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Can your worst enemy become the love of your life? A fun, feisty, feel-good romance for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Meg Cabot. Jennifer and Ian have known each other for seven years. They are leaders of two different teams in the same London bank, and are constantly engaged in a running battle to be number one. Ian is a handsome, wealthy and sought-after bachelor; Jennifer is a feisty, independent lawyer. When they are thrown together to work on the same project, Ian makes Jenny an offer she can't refuse: to have free reign of their rich client if she pretends to be his girlfriend.

Liverpool 1931. In a Liverpool torn by the Depression, Daisy Gallagher grows to womanhood the hard way. She is the mainstay of her poverty-stricken family and the devoted friend of Nellie O’Brian, who is dying for lack of medical attention. Daisy’s desperation for money leads her into the darkened streets and into the arms of drunken sailors willing to pay for their relief. Through her own strength and suffering, Daisy earns enough to pay for her friend’s much needed medical attention.

Liverpool, May 1941. An extraordinary story of three brave women, each trying in her own way to deal with the brutal tide of destruction brought on by the air raids of the Second World War. There is Ellen—whose home is destroyed by bombs; Gwen, whose family absorbs all her time and energy and Emmie, whose only fears are for the safety of her merchant seaman fiancé, far away in the South Atlantic. None of them were prepared for what would follow, when the air raid siren sounded for the first time on 1 May, 1941.

Southern Australia, 1983. While Middle-aged stalwart Miriam rolls into town in her broken down car, Frankie—a deer hunter—is up in the forested hinterland with her gun.

Having a chronic illness can make being employed tricky. Commutes to and from work can be stressful and exhausting. Time off sick or to attend medical appointments can sometimes be difficult for employers to understand. Employers’ and colleagues’ lack of understanding can make day-to-day working difficult. There is another way: You build a business that works for you and enables you to live a happier life. The Chronic Entrepreneur will show you how running and setting up your own business is possible, even with a chronic condition.

Have you listened to You Can Be a Witch! Lesson One? Has it sparked your excitement in the concept of witchcraft and now you are eager to learn more? Perhaps you already knew you wanted to learn more about witchcraft, but now you know exactly which aspect you want to learn more about. Or maybe, you are still unsure on whether the study of witchcraft is for you and so, you are keen to learn a little bit more and decide either way.

You Can Be a Witch! is the perfect introduction into the wonderful and fascinating world of witchcraft! This is the ideal series of books for anyone who is seeking out further information on the fundamentals that make up witchcraft. The aim is for you to finish lesson one starting to understand what it is to be a witch and how to get started on the journey. After listening to this lesson, you will have a much better understanding of what you want to get out of witchcraft, and the following volumes of this series will help you get there.

Harriet and Mark have it all: successful careers, a lovely house in a leafy London suburb, twin boys on the cusp of leaving home. Yvette and Gary share a smaller place with their two daughters in a shabbier part of the same borough. But when the stars align for a collective move north, it means a fresh start for them all. For Mark, it’s a chance to escape the rat race; for Harriet, a distraction from her unfulfilled dream of a late third child. Gary has decided to reboot the Madchester band that made him famous, while Yvette hopes it will give her daughters what she never had.

This book is a tribute to all the strong women in my life. I wanted to also make the rest of the world aware of this mouth-watering cuisine that hails from the land of Piacenza in Northern Italy. This lineage of inspiration began with my great-grandmother, Maria. Her unending determination despite great odds enabled her to open a restaurant. The recipes that were born through that establishment were enhanced through the generations that followed, and continue to satisfy the many palates of various family members and friends.

We all come to a point in life where we would like to make a change in our lives and be just better. Maybe for you that's about shedding extra fat. Maybe it's about becoming healthier. Or, possibly, it's about lessening your impact on the environment. Come with me on this journey and I will show you what I've learned to enable you to do all these things, without the need to count calories or restrict your foods according to some complicated list of rules.

In this tale a queen wishes her naughty daughter would just turn into a raven and fly away. But as we all know, in fairy-tale land you should always be careful what you wish for....

In this particular story, a traveller in Sweden stumbles upon the history of a mysterious and ominous figure, Count Magnus. Apparently the count went on a ‘black pilgrimage’, the details of which are discovered by the traveller in an alchemical textbook. However, it might not be the best of ideas to go poking around in the history of such a mysterious man....

In this particular story we meet Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy who is sent to stay with his much older cousin, Mr Abney, at a remote country mansion. His cousin is a reclusive alchemist, obsessed with making himself immortal. Stephen is repeatedly troubled by visions of a young gypsy girl and a travelling Italian boy, but what could they be trying to tell him?

Learn how to escape financial bondage in five easy steps. This audiobook is a quick-start personal money-management guide for women, men, teens, and beginners.

By listening to Positive Affirmations to Heal from Alcoholism & Divorce: Restore Self-Love, Confidence, and Self-Esteem, you receive positive thoughts to nurture your spirit. These affirmations give you hope and help you focus on recovering from addiction and abusive relationships. Part of the recovery process encourages us to feel our feelings and listen to our body, mind, and spirit. These affirmations give you the power of words to help guide you to a healthier way of thinking. Everyone in recovery needs these affirmations!

Parenting is hard enough, but when you have a child with ADHD, traditional parenting is not enough. It takes a super-parent to raise a child with ADHD, and as much as you may not feel super right now, you can be that parent. In The Super Parents, you will learn everything you need to understand and support your child with ADHD. 

A clock is a creation with a specific purpose and that is to allow us an ability to know the time of day. Some clocks may beep, some you must look and read, while others sound a beautiful chime. If a clock is made well, it will last longer than the clock maker. This clock survived a German bomb during World War Two while the house around it was destroyed. A young girl took her possession and made a new life working in the London War Office and her determination to make a home became a love story for the ages.

The book will focus on the benefits of entrepreneurship for women and how it can change their lives and the lives of their families. This book will also look at the unique qualities that make women entrepreneurs highly successful. In this book you will learn: why entrepreneurship is a better option than working for someone else, the special characteristics women have that make them super successful in business, and how having more female business owners can improve the world for everyone.

Listen to three hilarious stories featuring the irrepressibly enthusiastic Mini Rabbit! Whether he is searching for cherries for Mother Rabbit’s cake, helping post a letter or setting up camp in the garden, Mini Rabbit always manages to turn a simple task into an exciting adventure!

Discover simple things you can do in less than five minutes to live a healthier and better life. In Women’s Health Guide, holistic health coach Dr. Vita shows women how to take small steps to boost their energy and balance their hormones. This is a life-changing, step-by-step natural protocol to balance hormones and increase energy levels.