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Carly heads to a small town to lead a church choir at Christmastime, facing her first holiday season without her mother. While there, she connects with a man back in town after serving in the Army.
Samuel’s dream of buying a recording studio, making a hit record, and becoming a famous hip-hop artist has hit a snag. The money he borrowed to make it all happen is long over due. With the money all gone and the record far from finished, he becomes desperate for a solution. So when “The Bruce” – unscrupulous business man and owner of a string of male strip clubs – gives him only six months to pay back sixty-thousand dollars or say good-bye to his dream, Samuel knows what he’s got to do. To make it all work, he going to take it all off. With his looks and his talents, raising enough money to pay off the loan and complete the record ought to be a cinch, but there’s still a hitch. For his plan to work he’ll have to keep it a secret for a number of reasons. One, because his “keeper” of a girlfriend would drop him if she ever found out. And two, because he’s the son of one of the most prominent and respected preachers in the community. And while keeping his job hidden proves easy at first…
Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella “Bella” Swan, a teenage girl who moves to Forks, Washington, and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen. The series is told primarily from Bella’s point of view, with the epilogue of Eclipse and Part II of Breaking Dawn being told from the viewpoint of character Jacob Black, a werewolf.
It follows a married couple having a hard time connecting. To try to reconnect, they check into a cozy inn in a small town during the holiday season.
When not believing in love is a job, what happens when you find something, amazing?
When her baby is diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, a widowed first-time mom races against time to find a donor, only to uncover a labyrinth of deceit that leads her back to the fertility clinic where her son was conceived.
