The Power of Knowing Who You Are and What You WantWhat if you had the power to determine who shows up in your dating life? What would be most important to you? Too often, we think we know who we're looking for, but then discover that we've settled, confusing a fling for somebody worth our time and commitment.As a professional divorced mother of two, Claire Brown quickly realized she didn't have the time to date haphazardly and she didn't want to settle. In Ring or Fling, she shares her most important lesson: the power a woman has in dating is the confidence she carries by knowing who she is and what she wants. When we have faith in our own self worth, defining our dating standards comes easily. Then, those who align with those standards start to show up in our world.Follow Claire through the funny, heartbreaking, and strange experiences that led her to the self pillars and dating pillars-standards for ourselves and for others-such as?The emotions and emojis, or emotional maturity?Mommy Warbucks, or control your money?Finding your north star, or character and faith?The wet factor, or uncontrollable attraction?In love with being in love, or fighting the marriage obsessionIf you're ready to approach dating with more confidence and success, discover how to define your pillars today.

As she escapes the African plains for a luxury cruise liner, romance couldn’t be further from Dr Tara McWilliams’ emotionally scarred mind…even if gorgeous cocktail waiter Nick Fender leaves her shaken and stirred! Nick’s the ultimate goodtime guy, but he’s hiding demons (and a certificate in medicine!) of his own. And soon neither is sure how their holiday fling has spun so out of control…

In book four of the award-winning Austin Family Chronicles young adult series from Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, Vicky Austin experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up. "This wasn't the first time that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this part of it, this strange, terrible saying goodbye to someone you've loved." These are Vicky Austin's thoughts as she stands near Commander Rodney's grave while her grandfather, who himself is dying of cancer, recites the funeral service. Watching his condition deteriorate over that long summer is almost more than she can bear. Then, in the midst of her struggle, she finds herself the center of attention for three young men. Leo, Commander Rodney's son, turns to her as an old friend seeking comfort but longing for romance. Zachary, whose attempted suicide inadvertently caused Commander Rodney's death, sees her as the one sane and normal person who can give some meaning to his life. And Adam, a serious young student working at the nearby marine-biology station, discovers Vicky, his friend's little sister, incipient telepathic powers that can help him with his experiments in dolphin communications. Vicky finds solace and brief moments of peace in her poetry, but life goes on around her, and the strain intensifies as she confronts matters of love and of death, of dependence and of responsibility, universal concerns that we all must face. The inevitable crisis comes and Vicky must rely on openness, sensitivity, and the love of others to overcome her private grief. Once again, Madeleine L'Engle has written a story that revels in the drama of vividly portrayed characters and events of the spiritual and moral dimensions of common human experiences. A Ring of Endless Light is a 1981 Newbery Honor Book. Books by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time Quintet A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters An Acceptable Time A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle; adapted & illustrated by Hope Larson Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine L'Engle; illustrated by Hope Larson: A standalone story set in the world of A Wrinkle in Time. The Austin Family Chronicles Meet the Austins (Volume 1) The Moon by Night (Volume 2) The Young Unicorns (Volume 3) A Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book! Troubling a Star (Volume 5) The Polly O'Keefe books The Arm of the Starfish Dragons in the Waters A House Like a Lotus And Both Were Young Camilla The Joys of Love

It began with the forging of a great friendship. For too long, Lydia Bell has been caught in the bittersweet grip of unrequited love for her best friend. When fate throws her into the path of Scott Henderson, a fellow soul nursing the sting of rejection, unexpected sparks fly like flaming arrows. A fling seems like the perfect salve for their shattered hearts, and desperate to move on, they agree it’s worth a try. But as it turns out, they are both terrible at flings. And what happens when they start falling (not into a fiery mountain, thankfully) for each other? Follow Lydia and Scott on their mostly epic, steam-free quest for love. Filled with witty banter, heartwarming friendship, and all the geeky moments you could ask for, One Fling to Rule Them All is the perfect journey for the armchair adventurer in all of us. No actual life-risking required.

On her first night in Chicago, Cali McGovern meets seriously sexy surgeon Jake Tyler. Still sore after her last relationship, her head's yelling, 'run'– but her body's screaming for his touch... For the first time ever, her head gets overruled! Jake isn't looking for a wife– been there, done that, but his hot new neighbour is in town just long enough for a wild fling... perfect! Yet when the time's up, he can't say goodbye. Is that just because of their sizzling chemistry– or something a whole lot scarier?

This volume presents an in-depth study of the so-called irregular Past Tense (sing/sang) and Noun Plural (foot/feet) forms with Internal Vowel Alternation (IVA) in English demonstrating that they possess both a fixed phonological and semantic regularity. The innovative sign-oriented analysis and inductive methodology employed in this study are further supported by additional first language acquisition data, experimental studies and historical evidence. The data culled from multiple linguistic anthologies, dictionaries and thesauri have shown that although the IVA process comprises a relatively small number of nominal and verbal forms in Modern English, IVA, originally, was a prevalent and productive process in Old English, Indo-European and other language families. The results of this empirical study present and introduce a novel classification based on the regular and systematic iconic-phonological and semantic nature of all these diverse IVA processes both nominal and verbal that has been maintained throughout the history of English.