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1) Love Stories
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What is love? What can love drive us to do? In these stories, love pushes us to revenge, to reach beyond the boundaries of life and death. To rescue a family member. To fight the good fight without even knowing it, or to risk everyone and everything to save someone who may or may not be worthy. To make the wrong decisions and walk into hell. To transcend who we are. Love can make us both the best and worst versions of ourselves. "Katherine Villyard's...
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"Valentine's Day Love Stories Volume 1" is a captivating anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the enchanting world of love on the most romantic day of the year. Within the pages of this collection, love unfolds in diverse and unexpected ways, spanning various genres and settings to create a rich tapestry of emotional narratives.Embark on a journey through bustling cities, remote villages, virtual reality games, and more, as each...
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Dive into the enchanting world of "Valentine's Day Love Stories," a captivating anthology comprising four volumes that collectively weave a tapestry of 62 romantic short stories. Each volume, from the inaugural to the evocative, explores the multifaceted dimensions of love against the backdrop of Valentine's Day.Volume 1 introduces you to the heartwarming narratives that kickstart this romantic journey. Across its pages, you'll encounter tales of...
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The Loyal Heart
Robert Truax came to Galveston to fulfill his promise to a dying man and look after his widow. He didn't expect to find love in the unlikeliest of places.
An Uncommon Protector
Overwhelmed by the responsibilities of running a ranch on her own, Laurel Tracey decides to hire a convict-a man who's just scary enough to take care of squatters and just desperate enough to agree to a one year post.
Love Held Captive
After the War Between...
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You Were Always Mine: Aquarius goes back in time to gain the trust and love of his beautiful life back when they were in high school. She doesn't make it easy on him. Battling everything he says and questions everything he does. Can he make her fall in love with him so they get more time together in the future? Beyond the Rainbow Mountain: Bonus book! Strina is wanted by the king for his son as a bride. She has special powers and he wishes to use...
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Over the course of one afternoon, in six different parts of L.A., six couples connect, reconnect, or fall apart. Marked by nimble shifts in tone (the six stories range from romping farce to emotionally gutting drama) and a potent combination of innovative cinematic storytelling and evergreen themes of the difficulties and ultimate resiliency of love in all its many forms, SIX L.A. LOVE STORIES is an indie *Love Actually* for our time. Winner of Best...
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Love is a pure and sincere emotion. Cupid may be blindfolded, yet it continually finds its way into people's hearts. Love, in essence, is recognizing others' "self" as one's own. Love is the enrichment of life, much like a cup brimming with wine. What matters is love, not being loved.
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This December, take a break from dreidel spinning, gelt winning, and latke eating to experience the joy of Chanukah. When you fall in love during the Festival of Lights, the world burns a whole lot brighter.
It's definitely not love at first sight for Amanda and her cute but mysterious new neighbor, Ben. Can a Chanukah miracle show them that getting off on the wrong foot doesn't mean they can't walk the same road?
Lawyers in love, Shari Cohen and...
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Christmas is coming – and so is love. Love is in the air this Christmas, and three couples are finding that working at the holidays comes with an unexpected benefit – a soul mate. This holiday anthology includes three previously published novellas, together for the first time in one collection. Each steamy story features a midlife couple, an alpha male, an independent woman, meddling friends, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Dating Santa:...
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Meet the people who make it all happen-the photographers, chefs, and the writers who have helped orchestrate and document the perfect day for countless couples-as they find their own happy endings in three sweet novellas.
Picture Perfect Love: A June Wedding Story by Melissa McClone
When image becomes everything, it's up to love to refocus the heart. Photographer Jenna Harrison wants every bride and groom to look picture perfect on their special...
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America's World War II is most often told through the stories of its great battles, when an entire generation of our young men was suddenly thrust across the oceans to represent the New World in deadly combat against the great powers of the Old. On sea, in the air, and on land our boys fought against totalitarian powers that threatened to overturn the American ideal of liberty for every individual, even civilization itself. But while often forgotten,...
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"Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy's stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking." -Los Angeles Times
In his critically-acclaimed debut collection of short stories, The Secret Lives of People in Love, Simon Van Booy explores the sway of fate and power of memory on the lives of lonely and vulnerable people. With the same spare, economical prose that he brought to his subsequent...
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The Bible is full of "love" stories. But the Biblical idea of love is so much bigger than we imagine.
Love is at the heart of the Bible. From the moment Adam declared Eve "flesh of my flesh"...to the sacrificial love of Joseph for Mary...to the deep friendship of David and Jonathan...to the abounding and never-changing love of God: The Bible is a love story. But it also redefines the way the world tells us we should think about love.
The Bible reveals...
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Embark on an enchanting journey with "Chasing Fireflies," the captivating fourth volume of the Valentine's Day Love Stories series. Within these pages, discover a tapestry of love tales, each weaving its unique spell of romance, fate, and serendipity. From the whimsical glow of "Chasing Fireflies" to the healing embrace of "The Healing Garden," and the intricate mosaic of love in "A Love Mosaic," this collection explores the depths of the human heart...
16) Playing Hurt
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~ Holly Schindler is a critically acclaimed author: Starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly, silver medal recipient in Foreword INDIES Book of the Year, IPPY Awards gold medal winner. ~ It's hard to get back in the game-of life or love-when you're still playing hurt. Once, she was a small-town celebrity. One of the most talented high school basketball players her hometown had ever seen. Bound for something far bigger beyond the city limits...
17) Play It Again
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~ Holly Schindler is a critically acclaimed author: Starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly, silver medal recipient in Foreword INDIES Book of the Year, IPPY Awards gold medal winner. ~ Four years after their unexpected summer romance, the compass that guided Chelsea and Clint to safety is still pointing north, toward everything Chelsea left behind. But can something that rescued you once rescue you a second time? It's late spring at the...
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