From a childhood growing up dodging doodlebugs and bombs in wartime Britain, to an award-winning career in advertising and marketing (more madcap than Mad Men), to a panoply of fascinating passions and pursuits, Anthony Eglin’s continent-spanning story is a heart-warming romp through the second half of the twentieth century and a captivating portrait of a life well lived.

For Callie Grey, turning thirty means coming to grips with the fact that her boss and five–week fling is way overdue with his marriage proposal. And way off track because Mark has surprisingly announced his engagement to the company's new 'Miss Perfect'. If that isn't bad enough, her mum decides to throw her a three–oh birthday bash in the family's funeral home. Bad goes to worse when Callie stirs up a crazy relationship with the town's not–so–warm and fuzzy veterinarian, Ian McFarland. So Ian is more comfortable with animals he's also formal, orderly and just a bit tense The ever–friendly, fun–loving and spontaneous Callie decides it's time for Ian to get a personality makeover. But darn, if he doesn't shock the heck out of her, she might actually fall for the town's unlikeliest eligible bachelor

Starting from her birth in 1927, Mina describes her early life as the fourth of seven children, being raised by an abused mother and an alcoholic father and having to learn to cook for her entire family at the age of five. In All I Ever Wanted Was a Good Man and a Happy Home, she tells stories about struggling to finish high school, singing in a night club, dancing for ten cents a dance, hitchhiking to California as a teenager, cooking on a tug boat on the Mississippi River, working on the Alaskan Pipeline, being married fifteen times, and raising her two children. She tells her story in colorful country words. The book has nuggets of hard earned truths. Her downhome description may shock and amaze you, but this was agricultural living less than one hundred years ago. This book includes journal entries, with all the specific details of daily living. Through the ups and downs she shows an indomitable spirit to overcome the setbacks and achieve her goals. She was a feisty woman who thrived on life and survived.

All I Ever Wanted Francis Ray Naomi Reese is a divorced mother with a small daughter named Kayla, a new life in Santa Fe, and, finally, some distance from her abusive ex-husband. All she wants now is a home of her own where she and Kayla can finally feel safe. With one bad marriage behind her, she can't even dream of falling in love again. Until she meets Richard... A tall, handsome veterinarian with a warm smile and big heart, Richard Youngblood is the kind of man any woman could fall for. Not only does he have a wonderful way with animals, he's great with little Kayla and—Naomi has to admit—he's easy on the eyes. Richard definitely has his sights set on her, too. But first, Naomi has to free herself from her past—and learn how to love again—before she can have all she ever wanted with the man of her dreams...

"A marriage is always two intersecting stories." This realization comes perhaps too late to the husband of Etna Bliss-a man whose obsession with his young wife begins at the moment of their first meeting, as he helps Etna and her companions escape from a fire in a hotel restaurant, and culminates in a marriage doomed by secrets and betrayal. Written with the intelligence and grace that are the hallmarks of Anita Shreve's bestselling novels, this gripping tale of desire, jealousy, and loss is peopled by unforgettable characters as real as the emotions that bring them together.

Bill Roberts is an 82-year-old cowboy from Florida. This book is a collection of stories about what cow hunting in Florida was like when he started his career at 13 years of age. Roberts worked with cattle in 25 counties over a period of 35 years. Written in a charming, down-home style, the book features amazing recollections of a time past told by a man who lived — and loved — the life of a cowboy.

Sheila is a young African-American female trying to find direction for her life. Sheila feels family has failed her, friends have failed her and now the church has failed her, Now contributing to her depression are nightmare from a past experience. Nothing left in her life, Sheila prays God wont fail her.

Janice Miller knows this: she loves her husband, her two spirited daughters and the beautiful home in which she has raised her family. But what she doesn't know is how to stay afloat when a devastating discovery tears that familiar world apart. It is only once the damage has been done that she finally realises how distant her daughters have become - and that schoolgirl Lizzie and 28-year-old Margaret now have dark secrets of their own. After years of following separate lives, they are reluctantly drawn back together under the same roof.It's the outside world that has unravelled their dreams, but what they all fear most now is each other. Yet it's there, in the family home, that they are forced to confront their crises - and where, slowly, each of them begins to heal.

A couple takes readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride through the ups and downs of their experience with IVF and pregnancy. This is a true-life story of a woman’s turbulent journey towards motherhood—told from the perspective of both husband and wife—as they struggle with the emotional and financial toll the IVF process takes on their relationship. When she was dreaming of creating life, she encountered death and battle for the survival of her very family. When she wanted to be called mom, she faced fears and problems of immense proportions. It is a story of pain and despair, but also of faith and hope. All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Called Mom is a celebration of women—their resilience, their courage, and their strength in building the future of their dreams.

When Mark, her lover and boss, announces his engagement to another woman, Callie Grey, in order to get back at him, stirs up a crazy relationship with the town's cantankerous veterinarian.