My Heart Went Walking

My Heart Went Walking

Author: Sally Hanan

Publisher: Fire Drinkers Publishing

Published: 2022-02-05

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1733333053

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It's 1984 in the west of Ireland, and two sisters have unwittingly betrayed each other. My Heart Went Walking follows Una, who gives up everything to protect the people she loves, and her sister Ellie, who is left behind to pick up the pieces. With the prose of Sue Monk Kidd mixed with the dialogue of Maeve Binchy, this is a captivating, emotional, and uplifting debut novel set against the sweeping landscape of rural Ireland and Dublin City in the 1980s. Una runs away from her home and family in Donegal to start over in the “big smoke” of Dublin City, leaving a bereft family looking for answers. A year later, wondering if it might be safe to go back, she comes face-to-face with the heartbreaking reality that if she does so, she'll ruin her sister Ellie's newfound happiness. Una stays away and processes her pain alone while building a new life for herself with help from an unexpected source … until tragedy strikes and she must go home, where the secrets she has fought so hard to keep could destroy all their lives. My Heart Went Walking is a story of heartbreak and difficult choices, of tragedy and romance, of giving up everything to save your loved ones and trying to figure out your new path in life. With its evocative and witty prose, Sally Hanan will take you back to the '80s and pull you in to the Irish approach to life — that of grit and laughter — and leave you with an overriding reminder of the possibility of hope and restoration in all things.


Whoa! I Married A...

Whoa! I Married A...

Author: Megan Wade

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-04

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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Welcome to Oakwood Falls. A mountainside town, where the swoon is high and the men are dreamyGet all five Wedded Curves stories in one boxset.Whoa! I Married a Mountain ManAlways the bridesmaid and never the bride. It's something I'd resigned myself to. Then at my best friend's wedding, I met Gavin 'Bear' Warren. He made my heart go boom.I remember laughing. I remember talking. I even remember going for a long walk together. What I don't remember is saying 'I do'. Somehow, I'm the bride, married to a man-a mountain man-I just met. What do I do now? Whoa! I Married a Billionaire You never truly know a man until you share a bank account.That's something my granny used to say growing up. I never cared about money, only the man. But when I married Danny Cardiff, I finally understood what she meant. When I said, 'I do' I thought it was to a mild mannered ex-marine turned business analyst who spent more time working at home than in the office. But when we went on our honeymoon, I realized just how wrong I was. There was a private jet.We had an entire island to ourselves.Staff to cater to every whim. When I grew concerned over how we could afford this, he broke the news.He's a billionaire. Whoa! But now I'm wondering what other secrets he's hiding.Whoa! I Married the PitcherIt only took one strike.The moment I saw Bryce Cardiff step up to the mound, I knew he was the man I wanted to marry. Problem was, he was off limits to me. As the owner's daughter, I wasn't allowed to mingle with the players. But then we ran into each other in the stairwell, and...we couldn't help ourselves. Now we're on the run.All we want is each other. All baseball wants is their prized pitcher and their little princess back under the owner's thumb.I don't know how we're going to stop them from pulling us apart, but Bryce says he has a plan. I hope it's a good one.Whoa! I Married a Rock Star He made me the girl in his songIn the beginning, I was nothing more than an employee, a gift to his wealthy friends, the nanny who'd take care of their baby. Then we got to know each other.I always imagined a rock star would be arrogant and crude, but Tristan Alto was none of those things.Away from the limelight, he was charming, intelligent, and oh so worldly. He swept me off my feet, told me secrets I don't think anyone knew. I was his the moment he picked up his guitar and described me in song.Whoa! I Married a BikerWith one look, my engine revved...Tattoos and leather jackets are a dime a dozen in the music industry. And as goddaughter to one of the world's biggest rock legends, I've seen my fair share of bad boys on motorcycles. Then Wyatt Tanner enters the room... He has the bike, the tattoos, and the leather jacket. But he isn't a musician pretending to be bad. He's a real, bonafide bad-a-s-s. An ex-member of an outlaw biker gang, he's the only genuine person in a room full of pretenders. I'm instantly drawn to him...We click immediately. He makes me feel things I've never imagined existed outside of stories and songs. I can see myself spending my life with him. But then his old life catches up, and suddenly my happily ever after doesn't seem so happy after all. Can we beat the odds and find our happily ever after in Oakwood Falls? As always, this Megan Wade book comes with her 'Sugar Promise'. High heat, low drama, guaranteed.


Uses of Plants by the Hidatsas of the Northern Plains

Uses of Plants by the Hidatsas of the Northern Plains

Author: Gilbert L. Wilson

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 0803246749

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In 1916 anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson worked closely with Buffalobird-woman, a highly respected Hidatsa born in 1839 on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota, for a study of the Hidatsas’ uses of local plants. What resulted was a treasure trove of ethnobotanical information that was buried for more than seventy-five years in Wilson’s archives, now held jointly by the Minnesota Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Wilson recorded Buffalobird-woman’s insightful and vivid descriptions of how the nineteenth-century Hidatsa people had gathered, prepared, and used the plants and wood in their local environment for food, medicine, smoking, fiber, fuel, dye, toys, rituals, and construction. From courtship rituals that took place while gathering Juneberries, to descriptions of how the women kept young boys from stealing wild plums as they prepared them for use, to recipes for preparing and cooking local plants, Uses of Plants by the Hidatsas of the Northern Plains provides valuable details of Hidatsa daily life during the nineteenth century.


On the Plus Side

On the Plus Side

Author: Alison Bliss

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2017-06-27

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1455568058

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Big girls don't cry--they go after what they want--in this "fresh, fun, adorable" (Lori Wilde) romantic comedy. Thanks to her bangin' curves, Valerie Carmichael has always turned heads -- with the exception of seriously sexy Logan Mathis. Just Valerie's luck that the object of her lust-filled affection is also best friends with her overprotective brother. But Valerie's determined to get Logan's attention . . . even if it means telling a teeny little lie to get a job at his new bar. Logan can't remember a time when Valerie didn't secretly fuel all his hottest fantasies. Now the curvaceous she-devil is working behind his bar, tempting him every damn night. It's only when he finds Valerie's naughty things-to-do list that Logan decides to break every rule in the book -- by making each red-hot deed a reality. No one warned them that they were going to fall this hard. And no one warned them that sometimes the smallest secrets can have the biggest consequences.


Size Matters

Size Matters

Author: Alison Bliss

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2016-11-29

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1455568031

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The rules of (fake) engagement . . . Leah Martin has spent her life trying to avoid temptation. But she's sick of low-fat snacks, counting calories, and her hyper-critical mom. Fortunately, her popular new bakery keeps her good and distracted. But there aren't enough eclairs in the world to distract Leah from the hotness that is Sam Cooper - or the fact that he just told her mother that they're engaged . . . which is a big, fat lie. Sam sometime speaks before he thinks. So what started out as defending Leah's date-ability to her judgmental mother soon turned into having a fiancee! Now the plan is to keep up the fake engagement, stay "just friends," and make Leah's family loathe him enough to just call the whole thing off. But Sam has an insatiable sweet tooth, not only for Leah's decadent desserts but her decadent curves. Her full lips. Her bright green eyes. Yep, things aren't going quite according to plan. Now Sam has to convince Leah that he's for real . . . before their little lie turns into one big, sweet disaster.