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A Perfect Husband
by Hilary Boyd'Tackles a difficult subject with a light touch to keep you turning the pages' VERONICA HENRYA perfect husbandTo their friends, Lily and Freddy have a great marriage. He taught her to love again after the death of her first husband. But when Freddy becomes tense and distracted, a life-changing truth is revealed.A terrible shockFreddy has built up massive gambling debts that threaten to destroy not only his life but Lily's as well.Should she go forward - or back?Her friends and family urge her to forget him and move on - easier said than done. Is her willingness to give him a second chance just down to loyalty? Or is the truth something altogether darker? 'Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships' WOMAN & HOME
A Perfect Husband
by Hilary BoydWhat would it take for you to give up on the man you love, the man you thought was the perfect husband - until you discovered just how much he was hiding from you? Lily and Freddy have a wonderful relationship: passionate and fun. Freddy taught her to love again after the death of her father. But then Freddy becomes tense, snappy and distracted. Is he having an affair? The truth turns out to be much worse...Freddy is addicted to gambling. He owes hundreds of thousands of pounds to loan companies; he's been helping himself to money from his own company, which has now gone bust; and worst of all, his wife's money - given to him to invest - is gone. Devastated, Lily leaves him, and moves to stay with her sister in Oxford. There, among the dreaming spires, she will clear her head of Freddy and try to figure out how to move on.But being away from Freddy is far harder than she'd thought. He promises to get help, but can he really ever be cured of his addiction? How can Lily trust him again - surely, after the heartache he's caused her, she would be far better off walking away and starting again? The truth is, she is as addicted to Freddy as he is to gambling - and she's not sure she even wants to be free.(P)2017 WF Howes Ltd
A Perfect Knight (Banewulf Dynasty)
by Anne HerriesA knight, a lady, and a dark, dark secret...Lady Alayne’s remarkable beauty acts as an irresistible lure to the knights of Queen Eleanor’s Court of Love. Unhappy in her first marriage, she has no desire to tie herself to another man. Until the arrival of Sir Ralph de Banewulf. His tragic past touches her, and his commanding figure is hard to ignore.On the Queen’s orders, Alayne must accompany Sir Ralph to England. A marriage between them would ensure Alayne’s protection, but this gallant knight carries secrets never shared-and, if Alayne were to marry him, she might just discover the darkness that lies at the heart of the Banewulf household...
A Perfect Knight For Love
by Jackie IvieDeep in the Scottish Highlands, a stalwart clansman and a wayward bride confront duty and desire. . . A Man Of MisfortuneWith his reckless, drunken brother bringing ruin to the clan, and the lass he's loved all his life in the clutches of a violent husband, the last thing Thayne MacGowan needs is a spirited, sharp-tongued damsel to contend with--no matter how enticing she may be. . . A Woman With A SecretHaving narrowly escaped an objectionable arranged marriage, Amalie is starting a new life--with a new identity. But her freedom is cut short when a surly but irresistibly handsome Highlander is forced to take her as his bride. If only he knew who she really was. . . An Unlikely LoveFate designs an improbable match, and a battle of wills ensues. As Amalie struggles to protect her identity, Thayne finds himself fighting for an unexpected love--and a passion neither can refuse. . . "Sizzling sexual tension and great repartee. "--Romantic Times on Knight Everlasting"Filled with magic and a love so deep it takes my breath away. " --Romance Reader at Heart on Once Upon a Knight
A Perfect Life
by Danielle SteelFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel comes a heartwarming and inspirational novel about a mother and daughter who face challenges, cope with celebrity, and overcome tragedy while maintaining the outward appearance of . . . A PERFECT LIFEThe epitome of intelligence, high-powered energy, and grace, Blaise McCarthy is an icon in the world of television news, asking the tough questions and taking on the emotionally charged issues of world affairs and politics with courage and insight. A single mother, she manages her well-ordered career meticulously, always prepared on the air or interviewing world-renowned figures and heads of state. To her audience, Blaise seems to have it all. But privately, and off the set, there is another untold story she has kept hidden for years. Blaise's teenage daughter, Salima, was blinded by Type 1 diabetes in childhood, and her needs have kept her away in a year-round boarding school with full-time medical care and assistance ever since. When Salima's school closes after a tragedy, Salima returns to her mother's New York City apartment, and suddenly they face challenges they've never had to deal with before, and that Blaise feels ill-equipped to handle. A new caretaker provided by Salima's school creates as many problems as he solves. Handsome, accomplished, thirty-two-year-old Simon Ward, with strong opinions on every topic, questions how mother and daughter view themselves and each other. Simon opens new doors for both of them and refuses to accept Salima's physical limitations. He turns their world upside down, and the three become friends. Then everything starts to unravel and Blaise can't keep her two worlds separate anymore. A beautiful young anchorwoman is hired at the network; it is no secret that she is being groomed to take Blaise's place. Her career as she has known it is threatened, and her previously well-ordered life feels totally out of control. For the first time, Blaise's life is not perfect, but real. In this unforgettable tale, the incomparable Danielle Steel has written a novel that pulsates with emotion and honesty as three people face the truth about themselves. A Perfect Life is about what we do when facades fall away and we can no longer run from the truth. As old ideas fail, everything changes, and life is suddenly brand-new.From the Hardcover edition.
A Perfect Life
by Mike StewartA PERFECT PLAN. . . Scott Thomas doesn't know it, but he has been chosen. Not because he's handsome, smart, or on the verge of a brilliant career as a clinical psychologist trained at Harvard. No, Scott has been chosen because he has the perfect life-for someone who needs a life to destroy. ... A PERFECT LIE. . . It starts with a bizarre carjacking, followed by an apparent burglary in his Cambridge apartment. Then a woman is murdered at the hospital where he works, and evidence of Scott's guilt is all around him-on his computer, in his apartment, in the dead woman's room. With police hunting for him and a bizarre stranger watching his every move, Scott must take a chance on trusting a beautiful woman and searching through a shadow world of computer hackers and unclosed chapters of his own past. Because with the perfect frame closing around him and a killer growing more violent, Scott has only one choice now: to take back his life-or die trying.... From the Paperback edition.
A Perfect Life
by Patricia KayTHE PLANFor Shawn Fletcher, it was to meet and marry the man of her dreams, have the perfect kid and live happily ever after.THE REALITYGetting dumped by said man of her dreams, as she approached her fortieth birthday...and being blamed by said perfect kid for it to boot!THE NEW PLAN?To throw away the plan-and grab opportunity wherever it presented itself, starting with her daughter's irresistible teacher, Matt McFarland.... Getting involved with Matt might not be the most sensible thing to do, but then again, where had sensible gotten Shawn so far? It was time to let her other senses take the lead....
A Perfect Life nd Other Stories
by Elaine BurnesCall it happily ever after or a perfect life, it's a universal destination we all hope to reach. Lily plays out the anxieties of her freshman year while standing in line. Lin, wanting only to be left alone, watches a stranger waiting on her porch. Denny flies tourists around an Alaska mountain, hoping to forget, while Alice embarks on an adventure to remember. Tate and Emily, friends since childhood, team up to play out the pirate games of their youth, only this time it's not a game. From North America's highest mountain to that quirky town at the end of the hook of Cape Cod and well past the stars beyond, Burnes explores the hopes and fears that drive us all. With eight previously published stories, and the all new "Auto Repair," A Perfect Life and Other Stories is the first collection by the author of Wishbone.
A Perfect Life: A Novel
by Eileen PollackA research biologist hunts for a genetic disease marker that could hold the key to her fate—and those of two people she loves: “Absorbing.” —Publishers WeeklyA young researcher at MIT, Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the genetic marker for Valentine’s Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. Her pursuit is deeply personal—Valentine’s killed her mother, and she and her freewheeling sister, Laurel, could be genetic carriers; each has a fifty percent chance of developing the disease. Having seen firsthand the devastating effect Valentine’s had on her parents’ marriage, Jane is terrified she might become a burden on whomever she falls in love with and so steers clear of romantic entanglement. Then, the summer before her father’s second wedding, Jane falls hard for her future stepbrother, Willie. But Willie’s father also died from Valentine’s, raising the odds that their love will end in tragedy.When Willie bolts at a crucial moment in their relationship, Jane becomes obsessed with finding the genetic marker to the disease that threatens both their families. But if she succeeds in making history, will she and her sister have the courage to face what this newfound knowledge could mean for their lives? A Perfect Life is a thought-provoking, emotionally resonant novel of scientific discovery and self-discovery, about learning how to embrace life and love, no matter what may come. “Highly compelling . . . Pollack’s pacing is dramatic and the story line particularly gripping.” —Paula McLain, New York Times–bestselling author of The Paris Wife “[An] absorbing genetic mystery that is couched in a complicated love story and a tale of survival . . . gritty romance and medical suspense.” —Publishers Weekly“As smart and thought-provoking as it is moving.” —Celeste Ng, New York Times–bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere
A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas
by Richard WagameseThe volume brings together two previously published novellas by Richard Wagamese, Him Standing and The Next Sure Thing, with a foreword from author Waubgeshig Rice. Both stories follow the lives of young men who have dreams for a better future. In their search for fame and fortune, Cree Thunderboy and Lucas Smoke end up on paths where their biggest challenge is staying true to themselves. In Him Standing, Lucas Smoke learns the art of carving from his grandfather. He discovers that he is a natural; he can literally make people come to life in wood. But when Lucas is asked to carve a spirit mask by a mysterious stranger, he quickly learns that his skill with a knife could cost him his dreams. In The Next Sure Thing, Cree Thunderboy has two things he does well: playing blues guitar and picking winning horses at the track. Picking winners is just meant to be a means to an end—Cree's goal is to make his living playing the blues. He meets a powerful man at the racetrack who convinces him he can parlay his special skill with the horses into a shot at the fame and fortune he seeks. Celebrated author Richard Wagamese artfully crafts these thrilling yet vulnerable stories of two young men trying to find their place in the world.
A Perfect Love
by Lenora WorthA Certain Hope Small-town Texas gal April Maxwell tried to escape her painful past in the big city-then tragedy calls her home. Her faith all but shattered, she isn't sure she can risk falling for rancher Reed Garrison. Could his love heal her wounded heart? A Perfect Love Bitter and world-weary, Summer Maxwell returns to Texas, looking for something that surely doesn't include losing her heart to sweet, handsome Mack Riley. Especially when Mack's past brings her greatest test of faith...offering her the chance to prove that love and trust really can conquer all.
A Perfect Love (Heavenly Daze Series)
by Lori Copeland Angela HuntDespite the blustery winter chill, love is in the air in Heavenly Daze. Buddy Franklin is searching for someone to change his lonely life, Dana and Mike Klackenbush are trying to reestablish the friendship that led them to marriage three years before, Barbara and Russell Higgs are contemplating babies, and Cleta Lansdown is determined to keep Barbara, her married daughter, close to home. The angels who inhabit the island are surprised and overwhelmed when Buddy gets a pet, Dana toys with harmless flirtation, Barbara discovers she can't have a baby, and Cleta gives her son-in-law a pink, ruffled bedroom ensemble for his birthday! As always, the folks of Heavenly Daze triumph, learn, laugh, and love - and readers will do much of the same!
A Perfect Machine
by Brett SavoryHenry Kyllo is a Runner, a member of a secret society called the Inferne Cutis. Every day he is chased through the city by Hunters whose goal is to fill him with bullets. It is a secret war steeped in history, tradition, and mutual fear. Rumours abound about what happens when a Runner achieves ascension, but it has supposedly never happened before, so no one knows for sure. Except that it has happened before. And it is happening again. This time, to Henry Kyllo.File Under: Science Fiction [ Hunter / Killer | The Man Machine | Over and Over | Run, Rabbit, Run ]
A Perfect Marriage?
by Cindi MyersIs there such a thing as a perfect marriage?After almost twenty years with her husband, Charles, Katherine Stamos finds herself at sea. What has happened to the closeness and passion she and Charles once shared? Her father suggests the perfect solution: a cruise aboard Alexandra's Dream--an opportunity to escape their everyday lives and reconnect with one another. Once aboard ship, it's still hard to leave their work behind. And much of what Katherine most wants to hear remains unsaid. She begins to think it is perhaps foolish to want to relive the heady feeling of first love. Maybe those emotions are only for the young. And then she meets June and Albert, an elderly couple who-after decades of marriage-still find magic and excitement in everything they do together. Their example makes Katherine wonder if it is possible for the love she shares with Charles to be perfect, even if she and Charles are not. . .
A Perfect Match
by Deb KastnerSHE WAS GOIN' TO THE CHAPEL.......and she was going to get married-to the dashing new minister. At least, that was Julia Evans's plan. Convinced holy matrimony should be based on more than romance, Julia was caught off guard when old-fashioned fireworks erupted where she least expected them- and ignited a spark she couldn't seem to ignore....Carpenter Zeke Taylor knew Julia fully intended tobecome the pastor's wife. But the more time he spent with the angelic blue-eyed blonde, the more Zeke suspected the Lord had other plans for her-for both of them. If only Julia would listen to what her heart-and God-were trying to tell her....
A Perfect Match
by Emilie RoseFaith King fell hard for Tate Sumner but abandoned all thoughts of him when she discovered his playboy ways. What happens when the two are reunited?
A Perfect Match
by Joan ForsterComedy / 1m, 1f / Interior / On a snowy evening Alison is waiting for a date arranged through a computer dating service. Unbeknownst to her, he is delayed by the weather. A television repair man who didn't show up when he was supposed to arrives, dressed for a party and just making one last call. Alison thinks he is her date and he is surprised and charmed by the reception he receives. He soon realizes that she is waiting for someone else and tries, with much difficulty, to tell her the truth.
A Perfect Match
by Sabrina JeffriesIn this sparkling Christmastime tale from one of the reigning queens of Regency Romance, a surprise snowstorm provides the perfect opportunity to steal away . . . Whisked away from a wintry ball by a commanding colonel, Cassandra Isles struggles with her feelings for Lord Heywood. For he is a man sworn to marry only for money—and Cass is an heiress who will accept nothing less than love . . . &“Anyone who loves romance must read Sabrina Jeffries!&”–Lisa Kleypas, New York Times bestselling author &“The passion is hot enough to melt a snowbank.&” –Publishers Weekly &“For readers who adore a holiday setting.&” –Kirkus Reviews *Previously published in the anthology Seduction on a Snowy Night
A Perfect Match & The Christmas Groom
by Deb KastnerTwo complete holiday romances featuring couples who find unexpected love and happily ever after.A Perfect MatchJulia Evans is certain she’s found her Mr. Right. Yet even though she has her eye on a handsome minister, it’s carpenter Zeke Taylor who sweeps her off her feet—literally! His courtship takes her by surprise—but perhaps unexpected love could be the greatest gift of all.The Christmas GroomThe navy was Colin Brockman’s escape, but now that he’s in chaplain training, he finally has the chance to make choices for himself. Falling in love wasn’t on his agenda—until beautiful grad student Holly McCade caught his attention—and his heart.
A Perfect Match: An Amish Wedding Novella (Amish Wedding Novellas)
by Kathleen FullerNaomi King has a perfect track record when it comes to matchmaking—not only has she successfully matched her two best friends with their husbands, she also introduced her sister Priscilla to her fiancé. Now with her sister&’s wedding right around the corner, Naomi wonders why she&’s able to find husbands for her friends and family, but not one for herself.At age twenty-nine, Zeke Lapp is a confirmed bachelor. The problem is, he doesn&’t want to be. But despite his family and friends&’ attempts at matching him up with the single women in his community of Middlefield, he still hasn&’t found the one for him. He wonders if he ever will. Zeke arrives in Paradise to help his cousin finish the house he&’s building for his soon-to-be new wife. A month before the wedding, he meets the bride&’s sister, Naomi, a pretty girl with a bubbly personality.From the moment they meet, Zeke is attracted to Naomi. But Naomi tries to set him up with her friend Margaret, who is desperate for a mate. Hiding her unexpected feelings for Zeke, she is reluctant but loyal to her friend. When the date is a disaster, Naomi comforts her friend but cannot deny her growing feelings.As Zeke and Naomi grow closer, so does their reliance on God&’s will for their future and in a moment of honesty, both reveal what&’s holding them back. Will they be able to overcome these obstacles and find true love?
A Perfect Mess
by Steve BreenReaders who love Olivia and Little Elliot, Big City will fall head over heels for this sweet little rhino who always makes a big mess Henry McHenry is one messy rhino, but he tries his best to stay clean for a very important day. He jumps over a mud puddle (and splashes his friend), passes on a gooey jelly donut (just in time for a glob to land on his neighbor), and even manages to shake the ink from his leaky pen (all over his classmates). And while Henry is still neat and tidy at the end of the day, his classmates are anything but . . . This irresistible school story from Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Steve Breen is all about finding happiness in imperfections and being yourself . . . especially on class picture day!
A Perfect Mismatch
by Leena VargheseOnce, Armaan Malhotra was Zara's secret teenage fantasy. Now, they find nothing right with each other! Zara is a spirited woman, fiercely guarding her hard-earned independence as a chartered accountant. An orphan, her mother's indiscretion has haunted her life. Armaan is a celebrity artist, with a deep-rooted aversion to commitment. Born in an old business family, his father's infidelity has rocked his beliefs. Zara finds Armaan callous and insensitive. Armaan finds Zara stubborn and rebellious. Both find it impossible to trust anyone. When under pressure from Armaan's mother, they agree on a short term arranged match, things turn chaotic. Soon the undercurrent of tension and attraction turns into skirmishes, flaring up into a full-fledged battle on their honeymoon. Could they let go of their fears and let desire transform into deep abiding love forever?
A Perfect Mistake
by Melanie ConklinA moving, voice-driven novel about friendship, responsibility, and fighting against unfair expectations, for fans of Rebecca Stead and Erin Entrada Kelly. Max wishes he could go back in time to before he was diagnosed with ADHD, before he grew to be the tallest kid in his class, and before he and his best friends went into the woods in the middle of the night. Max doesn&’t remember what happened after he left his friends Will and Joey and the older kids who took them there. He&’s not sure if he wants to remember. Knowing isn&’t going to make Joey talk to him again, or bring Will out of his coma. When the local authorities run out of leads, Max realizes that without his help, they may never know what really happened to Will. Charged by the idea that he may be the key to uncovering the truth, Max pairs up with classmate and aspiring journalist Sam to investigate what really happened that night. But not everyone in the community wants that night to be remembered.
A Perfect Night
by Penny JordanKatie Crighton has been persuaded to take her place in the family business, but she feels like an outsider, since most of her friends and family are in happy relationships--whilst Katie is a virgin. Sebastian Cooke's smoldering sexual energy is a dangerous temptation to Katie's innocence. He teases and tantalizes her until she can't resist him. The spend one perfect night together--and Katie is left wanting more. . .