Tinsley Parker is a scattered, scorned, mess of a woman this holiday season. This year has been one thing after another with no end in sight. Down on her luck, a drunk evening with her only sister lands them both writing letters to Santa. A simple mix-up when delivering her nephew’s letter lands her secret wish in the hands of Ryan Causley. One Christmas wish from one hopeless woman turns into a miracle for a family that has been dealt too many hard knocks. Do you still believe in the magic of Christmas?
Every person on earth has been through something or will go through something! Whether it is dealing with sickness, the passing of a loved one, abuse, problems in their relationship, children who give them the blues...something. The key to going through something, is to be determined to come out of it. The way to do that, is by maintaining a positive mindset and trusting that God will work things out for you. The Determination of I is a peek into the lives of real people who have been through the storms of life, yet managed to weather the storm.
The author of Loving a Lawman invites you back to the ranch... As cowboys, the Langston brothers of Cattle Creek, Texas, know it’s easy to mend a fence. Mending a broken heart, however, takes time... Rancher Jake Langston prides himself on being the sensible type. But five years after the loss of his wife left him to raise their daughter alone, he indulges in a one-night stand with a sexy stranger. He thought he’d never see the woman again. Four months later, though, she’s standing in his drive with a big surprise. Bryn Talbot wants nothing from the hunky cowboy who got her pregnant, but her Southern nature demands she at least tell him about it. When Jake’s family persuades her to stay for a while, she’s soon won over by their charms—and by Jake. But with the losses the two of them have suffered in the past, neither is sure if they’re ready to take the leap to forever...
In the latest Harley & Davidson mystery, there's a new meaning to the twelve days of Christmas. Hank and Agatha stumble upon a serial killer who's rewriting Santa Claus's naughty and nice list by knocking off big guys in red suits with beards. Hank isn't sure he believes this is a serial killer. Despite Agatha's insistence, he knows serial killers aren't as common as she'd like them to be for her research. Maybe deadline enthusiasm is making Agatha see this as more than it is. But Agatha knows her way around bodies, and the dead Santa's have too much in common not to be connected. Her real-world training as a forensic anthropologist pays off as she matches wits with law enforcement's best, and a deviant killer's worst.
It is a psychological fact that those who feel the need to judge, rule, or regulate their fellow human beings do not expect their fellow human beings as equals. It is the inability to have any recourse against the abuse by an individual in a position of power that eventually causes the corruption of the position and the inception of dissention among those who are being judged, ruled, and regulated. The dissolving of entire civilizations started with inequality. Once inequality is established, the distrust leads to anarchy. Anarchy leads to revolt. Revolt leads to dissolution. Dissolution leads to the loss of continuity. The loss leads to disintegration of the accrued knowledge, and we are at this point in our civilization. The combination of the lack of involvement in our democracy due to the ineffectiveness of our appointed officials to act on all our behalves, the financial inequality among our people, the growing detrimental changes in our environment, and our growing population, putting a strain on all the Earths resources, are now bringing us to the point where we all are to have to make some really hard decisions whether we want to or not. The following parables that shaped the life of an American Dissident and the solutions for the thinking revolution that has already started, make up the chapters of this book. Read them at your own risk of being educated, outraged, vilified, vindicated, and empowered. Please do this in the privacy of your own home, before doing it in public, for your own safety, as there are repercussions for associating with, or being, an American Dissident. Dedicated to my children; I never gave you a second thought because you are always first and foremost in my mind.
In the history of New York City's underworld, there have been a host of criminal figures whose exploits have gone on to inspire. One of them is Jonas Rafferty, known among friends and enemies alike as Wrath, whose life changes when he crosses paths with rogue homicide detective Louis "Lou" Ceavers and offered a bargain that will change the course of his life.
In 2002 - along with Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts - Kimberley Walsh won a place in the Popstars The Rivals band Girls Aloud, and her life changed forever. Ten years later, after six platinum albums, twenty top-ten singles, a Brit Award, an entry in the Guinness Book of Records and a triumphant sell-out reunion tour, the girls have decided to go their separate ways. What better time for Kimberley - a professional, hardworking businesswoman as well as a multi-talented actress and songstress - to tell her story. What was it like behind the scenes of a such a hugely successful band? Was there any truth in the rumours of endless feuds within Girls Aloud? How did she manage to maintain such a strong loving relationship with her partner Justin during the 10 years she was in the band? And how does it feel when your best friend becomes the most famous person in the land? Full of the warmth and laughter that makes Kimberley such a national treasure, with lots of insider secrets revealed too, this book is like curling up on the sofa for a gossip with a friend. There is lots still to come from the UK's favourite Northern lass. Just watch this space.
This is Pat's life told in rhyme to portray all the happiness and joy throughout her childhood in a coalmining village in the 1940's through to her teens when Pat had to face terrible loss and heartache, then on through her life until present time... all the way through the book there is also beautiful inspired poems appropriate to the times and place... all reading this book will have emotions greatly pulled in all directions, titles life's carousel' because that is how Pat views life as one long ride over hills and dales going up and down through good days full of heavenly sunshine and bad days that can be hell, but all of which we have to endure on the ride...
Laurel Sandlin has the perfect life. She lives in Pleasant Hill in her dream house, complete with white picket fence and pool. A wife and mother, with loving family nearby, she couldnt be happierbut even perfect people are bound to have problems. Laurels stay carefully hidden until her fathers sudden illness. The trauma of his sickness forces the dark elements of his past to come to light and threaten the safety of everyone he knows. Laurel tries to keep his past a secret and protect her future, but it is impossible. Everything begins to crumble. Soon, her marriage begins to fail, and chaos overtakes her peaceful life. Laurel has no choice but to face up to the past. As she digs deeper into her fathers past, she discovers a part of herself she had forgotten existed. Now Laurel must decide if exposing the truth is worth risking it all.
