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On a sunny day in July, Clare Prentice arrives in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Although she is on assignment to interview the town's notoriously reclusive novelist Nate Hanssen, Clare is really in search of a different story - her story. Just months before, Clare was a bride-to-be, living in Chicago and looking to the future - until the day she learned her entire life had been a lie. Not only was Clare adopted, but there is no record that she or her adoptive mother ever existed. The only clue is a class ring from Grand Rapids Senior High School.

Building Dreams is the book that pulls back the curtain on why you haven't reached the levels of success you dream of. Written by your new bestie, Becky, this book is a guide through and beyond the obstacles that have kept you from building your most abundant life. This pause-resister will keep you interested in what happens to Becky and what will become possible for you.

Summer 1942. Despite grim reports on the wireless and rationing hitting hard, Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls from Marlow’s department store are determined to put out the bunting for a family party. But Beryl’s husband, Les, returns from North Africa a changed man, and Gladys worries for her own fiancé’s safety. The store is losing staff to the war effort, and Lily’s young man, Jim, is torn over where his duty lies. Then comes the knock on the door that everyone dreads. Lily’s family, always the heart of her world, is rocked to the core.

Two friends in the 1980s were graduating from cosmetology school. They went clubbing every Friday downtown. When Jen and Aubrey started dating their new boyfriends in town they became head-over-heels. Is their new love everlasting, or does their relationships take a turn for the worst? Go back in time to the '80s with friends, family, and technology.

In a world full of pressure to be more, do more and consume more, this practical guidebook will help you find your own version of enough. Enough is a springboard for self-belief, a healthy work pace and sustainable living, so you can move from striving to thriving.

Four days before Christmas in Elk Park, Colorado, genealogist Anna Denning discovers a client's body. When she starts asking questions no one wants answered, she becomes the killer's next target.

It's nearly Halloween in Elk Park, Colorado, and one of the Elk Valley Historical Society's founding members, a retired history professor who wanted to hire genealogist Anna Denning to complete his secret research into the family trees of two other members, has been found dead - the victim of a brutal murder. When a friend of the victim pleads with Anna to complete the professor's work, Anna agrees. Her decision leads her into a disturbing world of lies, concealed identities, and the occult.

Lauren Keller understands strategies. She adores them and never enters a marketing meeting without Strategy A, B, and C tucked away in the back of her mind. She's one of the top executives at her firm...until it all comes crashing down with the news that her boss has been stealing money from their clients for almost a decade.

I have a tested and proven system that takes even the most green and inexperienced beginners, people who’ve barely held a guitar the right way, who’ve written nothing more complicated than their name on a government form, who think that “chorus” and “hook” are rare Pokemon, and I show them how to write their very first song. It has worked for hundreds before, and I promise it’ll work for you, too.

Rance Balcomb finds himself facing a shotgun marriage situation to a woman who doesn't speak a word of English. He practically ignores Elsa until he sees his new wife with her hair down, wearing the new clothes he'd purchased, and he realizes he's married a beautiful woman. He soon discovers he has a rival for her affections and decides it's time to make their marriage real. Her own father, as well as her former love interest, have other ideas.

Nivi awakes from cryosleep plagued by guilt. The scientific genius had hoped her people would avoid war if she went into cold sleep, but she learns her sacrifice was in vain. And now a vicious enemy approaches a stranded Earth spaceship. Desperate to reactivate the technology she needs for the rescue, Nivi enlists the help of an attractive robot with a human consciousness and wisdom beyond his years...

For Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls at Marlow’s Department Store, another Christmas with ration books, shortages of goods and staff - not to mention a store coping with war damage - will be a real challenge. But the girls rally round and put their worries aside to make this, the hardest wartime Christmas yet, one that their families and their town will never forget.

On April 24, 1996, Becky Olson was diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, the 43-year-old mother of five and highly successful businesswoman now stood at the crossroads between life and death. Surviving arduous treatments and physical, mental, and emotional turmoil, Becky used the only weapon she had - her hat - to win the battle against the uninvited and overwhelming foe.

Aggie stumbles into a very prickly situation when determined to help her daughter with a personal problem. Not only is her daughter’s life in a state of upheaval, so is Aggie’s love life when she becomes a member of a worldwide popular online social site. With bleached blonde hair piled on top, Aggie’s ready to stumble into another desert adventure.

Fifteen-year-old Ashley has a complicated life. There's no doubt her overachieving parents love her, but they are wrapped up in their own worlds for so much of the time it leaves her feeling like she's alone. Like a lot of teenagers, Ashley dreams of other worlds, but unlike a lot of teenagers, her world is about to collapse as rifts to an ancient fae kingdom begin to open all around her. Ashley's London is about to become a magical and mysterious warzone where the prize is Ashley herself.

This audiobook answers the most frequent questions regarding menopause, its causes, symptoms, and treatments according to recent studies and leading specialists in the field. This three-stage phase in every adult woman´s life that marks the end of her fertile reproductive years usually affects them differently depending on their genetic inheritance, lifestyle, daily diet, physical activity, habits, and mental state, among other factors.

Becca Smith Poole should have known her 45th high school reunion would be anything but normal - especially when a dead body turns up! Renowned for her problem-solving skills, Becca is determined to discover who the murderer is - and if her former high school crush is still as handsome as he was in their younger days. The first will take some time to solve, the second one took her breath away.

Two years ago, a fist not only tore away the last tattered threads of Riley Ross's ability to trust another human being with her heart, but also stole any chance she would ever have of carrying another child. Since she wouldn't ask any man to walk through that grim reality with her, she's made a decision not to start any relationships.

The Race to Be Myself is an intimate exploration of Caster Semenya's many identities, told for the first time by Caster herself. In the book, Caster will detail what went on behind the scenes when she found international fame, how it felt to have her body dissected for the whole world to see. Caster will explore how the politics of race, gender, and sexuality play out at the highest levels of competitive sports and why she is determined to continue the fight for her and others right to run free.

Sleep deprivation, diaper blowouts, and breastfeeding mishaps are status quo for new mom Kate Connolly. But when she decides to turn private investigator in order to work from home, her To-Do List expands exponentially....