Julia Bennett finally has her life on her own terms. After walking away from a high-pressure Chicago marketing career and a very public breakdown, she has built something small, quiet, and real: The Perch Lakeside Café, a coffee sanctuary on the shores of Lake Amara in Heron's Cove, Wisconsin. Her espresso is exceptional. Her therapy dog, Macchiato, is a golden retriever with a service vest and better emotional intelligence than most humans. Her regulars trust her with their mornings. Her ...

August 18, 2020, marked the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1920, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee, awaiting the roll call of men who would cast their votes for or against a woman’s right to a voice in government.Though this movement won rights for some women—an achievement to be acknowledged and celebrated—the struggle did not end there. Due to states’ laws and prohibitive policies, ...

Letters from your favorite leading men, addressed to your deepest fantasies.This audio-only anthology features love letters from some of your favorite book boyfriends, speaking directly to you…performed by voices you already love.Sometimes the letters are sweet, sometimes they’re emotional, sometimes they’re just plain FILTHY.This sultry collection of audio-only shorts is written by bestselling contemporary romance writers and performed by audiobook...

With nearly half of marriages ending in divorce, an increasing number of people deciding not to have kids, and more people than ever identifying as LGBT, modern life is clearly in the need of modern relationship advice. Sex from Scratch analyzes the facets of contemporary relationships through the struggles, opinions, and experiences of a diverse group of individuals living in nontraditional relationships. Rather than telling readers how to snag a partner and find "true love," it ...

This book explores the role and experience of African American women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education, the role of historically Black colleges and universities, opportunities and challenges brought about by the internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers paths in the human sciences, and the current and future role of technology. The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds w...

Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making. Often nurses are required to make sense of considerable amounts of information and act on it. The new fully revised Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing third edition provides an essential resource when time is short and the need for practical clinical guidance is paramount. This edition has been fully updated to reflect new guidelines and approaches which have impacted the field in recent years. It provides clear, f...

The fascinating, mouthwatering story (with recipes!) of the immigrant familythat created a New York gastronomic legend: “The most rambunctious andchaotic of all delicatessens, with one foot in the Old World and the other inthe vanguard of every fast-breaking food move in the city.” —Nora EphronWhen Louis and Lilly Zabar rented a counter in a dairy store on 80th Street and Broadway in 1934 to sell smoked fish, they could not have imagined that their store would even...

Samuel was back. It seemed unfair to be blindsided. And in church no less.Shouldn’t there be a commandment about that? Thou shalt not step foot inside thy ex’s place of worship.Julia Monroe has just turned forty and has high hopes for a fresh start after the last decade of her life abruptly left her a young widow and a single mom. With both her boys off to college, she can finally focus on expanding her New Orleans–based cleaning business. Julia is ready fornew begin...

At age twenty, Julia Gonzaga was one of the most envied women in Italy. A property owner, she entertained artists, poets, and musicians at her castle; and she was the prettiest woman in the country! Yet Julia was confused and anxious about God and her own sin. No matter how hard she tried not to sin, she often put her desires to please other people before obeying God. She finally found peace when she understood the gospel, and then she devoted her life to sharing the good news with others....

Bridger Payne ist wie ein unlösbares Rätsel. Weiser, als sein Alter vermuten lässt, intuitiv und sexy wie die Hölle. Jede Frau im "Silo" will ihn, doch keine kann ihn haben. Jedenfalls nicht den wahren Bridger Payne. Wenn du ihn hübsch bittest, wird er die Peitsche für dich schwingen, aber es wird ihm keine Befriedigung schenken. Er bringt dich vor Lust zum Schreien, verschwendet danach aber keinen weiteren Gedanken an dich. Bridger hat das dunkelste aller Geheimnisse. Er trägt großen Schm...

Diese Frau wird mein Tod sein. Das ist eine ziemlich düstere Vorhersage, aber wahrscheinlich die Wahrheit. Deshalb, weil sie nicht mir gehört und ich sie mir vermutlich nehmen werde, selbst wenn ich damit mein Leben riskiere. Ich bin auf sie fixiert … regelrecht von ihr besessen. Sämtliche Männer im "Silo" lechzen nach ihr, hätten gerne einen Vorgeschmack auf sie und ihre süße Jungfräulichkeit, die nur ein Mal zu vergeben ist! Korrekt. Sie ist eine Jungfrau. Eine Jungfrau mit dem Aussehen ...