Yankee Belles in Dixie

Yankee Belles in Dixie

Gilbert L. Morris

Gilbert L. Morris

Leah travels to Washington D.C. with her father to share the Gospel with soldiers. Jeff briefly joins them and travels north into Union territory to search for his captured father. Later, Leah and her sister Sarah travel south to Richmond, in Confederate territory, to care for their ailing uncle Silas, and Leah has to defend her sister against charges of treason.Yankee Belles in Dixie is the second of a ten book series, that tells the story of two close families find themselves on different sides of the Civil War after the fall of Fort Sumter in April 1861. Thirteen year old Leah becomes a helper in the Union army with her father, who hopes to distribute Bibles to the troops. Fourteen year old Jeff becomes a drummer boy in the Confederate Army and struggles with faith while experiencing personal hardship and tragedy. The series follows Leah, Jeff, family, and friends, as they experience hope and God's grace through four years of war.
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One Night: Deliciously Wild One Night Stand Stories

One Night: Deliciously Wild One Night Stand Stories

Blanche DuBois

Blanche DuBois

One night. One night to try what you've always wanted to. With the kind of person you'd never imagine sharing a conversation with, let alone your body. One night to unleash that unfiltered lust within. To ride and be ridden. To tame and be tamed. To toss aside those sweat-drenched fantasies and partake in their reality instead. Just one night.
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Chained Reaction td-34

Chained Reaction td-34

Warren Murphy

Warren Murphy

Black is not only beautiful, it's Ruby Gonzalez . . . the wild CIA lady with a sure cure for what ails Remo and Chiun. Remo Williams just can't seem to forget he was once a Newark cop. But when you're the Destroyer you do need a little humility. Yellow, the worth of gold, the texture of parchment, the color of the sun source itself . . . and, in the inscrutable, insuperable, Chiun, a veritable galaxy of wisdom and power. And fun at a riot. It will be all over when Southern idiots with whips and chains, and Northern madmen with money attempt to reduce business costs by raising slavery to new levels of efficiency. The Destroyer, with a little help from his two friends, proves that billions of dollars and armies of thugs just aren't enough. Then bucks and Ruby will do . . .
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The Redeeming

The Redeeming

Shiloh Walker

Romance / Fantasy

Bred for destruction but longing for redemption, this second chance is all they have.Faced with the choice of torment or redemption, Jonah accepts the bargain laid out by his guardian angel as he lies dying in the street alone. Change...or die. Not a hard choice, it seems. But then he meets Lily and has to wonder just what he's agreed to by accepting this new life.Even the angels call Lily unique—and she is. Born of a demon, but longing to be more, her one wish is granted—temporarily. But now her time is running out and she has an impossible task set before her. It doesn't help that she can't stop thinking of Jonah...or the very real demons that will come hunting her once they realize where she is.With demons and angels tracking their every move, Jonah and Lily have a life to save before they can save themselves.This book was previously published.Warning: This title contains some hot loving, a desperate struggle between wrong and right, some angels, some demons and a race against time.
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Maya's Aura: Destroy the Tea Party

Maya's Aura: Destroy the Tea Party

Smith, Skye

Smith, Skye

In the eighth novel in the series, Maya is lost in the psychic dreams of her ancestor Britta in Boston in 1773. Britta is working at a dead end job in a coffee shop to pay off her debts. The economy is bad due to corrupt bankers and politicians. Multinationals are crushing local businesses, and hard working folk are loosing their homes. Customers are talking revolt, and she is dragged into it.
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Recipes for Disaster

Recipes for Disaster

Josie Brown

Josie Brown

In Book 6 of The Housewife Assassin series:Housewife Assassin Donna Stone's executive mission is crystal clear: stop the assassination of both US political parties' presidential candidates. When she discovers she has a long-term vendetta with one of the targets, can she put her animosity aside long enough to save the candidate's life?
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Amy Chua

Politics / History / Parenting & Families

From Publishers WeeklyChua (Day of Empire) imparts the secret behind the stereotypical Asian child's phenomenal success: the Chinese mother. Chua promotes what has traditionally worked very well in raising children: strict, Old World, uncompromising values--and the parents don't have to be Chinese. What they are, however, are different from what she sees as indulgent and permissive Western parents: stressing academic performance above all, never accepting a mediocre grade, insisting on drilling and practice, and instilling respect for authority. Chua and her Jewish husband (both are professors at Yale Law) raised two girls, and her account of their formative years achieving amazing success in school and music performance proves both a model and a cautionary tale. Sophia, the eldest, was dutiful and diligent, leapfrogging over her peers in academics and as a Suzuki piano student; Lulu was also gifted, but defiant, who excelled at the violin but eventually balked at her mother's pushing. Chua's efforts "not to raise a soft, entitled child" will strike American readers as a little scary--removing her children from school for extra practice, public shaming and insults, equating Western parenting with failure--but the results, she claims somewhat glibly in this frank, unapologetic report card, "were hard to quarrel with." (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. FromChua’s stated intent is to present the differences between Western and Chinese parenting styles by sharing experiences with her own children (now teenagers). As the daughter of Chinese immigrants, she is poised to contrast the two disparate styles, even as she points out that being a “Chinese Mother” can cross ethnic lines: it is more a state of mind than a genetic trait. Yet this is a deeply personal story about her two daughters and how their lives are shaped by such demands as Chua’s relentless insistence on straight A’s and daily hours of mandatory music practice, even while vacationing with grandparents. Readers may be stunned by Chua’s explanations of her hard-line style, and her meant-to-be humorous depictions of screaming matches intended to force greatness from her girls. She insists that Western children are no happier than Chinese ones, and that her daughters are the envy of neighbors and friends, because of their poise and musical, athletic, and academic accomplishments. Ironically, this may be read as a cautionary tale that asks just what price should be paid for achievement. --Colleen Mondor
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