The Holiday Swap

The Holiday Swap
Author: Maggie Knox
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593330749

The International Bestseller—A feel-good, holiday rom com about identical twins who swap lives twelve days before Christmas—perfect for fans of Christina Lauren’s In a Holidaze and Josie Silver’s One Day in December All they want for Christmas is a different life. When chef Charlie Goodwin gets hit on the head on the L.A. set of her reality baking show, she loses a lot more than consciousness; she also loses her ability to taste and smell—both critical to her success as show judge. Meanwhile, Charlie's identical twin, Cass, is frantically trying to hold her own life together back in their quaint mountain hometown while running the family's bustling bakery and dealing with her ex, who won't get the memo that they're over. With only days until Christmas, a desperate Charlie asks Cass to do something they haven't done since they were kids: switch places. Looking for her own escape from reality, Cass agrees. But temporarily trading lives proves more complicated than they imagined, especially when rugged firefighter Jake Greenman and gorgeous physician assistant Miguel Rodriguez are thrown into the mix. Will the twins' identity swap be a recipe for disaster, or does it have all the right ingredients for getting their lives back on track?

The Nurse's Holiday Swap

The Nurse's Holiday Swap
Author: Ann McIntosh
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2023-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0369738330

In the first story in the Boston Christmas Miracles quartet by Ann McIntosh, the snow is falling but the heat is rising between an adventurous nurse and her gorgeous—but brooding—single dad boss! From single in Hawaii… to “it’s complicated” in Boston! Top of pediatric nurse Ailani’s wish list is a white Christmas, so swapping sunny Hawaii for a stint on a Boston children’s ward is unmissable. Ailani expects icy temperatures…but her boss, Javier, is scorching hot! This single dad’s disillusioned with…everything. While Ailani has lost more than most, she’s determined to prove he’s wrong. Can she do it before the holidays are over? From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine. Boston Christmas Miracles Book 1: The Nurse's Holiday Swap by Ann McIntosh Book 2: A Puppy on the 34th Ward by Juliette Hyland Book 3: Home Alone with the Children's Doctor by Traci Douglass Book 4: A Surgeon's Christmas Baby by Deanne Anders

Food Swap

Food Swap
Author: Emily Paster
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1612125646

Part cookbook, part how-to guide, Food Swap features more than 80 recipes for artisanal items that will be coveted at food swaps and adored as gifts, including everything from salted caramel sauce and Meyer lemon curd to green tomato salsa, lavender shortbread, cultured butter, apricot jalapeño jelly, and rum vanilla extract. You’ll also find creative ways to irresistibly package your items, plus perforated gift tags ready for personalization. Finally, author Emily Paster — co-founder of the Chicago Food Swap, one of the biggest in the world — offers guidance on setting up a food swap in your own community, as well as inspiring stories from people who are part of this growing movement.

The Holiday Trap

The Holiday Trap
Author: Roan Parrish
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2022-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1728256291

For fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Casey McQuiston comes a charming, hilarious, and heartwarming LGBTQIA+ romcom about two separate couples finding love over the holidays from acclaimed author Roan Parrish! FROM A COZY NEW ENGLAND HAVEN TO THE HEART OF NEW ORLEANS COMES ONE HOLIDAY THAT'LL CHANGE THEIR LIVES Greta Russakoff loves her tight-knit family and tiny Maine hometown, but they can't seem to understand what it's like to be a lesbian living in such a small world. When an act of familial meddling goes way too far, she realizes just how desperately she needs space to figure out who she is. Truman Belvedere's heart is crushed when he learns that his boyfriend has a secret life including a husband and daughter. Reeling, all he wants is a place to lick his wounds far, far away from Louisiana. Enter a mutual friend with a life-altering idea: swap homes for the holidays. For one perfect month, Greta and Truman will have a chance to experience a whole new world...and maybe fall in love with the partner of their dreams. But all holidays must come to an end, and eventually these two transplants will have to decide whether the love (and found family) they each discovered so far from home is worth fighting for.

The Holiday Honeymoon Switch

The Holiday Honeymoon Switch
Author: Julia McKay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2024-10-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593716280

Trading places and vacations might just be the Christmas miracle these two best friends need “The Holiday meets The Unhoneymooners in this friends-swapping-places romance that has it all: mistletoe and make-outs, plus sun, sand, and swoon!”—Chantel Guertin, author of It Happened One Christmas Holly Beech and Ivy Casey are bury-the-body besties. They’re so in sync, they even look alike. When Holly’s fiancé jilts her, leaving her in shock and with a nonrefundable honeymoon, Holly convinces Ivy to switch places. Ivy will go on the Hawaiian honeymoon her best friend can’t bear to take alone, while Holly escapes to Ivy’s rented Hudson Valley cabin to binge-watch holiday movies and heal. But Holly’s wallowing is interrupted when her rugged Airbnb host turns out to be her high school academic rival who’s had a major glow-up. Meanwhile, Ivy’s (now Hawaiian) annual solo art retreat is upended when Holly’s ex-fiancé checks into the honeymoon suite—with a new woman. Raging and bed-less, the last thing Ivy expects is for the hot hotel bartender to come to her rescue. Against all odds, this Christmas might prove the most magical yet.

All I Want for Christmas

All I Want for Christmas
Author: Maggie Knox
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2022-10-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593328671

A pitch-perfect holiday rom com about two oil-and-water reality-star country singers who must fake a relationship in order to win the opportunity of a lifetime, perfect for fans of Sally Thorne's The Hating Game and Christina Lauren's In a Holidaze. Will they hit the right notes this holiday season? When Sadie and Max are selected as contestants on the famed reality singing show Starmaker, each thinks they’ve finally gotten their big Nashville break. But then they’re paired up for duet week and stun the world with their romantic onstage chemistry. With fans going wild for #Saxie the network demands that they remain a duo on and offstage, or exit the competition. Faking a relationship until their final performance in the Starmaker holiday special shouldn't be too hard, except for one small problem—Sadie and Max can’t stand each other. But with their dreams just within reach, they agree to the ruse. Will their fake relationship be exposed before they can win? Or might their phony connection turn real by the Christmas finale?

Startups: Going Freelance

Startups: Going Freelance
Author: Stuart Derrick
Publisher: Crimson Publishing
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1780591659

Going freelance is a big step but an exciting journey for you and your career. But where do you start? Going Freelance is a step-by-step guide for anyone thinking of setting up a freelance business. Whether you have recently left your job, looking to set up as a sole trader, would like the freedom to work from home or be self employed and your own boss, this guide will help you set up as freelance business successfully. Written in a practical style, with jargon free expert advice, top tips and real life case studies from successful freelancers that will help you successfully set up a freelance business. Plus a wealth of knowledge and detailed guides to freelance businesses from Startups.co.uk the UK's no.1 website for start-ups. All the essential advice for setting up and going freelance including: The legalities of setting up freelance Creating the right working environment Managing your time and workload Organising your finances and cash flow Pitching and winning new clients Managing client relationships Surviving your first year Startups.co.uk is the most popular independent website for anyone starting a business in the UK. Launched in 2000 by a successful entrepreneur, it offers unrivalled advice and inspiration from leading entrepreneurs and professionals to over 150,000 people every month. Startups publishes this series of small business books to offer you more detailed help and advice. At Startups, we're as passionate about small business as you are. www.startups.co.uk

Three Holidays and a Wedding

Three Holidays and a Wedding
Author: Uzma Jalaluddin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2023-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0735246459

From two bestselling Canadian authors comes a multi-faith holiday rom-com about the delightful havoc that occurs when Christmas, Ramadan, and Hanukkah all fall at the same time, and two strangers-turned-friends are snowbound in the small, charming town of Snow Falls along with the cast and crew of a holiday romance movie, nosy family members, and their lifelong crushes. Three times the holiday magic. Three times the chaos. As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays—Maryam to her sister’s impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend’s wealthy family for the first time—neither expect that severe turbulence will scare them into confessing their deepest hopes and fears to one another. At least they’ll never see each other again. And the love of Maryam’s life, Saif, wasn’t sitting two rows behind them hearing it all. Oops. An emergency landing finds Anna, Saif, Maryam, and her sister’s entire bridal party snowbound at the quirky Snow Falls Inn in a picture-perfect town, where fate has Anna’s actor-crush filming a holiday romance. As Maryam finds the courage to open her heart to Saif, and Anna feels the magic of being snowbound with an unexpected new love—both women soon realize there’s no place they’d rather be for the holidays.

Cookie Swap!

Cookie Swap!
Author: Lauren Chattman
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2024-10-08
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1523528133

Celebrate the seasonal joy of the Cookie Swap with a this mouthwatering Cookbook and Guide that includes delectable full-color photographs. Cookie swaps are joyful, social, and not just for Christmas. Any occasion can be cause for gathering friends and family around a cookie table—in fact, wedding cookie tables are a longstanding tradition in some parts of the United States and Europe. Equal parts guide and cookbook, Cookie Swap! Is packed with theme ideas, planning information, and tips for tackling the cookie swap math—plus more than 50 delectable, failproof recipes for cookies both classic and innovative, from Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies and Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies to Flaky Cardamom Palmiers and Matcha Sandwich Cookies with Almond Cream. With a bright, modern, playful package, it’s an ideal gift for every home baker and cookie obsessive.

Soft Computing for Security Applications

Soft Computing for Security Applications
Author: G. Ranganathan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 921
Release: 2023-07-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 981993608X

This book features selected papers from the International Conference on Soft Computing for Security Applications (ICSCS 2023), held at Dhirajlal Gandhi College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India, during April 21–22, 2023. It covers recent advances in the field of soft computing techniques such as fuzzy logic, neural network, support vector machines, evolutionary computation, machine learning, and probabilistic reasoning to solve various real-time challenges. The book presents innovative work by leading academics, researchers, and experts from industry.