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Dessie Harper faces a crossroads in her life. She's lost her cousin and lover, gained a brother, and carries an unborn child. During a tropical getaway to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Dessie meets a captivating man named Daniel-but even the prospect of romance can't deter her from what she needs to do. She reveals her situation to her faithful friends, Vicki, Sharon, and Debra. With their help, she formulates a plan to begin the next phase of her life. That plan involves quitting her job, moving to New York, and keeping her pregnancy a secret from her mother, Ruthie, who Dessie feels would be ashamed of her daughter. In addition to the trouble of looking for work to support herself, however, Dessie fears for her life. Her lover, Ray, threatened to kill her when she demanded financial support for her child. She'll do anything to protect herself and her baby. In this sequel to Junie Boy's Funeral, Dessie navigates the many twists and turns that life throws at her as she seeks to improve herself and find love and acceptance.
Cedar Haven, North Dakota, was under a blanket of snow on Christmas Eve morning. The snow was still coming down. Angela Rose was seventeen years old. She was trudging through the snow while humming a Christmas song that her grandmother used to sing to her when she was a child. She soon approached her destination, where she was to leave the most unexpected gift on the doorstep of Paul and Margaret Riley. Quietly and gently, she placed the gift down in front of the Riley's door, rang the doorbell, and ran behind a hedge across the street to make sure someone came to the door. The door opened, and the package was received, and from that moment forward, several lives would be changed forever.
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Dessie Farrell was a pivotal and inspirational figure when the county last lifted Sam Maguire in 1995. Here, he has a story to tell, a story that takes us beyond the dressing room, behind the facade and into the troubled mind of a Gaelic football star whose relentless, obsessive pursuit of success nearly cost him his life.
Spencer Nash never expected to find a teenage runaway hiding in his horse trailer. But that's exactly what happened when Dessie Iverson, a shy and sweet and abused girl, stumbled into his life. Little did he know, saving her would be the most impactful adventure he'd ever have. Years later, their paths collide again at the Boxed N, igniting the spark of love they never had a chance to explore. Dessie's teenage crush blossoms into attraction, but her past demons threaten to extinguish the flame. As menacing forces close in, Spencer vows to protect her, but Dessie's fear of losing control may tear them apart. Can they overcome their deepest fears and doubts to embrace the love that's been their destiny all along? Or will the shadows of their pasts forever divide them?
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This pictoral/narrative book about the people of Wyoming transcends state boundaries and gives a flavor of the old and new West.
From the award-winning Irish novelist comes this “savagely comic . . . dark, surreal” satire of low morals, high finance, and Ireland’s precarious property boom (The New York Times). Tristram St. Lawrence hasn’t been home for years. Ever since he missed his mother’s deathbed to go on a bender, the thirteenth Earl of Howth isn’t welcome in the family castle. Now sober, he lives in self-imposed exile and is in contact with only two confidantes. One is Desmond Hickey, a former childhood bully, and current successful developer. The other is M. Deauville, Tristram’s mysterious AA sponsor to whom he is utterly beholden. Then Hickey pitches an ambitious development project to Tristram...