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Deserted, disowned, cast out, and deprived of her pageant winnings by her obsessive pageant mother, the former Miss U.S. Beauty, Candice Rickson is reduced to using her beauty and dance training to make her living while working her way into college and longing to find a man who will love her for more than her beauty but for her heart and her mind.

The fire gained momentum as howling winds and sheets of red-hot embers barreled up the vertical canyon. Noah's heart thumped wildly. His mind raced as he scanned for any open space to deploy his fire shelter. Finding a slight depression on the forest floor, he yanked his shelter out of the pack and wrestled inside...waiting.

Friends are like a family that brings a bond of growth that lasts a lifetime. My friends are my sisters and my family. We are all a part of an extended family. My name is Lola, and I would like to introduce you to mine. The story you are about to hear is all about love experiences in one month—December 1985. December was a month of fairytales, clandestine destinies, and of course, unbelievable twists and unimaginable surprises for some, all in the name of love. You are about to meet four extraordinary women who all share a common bond—all are close friends of Lola Mystique Bridges.

Alia has a lucrative new job, an interesting new place to live in a grand old house, unexpected new friends, and a hopeful new life shaping up before her. Then she discovers a box of old letters and pictures that reveal the house's forgotten, tragic past and finds everything she has believed about success coming into question. When she helps a war veteran with a simple act of kindness, she is led into improbable romance and an unexpected series of events that challenge all her hopes and dreams.

Stella works at a cute little bakery all while trying to get her own party planning business up and running and making sure she has enough money to put keep food in her fridge. With the loss of her parents at a young age, she has learned to live from paycheck to paycheck, and though she finds it hard at times, she manages. Asher is a tech company CEO worth billions. He is feared by most and lives his life going from country to country, growing his business. What happens when these two worlds collide? Asher instantly knows what he wants, but Stella is not so sure.

After retiring from the air force after twenty-five years of service, Major Denise Terry is finally going on her long-awaited retirement vacation to France. Accompanying her is her busybody Aunt Cookie and her easygoing twins, Ava and Aaron. Before leaving, Denise realizes she has to put some things to rest so she can let go and let God for the rest of her life. She knows God protected her so far and will continue to do so if she just listens to His voice. While enjoying the sights and sounds of the new culture, Denise meets Xavier while shopping at the local corner store.

Barely Surviving is a compelling story, showcasing a mother’s grief and survivors guilt. It’s fiction but based on some true events. Callie Palet is lost, she survives day to day alone and lonely. She feels she deserves to be miserable after living, her children dying and then her husband a mere 4 years after the accident. That accident took her life and shattered it into pieces. She wanted to save them, couldn’t, and lost herself along the way. She merely drank her life away for the first year, leaving her husband Jake to grieve alone.

Roger Hope is one of Canada's foremost artists. His current situation has been brought to the attention of the Senior Guardian Angel Council. He requires assistance in the form of an intervention that will allow him to resume the use of his God-given talent. Angel Angie is best for this type of assignment. She is given a dossier of information about the man which will enable her to aide his recovery. The council informs her that ultimately they want him back in front of his easel and wielding a paint brush.

Stella and Alden Westman have been in each other's lives since preschool. They started out as friends but eventually became more. Stella and Alden married right out of high school. They have six children, two one-eyed cats, and a dog named BUD NO. He has a sidekick named Ernie. Ernie looks like a miniature bloodhound, but he is covered in wrinkles. When he sits down, all his wrinkles slide to his butt.

A captivating story of love and loss and trusting in God through life's trials and triumphs, Putting Time in a Bottle traces the lives of young love facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles while their willingness to try brings about adventure and maturity.

It's great fun seeing a theatrical production. You settle into your seat, peruse the program, and look forward to what awaits. When the curtain opens, you see what we want you to see. As the show progresses, you think the director has the easiest job in the world. It's so simple, so easy, so effortless you begin to think, That's something I could do.

Abby Gates spent the first part of her life protected from the world because of her condition. Only adventures she knew were taught by being homeschooled and through reading books from her personal library. In Abby's world, everyone lived happily ever after, until her mother died, and she was forced to be part of a community she was a stranger in. While Mr. Frank and Billy Daniels did their best to protect her, Adam Davis came to town with a secret no one knew except his assistant, Tashia. Abby quickly found that although dreams can come true, real life wasn't so happy all the time.

Nick Stone, a retired Navy Seal and Allen Bolton, a retired Las Vegas Police Officer, have been best friends since childhood and run a private detective agency. Nick, a savage dominant and Allen, a sweet daddy, both know what they want, Lisa Monroe. Lisa, a single mother half their age, is looking for a second chance romance and wants them both. A new danger requires them to work as a team to save both Lisa and their own lives.