Robin Wells

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Quinn never expected that her best friend's courageous decision to be a single mother by choice would end up transforming her own life in this poignant novel from USA Today bestselling author Robin Wells. When Quinn Langston's her best friend unexpectedly passes away, Quinn knows she'll do anything to protect Brooke's three-year-old daughter Lily and her grandmother Margaret. Not only is Quinn the little girl's godmother, but they are the family she always wished she had. Now she vows to do whatever it takes to help the three of them heal--even if it means letting a complete stranger into their lives--and into their hearts. Margaret is old-fashioned and she has no compunction about finding a way to reach Lily's dad, a sperm donor. After all, he is a blood relative and she believes family should raise family. Zack doesn't know what to expect when he finds out he has a child. Sperm donors don't usually get to meet their...well, he's not sure what to call Lily yet. But he is sure that he wants to get to know her. And after spending time with Quinn, Lily, and Margaret, he's even more certain that this is the place he wants to be. Together, Quinn, Lily, Margaret, and Zack will learn that there are many different roads to family.

Sarah and Jimmy do everything together. In art class, they are asked to draw their best friend. Who do you think each one will draw? This title uses a variety of techniques to convey mood, tone, character, and plot. Paired to the nonfiction title What Do Friends Do?.

Book Features: - 24 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches - Ages 4-8, PreK-Grade 2 leveled readers - Simple, easy-to-read pages with illustrations - Features a simple vocabulary list - Includes reading and teaching tips The Magic of Reading: Introduce your child to the magic of reading, friendship, and school fun with Sarah's Day in Kindergarten. The 24-page book features pictures, simple language, and reading tips to practice early reading comprehension skills. Hands-On Reading: Sarah and Jimmy are class partners--they do many things together as a team. Learn about the fun of working together, and what exciting things Sarah and Jimmy do as classmates Features: More than just an engaging story about working together and school fun, this kids book also includes a vocabulary list as well as reading and teaching tips for additional interaction and engagement. Leveled Books: Vibrant illustrations and leveled text work together to engage children and promote reading comprehension skills. The leveled book engages PreK-2nd grade readers with new vocabulary and relevant topics like school and working together. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

Microeconomics to Macroeconomics from the author who has written about economics for more non-economists than anyone else in the world. Written for the one-semester survey of economics course, Paul Krugman and Robin Wells' Essentials of Economics reflects the authors’ strong belief that economics students learn best from a resource that offers: Compelling Real World Stories and Examples Essentials of Economics is built around narratives and stories, many of them pulled from real life. In every chapter real-world examples are used to teach core concepts and motivate student learning. Global Focus Essentials of Economics is unrivaled in its worldwide perspective, which is deeply integrated into the narrative, and featured in many of the applications, cases, and stories, as well as in the data-based Global Comparison boxed features. Integrated Technology Developed simultaneously chapter by chapter and designed for seamless integration with the book, LaunchPad for Essentials of Economics gives students access to an extensive collection of proven learning tools, developed to correspond with specific text content: adaptive quizzing, tutorials, videos, activities, and a comprehensive review of math and graphing. The goals for these resources are the same as for the text itself: better engagement, better understanding, and better grades.

World War II Paris serves as the backdrop of a story of compassion, betrayal, and forgiveness from the national bestselling author of "The Wedding Tree" . . . " I never knew what he saw in you. " At her retirement home in Wedding Tree, Louisiana, ninety-one-year-old Amelie O Connor is in the habit of leaving her door open for friends. One day she receives an unexpected visitor Kat Morgan, the ex-fiancee of her late husband, Jack. Kat and Jack were high school sweethearts who planned to marry when Jack returned from France after World War II. But in a cruel twist of fate, their plans were irrevocably derailed when a desperate French girl overheard an American GI s confession in a Parisian church. . . Now, Kat wants to know the truth behind a story that s haunted her whole life. Finding out how Amelie stole Jack s heart will she thinks finally bring her peace. As Amelie recalls the dark days of the Nazi occupation of Paris, "The French War Bride" reveals how history shapes the courses of our lives. . .for better or for worse."

National bestselling author Robin Wells weaves a moving epic that stretches from modern-day Louisiana to World War II-era New Orleans and back again in this multigenerational tale of love, loss and redemption. Hope Stevens thinks Wedding Tree, Louisiana, will be the perfect place to sort out her life and all the mistakes she's made. Plus, it will give her the chance to help her free-spirited grandmother, Adelaide, sort through her things before moving into assisted living. Spending the summer in the quaint town, Hope begins to discover that Adelaide has made some mistakes of her own. And as they go through her belongings, her grandmother recalls the wartime romance that left her torn between two men and haunted by a bone-chilling secret. Now she wants Hope's help in uncovering the truth before it's too late. Filled with colorful characters, The Wedding Tree is an emotionally riveting story about passion, shattered dreams, unexpected renewal and forgiveness--not only for others, but for ourselves.

How do you have a life when everyone in America thinks you gave the president-elect a fatal heart attack during an illicit sex romp? Emma Jamison never thought she'd have to answer that question, but here she is, smack dab in the middle of a political scandal that would make Monica Lewinsky blush. Trouble is, nobody believes that Emma wasn't the call-girl who killed the president-to-be with her, uh, carnal skills. So Emma packs up and moves to small-town Chartreuse, LA, to escape her infamy and to start over. But when her grandmother starts dating the grandfather of district attorney Max Duval, the quiet life she was seeking blows up in smoke.