Family Disaster

Every morning Janet Brown goes to work cleaning offices. It calms her, cleanliness, neatness. All the things she’s unable to do with her soul can be achieved with a damp cloth and a splash of bleach. However, the guilt she still carries about a devastating loss that happened eleven years ago, cannot be erased. Then, Janet finds herself involved in a train crash and, recognising the chance to do what she couldn’t all those years ago, she makes a decision.

Who knew the pipe dream that none of them thought would amount to much would ever sky rocket as it had? Even the guy no one else could get an appointment with was knocking on their door wanting to represent them during this year that wasn’t turning out anything like they expected it to.Actually it was Maddie’s door…her father’s front door to be absolutely accurate. And it didn’t help that Maddie disliked Alexander Burkheimer at first sight. That didn’t bode well for anyone. In all the ways that really mattered they were like sisters even though their backgrounds couldn’t be ...

Eighteen-year-old Niri and his family live a modest but secure life working in the villa of the wealthy Benzes. But when the pandemic comes, they are all let go, and left staring into the abyss of poverty. As their situation grows desperate, he decides he won’t wait at the mercy of a corrupt, indifferent government. Sneaking through the city at night, past military patrols, Niri returns to the villa to take what his family needs to survive. Waiting for him is his childhood friend—and the Benzes’ daughter—Mary, who has a bigger plan that will change their lives forever.

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That ache in my heart? Nope, it never really healed…. High school sweethearts, remember? Here we are again, But I’m tangled up in family drama— My dad's fading health, my storied ranch. You, once a cocky cowboy, chasing rodeo glory— Now a hotshot firefighter, Return to our small town to fight an inferno, Rekindling that tiny ember burning inside me. But the years of "what-ifs" and grudges Are piled high like hay bales between us! A wildfire surrounds us—past wounds reemerge, But from the scars a fresh trust takes shape. Is it possible to let go of past resentments, Full of ...

Marie’s long-awaited birthday turns into a memorable adventure in this fun story of mix-ups and laughter. Excited to plan her dream party, she works with her mom and dad to get every detail right—from the invitations to the decorations. But soon, unexpected problems arise: the cake is wrong, the streamers get tangled, and her prankster cousin causes trouble. When the weather changes and might ruin their outdoor fun, the family quickly moves the party inside. With silly pranks, lots of laughter, and a surprise visit from her favorite aunt, Marie learns that mistakes can make memories ...

EARTHQUAKE. TSUNAMI. DISASTER. Off the coast of Australia, a massive submarine landslide triggers a tsunami of unprecedented scale, hurtling towards the iconic Queensland Coast. Thousands are in the path of destruction, and time is running out. For Amy Jacobs, it’s an ordinary morning—until she notices the ocean pulling back unnaturally during her walk along the boardwalk with her two young children. She knows something is terribly wrong. Mark Jacobs is across town getting a haircut when he receives the emergency alert: head for higher ground. With nothing but flat terrain in sight, his...

A historical fiction book set in San Francisco during the early 20th century. Colonel Rupert Winter first encounters young Cary Mercer under dire circumstances in 1903. Cary, embroiled in financial turmoil following a stock market crash, is found dead in his college dorm room. Years later, in 1906, Colonel Winter meets Mercer's brother, who becomes central to an unfolding plot involving deception, danger, and high-stakes financial drama. Colonel Winter returns to the United States from the Philippines in 1903 and visits a Harvard dormitory where he encounters the aftermath of a tragic ...

Emma Nash may be down, but after months of wallowing, stalking her ex online, and avoiding showering - because who’s going to care? - Emma’s ready to own her newly single status, get out, and chronicle her dating adventures on her private blog. But life online doesn’t always run smoothly. Stumbling upon her mother’s Tinder dating profile, getting catfished, and accidentally telling the entire world why her ex-boyfriend Leon’s not worth any girl’s...um...time.... Okay, those were disasters. But surely nothing else can go wrong?

Always be prepared! In a true doomsday scenario event, you are your family’s first line of care. When 911 is no longer an option, you will have to be the medical professional for your family in any situation. If the grid goes down, we face chemical or biological attack, or simply survive a hurricane, everyone should know how to care for medical emergencies. You must learn to become your family’s medical professional. In my audiobook, Practical Doomsday Medicine, I will teach you all about medicine in an extreme emergency situation.

On a humanitarian mission to fly doctors to a remote village in Mexico, pilot Lisa Merrick discovers something sinister lurking behind the organization in charge. Her plane is sabotaged, leaving her trapped in the Mexican wilderness with a price on her head and no way out. Injured and desperate, she contacts the one man she knows will help her: Dave DeMarco, a tough but compassionate Texas cop with whom she was once wildly in love.

He thinks wildfires are his greatest enemy, but he doesn’t see the historic hurt smoldering inside himself. Fires have shaped Prentice's life: a childhood tragedy, several devastating wildfires close to home, and structure blazes he's battled with the fire department. His goal is to minimize wildfire devastation in Garnet...and earn his dad’s grudging approval. Out of the blue, he meets Jessie, a smart young lady with a beautiful smile and secrets of her own. She sees the unresolved family conflict smoldering in him and offers a fresh view of how to live his life.

A quirky beauty who's never been kissed, the cocky billionaire who owns this beach town, and the wrecked Porsche that brings them together.I had a plan: nail this job interview, get the position, and pay for Nana’s meds. I was on track, too, going so far as to purchase a ridiculous pink bumblebee costume to interview in. Then my foot slipped on the gas pedal and I crashed into him. Lincoln Bentley. The hottest and oldest of the four Bentley billionaire brothers. A wrecked car shouldn’t throw a wrench in his plans, right? All I have to do is convince Lincoln I can work off my debt. Easy....

They’d prepared for this moment all their lives without believing anything would ever come of it...they were wrong. Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She’d always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly. It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true fear. She did now and knew that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun was pointed at her brother...

It was the exhilaration of new parenthood that first united Michael and Paul, outside the Brooklyn hospital where their wives, Rebecca and Jenny, had exiled them from the delivery room. For Paul, though, tragedy swiftly followed. Hoping to speed his and Jenny's recovery, he turns to Michael for a favor, unwittingly kindling the spark of connection between these couples into the affair that will blow them apart. One year later, on the same morning that the catastrophes of their personal lives come to an explosive head, a mysterious crisis in Manhattan leaves both men stranded.

Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world, which the ranchers call “the Disaster”, is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new resident gives her a compelling reason to stay.

The vicious attack on their wagon train killed almost everyone - except David and his younger sister, whom he calls Queen of Sheba. The two are stranded on the deserted trail and have to live by their wits and whatever supplies they can scavenge. And although David is seriously hurt, he knows that frail Queen of Sheba is counting on him. He can only hope that their parents are somewhere up ahead - if he can find them.

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A Mike Mitchell sembrava già difficile tenere insieme la sua famiglia, ma non pensava che si sarebbe ritrovato a lottare per tenerla in vita, quando una serie di inspiegabili catastrofi diventa la notizia principale dei telegiornali di tutto il mondo. Mentre il confine tra ciò che è reale e ciò che è prodotto dal computer si fa sempre più sottile, una tempesta di neve senza precedenti isola New York dal resto del mondo, facendone una tomba di ghiaccio in cui non ci si può fidare di nessuno e niente è quello che sembra.

When Heather Havrilesky was a kid in the seventies, it seemed there were only disaster movies. Burning towers, devouring earthquakes, careening airliners, alien pod invasions. To be prepared, she and her siblings fabricated elaborate plans to escape any and every emergency. But what began merely as a childhood game grew into a way of life where something shocking lurked around every corner.