The Optional Aunt

The Optional Aunt
Author: Kylie Hillman
Publisher: Daemon Blonde Publishing
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2022-06-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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All she wants is someone to choose her. Rosalie Carmichael has spent most of her life doing as she's told. She is the perfect wife, a loving mother, and the aunt everyone calls on when they need a favor. Her life is peaceful until her happy family is torn apart and she finds herself at the mercy of the Coalition once again. Scared and alone for the first time since she was sixteen, Rosalie seeks comfort in the arms of her much younger bodyguard. Together they dream of a future where they're free to love each other out in the open without fear of recriminations or bloody repercussions. And for six short months it seems as if escape might be possible. Then the Coalition requests an urgent meeting, and Rosalie is left with an impossible choice. Choose the bloodless—and loveless—option or follow her heart down the violent path to freedom? The Optional Aunt is a dark and erotic romantic suspense novel set in a world where deception is the norm and the truth can't be trusted. It is the second book in the Coalition collection, a series of interconnected standalones featuring the Ingram-Greaves, Averell, Zidane, and Du Croix crime families. *Full-length 95,000-word novel, complete with a HEA, and can be read as a standalone* mafia, new world order, bratva, clan, rich, millionaire, royalty, aristocrat, espionage, stalker, abduction, gripping, dangerous, fast-paced, thriller, alpha, antihero, wealthy, nobility, new adult, politician, billionaire, kidnap, international, interracial, dark, baby, pregnancy, amnesia, trauma, therapy, outlaw, biker, MC, motorcycle club, contemporary, family, drama, assassin, teacher, the new holy trinity, religious themes, wedding, childhood abuse survivor, workplace, music, musician, mute hero, hero with touch phobia, hero who can't be touched, heroine with pain and force kink, kickass heroine, disabled hero, sunshine and grumpy, engagement, casino, doctor, hospital, sick child, Secret Billionaire, Friends to Lovers, Stuck Together, group therapy, Forbidden Love, Second Chance, Soul Mates, Fake Relationship, love triangle, menage, older woman, younger man

Aunt Erma's Cope Book

Aunt Erma's Cope Book
Author: Erma Bombeck
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1453290079
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The #1 New York Times bestseller about one woman’s doomed quest for self-improvement by a writer “blessed with the comic equivalent of perfect pitch” (The Boston Globe). As far as Erma can tell, her life is going well. Her children speak to her, her husband smiles at her, and she’s capable of looking in a mirror without screaming. But her friends know better. No matter how happy Erma thinks she is, she’s in need of help, and the only way to fulfillment is a ten-foot stack of self-improvement books. From Sensual Needlepoint to Fear of Buying, Erma will try them all. One book recommends bringing roleplay into the bedroom, so she dresses up in her son’s football pads. She tries to meditate but gets stuck in the lotus position. She spends more time in the kitchen but only succeeds in melting her son’s retainer. No matter how hard she tries to improve her family life, her schemes keep backfiring. As she soon learns, you may not always be able to fix what’s not broken—but with enough self-help books, you can break anything you want. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

The Optional Aunt

The Optional Aunt
Author: Zoe Hill
Publisher: Pinnacle Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2020-11-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648831976
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She's the older woman. He's the man who killed her husband. Rosalie Carmichael has spent most of her life doing as she's told. She is the perfect wife, a loving mother, and the aunt everyone calls on when they need a favor. Her life is peaceful until her happy family is torn apart, and she finds herself at the mercy of the Coalition once again. Scared and alone for the first time since she was sixteen, Rosalie seeks comfort in the arms of her much younger bodyguard. Together they dream of a future where they're free to love each other out in the open without fear of recriminations or bloody repercussions. And for six short months it seems as if escape might be possible. Then the Coalition requests an urgent meeting, and Rosalie is left with an impossible choice. Choose the bloodless-and loveless-option or follow her heart down the violent path to freedom?The Optional Aunt is a dark romantic suspense novel set in a world where deception is the norm, and the truth can't be trusted. It is the second book in the Coalition series of interconnected romantic suspense novels about a secretive organization of wealthy families intent on bringing about a new world order and the motorcycle club determined to stop them. 100,000-word full-length novel. Complete story with a HEA. Can be read as a standalone.

Our Gracie Aunt

Our Gracie Aunt
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2007-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781417791217
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For use in schools and libraries only. When a brother and sister are taken to stay with their aunt because their mother neglects them, they wonder if they will see their mother again.

The Aunts' Book

The Aunts' Book
Author: Caroline Hughes
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-05
Genre: Aunts
ISBN: 9781843174592
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Mums, dads, grannies, grandads and lovers everywhere have been entertained and delighted by the bestselling 'Best of Everything' series. Now you can show your favourite aunt just how much you care with The Aunts' Book, a celebration of aunties everywhere, featuring the best quips, tips and anecdotes to amuse any aunt for hours. Including: anecdotes about famous aunts - both moving and funny; why an aunt is the most important ally to have in the family; fantastic present ideas for nieces and nephews; how to be the coolest aunt - keeping up with all the trends; inspiration for great activities and days out with nieces and nephews; from shopping and museums to jaunts in the country; true stories of amazing aunts, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. This is a delightful and heartwarming gift that will charm any favourite aunty!

Aunt Jen

Aunt Jen
Author: Paulette Ramsay
Publisher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2021-03-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1398319325
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There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. Written as a series of letters from the child Sunshine to her absent mother, Aunt Jen traces the changing attitudes of a child entering adulthood as she tries to understand the truth behind her mother's departure, and make sense of her relationship with her family. Aunt Jen migrated to England as part of the Windrush generation, and Sunshine's letters, written in the early 1970s, reveal something of the emotional as well as the physical gulf between those who left and those who remained behind. A companion novel to Letters Home, Aunt Jen is a painfully one-sided correspondence, revealing the complex inheritance we pass on to our children. Suitable for readers aged 14 and above.

One More Valley, One More Hill

One More Valley, One More Hill
Author: Linda Lowery
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: African American women pioneers
ISBN: 9780375910920
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Author Linda Lowery chronicles the extraordinary–but little-known–life of black pioneer Aunt Clara Brown. Aunt Clara bought herself out of slavery, crossed the country on foot to reach the frontier, became a wealthy entrepreneur, aided other freed slaves, and eventually tracked down her lost daughter, sold away from Clara 47 years before. An inspiring piece of American history.

Good Night, Aunt Lilly

Good Night, Aunt Lilly
Author: Margaret Madigan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1983
Genre: Bedtime
ISBN: 9780307602183
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The Mouse sisters, unable to sleep on a visit to Aunt Lilly's, recite the names of all the people who love them.

Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold

Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold
Author: Nancy Atherton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525522700
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In this new installment of the bestselling Aunt Dimity series, a dreary Christmas leads to hidden treasure and new friendships It's almost Christmas in the small English village of Finch--and everyone is sick. Though many of the villagers regretfully decline their invitations to Emma Harris's annual Christmas bash, Lori Shepherd has no intention of missing it. When the winter weather takes a turn for the worse, it's agreed that none of the guests will leave until morning. There's general merriment as the Christmas party becomes a pajama party--until a car appears in the winding driveway and promptly slides off the slick pavement and into a ditch. Matilda "Tilly" Trout--a lost and scatterbrained, middle-aged woman--is mercifully unhurt and invited to stay the night. While she catches her breath, Emma asks her other guests if they would like a tour of the Manor--including an odd room that puzzles her. Several guests put forth guesses as to its purpose, but it's Tilly who correctly identifies the room as a chapel. Placing a palm on one of the ornately-carved panels, Tilly finds a hidden compartment concealing a pile of glittering treasure--including an exquisitely decorated heart made of solid gold. Where did it come from, and why does it look so different from everything else in the chapel? Why didn't Emma even know about this hidden compartment in her own home until now--and how did Tilly? With Aunt Dimity's otherworldly help and Tilly's bewildering store of knowledge, Lori and friends set out to unravel the mystery behind the heart of gold. And, against all odds--and Christmas finally comes to Finch!

Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin

Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin
Author: Nancy Atherton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2006-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780143036548
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Hidden among her belongings are clues that Lori feels certain Miss Beacham wished to be discovered after her death. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking! Feeling a touch world-weary, Lori Shepherd decides to become a volunteer at the Radcliffe Infirmary, where she meets Elizabeth Beacham, a kind, retired legal secretary. But after only one visit, Miss Beacham passes away, leaving behind no family except a brother who has mysteriously disappeared. Armed with the generous help of a handsome neighbor and, as always, Aunt Dimity's supernatural skills, Lori begins to unearth Miss Beacham's secrets--including the surprising truth about her next of kin. Full of delightfully surprising twists and turns, Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin is another page-turning installment in the mystery series that has won the hearts of cozy mystery fans everywhere.