LOVE AND TEA A COMEDY-DRAMA OF COLONIAL TIMES IN TWO ACTS by ANNA PHILLIPS SEE offers a concentrated, compelling experience within fiction / romance. This concise work presents carefully drawn characters and purposeful plotting that together explore themes of choice, consequence, and human connection. The prose is precise and economical, balancing vivid scenes with clear pacing to maintain narrative momentum. Ideal for readers seeking a thoughtful, accessible read, the book is well-suited ...

Miss Boltwood, a despotic spinster, is persuaded to join a band of ladies who have sworn to give up tea and all taxed articles till the Revolutionary War is over. The tea habit is too strong for Miss Boltwood and she drinks it secretly. Her niece, Betty, discovers this and uses the information to compel her aunt to consent to her (Betty’s) engagement to the young minuteman, William Dickinson. Miss Boltwood also has a lover, the Tory, Judge Ingram, whom she has kept dangling for years. When...

One Thing Only is a song of essentials. Whether mirror, bucket, or pocketknife, Anna Lena Phillips Bell' s sharp lyric takes us not just to the function of things but into the inherit politic alive in every artifact. The everyday inside the objects Bell captures is a material record of human use— " suspect / once a human' s touched it." Like every good archive, the disparate objects Only Things brings together have stories inscribed in their use. Curiosity, carelessness, and need are made ...

The bonds of sisterhood were unbreakable. Until him.Hannah and Stef have always been there for each other. Growing up in a loving family, they’re stunned to discover their mother adopted out a child before their parents met.When Alex walks into their lives, the sisters are seduced by his charm, wealth and social status. But as they rush to make up for lost time, it soon becomes apparent their half brother’s agenda is more complicated and sinister than the Fidler sisters cou...

Immunosenescence is a unique, multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of immune aging. It addresses the topic from the biological, as well as the psychological, social and behavioral perspectives. It is, thus, a valuable and timely addition to the literature in this area. Contributors include experts in the field, reviewing the state of the art in research.

2021 Audio Book of the Year - Australian Business Book AwardsThis is a laugh-out-loud, narrative-driven self-help book – think Bridget Jones getting a critical-thinking makeover.In Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions, protagonist Kat learns that the philosophies of ‘Believe in yourself’ and ‘Magic will happen’ will not deliver her a better life. Her story, which recounts her hapless attempts to navigate scenarios that will be distur...

Hidden powers. Mind numbing geometry. But is it reality or illusion?One year after the world's first space elevator ascent, a new megastructure is taking shape high above the equator. But for all its wonders, there's trouble brewing on this colossal ring of carbon. The people who roam its high frontier come in two distinct forms, but only one of them can Sense Beyond.Down on the surface, Sahalie Spark carries a secret. At first glance, it's an ordinary glas...

Orbits in ruin. A tether into space. But how much is a lie?When an unauthorized oil rig appears offshore of Ecuador, a military team is sent to investigate. The deep-water platform has no markings, no drilling rig, and no workers—but it's surrounded by a curious bank of fog. When their helicopter closes in, it's swallowed without a trace.Sahalie Spark is the host of a popular TV show, Don't Believe It! Each week, she debunks another baseless conspi...

“Outrageous, heartwarming, wonderfully sensual…I loved it!”—Jayne Anne Krentz“For sheer fun, nobody beats Nobody’s Baby But Mine.”—Detroit Free PressThe Minneapolis Star-Tribune writes, “Next to Tracy and Hepburn, no one does romantic comedy better than Susan Elizabeth Phillips.” For proof, you need to look no further than Nobody’s Baby But Mine. This classic comic love story from perennial New York Times bestseller...

This classic tale from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips is back to delight readers once againA British Lady, Lady Emma Wells-Finch, the oh-so-proper headmistressof England’s St. Gertrude’s School for Girls, is a woman on a mission—she has two weeks to lose her reputation.Arriving in Texas with skirts flying, umbrella pointing, and beautiful mouth issuing orders, she knows only one thing will save her from losing everything she holds dear: complete ...

All hell breaks loose when two unforgettable people discover love, laughter, passion — and a match that can only be made in Heaven.Come heck or high water, Gracie Snow is determined to drag the legendary ex-jock Bobby Tom Denton back home to Heaven, Texas, to begin shooting his first motion picture. Despite his dazzling good looks and killer charm, Bobby Tom has reservations about being a movie star — and no plans to cooperate with a prim and bossy Ohio wallflower ...

Pretty, flighty Daisy Devreaux can either go to jail or marry the mystery man her father has chosen for her. Arranged marriages don't happen in the modern world, so how did the irrepressible Daisy find herself in this fix?Alex Markov, as humorless as he is deadly handsome, has no intention of playing the loving bridegroom to a spoiled little feather-head with champagne tastes. He drags Daisy from her uptown life to a broken down traveling circus and sets out to tam...