A First Chance At Love

In this classic romanceby a USA Today–bestselling author, a woman discovers there’s more to a professor beneath his stuffy demeanor. Dizzy James first sees Professor Zach Bennett swimming naked in his castle pool—and what a sight it is! The normally stuffy looking scholar has a body made for sin, and Dizzy is intrigued to see what else he’s hiding . . . But can she convince Zach that she’s not the wayward girl he’s been led to believe she is? And that, despite her name, Dizzy is anything but? What Zach thinks of her should be a matter of supreme indifference to her. Yet somehow, it isn’t . . . and Dizzy has one chance to make Zach notice her! Originally published in 1988

Love Connection is a romantic comedy about one woman, life’s infinite possibilities, and the destiny that lies beyond two different choices.

Harper Whitney is officially divorced. Ever since she signed the papers, she's found it difficult to believe a second love could even exist. At this point, she wonders if the first was ever real. Besides that, everything is just dandy. Her big sister is getting married. It's wonderful-she knows-but if one more person reminds her that she needs a plus one, she might just scream. Enter Jensen Reed, her sister's friend's brother. Confusing, yeah. It's even more confusing to Harper when he's somehow volunteered to be her date to the wedding. The city boy lives his life far, far away from the farm that Harper calls home. The only one she's ever known. To make things even more complicated, she's recently decided to dip her toes in the cesspool of modern dating. And, he agrees to help her get back on the saddle, so to speak. Neither of them exactly thought it'd be his saddle she'd choose to mount. He's risk-free in so many ways-a traveler by profession and a carefree wanderer by design. Oh, not to mention, he's hot as hell. But after the wedding-when serious decisions need to be made-Harper must decide: Can she give love one more chance?

??'? ???? ?? ???? ?? ???? ??? ?????'? ??? ??. ??Leaving was the hardest thing Madison has ever done. Even though Gabriel has done everything he can to win her heart, she can't get Kevin out of her head. Learning the truth about Kevin's past changed everything.??Kevin knows he doesn't deserve Madison. When she leaves him, he does what he does best--finds another woman. Before he's had time to heal, he's married with a child on the way. When he and his wife lose their baby, he loses his mind, the mega church, and his position as a principal at school. Soon, his marriage is on the line when he reverts back to his old ways and Madison.??The Dance In Love Book 3 is a contemporary romance novella that shifts the intense emotions into high gear between Madison and Gabriel. Madison's heart is torn between what she had with Kevin and what she has now with Gabriel. If she leaves Gabriel for the second time, will he give her a second chance???Get ready for the last wave of feels.?

A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud In this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imagination and a promise so central to our existence that we try to reproduce it again and again. Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament, and from Oedipus Rex to Hamlet, explore the realization or failure of second chances--outcomes that depend on accident, acts of will, or fate. Such stories let us repeatedly rehearse the experience of loss and recovery: to know the joy that comes with a renewal of love and pleasure and to face the pain that comes with realizing that some damage can never be undone. Through a series of illuminating readings, the authors show how Shakespeare was the supreme virtuoso of the second chance and Freud was its supreme interpreter. Both Shakespeare and Freud believed that we can narrate our life stories as tales of transformation, of momentous shifts, constrained by time and place but often still possible. Ranging from The Comedy of Errors to The Winter's Tale, and from D. W. Winnicott to Marcel Proust, the authors challenge readers to imagine how, as Phillips writes, "it is the mending that matters."

If you've ever been lucky enough to experience the Public School System in suburban America, then you will empathize with Marty Mason and delight at his teenage experiences in the sleepy town of Kappaqua Falls. While most people never have the opportunity to use what they learned in High School, Marty leverages the teachings from his classes in real-time to outwit and defeat several abusive bullies. His victory celebration is short lived as he is brought before the ruthless Principal of the school and subjected to a ground breaking behavior modification treatment. Military high technology has invaded the high school, and Marty is the unsuspecting and unlucky first test subject of a strange new supercomputer-driven brain stimulation system. FIRST CHANCE provides exciting, page-turning entertainment from the beginning to the end. His FIRST CHANCE Could Be His LAST From the sleepy city of Merida, Mexico to the Castle of Kukulcan at the Mayan ruins of Chichen-Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula, to the quaint town of Kappaqua Falls, New York, FIRST CHANCE provides an entertaining and suspenseful ride. Author Mark Owen paints a visually compelling tale of an American teenager caught in the gears of th American Public School system, struggling against his oppressors: Man and Machine.

Eighteen-year-old River Lang struggles after the death of his best friend and reluctantly joins a research study for struggling teens where he confronts his complex relationship with Dylan's ex, develops feelings for a charismatic jock, and uncovers unsettling truths about the study.

"Striking a perfect balance between drama and romance, this is sure to please."—Publishers Weekly The Second First Chance is a big, wonderful, messy love story about family, heartbreak, strength and courage. It shows us that sometimes what we want is what we least expect, and that everything we need is often right in front of us. Strength comes in many different forms. Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets, hiding in their tree house, they were playmates, best friends and later—as teenagers—almost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart, claiming the life of Dhillon’s father and Riya’s big brother, Samir. Riya and Dhillon have barely spoken since that terrible night, but they both made big decisions based on that fire. Riya has chosen to fight fire with everything she’s got, but it’s not easy. As the only female firefighter and one of the only people of color at her fire hall, she has to prove herself over and over. Plus, she’s hidden her career from her family. Dhillon wanted to heal things, so he became a veterinarian. When a chance encounter with a rescue dog throws Riya and Dhillon together again, he’s furious at her career choice. After what happened to them, how can she run into fires on purpose? For Riya, Dhillon’s anger is unacceptable: How can he not see that she’s protecting others from the very losses they both experienced?