Author: Tanya Byrne
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 1472214404
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Get Book Here
Book Description
Lola Durand hates her stepmother. It's a cliché but it's true. Lola Durand can't get through to her father. He never wants to talk about the things that matter: why they had to move to Paris, why he had to marry evil Agatha, and how they can get through the heartache of her mother's death together. If he won't listen, she'll show him. She'll show him the truth about his new wife and then her life can go back to normal, just the way she likes it. Lola Durand knows a secret about her stepmother. She's going to share it.
Author: Chris Farrell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620401584
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Get Book Here
Book Description
The budget battles of recent years have amplified the warnings of demographic doomsayers who predicted that a wave of baby boomers would bleed America dry, bankrupting Social Security and Medicare as they faded into an impoverished old age. On the contrary, argues award-winning journalist Chris Farrell, we are instead on the verge of a broad, positive transformation of our economy and society. The old idea of "retirement"--a word that means withdrawal, describing a time when people gave up productive employment and shrank their activities--was a short-lived historical anomaly. Humans have always found meaning and motivation in work and community, Farrell notes, and the boomer generation, poised to live longer in better health than any before, is already discovering unretirement--extending their working lives with new careers, entrepreneurial ventures, and volunteer service. Their experience, wisdom--and importantly, their continued earnings--will enrich the American workplace, treasury, and our whole society in the decades to come. Unretirement not only explains this seismic change, now in its early stages, it provides key insights and practical advice for boomers about to navigate this exciting, but unsettled, new frontier, drawing on Chris Farrell's decades of covering personal finance and economics for Bloomsberg Businessweek and Marketplace Money. This will be an indispensable guide to the landscape of unretirement from one of America's most trusted experts.
Author: Albert French
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822958314
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Get Book Here
Book Description
Their relationship touches off a maelstrom that leaves no doubt as to the consequences of crossing society's proscribed boundaries. A love story and an indictment, Holly is also a story of friendship, of community and of the aftereffects of a war on a family as well as on a small town. Told with a piercing tenderness and intensity, Holly confirms Albert French as a dark and passionate chronicler of American mores and culture.
Author: Holly Jennings
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698406931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Get Book Here
Book Description
A fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming... Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She’s died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier... The RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League’s elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death. Every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Every player is a modern gladiator—leading a life of ultimate fame, responsible only for entertaining the masses. And though their weapons and armor are digital, the pain is real. Chosen to be the first female captain in RAGE tournament history, Kali Ling is at the top of the world—until one of her teammates overdoses. Now, she must confront the truth about the tournament. Because it is much more than a game—and even in the real world, not everything is as it seems. The VGL hides dark secrets. And the only way to change the rules is to fight from the inside...
Author: Gloria Whelan
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 162753590X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Get Book Here
Book Description
Holly's family lives a simple life in northern Michigan, enjoying the bounty of the earth and very much in step with the rhythm of the changing seasons. But times are hard and a cold winter is coming. Without a warm coat, Holly might not be able to start school. Readers will delight in Mama's solution to Holly's predicament. National Book Award winner Gloria Whelan's lyrical prose is beautifully matched by detailed paintings from Michigan artist Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen.
Author: Rosemarie J. Alvarez
Publisher: Rosemarie J. Alvarez
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Get Book Here
Book Description
Blake Lincoln's father played a fast one on his son by reporting to TMZ that one of the richest playboy New Englander is looking for a wife. Blake's father had Blake go to Gloucester to win the heart of Holly Winter. The daughter of Blake's parents old friends. Blake isn't too happy with his father's plan to find him a wife as his past relationship had caused him lose faith in love. Blake had found himself in Gloucester as Holly was dealing with her demons of her past and present problem after her parent's death. “Holly!”, My sister screamed across the living room. She been living with me since she was eight and I was eighteen. It was more of us living in our parents’ home. Our parents had died that year and it been tough for her on Christmas. It was hard on me. That was the day we lost them. They was checking over the inventory in our Christmas Shopee and the numbers to see how well they did for the whole year up to that point. We ran all year round when we got robbed. I still do but it is tough. Everyone knew that Christmas Eve was our biggest sales day because everyone getting their last-minute presents and decorations before the big guy came to visit. Our parents would do the run-down Christmas morning before getting us all up. Before I was old enough to watch over my little sister in the morning, Mrs. Hunter, our neighbor that I swear was not human on how old she is and still running around like she a twenty-year-old woman; she would watch us. Mrs. Hunter came over that morning like old times. My father tried to give the robbers everything that we had in cash, but that didn’t stop them from shooting my parents. They took nothing at the end. They just fled after killing them. Correction they did take one thing and it was something that no one could give back.
Author: Holly Peterson
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062867385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Get Book Here
Book Description
From the author of the summer hit It Happens in The Hamptons comes an unforgettable new novel about the women who live and love in the Hamptons. In the Hamptons, no rules apply, especially in matters of money—and the heart… Raised in East Hampton, Caroline never thought she’d be one of the “city people” who spent summers and weekends at the beach. But, once her husband’s business takes off, a job stint transplants the couple permanently into Manhattan life—where the phrase When you marry for money, you work for it every day, reflects her neighbors’ lives. And where entitled husbands, like hers, embark on affair after affair with little consequence. Time for the wives to get even. When Caroline’s friend Annabelle suggests they experiment as their wayward mates have, Caroline resists at first. That is, until a scroll through an iPad makes her reconsider…and a pact between two friends is made. The agreement quickly turns serious when Caroline begins to confront the man her husband has become, or perhaps always has been. Will a summer affair give Caroline clarity or make her lose hold on the reins of her life? And, when an old lover returns, is she ready to risk all for a chance at happiness…
Author: Bella Christian
Publisher: LCT Productions Pty Limited
ISBN: 192511967X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Get Book Here
Book Description
The third book in Bella Christian’s compelling This is Where it Ends series will leave you reeling as the consequences of Jessie’s actions continue to snowball… Child psychologist Holly Walsh is living a nightmare. The shocking tragedy of Jessie Angel’s death hits Holly hard and takes her back to a time more than a year earlier when another young teen chose suicide as a way to bring an end to their pain. The realization that Holly has utterly failed a client for a second time emotionally paralyzes her. Consumed with guilt and struggling to keep up appearances, she fails to notice the effect all of this is having on her daughter, Sarah Simmons. And then there is Jessie’s father. Police Sergeant Ryan Angel is furious at Holly for failing his daughter. Holly was meant to help Jessie. Now she’s lying in the cemetery. The more Holly tries to pretend she’s coping, the more her life unravels. Sarah blames her for Jessie’s suicide. Even worse, Holly blames herself. Will she learn to forgive herself for her part in Jessie’s death? Even more importantly, will Ryan and Sarah?
Author: Holly Lisle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Get Book Here
Book Description
Humans and Nightlings are never to meet, but when Genna and her brother Dan venture into the old forest at night, they encounter a Nightling slave who reveals a terrifying secret.
Author: Holly Renee
Publisher: Holly Renee
ISBN: 9781957514475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book Here
Book Description
Young. Wealthy. Elite. Ruthless. The boys of Clermont Bay ruled over this town as if it was their kingdom. And Beck Clermont controlled them all. He was arrogant and conceited, and from the moment I met him, he had made up his mind about me. Dangerously handsome and wickedly cruel, he had no intention of letting me spend my senior year under the radar. The secrets of old money ran deep, and even though I barely knew them, the sins of my family had put a target on my back. He was a hurricane, and I was unprepared for the storm. His touch fatal. His impact irreparable. There was no negotiation. He stole my heart. Without warning, without permission. He was the enemy, but that didn't stop me from falling for The Touch of a Villain.
