past. The behind-the-scenes details and dangers of Le Mans racing ring true and function well as a compelling foil for the simultaneous life and death drama being taking place off the racecourse.www.theracingheart.com VARIOUS TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE RACING HEART"The Racing Heart's alright!"-Tom Clancy, author of The Hunt of Red October, Dead or Alive, Without Remorse and many other titles."A page turning exploration of the curse and ecstasy of female beauty and sensuality against the backdrop of a terror plot during the 25 Hours of Le Mans, the most prestigious auto race in the world." -Warren Adler, author of The War of the Roses and Randon Hearts."So glad to hear The Racing Heart's success. I love it and can not wait for my many girl friends to meet you and hear it all. Great book!"-Eva Hansen, Palm Beach"Ava, I started reading your book last night and I couldn't put it away- I am on chapter 25. Can't wait to finish. Love the plot, the Polish touch in the book is great, the sex scenes!!! WOW. Congratulations! Hugs and kisses, Asha."-Asha Ciomek.EUROHOMES, Palm Beach "I finished reading your book and think you have done marvelously well with it all! I particularly liked the memory parts..."-Stephania ConradPalm Beach, Florida "I am loving The Racing Heart, Ava. I read half the book last night. Couldn't put it down."-Kathryn WardWard Pilaties. Darien Connecticut"The Racing Heart's an engaging, exciting and suspenseful story, masterfully told. Finished in one seating. A must read." -Celik Kayalar. PHDFounder& Director: Film Acting Bay AreaWriter, Director, Exec-Producer: Monlight Sonata "Best of luck with your remarkable book, Ava. May we all have The Racing Heart!"-Guy CosmoProfessional racing driver, American Le Mans SeriesTequila Patron 430 Ferrari GT
Lana Howard is a modern-day matchmaker with the happiest clientele in Manhattan. She promises to learn your heart’s desire and she delivers. Liam Fitzgerald wants nothing to do with a matchmaker. He’s fine, the way he is. But before his beloved mother passed away, she fought tooth and nail to book his secret appointment fearing her first born son would never marry. One look at Lana and he’s sold. He knows what he wants. He wants her. But Lana has a system. She doesn’t give people what they want- she gives them what they need. According to her blueprint, they’re not compatible. She has a code. Flings don’t turn into true love. There must be something that’ll stick---or maybe this matchmaker’s been afraid of love all along. Can Liam convince Lana they’d make the perfect match? This is a steamy instalove, matchmaker, fling to true love, older man younger woman romance with a guaranteed happily ever after. Happy Reading!
After surviving an attack, a hotshot female race car driver reluctantly accepts protection from the bodyguard who broke her heart.Sami Jo McLean will let nothing get in the way of her success in the male-dominated sport of racing - not even threats on her life. Grayson Finch is pretty sure Sami Jo still hates him but that won't stop him from keeping her safe.This debut romantic suspense novel by Kelly Duff will get your heart racing as Sami Jo and Gray confront their past but can't deny the sparks that still fly between them.
National bestselling author Juliet Marillier revisits the classic fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast in this “engaging Gaelic fantasy romance staring two fascinating reluctant souls”(Genre Go Round Reviews). Whistling Tor is a place of secrets, a mysterious, wooded hill housing the crumbling fortress belonging to Anluan—a chieftain whose name is spoken throughout the region in tones of revulsion and bitterness. A curse lies over Anluan’s family and his people, and the woods themselves hold a perilous force whose every whisper threatens doom. Then the young scribe Caitrin appears in Anluan’s garden, admiring the rare plant known as heart’s blood. Retained to sort through entangled family documents, Caitrin brings about unexpected changes in the household, casting a hopeful light against the despairing shadows. But even as Caitrin brings solace to Anluan, and the promise of something more between them, he remains in thrall to the darkness surrounding Whistling Tor. To free Anluan’s burdened soul, Caitrin must unravel the web of sorcery woven by his ancestors before it claims his life—and their love...
When Nan Mooney was seven years old, she sat in her grandmother May-May's living room to watch her first horse race ... And so began a turbulent romance between a woman and a sport. Part memoir, part journey into the compelling world of Thoroughbred horse racing, My Racing Heart gallops headlong into the wild culture and fabulous creatures that rise up around a racetrack. Nan Mooney looks at the horses, jockeys, and trainers; the gambling and corruption; and racing's age-old history and forever offbeat society. From the dusty backstretch at a small-town track to the stands at magnificent Churchill Downs, Nan Mooney captures the risks and the glory, the excitement and the passion, for horse lovers, sports fans, and anyone who has ever craved a place to run wild.
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese philosophy and study of the relationship between human beings and their environment. This science of physics offers one way of understanding why some less-than-desirable conditions in our lives are an example of how we live. By practicing Feng Shui at home, we can create a comfortable environment that can also help enhance our personal and professional lives. Inside this book you will find out how: something as simple as painting your front door could help you have a flourishing career placing a bowl of fruit and including pictures of loved ones can promote better health and well-being placing a money vase, water fountain, or coins and plants could promote and invite increased prosperity letting go of old and worn-out items in addition to clearing clutter may help to invite in the perfect love relationship You will discover easy solutions for making positive and effective changes in your life by changing your home. Included are many real-life examples of how people desired and received the life they wanted by changing how they live in their homes.
Brain research is much in the news, but what is its relevance in the classroom? Are there ways to take what brain researchers are discovering about learning and memory and apply it to the situations that educators face every day? Practicing teacher and author Marilee Sprenger tells how to do just that in this book. Sprenger has spent years studying neurological research and training other educators in brain‐compatible teaching methods. This background, combined with her long career as a classroom teacher, has given her priceless knowledge of what works in a multitude of classroom situations. Current brain research is as amazing as it can be confusing. This book discusses in plain terms the structure, function, and development of the human brain. The author describes the five "memory lanes"--semantic, episodic, procedural, automatic, and emotional--and tells how they function in learning and memory. She offers dozens of practical suggestions for teaching and assessing in brain-compatible ways. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the book offers valid, usable, "What you can do on Monday" ideas to incorporate into the classroom. This is an approach to brain research that educators at all levels can apply in their daily work. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.
Escaping the Society’s high-tech enclave the first time cost Skye both her mother and her innocence. Going back required the betrayal of Brennan and everything Skye loved. Now Skye is back on the outside. She’s on the run, isolated and hunted by new horrors that threaten the entire world. The fate of humanity hinges on Skye finding Brennan, but doing so while being chased by the entire might of the enclave’s military may prove too costly, even for Skye.
