Marriage Friendship

Frances Irvine, left destitute in the wake of her father’s sudden death, has been forced to abandon her life of wealth and privilege in London and emigrate to the Southern Cape of Africa. 1880 South Africa is a country torn apart by greed. In this remote and inhospitable land she becomes entangled with two very different men - one driven by ambition, the other by his ideals. Only then the rumor of a smallpox epidemic takes her into the dark heart of the diamond mines does she see her path to happiness.

Chris has always been a dreamer...happy to spend him time drawing with pen and pencil, pastels...even crayons. Adam has always been the pragmatic one...intent on his studies and long term goals. Yet no two brothers could be closer despite their many differences... Expectations is the eleventh novella in the ongoing story of the Andersen family. Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s only been months since her death and the four children she leaves behind continue to grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s...

It's the summer before eighth grade and Flor is stuck at home and working at her family's mattress store, while her best friend goes off to band camp (probably to make new friends). It becomes even worse when she's asked to compete in the local honey pageant. This means Flor has to spend the summer practicing her talent (recorder) and volunteering (helping a recluse bee-keeper) with Candice, her former friend who's still bitter about losing the pageant crown to Flor when they were in second grade. And she can't say no.

Growing up, Elizabeth wanted to make everyone like her. Lacking friends at school, she grew up to believe that quantity equalled quality. Having lots of friends meant you were loved, popular and safe. She was determined to become a Good Friend. And, in many ways, she did. But in adulthood she slowly realised that it was often to the detriment of her own boundaries and mental health. Then, when a global pandemic hit in 2020, she was one of thousands of people forced to reassess what friendship really meant to them—with the crisis came a dawning realisation.

A wonderful new novel from the No.1 bestselling author Bernice Bloom DON'T MENTION THE HEN WEEKEND! ‘A great new adventure with the magnificent Mary Brown. What a splendid read!’ 'It's always a time for celebration when a new novel from Bernice Bloom arrives. This one is wonderful.' Mary Brown is getting married. She’s overjoyed and under-prepared, but that won’t stop her from heading off for a hen weekend with five of her best friends. They head to Crete to enjoy the sunshine, friendship, wine, and parties. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, it would seem… Their Sound of Music ...

In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined 24-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on London's Bond Street and set about the delicate business of matchmaking. Drawing on the bureau's extensive archives, Penrose Halson - who many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureau - tells their story and the stories of their clients.

Death Disease Dreadful work conditions A sequence of problems plagues Poppy Elgin, who arrives in England from Australia in the midst of the Spanish influenza outbreak. The Great War is over; her troubles are just starting. Will no one come to her aid? It's 1919 and women are cropping their hair, shortening their skirts, widening their horizons. Will Poppy ever really be an independent woman? Could a new friend be the solution? Petals & Pages is the heart-warming story of two friends whose valiant attempts at becoming independent women are thwarted at every step.

Will is sleepwalking through life - he’s working in a dead-end job and volunteers at a crisis line, hiding behind the phone and helping others to avoid sorting out his own life, which is stuck in a rut. Annie thought she had a five-year plan all figured out with her steady job and even steadier boyfriend. But when everything starts falling apart, she reaches out for help and just needs someone to listen. Will enjoys talking to the woman who calls herself Pia, and together they start to encourage each other to do brave things and rebuild their lives.

As two couples, Andie and Craig and Jennifer and Robert head off, the highway in front and the caravans behind, everyone is looking forward to the excitement and freedom of life on the road. But underneath, doubt lingers for both Andie and Jennifer. Not about their carefully planned trip. The doubt relates to something more personal than that—their marriages. From Tropical North Queensland, across the Top End into the Kimberleys, down the west coast to Perth, across the Nullarbor, over Bass Strait, and up the east coast of Australia, both couples find that adventure comes in many forms. ...

Neve Halloran and her daughter share a fierce love for the austere beauty of Rhode Island's South County. Now, with Mickey a teenager and Neve's last hope for happiness with her daughter's loving but unstable father gone, both will struggle to make a new life together amid the windswept landscape that sustains them. As winter gives way to spring, and spring to summer, a secret will emerge that has lain buried just offshore for decades, a secret that will galvanize the small seaside community.

Manon is just about to enter a convent when she meets the young Chevalier des Grieux, a philosophy student. They flee to Paris together, where they live extravagantly off the money the Chevalier makes cheating at cards, until they are robbed of their possessions. Manon becomes mistress to a wealthy nobleman, and she and the Chevalier steal his money. They are captured and sent to a penal colony in Louisiana.

What reviewers are saying... " I would give this book many more than 5 stars if I could. There were so many twists and turns and unexpected events. This was truly a book I could not put down." Amazon reviewer " I love the fact that Sharon Srock did not just have her characters pray and the problems just go away." Amazon reviewer When dreams and reality clash. Piper Goodson is looking forward to all the firsts of being a mother. The first cry, the first glance, the first time holding the tiny life created by her and Evan’s love. But after an emergency c-section, sick from fear, and haunted...

This guide is meant to help enlighten you on how to revive your marriage by improving on intimacy and sex. It is a valuable listen that sheds new light on the immense possibilities of enjoying a healthy, more fulfilled, pleasurable, and happier marriage. Marriage is never a bed of roses; it comes with plenty of stress. The bedroom therefore becomes the arena where the ultimate deal is sealed, where a couple builds a resilient bond through sexual intimacy, and where they become one.

Return to the Bay of Islands Brides Shop in the beautiful Northland of New Zealand in this second collection of stories from the series featuring books 4-6. Book 4: Bride for a Night For a soldier wounded in battle, nothing’s more valuable than a second chance… Freddie Brooks returns to his hometown eight years after he left for the army. To his surprise, the beautiful Bianca Goldsmith is still there, and still single. Freddie knows he’s a fraction of the man he used to be and is sure Bianca wouldn’t be interested in rekindling their romance. But Bianca’s feelings for him run ...

Playing out as a scintillating story with unexpected twists, “The Girl on the Trail” explores the severe and overwhelming shock of discovering uncomfortable truths about those we look up to, the security of family, the joy and satisfaction of love, the devastation of betrayal and loss, and the comfort of loyalty in our lives. The teenage Tatiana is certain she has her future mapped out: She would find love when she becomes a young woman, she would live a loving life all through college, and she would marry the knight who would secure her heart. But then, her compromised mother shakes ...

Five friends from university; seven summer days in a cabin in rural Denmark. A chance to swim, sunbathe, flirt, read and mess around like in the old days. At least that’s what Sylvia had hoped. But when her friends arrive with real jobs, kids and partners, Sylvia is left wondering what happened to the radical ways of living they embraced at university. Worse, Esben and Karen announce their wedding, striking a blow to Sylvia’s simmering, decades-long crush on Esben – a crush that her monogamous girlfriend Charlie would definitely not approve of.

Anytime Josie Shilling’s large family gets too chaotic, volunteering at the local animal clinic is the one place she can escape - and she loves working with the animals. But when a box mysteriously appears on the clinic’s front steps, Josie suddenly becomes responsible for seven adorable puppies! Taking care of her pig, Hamlet, last fall was a bit harder than she thought. So how is she ever going to handle a whole litter of mischievous pups and find the right homes for them all?

In Walking into Walls, best-selling author, radio host, and counselor Stephen Arterburn identifies five prison walls, or blind spots, that will hold you captive and block the amazing things God wants to do in your life. Arterburn will help you learn how to overcome those life-blocking barriers and sprint into the future with renewed confidence and joy. This one audiobook is the breakthrough you need!

He's all mine for one night... It’s my thirtieth birthday. It’s also Valentine’s Day. I’m not sure which one sucks most. My best friend, Sarah, begged me to go out with her and her husband for dinner, but I’m not in the mood for celebration. I’ve worked hard all day, run for an hour, and now I plan to spend the evening alone playing video games and eating a whole tub of cookie dough ice cream. But when I get home, I discover a man sitting on the carpet in the corridor outside my penthouse apartment. He’s tall, gorgeous, wearing an expensive suit, and carrying the biggest ...

Bea and her mom have always been a two-person team. But now her mom is marrying Wendell, and their team is growing by three boys, two dogs, and a cat. Finding her place in her new blended family may be tough, but when Bea finds out her school might not get the all-girls soccer team they'd been promised, she learns that the bigger the team, the stronger the fight—and that for the girls to get what they deserve, they're going to need a squad behind them.