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Vegetarian cooking isn't only insanely healthy. It's also really inexpensive. Vegans can enjoy the benefits of eating fresh and nutritious foods without breaking the bank to satiate their hunger. If you would like to follow a vegan diet and save some money in the process, then this book is a must for you! Healthy Vegan Dump Dinner Recipes on a Budget contains 32 exceptionally delicious and easy-to-prepare vegan dishes.

Hope Montoya knows someone is poisoning her, but who? She suspects her mother was also poisoned and knows her father was murdered. Who wants her family eliminated? She vows to fight! She realizes she won't last the eight months until she turns twenty-five and her uncle no longer controls her or her estate. Never will she be dominated by a man as she was by her father, as she has seen her mother and grandmothers dominated. If she marries, she gains control now, but only if she weds a man she can trust.

It just wouldn't be Texas without the occasional unpredictable storm, but when a twister rips through Carson Hill Ranch and demolishes almost everything in sight, the family has a long road ahead of them as they try to pick up the pieces and put them back together. In the chaos of the storm, no one notices that Joseph's wife, Emma, has disappeared. A mysterious phone call lets them know that there are some fates worse than death. As brothers Anders and Joseph rush in to save the women they love, the end result tears apart the Carson family in ways that no one saw coming.

When Gage learned that George DiCarlo thought he would make a great match for his youngest daughter, Gage was not interested. Not even if she was beautiful, talented, kicked butt on hiking trails and could challenge even his love of skiing. When Jonquil's learns about it a year later, her reaction is exactly the opposite. After watching the rest of her sisters fall in love with the men her father hoped they would connect with, she is curious about the one he had planned for her.

What's Ethel's secret ingredient? Dare she share? After Ethel King's cinnamon rolls earn a higher ribbon than her neighbor's at the Latah County Fair, Joyce - a renowned baker - challenges Ethel to a Sticky Bun Baking Contest. Ethel has one month to discover a prize-winning recipe or risk losing in front of her friends. Thankfully, Jimmy, her 22-year-old grandson, is living with her and serves as her taste-tester.

50 Things to Know About Living in the Moment offers a practical approach to learning the many ways of living in the moment in order to cope well with the demands of everyday life and truly appreciate each moment of your life in your lifetime. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts on mindfulness, these practical tips for living each moment of your life with deeper awareness can help improve your life in all areas, be it in your social life, family life, personal life, or at your workplace.

What do you do when your father wants to turn you into a vampire and the man who offers you protection has his own, dark agenda? Shawna Rawley has no choice but to run. Pentim Rawley, one of the most evil vampires who has ever lived, has just discovered that she is his daughter. Now he's obsessed with finding and turning her. She doesn't want Pentim to find the people she loves and use them to get to her. She doesn't want him to find and turn her. She has only one ace up her sleeve.

The Garlucci family business, “Savannah Swag”, is finally open, and business is brisk. Carlita is happy with the way her son is managing the pawnshop and their new part-time employees, so she can focus on renting out their last vacant apartment. When a mysterious man shows up on her doorstep with wads of cash, offering to pay the deposit and first month's rent and even offers to sweeten the deal with some extra cash, Carlita is tempted. She quickly discovers that the man is not all he seems to be.

Working at a Suicide Prevention Center in San Francisco, Lily Goodwill thinks she's heard it all - then she gets a call from a man about to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Something about the caller, maybe his yummy British accent or Lily's ability to understand his crushing ennui, makes her break all the rules and rush to meet him. After all, she is a vampire and if she can't talk him down she can glamour him. But things don't go according to plan.

Vampire, Hannah's best friend has coupled up and Hannah is feeling alone and lonely. One night on a stroll through her favorite grave-yard she is be-hounded by a small growling fur ball. The puppy refuses to leave and reluctantly she takes him in. She soon needs expert advice because the puppy won't eat any of the expensive dog chow she buys and burps fire.

When Carlita Garlucci’s annoying tenant Elvira Cobb turns up missing, Carlita and her daughter spring into action and begin looking for clues to her whereabouts. They soon discover a mysterious message on Elvira’s answering machine. The message is from a man with possible NY mob ties. They fear that Elvira has put all of their lives in jeopardy after the mysterious man is found floating facedown in the Savannah River.

Mail order bride Kat Bailey has more to fear than malicious rumors about a crazed murderer. But a woman with no money or family has few options. She quickly learns that her intended groom is not as honorable as Hampton society believes him to be. Beaten by her betrothed, she seeks refuge in the home of the most feared man in town. Accused murderer, Grayson Gregory is more interested in guarding a family secret than clearing his name.

Katarina Bennett stopped believing in fairytales a long time ago. Prince Charming doesn't exist. Careful planning is what makes dreams come true and that's what she's spent her adult life doing. Now those plans have fallen apart. She's lost everything; her fiancé, her job, and her home. Determined to make a new start, Kat takes a job as a governess and teacher for five orphaned children and finds herself in an old Gothic mansion in the middle of nowhere with people who aren't what they seem.

Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, you can have the life that you have always dreamed of; have a close family; and really focus on having fun with your children. You'll discover great tips for how to slow life down a bit to enjoy the moments with your children.

Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, spiritual health is an important component to being an authentic, mature person. Figuring out how to get healthy takes the same level of attention as physical health. 50 Things to Know About Practicing Spiritual Discipline offers an approach to exploring the idea of having a soul and growing the connection to your own.

How many of us have wished at some time or other we could go back in time and change an action or a decision or just take back something that was said? But it is what it is. There is no rewind, reboot, delete key or any other trick to change the past, right? Lynne McBriar can. She bought a 1937 camper that turned out to be a time portal. And when she meets a young woman who suffers from serious depression over the loss of a close friend 10 years earlier, she has the power to do something about it.

Tisiphone loves spending her days playing poker in the underworld, far away from mortals and all the trouble they cause - and all the terrible mistakes they make. Unfortunately for this goddess, her sister Alecto has vanished in Las Vegas - and the gods of Olympus believe only Tisi can find her and bring her back. To make matters worse, they force her to partner up with a mortal: recently deceased FBI agent Archer Mays. With all these challenges, how can a Fury keep her temper?

In Windhorse Woman, the sixth book in her bestselling Medicine Woman series, an odyssey of the spirit will take Lynn V. Andrews to the completion of the circle of learning as an apprentice shaman and the start of another quest for the truth only reached through struggle on the human path. Outside of Kathmandu where the majestic Himalayas thrust their jagged peaks against Nepal’s azure sky, Lynn V. Andrews begins her most momentous journey yet. Her destination is a remote valley high in the mountains where she is searching for a secret hidden for three millennia.

Girl, You’ve Got This: A Confidence-Boosting Guide for Young Women. Unlock the secret to standing tall, embracing your uniqueness, and stepping into your power—no matter what challenges come your way! Do you find yourself scrolling through social media, comparing your life to picture-perfect posts, only to feel discouraged? Are you trying to fit in while searching for who you indeed are? Have you ever felt alone, wishing for guidance and reassurance? You're not alone. Many young women face these same challenges—but here’s the truth: you can turn your struggles into strengths.

Crystal Stapleton has everything a princess could want: ski vacations, a suite to herself in her parents' mansion, even her own Prince Charming. Too bad there's a mean streak lurking under the surface of her fiancé, one that her parents refuse to see. With her father's prodding to marry a well-connected and wealthy man and her mother's constant, ugly, domineering attitude, Crystal is prepared to do as she's told, regardless of how unhappy her future will be.