Hold Him Close

Hold Him Close
Author: J.P. Bowie
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1839431288
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FROM POPULAR AUTHOR OF LGBTQ+ ROMANCE J.P. BOWIE Sometimes love and loyalty are all you can count on. Ten years ago, John White Eagle, then a film extra and stuntman, met Detective Mark Rossi and sparks immediately flew, despite the fact that Mark had just arrested John as a suspect in a murder case. Fast forward ten years and John, now a private detective, and Mark, recently promoted to detective sergeant, are happily married, even if they still have to deal with those on the wrong side of the law. Alex Vasquez, an old friend of John's, is being blackmailed. When the blackmailer turns up dead and Alex skips town with his boyfriend, things look bad. Penny Andrews hires John to find her missing brother, Sam, even though she fears he has been murdered, perhaps by their own father. John discovers that Sam is very much alive, in Afghanistan, searching for Jareem, the man he loves but had to leave behind. Hindered by liars and hired assassins, things don't look too good for John and Mark. Can they find Alex before the police do? And can they keep Sam and Jareem safe from those who believe in honor killing and are determined that Jareem will be their next target?

Hold You Close

Hold You Close
Author: Corinne Michaels
Publisher: Love & Olives Ink
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-07-19
Genre: Man-woman relationships
ISBN: 9781732371811
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Ian Chase broke my heart at seventeen, and I've spent the last eighteen years hating him for it. He makes it easy, with his smart mouth and playboy lifestyle-which I unfortunately have to observe since he lives behind me. Every time I see him climbing out of his pool, practically naked and unreasonably sexy, my blood boils. I've always loved to loathe him. I never planned to need him. *** London Parish is my little sister's best friend, not that it stopped me from falling for her. Our history is complicated. The only thing we have in common is being godparents to my sister's three adorable kids-until our lives are changed in one tragic moment. Now we're trying to raise the children we love, mourn an unthinkable loss, and fight an undeniable attraction. My life is already upside-down, and the last thing I need is for old feelings to resurface. Because I'll never be able to keep her, no matter how hard I try to hold her close.

Understand Him and Keep Him

Understand Him and Keep Him
Author: Valerie Gregory
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2005-05-16
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1463492774
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This book, Understand Him and Keep Him, is a book written to enlighten women who are fortunate enough to know a man they love and want to understand. The author states relationships are like board games; you must be playing the same game and also playing by the rules if you have any chance of winning. This book intends to present the rules of relationships. The author realized after interviewing men in her practice, that women were often unaware of pertinent universal truths, when relating to men. The author seeks to chronicle many of these truths in this writing. She encourages women to use the work as a tool, a resource, if you will, to build the relationship they desire. She emphasizes that when you understand your man, you will know how to keep your man. Begin building today.

Hold Me Closer

Hold Me Closer
Author: David Levithan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0698191684
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TIME Magazine’s Top Ten Children’s Books of 2015 "Tiny Cooper stole our hearts." —Entertainment Weekly Especially for those of us who ordinarily feel ignored, a spotlight is a circle of magic, with the strength to draw us from the darkness of our everyday lives. Watch out, ex-boyfriends, and get out of the way, homophobic coaches. Tiny Cooper has something to say—and he’s going to say it in song. Filled with honesty, humor, and “big, lively, belty” musical numbers, Hold Me Closer is the no-holds-barred (and many-bars-held) entirety of the beloved musical first introduced in Will Grayson, Will Grayson, the award-winning bestseller by John Green and David Levithan. Tiny Cooper is finally taking center stage . . . and the world will never be the same again. “Tiny will have readers falling out of their chairs laughing. . . . It's big. It's gay. It's outrageous and hilarious.” —Kirkus Reviews ★"Levithan has turned in another star turn with a book that is witty, wise, and well worthy of an encore." —Booklist, starred review ★"Tiny’s passion for composing a big, beautiful life and a big, beautiful show overflows in thisthoroughly magical book.” —BCCB, starred review ★"Tiny Cooper . . . gets his own star turn." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Just a Pucking Prank

Just a Pucking Prank
Author: Sofia M Kay
Publisher: Sofia M Kay
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2023-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Lydia: Wesley freaking Porter is the last man I want to be stuck with for two months. He's arrogant and selfish. I learned that when he humiliated my friend. And from seeing him strut around campus with his hockey teammates. The UNI Lions think they own the school. But I won't give in to him. Not even when my body begs me to. Wesley: Things were going great. Lydia was gorgeous and eager. Her lips were electric and I was convinced I was getting lucky. Until she screwed me over. She almost got me kicked out of UNI. And worse, she jepordized my place on the UNI Lions. Hockey is my life and she risked it all. It's just two months of working with her. And so what if we meet up in secret a few times. We both have needs... Just a Pucking Prank is a New Adult, College Sports Romance with a steamy secret relationship. (18+ recommended)

Unyielding

Unyielding
Author: Marion Kummerow
Publisher: Marion Kummerow
Total Pages: 232
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Gripping World War II spy story based on the true events of one couple's struggle for happiness while battling a war against the leaders of the Third Reich. A pledge of love and hope paves the way for a tale of courage and resilience.... After Wilhelm Quedlin takes Hilde Dremmer as his bride, his heart is content and filled with love, but his life becomes much more complicated. As he's pulled deeper and deeper into his intelligence work, Q feels as if what he is doing, how he is contributing to the espionage of war, isn't enough. More than once, he's ready to give up, but Hilde urges him to continue, to stay true to himself. She quietly bears all the hardship war has brought to ordinary people like them until one day the unimaginable happens, and she, too, wants out. But fate wanted them to stay and fight.... Suddenly, inspiration strikes: Q devises a plan to cause a devastating blow to Hitler's regime - assassinate a key player in his organization. One life in exchange for millions of lives saved. In Q's mind, it seems simple, but war is always complicated. Q's plan may have a rippling effect that could potentially end the war and affect change around the world. But can he go through with it? Does Q have the courage to pull it off? Or will the looming fear that it will not only ruin him but also harm his family cause him to abandon the plan altogether? This trilogy is a must-read for everyone wondering how an entire nation could slide from democracy to totalitarian dictatorship ultimately killing millions of "undesirables" whose only crime was having a different faith, skin color or political opinion. Topics: spy, Allied Powers, Rebellion, Military Occupied Forces, Battles and War, Liberation, Fighting for Freedom, Nazi Government, Brutality and Oppression, Romantic Love story, German spy in the heart of the resistance, fighting the good fight, keeping hope alive, based on the lives of real people, Third Reich, WWII Perfect for fans of Ann Bennett, Lucinda Riley, Dinah Jefferies, Victoria Hislop, Marius Gabriel, Tracy Chevalier, Fiona Valpy, Deborah Swift, Jenny Ashcroft, Petra Durst-Benning, Nicola Cornick, Janet MacLeod Trotter, Jean Grainger, Clare Flynn, Kate Furnivall, Kristin Hannah. Sharon Maas, Anna Jacobs, Helen Carey, Catherine Hokin, Sarah Lark, Tania Crosse, Rhys Bowen, Angela Petch, Hazel Gaynor, Roberta Kagan, Anna Stuart, Kate Hewitt, Ellie Midwood, Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger, Eoin Dempsey, Suzanne Goldring

Keeping Hope Alive

Keeping Hope Alive
Author: Grace Fox
Publisher: Rose Publishing
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1496465504
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Life changes in a nanosecond when storms sweep in, often without warning. They leave our knuckles white and our hearts broken. With minds barely able to think clearly, we often set our Bible aside. In reality, that’s when we need its comfort and strength most. This devotional is written for those in crisis, for those longing for hope but lacking the ability to focus on a lengthy Scripture passage. These minute-sized devotions offer respite to readers caught in the storms of life. Each of the 90 devotions follows a pattern:Key VersePause (devotion)Ponder (application question or action step)Pray (short prayer)Relevant quoteReaders of these devotions are facing difficult circumstances and need spiritual encouragement in bite-sized pieces. Their greatest need is hope. They need reassurance that God’s love will never let them go. His presence will never leave them, and His strength will carry them through. Keeping Hope Alive addresses these needs as follows:Its overall message directs their minds to God’s character and promises. These bite-size bits of truth will feed their soul and give them the strength and encouragement needed for that day.Devotions are short enough to read and keep their focus even when their minds are on overload.All segments work together to make it easy for readers to recall truth.Relevant quotes reinforce the day’s teaching.

This Is My Daughter

This Is My Daughter
Author: Roxana Robinson
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 150402561X
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A New York Times Notable Book: A luminous, deeply affecting story of divorce, remarriage, and parenthood. Peter and Emma, two single parents who have found love again after failed first marriages, dream of a peaceful and happy blended family with each of their daughters under one roof. They navigate this treacherous territory with the best of intentions, but face resistance from the girls, who, like many children of divorce, find their relationships tinged by grief, anger, and resentment. Emma’s three-year-old daughter, Tess, takes to the arrangement while Amanda, Peter’s sullen and unhappy seven-year-old, views it as a disaster rather than a fresh start. Over the course of this emotional powerhouse of a novel, Amanda becomes increasingly hostile and alienated—until one night she commits an act that threatens the already fragile bonds of the fledgling family. Set on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, This Is My Daughter is a skillful and sensitive portrayal of the challenges facing modern families from master of the contemporary novel Roxana Robinson, whose acute observations of domestic life invite comparison to John Cheever and Henry James.

Against All Odds

Against All Odds
Author: Josh Ciolkosz
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2023-01-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN:
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Life came to a dramatic halt for the Ciolkosz (cho-kis) family when they discovered a rare and dangerous brain cancer ailing their infant son. Through hospitalization, surgeries, and all the things to follow, their faith in God, prayer, and support from the community carried them through this difficult trial. Along the way values were exposed and strengthened: the strength and commitment of family, the value of community, the power of prayer, and belief that God is always with us even in our most dire of times. In the center of it all, a child, whose bravery, resilience, and smile inspired thousands, showed that with God, we can overcome against all odds.

Bloodline

Bloodline
Author: Alan Gold
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2013-10-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 192205285X
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Two families . . . One bloodline . . . and a city named Jerusalem When Bilal, a radicalised Palestinian youth, is shot during a botched terrorist attack, his life is saved by a young Jewish surgeon, Yael Cohen. But when Yael makes the startling discovery that her DNA is identical with Bilal’s, they become caught up in a high-stakes conspiracy – a disturbing plot that will blow the region to pieces and stun the world with its audacity. But unknown to Bilal and Yael, theirs is the last and bloody chapter in a story that crosses millennia. Century after century, two ancient families – bloodline ancestors of Yael and Bilal – defied the corrupt power of kings and conquerors, and their struggles forged a fiercely proud people and an enduring hope for peace. But through war and atrocity, kinships were shattered, forcing dynasties apart and allowing evil to gain a foothold. And in modern Israel, confronted with exposure, those sinister forces will do anything to take control of the Holy Land and silence Yael and Bilal, who must run for their lives. Through imprisonment, assassination attempts and political machinations, they must ultimately confront the truth of who they are. But is blood enough? www.bloodlinetrilogy.com