An attractive junior at Bloomwood College with a long history of failed relationships, Lexi Baker has her life turned upside down when her mother is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. As the only daughter of a single mother, she is forced to grow up quickly when she experiences the difficulties of paying bills, working two jobs, and caring for a family. Her determination to find help for her ailing mother is rewarded and leads to personal growth, new friends, and unexpected romance. Lexi's Christmas Gift is a lighthearted and sometimes poignant young adult love story that crosses generational lines with its unexpected twists and fun mix of tension, humor, friendship, and love guided by subtle Christian overtones.

My book, Simon The Christmas Tree Flea, was inspired by my beloved grandniece, Alexis. Over a period of 13 years the story never left my memory. I dont know where the idea of a christmas tree fl ea came from except that it was probably at christmas time. Alexis loves animals, reptiles and bugs so I suppose that is what made me think of a fl ea. My little niece is very family oriented so maybe that is why I had to add a family twist to it. My little niece is very close to my husband and I and was separated from us for a few months and our reunion was where I got the last sentence from. Upon our reunion she put her little hands around my face and said aunt sue (my middle name) me so love you, I just thought that it was a fi tting ending.

Lexi Lowe is doing fine, thank you very much. Even after her worthless husband cheated on her and wound up in prison. Good riddance. As a single woman, she has her own column in the local paper and is working with the handsome mayor of Moonlight on ways to increase tourism. She also has a long-distance relationship with a famous newsman who lives in New York City. Yes, she is just fine, until she receives a letter from her ex-husband informing her that he is terminally ill and is being discharged on a compassionate release. He has nowhere to go and asks her to let him live out his last days in the home they once shared. This is not fine. Her world is about to be turned upside down—again. But allowing her ex to move home isn’t the only choice she has to make. She must also choose to make peace with her painful past. But how?

Amateur sleuth and professional trouble magnet Lexi Carmichael gets her geeky adventure on in three full length mysteries! No Biz Like Show Biz (A Lexi Carmichael Mystery, Book 4)Lexi Carmichael: helping geeks everywhere get some. Okay, so it’s not exactly as it seems, but that’s what’s happening on the dating reality show called Geeks Get Some that I, geek extraordinaire Lexi Carmichael, have been called to work on. Not that I’m a fan of reality shows (I can barely deal with my own reality). Still, I’ve been sent to Hollywood to find a hacker who’s screwing with the results of the show’s online voting system. So what happens when I get there? Well, the producers convince me to continue my investigation from the inside. And what should be an easy hunt for the hacker turns ugly when he sets his sights on me. Add to that a studio obsessed with ratings, a bunch of nerdy contestants, and my own confusing love life, and unraveling this mystery might make me a star...or get me killed. No Test for the Wicked (A Lexi Carmichael Mystery, Book 5)A geek’s worst nightmare: going back to high school Returning to high school is not something I ever wanted to do over—it was awful the first time around. So why do I have to go back as part of a new undercover assignment? Because the universe loves playing jokes on me, obviously. I’ve been ordered to go all 21 Jump Street and track down the students who are breaking into the computer system, changing grades, and causing all kinds of havoc. Although I’m not thrilled about my new gig, at least it gives me something to do other than worry over the fact that I now have a boyfriend. And no freaking idea what to get him for Christmas. Or it did give me something else to worry about, until I stumbled across a more sinister threat. I was shocked to find distinct traces of a group of international hackers inside the network. What exactly have I gotten myself into? No Woman Left Behind (A Lexi Carmichael Mystery, Book 6)Things are a bit bumpy in Geek Paradise My mother’s life goal has been to see me, geek extraordinaire Lexi Carmichael, happily married. So bringing my first boyfriend, Slash, home for dinner has me hyperventilating. Things get a lot worse when bullets start flying over our corn chowder. Now the entire alphabet soup of government agencies want my help finding the man behind the attack—Johannes Broodryk, a cyber mercenary I foiled on my last case. He wants revenge and he’s taken something of mine to ensure I’ll play, so it’s game on. But the government has its own agenda, and Slash is not on board with the plan. Although I’m more comfortable with computer code than commandos, I’ve been assigned a team of Navy SEALs to help bring Broodryk down. The question is, will they survive me long enough to solve his cryptic puzzles and save the day?

Lexi is an aspiring 20 year old dancer who works at the local book store. Niall is 20 years old and works at the local car garage. He seems harmless but you know that saying, " Dont judge a book by its cover. " Looking at Niall on the outside, you would never suspect him to be dark When Lexi meets Niall, she soon becomes dragged into his dark and twisted world. Niall does his best to try and protect her from the truth but what Niall doesnt know is that Lexi has secrets of her own. In Ride Like Hell, you'll follow their journey to Redemption and learn along the way that keeping Secrets from those closest to you is how you survive.

A unique art-based activity book for children with 52 challenges designed to encourage curious minds spark creativity practice mindfulness develop drawing skills

In the edited collection Restart: Sport After the Covid-19 Time Out, practitioners and international scholars explore the “restart” of sport and fitness following the initial period of lockdowns during spring 2020. The chapters provide insight into the sport and fitness landscape following the initial wave of the pandemic. The book focuses on challenges for sport providers, consequences for sporting participants, and opportunities for new ways of practicing sports. It contributes contemporaneous data, analyses, and insights into the global sport landscape that has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This book presents a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives in a total of nineteen individual chapters, organized around five main themes. The first four chapters deal with the restart of sporting events in four countries. This section is followed by an assessment of the Olympic Movement’s challenges after its postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games to 2021. Chapters in the next theme provide analyses of how national governments handled restarting sport and fitness in different geographical locations. Finally, the last three chapters look at the role of the media during the restart phase, both in reporting sport and with regards to innovations and the implementation of new technology in staging and broadcasting elite sport.

A Billionaire for Lexi: The Barrington Billionaires 3.5

Losing everything has Lexi clinging to her daughter. Hell is determined to loosen her grip. It's been seven years since disaster struck her family. Lexi Solomon has held it all together since then--just barely. But now Lexi is losing it. The husband who deserted her is back in town, wanting to see their daughter Molly. Her sister's shameless murderer is up for parole. An unsavory old friend is demanding payment for debts that Lexi knows nothing about and can't begin to meet. And something else is going on--something Lexi feels but can't explain. A dangerous shift is taking place between this reality and the next. Forces beyond her imagination are vying for control. A rare novel that will satisfy a wide range of readers, Never Let You Go explores the high-stakes decisions played out in the thin spaces between heaven and earth. As the enemy's grip tightens around Lexi, she will have to decide what's truly worth holding on to. "Keeps you glued to the pages until the very last."--Tosca Lee, author of Havah: The Story of Eve

Film plays a vital role in the celebration of Christmas. For decades, it has taught audiences about what the celebration of the season looks like – from the decorations to the costumes and to the expected snowy weather – as well as mirrors our own festivities back to us. Films like It’s a Wonderful Life and Home Alone have come to play key roles in real-life domestic celebrations: watching such titles has become, for many families, every bit as important as tree-trimming and leaving cookies out for Santa. These films have exported the American take on the holiday far and wide and helped us conjure an image of the perfect holiday. Rather than settling the ‘what is a Christmas film?’ debate – indeed, Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are discussed within – Analyzing Christmas in Film: Santa to the Supernatural focuses on the how Christmas is presented on the deluge of occasions when it appears. While most Christmas films are secular, religion makes many cameos, appearing through Nativity references, storylines involving spiritual rebirth, the framing of Santa as a Christ-like figure and the all-importance of family, be it the Holy family or just those gathered around the dining table. Also explored are popular narratives involving battles with stress and melancholy, single parents and Christmas martyrs, visits from ghosts and angels, big cities and small towns, break-ups and make-ups and the ticking clock of mortality. Nearly 1000 films are analyzed in this volume to determine what the portrayal of Christmas reveals about culture, society and faith as well as sex roles, consumerism, aesthetics and aspiration.