The Only Chance


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Just One Chance


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He thought she was the one…until she walked away. Now she’s back and he wants her more than ever. As a former Marine, Xander Kingston’s writing keeps him sane. Bonus? His thrillers made him one of Hollywood’s most desired screenwriters—and also introduced him to a fledgling starlet who broke his heart. With his close-knit family in New York, Xander returned home and found peace. Until Sasha Keaton shows up at his Hamptons retreat. Now an A-Lister, she’s as beautiful as he remembers. And just as dangerous to his heart. Sasha learned from watching her mother to never sacrifice her dreams for anyone—only to discover how empty life could be without the man she loved. Now cast in Xander’s latest movie, she needs his insight to play the part, but secretly hopes for a second chance. Xander has built emotional walls to keep Sasha at a distance, but their physical attraction can’t be denied. When a stalker’s threats intensify, Xander moves Sasha into his house to keep her safe. Before long she's back in his bed and making inroads in his life. But when the danger passes and the movie wraps, Sasha and Xander face a familiar choice—put career first or give love a fighting chance.




My Only Chance


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Taking down a Mexican drug cartel was never on Callie's bucket list. But when a distraught mother came into the clinic where she worked, panicked because her little girl had been abducted by one of the deadliest drug cartels, Callie knew she couldn't turn her back on them. Unfortunately, the cost of interfering was for her to forfeit the life she had come to love. Rescuing the little girl was the right thing to do, but rescuing herself when she became their captive instead, proved more difficult. But escape she did and with the help of a kindly priest Callie eventually made her way back to the United States. Arriving back home and seeing members of the San Letas drug cartel lurking around her family home, she realized the danger sheand theywere still in. Seeking the help of a federal agency, she was quickly placed into witness protection. But after giving up everything that meant the most to her, someone within the agency betrayed her. Suddenly Callie was forced to run, knowing that the very people she was supposed to trust had turned on her. Travis Johanson loved being a police officer. There was something to be said for the calm ins and outs of a small town police department. He had a wonderful group of friends and had met a woman he enjoyed spending time with...when she wasn't pushing him away. There was something about her, though, that drew him to her so he was willing to be patient and allow her to take things at her own pace. Until Callie didn't show up for work one day and he knew that something was seriously wrong. Now he just had to track her down and convince her to let him help. But would she let him?




Chance


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Winner of the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Illustrated Books for Older Readers A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020 A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2020 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020 Booklist Best Books of 2020 Horn Book Fanfare 2020 Booklist Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2020 Jewish Journal Twenty of the Best 2020 (Non-Holiday) Jewish Books for Kids A National Jewish Book Award 2020 Finalist for Middle Grade Fiction A 2021 Golden Dome Book Award Selection “Harrowing, engaging and utterly honest.” —Elizabeth Wein, The New York Times Book Review “A captivating chronicle of eight turbulent years.” —The Wall Street Journal From a beloved voice in children’s literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust story. With backlist sales of over 2.3 million copies, Uri Shulevitz, one of Farrar, Straus and Grioux’s most acclaimed picture-book creators, details the eight-year odyssey of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of the Nazis by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union in Chance. It was during those years, with threats at every turn, that the young Uri experienced his awakening as an artist, an experience that played a key role during this difficult time. By turns dreamlike and nightmarish, this heavily illustrated account of determination, courage, family loyalty, and the luck of coincidence is a true publishing event.




One Chance


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The inspirational memoir by international classical music star Paul Potts, winner of Britain’s GotTalent—soon to be a major motion picture from The Weinstein Company One Chance is the remarkable true story of Paul Potts, cell phone salesman by day, amateur singer by night, who stepped onto the stage in the premiere season of Britain’s Got Talent, and changed his life. When he opened his mouth to sing Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma,” judge Simon Cowell and millions of viewers were stunned. Paul went on to win the show’s competition and become a YouTube sensation and multiplatinum artist virtually overnight. Filled with personal recollections not featured in the film, this is the wonderful story of the shy, bullied Welsh store manager who seized his biggest dreams and won audiences around the world. The film One Chance, starring James Corden, Tony-winning star of One Man, Two Guvnors, and Julie Walters, star of Mamma Mia! and Billy Elliot, was directed by David Frankel (The Devil WearsPrada) and written by Justin Zackham (The Bucket List), and will be released in fall 2013.




Em's Only Chance


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When Em Littlejohn arrives in Colorado, romance is the last thing on her mind. She is content with her place in the Chamberlin family. But upon a visit to a nearby ranch, she catches the eye of Chance, a handsome cook who immediately set out to win her. Em, though, refuses to be his prize. As a Christian, Em knows Chance is bitter against God because of his painful past in slavery. She tries to discourage his persistence, but he will not take a hint. When Chance is wrongly accused of robbing a stage, Em feels compelled to help him. Circumstances will take them down a path neither ever dreamed of following. Will they walk it together.




Only by Chance


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So near… Yet so far… Life had not been easy for Henrietta Cowper, but she hoped to improve her lot. Then, shortly after she met consultant neurosurgeon Adam Ross-Pit, Henrietta fell seriously ill—and her small world changed forever. She had him to thank for her new job, and she was very grateful…and perhaps a little in love. But he didn't need to know that—even if he did continue to come to her rescue!




HER ONLY CHANCE


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As a Navy SEAL, Kell is used putting his life on the line. But he can risk his heart again on a woman who keeps walking away from him? Jamie Winslow has been in love with Kellan Chance forever. Only, despite the undeniable chemistry between them, they'd never found a way to make it work. Now in order to get her license to practice psychology—and cash in on a major book deal—Jamie needs to find some sort of closure in her relationship with Kell. And it would be a lot easier if she could just keep him out of her bed…




When the Games Had Ended, Her Only Chance Had Just Began.


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In side this novel, there is autobiography of me, Patti Lou Witter, and my life with Cerebral Palsy, a cult of Nazis and Narcos after me, and everything that they can steal. We will call it, MY LIFE WITHOUT A CHANCE. And then there the romance fiction of WHEN THE GAMES HAD ENDED, HER ONLY CHANCE HAD JUST BEGAN, which is written by me. You will meet Kimberly, who was left disabled by a automobile accident, just as her art career had started, and with a dangerous cult after her, when she hears of a new operation that can give her back the ability to paint, will she take the Chance?




Only One Chance


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One of every six children suffers from a neurodevelopmental abnormality of unknown cause. Environmental pollutants such as lead, mercury, and pesticides interfere with brain development, yet we do not test industrial chemicals for brain toxicity.