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Funny, thought provoking, and always entertaining, personal essayist Marion Winik is known for decades of storytelling on NPR and the stunning memoir First Comes Love. Memory and identity are the focus of this new collection, Guesswork, drawn from a column that has won "Best of Baltimore" from Baltimore magazine several years running.

Winner of Child magazine's Book of the Year award for her hilarious and candid book on single motherhood, The Lunch-Box Chronicles, Marion Winik returns to the topic of parenting in these nine essays. Beginning with the story of her second wedding and her move to rural Pennsylvania, she covers everything from blending families and having a child in one's 40s to dealing with the legal problems of teenage boys to the evolution of the values of a family over generations.

She's a woman falling in love. Kate Kaufmann is stuck between wanting to expose the Blaine Corporation for misdeeds and falling for the owner - elusive billionaire, Lucas Blaine. As the two embark on a romantic night out, Kate's attraction starts to grow.

She's a woman on a mission. Kate Kaufmann's job as an investigative reporter is on the line. The only way to save it is to go undercover at the Blaine Corporation as an assistant and dig up as much dirt as she can. But... she didn't expect billionaire Lucas Blaine to be so charming - or the chemistry between them to be so magnetic. Will Kate be able to get her story and resist the man she is so focused on exposing?

A weekend with her bastard ex's hunky brother has turned into something more than just a fantastic romp between the sheets. As Amanda realizes she is falling in love, Trent assures her that he feels the same way. But, will secrets between them keep them apart?

As a successful lawyer in Miami, going home to the tiny town of Broken Branch for her older sister's wedding was the last thing Alexis Beauchamp really wanted to do. After the devilishly handsome rodeo cowboy Kip Caldwell catches her attention at the rehearsal dinner, she decides the trip may have been worthwhile after all. Kip has two reasons to be in town: The Professional Rodeo Riders Association finals and a wedding he doesn't really want to attend.

The last person Maggie McClure expected to waltz into her bar was her ex-husband - a man that broke her heart into a million pieces five years ago when she caught him cheating on her. Yet, when Rhett Lucas shows up and saves her on a busy night, she can't help but have old feelings start to resurface. Determined to ignore his charms, Maggie finds herself in a constant tug-of-war between what her heart wants and what her mind needs. As one of country music's most notorious bad boys, Rhett has never quite let go of what he had with Maggie, their sudden breakup leaving him puzzled.

Jonah Alcott found his true calling as the PR director of Hawkins Hardwood. He's a master of mediation, but the Black Cherry Canyon project has pushed him to his limit—beautiful but obstinate park manager Zury Castellano crossed a line when she enlisted the help of known eco-terrorists to protect "her" land. Zury will stop at nothing to ensure Hawkins Hardwood doesn't touch a single twig in it, even if that means agreeing to spend the weekend with corporate drone Jonah.

Rule Seven: Never sleep with anyone you represent. Charity Marks lives her life with a personal set of rules that she never breaks - and for a good reason. After getting fired from her job in Southern California, she takes a job in the tiny town of Broken Branch as a public relations expert for the Professional Rodeo Riders Association. Clay Cooper is the PRRA's hottest star and wildest bad boy. When Charity goes to talk to him about toning down his ways, she is surprised to find that there is more to the cowboy than meets the eye. Will the oh-so-delicious Clay be the death of rule number seven?

Falling for her bastard ex's hunky little brother was the last thing Amanda thought she would do. Yet, here she is experiencing the most romantic weekend of her life…but left wondering if she's going to end up getting hurt. Trent just wants to show her what it feels like to be loved and that he is nothing like his older brother. Will teasing Amanda be enough to get her to trust in him and their relationship?

A year after having her wedding called off by her fiance, Amanda decides it is finally time to give sex another go. But when she decides to try and pick up astranger, she has a chance encounter with a man she never expected to run into...her ex's brother. Trent has had a crush on Amanda for years. When he sees her at a local bar, she makes him an offer he can't refuse: a night of wild sex, no strings attached. Will he give her what she wants?

Passion is only a short trip away in Love Letters Volume 4: Travel to Temptation. Contains the storiesM Is for Melting by Maggie Wells, N Is for Naughty by Christina Thacher, O Is for One More Night by Ginny Glas, P Is for Predicament by Emily Cale, and Q Is for Quarrel by Ginny Glass and Christina Thacher.

An energy-providing ore, much needed by a federation of populated worlds, is present in abundance on a distant planet called Lodon-Kamaria. But no attempt has ever been made to mine and export the ore, because the Lodonites and the Kamarians are in a perpetual state of war. They can't even agree on the name of their planet. Federation Headquarters sends in a diplomatic team to see what can be done. They touch down first in Lodon...and are shocked to find that the entire nation is mad.

Thirteen-year-old Molly Gerry and her older sister Colleen's world is rocked when their father dies, leaving them penniless. Their best hope seems to be leaving their small Illinois town to work at a Harvey Eating House in Raton, New Mexico. Molly manages to appear 18 (the minimum Harvey Girl age) in order to get the job and soon catches on to the rhythm of life beside the railroad tracks.

Minka Shokat only needs two things in life: her fourth-generation Wayfarer spaceship, and her two best friends and crewmates by her side. Anjali and Tex were the only people to stand by her after she was falsely branded a traitor and kicked out of Central Command five years ago. Since then, Minka has kept as far from Command as the galaxy will allow. Working with her friends on their own terms beats flying warships any day. But keeping her junker of a ship flying takes money - money that Minka and her crew don't have.

Young Prince Conrad had never seen such a beautiful maiden. Her name was Sofia, and she was bewitching, beguiling, and bewildering. It was as if she had cast a spell on him. But was it true love - or a dark, powerful sorcery as tempting and inescapable as evil itself?

In a wild frontier boomtown like Rattlesnake Wells, it’s hard to know who to lock up, who to let out, and who to gun down. But as town marshal, it’s Bob Hatfield’s job to separate the sinners from the saints — or at least keep them from killing each other. Now there’s a new boy in town. He’s fresh out of prison. He swears he was wrongfully convicted of embezzling from his boss at the local mine. He wants to clear his name and reclaim the woman he loves.

Life’s been pretty good for Cuno Massey since he went into the freight business with Wade Scanlon. Good, that is, until Scanlon stops in at a saloon and gets shot dead by a band of outlaws. When Massey comes upon his friend in a pine box with his freight wagon plundered and burned, he has one goal: to find the killers.

From a woman who lays claim to Chet's heart to a land ripe for grazing, the Arizona territory begins to open its arms to the dauntless determination of the Byrnes family. But with every success there comes a rising danger. There’s a sheriff who refuses to do his job. Trigger happy outlaws competing to kill them. And a mysterious rancher who’s hell bent on running a herd across Chet's land - and forcing the Texan into a war...

This book opens the door to "GREEN LEASING" and "SUSTAINABLE LIVING" with "NATURAL RESOURCES that can be achieved by anyone, anywhere, and at any time, with great success, and can be explored side-by-side with us in a parallel universe (right here in Texas & Arizona!) as we build our Home Tree Farm Eco-Villages.