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She’s building rockets for NASA— but can she build the life she truly wants? At just twenty-seven, Jeanie Florence is blazing a trail few women have ever walked—as one of NASA’s brightest young engineers. While America races to put a man on the moon, Jeanie is quietly making history behind the scenes, her calculations propelling astronauts into space. But when it comes to love? She’s still stuck firmly on the launchpad. Her heart belongs to Bill Booker—an older, married astronaut whose orbit she knows she has no business entering. But emotions don’t always follow logic, and ...

Valentine’s Day in Venice was a success, but will St. Patrick’s Day on St. Barts be even more of an adventure? Lucy Landish hopes so! She’s got a troop of travelers joining her for the second Holiday Adventure Club trip, and they’re trying to get over heartbreak, find new love, and have the vacation of a lifetime. With Nick Epperson, one of her handsome, available, next-door work neighbors along for the ride, Lucy is ready to show her guests a great time in the French West Indies. But things are complicated between her and Nick; there’s clearly chemistry, but they’ve both got ...

Ruby Hudson has avoided reading the words of her late husband, President Jack Hudson--until now... For most of his life, Jack kept meticulous and well-written journals and diaries about his life. After his death, everything was boxed up and put into storage, but now, nearly two years after his passing, Ruby is ready to start unpacking her past and making sense of her husband's choices. With the month of August to herself on Shipwreck Key, Ruby brings out the boxes of journals dating back to the 70s, and she tries to unravel the mystery of her marriage: where did it go wrong? What had she ...

Christmas Key: a tropical paradise full of golf carts, lovable locals, and year-round Christmas decorations...and now the latest destination for the Holiday Adventure Club travels! Lucy's sticking close to home this time by taking her tour group to an island off the coast of Florida, but that doesn't mean it'll be a walk in the park, because this time she's bringing an entourage: her mom, her aunt Sharon, and her mother's persnickety nurse, Glinda. But there are surprises afoot--for Lucy and for her guests--because they aren't just visiting a big city with sites to see and history to learn,...

Ruby Hudson thought she knew how to handle grief. Until she lost someone who held a piece of her soul. At fifty, Ruby’s no stranger to life’s heartbreaks. She’s been a mother, a First Lady, and a widow. She’s weathered public scandals, private betrayals, and the messy, beautiful business of starting over. But nothing prepares her for this latest loss—unexpected, intimate, and earth-shifting. As she works through her grief, Ruby finds herself facing an uncomfortable truth: there was so much she didn’t know about the person she loved. Secrets. Stories. Sides of them she somehow ...

Lights, camera… chaos. Reality TV has arrived on Christmas Key, and Holly Baxter is feeling the heat. Mayor Holly thought she’d seen it all—snowmen made of sand, glitter-covered golf cart parades, and enough retiree drama to last a lifetime. But when the hit reality show Wild Tropics rolls onto the island just in time for a Halloween heatwave, things go from festive to frenzied in a flash. Now she’s juggling: An election challenge that’s heating up faster than a Florida fall A town full of residents who aren’t thrilled about being on camera A surprise visit from River O’Leary...

The Holiday Adventure Club lands in Lisbon just in time for the annual International Horror Film Festival, and the guests on this trip are there for the scare! But after a decade as a medical examiner, is Lucy up for blood and gore, or will she hide out in the shadows and let the others enjoy the festivities? Lucy's travel buddies this time are a group called The Twins of Tucson--made up entirely of, yup: twins!--and they're ready to take Lisbon by storm. In addition, as a way to thank her for all the help she's given to Lucy's mom, she's invited her Aunt Sharon along for a little R&R, but ...

In a world that expects near perfection from people in ministry, it is hard to be honest about struggles of being a pastor's wife or a woman in ministry—let alone have a sense of humor about it! In their popular podcast, Pastors' Wives Tell All, Jessica Taylor, Stephanie Gilbert, and Jenna Allen create a safe place for pastors' wives and women in ministry to be their most authentic selves. Now they're bringing their wit and wisdom to women through the spoken word.

The Holiday Adventure Club is ready to take on Edinburgh for Easter. They land in Scotland at the crossroads of the Edinburgh Science Festival and a Comic Con event, and find themselves sandwiched between scientists and superheroes as they wander the historic streets of Edinburgh. Lucy's got her hands full this time as she shepherds a trio of girls about to graduate from high school, a man who truly believes he is a superhero, and a couple who've come to Scotland as a last-ditch attempt to save their floundering marriage. But she's got her own problems to deal with: her mom is in need of ...

The Holiday Adventure Club has had a jam-packed year of travel and jet-setting, but now it's finally coming to an end... Lucy Landish started the Holiday Adventure Club travel agency as her second act; following a decade as a medical examiner and a nasty divorce, she was ready to rebuild her life from the ground up--which is exactly what she did. In the course of a year, she took her tour groups all around the world, but now they're wrapping things up with New Year's in New York, and Lucy wants it to be the perfect trip--for everyone! Click the BUY NOW button and start traveling the world ...

Morocco in spring time--colorful markets by day, balmy desert nights, and romance galore. Lucy Landish is hitting her stride professionally: her Holiday Adventure Club travels have taken her to Italy, Scotland, and the French West Indies, but now it's time to take another travel group abroad, this time to Africa during Morocco's annual rose festival. Along for the trip is a world famous rockstar who wants a break from the limelight; a dying man whose last wish is to to make peace with his adult children; and--inexplicably--Lucy's ex-husband, who'd like to make peace with her. The series ...

The Holiday Adventure Club is headed to Tokyo for Thanksgiving, where they'll trade turkey for sushi, and football for kabuki. From cat cafes to robot restaurants, Lucy has all kinds of unique underground things for her tour group to see and do! Paulette and Minnie are a mother and daughter who are meeting for the first time after a clandestine pregnancy in the 70s led to a closed adoption and a lifetime of wondering. They're both excited and scared, but one of them is carrying a secret so big that she's afraid it might end their relationship before it even begins... Len Bagley spent a year...

Fiji is fiery in July...and so is Lucy's love life! Things have cranked up a notch for Lucy and Nick, and her other hot and handsome next-door work neighbor doesn't like it one bit. After months of travel and of juggling her mother's care and the two men who are interested in her, Lucy is ready for a slower pace on Fiji. She's rented bungalows for everyone coming along on this Holiday Adventure Club trip, and she's already having visions of tropical flowers, cold drinks, and island sunsets. Little does she know, but things are about to get harder, not easier, when both Nick and Dev show up ...

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and on Christmas Key, love is blooming like bougainvillea. Things are heating up between Mayor Holly Baxter and the island’s newest (and handsomest) resident, Miguel. The annual seafood festival is on the horizon. And Holly’s just received her DNA results—along with a surprise revelation that might change everything she thought she knew about her family. There’s a man out there who might be the father Holly never thought she’d meet. But after a lifetime of believing he didn’t exist, is she ready to let someone new into her life... or her ...

If you’re wondering whether there’s life on the other side of deconversion, or if you’re trying desperately to understand a loved one who is losing their faith—this book is for you. Edited by philosophy of religion scholar, Sarah Bacaller, with a foreword by Bart Campolo (the first humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California), this book offers gripping insights into the deepest aspects of the deconversion journey.

Mayor Holly Baxter is juggling pirates, potholes, and the possibility of a second chance at love. Just another week on Christmas Key. The island’s newest guests? A rowdy crew of weekend pirates who’ve traded rum for espresso and are leaving a trail of mayhem (and mysterious holes) in their wake. Add to that: Her ex’s new girlfriend who’s suddenly sticking around A fresh-faced family with twin boys who’ve turned the island into their personal playground And River O’Leary—Holly’s not-quite-ex, not-quite-boyfriend—who’s texting just enough to keep her heart off-balance ...

The year of travel is winding down, but for Lucy and her latest group of intrepid travelers, things are still heating up! Lucy is determined to get her latest tour group to Cuba, but in order to get their hands on the right visas, they must sign on to a humanitarian mission and commit to rolling up their sleeves and doing some work on the island. To that end, the Holiday Adventure Club has paired with Underwater Cuba to do marine conservation, and the travelers will be spending time snorkeling and monitoring the coral reefs and ocean life. But Cuba is more than just old cars, cigars, and ...

What happens when a medical examiner leaves cold bodies and cold winters behind to chase her dream of running a travel agency in a warm, sunny beach town? Lucy Landish has put a decade into her career, but a heartbreaking divorce and a mother whose medical needs are growing increasingly demanding have driven her to chase her dream south—way south—to Amelia Island, Florida. Dreaming of a fresh start, Lucy hangs out a shingle and opens The Holiday Adventure Club with plans to travel the world for a year, hitting a new location for every major holiday with her groups of intrepid tourists ...

Ever dream of leaving your job and your troubles behind and moving to paradise? Lucy Landish did, and now she's living in sunny Florida and running a travel agency called The Holiday Adventure Club instead of working as a medical examiner in cold and wintery Buffalo. For every major holiday, Lucy and a group of travelers will hit a location somewhere in the world to soak in the culture, the romance, and the adventure. But with two handsome men vying for her attention back in Florida, and an aging mother who needs her in New York, will Lucy be able to escape reality enough to become the free...

There are four standalone romances included in this box set: Hearts Ahoy: With a call to a radio station and a bunch of 80s musical trivia in her back pocket, young widow Julia Delmonico wins a spot on a “Second Chance at Romance” cruise to Hawaii. On her way towards paradise, she bumps into Martin Estrada—single, handsome, and funny. But is Martin’s past more important than a possible future with Julia? With a little advice from the octogenarian in the cabin next door, and a strong nudge from the flamboyant and insistent “cupid” who’s been assigned to Julia on the cruise, she...