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After the passing of his best friend, Ben is shocked to learn that he’s the new conservator of his friend’s sister, Victoria. Due to a horrible accident, her once beautiful face is left disfigured and scarred. Ashamed of her appearance, Victoria lives as a recluse, hiding herself from the world. Ben sees an opportunity to improve her life, but her monstrous temper makes it challenging. His friends think he should cut his losses and put her away. People in town fear her reputation. Yet, with assistance from a few of her close associates, they’ll help him break down her walls and discover her true beauty.
Read the tell all guide for BFFs everywhere. Aubrey Knight, a young woman who has spent her life being everyone's best friend, shares her insight about the ins & outs of friendship. When her BFF Staci comes to her with a plan to get even with her ex-boyfriend, she agrees only to discover new truths about herself and their friendship. Will Aubrey finally get her chance to become someone's girlfriend? Or will she forever be stuck in the friend zone?
After the loss of her mother, young Jessie finds herself alone. Unable to confide in her dad, who consistently pushes her away to focus primarily on her two younger sisters, Emma and Eliza. Jessie finds some relief though when she signs up for the school play, in hope of becoming the actress she and her mother dreamed she'd be. Jessie's dreams are put on hold when things at home become worse. But they can only push Jessie so far before she reaches her breaking point.
The girls' dad brings a new woman into their lives. When he reveals that he intends to remarry, Jessie and her sisters suddenly get a new family overnight. Now, with the preparation of a wedding and new family revelations coming to light, once again, Jessie must do her best to keep her family together.
Jessie's life is in a good place. She's married, her family is doing well, and she's been offered the role of her life. But their lives take an unexpected turn when her stepmom reveals that she's expecting a baby. As the sisters try to process how this will affect their lives, Jessie receives the shock of her life. She, too, is expecting a baby! Jessie struggles to juggle everything on her plate while learning to be a mother. But with the help of her stepmom, she may be well prepared.
Heather knew it’d be an experience getting to know the father the never knew. She just didn’t know there’d be so many secrets. From the time she arrives at Bolt Castle, she gets a sense that the past still runs through it. Everything she finds leads her to believe that something occurred that no one wants to talk about. Turns out, she was not the only daughter in her father’s life. But what happened to Elizabeth, her half-sister? The answers to that may lie inside her diary.
Three girls, three different lives, and one compelling story. Izzie runs away to her uncle's home to escape feuding with her parents and lands an opportunity to create her own fashion line. Kira is an excellent chef but wants to enhance her skills at culinary school. But is forced to put her family first and her dreams aside by her mom. Joy travels to meet her dad for the first time. He and his family think of her as a problem but soon realize what a true gem she truly is.
A story brewing behind the scenes of a powerful insurance company. The Cartier family lives in the public’s eye especially their wild child daughter, Lyla. After an accident, she’s ordered to work for the Turner family to repair the damages. Lyla soon discovers the many secrets hidden between the Turner family and their ongoing legal battle against the Cartiers and their company. Now she’ll have to give up her party girl ways and work to change the companies’ policies by using her voice and helping a family find theirs.
Felicia and her daughter, Aaliyah’s relationship is strained now that they’re on their own. Looking for a new start, Felicia will do anything to reconnect with her daughter. When she decides to start a mother-daughter cooking class, they’ll give other mothers and daughters the chance to spend quality time together. But will the tables turn when the daughters band together to get their evenings back? Or will the moms come together to find a new way to reconnect? Either way, it’ll change the age-old phrase: Like mother, like daughter.
In this sequel to Elizabeth’s Diary, Heather and Mitchell decided to change their lives by moving into a manor in the small town of Lakestone. Heather finds a new friend in Harrison who knows a lot about the area, gets a job, and grows to love being in a beautiful, peaceful place. But Lakestone Manor and its surrounding neighbors may have a couple of secrets of their own. With a past that will come to light when someone new moves into town.
Miguel’s coming home from college to visit with his family and make plans to hang out with his old friends. But Miguel's plans change for the worst when his sister, Mia suddenly disappears. Now with the help of their friends and two detectives, they’ll need to put together the many scattered pieces of Mia’s life in order to find her. Including secrets she’s kept hidden from him. With a surprise ending you won’t see coming, this book will keep you guessing from start to finish!
In the kingdom of Siseria the people are being tortured by an evil king. Their only hope is in a Siserian prophecy foretelling the return of a lost princess, the kingdom’s true heir to the throne. Cecilia is a fearless, strong young peasant girl, who secretly trains to become a skilled knight, and believes she is destined to do more with her life. When Cecilia discovers that she is the lost princess of Siseria, she will undergo a new type of training. One of becoming an elegant princess that must infiltrate the castle and restore peace to her kingdom.
In the kingdom of Lyasia, Kaden is the youngest child of the king & queen. While his two older brothers fight for the crown, a studious Kaden is the favorite to take the throne. When his brothers’ jealously turns into a vicious scheme to steal the kingdom, Kaden finds himself fleeing for his life. With the help of some new friends, Kaden must work cunningly and swiftly to outsmart his brothers and devise a quest that will save his family and his kingdom from destruction.
The people of Lyaseria, now a modern country, are eagerly awaiting the coronation of their new Queen. The weekend festivities include a royal parade and a royal wedding. Yet, inside the palace gates, something has gone horribly wrong. Her Royal Highness, Princess Malika goes into hiding after a failed attempted kidnapping. The prime suspects are the members of the royal family. Could it be the Duke, the King, or the Prince who wants to steal her throne? Now Malika will go undercover as the palace staff to uncover deep family secrets. With help from her fiancé, her closest friends and allies, and even her rival, she’ll discover new truths about her family, Lyaseria, and even herself. Will she be able to find the culprit and become Queen?
Life is hard. Challenges knock us down. The only way to win against the odds is to be…STRONGER. Kaila is on her path to becoming a woman. Dealing with the constant struggle of working several jobs, supporting family and friends, and experiencing health issues is never easy. Juggling daily life is definitely not easy. But what doesn’t kill us, makes us…
Kaila continues to cope with her sudden health issues. As doctors search for answers to her condition, she is afflicted with various painful and time-consuming medical tests. With her family and her two jobs struggling with her absence, Kaila’s life has once again drastically changed. Life can give us painful afflictions, but it can also make us…
Kaila starts a new job and tries to navigate her new surroundings and new assignments. Some of her new coworkers are willing to help guide her through the onboarding process. At the same time, as one job is ending, the other is demanding more of her time. Struggling to juggle various tasks and responsibilities, Kaila’s health starts to take a turn for the worst. Fighting off depression, Kaila wonders how much more she can endure, but what doesn’t kill us makes us…
After Cynthia and her mother escape the clutches of a violent intruder, she learns that she is a part of a chain of several strong, fearless women that will risk their lives to help her safe from her abusive father. Cynthia starts a new life with every new chain link she meets. But what she truly desires is a life of her own and to meet the mother who left her behind in order to keep her hidden.
Everyone has secrets. That was the last thing Tyler wanted to learn when his fiancé, Abigail suddenly becomes ill. Now he and Abigail’s family, with the assistance of her new therapist, are discovering the secrets of her past. With so many new truths coming to light, their only hope now is to better understand the daughter they thought they knew before her condition worsens.
Alison was once the queen bee at her old school. Now she’s stuck at the bottom of her new school, Metal Brooke. But she’s not alone. The students there have been expelled from their schools for one reason or another. At first, Alison doesn’t think she’ll fit in. After making a few friends though, she might be able to make it to graduation. When budgeting issues arise, it’s Alison who takes the lead in solving it. With the help of a trusted teacher, the students will need to work together to save their school programs. However, when Alison’s past is revealed, more issues occur. Will she figure out how to survive Loserville?
ONLINE BOOKS
These books aren’t sold anywhere but you can find them online.
A Few Wrong Turns
Living for the City
Lullaby of Winterland
Sales Girl
The Look Book
Wedding Days