Lavender Young left New York after being fired from Lush Magazine. She returns to the only home she knows – Lake Lure, North Carolina – under false pretenses. No one can know she didn’t make it big in the city, so she pretends she’s on assignment, photographing her hometown and writing an article about it. To keep up the façade, she gets money from savings to hire a tour guide to update her on what’s new in the area. She never imagined that guide would be her ex, Jaysen Adams. Jaysen always wondered why Lavender left him a year year ago without any explanation. Will he push his anger aside to finally get the answers he so desperately needs?

She no longer knows who she is or what she wants. He blames himself for her pain. Is their love strong enough to survive their greatest hurt? Christy has built her entire life around the dream of being a mother and raising a family with the love of her life. After years of infertility, doctors, treatments and heartbreaking disappointments, that dream seems further away than ever. Without her dream of motherhood, Christy no longer knows know who she is or what she wants. Mark loves his wife unconditionally but can’t bear knowing that he failed to give her the family she so desperately wants. At the very time when they should be coming together, their pain is pulling them apart. Is this challenge more than their marriage can withstand? Or will they be able to see past their individual hurts and come together again to have their own second chance at love—together?

A high school romance that flips the switch on the will they or won't they trope when two best friends are forced to confront truths about their friendship, identities, and relationships during their senior year at boarding school. Everyone at the prestigious Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be. Even though Charlie seems to have a new girlfriend every month, and Sage has never had a real relationship, their friends and family all know it's just a matter of time until they realize that they are actually in love. When Luke Morrissey shows up on the Bexley campus his presence immediately shakes things up. Charlie and Luke are drawn to each other the moment they meet, giving Sage the opportunity to spend time with Charlie's twin brother, Nick. But Charlie is afraid of what others will think if he accepts that he has much more than a friendship with Luke. And Sage fears that if she lets things with Nick get too serious too quickly, they won't be able to last as a couple outside of high school and miss their chance at forever. The duo will need to rely on each other and their lifelong friendship to figure things out with the boys they love. Perfect for those looking for: Teen romance books Two love stories in one LGBTQ books A fresh rom-com that twists the tropes Coming-of-age stories Books set at a boarding school

"After betraying her two best friends, eighteen-year-old Willa spends the week of her high school graduation going through a memory box commemorating important moments of the three girls' friendship in order to try to save it."--Provided by publisher.

From early childhood singing in church to the rock 'n' roll limelight of Derek and the Dominos, Bobby Whitlock launched a musical journey still going to this day. Whitlock's life story does more than share rock gossip about stars like Keith Moon, George Harrison, and Eric Clapton, however. Whitlock candidly discusses his abusive childhood, his experiences with Delaney and Bonnie, failed marriages, and drug addiction, and how the star-studded lifestyle evolved into a peaceful partnership with his wife and musical partner.

Macy Cahill is an enthusiastic teenager who felt like life was coming to an end when she lost the closest person to her hearther best friend, Nathaniel Hale, a.k.a. Nate. Losing him shattered her inside and out. Depression, distance, sorrow, and silence struck, and it brought nothing but pain to her and everyone around her. Through her closest friends, Macy realized that this was just another obstacle weighing her down. It took time, but she finally realized that holding onto something thats not meant for her wasnt going to bring anything but pain. While she was drowning, she remembered how to swim and swam her way up to shore, but in the process, she not only saved herself but the life of another as wellBlake Henderson. A hero doesnt always have to be a male figure. It can be a female figure when she knows her worth in life and is strong enough to enact it.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been protecting country since time immemorial. One way they have continued these traditions in recent times is through service in the Australian military, both overseas and within Australia. In Defence of Country presents a selection of life stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ex-servicemen and women who served in the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force after World War Two. In their own words, participants discuss a range of issues including why they joined up; racial discrimination; the Stolen Generations; leadership; discipline; family; war and peace; education and skills development; community advocacy; and their hopes for the future of Indigenous Australia. Individually and collectively, the life stories in this book highlight the many contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and women have made, and continue to make, in defence of country.