Power Families

This spellbinding sequel to Midwife of Normandy focuses on Lucina as she begins her exciting new life in England… 1685. Set against the tumultuous background of King James II’s reign and the Glorious Revolution, precocious Lucina Dupres faces family secrets, jealousy, and tragedy following her harrowing escape from Normandy. As she navigates the conflict between childless Aunt Celia who wants to raise her as a proper lady in genteel society and her mother Clare who insists she follow the ancestral midwifery legacy, Lucina acquires lifelong friends in a peaceful country village who shape...

What if the world you thought you knew was alive with unseen possibilities, waiting to reveal itself? For six-year-old Joey, his first pair of glasses opens more than his vision—it unlocks a reality filled with shimmering sparkles, mysterious lights that respond to his emotions and intentions. Set against the rugged charm of Connecticut’s Homestead Apartments, nestled between shadowy woods and the bustling docks, Joey’s life unfolds in a delicate balance of the ordinary and extraordinary. His family—a lively mix of the warm-hearted Doreen, his teasing Uncle Tony, and his spirited ...

Sparks fly when Advik Hegde and Aaradhya Iyer meet via the Tinder app. Advik resists, citing work pressure and targets while the bold career-minded Aaradhya pursues him relentlessly. Unable to resist, he falls into a relationship of sorts with her, without thinking too much of the future… …until the past comes back to bite them. And what a past it is! The Iyers and Hegdes don’t seem all that different from the Montagues and Capulets of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The first generation fought while the second suffers in silence! Will the Gen-Next also buckle under pressure...

An arranged marriage… At a meeting set up by common friends of the family, it’s instant attraction for Bollywood choreographer Rajiv from Mumbai, when he sets eyes on the beautiful Inaaya from Raipur. Inaaya feels drawn to a man for the first time in her life when she meets Rajiv. Deeper feelings invoked… The duo falls under each other’s spell during the few times they meet even before they tie the knot, but are still not sure enough to admit their feelings for one another. Then the axe falls… creating a rift between the couple Despite that, the physical desire between them rages ...

Conventional wisdom teaches us to put our children's needs above our own. Our worth as parents is often judged by how much we sacrifice for the good of our children rather than how happy and well-adjusted they are. In Go Take a Bath!, licensed psychotherapist and parenting coach Robin Kevles-Necowitz suggests that we invert this modern-day standard. She advises us to make parents, not children, our top priority, in much the same way that flight attendants instruct us to put on our own oxygen masks before assisting others.

Kollywood superstar Chandrakanth, also known as CK, is a true-blue Scorpio, communicating with his eyes and believing in showing more than telling. His website and social media consultant Ranjini is a Piscean through and through, fiercely independent. It is love at first glance for Chandrakanth when he meets Ranjini; so strong are his feelings that he proposes marriage on their second meeting. Ranjini, fascinated by his starry persona, gets swept off her feet. The two get married without much of the world knowing—including CK's aunt and his ex. The two women set out to settle their scores...

Anya Chhabria wakes up in a hospital room with no recognition of who she is and where she belongs. In her troubled times, Anya finds her anchor in a handsome stranger. But is he really unknown to her? Dev Wadhwa's past finds him when he sees Anya lying unconscious in the middle of the road. Not willing to let go of her one more time, Dev takes her to the hospital and later to his farmhouse, where he helps her recuperate. Sparks fly and Dev and Anya fall for each other! But the feisty Anya refuses to commit herself to marriage as her loss of memory looms larger than life. Things aren’t ...

Jai Wadhwa aspires to be a published author only to find that the path he has chosen is full of thorns. He’s almost on the verge of giving up his dream when Ishika Chatterjee walks into his life. The commissioning editor of a major publishing house based in Delhi, Ishika is keen to have Jai’s book as part of Cooper Publishing House India’s catalogue, only to find her path blocked from all directions. Heartbroken, Jai goes underground to lick his wounds. Will he ever get to realise his dream or is it doomed forever? While Ishika isn’t one to give up so easily on a project she ...

Bestselling author, Juliette N. Banks brings another sexy and powerful Dufort man to life in Beautiful Ruin, a dark billionaire romance novel of the Dufort Dynasty. She’s not mine, and I should stay away. But I won’t. I’m not sure she wants me to leave her alone. Sure, I’m a powerful and wealthy Dufort, but even after my damn brother (her boss) warned Leilani that my sexual appetite stretches to more than one lover - at the same time—her greedy lust-filled eyes still follow me. I’m convinced she’s far less innocent than everyone thinks. And I’m determined to find out. So ...

Power and Glory brings us to the dramatic conclusion of Larman's 'Windsors trilogy'. It begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery, and ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. In between, it depicts a monarchy - and a country - struggling to cope with the aftermath of World War Two, in an era where old certainties have been replaced by the rise of a new, uncertain world, and where love, tragedy and modernity battle for supremacy.

Luke Alpine returns to his family estate on Martha’s Vineyard, where the legacy of his bloodline runs deeper and darker than ever. Haunted by forbidden desires, Luke must navigate a house of secret passions, power plays, and the weight of the past. As a storm gathers over the property, Luke realizes that family ties are as much a curse as a bond, and he faces a choice: surrender to the bloodline’s pull—or break free before it consumes him entirely. The second installment in the Bloodline series, Dad’s Vineyard continues to unravel the taboo sins that define the complicated Alpine ...

Loving your neighbor as yourself would be easy if your neighbors were all people you understood, people you agreed with, people like you. But what about playground bullies, colleagues, refugees, online adversaries? They're all our neighbors, and Jesus said to love them. Every one. But how? Lauren Casper believes the key is the lost art of empathy, stepping into other people’s shoes and asking what if? - what if it were my child? What if it were me? Learn to connect in simple but life-altering ways and shine God’s unconditional love into a dark world.

When ghosts are in trouble, who do they call? Lana is a paranormal investigator with a twist, she doesn't exorcise ghosts, she exorcises their problems. Follow the adventures of Lana, the ghostbuster with panache. With the assistance of her dearly departed Great Aunt Lucy, she helps those on either side of the line, alive or dead. In this collection, follow the adventures of Lana as she . . . Solves a twenty-year-old double murder before the ghosts become Haunted Hearts. Determines the truth behind an angry ghost terrorizing a local family--a family who were like his own children before he ...

Are you an expectant father? This book is about what comes after the birth. It’s about how to raise your children. It’s about how to teach them how to think. This book teaches you the deeper level algorithms that will give your kids a compounding advantage throughout their lives.

Aspen Quick has never really worried about how he's affecting people when he steals from them. But this summer he'll discover just how strong the Quick family magic is - and how far they'll go to keep their secrets safe. With a smart, arrogant protagonist, a sinister family tradition, and an ending you won't see coming, this is a fast-paced, twisty story about power, addiction, and deciding what kind of person you want to be in a family that has the ability to control everything you are.

American and European scientists have been building bigger and faster particle accelerators to smash atoms into smaller pieces. They are looking for the Higgs boson, the particle that gives matter mass, The God Particle. What if they find it? Fermilabs and CERN are the biggest players in this race for the Higgs boson, named after Peter Higgs who first proposed its existence in1964 as a way to explain why atoms act the way they do. Since then, tens of billions of dollars have been spent to prove the Higgs exists, but to this day it remains elusive. However, in California, there’s a smaller...

Watch out, she’s about to spell you Or help you save magic? How did I ever get myself mixed up with these people? Fortunately for me, Macey is trying to change her spots. She’s still into what she calls petty crime, but she’s also trying to be top dog at school. She knows for a fact that she should call off this stupid lift and stop trying to manipulate me. Since Macey’s listening, and that’s when I decide to tell her. “I’m done being manipulated. If you decide to actually become what you say you want to, then let me know. Until then, don’t call me or send your minions after...

The events of the Arab Spring have come to be overshadowed by the civil war in the Arabic-speaking nation of Syria, which has been ruled throughout the 21st century by Bashar al-Assad. Though he had not planned on ruling Syria, several events conspired to make Bashar the successor of his father, Hafez. Though the West frequently looked for signs that Bashar might be a reformer, due in part to his formerly popular Western wife, Assad remained part of a critical alliance with Iran and the sub-state groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

Many fantasize about dramatically changing their lives - living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. Here, his family, with baby in tow, searches for balance, community, and happiness in a small town in Bolivia. They build an adobe house, plant a prolific orchard and organic garden, and weave their life into a community of permaculturists, bio-builders, artists, and creative businesspeople. Can this Transition Town succeed in the face of encroaching North American capitalism?

This Battle Ends Now!! Dealing with the Evil Powers of your Father's House. Man by choice from the days of Adam destroyed their foundation by disobedience and ever since then, the devil has influenced everyone born on this earth to follow suit. The death of Christ on the cross has offered everyone freedom but majority has not responded to that free offer. Many who has responded are ignorantly being kept in bondage by the devil hoping that things will get better without resisting the devil. This is one book that will grant liberty to captivity. The history of foundational bondage is ...