Make the next half of your life together the second honeymoon you want it to be At mid-life, everything changes in most marriages. As the "family" focus shifts back to a "couples" focus, serious questions arise for each partner: Who am I now? Who are you? Who are we together? These questions go to the heart of a relationship, and the answers can often lead to conflict and, ultimately, divorce. Even the best relationships can founder as children grow up and leave home. Career change, financial uncertainty, job loss, infidelity, serious illness, or a partner's changing needs, values, and anxieties can threaten marital life. More subtle and dramatic still are the profoundly different personal changes men and women undergo at mid-life—emotional transformations that can irrevocably alter a marriage's dynamic. But as this wise, compassionate, and groundbreaking book shows, mid-life can also be a time for couples to examine and reinvent their relationships, renew their marital contract—and make a different kind of commitment to each other. Second Honeymoon explores the impact of mid-life on couples and the specific issues partners face—even couples who have never before experienced a serious crisis. Drawing on her long experience working with couples and families, Dr. Sonya Rhodes describes the high-risk roles and behavior patterns that are the stumbling blocks to change, and shows step by step how couples can achieve the critical transformations that will make the second half of their life together the loving second honeymoon they want it to be.

A lively and wide-ranging work on the history of the North American honeymoon, and, of necessity, the tourist industry at Niagara Falls. Dubinsky charts the growth of Niagara Falls as a tourist destination from the 1850s to the 1960s and explains how it acquired its reputation as the "Honeymoon Capital of the World." Ultimately, the author asks: Of all the ways to promote a waterfall, why honeymoons? Winner of the 2000 Albert B. Corey prize from the Canadian Historical Association and the American Historical Association for the best book in Canadian-American history.

This heart-warming and uplifting novel from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope is perfect for fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse. It's a story of relationships in which everybody can find something to identify with, and even learn from. Perfect to settle down with! 'The queen of the domestic dilemma...observant and empathetic' - The Sunday Times 'The ebb and flow of relationships is brilliantly handled' - The Observer 'One of the finest chroniclers of how we live now' - Independent on Sunday 'A highly readable, often un-put-down-able novel which I thoroughly enjoyed.' -- ***** Reader review 'Excellent, engaging novel. Like having a warm blanket around your shoulders!' -- ***** Reader review 'Trollope at her best again' -- ***** Reader review *************************************************************************************** SECOND HONEYMOON: THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER When the children have come and gone, can a marriage pick up where it left off? Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His mother, Edie, an actress, is distraught. His father, Russell, a theatrical agent, is rather hoping to get his wife back. His brother, Matthew, is struggling in a relationship in which he achieves and earns less than his girlfriend. And his sister, Rosa, is wrestling with debt and the end of a turbulent love affair. Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-first-century style.

What is the secret to a healthy, happy, fulfilling marriage? Nearly every marriage starts out happy, and if we're honest, nearly every marriage at some point becomes unhappy. Is there a solution? Can an unhappy marriage really get back to being happy? Can it be truly and authentically happy--even better than it was at first? Kevin and Marcia Myers, married for thirty-seven years through nearly every challenge a couple can face, emphatically say yes. Revealing seven practices that offer help and hope for a happy and enduring marriage, The Second Happy is a captivating, practical resource that provides the tools necessary to tune-up, overhaul, or even rebuild your marriage. Practices to sustain and strengthen marriage include the following: breaking the quit cycle; picking a fair fight so both people win; keeping disagreements from escalating; and removing pretense from your relationship. Rooted in Scripture and contemporary insights from the Myers' marriage, as well as real stories from other couples, this revelatory book shows how any marriage can regain depth, meaning and, yes, happiness.

"Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame." (Genesis 2:25) Imagine a marriage with complete intimacy, vulnerability, transparency and trust. Imagine a marriage rooted in faith, friendship and mutual fulfillment. Imagine a marriage with amazing sex, but where great sex is only the icing on the cake. This might all sound too good to be true, but it's actually what God designed marriage to be, and He doesn't want you settling for anything less. Having a "Naked Marriage' is about much more than just nakedness in the bedroom (although that's part of the fun). It means being naked emotionally and spiritually as well as physically. It also means undressing all the misconceptions our culture has used to cover God's original, beautiful design for marriage and rediscovering all marriage can be. You and your spouse can have a thriving, Naked Marriage with a lifetime of love and laughter together. This book will show you how. About the Authors: Dave and Ashley Willis have become some of America's most trusted teachers on marriage. Their books, blogs, videos and speaking events reach millions of couples worldwide. They are part of the team at XO Marriage and MarriageToday, which is the largest marriage-focused ministry in the USA. Dave and Ashley have four young sons and live near Dallas, TX.

It seemed like they were sort of flirting with us. We have never experienced anything like this... Empty-nesters Jason and his wife Darcy receive a windfall of money and decide the best way to spend it is in an indulgent second honeymoon. Still young and energetic in their forties and with kids off to college, the time seemed right for a renewal of their love and passion. They purchase a luxurious Motorcoach and decide to drive - not to mention frolic and screw - around the country. Their renewed sensuality goes into higher gear when they meet another couple driving an RV, Jamie and Jim. Both are members of a Swingers Club and turn up the heat with Jason and Darcy to encourage the couple to sleep and swap with them. Jason and Darcy realize they aren't just open to it... this might even be the start of something that can make their relationship even stronger and spicier than before. *A swinging, swapping, road trip romance for mature audiences. SAMPLE 1: "You ready to fuck me, stud muffin?" She chuckled it as she moved up and unsnapped the crotch of her nightie. It thrilled me! She hasn't called me that since before our daughter was born 20 years ago. "Ooooh, Daaaaaaarcy," I moaned as her pussy enveloped my prick till I was buried all the way to my balls. Her arousal was oozing and running down my thighs. The fact that we were fucking in the mall parking lot in broad daylight stirred me even more. "Oooh God, Jason. Oh fuck. You feel so hard!" Darcy purred as she began to lift up and then shove back down onto my rigidness. It felt glorious to feel her trembling with such arousal and the steady flow of her juices pouring onto my thighs. It has been many years since we have had this sort of sexual passion between us. "Fuck me, baby. Fuck me!" I whispered. I reached up and began to squeeze on both her tits. She reached up and pulled her top down to bare her breasts for me. "Yes. Yesssss!" Her entire body was quivering as I gently pinched and pulled on both of her nipples. SAMPLE 2: I pulled Tonya out of the shower and pushed her onto the bed. "You gonna let my wife watch me fuck you?" I growled into her ear as I shoved my dick into her hole. "You gonna let me jerk off on your tits while she eats your nasty little cunt?" I was twisting on her nipples as I drilled my prick in and out of her. "Yes, Jason...Yes...Yes...Anything!" she moaned throatily. I could tell that all the nasty talk was arousing her as her pussy oozed more and more. "You gonna be my favorite sex toy, baby?" I bent forward and sucked a hickey onto her right breast as I drove my cock into her as deep as I could. "Yes, Jason. Yes yes yesssss," she moaned as I got her off. I pulled my cock out of her and knee walked up till I could stick my dick into her mouth. "Suck me dry, baby. Make me believe you really want it!" Tonya greedily stoked and sucked my engorged prick until she had swallowed every drop of my salty seed. As we laid there afterward panting for air, I rolled over to face her. "You can be my slut anytime you want to, Miss Cleopatra," I toyed with her. "But it will be up to you to get Darcy's permission!" Tonya smiled very broadly. "I think that Jack is taking care of that even as we speak!" she laughed her reply.

Billy River has hit rock bottom. Ten years earlier, he achieved his dream of fighting in Madison Square Garden, but the great Hector Gomez turned his dream into trauma, disfiguring Billy's face and leaving him with a disabling brain injury. Downing double shots of Jack in a smoky bar and shadowboxing with his failed life, Billy shares the story of his shattered life with a dancer and the bouncer. Billy has lost his identity, his wife is about to divorce him, his son despises him, and God seems like an impotent voyeur watching his suffering. Billy fears he is becoming his father, the man he called the "wrath of God," and that he will end up like his sister, who committed suicide. With the help of his two unlikely companions, Billy fights to save his family, discover a God capable of blowing the roof off his heart, and come to terms with his childhood traumas. His son's disappearance and near-death experience is a turning point for Billy and his friends as they face choices and events that could lead to Billy's self-destruction or renewal through forgiveness.

Marrying her first love should be a happy day for Balqis but Sulaiman has a surprise for her. Allow him to marry another woman or she'd be divorced. Unwillingly she agreed, thinking time would melt his heart and soon he would love her. They spent their life separately, only together in order to fool their family. Then one day he truly divorced her without reason. Few months later, he came back and wanted to start a new life with her but her heart was no longer there for him. Unlucky for her, both their families want them to be together again, firmly believed that their marriage could still be saved. Could she accept him again after what he had done? Why did he come back to her when he already has the wife he loved?

Do you want a healthy marriage that will thrive and grow? Enthusiastically and happily married for more than 38 years, award-winning musicians Steve and Annie Chapman offer you time-tested marriage advice based on their experiences, reading God’s Word, conducting marriage seminars, and prayer. They believe that “no marriage is perfect, but all marriages can be successful.” You can establish a great Christian marriage by implementing their key principles, including: creating a positive atmosphere for intimacy knowing what really makes your mate feel loved improving your communication skills working together to set priorities and goals avoiding money problems by establishing boundaries Whether you’ve been together for days or years, I Love You and I Like You offers biblical marriage advice that will help you have a happy marriage overflowing with love and romance.

Daveda Gruber's fourteenth book has a magical way of letting the reader become immersed in her storytelling is extremely apparent as you are mesmerized from one page to the next. Intimate feelings that come from within the depths of her soul will have you captured in the moments that bring you closer to knowing her. There are pictures of this glamorous couple inside the book. This book will enhance any love and romance collection.