In this contest… Second time’s the charm? Dairy farmer BeeBee Long wants to make the world’s best mozzarella, which means adding a water buffalo to her operation. Orlando the Bull costs more than she can afford, so she swaps her muddy boots for high heels…and enters a beauty pageant for the prize money! There’s just one problem—contestants must create a winning recipe and she can’t cook. Traveling chef Bill Danzig offers to train his former teenage crush, and soon they’re baking up a sweet second chance. But will BeeBee’s first love leave her behind again or crown her queen of his heart? From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging. A Crystal Hill Romance Book 1: The Dairy Queen's Second Chance
In a lively narrative that spans more than two centuries, Meredith Martin tells the story of a royal and aristocratic building type that has been largely forgotten today: the pleasure dairy of early modern France. These garden structures—most famously the faux-rustic, white marble dairy built for Marie-Antoinette’s Hameau at Versailles—have long been dismissed as the trifling follies of a reckless elite. Martin challenges such assumptions and reveals the pivotal role that pleasure dairies played in cultural and political life, especially with respect to polarizing debates about nobility, femininity, and domesticity. Together with other forms of pastoral architecture such as model farms and hermitages, pleasure dairies were crucial arenas for elite women to exercise and experiment with identity and power. Opening with Catherine de’ Medici’s lavish dairy at Fontainebleau (c. 1560), Martin’s book explores how French queens and noblewomen used pleasure dairies to naturalize their status, display their cultivated tastes, and proclaim their virtue as nurturing mothers and capable estate managers. Pleasure dairies also provided women with a site to promote good health, by spending time in salubrious gardens and consuming fresh milk. Illustrated with a dazzling array of images and photographs, Dairy Queens sheds new light on architecture, self, and society in the ancien régime.
A Second Chance is about a girl who got a second chance at life and love. She lost her dad, was left with a mean stepmother. But Brandy was lucky and had a best friend, Jenny, who helped her begin a new life with her Uncle and his family. She has some exciting events along the way into her new life. She meets a new best friend, Becky, who helps her excel and opens up into an even more beautiful person, starting in a new school with a speech handicap. Lives by the beach, and almost drowns with the help of a couple of idiots, but is saved by a handsome lifeguard named Martin who falls in love with Brandy. But they have more than their share of ups and downs. One when they go to different colleges and an ex-girlfriend comes into play. Then Martin's father does his best to break them up. But in the end they manage to get through all the hard times and obstacles that were set before them.
Chicago, 1949. She was a 24 year-old college graduate hoping for a career as an actress while waiting for Mr. Right. He was 35, 510, a medical student, handsome and smart. Soon he would leave for his internship in Brooklyn, but he didnt want to go alone. They met, and Bam! He was exactly what shed been waiting for. Now I know why Mama, Taught me to be true. She meant me for someone, Exactly Like You. It was a perfect match. Or was it? It doesnt take long to realize that The Promise at the Dairy Queen is more a commitment to self than any bond made with another human being. Although Dorothys memoirs take place firmly in an era of change, they come from the spirit of a girl-becomes-woman whos inner self is stronger than the definition of the times in which she lives. Hers is an inspirational story of identity vs social and family expectations. Dorothy is a double swirl with toppings in a special cone and reading her is just as satisfying. Lynn Rosen-Bright, Poet, Playwright.
One summer can change everything... It's 1971, and Darlene's life is about to change as family mysteries are solved and the idealistic teen figures out what to do with her life. This is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of "peace, love, rock and roll," and the Vietnam War.
The only reason this book was possible is due to Amherst Drug Court, Horizon Village and the support from my family. I would like to thank the drug court staff, judge Mark Farrell, all my counselors, Resident Assistants, family and peers from Horizon Village. To start, Amherst Drug Court for not just sending me to jail and giving up on me. That they gave me the option and then took the time when they saw potential and hope to send me to Horizon Village, ninety day inpatient rehab. To Horizon Village, all the knowledge, time, compassion, faith and support the counselors and Resident Assistant's gave was second to none. Not only did the counselors teach me about the disease of addiction, but went the extra mile to give me additional information in reference to my personal tribulations to help with my recovery and handle cravings and urges. The Resident Assistant's, for making time to print all my rough draft stories and showing me so much support on this book. To my family, for their unconditional love and for never throwing in the towel and for supporting my idea about writing this book of my personal stories on addiction. To my peers from Horizon Village, for all your support that I write this book to help all addicts suffering from this disease of addiction. I just hope and pray these stories help others as much as they helped me by writing and re-reading these true stories.
As her body lay dying, her spirit began to travel A Second Chance at Heaven is an unforgettable account of one young woman’s encounter with the Lord of Life. A visceral account of one woman’s journey to hell and back An ideal resource for parents looking to help a teen struggling with depression and suicide Supernatural experience perfect for fans of “Heaven is For Real” and “90 Minutes in Heaven” As a troubled teenager, Tamara Laroux just wants the pain to go away. Crying out to God for forgiveness, she makes the heart-wrenching decision to end her life. As she plummets from her body to a place of vast darkness, torment, and agony, Tamara instantly realizes the finality of her rash decision and begs God to save her. A Second Chance at Heaven is a remarkable memoir of the afterlife that will challenge each of us to ponder the reality of heaven and hell. Her supernatural experience to hell and back convinces Tamara that the only knowledge that matters in this life is that Jesus is real.
As a child, Emily Taylor was no stranger to adversity when she lost both her parents to tragedy. Now orphaned, she would look to her Aunt Sabrina for guidance and support. Sabrina left Butter Milk Falls to pursue a career in fashion design. She was well on her way to establishing a name for herself when tragedy strikes and shatters her dreams. She is forced to return home to care for her niece and run the family dairy. As the years go by, putting her needs aside becomes second nature for her until a surprise announcement by Emily gives her a long overdue second chance. Along the way, good friends are there to lend their support. Friends like Hanson Pierce and his son, Scott. Hanson is foreman of their dairy and Scott is Emily s best friend. Then there s Ross Harris who has loved Sabrina since they were kids, but fear of rejection forces him to keep his feelings secret. Come to Butter Milk Falls, a place where everyone can find a second chance at life and in love.
Enjoy this second chance romance collection at a terrific discount. Good on paper and even better between the sheets. These dangerously powerful bad boy bosshole billionaires do whatever it takes to fiercely protect the women they love. Lose yourself in this hot and steamy FIVE FULL-LENGTH NOVEL contemporary romance collection! With these scorching hot and rich AF alphas, irresistible is an understatement. Books included in this collection include: Her Billionaire Hero: A Friends to Lovers Second Chance Romance She needs me. I need her. She has secrets that put her in worse danger than she knows. No one else has the power to protect her like I do. We once shared an office, but now share A LOT more. I’m determined to finally claim her. Our future depends on me showing her the strength of my love. His to Love: An Arranged Marriage Romance I have to pretend to love my best friend’s sister. An easy charade to help out my bestie. A little too easy, but I have to keep that secret. Our marriage is fake, but these sparks flying are far too real… The Billionaire’s Kiss: A Second Chance Romance I have one week to claim her… She belongs with her family in Ireland. I belong here with mine in Texas. She needs to leave… I need her to stay. Our connection, intense. Our love, undeniable. Our ending, inevitable… Or is it? Billionaire’s Secret Baby: A Second Chance Romance There she is, exactly the way I remember her. Except one difference - a little girl holding her hand calling her “Momma”. And this little girl has my eyes. This secret could destroy everything I’ve built for myself. Or it could spark the greatest love of my life… The Billionaire’s Fortunate Accident: A Doctor Romance I would give up the air in my lungs just to be able to touch every last inch of her. After a drunken night of partying, I found the love of my life… At a fast-food restaurant of all places. I’m mesmerized by her curves under her uniform and that playful look in her eye. There’s definitely more to her than she lets on. Turns out she’s out of my league. It’s never stopped me before. One thing is for sure - when I want something, I get it. And there’s nothing I want more than to claim her as my own… Keywords: Secret baby romance, second chance, billionaire romance, bad boy, new adult, instalove, age gap romance, alpha male, new adult romance, steamy romance, age gap romance older man younger woman, sweet romance, romantic novels, love, action, adventure, sexually romantic books, hot, alpha hero, contemporary romance, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, sweet romance, love books, love stories.
A world of possibilities opens up for Joy Harkness when she sets out on a journey that's going to show her the importance of friendship, love, and what makes a house a home Coming-of-age can happen at any age. Joy Harkness had built a university career and a safe life in New York, protected and insulated from the intrusions and involvements of other people. When offered a position at Amherst College, she impulsively leaves the city, and along with generations of material belongings, she packs her equally heavy emotional baggage. A tumbledown Victorian house proves an unlikely choice for a woman whose family heirlooms have been boxed away for years. Nevertheless, this white elephant becomes the home that changes Joy forever. As the restoration begins to take shape, so does her outlook on life, and the choices she makes over paint chips, wallpaper samples, and floorboards are reflected in her connection to the co-workers who become friends and friendships that deepen. A brilliant, quirky, town fixture of a handyman guides the renovation of the house and sparks Joy's interest to encourage his personal and professional growth. Amid the half-wanted attention of the campus's single, middle-aged men, known as "the Coyotes,"and the legitimate dramas of her close-knit community, Joy learns that the key to the affection of family and friends is being worthy of it, and most important, that second chances are waiting to be discovered within us all.
