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The Greatest Female Writers Classics Collection is a stunning compilation of fifteen (audio)books by some of the most legendary women writers throughout history. From Mary Wollstonecraft’s groundbreaking call for women’s rights to Austen’s unparalleled witty romance...

She trusted him with her heart once. This Christmas, God may ask her to risk it again. Veterinarian Chelsea Hutchinson once believed she’d have a family of her own. But three years ago, Parker Springer shattered that dream when he chose a high-powered career over a future with her. Now Chelsea pours her energy into the Hutchinson Animal Clinic in the small city of Standing Hope, Texas, determined to guard her heart—and her faith. So when Parker returns to town just weeks before Christmas, claiming he’s there to spend the holidays with his brother, Chelsea is anything but welcoming. ...

Wren despises Ian for his past behavior. Ian wanted years ago to win Wren's heart, but knows he may never win it after what he did... and what he believes. But a missing cat and two runaway girls might just be part of a divine plan that will change everything... ******** Wren Garcia has built her life on faith, loyalty, and forgiveness—at least in theory. As a veterinary technician at the Hutchinson Animal Clinic, she loves her work and her community in Standing Hope. But one thing she can’t bring herself to do is forgive Dr. Ian Blakely, the veterinarian who once tried to undermine ...

Joanne is a nutritionist who helps others heal even while secretly nursing her decades-old pain that has made her shy away from men. Bruce, also in his early sixties, is the widower who's been trying to get Joanne's attention for the past year. They both seem destined to remain alone... until a holiday cook-off and a mysterious recipe in an old cookbook throw them together into a search for truth. ********* Joanne Patterson has spent decades helping others live healthier lives—but when it comes to her own heart, she’s built walls that feel impossible to breach. A respected East Texas ...

Snuggle up in front of a blazing fire, your favorite quilt, and a piping mug of hot chocolate as you delve into this sweet, holiday romance. On the other hand, forget the hot chocolate, or it will end up coming out your nose from all the chuckling and laughing you’re going to do. Kylie Dennis, one of the top sales associates for the department store where she works, has given up on men. Not a one can live up to her standards. And they’re not even that high: be an interesting, kind person whose main goal in talking to her is to get her into bed with him. When the H.R. department asks her...

What if the one secret you were holding was the one thing holding you back from a life of complete freedom? Arianna, a sixteen-year-old from Uganda, is on the run. Who and what she is running from, she doesn't want to tell. She's learned, over the past eight years, not to trust Americans. But when an injury forces her onto the mercy of Allison Whitlock, who finds Arianna in her shed one cold, southeast Oklahoma winter morning, she begins to see that some people are worth her trust. That is, until Allie's best friend comes along, pushing Arianna to make a decision that could not only destroy...

Rosa Marima is confused, distraught…and running away. Convinced she’s wasted the past twenty years of not only her life, but that of her husband, the nearing-sixty-year-old woman announces that she needs time away from the struggling motel that she and her husband, George, run together. He believes she’s angry that he withheld the truth about the financial situation of the business. But her angst runs much deeper, to a painful time in her past she thought she’d finally released, but which has come back to haunt her. While at her retreat in a cabin in the mountains over four hours ...

The perfect romance for vegans, vegetarians, and their wannabe cohorts... A small-town, simple-living vegan girl, terrified of being in the limelight… …the most famous celebrity on the planet, convinced that she’s his soul mate… …and an untimely lawsuit that forces them to make choices that will either make or break their lives... ************ ***PLEASE NOTE: I have edited and revised those portions relating to the character Deshawn that caused offense to some readers. Even though I'd patterned his speech after a friend who is more educated than I. Just sayin'.*** All Rachel ...

Many people feel lost today, on a number of different levels, for a number of different reasons. If you're one of them. read on... The pre-Internet modern world had been stressful enough, the constant outside pressure to do more and accumulate more was sufficient cause for people to forget – or ignore – who they really were, what they could be if only they could get off of the hamster wheel that society told them was necessary for “success.” Now with social media, streaming movies and television, access to instant information, and a constant flow of news, everyone is being ...

**REVISED, UPDATED AND EXPANDED VERSION to explode your finances in the 2020s and beyond!** What would you say if I told you that you could achieve financial independence much earlier than you think? That is, in the next ten to twenty years, rather than the thirty to forty years it takes most people...if they ever achieve it at all? How about if I told you you could do it without building an MLM business, gambling, or winning the lottery? How can I make such a wild claim? Because my husband and I reached financial independence by our early forties, using no money except that which we were ...

The perfect novel for health nuts and health nut wannabes... He is one of the head cheeses at the regional headquarters for a food conglomerate. She's a mom on a mission, trying to figure out why her daughter, along with a disturbing number of other children, have fallen desperately ill after eating school cafeteria food. He wants to help, but if he reveals who he really is, all will be lost... ************* The last thing any parent wants to receive is a phone call telling them that their child has fallen seriously ill from an unknown cause. When the child is an only child and ends up in a...

When an unknown person kills her evil boss, she's finally free to pursue a better life. Her new boss, a godly man full of kindness and compassion, falls for her instantly. But her past, as well as the unknown killer – who is intent on quenching the soul-parching thirst for revenge – threaten to destroy everything… ********* Rosa Manriquez wants nothing more than to extricate herself from her career as a topless dancer in Dallas, Texas. It’s not easy, working for a boss who has beat up – and worse – his “girls” who have tried to leave their jobs in the past. But when Rosa ...

She’s an out-of-work actress, fleeing from an enemy. He’s a handyman-cum-trade writer, fleeing from what is certain to be an awkward and painful family Christmas. Neither one wants a relationship, but when God is in control, wonderful things are bound to happen… Rochelle Erhardt’s goal is to make it from L.A. to North Carolina by car before Christmas. With a new haircut, fresh wheels, and large sunglasses, she is confident no one will recognize her. Until those “fresh wheels” break down in northwest Arkansas. Suspecting that she is being followed by the one person who can ruin ...

A music teacher determined never to celebrate Christmas again… …the ninety-year-old woman weighed down with guilt and remorse… …and the man who wants nothing more than to bring the light of the holiday back into both hearts… ********** For Janice Michaels, the bane of her career as a music teacher is preparing students for the annual winter holiday program. Christmas has brought nothing but grief and loneliness for the past decade, after she lost her beloved husband to a fatal car accident. Hearing holiday music day after day during the first few months of the school year is like ...

She’s a health and nutrition coach who needs temporary housing after her roommate and best friend elopes. He’s the lead singer of a popular American band who needs a personal chef for a couple of months to help him get his health back on track. What neither one of them needs is for a criminal to be living right under their noses… ****** Violet Carter’s health and nutritional coach business is doing well, but not well enough for her to be able to pay rent on an apartment in a nice part of Dallas all by herself, without having to give up on her financial goals. So when her best friend...

One teacher, running toward the will of God... Another teacher, falling fast for her, but running away from the will of God... The child with the open and tender heart who brings them together... And a forgotten envelope that holds the key to everything... [PLEASE NOTE: The language that offended some of the reviewers of earlier editions of this novel has been removed.] Sheila Carson is a Kindergarten teacher in Dallas, Texas, estranged from her family while struggling with feeling more and more dissatisfied with her job. For the same reason she’s avoided her family like the plague these ...

Leila Dennis’ job as an elementary school art teacher fulfills her and is everything she wants in life. Until she meets Brad Riley. A new resident to Pine Grove, Brad is the father of one of Leila’s first-graders, Mary. His initial attentions warm her, make her think that like her two older sisters, she might have found the man who would become her husband. Until he turns cold and practically pushes her out of his life. She’s glad he does it early on, not so glad when Mary’s audition for the annual school holiday program is so outstanding that Leila and the music teacher, Patricia, ...

**Although this novel is part of a series, it can easily stand on its own.** She’s a Christian, pregnant, but not of her own volition… He’s an atheist and quintessential Real Estate tycoon, threatening her very livelihood… The unwanted baby could be the tie that binds them, or the instrument that tears them apart… * ********* Twenty-eight-year-old Lisa Burns has always dreamed of being a wife and mother. But not the one without the other. And certainly not by an act of violence. The gift shop she owns in the small, Midwestern town of Little River Village just meets her needs. But ...

Daniel West has a problem... The woman he’s secretly been in love with since middle school has no interest in romance or marriage. Michelle Dennis has only ever seen their relationship as best friends, and has told Daniel repeatedly that she doesn’t want to get married or have children. Not being able to turn her heart toward his is yet another failure in his life, and he finally gives up on having any chance with her so thoroughly, that he allows his friend and co-worker to pursue her. Michelle carries a secret, too, the only one she’s never told Daniel. Her adamant insistence that ...

She’s a new widow, very pregnant, and carrying around a truck load of guilt. He’s an accountant, carrying a truck load of bitterness over his dream of publishing a novel having been hijacked. A cozy cabin resort in the Ozarks is the perfect place for each to seek peace. That is, until they recognize each other… Debbie Tanner didn’t plan to make a stop in between her hometown in Ohio and her cousin’s home in Texas, but the beauty of the Ozarks tempts her into finding a place to rest there for a few days. Two weeks away from giving birth to her first child, she figures she has time....