A Husband for Holly

A Husband for Holly
Author: Jodi Thomas
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101563532

An unexpected love warms a woman’s heart in this enchanting Christmas romance from New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas. Holly, a beautiful Texas tomboy, gets more than she bargained for under the mistletoe after her godfathers decide to find her a husband. Previously published in A Country Christmas.

Marrying a Man, Raising a Husband

Marrying a Man, Raising a Husband
Author: Holly Lashawn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781425936846

Joe Runyon was born in Indiana and grew up in farm country. Rosalee Huber grew up in farm country in Montana. Both poets met at Rosalee's T.V. show, Recipes For Living. They soon found out that their poetry had much in common. As you read their poetry you will see their friendship develop. This is a fascinating book. One to return to again and again as the mystery of two lives illuminates our larger story. The language is the language of poetry-authentic, original and passionate. In Sand Castles, Joe's and Rosalee's poems are inextricably intertwined. This book was a promise kept.

Dancing on My Ashes

Dancing on My Ashes
Author: Heather Gilion
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2010-05
Genre: Bereavement
ISBN: 1607998718

Holly and Heather share their story and help to walk the reader through the painful yet necessary healing process for when life deals us its harshest blows. Dancing on my ashes soothes and empathizes with the broken heart, while sharing the truth of scripture, and the hope that comes from the heart of God.

I Give My Marriage A Year

I Give My Marriage A Year
Author: Holly Wainwright
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1760982784

Lou and Josh have been together for 14 years. They share two kids, a mortgage, careers and plenty of history. Now, after a particularly fraught Christmas, Lou is ready to ask herself: is this marriage worth hanging on to? Every month for a year, Lou sets a different test for their relationship - from daily sex to brutal honesty - to help her decide if she should stay or go. Secrets are exposed, old wounds reopened and a true-to-life suburban love story unfolds. I Give My Marriage a Year paints a sharply accurate, often hilarious picture of a modern Australian marriage. Lou and Josh are a couple on the edge, and their efforts to bring their relationship back from the brink will resonate with anyone who has ever asked themselves: is this enough? Whose side will you take? Who deserves a second chance? And will Josh and Lou stay together or split for good? PRAISE FOR I GIVE MY MARRIAGE A YEAR 'The most insightful novel on marriage I've ever read. I can't stop thinking about it.' Mia Freedman 'Poignant, compelling and full of aha moments, this book will have you nodding, laughing and crying, and most of all, incredibly invested in the outcome.' Sally Hepworth 'If you are looking for a book to escape these troubling times, then Holly Wainwright's I Give My Marriage a Year is just the ticket. It's a sharply written, funny and poignant portrait of marriage, and all the highs and lows that go with it.' Frances Whiting, Sunday Mail 'What we're loving right now...another clever offering from Holly Wainwright.' Daily Telegraph 'Wainwright gets the tone right, there are some funny moments alongside the marital drama...by the end you'll be looking at your own relationship and wondering if it's time to set your own deadline.' Courier Mail

Love and Other Natural Disasters

Love and Other Natural Disasters
Author: Holly Shumas
Publisher: 5 Spot
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2009-01-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0446543608

The witty yet poignant story of a woman in her early thirties who discovers that her seemingly devoted husband has been having an emotional affair for the past year. Eve is eight months pregnant and in the middle of a Thanksgiving celebration when she discovers that her husband Jonathan has developed an intimate relationship with a woman over the past year. Jonathon asserts his innocence (an affair involves physical intimacy, and he didn't have any), while Eve feels deeply betrayed by the emotional connection he shared with someone else. What Jon has done seems so terrifyingly out of character that Eve finds herself questioning her entire reality. Did she ever really know Jon at all? Was their happiness together a lie? Is emotional intimacy more forgivable than sexual intimacy? And can their marriage survive?

Back on the Market

Back on the Market
Author: Holly Parker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-12-29
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1948677474

A hilarious view of life after divorce; you’ll never look at properties again without thinking of your dating life. Back on the Market is a Realtor’s guide to life, love, and dating and the multitude of challenges that come with it all. Holly Parker has sold 8 billion dollars of luxury real estate throughout her career as one of Manhattan’s most successful brokers. Through her humor and quick wit, she connects common real estate terms to everyday life, making Back on the Market a fun and unforgettable read. After seven years of marriage, Holly found herself “falling out of contract,” as a newly divorced woman reluctantly facing the prospect of being “back on the market.” She understands that life is transactional, whether it’s a business decision or those we spend our time with, so she took her skills as a master real estate agent and applied everything she knew to getting her life back. Cleverly told through the eyes of a Realtor, Holly depicts the perils of life, love, and dating—whether it’s dealing with first-time buyers (those who have a romanticized version of what they think they want and what they can actually have), the value of curb appeal, fixing the foundation of a damaged home, not listing before you’re ready to sell, staging, and so much more. Hilarious and emotional, Holly shares her dating experiences with “fixer uppers,” the guys with “good bones,” and the “forever renters.” Back on the Market is a story of hope and the pursuit of happiness. Full of memorable takeaways, lessons, and anecdotes, Holly will help you find your perfect “home” and fall in love with life all over again.

Baring Witness

Baring Witness
Author: Holly Welker
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2016-08-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0252098595

In Baring Witness, Holly Welker and thirty-six Mormon women write about devotion and love and luck, about the wonder of discovery, and about the journeys, both thorny and magical, to humor, grace, and contentment. They speak to a diversity of life experiences: what happens when one partner rejects Church teachings; marrying outside one's faith; the pain of divorce and widowhood; the horrors of spousal abuse; the hard journey from visions of an idealized marriage to the everyday truth; sexuality within Mormon marriage; how the pressure to find a husband shapes young women's actions and sense of self; and the ways Mormon belief and culture can influence second marriages and same-sex unions. The result is an unflinching look at the earthly realities of an institution central to Mormon life.

Holly's First Love

Holly's First Love
Author: Beverly Lewis
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780310380511

Twelve-year-old Holly's relationship with her best friend Andie is threatened when they both fall for Jared, the new boy in the seventh grade and a fellow Christian.

It's Hot in the Hamptons

It's Hot in the Hamptons
Author: Holly Peterson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2019-05-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062867385

From the author of the summer hit It Happens in The Hamptons comes an unforgettable new novel about the women who live and love in the Hamptons. In the Hamptons, no rules apply, especially in matters of money—and the heart… Raised in East Hampton, Caroline never thought she’d be one of the “city people” who spent summers and weekends at the beach. But, once her husband’s business takes off, a job stint transplants the couple permanently into Manhattan life—where the phrase When you marry for money, you work for it every day, reflects her neighbors’ lives. And where entitled husbands, like hers, embark on affair after affair with little consequence. Time for the wives to get even. When Caroline’s friend Annabelle suggests they experiment as their wayward mates have, Caroline resists at first. That is, until a scroll through an iPad makes her reconsider…and a pact between two friends is made. The agreement quickly turns serious when Caroline begins to confront the man her husband has become, or perhaps always has been. Will a summer affair give Caroline clarity or make her lose hold on the reins of her life? And, when an old lover returns, is she ready to risk all for a chance at happiness…

5 to 1

5 to 1
Author: Holly Bodger
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2015-05-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0385391536

Part Homeless Bird and part Matched, this is a dark look at the near future told through the alternating perspectives of two teens who dare to challenge the system. In the year 2054, after decades of gender selection, India now has a ratio of five boys for every girl, making women an incredibly valuable commodity. Tired of marrying off their daughters to the highest bidder and determined to finally make marriage fair, the women who form the country of Koyanagar have instituted a series of tests so that every boy has the chance to win a wife. Sudasa, though, doesn’t want to be a wife, and Kiran, a boy forced to compete in the test to become her husband, has other plans as well. As the tests advance, Sudasa and Kiran thwart each other at every turn until they slowly realize that they just might want the same thing. This beautiful, unique novel is told from alternating points of view—Sudasa’s in verse and Kiran’s in prose—allowing readers to experience both characters’ pain and their brave struggle for hope.