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Second chances and sizzling heat. Dirty Little Midlife Drama is small town romance at its best. Recent divorc e Georgia doesn't want to be anywhere near her high school sweetheart. Especially not in her new town, where she's supposed to be enjoying her fresh start. But there he is: Tall, broad-shouldered, wearing faded jeans and a Texas tan.When Sebastian kisses her, she has a very natural reaction: pure, blind panic. The past should stay where it belongs. Dead and buried. She should just avoid the growly, possessive, oh-so-protective hunk, but as it turns out, he'll be sticking around town for a while. Sebastian just found a job-as the only available contractor in her new town. And Sebastian has no plans to let her slip through his fingers a second time.
Small town sizzle meets fake dating fun. What could go wrong?Single mom Mia has a problem. Her new landlord Des just raised her rent, and even in her dreams, Mia wouldn't be able to afford it.Not that she'd want to dream of Des. Ever.To make matters worse, Des is big, grumpy, and apparently his heart is made of granite. He's not willing to meet Mia in any sort of middle.Suffice it to say, Mia's forties aren't off to a good start.Until.A blind date turns to disaster, because that funny, charming guy she's been talking to?Yeah. That's Des. And he has a proposition for her...One little fake date-a little weekend away to go to his family reunion-and Mia's rent troubles will disappear.But as she gets to know Des, feelings start to grow. Could something fake turn real-or is true love just a fantasy?
She's about to discover exactly what this hunky, small-town mechanic is hiding under the hood...I'm having a bad week.First, I get a call from my scumbag ex-husband asking for a favor. He wants to hire me to organize his new house.The house he's sharing with his new wife.The one he cheated on me with.But the worst part? I'm so broke I might have to take the job.I'm busy pondering my little predicament when I crash my work van into my neighbor's magnolia tree.That's when I discover my neighbor is the town's hunky mechanic and doting single dad, Remy Campbell. My mortification knows no bounds.Then Remy takes pity on me and offers me a trade: for every hour I work to organize his office, he'll put an hour into fixing my van. As a broke lady on the verge of a breakdown, that's an offer I can't refuse.But working in close proximity with the rugged, red-blooded mechanic reminds me I haven't felt my motor rev in six long years.Getting involved with my neighbor is a terrible idea.But a steamy little fling with an agreed-upon end date?Now that could make me forget all about my ex, my money problems, and my run-in with the magnolia tree...
She's about to discover exactly what this hunky, small-town mechanic is hiding under the hood...I'm having a bad week.First, I get a call from my scumbag ex-husband asking for a favor. He wants to hire me to organize his new house.The house he's sharing with his new wife.The one he cheated on me with.But the worst part? I'm so broke I might have to take the job.I'm busy pondering my little predicament when I crash my work van into my neighbor's magnolia tree.That's when I discover my neighbor is the town's hunky mechanic and doting single dad, Remy Campbell. My mortification knows no bounds.Then Remy takes pity on me and offers me a trade: for every hour I work to organize his office, he'll put an hour into fixing my van. As a broke lady on the verge of a breakdown, that's an offer I can't refuse.But working in close proximity with the rugged, red-blooded mechanic reminds me I haven't felt my motor rev in six long years.Getting involved with my neighbor is a terrible idea.But a steamy little fling with an agreed-upon end date?Now that could make me forget all about my ex, my money problems, and my run-in with the magnolia tree...
Skills, Experimentation, Evaluation and Discovery: SEED — an original approach to empower beginners and established creators to clearly understand the nature of the creative process.The Creative SEED is the perfect guidebook for anyone who has an interest in exploring some form of creative expression. Even if you think you don’t have an ounce of creative flair, you can discover and nurture a new, exciting dimension in your life. Whether you are already involved in some form of creative expression, a raw beginner or well established, this book provides a host of strategies to keep you inspired and on track in living your creative dream. Divided into two parts, it will help you identify creative interest and challenge common myths of creativity with stimulating exercises to help you discover your creative strengths before moving on to address the common difficulties people experience — such as anxiety, low self-confidence and procrastination — that may hinder creative outlets. The skills and strategies described and encouraged in the book are all based on sound, well-researched psychological principles that are easily transferable to all parts of your life. Chapters also provide case histories, questions and exercises to assist you in gaining self-awareness and practical skills to be active and successful in your creative expression.
Big Sur Trilogy: Part I - The Stranger: America's Last Pioneer Family
Lilian Bos Ross
Coast Pub.
2012
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The Big Sur Trilogy is the story about one of the last pioneer families in America who lived freely and self-sufficiently in a remote area of the central California known as Big Sur. The Trilogy spans over 100 years and depicts the hard but rewarding life of three generations of the Zande Allan family. The Big Sur Coast extends 100 miles from Carmel to San Simeon and is bordered by the Santa Lucia Mountains and Pacific Ocean. This remote wilderness contains some of the most rugged terrain in the American continent. From the beginning of time the south coast was accessible only by foot, mule or horseback. Although inhabited by three nomadic American Indian tribes, the Spaniards refused to travel along the coast because of the high mountains, steep canyons and dangerous water crossings.In the 1870s a partial wagon road was built from Mal Paso Crossing to Bixby Creek Ranch. The next 74 miles of the Big Sur Coast was not accessible by auto until 1937 with the opening of Highway One, which took eighteen years to build, mostly by convict labor using dynamite and steam shovels.When completed, it became the only road in the United States that went directly from a horse trail to an auto road, thus bypassing the traditional, interim wagon road. The road changed forever the lives of the Big Sur homesteaders as the mainstream modern American culture motored into their once-private coast.Before the road, few 'outlanders' visited the south coast because travel was strenuous, the trail precarious and the homesteads were few and far between, but those who ventured there were greeted with coast hospitality, lively conversation and ranch grown food.The Big Sur pioneer families worked long hours and full days with little time for frills or fancy things, and they had no patience for what was not plain spoken. A trip to Monterey to buy supplies or to Salinas to sell cattle took three hard days by horseback along narrow trails at the edge of granite cliffs often falling straight to the sea some 2000 feet below. Twice a year the ranchers would gather for a coast barbecue with neighbors on the beach while waiting for the cargo schooner to arrive and winch ashore their load of hard stock supplies too bulky for pack mule or horse.The Stranger, the first of the three novels, begins in 1870 as Zande Allen arrives on horseback at the stage in Monterey to meet Hannah, his mail order bride who came from the east by rail and stage to marry and live with him on his cattle ranch on the remote south coast.At thirty years old, Zande had worked hard to build up a small cattle ranch, but none of the coast women suited him and he needed a wife to help with the chores and bear him children.Hannah, a refined Swedish lady from the Midwest who had never wed, was surprised to discover the man she had come so far to marry was abrupt, hard spoken and ignorant about women, while Zande was immediately suspicious of her every word and thought her too refined, too weak and soft to learn the ways of coast women. Known as a strong man on the coast, he was not about to be bested by any woman, especially by one he bought and owned. After an explosive wedding night, they began a long period of estrangement as both tried to understand each other's strange ways.In addition to being nettled by trying to figure out his new wife, Zande had many misadventures, including his brief tryst with Maria Dumas, a Spanish coast girl who had been chasing him for years; his near-death battle with a nine-foot grizzly bear; and his capture of a gang of cattle rustlers, for which he received an unexpected reward. Still perplexed by his new wife, he took a steamer to San Francisco where he spent his reward money and bought things to surprise her upon his return---things he never believed he would ever buy or be able to afford. Zande and his bride finally make peace and, in the end, he declares, "For the first time in my life I feel to home in world I was borned in".
A mortal soul...From the time college co-ed Arielle Lloyd had been young, she had been able to hear the thoughts and feel the pain of certain others, and those she comes to think of as her special group. One friend's dabbling with spells and magic showed her the power of love that can endure beyond the grave. But another friend's terrifying encounter with a warlock left Arielle wary of those who claim otherworldly powers. On holiday in the south of France, a chance encounter could change her mind. Or could cost her life.An Immortal man...Sebastian Gaulle is the wealthy, handsome owner of an international company. He is also an Immortal. For five centuries he has sought the one soul who can fulfill his dreams of everlasting love. Then he meets Arielle, whose heart calls out to him like no other.A timeless love...Sebastian has made his choice clear. But jealous Immortals from his past threaten retaliation. They have vowed to destroy any woman who becomes involved with him. In spite of the powerful protection amulet Sebastian gives Arielle, death stalks their newfound love. Their love may be eternal, but they may be running out of time.
A time of waiting...Arielle Lloyd has found the love of her life, but his business as the owner of an international company calls him away. She longs for Sebastian, but stays busy with school, and finds comfort in spending time with her best friends, Gabby and Eva. It is during Sebastian's absence that a stranger enters Arielle's life at the university and threatens to shatter her joy with a vicious assault.A time of renewal...The return of Sebastian Gaulle, Arielle's Immortal love, brings a return of joy. Her terrifying experience has her rethinking her vow of remaining chaste until marriage. Arielle already knows Sebastian is the one man she will love for eternity. Sebastian has longed for Arielle, like no other. He has carried a ring in his pocket for her almost from the first moment they met. He's only waiting for the right moment to pledge his eternal love for her.A time of danger...But Sebastian's past still threatens their future. A trio of jealous Immortal women has vowed Sebastian will belong to no other woman for centuries to come. Arielle, Sebastian, and their friends must join together to fight off the Immortals bent on utter destruction, if they are ever to find their eternal happiness.
An interlude in paradise...St. Jean De Luz, in the south of France, is the gorgeous setting of one of Sebastian Gaulle's family estates. It is to this lush place that the Immortal takes his love, Arielle Lloyd, and her friends, to relax and spend their holiday exploring the surroundings and learning about his family's history.A snake in the garden...There is no safety in this paradise, however, as Sebastian's past continues to haunt him. The Immortal, Annabel, still lusts for vengeance on Sebastian and seeks to destroy his new love. While exploring, Arielle's life is endangered when she discovers dangerous hidden strangers occupying the house.Evil that will not die...Trapped, threatened, and nearing her last breath, Arielle must call on the powerful magic of her friend, Eva, for help. Sebastian must rally his Immortal friends and family to protect his love and expel the evil before his paradise is forever lost.
A fatal night....College co-ed Arielle Lloyd is on vacation with her immortal love, Sebastian Gaulle, when they receive word of a dreadful accident. Her dear friend Gabrielle hovers near death. But it's much worse for her beloved friends, Eva and Ian. In spite of Eva's magical abilities, their lives have been cut tragically short.An immortal choice...Troy Vasser's only love is Gabrielle, but on the night of the accident, his deepest concern is for their dying friends. While the life force within Ian and Eva flickered dangerously low, Troy had to make a hard choice. He could either let them die or lose their humanity and live as immortals. So he did the only thing he could: he gave them immortality. Now it is up to Arielle to break the news to Eva before the transformation is complete. A quest for vengeance...Danger continues to stalk Arielle's life. Unknown to her, her new professor is an immortal, and he is furious when he discovers that Arielle is wearing an amulet, that should be owned by immortals only. Sebastian's nemesis, Annabel, has also not given on up on her quest to destroy Arielle. What Annabel doesn't realize is that Arielle's circle of friends has drastically changed. There are two newly minted immortals that adore her and have vowed to protect her.
An invitation to magic...As the love story between engineering student Arielle Lloyd and her Immortal fianc , the striking Sebastian Gaulle, continues, Arielle is invited to attend a meeting of the secret Veneti Society. She readily accepts as she must learn to use her powerful amulet and mystical book of spells to protect herself from constant danger.Dangerous mortals...Sebastian's company is about to introduce advanced security systems to protect their global operations, but the head of Russian intelligence is determined to infiltrate the company and use it to his own ends. The Russians failed once, but they've vowed to stop at nothing this time, even if it means the destruction of all that Sebastian loves.A journey to the past...As a gift from her Immortal friend Eva, Arielle is whisked back in time to the 16th century to a glittering ball in Calais. There, she meets Sebastian as a mortal man, before he was given immortality. Although he does not recognize her, their souls connect instantly. But a jealous Immortal wants to possess Arielle as his own and vows to hunt her through eternity -- and he's not the only one. With this new evil threatening her, Arielle's ancient amulet and her powerful friends may not be enough to keep her safe."
A desperate abduction...Sebastian Gaulle has been targeted by the Russian Mafia, who will stop at nothing to force him into giving up documents containing his company's most valuable secrets. Sebastian has always outsmarted them before, but now they've taken the thing he holds most dear, his beloved fianc e Arielle Lloyd.A coordinated strike...Sebastian is consumed with worry and determined to rescue his only love, but even after she's safe in his arms the threat to her and everyone they love will not end until the criminal organization is eliminated for good. With the help of his immortal allies, Sebastian leads a global attack on the Mafia's goons, saving the most deadly foes for himself.An immortal wedding...Eva and Ian are finally getting their dream wedding, and Arielle and Sebastian couldn't be happier for their friends. Arielle wants nothing more than to tie the knot with her own dream man, but will the immortal villain Annabel ever allow that to happen or will she torment Arielle until she ultimately succeeds in taking her life?
A heartbreaking disappearance...Arielle Lloyd is worried frantically about her Immortal love, Sebastian Gaulle. Following their best friends' wedding, Sebastian disappeared. She suspects the hateful Annabel, Sebastian's immortal ex who has hounded him for centuries trying to make him hers again.A cruel tyrant...After numerous attempts to thwart his plans for happiness and separate him from Arielle, Annabel has finally succeeded in capturing Sebastian. His friends and family - mortal and immortal alike - will stop at nothing to get him back, but Annabel's plans for Sebastian might be his undoing.A temporary reprieve...Arielle and Sebastian find their way to each other and want nothing more than to pledge their undying love before family and friends, but danger still stalks them. Can they find a way to be together forever or will they be reunited only to experience their greatest loss yet?
