Author: Carl Weber
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758289480
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205

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"Delves into the romantic conflicts of these Richmond Virginians with a robust relish and soap-opera intense insights." —Publishers Weekly One of Richmond, Virginia's, hottest, most successful women, plus-sized diva Loraine Farrow finally wants to settle down with her husband, Leon, and focus on her marriage. Trouble is, her ex-lover, Michael, isn't about to let her go so easily. But things aren't so simple with Leon either. Painful issues from his childhood are starting to surface in the bedroom. Leon's seeing a therapist, but what he's uncovering could destroy their marriage for good—unless Michael does it first. As Loraine deals with her relationship drama, her best friend, Jerome, is left alone to deal with Peter, a stalker who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Now, four indomitable people torn between love and lust, secrets and lies, will have some momentous decisions to make. "Weber fills his books with lifelike characters—flawed, confused, frustrated, and sometimes plus-sized." —Booklist

Author: Ayala Malach Pines
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136915990
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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Falling in Love is the first book to unlock the mysteries of how and why we fall in love. Renowned psychologist Ayala Pines shows us why we fall for the people we do, and argues convincingly that we love neither by chance nor by accident. She offers sound advice for making the right choices when it comes to this complicated emotion. Packed with helpful suggestions for those seeking love and those already in it, this book is about love's many puzzles. The second edition furthers the work of the popular and successful first edition. With expanded research, theory, and practice, this book once again provides one of a kind understandings of the experience of love. The new edition offers updated references to recent research, new chapter exercises, and "case examples" of romantic stories to begin each chapter.

Author: Victoria Aveline
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781958397053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Being kidnapped by aliens is only the start of Jade's problems... Thankfully, her rescuers, an alien race known as the Clecanians, are willing to protect her, but she has to stay on their planet for one year and respect the rules of their culture-including choosing a husband. Jade refuses at first but decides to play along until she can find a way back to Earth. Theo, a scarred mercenary who prefers a life of solitude, is stunned when Jade selects him as her husband. After years of being passed over, he never imagined he would be chosen and neither did anyone else. Only one explanation makes sense...the curvy enticing female must be a spy, and Theo's determined to break her cover using any means necessary. As Jade and Theo are forced to spend time together, their chemistry becomes undeniable. But neither can afford to bring love into the equation, especially since Jade seems determined to go home. After all, she can't possibly stay here, right?

Author: Emily Henry
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593334833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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“One of my favorite authors.”—Colleen Hoover An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily ∙ Today ∙ Parade ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Bustle ∙ PopSugar ∙ Katie Couric Media ∙ Book Bub ∙ SheReads ∙ Medium ∙ The Washington Post ∙ and more! One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming... Nora Stephens' life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute. If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.

Author: Cass Jackson
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402722738
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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It's not the stars in your eyes that help you choose the perfect lover--it's the stars in the skies. Using the birth time charts from What Time Were You Born?, this astrological guide reveals both your nature and the nature of your best potential mate. The path to finding true love begins with an analysis of the different personalities associated with each sun sign, and continues with a timeline section that discusses character, outlook, and destiny. Look to the rising sign to discover childhood programming and what you, or a mate, will expect from others. The moon divulges a person's hidden aspects. Examine the information closely, check your compatibility carefully, and romantic happiness will be yours.

Author: Gina Lake
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 1497462266
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Have you ever yearned for unconditional love in your relationships? Choosing Love provides a spiritual approach to transforming relationships and discovering the power of love. This book will show you how to let go of fears, limiting beliefs, and judgments to create a richer, more loving life. With Choosing Love, you’ll learn to: -Experience more love in any given moment -Open your heart to create deeper connections -Overcome fear, judgments, and egoic expectations -Recognize, find, and sustain meaningful relationships -Resolve issues like infidelity, money, commitment, and sexual differences -See the Divine in another In Choosing Love, you’ll discover profound insights and practical advice about moving beyond romantic illusions and how the ego interferes with love and happiness. Buy now to start your journey to experiencing true love.

Author: Wesley Ford
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1441503862
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 484

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While it may be considered taboo, any woman married, single, or otherwise should feel good about her decision to take a lover. How To Pick a Lover is a groundbreaking book written to help women have meaningful and rewarding love affairs. How do you choose a lover? There are no time-honored rules, Greek chorus, or yenta to tell you what qualities to look for or how to avoid potential minefields. Literature is ripe with cautionary tales about bad things that happen to good women who stoop to the "folly" of taking a lover. And traditionally, a woman ́s sexuality has been secondary to that of a man ́s. How To Pick a Lover takes you on a journey of self-discovery, exploring your right to emotional and sexual fulfillment including the option of having a lover. Many of your attitudes and beliefs about courting and being courted will be challenged throughout the pages of this book. In return, you will gain insights into the attributes and behaviors of men positive and negative that you must pay attention to if you are to pick a lover that is right for you.

Author: Ruth Teakle
Publisher: Word Alive Press
ISBN: 1486621384
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 77

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Choosing Love is an invitation to explore the narratives of some biblical characters and some ordinary women who have been transformed by God?s unfailing love. The testimonies are unique, genuine, and vulnerable, demonstrating a divine, sacrificial, limitless love. You will be both summoned and inspired to draw closer to God, grow in this fruit of the Spirit, and develop a passion to receive His love and express it to others. Choosing Love includes small group helps and will make a valuable addition to both church and personal libraries. If you haven?t read and studied God?s Word, you?re missing out on the greatest book ever written. In its pages you will meet some of the greatest heroes of all time, such as Paul, John, James, and the most important person of all, the Son of God Himself, Jesus Christ. The wisdom recorded in God?s Word will carry you through every encounter in life and give you strength to get through any day. Even though it was written thousands of years ago, it has applications for your life that are extremely relevant right now. You won?t just learn how to come to a saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, but also how to live a fulfilled life that could only come from the Creator of the universe. This book will come alive before your very eyes! In more than thirty years of study, I?ve found practical answers to every encounter life has thrown my way. If you don?t know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, my hope is that this book will lead you in His direction. If you do believe, my prayer is that you?ll come to see that Christianity is about more than attending church on Sunday?and that you?ll find the joy that is made complete in the Word of God.

Author: Mandy Len Catron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501137468
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 211

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“A beautifully written and well-researched cultural criticism as well as an honest memoir” (Los Angeles Review of Books) from the author of the popular New York Times essay, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they limit our ability to achieve and sustain intimacy. What really makes love last? Does love ever work the way we say it does in movies and books and Facebook posts? Or does obsessing over those love stories hurt our real-life relationships? When her parents divorced after a twenty-eight year marriage and her own ten-year relationship ended, those were the questions that Mandy Len Catron wanted to answer. In a series of candid, vulnerable, and wise essays that takes a closer look at what it means to love someone, be loved, and how we present our love to the world, “Catron melds science and emotion beautifully into a thoughtful and thought-provoking meditation” (Bookpage). She delves back to 1944, when her grandparents met in a coal mining town in Appalachia, to her own dating life as a professor in Vancouver. She uses biologists’ research into dopamine triggers to ask whether the need to love is an innate human drive. She uses literary theory to show why we prefer certain kinds of love stories. She urges us to question the unwritten scripts we follow in relationships and looks into where those scripts come from. And she tells the story of how she decided to test an experiment that she’d read about—where the goal was to create intimacy between strangers using a list of thirty-six questions—and ended up in the surreal situation of having millions of people following her brand-new relationship. “Perfect fodder for the romantic and the cynic in all of us” (Booklist), How to Fall in Love with Anyone flips the script on love. “Clear-eyed and full of heart, it is mandatory reading for anyone coping with—or curious about—the challenges of contemporary courtship” (The Toronto Star).

Author: Amy Bloom
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593243943
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful memoir of a love that leads two people to find a courageous way to part—and a woman’s struggle to go forward in the face of loss—that “enriches the reader’s life with urgency and gratitude” (The Washington Post) “A pleasure to read . . . Rarely has a memoir about death been so full of life. . . . Bloom has a talent for mixing the prosaic and profound, the slapstick and the serious.”—USA Today ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR Amy Bloom began to notice changes in her husband, Brian: He retired early from a new job he loved; he withdrew from close friendships; he talked mostly about the past. Suddenly, it seemed there was a glass wall between them, and their long walks and talks stopped. Their world was altered forever when an MRI confirmed what they could no longer ignore: Brian had Alzheimer’s disease. Forced to confront the truth of the diagnosis and its impact on the future he had envisioned, Brian was determined to die on his feet, not live on his knees. Supporting each other in their last journey together, Brian and Amy made the unimaginably difficult and painful decision to go to Dignitas, an organization based in Switzerland that empowers a person to end their own life with dignity and peace. In this heartbreaking and surprising memoir, Bloom sheds light on a part of life we so often shy away from discussing—its ending. Written in Bloom’s captivating, insightful voice and with her trademark wit and candor, In Love is an unforgettable portrait of a beautiful marriage, and a boundary-defying love.