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Some people call me an ice queen. It’s not ice. On the inside, I’m burning up. I’ve got so many things I want, and I can’t have any of them. And the one thing I don’t want, wants me more than anything. My name is Anya Talova, and people think I have it together. A handsome man is falling over himself to impress me. He’s got millions, a perfect body, the perfect smile. He wants nothing more than for me to fall all over myself accepting his proposals. But I don’t want him. I want the imperfect, scared one who won’t admit they love me.

When an assassin's bullet strikes his predecessor, Grayson Alexander becomes the first openly gay president of the United States and his husband, David Hammond, becomes the first openly gay First Husband. With their world turned upside down, David relies on his career as a medical school professor and ER doctor to keep him grounded. But his decision to keep working ruffles feathers from day one.

Faith Donovan vowed never to marry. Years of witnessing her parents' abusive marriage soured her against such a union, but when she can't find employment, she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride and hopes for the best. When she discovers her new husband has a reputation for the very things she feared, her hopes are crushed.

Daniel Larson has walled himself off from any possibility of romance since his lover died violently five years ago in Afghanistan. The same bomb that ended his partner’s life took the lower part of Daniel’s left leg. The only support Daniel has, his Uncle Lawrence, is dead-set against anything homosexual, including Daniel. Now, a popular language teacher at the local university, Daniel's suffering from a car accident that broke his one good leg.

Zack Sheldon doesn't have time to be lonely. He's in his last year as a pediatric resident, almost married to the job, and busy with the joys and sorrows that come with providing medical care to children. Professionally, he's confident, accomplished, and respected. But personally he's too insecure to approach a sexy man like Sergio Quartulli, or even to imagine that Sergio might be attracted to him.

After one very long tour of duty in Afghanistan and an honorable discharge from the USMC, Elijah Preston comes home to nothing. He barely scrapes up enough money for a cheap motel in Quantico, Virginia, with no money-making opportunities in sight. A chance encounter in a local Walmart finally gives Eli hope for employment. Elijah is ready to sign on with Royce Mackey's proposition...until he hears what's required.

Cheating is normal. That’s what Jane told herself, anyway. It happened all around her: her parents, couples in high school, and now, her own relationship. College is supposed to be different. Again, that’s what Jane told herself, but in her favorite class, she’s partnered with the one guy who has taken it twice before. Isn’t she cheating then? But he calls her sweetheart, and he sits so close.

Mental models are blueprints we are able to use in a variety of contexts to create sense of the world, interpret information correctly, and understand our context. They provide us predictable outcomes. A recipe may be the most basic type of mental model; each component has its role, period, and place. Nevertheless, a recipe isn't applicable to anything beyond your realm of food. Therefore, we find ourselves ready of attempting to learn a wide variety of mental versions (or latticework, as Charlie Munger places it) to get ready ourselves for whatever will come our method.

Born in Belgium, Karel Jan Bossart moved to America and worked with brilliant and colorful aircraft designers in the 1930s. After the Second World War, he developed the first American intercontinental ballistic missile, employing radical innovations in design. Initially skeptical, the US Air Force embraced his plan after they realized that the Soviet Union was close to completing a similar weapon system.

After returning home from Niles, things begin to fall into place. Maybe not killing Breslin was a bad idea, but Matt's no murderer. Val, still tweaking and tuning the unit, is surprised, as is everyone else, when Merra admits to knowing the Black Widow, and asking her for help. Thomas convinces Matt to drop the BLB in favor of joining wholly with Fire Cat, and changing the name to Fire Cat-in-Exile. And lastly, the BLB gets some welcome aid from those crazy mercs from beyond the void, Wolf's Dragoons!

Rio Laraquette thought the legend was nothing more than an enchanted tale about star-crossed lovers who left behind a fortune. That is, until she figures out that she - in a past life - was the culprit who stole a shipment of gold and silver and buried it somewhere in the hills of northern Nevada.

This is a story about two boys who grew up in a rural area of Southern California. Because there were no other children for miles in any direction, the two boys spent every waking hour together until school and remained as brothers their entire lives. This would not have been so unusual but for the fact that one of the boys was a Japanese immigrant, and they graduated from high school in 1941.

Life is filled with precious moments to be cherished because it can all be gone in a flash, and you'll be left with nothing but treasured memories. Deidra Ferguson and John Sinclair are all too aware of this. They're both in Hawaii to see their loved ones ashes to their final resting place - off the coast of Oahu. Can two broken hearts find a way to help each other mend?

Jeremiah Scott was returning to Weatherton, Wyoming, after a six-year absence. Now that both of his parents had passed, he planned to renew the family ranch he'd left after his father's death. The train ride from Chicago to Cheyenne reminded him how lonely winters in the West could be without someone to share them. While in Cheyenne, arranging business deals and outfitting his ranch, he decided to find an impromptu bride.

Patrick Holden was a good-for-nothing scoundrel, taking what he wanted without regards to anyone else. At least he had been, until a few months ago when fate dealt him the blow he'd been tempting. Candace Tibbet lived alone with her neglectful father, and when Patrick showed her the merest of affections, she gave him attention if only to feel loved for a brief moment.

Eli Farley wasn't having a good year when it came to marriage. Twice, he was engaged, and neither time led to a marriage. He finally made a choice to send for a mail-order bride, but his letter was destroyed on the way to the post office. Enough is enough, he decided. Marriage wasn't meant for him. Cora Barnett's life hadn't been an easy one. Her only living parent was a drunken, good-for-nothing Pa, who ruined all her marriage prospects. Barely surviving, she jumped at the opportunity presented to her by an aunt.

After 10 years as an active-duty marine, Captain Eric Ramos is rejoining civilian life. His first job is chauffeuring, assisting, and generally keeping track of NBA young gun Tyler Haley. Tyler's had a rough few months, and his team owner is convinced he needs some hand-holding if he's going to keep delivering wins for the St. Louis Fire Foxes.

The dictionary definition of peace and the Bible definition of peace differs considerably. The dictionary says peace is the absence of war but the Hebrew definition of peace means; to restore in the sense of replacing or providing what is needed in order to make someone or something whole and complete. My pastor once defined peace as not the absence of war but the calmness and confidence somebody experiences during a time of difficulty and trial.

Johnny's parents are concerned to learn their young son is being bullied at school. Though they pray for a solution, they find themselves unprepared for the transformation God has in store.