New Women

The Once and Future King returns in this modern day young adult action and adventure novel. If you are familiar with the legends and have seen the excellent movie "Excalibur," then this is the sequel to those events. Sixteen year-old Brian Braddock is having visions of a time long lost, a time and place that he feels somehow strangely connected to. As he strives to figure out what is happening to him he meets a man who reveals himself to be the legendary sorcerer Merlin, he who was the mentor and advisor to one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. Merlin informs Brian that he ...

Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All is the story of the cultural collision between Westerners and the Maoris of New Zealand, told partly as a history of the complex and bloody period of contact between Europeans and the Maoris in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and partly as the story of Christina Thompson's marriage to a Maori man.

If you are a woman with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you've probably known—all your life—that you're different. As girls, we learn which behaviors, thinking, learning, and working styles are preferred, accepted, tolerated, and frowned upon. These preferences are communicated in innumerable ways-from media and books to our first-grade classroom to conversations with our classmates and parents.

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Murder. Lies. Betrayal. I deal with those things every day. My name is Jason Avery, and I'm one of the best undercover agents in the country. I have yet to fail on a mission, which is why I've been sent to Vegas. Countless women have been abducted, tortured, only to show up dead in the middle of the night. It's my job to find out who is responsible. Unfortunately every lead sends me to a dead end - at least until Aylee McFadden shows up at my door.

The Prairies Book Review says "A delightful travel memoir of Self Discovery and Empowerment." "Absolutely wonderful book. A fun read-hard to put down. A very inspirational book for any woman(particularly older) who wants to adventure out to new experiences and self discovery. Highly recommended as a well written, interesting, inspirational and fun account of new beginnings." - Janice G. "There is a plethora of books by Brits and Americans living in France. I have read many of them. I have lived in Paris. This is the most well written book of that genre that I have read. Travel Writing at ...

Never fall in love when it's supposed to be just for fun… It’s the day before my brother’s wedding in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. It’s also the last day of my studies before I qualify as a veterinarian. At last, I can put aside my ditzy image and be the sophisticated career woman I’ve always wanted to be. Except I don’t notice my watch has stopped, and I miss my flight. Luckily, Ryan misses the plane too. He suggests we take a road trip to Dunedin, and I jump at the chance to spend a cozy couple of days with him. I’ve had a crush on him for years. When I ...

Stress-free weekend in Boston... ...not when the woman who owns the business next to yours is murdered. Isabella had planned a stress-free weekend at a small-business conference with her cousins. Instead of learning how to cross-promote her apothecary, she's got another murder to solve. But will the Boston Police Department let her? The obvious suspect is the victim's abusive husband... ...until he comes up with an iron-clad alibi. Even then, Isabella is convinced he's the culprit. But if he’s guilty, why did he call Detective Palmer to help with the investigation? When a second person is...

Blended families are weird, am I right? None more so than when Terri’s dad married Pauline and brought step-brother Tommy into Terri’s life. That night over Thanksgiving, when Tommy needed relief, things got really, really weird. While reluctant to help at first, Terri soon seized the opportunity, but it was what happened the next day, when Terri and her stepbrother were caught in the act. By whom and what they did next is what truly blew the step-siblings' minds. Delve into this multi-generational, bisexual taboo tryst and explore a first-time, virgin-busting exploration of sexual ...

Imagine meeting the richest, most gorgeous guy in London… And he's obsessed with YOU... On my thirtieth birthday, I decide it’s time to make some changes. Okay, it’s really only one change. No more men. Gone is the boyfriend who cheated on me with my best friend. Gone are all the disastrous relationships that have left me dispirited and jaded. I’m tired of giving my fragile heart to a man, only to have him trample all over it. Instead, I’m going to concentrate on my career, which I love. As a valuer of art, antiques, and jewelry, I’m passionate about people’s prized ...

James Phelps explores all the questions that we can only barely imagine the answers to about Australia's toughest jails. This is a brutal and honest account of life inside Australia's toughest jails, and all is not as you would expect. Do women rape each other? Do guards really trade 40-cent phone cards for sex? And do you think the most dangerous inmate in Australia is a man? This is the most comprehensive ever account of women's prison life yet.

This volume in a series of world history case studies investigates the career of Kate Sheppard, the suffragette and prohibitionist who helped make New Zealand the first place in the world to grant women the right to vote at the national level. The book examines the competing goals and strategies of various organizations, including the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WTCU) and highlights the ways in which the Māori both did and did not factor into the British colony’s political calculus in the late nineteenth century. This book is a volume in the Understanding World History Through ...

A tropical island, whirlwind love, standalone, romantic adventure with Serendipity meets Before Sunrise vibes from fresh new author Lianne James When a beautiful woman he's never seen before approaches uptight businessman, Frank Flowers, professing her undying love, he's immediately compelled to learn more about her. He follows her onto the Turtle Island ferry, where she admits the grand gesture was a dare: Say "I love you" to a stranger. When Frank learns why Rose is visiting the island—to honor her friend's bucket list—he takes a detour from his busy day to help her check some items ...

With sole custody of her brother, Kennedy has more to worry about than the antics of his favorite YouTube creators. But when one called Kidd launches an absurd challenge—with a large payday—to celebrate ten million subscribers, she winds up playing high-stakes hide-and-seek in the mall. After the game gets dangerous, she has to wonder: Is someone really out for the ultimate unsubscribe?

Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the backdoor of her restaurant despite every effort to stop her from being kidnapped. Fury didn’t begin to describe what he saw in his brother’s face. Cassidy Blaise might be Tobias’s sister, but she was Benjamin’s entire world. Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, ...

Years ago, Evelyn and Moana's friendship was ruined by them crossing the line. Weekend sleepovers turned into forbidden kisses, naked bodies, and fingers and hands exploring and Moana couldn't handle it. She abruptly cut off their friendship, leaving Evelyn heartbroken and defiant, which resulted in her making one of the biggest mistakes of her life. It took years to put them past behind them. Married now with kids, Evelyn finds it hard to resist when Moana suggests the possibility of them picking up where they left off. Evelyn desperately wants to give in, but she has more to lose now, ...

In 1938, when running to her future and trying to escape his past, only one place will do. Destination? Hollywood! Yearning to be a star, Vivian is anxious to leave small-town farm life behind. Marriage, kids, and endless chores don’t fit into her plans. If she doesn’t escape, she’ll repeat her mother’s life and her dreams will be doomed. Brokenhearted, Markus has little to show for his life, save for the simple pleasures of Budapest. But someone certainly thinks he’s worth noticing, and he’s forced to flee when the attention turns deadly. Walking away from his mother and sister...

Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, despite that she’d been seriously wounded because of him. Even now, knowing that by allowing her to be anywhere near him made her vulnerable…he couldn’t let her go. He’d always believed he was a fair man. She made him better. Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the ...

In the 1930s, Jill Ker's parents bought a sheep farm on the western plains of New South Wales. In 1944, they lost nearly everything when a drought hit. Forced to leave Coorain, 11-year-old Jill and her mother settled in Sydney where Jill struggled to find a place for herself among Sydney's elite. Her story, both a chronicle of life in the Australian outback and the odyssey of a brilliant woman fighting the constraints of her time, offers a loving view of Australia.

Val Lydon moves to the small town of Zachary, Maine to fulfill a lifelong dream: a tenure-track faculty position at the university. It’s a fresh start for her, a year after her divorce, and that experience has taught her to be cautious about getting into any relationship with a younger woman. Sophie Rinaldi is a graduate student who spends most of her time in the lab, working on research projects for her thesis. However, she’s not sure an academic career is the best choice for her. When things don’t go as expected with her research, she questions whether she should finish the graduate...