Winter Women

Three years ago, Sarah Anderson made a terrible mistake. After one too many glasses of champagne at her best friend's wedding she woke up in bed with the best man. To make matters worse, he ran out on her and she never heard from him again. When Sarah's gifted with Christmas week at her best friend's beach house, the last person she expects to run into is the handsome heartbreaker. But it appears fate has ensured a mysterious double booking, and he was given a key to the same place.

Nikki Constantino has a big problem. Her great-aunt Mallory left her with a wad of cash, which she'll inherit under two conditions. The first one is she's got to marry within eight weeks. With family pressures mounting and her job on the line, Nikki's just desperate enough to want to honor her late aunt's wishes. Lucky for her she can enlist the help of her best friend. But as she sorts through the candidates, could it be that the guy for her is the one she least suspects?

Single mom Carol Baker has the goal of providing an old-fashioned, white Christmas for her two kids. She's been divorced and the kids' dad, sadly, hasn't been the most attentive father. So, Carol takes her crew to New England, hoping for a happy holiday and a chance to make her small nuclear family feel whole. Little does she know that a series of mishaps and adventures will land her in the handsome innkeeper's arms, and cause her to rethink the meaning of faith.

Zander will be damned if his grandfather’s ranch is going to be sold, and so he moves back to his hometown. On his first night back, he ends up with a pretty damned exciting one-night stand…except the incredible, plus-sized beauty he thought he’d never see again turns out to be a new ranch hand! He didn’t expect the fiery little girl to be a part of his day-to-day life. Can they stop fighting and start loving? Find out in Rancher Daddy and Cowgirl Little, the first exciting and romantic tale from the sexy new Hopewell Springs Plus Sized Littles Series!

This is the story of Boots' libraries, situated within the chemist's shops, set within the context of life in Britain during the first half of the 20th century. It is a unique social history of working life at the time, especially the "paternalistic" employer, the approach to books and censorship and the reliance on circulating libraries by the expanding middle class. Former staff share memories of Class A subscribers lording it over humble category B subscribers who - albeit resentfully - knew their place.

What do you do when your husband of 10 years is cheating on you and you decide - well...he is not getting half! You bump him off, of course! Told from two different perspectives, the wife’s and the husband’s, Virtuous Woman vs. Cheating Man is a black-humor romp that takes you into the depths of the twisted id, inside the human heart, and causes you to emerge - a little dazed and confused, but still hopeful: that in all this craziness in this world, there might still be - true love.

Candy is as sweet as her name, but she has a really hard time fitting in with people her age. She feels lonely and lost, and when she moves to college and moves in with her aunt and uncle, she hopes college friends will be different. Instead, she finds the next-door neighbor, a sexy-as-hell stockbroker twice her age. Has she finally found her connection? She can’t take her eyes off him, and in an unexpected moment of passion, she can’t keep her hands off him either. Lucky for Candy, this sexy older man wants more.

Die Welt befindet sich im Umbruch. Die Unzufriedenheit der Menschen, das kollektive Gefühl von „wir brauchen mehr Gerechtigkeit, Anerkennung, Wertschätzung“ war noch nie so hoch, wie heute. Fast alle Nationen sind ideologisch tief gespalten. Ein Teil der Menschheit will zurück in die Vergangenheit, die andere Hälfte in die Zukunft. Immer öfter wird die Frage gestellt: Diktatur oder Demokratie? Patriarchat oder Matriarchat? Hierarchie oder Heterarchie? Was ist besser? Was ist zukunftsfähiger? Wohin führt uns das eine und wohin das andere?

Friederike, die 1836 in Posen als Tochter jüdischer Eltern geboren wurde und später mit ihren Eltern nach Schlesien übersiedelte, arbeitete als Krankenpflegerin, engagierte sich immer wieder karitativ und verbrachte einen großen Teil ihrer Zeit damit Bittbriefe zu schreiben. Zum Beispiel an Kaiser Wilhelm I., dem sie die Einrichtung von Leichenhäusern vorschlug, damit künftig keine Scheintoten mehr bestattet würden. (Ein Problem, das im 18.und 19. Jh. auch Menschen wie J.W. Goethe oder E. A. Poe sehr erregte).

A must listen for couples more than 15 years apart in age. Best to listen prior to marriage but important to read if a marriage sours. Sam Margulies, who has mediated 4,000 divorces has found this group having specially identifiable issues that can be dealt with productively and fairly. The younger spouse, generally a woman, grows up during the marriage and seeks an equality not there in the beginning. The older, generally richer spouse, bargained for this kind of relationship and must now decide whether to change the status of the younger party or move on.

When Emma, a young English journalist, is required to babysit in a dark country house on the longest night of the year - the winter solstice, December 21 - she must confront both her fear of the dark and her unresolved grief for her much-loved late great-aunt Sophie. Where will she find the courage she needs to avoid risking an even greater loss?

Diamond is getting more and more disillusioned with her boyfriend. She certainly doesn’t feel like a priceless jewel when he keeps neglecting her! She’s right on the brink of breaking up with him, and when he cancels plans last minute, it’s the last straw. She sends an angry text, but she messes up and the text goes to the wrong person. When he shows up, things boil over, and Diamond ends up in a completely unexpected forbidden relationship with the most unlikely older man! What will happen next?

Two days after her honeymoon, Melanie’s husband announces a long trip for work. Furthermore, he announces his new position at the company means he’ll be away for two weeks every month. Naturally, Melanie is as angry as can be, and so is her husband’s dad. She’s devastated and angry when her husband leaves for his trip. As for the dad, he thinks she has every right to be angry. He’s not going to let her go on feeling devastated, though, and before she knows it; she’s in an unlikely and completely scorching forbidden romance! How will this taboo situation work out?

Mari is having a lot of doubts about her upcoming wedding. It just seems like her fiancé is more interested in partying with his friends, watching sports, and getting drunk every Friday and Saturday night. He’s not any different than before they were engaged, but she kind of thought he’d mellow out as the wedding approaches. One day, when he stands her up for wedding planning, she can’t help herself and breaks down in tears. She can’t help it, even when Daddy arrives. Before she knows it, she can’t help a lot of other things, too.

Paige is tired of feeling like a frumpy, nerdy young girl. She’s tired of being 20 with no experience with men at all. She decides to make a change, and it starts with a very, very sexy Halloween costume. She thinks this Halloween will be the first time anyone will notice her. She’s right, but the man who notices her first is her sexy neighbor, Mr. Raymond. He loves her costume but she loves when he takes it off her! Can her first incredible night of passion lead to more? Is there a sexy forbidden age-gap romance in her future?