Olivia Donatellis dream of a normal life was shattered when her son Anthony was diagnosed with autism at age three. He didnt speak. He hated to be touched. He almost never made eye contact. & just as Olivia was starting to realise that happiness & autism could coexist Anthony died. Now shes alone in a cottage on Nantucket separated from her husband desperate to understand the meaning of her sons short life when a chance encounter with another woman facing her own loss brings Anthony alive again for Olivia in a most unexpected way. In a piercing story about motherhood love & female friendship Lisa Genova offers us two unforgettable women on the verge of change who discover the small but exuberant voice that helps them both find the answers they need. ...

Over five hundred years ago Esperettas soul was bound to her husbands by dark magic & when Velkan became a Dark-Hunter to her horror she became immortal as well. Now they must come together to fight an old enemy...and the passion that threatens to consume them once more. In Ride the Night Wind" by L.A. Banks dark dreams haunt Jose Ciponte dreams of a woman so beautiful he aches for her-and a deadly enemy who stalks them in the night. & now those dreams have become a reality... In " The Gift" by Susan Squires all Major Davis Ware wants to do is propose to the beautiful Emma Fairchild. Instead he is called back into battle & a desperate fate. & Emma will venture into hell itself to save him. In " The Forgotten One" by Ronda Thompson Lady Anne Baldwin longs to break free from her proper bonds. When she meets the mysterious Merrick whose eyes glow like a wolfs she may have found more than she bargained for." ...

Unlucky in love Jo is dragged along to see a clairvoyant by her two coupled-up best friends & is told that theres only one boy for her. The trouble is the last time she saw him was in a past life when she worked as a governess to his younger brother. The clairvoyant tells her that as she is back in this life so is he & she must find him if she is ever to know true happiness & love. Jo doesnt believe a word of it
- but then a series of events begin to change her mind. Could her one true love really be out there? In her quest to find the One she visits psychics & cemeteries
- but will she even be able to recognize her soul-mate when she finds him? Or is she destined to continue looking for love for all of time?

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We are all aware of the benefits of eating seasonally & healthily & yet often this isn't something we consider when baking. Amber believes that cakes bakes & puddings shouldn't be made with refined white flour & white sugar. She develops recipes using fruit & honey to give sweetness & ancient flours such as buckwheat spelt & rye to give depth of flavour. Chapters are Seasonal Cakes; Puddings including baked fruit crumbles pies sponge & rice puddings; Tarts & Meringues; Small Bakes; Creams Custards & Compotes; & Herbal Teas. Enjoy baking a Spiced Carrot Cake with a crumbly topping; make Berry Good Fairy Cakes for the kids create a Coconut & Passionfruit Tart for a dinner party or try the healthy Mince Pies with an orange zest pastry. Baking is always indulgent & comforting but with Amber it can be nourishing too. ...

Etienne Argeneau can turn one human into a vampire in his lifetime
- an honour his kind usually reserved for their life mates to
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Many if not most parents feel that their children may have missed out in some way during the early years. Offering a simple relatively trouble-free self-help method for putting that right is what parents were waiting for. This book is written in highly accessible language assures Oliver James. The method is explained as simply as possible illustrated with cases. Love Bombing is a very simple technique which helps most children from aged three to early teenage. Because so many parents are or have had periods of living very busy or miserable or complicated lives most of us need to reconnect with our children from time to time. Love Bombing does the job explains James. Originally he developed the method as part of his work presenting three series of parenting programmes on ITVs This Morning. The entry point for parents will be the particular kind of problem their child has. Each chapter will be about Love Bombing this specific difficulty illustrated with cases. Problems described include temper tantrums hyperactivy clinging or even shyness. Along the way the author brings in scientific evidence regarding the issue its causes & solutions. The method works equally well whatever nation you are in because the fundamental needs of children are the same everywhere says James. This book has a genuine international feel as the author has already been contacted by more than eighty mothers all over the world who have tried the method & have given positive feedback. ...

In 1980 three schoolgirls visit St. Valentines shrine in Dublin to write their petitions for love. Years later Abby Vonnie & Diana have discovered that finding love was the easy bit
- its what you do with it once youve found it thats tricky.. . When Vonnie returns home unexpectedly from her life in California all three women are forced to examine their choices loves & lives which have proved surprising & in some ways precarious. So much for St. Valentine
- if the saint has taught them anything about love its be careful what you wish for.. . But real love is always a work in progress & even life-long friends must learn to open their eyes
- & especially their hearts
- because St. Valentine has some unfinished business with them.. .



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Fourteen-year-old Trixie Jackson hoped she had a future to look forward to. But when she is sacked from the local factory she is forced to work as a housekeeper for one of her father's friends
- a man she instinctively dislikes. Kept under lock & key her life soon becomes a living hell. But in her haste to escape she injures herself & ends up in hospital. However her troubles are only just beginning. When her mother is involved in a tragic accident & dies Trixie & her younger sister Cilla are left at the mercy of their bullying father. All too quickly he brings his mistress Daisy into the house. & she will stop at nothing to make the girls' lives utter misery.
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The top-selling book on intervention Love First" has helped tens of thousands of families friends & professionals create a loving & effective plan for helping those who suffer from addiction. Dispelling two damaging myths
- that an addict has to hit bottom & that intervention must be confrontational
- Jeff & Debra Jays proven approach puts love first & shows families step by step what to do. This new & updated edition adds to the core material in the Jays classic book
- identifying enabling behaviors building the team writing an intervention letter choosing a treatment center
- with the most up-to-date scientific information & intervention techniques available. New chapters on psychiatric gambling eating & other disorders give family members & other concerned people the knowledge & tools to face the important people in their lives who are dealing with a range of self-destructive illnesses. New material on meeting the specific needs of adolescents aging adults & professionals is also included."



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France 1918. Sophia the rebellious daughter of a distinguished German general is on her way to the town of Douai to elope with the man of her dreams
- a young army officer
- against her parents wishes. On her way she witnesses a dramatic battle in the skies that leaves an English pilot without a plane & under the misapprehension that Sophia is on his side. She has no choice but to agree to assist him in his attempt to avoid capture & he joins her in the family car she has stolen trailed by both the German Army & a staff officer under strict instructions from Sophias father to bring her home. With their pursuers hot on their heels how will Sophia explain her behaviour protecting a man she is supposed to hate? & after sharing so many adventures will she be able to turn the flying officer in when the time comes?

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