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Losing a young daughter to murder is the worst nightmare that a mother could possibly imagine, but what if the killer was her son? Charity Lee was thrust into this unimaginable situation when her 13-year-old son, Paris, murdered her beloved four-year-old daughter, Ella. This book is a meditation on grief, loss, and forgiveness unlike any other. It's also an inspirational story of a true survivor. Well-written and haunting How Now, Butterfly? is a book that no listener will soon forget.

Everyone experiences stress, but gifted children can experience it for a variety of reasons and in an array of situations that may be surprising to some people. Their keen intellects and heightened sensitivities make them vulnerable to stressors that may not affect other children. Their characteristic intensity can cause them to react in ways that might seem exaggerated and overblown to others.

To Damian Vaughn, image is everything. As CEO of the family business and heir to a fortune, he lives his life above reproach, not wanting to repeat his father’s mistakes that almost brought the company to ruin. Gabriela Romano has discovered she’ll never be able to bear children. Distraught and still recovering from surgery, she leaves for an extended vacation in the Azores Islands, far away from her family’s prying eyes and the constant reminders of what she’ll never have. Then, social services drop off a baby they say legally belongs to Damian.

In light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom to craft their own societies and live based on the values of nonviolence, self-sufficiency, equality, and voluntary simplicity.

When Filipe Romano arrives at the SoliMar beach resort, his newest acquisition, he plans to complete renovations quickly before moving on to his next property. But a stumbling block arises when he discovers Celeste, the sister of his deceased best friend, is an employee at the resort’s aquarium, which he intends to sell. To complicate matters more, he has unresolved feelings for Celeste and blames himself for the accident that killed her brother.

Toddlers are messy. Toddlers are moody. Toddlers have opinions and demands and emotions that flip from happy to hysterical in an instant. Essentially...toddlers are cats. And parenting them? Well, parenting toddlers is nonstop cat herding. Herding Cats is an up-close, real-life look at the world of a toddler parent. A world of tantrums and potty training. A world of never-ending snot. A world of hilariously inappropriate comments, limitless growth, and perfectly timed "I love you"s.

Gabacho is the true tale of youthful angst, crime, misunderstandings, love, friendship, and redemption. Over Christmas break of his senior year, a University of Utah theater student, disenchanted with his conservative Mormon upbringing, took off for Mexico with a college friend seeking a wild adventure. If the adventure hadn’t included smuggling drugs it might have been another college road trip. To survive, Jewkes starts a theater group with a rag-tag bunch of Mexican convicts.

When Luciana Romano arrives in Hudson Springs, New York, her plan is to complete her restoration job at the museum so she can return home to her family right after Christmas. But a blizzard grounds all flights, and she finds herself stranded. The DiLorenzo family offers her a place to stay, and she accepts their hospitality. But the unexpected attraction between her and the quiet, good-looking son makes it hard to want to leave.

An ex-con reforming his life. A pregnant widow hiding her past. Will the price of her secrets cost her his love? Catarina Romano has lost everything: her husband, her house, her lifestyle. She flees to her cousin’s empty manor in the heart of Portugal, trying to find peace and to hide from the scandal spun by the media, only to discover she is pregnant. Afonso Cortez is done with all the lies. Fresh out of prison for trusting the wrong person, he’s ready to leave the past behind and look ahead to new opportunities.

Between a bad breakup and a rocky relationship with her overbearing father, 23-year-old Vanessa Clark has a history of being disappointed by the men in her life. So when her long-lost grandfather reenters the scene and persuades her to tour northern Portugal on one of his river cruise ships, Vanessa boards the vessel looking for answers about her estranged family, not looking for love.

Al principio fue lo de siempre: chico conoce chica, chico conquista chica, chico se acuesta con chica. Nuestra historia debería haber terminado justo después de la primera vez, cuando cada uno se fue por su lado. Pero nos volvimos a encontrar...en otras circunstancias. Unas circunstancias prohibidas. Y ninguno de los dos fue capaz de resistirse.

No puedo perder mi tiempo con relaciones románticas, por lo que cubro mis necesidades saliendo con mujeres que conozco de forma anónima a través de una página web de encuentros. Mis reglas son muy sencillas: una cena. Una noche. Sin repeticiones. Se trata solo de sexo. Ni más. Ni menos. Por lo menos se trataba de eso hasta que conocí a "Alyssa". Yo pensaba que era una abogada con la que intercambiaba opiniones jurídicas a altas horas de la noche, alguien con quien hablar.... Pero de repente, se presentó en mi bufete para una entrevista...y todo cambió.

Arizona Turner y Carter James son amigos inseparables desde los nueve años. Se lo han contado siempre todo el uno al otro y se han apoyado en todas sus "primeras veces". Y, por supuesto, han sido mutuo paño de lágrimas cuando las relaciones que han mantenido con otras personas fracasaron. Pero a lo largo de los años, a pesar de todo lo que han pensado los demás sobre ellos y su amistad, jamás han traspasado la línea. Nunca se les ha ocurrido. Nunca han querido...hasta que una noche todo cambió. Así que quizá ahora...

Catriona Masterton's fiancé, Ethan, is normal. In other words, he's the exact opposite of the Masterton clan. What on earth will Catriona's normal fiancé think when he comes home with her to meet her parents? What will he think when he discovers his soon-to-be in-laws invited Cat's ex to join them for a holiday dinner? Find out in a laugh-out-loud journey of self-discovery, familial pandemonium, and love.

Paul had no problem seeing that Danny was as hard as he was going to get. He cleared his throat and began rubbing lotion on his hands like he had done earlier. He saw that Danny hadn't bothered to grab one out of the house to cover his mid-section before Paul brought his hands to Danny's hard chest.

I've hated Rachel Dawson since I was seven years old. My next-door neighbor and number-one sworn enemy - she's the reason why almost all of our childhood fights ended with me setting something of hers on fire. (Or, vice versa.) She snitched on me when I broke curfew. I snitched on her when she lied about having a boyfriend. We went back and forth like this throughout high school, both vowing to never talk to each other again when we went off to college. But that was until she showed up at my apartment during my senior year and asked me for a temporary place to stay.

The Age of Light tells the story of Vogue-model-turned-renowned-photographer Lee Miller, and her search to forge a new identity as an artist after a life spent as a muse. She arrives in Paris in 1929, where she soon catches the eye of the famous Surrealist Man Ray. Though he wants to use her only as a model, Lee convinces him to take her on as his assistant. But Man Ray turns out to be an egotistical, charismatic force, and as they work together in the darkroom, their personal and professional lives become intimately entwined, changing the course of Lee's life forever.

Jim quickly got dressed in something that would be easy to slip out of: a pair of jogging shorts and a black tank top. He put his regular sneakers back on and quickly found the room number. He was going to meet the man who had picked him out of the other two men he was standing next to. When he knocked on the door, he saw that his hand was shaking and quickly put it behind him.

Me llamo Andrew Hamilton y soy uno de los mejores abogados de Nueva York. No puedo perder mi tiempo con relaciones románticas, por lo que cubro mis necesidades saliendo con mujeres que conozco de forma anónima a través de una página web de encuentros. Tengo un gusto muy particular: rubias y curvilíneas, que a ser posible no sean unas jodidas mentirosas (aunque eso es otra historia). Mis reglas son muy sencillas: una cena. Una noche. Sin repeticiones. Se trata solo de sexo. Ni más. Ni menos. Por lo menos se trataba de eso hasta que conocí a «Alyssa».

Arizona Turner y Carter James son amigos inseparables desde los nueve años. Se lo han contado siempre todo el uno al otro y se han apoyado en todas sus «primeras veces». Y, por supuesto, han sido mutuo paño de lágrimas cuando las relaciones que han mantenido con otras personas fracasaron. Pero a lo largo de los años, a pesar de todo lo que han pensado los demás sobre ellos y su amistad, jamás han traspasado la línea. Nunca se les ha ocurrido. Nunca han querido...Hasta que una noche todo cambió. Así que quizá ahora…