Food is love and Annie’s Instagram baking account is blowing up just as Gran is losing her mind, Annie’s fitness obsessed BF is driving her away and her extra BFF is fighting for his life. Add swoon worthy Miles Godfrey to the mix and it’s a recipe that sends Annie’s mental health into a tailspin. Grab a cupcake and a tissue! Funny, intense, sweet and heart breaking, When You’re With Me, I’m Smiling will bring all the feels.
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Nathaniel Branden's book is the culmination of a lifetime of clinical practice and study, already hailed in its hardcover edition as a classic and the most significant work on the topic. Immense in scope and vision and filled with insight into human motivation and behavior, The Six Pillars Of Self-Esteem is essential reading for anyone with a personal or professional interest in self-esteem. The book demonstrates compellingly why self-esteem is basic to psychological health, achievement, personal happiness, and positive relationships. Branden introduces the six pillars-six action-based practices for daily living that provide the foundation for self-esteem-and explores the central importance of self-esteem in five areas: the workplace, parenting, education, psychotherapy, and the culture at large. The work provides concrete guidelines for teachers, parents, managers, and therapists who are responsible for developing the self-esteem of others. And it shows why-in today's chaotic and competitive world-self-esteem is fundamental to our personal and professional power.
Women Are With You is an oral history book featuring excerpts of interviews with women who have successfully extricated themselves from abusive relationships. This nonfiction book's intention is to: ́ express empathy to women currently in abusive relationships ́ provide insight into the cycle of abuse and its many forms ́ provide suggestions for women considering separating from their abusive partner ́ help break the societal stigma that domestically abused women often face ́ help loved ones of a domestically abused woman understand the cycle and the victimÍs mental state These texts are pulled from direct transcripts from audio-recorded interviews. The selected texts do not sugarcoat the difficult transition from abusive-relationship-to-freedom. There are legitimate obstacles, and there are priceless opportunities. The 32 women telling their stories traverse demographics. They range in age (from 18-to-80), race, socioeconomic class, education, and regions.
“A perfectly delicious tale of greed, family, vengeance, and revenge.” —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and The Agathas Scorned in more ways than one, a former teen heiress attempts the ultimate revenge heist at her father’s luxury wedding—if only her infuriatingly charming ex-boyfriend would get out of the way—in this funny and fast-paced romantic thriller. Seventeen-year-old Olivia Owens isn't thrilled that her dad's getting remarried ... again. She's especially not thrilled that he cheated on her mom, kicked them out of their Rhode Island home, and cut Olivia out of her rightful inheritance. But this former heiress has a plan for revenge. While hundreds of guests gather on the grounds of the gorgeous estate where she grew up, everyone will be thinking romance—not robbery. She’ll play the part of dutiful daughter, but in reality she’ll be redistributing millions from her father’s online accounts. She only needs the handwritten pass code he keeps in the estate's safe. With the help of an eclectic crew of high school students and one former teacher, Olivia has plotted her mid-nuptial heist down to the second. But she didn't plan for an obnoxiously nosy wedding guest, an interfering ex-boyfriend intent on winning her back, greedy European cousins with their own agenda, or a vengeful second wife. When everything seems like it's going wrong, Olivia has to keep her eyes on what really matters: getting rich. And when she’s done, “something borrowed” will be the understatement of the year. Amidst competing schemes, nonstop twists, and a romance to root for, one high-heeled mastermind must prove to her father—and herself—that she’s more ruthless than anyone expected. Perfect for fans of: ★ The Inheritance Games ★ Ocean’s Eleven ★ Second chance romance ★ Gossip Girl ★ Ally Carter ★ Heist stories
A friends to lovers, forced proximity standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author, J. Daniels. Riley Tennyson has made a huge mistake. At least, that’s what she keeps telling herself. Showing up to her brother’s wedding pissed off and newly single, Riley seeks comfort in solitude and an open bar, until the gorgeous and irresistibly charming CJ Tully makes her a better offer—a wild night with the master of smooth-talking where nothing is off limits. Riley does what any single woman would do, and a connection is made. One neither one of them can ignore. But when she comes home to the boyfriend she no longer thought she had, Riley buries her secret and begs CJ to do the same. Forget about each other. It was a mistake. That’s all it was… right? Desires are hidden. Distance is kept. Until one night CJ makes the ultimate sacrifice, and Riley can no longer avoid the man she can’t stop thinking about. Not with him sleeping down the hall…
This Is Not A Love Song is a collection of short love stories from all around Australia, with only a few happy endings but many possibilities. Travellers arrive in small towns and find unconventional love with people who are much more than what they first seem. The Sydney / Melbourne dilemma also raises its head, with people arriving or leaving the cities for love that never quite reaches its peak. Nights out seeing bands, drugs stolen from dealers, barmaids and girls on the beach. Homecomings, falling in love with places, a mystical new bar and a lover's betrayal. You'll find these, and much more, in Sean O'Leary's 'This Is Not A Love Song'.
This vividly textured tale of risk and betrayal juxtaposes an unlikely trio of two women and the child who both connects and divides them. An intimate portrayal of the bare-bones struggle for survival in the world's oldest profession, it is also a luminous page-turner about love in its limitless guises; about motherhood, sisterhood and friendship. From a tiny apartment in Cape Town, Katy works as a prostitute while raising her daughter Jody. Out of the blue, Katy's most trusted regular commits an appalling crime against the little girl, forcing Katy to make a devastating choice. Maggie is a hooker with a secret. She forges an unbreakable bond with young Jody while Katy, strident and embattled, is compelled to retrace the destructive decisions that threaten to separate her from her daughter forever. Together Katy, Jody, Maggie and the web of intriguing characters they encounter take the reader on a moving journey into unchartered regions of the human heart.
