John Weaver doesn’t want a wife…he needs one.He needs a mother for his five-year-old twin daughters, and his only choice is to advertise for a mail-order bride. As long as the woman understands he’ll never love her, they can have a good life together.Miranda Lowe doesn’t want a husband…she needs one.She isn’t enough—not pretty enough, not smart enough, not good enough in any way to attract a man herself, but surely...

Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once. Neither does the island of Nantucket.When Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie Prouty, a.k.a. Angie, abandons her fiancé and her analyst job at a big Manhattan investment firm, she doesn’t expect to end up back where she started—the island of Nantucket.It’s not every day you get a chance to open a bookstore, complete with bookmark-eating cats and cantankerous great-aunts. Especially when your childhood friends agree to provi...

Annie Capshaw has found that the way to a man's heart is through his cooking class. But just as she and her best friend, Eve, are planning Annie's big day with Jim, her former cooking instructor turned boss, murder takes the cake—make that the wedding cake...Determined not to be a "bridezilla," Annie is trying to keep the nuptial nuisances to a minimum. If only Eve could control her maid-of-honor mania! Or if the groom's cousin, Alex, who flew in from Scotland, cou...

Dive into the charming world of Five More Minutes Sweet P, a delightful tale of a little girl's inventive ways to postpone bedtime. Every parent knows the drill: it's bedtime, but your little one has other ideas! In this heartwarming story, Sweet P and her mom navigate the all-too-familiar bedtime dance with giggles and games. From drawing to dancing, and even a playful chase, each page is a celebration of those precious, playful moments that parents and children cherish. Whether ...

"You know, it all started while I was un-burdening my heart to my bestie Debbie about my recent difficulties at work. I had jokingly remarked to her that the ideal solution would be a version of the old chain gangs. A season or two away on "special training" on one of those would certainly whip Bill, my filthy sexist pig of a boss, into shape. We had a good laugh about it. I would have left it at that, of course: just a joke. But then she told me about "Mistress Lucy's Estate". I didn't be...

A paradise island that isn’t what it seems.Brianna is stranded on a mostly deserted island full of riddles, puzzles and traps. She is saved by an infuriating mysterious stranger, Nathan Riley. Brianna wins the heart of his little girl and agrees to become her governess on Riley’s Paradise Island.Brianna is determined to learn the tricks of the island while unraveling the cryptic Nathan and his charming brother Jackson. She is manipulated into falling right ...

A midwife’s duty, an islander’s charm – a rendezvous of hearts.In the midst of the remote, tropical paradise where duty calls, midwife Mavis is unexpectedly drawn to Jackson, a magnetic islander with a heart as untamed as the land itself. As she waits for her best friend’s impending labor, Mavis plunges into thrilling exploits with Jackson, unearthing a vibrant, daring side of her she left dormant for too long.The approaching birth threatens to pull her back into her conven...

The Well-Tempered Cello revisits the masterpieces that form a soundtrack to a cellist's life - the Six Cello Suites ofJohann Sebastian Bach- and weaves them into a memoir of how these beloved compositions can help us interpret our own life stories.Miranda Wilson was a child in New Zealand when she first began to learn the notes of Bach's Cello Suites, starting with the famous Prelude in G Major. After moving to the United States for a career as a cellist, music journalist, and prof...

This e-book discusses the history of the book, methods for creating books, and the relationship between the book and libraries.

April runt een hondenuitlaatservice in North Carolina en neemt haar vrolijke viervoeters elke dag mee naar het landgoed van haar opa en oma. April vindt het heerlijk toeven in de natuur, dicht bij de plek waar ze opgroeide. Tot ze op een dag een sexy maar botte vreemdeling tegen het lijf loopt, die haar van het landgoed wegstuurt. Wie denkt hij wel niet dat hij is?Makelaar Austin heeft zich door zijn neef weer eens met een onmogelijk project op laten zadelen. Een landgoed met een vervallen...

Set in the heart of the Australian countryside comes a gorgeous romance about the power of fate from bestselling author Mandy Magro.What happens when fate gets a little helping hand?Sienna Lewis knows firsthand about being an Aussie battler, but she has her beautiful daughter, Zara, to keep fighting for. One day she dreams of giving Zara the life and big family she deserves. For now, Sienna can only focus on her work at the hospital. But when she c...

Potes Suite is a set of four contemporary pieces for flute and guitar composed by the flute and guitar duo “Nuclear Okra.” The pieces are inspired by the rich tapestry of diverse cultures living in the medieval mountain village of Potes, Spain. The suite incorporates a wide variety of musical styles, rhythms, and techniques drawn from folk, flamenco, Balkan, jazz, blues, country, classical, West African, and Latin American genres. Each piece is approximately four minutes in length. Include...