Mallery Viera has only two semesters left to finish her college degree, but her green card has expired, and she mistakenly filed the wrong paperwork. To stay in the country and complete her education, she needs to get married—fast. In her moment of desperation, she confides in Skyler Walker, her morning running partner and the handsome cowboy who always makes her laugh. What she doesn’t know is that Skyler is a billionaire with a sprawling ranch in small town Three Rivers. He's watched his five brothers turn fake marriages into real, lasting love, and he’s ready to take the plunge himself. When Skyler offers to marry Mal, she’s shocked but has no other options. As they embark into their spontaneous marriage, Mal discovers that Skyler is much more than a good friend with a great sense of humor. He has dreams and plans of his own, and she finds herself wanting to support him just as he’s supporting her. Can Mal and Skyler move beyond the superficial and build a deep, lasting relationship? This closed door friends-to-lovers cowboy romance will warm your heart and leave you cheering for Mal and Skyler's journey toward true love.
An uninhibited portrait of growing up gay in 1980s Alabama: exploring art and sex with “more layered insight than the page count should allow” (Hanif Abdurraqib, MTV News). DeShawn lives a high, creative, and promiscuous life in San Francisco. But when he’s called back to his cramped Alabama hometown for his uncle’s funeral, he’s hit by flashbacks of handsome, doomed neighbors and sweltering Sunday services. Amidst prickly reminders of his childhood, DeShawn ponders family, church, and the men in his life, prompting the question: Who deserves love? A modern American classic, Since I Laid My Burden Down is a raw and searing look into the intersections of memory, Blackness, and queerness. “Performance artist Purnell beautifully captures a personality through introspection and memory in this slim novel . . . a compelling portrait of a particular disaffected kind of gay youth caught between religion, culture, and desire.” —Publishers Weekly “It’s a true novel, chaptered, and bound, that not only holds its own as queer literature, with its unapologetically misanthropic narrative, but also expands upon it.” —San Francisco Chronicle “An antidote to the rigamarole of gay lit.” —Mask Magazine “Slim yet potently realized, with a lot to ponder.” —The Bay Area Reporter “Since I Laid My Burden Down has a fearless (sometimes reckless) humor as Brontez Purnell interrogates what it means to be black, male, queer; a son, an uncle, a lover; Southern, punk, and human. An emotional tightrope walk of a book and an important American story rarely, if ever, told.” —Michelle Tea, author of Castle on the River Vistula
The stars speak in a language of secrets, yet their stories cannot remain hidden forever. Billions of years ago, on one of the first-ever Earths, a boy named Skylar will walk away from his home for the last time. Beset by dreams where he flies through the early universe as a sentient starship, he will never be safe if his secret gets out. His only chance to stay alive is to fall in with the same knights who destroyed his peasant village and live under the shadow of the king who sent them to exterminate Skylar’s people. But powerful dreams have a way of shaping reality, and with each midnight flight across the cosmos, Skylar finds his world—and himself—changing. Magic is another thing which should only exist in dreams, yet Skylar has it—one more secret that needs keeping. Against a waking life full of monsters, warriors, swords, sorcery, treasure, and ancient mysteries, Skylar has only one key for putting all the pieces together: the Secret Sky that haunts his sleeping mind.
This book, through personal stories written every day for a full year, captures the memories of the author's second grandchild as she experiences life in her formative years. Side by side with his granddaughter's personal journey of learning the lessons of life, the author shares his own experiences of relearning these lessons including nostalgic reflections on his youth. The book tells a personal story of growing love between a granddaughter and her papa.
Dirmann tells the true story of Skylar Deleon, a former child actor on the TV series "Power Rangers," who was charged of the 2004 double murder of a wealthy retired couple in Long Beach, California. photos. Original.
This book chronicles what a concerned and loving mother would do for her children to ensure a balanced upbringing and the opportunity to excel in their field of interest. For almost every event that she attended with her daughter, there is a lesson inserted and a quote. This book serves as a guide for parents who have an average child, who are at wits end trying to figure out how to get that child to excel in something in this information technology age. Though this book talks about school sports mainly in the Malaysian scenario, the experiences and lessons can be applied anywhere in the world. This book was written to assist parents in preparing themselves for a tedious journey that can last between five to ten years as they follow their childs progress in the world of sports.
When Logan McAllister, a high school senior team roper from Wyoming, surfed the internet, all he wanted to find was a girl with heart and soul to talk to. Skylar Alexander, a high school junior equestrian from Arizona, wanted a friend she could believe in again. Neither of them knew where their first conversation would lead. After meeting over the Thanksgiving holidays, Logan and Skylar's friendship developed into a deeper relationship, one that neither of them was sure they were ready for. As Logan competed in rodeos across Wyoming with his roping partner, Jim Abernathy, Skylar blazed through the show arenas in multiple states toward a World Championship with Ben Adkins, her older mentor, who eventually convinced her to work in Italy with him to further his own career. Tragic circumstances bring Skylar home to face an uncertain future. Will Skylar find her soul mate, or simply find a friend, when she comes back to Logan? Distance, separation, and loneliness will test their relationship, but they are the only ones who know if their sacrifice was worth it.
Need You Now When big-city life threatens the safety of one of their children, Brad and Darlene Henderson move with their three teenagers from Houston to the tiny town of Round Top, Texas. Adjusting to small-town life is difficult for the kids, especially fifteen-year-old Grace who is coping in a dangerous way. Married life hasn’t always been bliss, but their strong faith has carried Brad and Darlene through the difficult times. When Darlene takes a job outside the home for the first time in their marriage, the domestic tension rises. While working with special needs children at her new job, the widowed father of one of the students starts paying more attention to Darlene than is appropriate. Problem is, she feels like someone is listening to her for the first time in a long time. If Darlene ever needed God . . . it’s now. The House that Love Built Brooke has only loved one man, her late husband. Owen’s rebuilding after a painful divorce. Can a mysterious house bring them together for a second chance at love? In the charming town of Smithville, Texas, Brooke Holloway is raising two young children on her own, supporting them by running the family hardware store. The last thing on her mind is falling in love. But she’s intrigued when a stranger moves to town and buys the old Hadley mansion. She’s always heard that house holds a secret—maybe even a treasure—and she can’t wait to see inside. When she meets the new owner and they spend time together, she can’t deny the attraction. Could God be giving her another chance at happiness? Or is she betraying her late husband’s memory by even thinking that way? The Promise Mallory’s search for happiness leads her to a faraway place. There she finds heartache, betrayal—and danger. Mallory Hammond is determined that no one will stand in the way of her goal—to save a life. She had that chance years ago, and she failed to take it, leaving her adrift and in search of the real meaning of her life. Finally, she meets a man online from a volatile corner of the world who offers her the chance to find that purpose. But she will have to leave everyone she loves behind in order to take it. Inspired by actual events, The Promise is a riveting love story that asks the question: how far will we go for love?