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This three-in-one short story collection contains the following: "Dating my Stepbrother": Tonight is the night! I get to go on my first ever date. Sure, Daniel, whom I've been in school with since forever, had to wait until after graduation to finally grow a pair and ask me out, but better late than never! We're going to the movies and dinner after. I wonder, will my date also lead to my first kiss? By the time I'm all dressed up and ready, I decide to wait on the sofa next to Jack who is watching the game.

Saved by my Stepbrother: Eighteen-year-old Milly has always wanted to be someone she's not: prettier, skinnier, more popular.... When shortly after Graduation, members of the in-crowd invite her to a barbecue at the local beach, she feels she'll finally be accepted. Only things don't turn out that way and it was all a big, humiliating joke. Just when things seem hopeless, her protector, the boy she grew up, with turns up and saves her from the bullies.

Liam, the boy I grew up with, is getting ready and I'm well prepared and in position with my iPhone outside the bathroom window. He is completely unaware, having a shave topless in front of the mirror, before taking all his clothes off his godlike body, ready for the shower, and I'm getting more and more excited. This will make a wonderful addition to my collection. And soon, in the privacy of my bedroom, I'll let it fuel many a forbidden fantasy....

Tonight is the night! I get to go on my first ever date. Sure, Daniel, whom I've been in school with since forever, had to wait until after graduation to finally grow a pair and ask me out, but better late than never! We're going to the movies, and dinner after. I wonder, will my date also lead to my first kiss? The clock soon strikes seven, but Daniel is nowhere to be found.... After starting on such a high note, my hopes for the evening are in tatters. Nothing could possibly console me, except perhaps a confession by the boy I grew up with.

When Jenny's best friend Sally convinced her to join her at a beach party to celebrate their high school graduation, she didn't expect things to get as crazy as they did. She never thought she'd muster the courage to enter the infamous "Kissing Shack" where random strangers make out in the dark, especially since she'd never been kissed before. By the time she left the shack, she definitely didn't expect to come face-to-face with the one person in the world she shouldn't have been kissing passionately inside that room.

When I woke up in the wrong bedroom in my house, the morning after a rather wild and booze-filled graduation party, I had many questions I didn't yet know the answer to. How did I end up in the room that belongs to the boy I grew up with? Why was I naked? And, finally, whose arm was draped across my chest?

When the one you've always wanted . . . At sixteen, Annabelle Morgan hoped her crush on Jake Wilder was just a passing phase. Now she's twenty-nine and nothing has changed—except Jake. The once-carefree Marine has come home with a giant chip on his shoulder. He insists a single mom like Annie...

A 40 day journey that promises to stretch your tent pegs and take you to an expanded new place in your destiny. Prophetic words that will impact you personally and help you walk out your life as a disciple of Jesus Christ. A life altering experience from day 1 to day 40 that will leave you transformed for the rest of your life. Men and women, young and old alike will find hope and answers they have looked for, but have not found. No matter where you are, this is the place to move forward.

The men in Texas are hard to resist . . . Seattle event planner Allison Lane is an expert at delivering the perfect wedding—even if she might not exactly believe in the whole "'til death do us part" thing. When her father decides to tie the knot with a woman he barely knows, Allison heads to...

When friends become lovers . . . Firefighter and former Marine Jackson Wilder has tough guy down to an art, but he’s learned the hard way that promises were made to be broken. Abigail Morgan was once his best friend, his first kiss, his first love, his first everything. He’d just forgotten...

Two Besties since middle school. Who have many adventures under their belts in the entertainment circle back in the day and with many opinions on social topics. We don’t always agree. So,we have interesting conversations,for sure. We talk of childhood drama and the impact on us. We want you to know warning signs of those situations in your families. We had some rough days in school with bullies. You’ll most likely hear about our first times,with everything! We also have a bit of a potty mouth,so fair warning on that. We also get serious with alcoholism and eating disorders. Since that was ...

Eighteen year old Milly has always wanted to be someone she's not: prettier, skinnier, more popular. When, shortly after graduation, members of the in-crowd invite her to a barbecue at the local beach, she feels she'll finally be accepted. Only things don't turn out that way and it was all a big, humiliating joke. Just when things seem hopeless, her protector, the boy she grew up with turns up and saves her from the bullies. He reassures her she's not as ugly and unwanted as they made her feel, in ways she could have never imagined.

This book is one person's testimony of how God has continuously been faithful to replace fear with faith in her life. Candi Leonard was inspired by God to write this compilation of hilarious stories from her life along with Scriptures to combat fear. This book will not only keep you laughing but will also provide you the reassurance that God is patient and faithful to continually grow us in the peace and security that we find in Him.

From Reconstruction to redemption, civil rights to the Southern strategy, the multiracial protests of 2020 for social justice to the swift elimination of policies etching out a more inclusive, equitable society, Americans regularly experience periods of racial reckoning followed by walloping retrenchment. This pattern is a result of an American pastime: creating and implementing tactics to deny Black truth.

Nach dem tragischen Tod seines Bruders und dessen Frau ändert sich Tanners Leben von heute auf morgen. Als Vormund muss er in die Vaterrolle für die Zwillinge Annabelle und Aaron schlüpfen. Jeder Tag ist ein Kampf, in dem er sein Bestes gibt, um den beiden Kindern Stabilität und Liebe zu bieten. Auf der Suche nach Unterstützung begegnet er Noélie, die in ihrer neuen Aufgabe als Nanny voll und ganz aufgeht. Mit ihrer liebevollen und quirligen Art, hilft sie den Zwillingen beim Überwinden ihres Verlusts und zieht auch Tanner in ihren Bann.

Welcome to Candid Coaching — where we keep it real. I’m your host, Candi — a hypnotherapist, lifelong learner, and fellow human figuring it out right alongside you. Each week, I share honest conversations and lessons about growth, self-trust, and creating a life that feels like your own. No formulas. No perfection. Just real talk, real change, and real healing. (The first 58 episodes are The TranceFormed Life.) I left them here so you can see the evolution. Just keeping it real!

Weihnachten, das Fest der Liebe? Nicht für Ava. Mit Ende dreißig steht sie vor den Scherben ihrer Ehe. Als ihr Bruder Jake sich ihrer erbarmt und sie zu sich und seiner Familie in die Kleinstadt einlädt, sagt sie dankbar zu. Ausgerechnet am Weihnachtstag wird Ava im Supermarkt von dem alleinerziehenden Ethan mit seinem Einkaufswagen umgefahren. Nur ein Blick und eine kurze Berührung, dann trennen sich ihre Wege. Monate und ein Umzug nach Louisiana vergehen, bis sie sich erneut begegnen, aber dieses Mal wird daraus mehr, da sich beide der gegenseitigen Anziehung nicht entziehen können.

A raw, often wry, memoir of mothers, mysteries, and miracles. Surrendered at birth in a closed adoption, Candi Byrne’s biology and ethnicity is a secret. The impending arrival of her first grandchild ignites an urgency to identify potential genetic time bombs and confirm her ancestry. Due to arcane privacy laws, Candi is repeatedly denied access to the one person who could provide that information—her biological mother.

Weihnachten steht vor der Tür und ausgerechnet jetzt meldet sich Jaxons Ex, weil es Probleme mit demgemeinsamen Sohn Tristan gibt. Nun bleibt Jax nichts anders übrig, als sein Partyleben beisei-tezuschieben, um sich um einen Teenager zu kümmern, den er seit Jahren nicht gesehen hat. Es wird Zeit, Verantwortung zu übernehmen. Ausgerechnet jetzt begegnet er Sophie und möchte nichts dringender, als dass sie seinem Charme er-liegt. Sophie, die ihren jüngeren Bruder Adam alleine aufzieht, hat allerdings gerade ganz andere Sorgen.

Als erfolgreicher plastischer Chirurg hatte ich alles, was ein Mann Mitte dreißig sich wünschen konnte. Luxus, Geld und Frauen. Was ich nicht hatte - die Frau, in die ich verliebt war. Denn die heiratete einen anderen und ich durfte ihren Trauzeugen spielen. Da kam mir die zuckersüße Hochzeitstortenbäckerin, die zufällig auch noch die Cousine des Bräutigams war, gerade recht. Was als lockeres, amouröses Abenteuer ohne Verpflichtungen begann, entwickelte sich zu etwas Intensivem und Bedeutendem, aber leider zu einem verdammt schlechten Zeitpunkt, denn meine Abreise nach Europa stand kurz bevor.