Betrayed by his ex-fiancée, Dr. Wyatt Gallagher turns to the one woman he can always trust – his best friend, Mia Watson. After moving away, Wyatt has realized he wants more than friendship with the beautiful artist. With that in mind, he convinces Mia to come to Marietta for the Christmas holidays. But wooing Mia is surprisingly difficult — especially given the passionate night they’ve already shared.Though Mia Watson has loved Wyatt Gallagher for years, he's always seen her as a ...

Disillusioned with love, Dr. Sean Gallagher returns to Marietta to join its expanding medical facility. Marietta’s newest, most eligible bachelor isn’t looking for long-term involvement – especially not with his brother’s much-younger former girlfriend, Honey Jordan. But short term? That’s another matter.Escaping a toxic relationship with her father, barrel racer Honey spends as little time as possible in Marietta. Home for the 78th Annual Copper Mountain Rodeo, a brief fling with ...

New religious movements both read the Bible in creative ways and produce their own texts that aspire to scriptural status. From the creation stories in Genesis and the Ten Commandments to the life of Jesus and the apocalypse, they develop their self-understandings through reading and writing scripture.

This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize student success, leadership, partnerships, curriculum design, collaborative planning and teaching, literacy, 21st century skills, emerging technologies, and so much more, this compendium br...

Can authoritarian regimes use democratic institutions to strengthen and solidify their rule? The Chinese government has legislated some of the most protective workplace laws in the world and opened up the judicial system to adjudicate workplace conflict, emboldening China's workers to use these laws. This book examines these patterns of legal mobilization, showing which workers are likely to avail themselves of these new protections and find them effective. Gallagher finds that workers wit...

Dead of Winter is a chilling anthology that brings together thirteen short stories weaving a tapestry of horror that explores the intersection of the frozen landscape and the nightmares that lie dormant within, delivering a spine-tingling journey into the heart of winter's darkest depths. Each tale of icy terror lingers in the reader's mind long after the story ends.DESCRIBE THE COLD - B.F. VEGATHE DEATH ZONE - E. GALLAGHERTHE LAST PATROL - C.W. STEVENSONBLACK ...

From USA Today bestselling author E. M. Moore comes a delightfully endearing hockey romance between an awkward wallflower and her perfect, hockey-playing "dating coach" who become mismatched roommates. A touch of humor, spice, and scenes that will have you swooning all await you in The Puckable Playbook.When college journalist Lenore finds herself trapped rooming with a hockey player, she's anything but thrilled. After all, Len despises athletes—t...

The star quarterback of the Bulldogs was supposed to be my ticket to a normal life, but now I've fallen for him… again.He's my brother's best friend. The perfect person to fake a relationship with. No feelings involved. Just pretend.He helps me. I help him.We both agreed.Except, things get real… and quick.It turns out my brother's best friend just can't help being his charming self, and even though I haven't seen him in years, he has...

He's everything she hates… So, why can't she say no to him?KennaWest Brooks stands for everything I despise. He's a meathead jock whose silence says it all: He only cares about himself and his football season.So, why can't I say no when he offers me his help?I should run the other way. I should tell him exactly what I think of him for ruining my life. Instead, I agree to his terms because he might be the only person who can ...

I never saw him coming.I didn't know what would happen after my client found me sleeping in my car.I'd been cleaning his house as his wife was dying.I didn't expect them to invite me to live with them.I didn't expect Suzie to become my lifeline—until she was gone.I didn't expect him to ask me to marry him when he found out I needed medical insurance.I didn't expect to fall in love with a grieving man.There are so many...

The first rule of being roommates: don't fall for each other. Too bad rules were meant to be broken.Life isn’t worth living if you don’t fight to live. That's what Murphy Gallagher tells himself every morning. Yet now the world is changing again, and he has to change with it. It doesn't help that he's craved his best friend since she moved in.Now accidental naked encounters in the hallway might just push him over the edge.Tessa Stone knows that slee...

Este livro analisa o complexo papel de Portugal durante o período transformador da história ocidental desde 1890 até 1975, quando os conflitos ideológicos e os realinhamentos geopolíticos reformularam a ordem global.Traçando a trajetória de Portugal de nação periférica a ator momentaneamente autónomo, revela como o país, sob a liderança conservadora de António de Oliveira Salazar, assegurou a sua soberania e identidade Euro-Africanas perante as ambições competitivas das grandes potê...