Are you still stuck with the dysfunctional coping strategies you learned as a child? Adults who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home often adopt behaviors to deal with the Chaos and neglect around them -- behaviors that no longer work for them as adults. Repressing spontaneity, over-controlling, reacting impulsively from fear, and rejecting our own playfulness are just some the coping mechanisms that become obsolete and destructive when carried into adult life. Author Megan LeBoutillier grew up in an alcoholic home, and in Little Miss Perfect she shows how any Adult Child can move from the of helpless victim into a healthier, empowered stance of independence and self-love. Her guide to self-healing offers hands-on exercises that include: -- Journal writing -- Special stress management for ACOAs -- Dream work -- Body awareness -- Affirmations and Visualizations Filled with these and other recovery tools and insights, Little Miss Perfect is a compassionate handbook for recovering people who are ready to refashion the world of the past to suit their present needs.

Ten years ago, my high school crush found me during senior finals week in the student parking lot with my car decorated with items you find behind a drugstore counter and a “Most Likely to...” banner that would make a pro blush. And by “pro,” I don't mean golf. In under an hour, everything I knew about myself was turned upside down and inside out, just as our high school career was in its final hours. Then again, he's the high school quarterback. He's used to performing when the clock's running out. Me? I perform well under pressure, too. But not when Will Lotham is about to kiss me. Or is he? Little Miss Perfect is a prequel to the events that take place in Fluffy, New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent's new book. It can be read on its own, without having read Fluffy.

Ashley plans to surprise everyone by not being Little Miss Perfect anymore.

Melanie has been a beauty pageant mother for many years now and when her first daughter, Holly Anne, won four pageants in a four-month-period, she felt that she hit the jackpot. Then, when she had a second little girl, named Carol Anne, she soon started dreaming of having two beauty queens for daughters, but it wasn't until she was able to enter Carol Anne into the Little Miss Westchester pageant in early 2031, that she finally realized that she didn't just have one, but two Little Miss P

Melanie Smith was a former beauty queen and super-model who always dreamed of having a daughter to follow in her beauty queen footsteps.When she finally gives birth to a daughter after her first two babies were boys, Melanie is ecstatic beyond words and starts entering her daughter, named Holly Anne, in beauty contests.It isn't until Holly Anne enters her first beauty pageant;Little Miss Westchester and wins, however, that Melanie finally realizes that she has been raising Little Miss Perfec

The perfect romcom read for fans of The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren and The Hating Game by Sally Thorne . . . On an anonymous online dating app, LittleMissPerfect meets HotAussie007 and it’s love at first click. In real life, a smart but spiky woman in STEM, research scientist, Dr Eden, meets a laid-back Aussie marketing manager, Finn, at the big pharma company where they both work in California. They're forced to compete for special projects funding, and both their jobs are on the line. Eden just wants to win at science and in life. It's not happening! She can't stand Finn's too-cool-for-school, nice guy act, or his delectable forearms that keep invading her space. While Finn is stupidly attracted to Eden, when she's not telling him off, he isn't free to pursue her. He's stuck in the worst position in his professional life, and doesn't see a clear way out. He can't tell her the whole truth about what's going on at work or in his personal life. . . or it could all blow up in his face. When they realise the truth about their online alter egos, dating is off the table. Can they ignore their inconvenient attraction, and work together to take down their unethical boss? Or will intense rivalry cause their IRL work lives and online love lives to collide and explode like a science experiment gone wrong? Note: Dating Little Miss Perfect is an updated take on You've Got Mail for lovers of online dating romcoms, with added science, cupcakes and old movie references! This new release from award-winning author Cassandra O'Leary is a stand-alone contemporary romance novel of approximately 97,000 words. Praise for Cassandra O'Leary's novel Girl on a Plane: 'Cassandra O'Leary's writing is captivating' — Readers' Favorite 5 star review 'A sizzling, emotional read that's perfect for pool, beach or sofa!’ — Phillipa Ashley, bestselling author ‘Fasten your seat belts . . . Girl on a Plane is a charming debut that’s sure to fly high.’ — Amy Andrews, USA Today bestselling author ‘Girl on a Plane is a charming debut that has everything I love about romance – sizzling chemistry, real-life emotion and a swoon-worthy happily ever after!’ — Stefanie London, USA Today bestselling author 'Cassandra O’Leary is a fresh new voice in romantic fiction. Sexy, saucy, full of humour and warmth.' — Michelle Somers, RuBY (Romantic Book of the Year) Winner, Romance Writers of Australia ‘A flight delay has never been so sexy! Prepare to laugh – and cry – as you read this charming romance.’ — Victoria Purman, bestselling Australian author

The Cowkiller is an action and suspense fiction novel. Dan Riley travels through the state of Alabama from Mobile to Cullman. He takes the state highways to stay away from the heavy traffic on Interstate 65. Dan is traveling to Cullman to celebrate the death of Jim Glimes, a fellow that had caused him much grief ten years earlier. A few miles out of Mobile Dan's trip is delayed by a traffic accident. An eighteen-wheeler, a Ford pickup truck towing a stock trailer and a 740 BMW are involved. Dan stopped to give aid to the injured; meeting Rita Coalwell, will forever change his life. The twist and turns of drama create solid intrigue and suspense. Drug smuggling, money laundering, insurance fraud, arson, murder, attempted murder and identity changes are interwoven in this fast moving novel. Rita Coalwell is a beautiful young blonde with big blue eyes and lives in Pensacola, Florida. Dan Riley befriends Rita and it almost cost him his life. Dan Riley associates the emotional and physical hurts in life with the sting of the Cowkiller. This colorful wingless wasp early in life stung him and the excruciating pain is vivid in his mind.

What is sociology? Why is it important? Sociologists’ Tales is the first book to offer a unique window into the thoughts and experiences of key UK sociologists from different generations, many internationally recognised, asking what sociology means to them. It reveals the changing context of sociology and how this has shaped their practice. Providing a valuable insight into why sociology is so fascinating, it gives advice to those wanting to study or develop a career in sociology reflecting on why the contributors chose their career, how they have managed to do it and what advice they would offer the next generation. This unique volume provides an understanding of sociology and its importance, and will have wide appeal among students, young sociologists thinking about their future and professional sociologists alike.

Set over the course of one day, Aminah Mae Safi's This Is All Your Fault is a smart and voice-driven YA novel that follows three young women determined to save their indie bookstore. Rinn Olivera is finally going to tell her longtime crush AJ that she’s in love with him. Daniella Korres writes poetry for her own account, but nobody knows it’s her. Imogen Azar is just trying to make it through the day. When Rinn, Daniella, and Imogen clock into work at Wild Nights Bookstore on the first day of summer, they’re expecting the hours to drift by the way they always do. Instead, they have to deal with the news that the bookstore is closing. Before the day is out, there’ll be shaved heads, a diva author, and a very large shipment of Air Jordans to contend with. And it will take all three of them working together if they have any chance to save Wild Nights Bookstore.

When love runs wild, there’s no telling what might blossom. When the restless, rootless Fanny Flynn lands the job as Head Teacher of Fiddleford Village Primary School it feels more like a last resort than another of her new beginnings. She’s a great teacher and all the villagers claim to be behind her. But are they really? In no time she’s locked in a feud with the gruesome Mrs Guppy, stalked by the pushy newcomers from the Old Rectory, plotted against by Kitty, the predatory children's author at Laurel Cottage, and demonised by her pathologically lazy Deputy Head . . . Yet Fanny has fallen in love with Fiddleford. Together with her troublesomely handsome best friend, Louis, and with a little help from the deliciously scented Solomon Creasey, Fanny vows to make this new beginning her last . . . Praise for Daisy Waugh: ‘A witty and romantic read’—Company ‘Sparkling fun’—Heat ‘Full of laugh-out-loud funny bits’—New Woman