You Can't Force Love


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"A battered butterfly, he'd build Kimberly up, nurture her strength and watch her return to flight. He repressed the visions dancing in the back of his mind; her naked body brandished red flags and spurred him to stampede. Bulls and butterflies did not mix." Jordan Fry's obsession is born in "You Can't Force Love" by Marie Drake, Book I in the Locked Hearts Series. From different towns and social backgrounds, Jordan Fry and Kimberly Orvine experience life-altering abuse, lose a parent and land in the same foster home. Angry, and self-deprecating, fiery redheaded Kimberly is deadset on lousy behavior and suffering the consequences, punishing herself for former sins. Scared by his inner darkness, pyromaniac Jordan has vowed to change for the better. He focuses on Kimberly as the key to his success, but she intends to make him break his promises. Unaware of Jordan's atrocious actions in the past, she's dangerously close to unleashing the evil he struggles to contain during their epic battle of wills. Can they both survive?




You Can't Force a Man to Value You


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You Can't Force A Man To Value You is the book that every woman should be handed when she turns eighteen-years-old. This book not only teaches a woman how to value herself outside of a man and find her worth, but also how to be a good woman and have healthy relationships with high value men who will honor, cherish, and pull you deeper into your Goddess throne. If you've been trying to figure out the keys to men or not knowing why your relationships went wrong, or watching other women land their dream guy or other women who seem to get the rich men who provide, take them on exotic vacations, buy them cars, completely adore them and do whatever they want, while you meanwhile pay half the bills, and end up in relationships with ungrateful men who aren't even half as smart as you, then this is the book for you. If you find yourself asking why do men seem to choose the needy women over you, the boss chick who doesn't need a man and can do everything on her own, then Sis this book is about to change your life. If you've suffered from a broken heart after pouring all of your love into a man who failed to provide for you, this book will not only heal you but send you back out into the dating world fully equipped to attract the man of your dreams. You Can't Force A Man How To Value you helps a woman step into her purpose, become a high value woman and finally understand how to become an alluring Goddess who understands men and is able to capture the heart of the man of her dreams. You will learn the key to enlightened relationships and develop beautiful, nurturing communication skills that will have the strongest man not being able to get enough of you. This book helps powerful women Unleash The Goddess Within. This book is perfect for the beautiful soul who craves an open, loving, supportive, growth oriented, empowered relationship with a soulmate. You desire to break generational curses, show your children and future generations a better way by being a living, breathing example of kindness, wholeness, confidence, and self love, within a healthy relationship that grants you an honest mate who will grow with you in both love and business. You continuously choose love and the call of your soul, over logic. You have a habit of dumbing yourself down, in order to relate to people. You tend to be the smartest person out of all of your friends. 9/10 you're way more smarter than your chosen partners.Not matter how much love you pour into your relationships, they tend to end really badly. They move on fast to the next person, meanwhile you're left crushed, heartbroken and having to pick up the pieces of your shattered life all by yourself. Yet, you understand that you are not a victim in your relationships. If someone treats you poorly, you reflect on what this experience is trying to teach you and and why this manifested without being hard on yourself.No matter how many times you've been hurt you live from your heart, and have great vision. Often you attempt to help activate a man's King DNA to no avail. You would rather be alone, than to play with anyone's heart. Because you know the kind of love you and everyone deserves.You love hard and want to find someone to spend the rest of your life with. Femininity is something you are a bit iffy on but you would love to become more of a lady. I got you Sis. This book is for you. It's the answer to your dating problems.




Someone to Hold (Wild Widows Series, Book 2)


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Grief brought them together. Will it also tear them apart? Iris Two and a half years after suddenly losing the love of my life, I’m coming out of the fog of early grief and taking a hard look at the rest of my life. With three young children to care for on my own while also managing their grief, I haven’t had a lot of time to ponder what’s next for me. When I think about what I really want, I keep coming back to one thing. Or I should say one person, someone who understands what I’ve been through because he’s been there, too, only his losses were far worse than mine. I find myself thinking about him all the time, but is he ready for the things I want? I have no idea, but I’m determined to find out. Read Iris’s story in book 2 of Marie’s new Wild Widows Series.




How Much I Want


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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Force comes a steamy new contemporary romance in her Miami Nights Series that brings two people together who have nothing in common except their feelings for each other… Nico My reputation with women stinks. I’ll admit I haven’t always treated them with the respect they deserve. That’s not to say I’m a bad guy or anything. What my sisters and cousin would call toxic, I prefer to think of as selfish. But I’m ready to change everything if it means I’ll have a chance with the lovely, sweet, wounded Sofia Diaz—and her adorable son Mateo. They’ve been through a lot with her ex—and she’s still dealing with him far more often than I’d like—but I’m prepared to be there for both of them, to do whatever it takes to make them happy. If only she’ll stop listening to my family members who would warn her off me and give me a chance to show her how it can be between us. Sofia Nico Giordino is the sexiest man on the planet, but from what his sisters and cousin tell me, I need to keep my distance. I’ve already had one serious relationship end in the most painful way possible. I don’t need to open myself to more heartache by letting a player into my life—and my son’s. Mateo is all that matters to me, and as he recovers from brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, I’ve got my hands full working at Nico’s family’s restaurant and taking care of my son while trying to finalize my divorce. I’ve got no time for romance or foolishness with a man who makes my heart beat fast. I want him more than I’ve ever wanted anything, even if I know I probably shouldn't… Come back to Miami for another sexy installment in the Miami Nights Series and catch up with the beloved Giordino family!




Tiny Beautiful Things


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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.




Constructive Wallowing


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“Constructive wallowing” seems like an oxymoron. Constructive is a good thing, but wallowing is bad. Right? But wait a minute; is it really so terrible to give ourselves a time-out to feel our feelings? Or is it possible that wallowing is an act of loving kindness, right when we need it most? Just about everyone loves the idea of self-compassion -- the notion that maybe in spite of our messy emotions and questionable behavior, we really aren’t all that bad. In recent years there’s been an explosion of books that encourage readers to stop beating themselves up for being human, which is terrific. Unfortunately, readers who aren’t interested in Buddhism or meditation have been left out in the cold. Self-compassion is an everyday habit that everyone can learn, even if they a) aren't particularly spiritual, b) find most books about self-compassion too serious, or else c) have already overdosed on meditation. Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them is the first book to cut right to the chase, bypassing descriptions of Eastern philosophy and meditation techniques to teach readers exactly how to accept and feel their feelings with self-compassion for greater emotional health and well-being … while making them laugh from time to time. It seems that the wisdom of “keeping your friends close and your enemies closer” applies to emotions as well as people. It’s tempting to turn away from menacing, uncomfortable feelings like anger, grief or regret and treat them like unwanted guests; however, ignoring them just seems to make them stick around. They lurk in the background like punks with switchblades, waiting to pounce as soon as they see an opening. By learning to accept and embrace, rather than suppress, difficult feelings, people can keep their sense of personal power and, better yet, gain greater understanding and ultimately esteem for themselves. Feeling bad can actually lead to feeling better, faster!




Choices & Chances


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This book is written in a descriptive style with a poetic nature. It tackles everyday life situations that shape people's way of behavior. Interacting with the forces of good and evil is the essence of existence. People's life is a reflection of their choices; chances are wonderful moments to change words, actions, and beliefs. When they are in harmony with people's core values, life seems purposeful.




All About Love


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A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces. “The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, renowned scholar, cultural critic and feminist bell hooks offers a proactive new ethic for a society bereft with lovelessness--not the lack of romance, but the lack of care, compassion, and unity. People are divided, she declares, by society’s failure to provide a model for learning to love. As bell hooks uses her incisive mind to explore the question “What is love?” her answers strike at both the mind and heart. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for individuals and for a nation. The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the “100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life.” All About Love is a powerful, timely affirmation of just how profoundly her revelations can change hearts and minds for the better.




The Conscious Bride


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Led by a counselor, brides share their feelings about such issues as being given away, wearing a veil, changing their name, and closing the hotel room door only to find themselves suddenly--married. The author unravels the psychology behind common difficulties and offers practical advice for handling the fears and doubts that so often run amok as wedding bells toll.