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Rena Lipiner Katz grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust, believing that the price of her parents’ survival and her own birth was a life of sorrow and guilt. Lipiner Katz explores how her parents’ childhood trauma affected her emotionally and physiologically.

Tammy can be too sassy for her own good, but when it comes to Jeremy Hawke, she gets all tongue-tied and clumsy. When a wedding reception throws them together, they reveal mutual feelings. Unfortunately, Jeremy's manager has other plans for him—fake dating another country singer so he can land his dream contract—and tries to break them apart.

When trust is shattered and darkness descends, can love become the light that leads the way back? Elizabeth Prather had it all—a loving family, beauty, and a future filled with promise. But one horrifying betrayal leaves her broken in ways she never imagined. Left ravaged by the cruelty of someone she thought she could trust, Elizabeth withdraws from the world, her spirit teetering on the edge. Healing seems impossible—until a chance opportunity changes everything.

Sandra and Charles Durro defied the odds and found love a second time. Together, they’re raising their high schooler Ayla and enjoying part time duties with their grandson Michael. Sandra continues operating Simply Splendid Proposals while volunteering at Michael’s preschool inside the church she’s attended since Preston was little, while Charles steps in as head of Cruz Development. Life is complete; life is wonderful. That is until Sandra hurts her back at the preschool and meets Victoria’s chiropractor—the sexy, promiscuous, and troubled Isabelle.

Virginia Cross is a woman caught in the depths of grief and hatred from her late husband's family. Locking her emotions tightly, she controls her life. Then along comes Bridge Prather. A man almost fifteen years younger, he turns her world upside down. Are memories of her first love all she has left? Bridge doesn't seem to think so. He challenges, excites, pursues, and pressures her into new beginnings.

This question-and-answer ambulatory care nursing certification resource reinforces and highlights information you need to know in order to be successful on the examination.

The unraveling of 18-year-old Luna Kane’s haunted past begins in the winter of 1988, when her dying great-grandfather, a self-proclaimed faith healer, claims he hears phantom owls crying in the night.

When widower single dad Dylan Brown hosts a horse-riding party for his daughter’s friend Allie, he’s smitten with single mom Amanda Jones. Allie's prickly guardian isn’t interested in dating, however, after being burned by her ex.

At a charity auction, spoiled rich girl Nellie Larkin mistakenly wins a date with the only cowboy who seems immune to her charms. Unfortunately, he'll have to do. She needs a fake boyfriend, pronto, to appease her ailing Gram.

This book explains how to compose a concept analysis using Walker and Avant or Rodgers' Evoluationary Method. It is intended to serve as a reference for students composing concept analysis papers for their programs, as well as a resource for faculty members teaching the course or writing an article.

Who are Secret Agent Gals Hilla Rebay and Peggy Guggenheim? Just two beautiful real-life socialite art collector ladies who later founded the Guggenheim Museum, but first answered the call of duty, joined the FBI, and pretty much won World War II all by themselves. They steal Hitler’s and Stalin’s mojos and use a secret weapon brewed in St. Louis to put down the Great Indian Uprising. (Of course, you remember that, right?) They save J. Edgar Hoover and his quite handsome sidekick Clyde Tolson from treasonous double-agents of The Pigeon.

Realtor Noelle Collins has landed the listing of her dreams. Only caveat is, the house comes with a nightmare of a puppy. Desperate, she begs for a grumpy dog-trainer to take pity on her. Surely, under all those cowboy muscles, he has a heart, but she highly doubts it.

No matter what you have done, no matter what has been done to you, no matter how life may have locked up your joy, no matter what, you can be set free. To the extreme I was thrown down, I am lifted up; to the extreme I was rejected, I am embraced; to the extreme I was lost, I am found. My heart was set free by a God, who gives us everything the world cannot give. I thank him every day. This is my story.

With a zany cast of matchmaking brothers, a lovable chicken or two, and mercifully no more than a dozen egg puns, this feel-good romance is sure to lasso your heart.

Althea Thompson quit her CPA job to buy property in a small Colorado town with dreams of running a bed and breakfast. Unfortunately, the cabin turns out to be a money pit, and her handsome neighbor cowboy a burr under her proverbial saddle.

News of her son’s tragic death ushered in the worst moments of Sandra Cruz’s life. After his father abandoned them, Sandra alone had raised Preston into the man he became. Now, trudging through the difficult task of setting Preston’s affairs in order, Sandra begins learning new things about him. He was a star on a recreational beach volleyball team, he’d recently reconnected with his estranged father, and he was engaged to Krystal… a girl Sandra thought he’d broken up with. Before long, Sandra wonders if she really knew Preston at all.

Enduring the turmoil after her son Preston’s passing prompts Sandra Cruz to evaluate her life. Although she’s loved building Cruz Development into one of Florida’s most successful businesses, she decides that time spent in her office has pulled her away from what truly matters: family. Joining with Charles—her ex-husband and new boyfriend—Sandra has combined her business skills with her passion for romance. Together, they created Simply Splendid Proposals, a company men hire to stage and film elaborate marriage proposals.

Life is unpredictable. Sandra Cruz never imagined she’d once again go by the name Sandra Durro. Until now! Newlyweds Sandra and Charles head out for a much needed—and much deserved—romantic honeymoon on the island where Sandra and her sister Victoria vacationed in their youth. The island holds special meaning for Sandra, and she can’t wait to share it with Charles. She also plans to confront her past by visiting the beach where her younger sister Abbey drowned years earlier. There, she can also reflect on another more recent loss: the death of her son Preston.

Cat's used to the carousel of part-time friends until she meets Will Henderson, the only son of a wealthy doctor. They bond over ice cream and pinky promises, and when August ends, Will vows he'll be back. Cat's not counting on it; things change, people do too, but when Will eventually returns to the marina, they quickly fall back into their easy friendship. Every year, Cat waits for Will to return to the marina for the summer, and every year their connection is tested as they wade the awkward waters of adolescence into adulthood.

With Christmas fast approaching, Bram Brown has his hands full trying to keep his family ranch afloat. He doesn't need the distraction of Stella McGivens, his sister's beautiful friend who's visiting for two weeks. As they spend time together, Bram realizes he wants Stella in his life, even as she pushes him away because of her past. Can he convince Stella she needs a cowboy for Christmas?