Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0998530433
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
Lori's Classic Love Stories
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0998530433
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0998530433
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
The Farmer's Wife
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0996836578
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The secret they’ve kept can either bring them together or tear them apart . . . Youngest sibling and only sister, Kim Luchetti comes home to Illinois following her father’s heart attack. Eight years ago she vowed never to return, believing only distance would allow her to forget the tragedy that broke her heart. But returning means she must face Brian Riley, her first love and the only one who knows her secret. Despite Brian’s hurt and anger over Kim’s abandoning him when he needed her the most, Brian has never stopped loving her. When she appears at his farm, surprise causes him to tumble off the barn roof and break both his wrists. Kim’s guilt makes her agree to move in and help until he’s healed. But Kim never wanted to be a farmer’s wife and her lack of skills produces daily hilarious disasters. Laughing together, living together forces Kim and Brian to face the past and their unresolved feelings. Will talking about what happened help them heal? Or will the memories of their heartbreak keep them from their second chance? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, secret baby romance books, siblings fiction, funny contemporary romance, romance with animals, romance with pets
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0996836578
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The secret they’ve kept can either bring them together or tear them apart . . . Youngest sibling and only sister, Kim Luchetti comes home to Illinois following her father’s heart attack. Eight years ago she vowed never to return, believing only distance would allow her to forget the tragedy that broke her heart. But returning means she must face Brian Riley, her first love and the only one who knows her secret. Despite Brian’s hurt and anger over Kim’s abandoning him when he needed her the most, Brian has never stopped loving her. When she appears at his farm, surprise causes him to tumble off the barn roof and break both his wrists. Kim’s guilt makes her agree to move in and help until he’s healed. But Kim never wanted to be a farmer’s wife and her lack of skills produces daily hilarious disasters. Laughing together, living together forces Kim and Brian to face the past and their unresolved feelings. Will talking about what happened help them heal? Or will the memories of their heartbreak keep them from their second chance? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, secret baby romance books, siblings fiction, funny contemporary romance, romance with animals, romance with pets
Luchetti Series Prequel Duet
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0998530409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
A duet of classic contemporary love stories. Humor with heart! Prequels to the bestselling Luchettis series! LEAVE IT TO MAX Max Frasier is a remarkable eight-year-old boy whose imagination and clumsy feet get him in trouble. Max doesn't mean to forget he's grounded when he wanders off to follow the wind or a whim, he just forgets. Max is fascinated with things that go bump in the night and in Savannah, Georgia there are a lot of them. Livy doesn't have a clue how to cultivate the magic that lies within her child. By trying to keep him safe from broken bones, she crushes his flights of imagination. In trying to make him like other little boys, she fights against what makes him special. When Max meets Garrett Stark, famous horror author, he finds a kindred spirit. What he doesn't know is that he's found his father. Livy was the first person to offer Garrett love, and uncertain how to love back, believing himself unworthy, he had run. But from the first moment Garret sees Max, he knows there's something special about the child. Garrett had thought he'd returned to Savannah to pursue the muse that inspired his previous books. Now he knows he's come back for Livy. Can the three of them get past the lies between them to create the family and the home they've always wanted? A SHERIFF IN TENNESSEE A TOP PICK of the month from Romantic Times Pleasant Ridge has been chosen as the backdrop of a new TV series and everyone is thrilled--except Sheriff Gabe Klein. He's been given the task of teaching supermodel Isabelle Ash how to act like a small-town sheriff. Isabelle is overjoyed to star in her own series. It's her chance to show what she can do as an actress and put an end to modeling underwear in below zero temperatures. Gabe, who's been told he resembles his hound dog, Clint, knows better than to fall for a beautiful woman. But there is so much more to Isabelle than her face, that body. Will the two be able to deal with their issues of self-worth and society's image of what is beautiful so they can find happiness together? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary romance, romantic comedy, contemporary romance, romance anthology
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0998530409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
A duet of classic contemporary love stories. Humor with heart! Prequels to the bestselling Luchettis series! LEAVE IT TO MAX Max Frasier is a remarkable eight-year-old boy whose imagination and clumsy feet get him in trouble. Max doesn't mean to forget he's grounded when he wanders off to follow the wind or a whim, he just forgets. Max is fascinated with things that go bump in the night and in Savannah, Georgia there are a lot of them. Livy doesn't have a clue how to cultivate the magic that lies within her child. By trying to keep him safe from broken bones, she crushes his flights of imagination. In trying to make him like other little boys, she fights against what makes him special. When Max meets Garrett Stark, famous horror author, he finds a kindred spirit. What he doesn't know is that he's found his father. Livy was the first person to offer Garrett love, and uncertain how to love back, believing himself unworthy, he had run. But from the first moment Garret sees Max, he knows there's something special about the child. Garrett had thought he'd returned to Savannah to pursue the muse that inspired his previous books. Now he knows he's come back for Livy. Can the three of them get past the lies between them to create the family and the home they've always wanted? A SHERIFF IN TENNESSEE A TOP PICK of the month from Romantic Times Pleasant Ridge has been chosen as the backdrop of a new TV series and everyone is thrilled--except Sheriff Gabe Klein. He's been given the task of teaching supermodel Isabelle Ash how to act like a small-town sheriff. Isabelle is overjoyed to star in her own series. It's her chance to show what she can do as an actress and put an end to modeling underwear in below zero temperatures. Gabe, who's been told he resembles his hound dog, Clint, knows better than to fall for a beautiful woman. But there is so much more to Isabelle than her face, that body. Will the two be able to deal with their issues of self-worth and society's image of what is beautiful so they can find happiness together? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary romance, romantic comedy, contemporary romance, romance anthology
Mommy for Rent
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0997132493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
IA classic romantic novella-Humor with Heart! Kelly Rosholt has just opened a satellite office for her brain child, Rent a Mommy, in Wisconsin. Once upon a time, all Kelly wanted was to be a mother. When her dreams were dashed, she started a business doing everything a mommy does—for a price. Scott Delgado has recently moved to Wisconsin with his daughter Dani. A former pro baseball player, Scott is now the coach of the minor league Kiwanee Warhawks. His job involves a lot of travel and he needs help. Dani is tired of moving from town to town. What she really wants is to stay put this time and make some friends. But how can she when everyone else is part of a family and she doesn’t even have a mother? Hiring one from Rent a Mommy seems like the perfect solution. By the time the truth comes out, Kelly and Dani have bonded and the attraction between Kelly and Scott is impossible to deny. Will they be able to move past all obstacles and create a home, a life and a family together? small town rural fiction, men women relationship humor, family life fiction, romance with children, sports romance, romantic comedy, single dad romance
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0997132493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
IA classic romantic novella-Humor with Heart! Kelly Rosholt has just opened a satellite office for her brain child, Rent a Mommy, in Wisconsin. Once upon a time, all Kelly wanted was to be a mother. When her dreams were dashed, she started a business doing everything a mommy does—for a price. Scott Delgado has recently moved to Wisconsin with his daughter Dani. A former pro baseball player, Scott is now the coach of the minor league Kiwanee Warhawks. His job involves a lot of travel and he needs help. Dani is tired of moving from town to town. What she really wants is to stay put this time and make some friends. But how can she when everyone else is part of a family and she doesn’t even have a mother? Hiring one from Rent a Mommy seems like the perfect solution. By the time the truth comes out, Kelly and Dani have bonded and the attraction between Kelly and Scott is impossible to deny. Will they be able to move past all obstacles and create a home, a life and a family together? small town rural fiction, men women relationship humor, family life fiction, romance with children, sports romance, romantic comedy, single dad romance
When You Wish
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Is all he's been dissing exactly what he's been missing? A classic contemporary love story. Humor with heart! Massage therapist, Grace Lighthorse, is very close to receiving funding for her pet project--supplying sick children with security blankets. The only catch is that she work with the brilliant scientist, Dr. Daniel Chadwick. Unfortunately, Daniel doesn't believe in anything so fanciful as alternative medicine. Or love. Daniel has chosen to live his life alone in the northern woods of Wisconsin. The only thing he's ever been any good at is medical research, and he isn't giving up his grant to a free-spirited flower child. But working with Grace, meeting her eccentric aunts, loosening up a bit, sharing a kiss in the moonlight makes Dan wonder: If he’s wrong about Grace, what else has he been wrong about? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary, romantic comedy, classic romance fiction
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Is all he's been dissing exactly what he's been missing? A classic contemporary love story. Humor with heart! Massage therapist, Grace Lighthorse, is very close to receiving funding for her pet project--supplying sick children with security blankets. The only catch is that she work with the brilliant scientist, Dr. Daniel Chadwick. Unfortunately, Daniel doesn't believe in anything so fanciful as alternative medicine. Or love. Daniel has chosen to live his life alone in the northern woods of Wisconsin. The only thing he's ever been any good at is medical research, and he isn't giving up his grant to a free-spirited flower child. But working with Grace, meeting her eccentric aunts, loosening up a bit, sharing a kiss in the moonlight makes Dan wonder: If he’s wrong about Grace, what else has he been wrong about? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary, romantic comedy, classic romance fiction
Out of Her League
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
How can a friendly little bet cause so much trouble? A classic contemporary romance. Humor with Heart! After the death of her husband, Evie Vaughn realizes her dream of becoming a high school teacher. She and her three sons move to Oak Grove, Iowa and become part of the community. Evie would like nothing better than to be able to send her boys to college, but to do so she needs to land the coveted position of high school baseball coach. She's qualified. She's almost got the job in her grasp. Then former pro football player Joe “the Iceman” Scalotta comes to town. He's just received custody of his teenage daughter following her mother's recent death and accepted a job at the community college When Joe is offered Evie's coveted coaching position based on his notoriety alone, sparks fly and Evie proposes a test. Whoever's team wins the Big League Baseball championship over the summer wins the job. Though Joe doesn't want her job, he does want to keep an eye on the lovely Mrs. Vaughn. Especially since his daughter will be pitching on Evie’s team. After Joe discovers himself hornswoggled into coaching Evie's twin terror sons in T-ball and his daughter falls in love with her catcher, Evie's oldest son, the two of them wind up spending more time together than apart. And not just because of the children. What is it they're really competing for? A job? Or the new life they've always wanted? (Originally published as Mother of the Year) sports romance, romance with children, classic romance, men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary romance, romantic comedy
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
How can a friendly little bet cause so much trouble? A classic contemporary romance. Humor with Heart! After the death of her husband, Evie Vaughn realizes her dream of becoming a high school teacher. She and her three sons move to Oak Grove, Iowa and become part of the community. Evie would like nothing better than to be able to send her boys to college, but to do so she needs to land the coveted position of high school baseball coach. She's qualified. She's almost got the job in her grasp. Then former pro football player Joe “the Iceman” Scalotta comes to town. He's just received custody of his teenage daughter following her mother's recent death and accepted a job at the community college When Joe is offered Evie's coveted coaching position based on his notoriety alone, sparks fly and Evie proposes a test. Whoever's team wins the Big League Baseball championship over the summer wins the job. Though Joe doesn't want her job, he does want to keep an eye on the lovely Mrs. Vaughn. Especially since his daughter will be pitching on Evie’s team. After Joe discovers himself hornswoggled into coaching Evie's twin terror sons in T-ball and his daughter falls in love with her catcher, Evie's oldest son, the two of them wind up spending more time together than apart. And not just because of the children. What is it they're really competing for? A job? Or the new life they've always wanted? (Originally published as Mother of the Year) sports romance, romance with children, classic romance, men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary romance, romantic comedy
Friends to Lovers
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
From Lori Handeland, a group of classic contemporary love stories. Humor with heart! No kids, no pets, no everlasting love. Growing up an Army brat Elijah Drycinski swore that one day he would find a place to call home. When he moved to Pine River, Wisconsin, Eli knew he had found it. While talking to a squirrel, Eli meets Gwen Bartelt. Though kids teased him for his love of animals, calling him Dr. Doolittle, Gwen understood and the shy Eli fell in love with her. However Gwen always saw Eli as her best friend. When she leaves town for medical school, she breaks Eli's heart. Eli becomes a veterinarian, Gwen an ER physician. They don't see each other for years, but Eli never forgets the girl he loved. When Gwen's dad, the town doctor, falls off a roof and breaks his leg, Gwen returns home. Circumstances have hardened her and she now has three fast rules for her life: No kids, no pets, no everlasting love. Will Eli be able to teach her the joy in breaking the rules? (Originally published as Doctor, Doctor) men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary romance, romance with pets, romantic comedy, classic romance fiction
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
From Lori Handeland, a group of classic contemporary love stories. Humor with heart! No kids, no pets, no everlasting love. Growing up an Army brat Elijah Drycinski swore that one day he would find a place to call home. When he moved to Pine River, Wisconsin, Eli knew he had found it. While talking to a squirrel, Eli meets Gwen Bartelt. Though kids teased him for his love of animals, calling him Dr. Doolittle, Gwen understood and the shy Eli fell in love with her. However Gwen always saw Eli as her best friend. When she leaves town for medical school, she breaks Eli's heart. Eli becomes a veterinarian, Gwen an ER physician. They don't see each other for years, but Eli never forgets the girl he loved. When Gwen's dad, the town doctor, falls off a roof and breaks his leg, Gwen returns home. Circumstances have hardened her and she now has three fast rules for her life: No kids, no pets, no everlasting love. Will Eli be able to teach her the joy in breaking the rules? (Originally published as Doctor, Doctor) men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary romance, romance with pets, romantic comedy, classic romance fiction
A Sheriff in Tennessee
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0997132485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Classic love stories . . . humor with heart! Prequel to the bestselling Luchettis Series Everyone in Pleasant Ridge is excited that their quaint little town will be the backdrop of a new TV series—except for Sheriff Gabe Klein. He's been assigned the task of teaching supermodel Isabelle Ash how to act like a small-town sheriff. Isabelle is overjoyed to star in her own series. It's her chance to show what she can do as an actress and put an end to modeling underwear in below zero temperatures. Gabe, who's been told he resembles his hound dog, Clint, knows better than to fall for a beautiful woman. But Isabelle is more than another pretty face. Both Gabe and Isabelle know that beauty is only skin deep and love . . .? Love is blind. southern romance novels, series prequel, beauty and the beast romance novel, law enforcement hero, actress heroine, small town romance novel, pets in romance
Publisher: Lori Handeland
ISBN: 0997132485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Classic love stories . . . humor with heart! Prequel to the bestselling Luchettis Series Everyone in Pleasant Ridge is excited that their quaint little town will be the backdrop of a new TV series—except for Sheriff Gabe Klein. He's been assigned the task of teaching supermodel Isabelle Ash how to act like a small-town sheriff. Isabelle is overjoyed to star in her own series. It's her chance to show what she can do as an actress and put an end to modeling underwear in below zero temperatures. Gabe, who's been told he resembles his hound dog, Clint, knows better than to fall for a beautiful woman. But Isabelle is more than another pretty face. Both Gabe and Isabelle know that beauty is only skin deep and love . . .? Love is blind. southern romance novels, series prequel, beauty and the beast romance novel, law enforcement hero, actress heroine, small town romance novel, pets in romance
WayMaker
Author: Ann Voskamp
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0310352207
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Are you facing repeated roadblocks or feeling life shift in ways you never expected? Bestselling author Ann Voskamp offers the hope-giving message that God always makes a path through the impossible—no matter the obstacle. Encounter the WayMaker in surprising places and watch him pen poetry out of pain. It's true: heartache, grief, suffering, and obstacles—they all come in waves. There is no controlling life's storms; there is only learning the way to walk through the waves. In WayMaker, bestselling author Ann Voskamp hands us a map that makes meaning of life and shows the way through to the places we've only dreamed of reaching. In the face of suffering through seemingly unbearable situations, we can rest in the fact that we are not alone. In her signature captivating poetic style, Ann reveals how God is present in the totality of our lives, making a way for the: Marriage that seems impossible Woman who longs for a child of her own Parents who ache for the return of their prodigal Sojourner caught between a rock and a hard place Wayfarer who feels as though there is no way through to her dreams Deeply personal, Ann shares the moments of her life where the WayMaker transformed brokenness into beauty. Learn to encounter the WayMaker in surprising ways in your own life and begin to see Him working in every miraculous detail. Even now, the Way is making the way to walk through waves and into a life more deeply fulfilling than your wildest dreams.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0310352207
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Are you facing repeated roadblocks or feeling life shift in ways you never expected? Bestselling author Ann Voskamp offers the hope-giving message that God always makes a path through the impossible—no matter the obstacle. Encounter the WayMaker in surprising places and watch him pen poetry out of pain. It's true: heartache, grief, suffering, and obstacles—they all come in waves. There is no controlling life's storms; there is only learning the way to walk through the waves. In WayMaker, bestselling author Ann Voskamp hands us a map that makes meaning of life and shows the way through to the places we've only dreamed of reaching. In the face of suffering through seemingly unbearable situations, we can rest in the fact that we are not alone. In her signature captivating poetic style, Ann reveals how God is present in the totality of our lives, making a way for the: Marriage that seems impossible Woman who longs for a child of her own Parents who ache for the return of their prodigal Sojourner caught between a rock and a hard place Wayfarer who feels as though there is no way through to her dreams Deeply personal, Ann shares the moments of her life where the WayMaker transformed brokenness into beauty. Learn to encounter the WayMaker in surprising ways in your own life and begin to see Him working in every miraculous detail. Even now, the Way is making the way to walk through waves and into a life more deeply fulfilling than your wildest dreams.
A Land Remembered
Author: Patrick D Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561645826
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561645826
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series