Warning:This book contains content that may be offensive to some readers. Including sexual assault (flashbacks), adult situations, and graphic language.I knew the exact moment I’d become a ‘yes’ girl. December 16th, a cold winter’s night, four years ago. The night my innocence was stolen, the night I made the mistake of saying no—a mistake I’d never make again. The dream of a ‘happily ever after' was now a locked away myth. I promised myself that I’d never return to the place of my worst nightmare, that I’d never let anyone get close, but then again, I never thought I’d meet someone like him. The intense, confident and beautiful Ky Crawford. I had no plans to become someone’s Prince Charming. I couldn’t be. I refused to be. My plan was simple—do whatever it takes to correct my biggest mistake, my one regret that now controlled my life. I was on track. I had plans, but then everything changed when I saw her—the girl in the red jacket, the girl who I was told couldn’t say no. The reserved yet stunning Eden Rivers. A girl who can’t say no. A guy who craves redemption. A chance encounter? It all comes down to this. One question. One month. Be My December?

Fans of Stick Dog and My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish will love Suzanne Selfors's hilarious new illustrated series about the growing pains of blended families and the secret rivalry of pets."A delightfully fun read that will leave you in stitches!"—Caldecott Medalist Dan SantatWhen a bouncy, barky dog and an evil genius guinea pig move into the same house, the laughs are nonstop! Wedgie is so excited, he can't stop barking. He LOVES having new siblings and friends to protect. He LOVES guinea pigs like Gizmo! He also LOVES treats!But Gizmo does not want to share his loyal human servant with a rump-sniffing beast! He does not want to live in a pink Barbie Playhouse. Or to be kissed and hugged by the girl human. Gizmo is an evil genius. He wants to take over the world and make all humans feel his wrath. But first he must destroy his archenemy, Wedgie, once and for all!

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell plunges into the adventurous and deadly world of underwater treasure hunters in a heart-stopping tale that superbly combines atmosphere, action, romance, and suspense.After a family tragedy, Kate Donnelly left the Caribbean behind forever. But a series of bad management decisions has left her family's diving and marine recovery business drowning in red ink. Now her brother pleads with her to come back to the island nation of St Vincent. Without Kate's financial expertise, the iconic treasure-hunting enterprise started by her grandfather will go under. Unable to say no to the little family she has left, Kate heads back to the beautiful and terrifying ocean that still haunts her nightmares.Holden Cameron was addicted to the adrenaline rush of active duty—including narrowly surviving an underwater explosives accident. The last thing the former British military diver wants is to babysit a family of thieves on a tropical island—even if they are the world-famous Diving Donnellys. But in his new civilian job, Holden must investigate the suspicious activity surrounding a Donnelly dive to recover treasure from the ancient wreck of a pirate ship.When equipment, treasure, and even divers begin to disappear, Kate and Holden form an uneasy alliance to uncover the truth. But the deeper they plummet into the mystery, the closer they come to each other. Soon they are sharing their deepest fears and darkest secrets—and a combustible chemistry too hot to ignore.**

There's nothing Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin's irrepressible eighty-somethings Anna and Felty Helmuth like better than a challenge. And the chance to matchmake their feisty granddaughter is their most delightful task yet... Elsie Helmuth's plain-spoken ways got her in trouble once before, so she needs to make a good impression at her new teaching job in Huckleberry Hill. But she's not about to let disabled student Wally Sensenig work below his potential. And she definitely won't put up with his hot-headed older brother sabotaging her efforts, no matter how handsome he is. . . Sam is nearly at the end of his rope caring for his ailing, widowed mother, working their farm, and raising his siblings. He'll admit Elsie's ideas are bringing Wally out of his angry shell—but why does she have to be as stubborn as she is pretty? Yet as it turns out, Elsie has taught Sam something about himself as well. And he'll do whatever it takes to make up for his...

The present novel titled 'Secret Service' is an adaptation of William Gillette's play into a novel by Cyrus Townsend Brady. It was first published in the year 1912.

This endearing 19th-century family saga follows the lives, loves and losses of one pioneering family and two escaped convicts as they open up the land in Victoria, Australia. This classic Australian story, which won the Hodder & Stoughton All Empire Literature Prize for Australasia, commands a place in the canon of Australian literature and offers a fascinating record and reflection of early Australian life and perspectives.

The island was to be a retreat from the world where an aging man could contemplate on his life and the reality of his existence. He had spent much time studying the complexities of modern science and its implications for philosophy and now was the time to synthesize. But real life drama intervenes as he realizes that he cannot simply escape the desires and threats of island life.This is the story of what happens when a character begins to talk back to the author . . . not a good plan in the long run! (Watch out for those Woodle Pooves!)Authors often say their characters make the decisions in the stories. However, in the end, we all know who's really in charge, right?

In 1930s Paris, where one cheap hotel room is very like another, a young woman is teaching herself indifference. She has escaped personal tragedy and has come to France to find courage and seek independence. She tells herself to expect nothing, especially not kindness, least of all from men. Tomorrow, she resolves, she will dye her hair blonde.

This clever, sly collection of 'secret lives', lovingly illustrated by Mark Rich, is the perfect holiday gift for fans of Tim Burton, Edward Gorey and Gahan Wilson.

The 6th issue of Successful Startup 101, a magazine for budding entrepreneurs, startup founders and small business owners that covers business planning, strategy, management, accounting, finance, sales and marketing.In this month's issue:* The Birth of the Startup Excubator* Do You Have What It Takes to Start Your Own Business* Entrepreneurs: Here Are 7 Ways to Make the Most of Your Downtime* The Trend that is Changing Sales* 9 Ways To Create Time, Space, and Stillness For Meaningful Work* Self-Employment Taxes Demystified: Can You Lower Them for 2014* Symptoms of Customer Acquisition Procrastination Syndrome* Managers: Dont Treat All Employees the Same Way* Five Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail* The Guide to Running a Small Business: 8 Things Youll Never Want to Forget* 10 Common Startup Flaws Leading to an Early Demise* 5 Startup Lessons for Fast-Growing Companies* These eight Business Beliefs Are Killing Your Startup* Getting Ahead: Dont Forget to Feed Your Spirit* Operating A Business in the Age of the Brand Experience* Why Startups Hire Their Own Lawyers* How We Grew Our SAAS Startups MRR from zero to over dollar 2k in Under One Month* For Employer and Employees Alike, Automated Payroll is a Win-Win* 9 Ways to Make A Million* Neats Chris Barbier Talks about the Future of Small Business Solutions

Olive knows her friends, how they work and she knows how it should have happened.At the end of a perilous trek, leading them into yet another deadly trap, the Alpha-Omega squadron are lost within the madness of Shoebox Stone’s games. As their brave Captain, Charlie Crumble, falters in his leadership, the group quickly becomes undone. A strange infection, causing the dead to rise from the grave, spreads across the land threatening everyone in its wake, and stories of robotic monstrous men haunt the area. The people need a hero. The squad needs a leader. But he is lost…

Do you know how God sees you? Ann didn't. She believed herself unworthy of God’s love. Ann struggles raising two young children alone. God takes her to a lifelike vision of a flowing wall of light where people are transformed into what they are really like inside. She wakes not knowing what it'll do to her. Tragedy strikes, her faith is tested, and God returns her to the light, revealing His love.Do you know what you are really like inside?Do you know who the God of life sees you?Ann didn’t. In fact, she believes herself unworthy of God’s love. And when God sweeps her away into a lifelike vision of a flowing wall of light, what she sees strengthens her doubts. First, a person she admires enters the crystal light and emerges as a deformed creature of hate and evil. Then the light transforms a crippled child into a beautiful, healthy, angelic being. Clearly the light is revealing their true natures. Ann is afraid of what it will expose in her.Without entering the light, Ann awakens in her apartment where she lives with her two young children. In the following days, tragedy strikes, leaving her in doubt of God’s love. Through trauma and pain she refuses to turn her back on Him. She tries to understand it all. Finally, He returns Ann to the living light, and this time she experiences the beauty God sees in her. And most of all, she grasps the truth about His love - despite her faults - and His mercy which is beyond her understanding. Come... join Ann in her discovery of how much God really does love her, indeed all of us, if we seek Him.

Twenty stories are meant to make you, in turn, very sad and very happy. There are about ten themes which are discussed in the book in both Breaks, which try to capture the instant a person's heart breaks, as well as Hearts, which are much sweeter in nature and evoke positive feelings. The final result, of course, is meant to be a bittersweet feeling.These stories, both Breaks (sad) and Hearts (happy), talk about a number of themes including parenthood, brotherhood, friendship, betrayal, addiction as well as few more. There are about ten in total, discussed in twenty stories. Of course, the main audience is meant to be anyone who feels broken hearted, but it came to my attention that anybody could read this book, provided that they are mature and are willing to read some quite sad things. This is where the idea of Breaks and Hearts arose, out of a deeper need to create a relatable book to as many people as possible.Besides, I cannot claim to be able to heal depression through short stories, no matter how much I wish to do it. This is why I shifted the book's attention to emotion, even a roller coaster of them. Still, deep inside, I want to help.