Author: Carla de Guzman
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 148807688X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
“A holiday escape as fluffy and sinful as a Christmas pastry.” —Entertainment Weekly All’s fair in love and prank wars For barista and café owner Sari Tomas, Christmas means parols, family, and no-holds-barred karaoke contests. This year, though, a new neighbor is throwing a wrench in all her best-laid plans. The baker next door—“some fancy boy from Manila”—might have cute buns, but when he tries to poach her customers with cheap coffee and cheaper tactics, the competition is officially on. And Baker Boy better be ready, because Sari never loses. Foodie extraordinaire Gabriel Capras want to prove to his dad that his career choice doesn’t make him any less a man. The Laneways might not be Manila, but the close-knit community is the perfect spot to grow his bakery into a thriving business. He wasn’t expecting a gorgeous adversary in the barista next door, but flirting with her makes his heart race, and it’s not just the caffeine. It’s winner takes all this Christmas. And more than one competitor might just lose their heart for the holidays.
Sweet on You
Author: Carla de Guzman
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 148807688X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
“A holiday escape as fluffy and sinful as a Christmas pastry.” —Entertainment Weekly All’s fair in love and prank wars For barista and café owner Sari Tomas, Christmas means parols, family, and no-holds-barred karaoke contests. This year, though, a new neighbor is throwing a wrench in all her best-laid plans. The baker next door—“some fancy boy from Manila”—might have cute buns, but when he tries to poach her customers with cheap coffee and cheaper tactics, the competition is officially on. And Baker Boy better be ready, because Sari never loses. Foodie extraordinaire Gabriel Capras want to prove to his dad that his career choice doesn’t make him any less a man. The Laneways might not be Manila, but the close-knit community is the perfect spot to grow his bakery into a thriving business. He wasn’t expecting a gorgeous adversary in the barista next door, but flirting with her makes his heart race, and it’s not just the caffeine. It’s winner takes all this Christmas. And more than one competitor might just lose their heart for the holidays.
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 148807688X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
“A holiday escape as fluffy and sinful as a Christmas pastry.” —Entertainment Weekly All’s fair in love and prank wars For barista and café owner Sari Tomas, Christmas means parols, family, and no-holds-barred karaoke contests. This year, though, a new neighbor is throwing a wrench in all her best-laid plans. The baker next door—“some fancy boy from Manila”—might have cute buns, but when he tries to poach her customers with cheap coffee and cheaper tactics, the competition is officially on. And Baker Boy better be ready, because Sari never loses. Foodie extraordinaire Gabriel Capras want to prove to his dad that his career choice doesn’t make him any less a man. The Laneways might not be Manila, but the close-knit community is the perfect spot to grow his bakery into a thriving business. He wasn’t expecting a gorgeous adversary in the barista next door, but flirting with her makes his heart race, and it’s not just the caffeine. It’s winner takes all this Christmas. And more than one competitor might just lose their heart for the holidays.
The Desirable Sister
Author: Taslim Burkowicz
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 1773632426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Gia and Serena Pirji are sisters, but as the first-generation born in Canada to immigrant parents, their lives play out in different ways because of their skin tone. Gia’s fair skin grants her membership to cliques of white kids as a teen, while Serena’s dark skin means she is labelled as Indian and treated as inferior. This superficial difference, imposed by a society obsessed with skin colour and hierarchy, sets the sisters into a dynamic that plays out throughout their lives. In a world where white skin is preferable, the sisters are pitted against each other through acts of revenge and competition as they experience adultery, ruined friendships, domestic abuse, infertility and motherhood. Taslim Burkowicz’s vivid, sensory-rich writing style brings readers to the party scene in Goa, suburban supermarkets in Vancouver and a safari in Africa, where Gia and Serena navigate through the highs and lows of a tumultuous, loving relationship. The Desirable Sister reveals the bitter games of treachery women are forced to play to achieve the ranks of beauty and success, and ultimately shows the strength of love between sisters.
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 1773632426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Gia and Serena Pirji are sisters, but as the first-generation born in Canada to immigrant parents, their lives play out in different ways because of their skin tone. Gia’s fair skin grants her membership to cliques of white kids as a teen, while Serena’s dark skin means she is labelled as Indian and treated as inferior. This superficial difference, imposed by a society obsessed with skin colour and hierarchy, sets the sisters into a dynamic that plays out throughout their lives. In a world where white skin is preferable, the sisters are pitted against each other through acts of revenge and competition as they experience adultery, ruined friendships, domestic abuse, infertility and motherhood. Taslim Burkowicz’s vivid, sensory-rich writing style brings readers to the party scene in Goa, suburban supermarkets in Vancouver and a safari in Africa, where Gia and Serena navigate through the highs and lows of a tumultuous, loving relationship. The Desirable Sister reveals the bitter games of treachery women are forced to play to achieve the ranks of beauty and success, and ultimately shows the strength of love between sisters.
Roots
Author: Malyattoor Ramakrishnan
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788125022206
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Increasingly possessed by a yearning to escape the ennui of an indifferent marriage and the empty but comfortable lifestyle of a bureaucrat, Raghu decides to visit the small patch of ancestral property in his native village. The novel moves between the two worlds the past and the present with pungent, earthy humour and sharp insights.
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788125022206
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Increasingly possessed by a yearning to escape the ennui of an indifferent marriage and the empty but comfortable lifestyle of a bureaucrat, Raghu decides to visit the small patch of ancestral property in his native village. The novel moves between the two worlds the past and the present with pungent, earthy humour and sharp insights.
The LeBaron Secret
Author: Stephen Birmingham
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504026373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
An aging California vintner is determined to protect her empire from a hostile family takeover and the dark secrets that could destroy everything she loves At age seventy-four, Assaria “Sari” LeBaron is still a force to be reckoned with. For decades, she has run the Baronet Vineyards, one of California’s largest and most successful wine producers, maintaining sole control even after a suspicious accident left her permanently crippled. And now, in her golden years, the formidable Sari refuses to relinquish power to her own children, a decision that has only served to increase tensions among her already emotionally damaged family members. But Sari’s ambitious son, Eric, is no longer willing to play a subservient role, and has begun working behind the scenes to take over the business, forming alliances within and outside the family in his effort to dethrone the unyielding matriarch. The most difficult fight of Sari LeBaron’s long and eventful life has begun; a heartbreaking struggle that will pit loved one against loved one and expose long-hidden secrets that could destroy both Sari’s business and her family. The LeBaron Secret is another riveting excursion into a world of privilege that Stephen Birmingham knows intimately. It is a breathtaking tale of secrets and lies, shady double-dealings, family skeletons, and the inner turmoil of the fabulously wealthy as only the bestselling author of “Our Crowd” and The Auerbach Will could tell it.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504026373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
An aging California vintner is determined to protect her empire from a hostile family takeover and the dark secrets that could destroy everything she loves At age seventy-four, Assaria “Sari” LeBaron is still a force to be reckoned with. For decades, she has run the Baronet Vineyards, one of California’s largest and most successful wine producers, maintaining sole control even after a suspicious accident left her permanently crippled. And now, in her golden years, the formidable Sari refuses to relinquish power to her own children, a decision that has only served to increase tensions among her already emotionally damaged family members. But Sari’s ambitious son, Eric, is no longer willing to play a subservient role, and has begun working behind the scenes to take over the business, forming alliances within and outside the family in his effort to dethrone the unyielding matriarch. The most difficult fight of Sari LeBaron’s long and eventful life has begun; a heartbreaking struggle that will pit loved one against loved one and expose long-hidden secrets that could destroy both Sari’s business and her family. The LeBaron Secret is another riveting excursion into a world of privilege that Stephen Birmingham knows intimately. It is a breathtaking tale of secrets and lies, shady double-dealings, family skeletons, and the inner turmoil of the fabulously wealthy as only the bestselling author of “Our Crowd” and The Auerbach Will could tell it.
Road to Via Dolorosa
Author: Marie Conover
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452086990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Imagine being thrust back in time and suddenly finding yourself a personal friend of Jesus Christ's. Imagine the wonder of seeing His baptism firsthand, witnessing miracles and enjoying fellowship with Him. This is the experience you share with Joshua Banks in Road to Via Dolorosa. Through an unfortunate event, Joshua finds himself back in time in the Jordan Valley during the early part of Jesus' ministry. For a few unforgettable months, he follows Jesus and the disciples as he learns important lessons that will stand the test of time.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452086990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Imagine being thrust back in time and suddenly finding yourself a personal friend of Jesus Christ's. Imagine the wonder of seeing His baptism firsthand, witnessing miracles and enjoying fellowship with Him. This is the experience you share with Joshua Banks in Road to Via Dolorosa. Through an unfortunate event, Joshua finds himself back in time in the Jordan Valley during the early part of Jesus' ministry. For a few unforgettable months, he follows Jesus and the disciples as he learns important lessons that will stand the test of time.
The Staff and the Blade
Author: Elizabeth Hunter
Publisher: Recurve Press, LLC
ISBN: 1941674089
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Warriors. Enemies. Lovers. Legends. Damien and Sari. Their union became pivotal in Irin history. But to understand their ending, you must go back to the beginning. A young singer and a hardened warrior meet and mate, but their life is torn apart by violence, betrayal, and grief. Yet no matter how much pain and anger stain their lives, bonds in the Irin race cannot be abandoned. Damien and Sari will never truly leave each other, because those who are destined cannot be ignored. “She hates me as she loves me. Wholly and completely. Sari never does anything by halves.” The Staff and the Blade is a novel in four parts. It is the fourth book in the Irin Chronicles, a romantic fantasy series by ten-time USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Hunter.
Publisher: Recurve Press, LLC
ISBN: 1941674089
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Warriors. Enemies. Lovers. Legends. Damien and Sari. Their union became pivotal in Irin history. But to understand their ending, you must go back to the beginning. A young singer and a hardened warrior meet and mate, but their life is torn apart by violence, betrayal, and grief. Yet no matter how much pain and anger stain their lives, bonds in the Irin race cannot be abandoned. Damien and Sari will never truly leave each other, because those who are destined cannot be ignored. “She hates me as she loves me. Wholly and completely. Sari never does anything by halves.” The Staff and the Blade is a novel in four parts. It is the fourth book in the Irin Chronicles, a romantic fantasy series by ten-time USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Hunter.
The Roommates
Author: Vikki L. Jeanne Cleveland
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411650972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Spanning thirty-three years from 1951 to 1984, *The Roommates* weaves the lives of four women into a story of friends who share consequences of love and loyalty, but also betrayal, molestation, and even murder as fate brings them together in the house on Meadow Lane. Will their friendship be strong enough to survive scandal and death in this small college community in downstate Illinois?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411650972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Spanning thirty-three years from 1951 to 1984, *The Roommates* weaves the lives of four women into a story of friends who share consequences of love and loyalty, but also betrayal, molestation, and even murder as fate brings them together in the house on Meadow Lane. Will their friendship be strong enough to survive scandal and death in this small college community in downstate Illinois?
Plowed Under
Author: Amy Carmichael
Publisher: CLC Publications
ISBN: 1619580837
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Amy Carmichael, admired writer and missionary, tells the story of Arulai Tara (Star of Grace), the sister of Mimosa. This book reveals the importance of preparing ourselves for obedience to God’s call in our lives; the beauty in remaining faithful in preparing the ground God has given us.
Publisher: CLC Publications
ISBN: 1619580837
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Amy Carmichael, admired writer and missionary, tells the story of Arulai Tara (Star of Grace), the sister of Mimosa. This book reveals the importance of preparing ourselves for obedience to God’s call in our lives; the beauty in remaining faithful in preparing the ground God has given us.
Here, There, and Back Again
Author: Wanda Blackgrave
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449038921
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A young woman who marries an Arabian finds herself facing dangers and challenges that she never thought imaginable. She starts her journey traveling to one of the oldest countries in the world. Her new home in Arabia turns out very different than she expected. The way she was raised as an American is all but forgotten when forced to learn the new ways of an ancient culture. She soon discovers that she must learn their language and abide by their religion if she is to survive in their country. After almost fourteen years of living in Arabia she becomes desperate to return to her beloved country to live. She captured her one chance to leave with her three young children and made it back to her hometown. She lived with her three children only for a short while before he came to take them back to Arabia. Her worst nightmare had begun. She unexpectedly met an American man from her hometown who saved her life as she adventured on yet another dangerous journey traveling alone to Arabia in hope of being reunited with her children. This woman’s true life experiences along with various research makes this one of the most intriguing books about the real everyday life of the people in ancient Arabia. This is her true story, finally told.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449038921
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A young woman who marries an Arabian finds herself facing dangers and challenges that she never thought imaginable. She starts her journey traveling to one of the oldest countries in the world. Her new home in Arabia turns out very different than she expected. The way she was raised as an American is all but forgotten when forced to learn the new ways of an ancient culture. She soon discovers that she must learn their language and abide by their religion if she is to survive in their country. After almost fourteen years of living in Arabia she becomes desperate to return to her beloved country to live. She captured her one chance to leave with her three young children and made it back to her hometown. She lived with her three children only for a short while before he came to take them back to Arabia. Her worst nightmare had begun. She unexpectedly met an American man from her hometown who saved her life as she adventured on yet another dangerous journey traveling alone to Arabia in hope of being reunited with her children. This woman’s true life experiences along with various research makes this one of the most intriguing books about the real everyday life of the people in ancient Arabia. This is her true story, finally told.
Defender
Author: Diana Palmer
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1460397894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The man who shattered her trust is back to protect her… New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer delivers a breathtaking story of second-chance love When Paul Fiore disappeared from Isabel Grayling's life, he told himself it was for all the right reasons. She was young and innocent, and he was her millionaire father's lowly employee. Three years later, Paul is the FBI agent assigned to Isabel's case. Too late, he realizes what life in her Texas mansion was really like back then—and how much damage he did when he left. Once love-struck and sheltered, Isabel has become an assistant district attorney committed to serving the law, no matter how risky it gets. But right now the man she can't forgive is the one person standing between her and a deadly stalker. She knows Paul won't hesitate to protect her life with his own. But if she can't trust herself to resist him, how can she trust him not to break her heart all over again?
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1460397894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The man who shattered her trust is back to protect her… New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer delivers a breathtaking story of second-chance love When Paul Fiore disappeared from Isabel Grayling's life, he told himself it was for all the right reasons. She was young and innocent, and he was her millionaire father's lowly employee. Three years later, Paul is the FBI agent assigned to Isabel's case. Too late, he realizes what life in her Texas mansion was really like back then—and how much damage he did when he left. Once love-struck and sheltered, Isabel has become an assistant district attorney committed to serving the law, no matter how risky it gets. But right now the man she can't forgive is the one person standing between her and a deadly stalker. She knows Paul won't hesitate to protect her life with his own. But if she can't trust herself to resist him, how can she trust him not to break her heart all over again?