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SoHo, 1962 JJ Morris, successful CEO, leads a secret double life, playing saxophone to his heart’s content in his hole-in-the-wall dive bar. Yet he can’t escape the feeling he’s slowly petrifying into just another jaded millionaire. Then a gorgeous blonde steps into his bar and shakes up his world. Certain this fierce little swan of a woman is exactly what’s missing in his life, he maps out a plan to wed her by Christmas. With or without his snobby mother’s approval. Most women would be thrilled to learn that the tall, handsome bar musician is, in fact, a wealthy prince charming. ...

“Tostar, preparar y más. Cómo disfrutar de un café más allá de su rutina mañanera” ofrece una amplia exploración al increíble, asombroso y algunas veces controvertido mundo del café. Este manejable libro contiene las claves para identificar la perfecta molienda para cada estilo de café, reconocer y descubrir tuestes favoritos, aprender nuevas técnicas de preparación, y mucho más. Esta información puede incluso educarte e informarte sobre cómo se hace el café, de dónde viene, y qué significan etiquetas como “comercio justo” y “ecológico”.

Beth is struggling to care for her two siblings when they lose their mother. Desperate and with money running out, she agrees to a marriage of convenience with widower Adam, a farmer in Kansas. Giving up her dream of marrying for love to give her siblings a better chance in life, she reconsiders her decision when she learns Adam still longs for his wife. With Adam's son and Beth's brother constantly fighting, Beth wants to give up. Until a near tragedy gives both Adam and Beth a change of heart.

Determined to take the time before the tour slow and easy with friends and family on a routine camping trip, Nyx is not ready for the surprise that waits for her and Declan at the campsite, a surprise that will change their lives together in the shortest amount of time possible.

Widow Lucy, her young son, and unborn child are forced from their home due to unpaid debts. Needing a fresh start quickly, she begins corresponding with a doctor in Colorado. Jed is seeking someone to tend to his home and proposes to Lucy, excited to have an instant family. But as Lucy travels to Colorado, fear and doubt overtake her. While Jed seemed like a nice and kind man through his letters, she fears that he may not be that way in person.

I've been told I got issues with authority but it's not true. As long as no one's trying to be an asshole, I'm perfectly fine. The baby-faced FBI agent shows me a picture of Sonia and I groan. I met her at the Sochi games, a beautiful Russian ice princess. Even at 17, she was destined for Olympic gold. Rumor is, her family money comes from illegal activities, and although nothing has ever been proved, I know I'm in deep sh-t.

Every baseball player knows to keep his eye on the ball and swing for the fences. Each base counts, but a home run is the goal. No one wants to strike out. This is true both on and off the field. Ellie had been my best friend since we were born, and we had a plan - get out of the tiny Alabama town we'd grown up in and go to college...together. But even life's best-laid plans could throw a powerful curveball. Rather than attend classes, I was now the starting pitcher for a Major League team.

Sure, I've been knocked around a little. What player hasn't? However, if what the doc says is true, things have got to change. There's no way I'm letting my wife become my nursemaid. She deserves better than that, better than me.

Sienna Monroe’s adventures continue, right along with the use of her amateur sleuthing skills, in her new hometown in Columbia, Tennessee. Since moving to Tennessee 2 years ago from LA, after the death of her husband, things have changed with a former rival & enemy, Pierre Delacroix. Pierre, a fellow local bakery owner, was once bitter at Sienna for buying a nearby building for her boutique bakery. Now he’s warming up, as he sees how Sienna has helped serve the community by solving mysterious crimes. Though no longer enemies, and now almost friends, Pierre suddenly closes off to Sienna,...

The title story tells of a typical Christmas at the farm before the coming of Flora Poste. It is a parody of the worst sort of family Christmas: Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: 'Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting!'

The Great Sanctuary of Ceres is at a crossroads. The Barrier is failing, Vampires are hunting innocent Aura, and the Ruling Council is in shambles. It is now up to the High Magistrate, Disrayan Centaurus, to diffuse the tension that threatens to implode everything the Aura ever stood for. However, the solution to her problems is also the man she swore never to trust again.

She won’t be any alien’s tame plaything...The Pax barely have time to slap a slave collar around newly minted doctor Leticia Oslo’s throat before Illswing Nevrin-Hielsrane takes her for himself. He’s brash, arrogant, and not even human, but their battles go from hateful to heated quickly enough to leave scorch marks and Leti can’t help but want more. A nameless dragon on a mission...He’s going to find water, claim the girl, and prove once and for all that he’s more than some nameless drakon screw-up.

As a Djinn, the most powerful race of genies, Nicodemus Marsh is sent in to deal with a fiery Janey Duvall after she refuses to help the exiled demon prince get rid of the problems in a business endeavor in the East. Oozing with sex appeal, Nicodemus begins a seduction Janey can barely resist. After a very erotic encounter, Janey finds out she's bound to Nicodemus and has three wishes to make. The bargain? Three wishes, and in return, she's his sexual slave for 100 years.

While trying to shut the door on the mess of her relationship, Olivia accidentally opens the door to a murder investigation. Olivia’s friend, the owner of a boutique dog food brand, has been killed at her warehouse - bludgeoned with a side of beef. Olivia tries to run off her emotions but only stumbles upon the main murder suspect acting suspicious. She sees this as a sign. If she can’t solve her romantic problems, she can solve the murder of her good friend.

Widow Rose struggles to support herself in Philadelphia after her husband dies. Desperate to escape poverty, she agrees to marriage with Tyler, a Montana rancher. But when Rose arrives in Montana, and Tyler is not there to meet her, she uncovers secrets and lies regarding Tyler and his family that break her heart.

Hanna is jilted at the altar by a man she thought loved her. She leaves Philadelphia to escape the disgrace and humiliation that fill her soul. Ashamed and alone, she heads west to meet Frank, hiding a secret she plans not to reveal. Texas Ranger, Frank, longs to settle down but his job keeps him away from home. Although he yearns for a family, he wants someone to take care of his house. Hanna seems the perfect choice. He refuses to give his heart away and plans to keep his distance from his new wife.

Genesis Mabry is out to climb mountains, not emotionally unavailable men, but Baron Cross is one mountain of a man she just can’t ignore.

Soulstice Washington has lived a life on the run. In constant fear of the shadows that have brought her nothing but trouble. Then, Makai Inigo, a real-life shadow, infiltrates her last efforts of living a normal life. Makai has waited patiently for the right moment to stake his claim on Soul. Yet, his time has run out. Soulstice is special: Her bloodline is a rare commodity to the vampiristic Saurian. The rising competition against his claim forces his hand.

Her voice is too curt, and her shifty look is downright confusing. I'm pretty sure she's asking for help, and it gets me to thinking. Four weeks ago, I almost lost her to hypothermia, while her employer, my ex-roommate, chased her into the woods. What if he's back? Maybe, that's why she's acting so strange. Whatever the reason, I'm sure as hell not letting her go. I'll fight to the death to keep what's mine safe.

Mind-boggling, heart-rending and darkly comic, this is the full story for the first time, from the writer of the Guardian column "Mid-Life Ex-Wife". When her husband fell in love with someone else, Stella Grey thought she'd be unhappy for the rest of her life. But then she realised that she needed to take her future in her own hands. She needed to meet someone wonderful and find a heartfix for heartbreak. So she joined online dating sites and embarked on a mission.