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Joss Sloan is a recently widowed young woman who has thrown herself into her hobby of offering advice to strangers via her online Dear Joss show. It is her escape, her therapy, while she mourns his untimely death. A random phone call, made in error by the caller, sets off an unexpected long-distance relationship between Joss and the sexy voice from area code 808.

When the effects of a hypnosis-inducing drug fade, April slowly begins a conscious awakening. Memories of her past are unclear and she has no recollection of her identity or her whereabouts. As the days slip by, April realizes there is more to life than existing when she is introduced to an occupant who does just that - her sister. The more she learns about her environment the more she wants to escape. Will April remember her past, her sister? Will she have the courage to leave? And if she does, where will she go?

Many of us believe that in order to please God, we have to be perfect. It’s an easy lie to buy into. In a culture that emphasizes accomplishment and ever-higher goals, we feel driven to do more, achieve more, be more. And we get caught up in the unforgiving treadmill of self-imposed rules, believing that we should, we need to, we must. The result? Anger, frustration, and anxiety that keep us far away from the life of peace that Jesus promised.

Navy SEALS, strong heroines, and the dogs they love: All three books in award-winning author Sandra Owens’s Operation K-9 Brothers series, available together for the first time! OPERATION K-9 BROTHERS Navy SEAL Jack Daniels and his trusty Belgian Malinois sidekick, Dakota, are back home after...

Wie wir die wichtigste Aufgabe unseres Lebens lösen. Warum fühlen wir uns gegenüber unseren Eltern auch als Erwachsene so ohnmächtig? Warum werden wir im Austausch mit ihnen häufig wieder zum Kind? Viele Menschen sind mit ihren Eltern heillos verstrickt: Schuldgefühle und Enttäuschungen bestimmen aufgrund zu hoher gegenseitiger Erwartungen die Beziehung. Doch irgendwann ist es für uns alle an der Zeit, Abschied zu nehmen. Damit gemeint ist nicht der Bruch mit den Eltern, sondern die Ablösung von elterlichen Erwartungen und Aufträgen.

Lara Croft trifft Indiana Jones? Nicht ganz. Eher: Mrs. Chaos trifft Mr. Unwiderstehlich. Ich bin weder tough noch trainiert – aber trotzdem auf einer gefährlichen Schatzsuche. Mein Vater ist tot, ein Familienfluch lastet auf uns, und irgendjemand will mich davon abhalten, das Geheimnis zu lüften.

Sir Sebastian George Sutcliffe, Baron Wimsley, is a wolf shifter. He’s come to London to demand answers from his half-brother, the Duke of Manchester. On his way to see that austere personage, he spots a shooting star and makes a desperate Christmastide wish. He hopes that it will help him survive his miserable life, but the delicate beauty he finds in Hyde Park might just change everything.

How do you build the capacity for change in yourselves and your organizations? With examples of coaching programs from around the world, Building the Core Competencies of Change explains the techniques of coaching that build the competencies for growth and change; provides examples of organizations that catalyzed change with the use of strategic coaching programs; and outlines the coaching types, tools, and models used to build core competencies of change in individuals, teams, and whole organizations.

Patricia Barker left Massachusetts and the job she loved working in obstetrics to escape the man who was stalking her. She accepts a nursing job in the Bentonville Dialysis Center but has no idea how much skill it will require, let alone how dangerous it could be for the patients if she makes a mistake. Brittany Combs, the clinic's Head Nurse, doesn’t know that the man who was stalking Pat has now decided she is a more appropriate love interest. Her life becomes a tangled and dangerous web as he draws her into his world by threatening her vulnerable patients.

At the precipice of a new life beyond the ruins of my failed marriage, I was eager to discover who I could become outside the confines of that picture frame. I wanted to forge a trail of new experiences, ones I’d previously denied myself permission to indulge.

Darkly handsome with an arrogant edge, architectural engineer Scout Ritland is the kind of American man who spells trouble. Chantal duPont should know, for she has experienced the best and worst of the country and its people—including one who broke her heart. Yet here she is, home on sultry...

Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain has helped over 90,000 individuals manage their pain and strive to live satisfying, fulfilling lives. In the new second edition, the authors have carefully developed and improved every chapter. Packed with useful advice, tips, strategies, and positive reinforcement, the book empowers listeners to become their own informed pain self-managers.

Looking for the sexy stuff? For the steamiest, most explicit erotic stories around? You are one click away from uncovering the best collection of forbidden lust, sex, and eroticism that will keep you on the edge as you listen to this adult-oriented content.

In a workplace flooded with résumés, Emotional Intelligence Behaviors at Work: The 9 EQ Traits that Make You Leadership’s Most Wanted separates the forgettable from the unforgettable. This isn’t another soft skills pep talk—it’s a no-nonsense guide to mastering the emotional intelligence behaviors that turn ordinary professionals into organizational MVPs.

Manchmal fliegt das Herz dorthin zurück, wo es einst gebrochen wurde. Als sich Emilia und Liam begegnen, fühlt sich alles leicht und richtig an — bis ein Missverständnis sie auseinanderreißt. Jahre später treffen sie erneut aufeinander. Diesmal ist alles anders. Und doch so gefährlich vertraut. Können sie einander glauben, obwohl die Vergangenheit zwischen ihnen steht? Oder ist es schon zu spät für einen Neuanfang?

Adojuru is a map of memory, longing, and becoming-a collection of poems that unravel the journey of self through scattered moments, quiet reckonings, and the slow work of piecing oneself back together. Divided into four sections (Scattered, Searching, Shaping, and Seen) this collection traces the edges of vulnerability and transformation, holding space for those still finding their way. With a voice both lyrical and unflinching, Sandra Okuboyejo writes of longing, self-reclamation, and the fragile, powerful act of being known.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Shows us why Sandra Day O’Connor is so compelling as a human being and so vital as a public thinker.”—Michael Beschloss In this remarkable book, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and...

The next delectable mystery featuring quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, owner of a soul food café in Chicago. "Listeners will be entertained by narrator Karen Chilton's performance of this deliciously devious novel set at Essie's Soul Food Cafe on the South Side of Chicago.”...

Carrie and her little brother, Jay, find a wounded soldier on their land after a battle which later became known as "The Battle Above the Clouds." Adam, a Union soldier, has been shot twice in the arm. Though Carrie is reluctant to take Adam to their cave where her family hides their livestock from both armies, she cannot turn her back on him. But her Aunt Lavinia, bitter over what Yankees have done to their land, urges Carrie to allow Adam to die. Carrie refuses, but cannot remove the bullets.

Es sollte ein gewöhnlicher Ausritt nach einem anstrengenden Schultag werden. Niemals hätte sich die sechzehnjährige Julia träumen lassen, dass es sie an der mit Lilien gesäumten Weggabelung aus dem Deutschland der Gegenwart ins Frankreich des 17. Jahrhunderts verschlagen würde. Und das ohne eine Möglichkeit der Rückkehr. Von einem Tag auf den anderen muss sich Julia den Sitten des Versailler Königshofes anpassen und zu allem Übel auch noch Französisch lernen.