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Melody Bryant has heard it all before. Sure, she's the epitome of the stereotype for a librarian. Loves order. Loves rules and deadlines. Loves books. But what she doesn't love is still being a virgin at 24. Unfortunately, the only guy she's ever been interested in turned her down flat. And then left town. Eight. Years. Ago. Ugh.

Meet Gosia. She's a sensitive soul with a filthy mind and problems with intimacy. Between shifts in a well-lit budget supermarket and nights in a badly lit Zone 3 flatshare, she spends hours inside her own head. That is, until a chance encounter snaps her out of her reverie. Propelled into a series of mediocre jobs, lousy dates and even worse sex, the prickly yet warm-hearted Gosia begins her excavation of the 'perfect' life so many dream of. After all, could there be more to it than she imagined?

In 2012, Rhyannon Styles began her gender transition and attended her first 12-step meeting - beginning two journeys that changed the course of her life. Using her personal narrative as a springboard for exploring addiction, recovery and LGBTQ+ mental health, Rhyannon writes with searing honesty about the complexity of her experiences. The audiobook spans a range of addictions including alcohol, food, sex and relationships, the internet and narcotics, and highlights the ways in which addiction and the transition process can overlap.

After thirty-five years as an “on-again, off-again, uncoached closet pianist,” poet and writer Robyn Sarah picked up the phone one day and called her old piano teacher, whom she had last seen in her early twenties. Music, Late and Soon is the story of her return to studying piano with the mentor of her youth. In tandem, she reflects on a previously unexamined musical past: a decade spent at Quebec’s Conservatoire de Musique, studying clarinet—ostensibly headed for a career as an orchestral musician, but already a writer at heart.

Authors Riley Snow and Chera Zade present Saving Constance: A Western Erotic Romance.

Skye would often wake to her father standing over her bed, gun in hand, staring at her with a vacant expression. He would say nothing, do nothing, just watch her - and then eventually leave. This happened many times throughout her life; usually on her birthday. She even heard him whisper once, calling her a monster, an abomination.

If you've been feeling stiff, unemotional, closed off to others, lacking self-esteem, or have even found yourself in an abusive relationship, then you might have a blocked energy center unbalancing the flow of all the other energy centers in your body or chakras. We have seven chakras located at different areas in the body that are responsible for our health and general wellbeing - for us to be healthy, those energies need to flow unhindered along our spine.

Running out of the back of the bridal shop as her fiancé comes in looking for her, Gabrielle Nowell literally runs into the man of her dreams on the street. When their bodies collide, the magic of love fills the air. Both of them are instantly smitten, but Gabrielle knows it could never amount to anything with her wedding set for Valentine's Day a little less than two months away.

Sit back, take a deep breath, and embrace the vibrations of the gods themselves. Are you always haunted by the stress and anxiety of daily life, looking for a way to calm your mind, center yourself, and live in the present? It feels like you're racing against the clock's hands, never able to catch up or catch a breath.

50 Things to Know About Stress and How to Manage It by Sharon G. Walker, PhD, offers an approach to our stress that emphasizes how we can learn to cope with it. Most books on stress and stress management tell you only part of the story. Dr. Walker delves more deeply into the basis for our stress and how to create a low-stress lifestyle. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, Dr. Walker will lead you to explore your own life’s stressors and develop strategies that work for you.

The authors and creators of the award-winning blog All Up In My Space, Robyn Donaldson and Emma Hopkinson, use emotion as the starting point for every room to reveal achievable and fabulous ways of adding style and flair to your home so that you can create your ideal emotional experience in each space and make it look incredible too. Each chapter will take you on a tour to discover how you want each space in your home to feel and work for you as Robyn and Emma share their abundance of knowledge on home décor to help you figure out how to create a stylish home

When people hear the word "Buddhism," they automatically assume that it refers to a religion. Anyone, regardless of religious affiliation, can incorporate Buddhist principles into their daily lives without having to give up their own. More than 300 million people around the world are practicing Buddhism, a simple and practical philosophy that can improve your life and help you find inner peace and happiness. Buddhism is a way of life based on a spiritual path that ultimately leads to enlightenment.

The year is 1869, and the West is still wild. Izzy is the greatest sharpshooter on Earth. She's hell bent on tracking down a mysterious robber baron who has been gobbling up the railroads. She will find out that there is more to this robber baron and the world around her than she could ever imagine. He will find out that she is...more than a gunslinger.

What was supposed to be a summer romance became so much more. I fell for the small town anti-prince...and I have the scars to prove it. Nine years later, the prince is back - now as a big-city publishing king. Only this time he wants much more than a summer romance. He wants my publishing company. My concession. And me.

In the busy world of party planning, Audrey Alberton has no time for love; she’s not even sure she has time for Christmas as her calendar continues to fill through the holiday season. Can one simple gift from an unknown giver change everything? Holden Bays has too much to do to be slowed down by an accident, but when his truck and trailer are damaged moving through the city, one chance encounter could turn his world upside down.

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does your life journey lead you to suffer? The answer is to heal you. Your suffering is the epitome of a blessing in disguise. Wrapped in darkness and suffering, it removes the ground from beneath your feet and leaves you fearful, fragile, and devoid of meaning in life. The caterpillar is born with everything it needs, internally and externally, to become the butterfly. You are born with everything you need, inside of you and in your outside world, to become the best version of your self.

Breathe Easy is a comprehensive guide to recognizing, treating, and preventing allergy and inflammation-related illnesses, including sinusitis, asthma, and nasal obstruction, and explores the various causes of these conditions, their symptoms, and the treatment options available.

This book is designed to teach children the fundamentals of Python programming in a way that is engaging, interactive, and easy to follow. With the help of hands-on projects, fun examples, and interactive exercises, kids will learn how to code in just seven days. Python is a popular programming language that is used by developers to build a wide range of applications, including games, websites, and data analysis tools. It is a great language for beginners because of its simple syntax.

Tikka Belefonté doesn’t want much - only just to be able to live and let live. But how is this possible when you’re a witch and your boyfriend is a Grape Street Crip? Still, love chooses Tikka, and there is nowhere to hide other than behind her magic. Yet it is no secret that she is spoken for by the neighborhood gang leader, Elijah Royale. The wild crazy journey starts when Elijah returns home from prison, and it seems to prompt peculiar events, forcing Tikka to use her magic constantly to secure her love and to protect herself and Elijah.

We're joined by Robyn Young, the historical fiction author best known for her Brethren trilogy, the first book of which went straight into the Sunday Times Top Ten and became a bestselling hardback debut. Robyn's latest series is called New World Rising and follows the period of the Wars of the Roses through to Renaissance Europe. Robyn talks about the first book in that series, Sons of the Blood.