Living on Sydney's sublime northern beaches, she's a well-respected Nurse Unit Manager of a busy obstetrics unit and married to a successful realtor. She should have ‘no worries mate’, as the Aussie saying goes.However, for Angie, this is far from the truth. Although she suspects her husband George of having had past dalliances, she chooses to live in complete denial, believing that a baby will solve this dilemma. Only problem: her biological clock is ticking, and there's no baby in sight. And her interfering mother constantly adds fuel to the proverbial marital fire.Booking a romantic holiday to Bali for her and George in order to reinvigorate their marriage, Angie soon finds herself in a situation far out of her comfort zone when her husband backs out of the holiday and her best friend Charlotte takes his place. After arguing with Charlotte, Angie calls 'time out' and travels to the Ubud Writers' Festival where she fortuitously meets the loveable larrikin Jack Ambrose. Consumed with guilt towards her feelings for Jack, Angie flees Bali.On her return to Australia, she desperately attempts to bury her feelings and concentrate on her marriage, but when she begins to suspect her husband of being a right bastard, her world is turned upside down. And her best friend is no help at all - indeed, Angie discovers that Charlotte is part of the problem.Written with splashes of compassion, streams of humour, rivers of emotion and oceans of passion, ‘Best Friends and Bastards,’ by Jaci Byrne is a waterfall of brilliant reading and a real page turner packed with action and intrigue.

    Mom has also made me feel loved and special, given me a sense of humor and made me feel like a beautiful person." With a warm conversational tone, Laurie Kast-Klein describes her tumultuous childhood and the lack of care demonstrated by the Michigan foster care system. From the loving atmosphere of her grandparents' home to a variety of abusive foster care homes, Laurie has survived and ultimately flourished. Her story is heartfelt and heartbreaking, but her words will inspire you. Laurie Kast-Klein has been involved in advocacy for abused women and children, and she currently lives with her family in Michigan.

    Especially, if you are different. The (un)Lucky Sperm is a funny memoir — a collection of honest, harrowing and absurd accounts.Until he was seventeen, Brett Preiss lived in the dusty outback of Australia, where he was one of four siblings in a dysfunctional family. He learned how to survive under the most bizarre and extraordinary circumstances.In this book, he shares the trials and tribulations of his youth through anecdotes that will leave you in tears of joy or sorrow. Travel back to the ’60s and ’70s and watch Brett transform from a sperm to adolescence. Follow him having his first piano lesson, first sewing machine, first kiss and first ejaculation. The story is moving and disturbing, brutal yet hilarious. Cheer him along in his struggles and triumphs until he leaves the desert and heads off to college.If you like stories full of sarcasm and observational humor, then you are going to love this book.

    So far, Chloe’s teenage years have been good but boring, and she’s managed to go through life unnoticed—until the morning of her eighteenth birthday. One fateful birthday gift and a run in with a group of the school’s most popular kids later, Chloe finds that her small town life is anything but boring, and her destiny just got a whole lot more dangerous than she’d ever imagined.The descendant of the most powerful magical bloodline in history, Chloe has been Chosen. Together with her new friends, Chloe will find everything she thought she knew turned upside down in the wake of secrets, lies, and an unanticipated love triangle, all while she and five others descendants of the original Chosen fight to destroy a dark and powerful immortal—who has his eye set directly on Chloe.

    Direct your amazing mind power. Set your manifestation goals effectively. Attract the right people. And become more successful.You are already good at manifesting because your thoughts automatically attract what happens to you. So, the big issue with manifestation is the QUALITY of what you attract, and how you can achieve it.ANYONE CAN MANIFEST AND ATTRACT LOVE, SUCCESS and MORE OVER 20 POWERFUL TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES INCLUDING: What you need to know about vibrations and frequencies that may have been holding you back How to manifest in 5 easy step that won't fail! How to attract what you want within 24 hours or less How to manifest the career you love, simply by loving it How to draw you soulmate to you and keep them loving you How to become the most powerful and happy person you can be The trademarked process of THE TRIANGLE CHECK to eliminate blocks to your success. An inspirational technique that pulls your dream in from the astral realms today Why frequencies are the answer to all your problems and how to deal with them. How to stay in a high frequency and automatically attract what you want without affirmations or visualizations. Why vision boards only HALF work. Powerful step by step client studies working with the law of attraction to help you understand. The most simple book on mastering the law of attraction and making it work for you all the time. LOOK INSIDE!Download this book today and be on your way to having your dream tomorrow!Tags: Inspiration, law of attraction, frequency, manifest, soulmate, attract loveHave you struggled with making the Law of Attraction work for you? You can do it! I will show you how! Hundreds of clients have successfully used this method to produce the results they desire. Most likely you're reading this because there's something you really really want and you're wondering if you can use this book to get it. The answer is YES. After years of helping clients and attendees at my lectures learn to manifest their dreams, I developed a simple 5 step process to help you manifest right away. The secrets the Secret never told you. If I can do it, and they can do it, you can do it! Sometimes the process is just about getting out of the way. In any case can't wait to hear all your happy stories afterwards please do come back and share:)If you don't understand the science behind manifesting then you are leaving your life up for chance! Direct your destiny with frequency atttunment.Tags: Law of Attraction, Manifest Miracle, Attract Love How is this book different? I take you through step by step client stories from desiring something to manifesting it into their lives. You can easily see through their stories where you may be going awry in your own personal efforts.

    TRULY TASTELESS JOKES took America by storm and made it laugh at itself. It's all in here, disgusting, repulsive, cruel, and just plain tasteless jokes and stories that will make you smile, laugh, or groan--and love every minute of it.

     Includes Overdue Account, Walter's Cargo Shorts, Simon's Piecharts, Missing Missy, Obviously a Foggot, Formal Complaints, Justin’s Floodlight, Matthew’s Party, Permission Slip and many more.

     OB staff members write in with their strangest encounters, medics recall embarrassing moments, and nurses vent about frustrating incidents. We learn about even more odd things patients have gotten stuck in their orifices, and we share the laughter and confusion with the healthcare professionals who treated these patients. So, take this book to your nurses lounge to flip through while you're on break (WHAT BREAK?!), read it while you're staging, catch up on all the drama on your day off, or relive all the craziness while you're enjoying your retirement. You WILL laugh as you read firsthand accounts from healthcare professionals who share their experiences as a reminder that you are NOT alone, and you're not losing your mind!

    This book gives students and teachers an excellent guide for handling a bully.

    Davis (Girl's Poker Night) offers darkly humorous take on starting over in New York and working with "the Elizabeths" and Alisa Valdes-Rodriquez (The Dirty Girls Social Club) muses on how different the words lady and woman are when paired with cat.Girl's Night In features stories about growing up, growing out of, moving out, moving on, falling apart and getting it all together. So turn off your cell phone and curl up on the couch: this is one Girl's Night In you won't want to miss.

    It contains random and relatable lists, hot tips, advice, activities, stories from my past, info about how I got started on YouTube, lots of LOLs and so much more!Hopefully this book will make you laugh, but also help you to see that everyone’s brain works differently and that your so-called weaknesses can really be gifts.

    Brady Cassidy was always around. The girl next door. But as we grew up, my time in the military made us grow apart. She isn’t my little Ladybug anymore. She’s a confident, curvy beauty. And I want her to climb my ladder. Until her mom got sick and everything changed. Her mother’s dying wish? To see her baby walk down the aisle. I never expected Cass to ask me. Cassidy Brady is hot. So hot I can barely be near him. Always has been. And he has no idea I have loved him since I was four. But our timing has never been right, however now, my mom has little time left. My idea to get married is totally insane, but for some reason he goes along with it. At night, our passion ignites, and by day, he saves lives while I pick out cakes and favors. Everything is perfect. Until it isn’t. Our lie could end up burning everyone we love. She doesn’t want to get married, but she’s having my baby. Josh Vanessa and I are practically strangers. Except that we had a one-night stand. And now she’s having my baby. But I want to be more, more than strangers, more than friends. I want to come home to Vanessa every night, throw her over my shoulder and have my way with her. She’s putting up walls. I break down walls for a living, she doesn’t stand a chance. I’ll prove to her I’m here for her, and for our child. Every step of the way. Vanessa Josh is on fire. The way he looks at me, I can’t get enough. But we’re having a baby, family has to come first. We hardly know each other. Can we really make this work? He thinks so. When he’s in his uniform and tossing his cocky attitude around, I almost believe him. I never thought I would want to get married, but being a fireman’s wife… Can I take the heat? Playboy, firefighter, and now homeless? Not gonna happen. If the new EMT doesn’t agree to be my roommate I don’t know what I’ll do. Since my parents took away my trust fund, things have been tight. But my new roommate isn’t what I was expecting. That doesn’t stop me from wanting HER. Olivia wants to be treated like one of the guys. I have to try. I only have a few months left to convince my parents I’ve cleaned up my act. So I can get my billions back. For now Olivia will just have to be my roomie. We need to keep it platonic. But one night after a fire call we’re both hot and bothered. And when she tells me she’s never had an O, I have to turn up the heat. Now I’m willing to give up everything to get what I want...her. She was the one that got away. Desiree is beautiful, kind, and everything I've always wanted. But didn't deserve. I was rough, a criminal, a kid who needed help. I'm the one who does the saving now. I'm a firefighter. And a father. I'm ready to ignite our passion once again, And this time the flame won't go out. Debut author Chase Jackson invites you to meet the men of Firehouse 56. You're going to need a hose down after all this heat.

     One hundred and fifty years ago, global warming brought humankind to the edge of extinction. In a desperate bid for survival, four thousand genetically enhanced soldiers—the last slice of humanity—were sent to eight space stations. When a technical glitch during battle leaves Romy and the four other members of Knot 27 hurtling through orbit towards Planet Earth, Romy knows they are dead one way or another. If the crash doesn’t kill them, post-global warming conditions will. Yet days pass as Romy wanders injured and aimless through the bush. As she desperately searches for her knot, Romy is found by a grey-eyed man—a mysterious and close-lipped presence she is not certain she can trust. Especially when he shouldn’t even exist. Secrets are unmasked. A different version of Earth bursts to the surface. Will Romy survive the betrayal and lies threatening to shatter her mind like glass? Earth was ruined. Humankind destroyed. Or so they were told. . . . Scroll up and click buy now to save 22% when you purchase the complete series in this boxset instead of the individual titles! _____________________________________________________________________________ Awarded a Five Star badge from Readers’ Favorite in 2016. Finalist of the Young Adult Books Central Book Awards for Best YA Sci-Fi of 2016. _____________________________________________________________________________ What Readers are Saying: "superbly written" - Readers' Favorite ★★★★★ "part fantasy, part sci-fi, and all cosmic-chemistry" - Amy's Bookshelf Reviews ★★★★★ "all I can say is WOW!" - Taking It One Book at a Time ★★★★★ "I had very high expectations for this one and I'm happy to say that the book met them all and more." - Bookaholic ★★★★★ "I can't start talking about this or I won't stop. This is a must read!" - Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

    TWO WORLDS. ONE LOVE. Eighteen-year old Daria Jones feels trapped in the cow-strewn suburbs of Fresno, California. And with a father so overprotective he's installed video and thermal surveillance down the street, she doesn't get out much. Until the night he disappears. Following the trail of notes he's left behind, Daria gathers three things: a dark force is hunting her, her father's fled to another world on a cryptic mission, and the only one left to trust is her ex-best friend, Alexander Anderson. The more she learns about her father's absence, the more she realizes she must go to this other world to find him. And Alexander is the only one who knows how to get there. Amidst a world of diabolical creatures, ancient magic, and bizarrely intuitive vegetation, Daria must find her father before the dark force finds her. But the truth of who she really is could be her greatest enemy of all. [First Edition published February 2, 2015] Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Falling Kingdoms, and the Lunar Chronicles. The Complete Pandoran Series Includes: Gaia's Secret The Keeper's Flame Breath of Dragons Heir of Pendel

    We all know one! They like to groan and grumble, offering their own commentary on the shortcomings of modern life. Whether it is queues at the supermarket, the state of the health system, the price of a pint these days, the hairstyles of teenagers, or the number of Maltesers you actually get in a bag, there is always something that will get their goat. 'The Grumpy Old Git's Guide to Life' is a hilarious celebration of all these grumps, how to identify one, what exactly they find so irritating and why we find their rants quite so amusing.