Sarah Smith
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Paris, 1911. Andre du Monde, director of a famous horror theater, has married a young girl from the country. As a child, Andre experienced something terrible. Now he can't be close to anyone except by frightening them.His wife is frightened too. Because Andre keeps telling her she's going to poison him...Alexander von Reisden, doctor to the mad and Andre's friend, seems to have outlived his own terrible past. He has a wife and a son, and work he loves....
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Since losing both of her parents, fifteen-year-old Katie can see and talk to ghosts, which makes her a loner until fellow student Law sees her drawing of a historic house and together they seek a treasure rumored to be hidden there by illegal slave-traders.
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The Titanic was a white ship...once.Now? Rock the boat.It's 1912. America is the land of Jim Crow and lynchings, and a young society woman has just discovered that her grandfather, the grandfather she barely knows, may be passing for white.She has a family. She has a son. She can't be black. She doesn't know how.She follows him onto the biggest, newest, safest ship in the world, to find a truth she can live with.But after the iceberg, she finds that...
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A woman's peaceful life is turned upside down when a bad-boy TV star comes to town in Sarah Smith's new laugh-out-loud romantic comedy
She needs a break
Fed up with the long hours at her prestigious San Francisco architecture firm, Harper Ellorza has traded the overcrowded city for the sleepy seaside town of Half Moon Bay. Her plan to renovate her late grandparents' house has hit some snags, though: it's in worse condition than expected, the costs...
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Good social skills invariably lead to a certain level of accomplishment in modern-day life. However, having a great personality is not always enough. Without tolerance and cooperation, real success can never be achieved. For this reason, it is important to be aware of the diverse world around you, no matter what path you take in life. This book provides useful, authoritative, and important information, which will enable you to communicate with others...
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Good social skills invariably lead to a certain level of accomplishment in modern-day life. However, having a great personality is not always enough. Without good organization and problem-solving skills, real success can never be achieved. For this reason, it is important to be logical and good at processing information and ideas, no matter what path you take in life. It is also important to be able to learn by your mistakes. This book provides useful,...
9) School
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Presenting yourself in a positive and constructive way at school can be particularly challenging. Whether you are preparing for tests, attending lectures, working in groups, or relaxing in your spare time, it is very important to consider some special rules that will help you through the process. This book provides valuable and authoritative information to enable you to successfully navigate each school day, whatever the situation. Etiquette for Success...
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Good social skills invariably lead to a certain level of accomplishment in modern-day life. However, having a great personality is not always enough. Without self-discipline and responsibility, real success can never be achieved. For this reason, it is important to be a well-organized, capable, and effective individual who can plan and schedule the important aspects of life no matter what you're doing. This book provides useful, authoritative, and...
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Brock Maclancy owns a cattle ranch in Texas. His family has owned and ran cattles since the 1800's when they migrated to the US from Ireland. Media shy, he's worth billions now thanks to hi savvy investments skills. Red hair, big shoulders and a little over six feet, Brock is Texas' most eligible bachelor. Mia Mellis is a reporter for a small magazine in Dallas. She is second generation in the US; black hair, olive skin, dark eyes and looks very exotic....
12) Workplace
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Presenting yourself in a positive and constructive way in the workplace can be particularly challenging. Whether you are working closely with colleagues, offering ideas during a meeting, or getting to grips with a complicated project, it is very important to consider some special rules that will help you through the process. This book provides valuable and authoritative information to enable you to form successful relationships at work, whatever the...
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A new work assignment goes delightfully off script in this friends-to-lovers rom-com from Sarah Smith, author of Faker and Simmer Down
Simon Rutler is the perfect man.
Handsome, kind and smart-Simon is amazing. Naomi Ellorza-Hays might be fresh out of a bad relationship and determined to stay single, but Simon is testing her newfound relationship ban. Good thing they're working together. Simon may be perfect, but he's also off-limits.
There's...
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In “My Life Without Drink” the author takes the reader through a life where insecurity in childhood is carried forward to the adult years when alcohol is taken up as a means of coping. Through marriage, childbirth, estrangement and brushes with the law, the author slides in and out of dependency but always succumbs to the craving described as trying "to get that 'high' feeling again and again but it is well-nigh impossible." How she turns things...
15) Dining
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Presenting yourself in a positive and constructive way when dining with friends or colleagues can be quite daunting, for there are so many things to consider. Whether you are casually meeting friends at a café, attending a formal dinner party, or visiting relatives for lunch, it is very important to consider some special rules that will help you through the process. This book provides useful, factual, and important information to enable you to conduct...
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The Duchess of Masham in the most beautiful woman Peter Waverley, a doctor, has ever seen. The problem is she is married, and as unobtainable as any woman ever was, but there is a spark of attraction, a dangerous spark. At a ball they dance together, the seductive nature of their dance incurring the wrath of the Duchess' husband. The Duke is a powerful man and soon Peter is arrested and put in prison. The Duke has the Duchess' committed to a lunatic...
17) Self-Confidence
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Good social skills invariably lead to a certain level of accomplishment in modern-day life. However, having a great personality is not always enough. Without self-confidence, real success can never be achieved. For this reason, it is important to like yourself as well as others, no matter what path you take in life. This book provides useful, authoritative, and important information, which will help you to develop self-confidence, and then go on to...
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Presenting yourself in a positive and constructive way in a social situation can be particularly challenging, especially when meeting new people or attending a formal occasion. Whether you are at a wedding, funeral, or family function, or on vacation or going out with friends, it is very important to consider some special rules that will help you through the process. This book provides valuable and authoritative information to enable you to form successful...
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Presenting yourself in a positive and constructive way online can be particularly tricky. Whether you are sharing moments with friends, offering ideas, or getting to grips with a school or work project, it is very important to consider some special rules that will help you through the process. This book provides valuable and authoritative information to enable you to communicate effectively online, and with good manners, whatever the situation. Etiquette...
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I hate Valentine's Day for one reason and one reason only: Wes Paulsen.
He came into my life like a wrecking ball one year ago today. After an incredible night together, we were inseparable for months. I'd never been happier in a relationship-neither had he. We were just starting to build a life together when everything changed...
Turns out Wes was hiding things from me-big things. I wanted to work through it, but he walked out, never giving me-never...