Modern Women

When Sam meets Leah in a bar one night, he's tongue-tied and leaves her with the mistaken impression that he's not interested because she's not thin enough. But when he finds himself helping Leah deliver a wedding cake to her ex-boyfriend's wedding, he comes to her rescue after a pushy woman insults Leah about her dating prospects and her weight - by proclaiming he's her fiancé. Leah is furious. Because that pushy woman is her mom, and now her family can't wait for the wedding.

In "The Career Woman’s Guide," Arianna Blakely guides modern women through a transformative journey to success. Addressing challenges faced by women, she emphasizes executive presence and debunks misconceptions about assertiveness. Through case studies, including trailblazers like Eleanor Baum, she showcases the empowering impact of assertiveness.

Una joven camina rápido sobre la nieve de las calles de Nueva York un día de invierno de los años veinte. Lleva una receta en el bolso que le permitirá adquirir en la farmacia una botella de vino para celebrar la Nochebuena con unos amigos. Estamos en plena ley seca. La joven es Concha Piquer, tiene apenas dieciocho años y lleva ya cuatro triunfando en los escenarios de Broadway, se ha visto envuelta en un homicidio y ha tenido contactos con la mafia. Llegó casi sin experiencia, sin conocer más mundo que la huerta y algún teatro de su ciudad, sin hablar otra lengua que no fuera el valenciano.

Getting risqué with the Risk-Taker Runaway British heiress Lady Rayne Fairfax-Daniels is hiding from her aristocratic family and an unwanted arranged marriage, working as a PA at Pleasure Flights, a helicopter tour company in California. Reinventing herself as Rayne Cassidy, her life takes a risqué turn when a saucy lingerie picture accidentally gets sent to her best friend’s big brother—the man Rayne has been crushing on. Soon, she finds herself sending him anonymous lingerie pics each morning. Harley doesn’t know the texts are coming from her, and she’d die if he ever found out,...

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN: The Bestseller in Personal Growth! Gretchen had it all. Fame. Fortune. A life most could only dream of. Yet, a gnawing emptiness lingered. Then, a chance encounter in a New York City cafe sparks a life-changing journey. Gretchen ventures deep into the South American rainforest, to the doorstep of the world's wisest woman. There, on The Mountain, ten ancient Trails of Wisdom await. Guided by nature's profound lessons, Gretchen embarks on a quest for the answer that has always eluded her. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN is more than Gretchen's story. It's your story. A ...

Let God Enrich Your Life! Are the daily stressors of life making you feel overwhelmed? Are you feeling like you are heading down the wrong path? It’s not easy being a young adult in today’s fast paced world. You have to battle life’s challenges even before you get accustomed to handling responsibilities on your own. It is only natural to feel lost and unhappy. In moments of absolute desperation when you feel like giving up, God can help you find the right way. “Jesus Rediscovered” is a book filled with insight into prayers and their power. Penned down by popular spiritual and ...

Emma Shaw is a modern woman with a classic dilemma—love or career? Eight years ago, she chose ambition over romance, cutting out the man she loved and carrying the emotional load for her family. Now, her dream job is slipping through her fingers, and the only way to save it is to work with the one person she’s spent years avoiding—Fredrick Wentworth, the man she let go. When his book launch falls apart, Emma is forced back into Fredrick's orbit, embarking on a book tour that could either revive her career… or reopen old wounds. But as miles pass and sparks reignite, she starts to ...

In the small ghost town of Mae’s Second Chance, where centuries old secrets remain hidden and the surrounding hills continue to guard another woman’s treasures, Julie Engstrom brings her family in search of a place that can become what they had to leave behind…little do they know that they are not the first to come to this valley seeking a place to call home.Julie Engstrom didn’t think twice when she bought the small ghost town of Mae’s Second Chance. Something deep inside her knew the moment she saw pictures of the small single street town that was advertised for sale on the ...

Aspiring author Michelle Moss meets her Prince Charming at a Masquerade Ball only to discover the man behind the mask is Brooks Keller, the editor who just rejected her manuscript and the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart. It wasn’t a glass slipper that Michelle Moss left behind at the Masquerade Ball, but a beat up laptop. Her driver remained human, her ride didn’t turn into a pumpkin, and thank goodness she didn’t see any mice waiting for her in her condo. But Michelle did spontaneously kiss her masked Prince Charming and was determined to find him. Tracking down her missing laptop ...

In small town Montana, deserted mother Maisie finds unexpected love with protective cowboy Joe, but can they overcome her violent past and find happiness together? Maisie’s wedding night did not go as she expected. Five years later, deserted and with two kids, she keeps her head down terrified her husband might return. The married and the moms are on Joe’s ‘not to be messed with’ list but when he sees Maisie being molested by a customer where she works he steps in to protect her. As Maisie and her kids start to slip under his skin and into his heart he begins to realise that he ...

Your 40th birthday has long passed and you are still single. What happened? Life happened. Disappointments. Loss. Setbacks. Dashed expectations. Grief. Unrequited love. Success. Financial issues. You cannot identify the moment, but it seems your carriage turned into a pumpkin, and a wicked witch doomed you to a lifetime of loneliness. However, as with all good fairy tales, a wise sage appears with tools to break the curse. All curses can be broken. Every challenge can be overcome. That is the point of this book. "Still Single Over 40: Tough Love for Modern Christian Women" presents possible...

Two Swifties Crash and Burn at Speed Dating--But Later Learn They Have Quite a Few Things in Common: A Romantic Comedy About Two People Who are Perfect for Each Other! It’s Valentine’s Day, and 22-year old Emma is also alone. As if that wasn’t enough, she has to go to the Valentine’s Day Celebration event in the park sponsored by the beverage company where she recently started work. She’s hesitant, but her best friend Nia encourages her. So… Emma decides to make the best of it. She joins in the speed dating–and she meets an assorted group of unusual people and one guy who ...

In elegant prose, Hilary A. Hallett traces Elinor Glyn’s meteoric rise from a depressed society darling to a world-renowned celebrity author who consorted with world leaders from St. Petersburg to Cairo to New York. After reporting from the trenches during World War I, the author was lured by American movie producers from Paris to Los Angeles for her remarkable third act. Weaving together years of deep archival research, Hallett movingly conveys how Glyn, more than any other individual during the Roaring Twenties, crafted early Hollywood’s glamorous romantic aesthetic.

In today's fast-paced world, many women are searching for ways to find greater peace, balance, and fulfilment in their daily lives. Practical Buddhism for Modern Life offers a comprehensive guide to the key teachings and practices of Buddhism, tailored specifically to the needs and challenges for the women of today.

Get Wet, Get Wild. I thought I had found my balance, juggling the passionate worlds of Claire, Sophia, and Jenny. But my education took a new turn when Claire introduced me to her old college roommate, Lisa, a longtime professional swimmer with a competitive streak and a challenge that made my pulse race. Lisa insisted I needed to stop reading so much and join her in the pool. Something about her drew me in - maybe it was the confidence in her stance or the way her eyes sparkled with challenge. Whatever it was, I found myself accepting her dare, diving headfirst into a rigorous training ...

Things seem to be working out for Sophia in New York: having come from Australia to be at the centre of modernity, she’s working at the Museum of Modern Art, living in a great apartment with a boyfriend interviewing for Ivy League teaching positions. They’re smart, serious, dine in the right restaurants and have (a little unexpectedly) become engaged just before he leaves to hike the Appalachian Trail. Alone in the city, Sophia begins to wonder what it means to be married – to be defined, publicly – in the 21st century.

We all know that the best way to study a foreign language is to go to a country where it's spoken, but can the same immersion method be applied to history? How do interactions with antique objects influence perceptions of the modern world?

Sometimes I look at them wielding motionless swords, brows disfigured in permanent rage, mouths open to scream curses that no one will hear. Sometimes I look at the men who tried to kill me. "The Secret Face" is the first poetry collection from Elektra Flowers. Touching on eternal themes of love, belonging, alienation, and the raw emotions that come from living in the modern world. Poems featured include: "Medusa," a poem from the perspective of the Greek goddess, reflecting on the men she's turned to stone. "Opportunity," an elegy to the Mars rover. "The Ballerina," a vision set in a ...

A Cricket of a Girl is a historical fiction/coming-of age novel. Set in the tiny, war-stricken Latin American country of El Salvador, in the 1950s and 1960s, it is the story of the unlikely friendship of two women, one American and one Salvadorian, who form an unlikely friendship in spite, or perhaps because of the poverty, sexual abuse and death they have been forced to confront. A Cricket of a Girl is a heartwarming and optimistic tale that will stay with you long after you put down the book.

Reader reviews for Alice Crowley's HOT writing: "I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~Multiple Fans In this 3,000 word short, a married woman and her husband are taken on a deep and powerful journey into the world of erotic infidelity. Lonni has a new toy -- her husband bought it for her and she loves it! When the toy becomes sentient though, and begins to speak to her, she is very afraid. Now a bounty hunter shows up, and saves her from being consumed by her obsession with technology by taking and demanding her awaiting flesh. When the husband ...