Want to get your business featured in national newspapers, magazines, and on radio and TV? Of course you do. As does every other entrepreneur, coach, or consultant out there. Which is why traditional PR strategies, which revolve around sending journalists press releases, just don't work. With 15 years' experience as a national newspaper journalist and editor, Janet Murray knows a thing or two about what makes a great media story-and what doesn't. And it breaks her heart to see people like you wasting their time and money on pointless PR tactics. Your Press Release Is Breaking My Heart is a practical guide to selling your story in the media-without hiring a PR company or even writing a single press release.

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A grieving girl. An unexpected boy. A perfect love story . . . until it isn't perfect at all. Sometimes a broken heart is all you need to set you free...Reiko loves the endless sky and electric colors of the Californian desert. It is a refuge from an increasingly claustrophobic life of family pressures and her own secrets. Then she meets Seth, a boy who shares a love of the desert and her yearning for a different kind of life. But Reiko and Seth both want something the other can't give them. As summer ends, things begin to fall apart. But the end of love can sometimes be the beginning of you...

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Max I’ve already destroyed the others, crushed their hopes and dreams. Now Roxanne is the last on my list. One problem though…this woman’s getting under my skin, just as she had ten years ago, but I’ll be damned before making the same mistake twice. I’ve taken over the company she works for, I’ve taken control of her job, and soon enough I’ll destroy her completely. Roxanne These weird encounters I’m experiencing all stem back to him, to my past. I made mistakes, big ones, but I’ve changed. For ten years I’ve been held captive by guilt, and now the past has returned to utterly crush me. Could my new boss, this strange and mysterious man release the pain I’ve carried all these years? Could he be my second chance at happiness, or am I destined for another broken heart?

Self-publishing is a growing area and writers need independent and reliable advice they can trust. This guide is full of practical, nuts-and-bolts information on each aspect of the DIY-publishing process, from editing and page layout, cover design and book production, publicity and selling. Each chapter is written by publishing professionals expert in supporting authors and is full of insights from successful self-published authors themselves. This guide is essential reading for any indie author who wants to go it totally alone, who wants to work with other independent professionals or who might choose to pay for self-publishing provider services. It gives the pros and cons and potential financial outlay for the various options available so writers can make informed decisions about the best approach for their own book.

As a child this womans heart is broken into many pieces. As she allows God to break her heart in every area of her life, she is learning how to navigate any storm thrust upon her. Although the process is painstaking, it is worth every hurt and every experience to be able to share Gods plan for her life. She gives detailed accounts of how Gods sustaining love is carrying her through. Even though she cant understand why God is allowing such humiliation, she is persevering. Thus, shes dying because God is breaking her heart!

In this captivating romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Chantelle Shaw, a secret baby will lead them to say “I do!” Her boardroom bombshell Will change both their lives! Bursting into Rafael Vieri’s business meeting in Rome, penniless Ivy has one goal: get the billionaire named as her orphaned nephew’s father to take responsibility for his child. So she’s shocked to discover she’s exposed the wrong man! Bitter experience has taught Rafael to be wary of anyone trying to enter his ultrarich world. And Ivy’s claim is almost as outrageous as the instant chemistry between them. Now, to stop the truth from ripping his life apart, Rafael has no choice but to bind them all together…by demanding Ivy wear his ring! From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.