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Living alone in her bare mansion in LAs Hollywood Hills, gentle Celia takes up art therapy, hoping it will soothe the deep scars of her past. Each failed artwork deepens her fear of losing to depression, like her father. León, an intense painter struggling with a creative block, empties his savings to move to LA in search of new visions. He needs a cheap studio and some raw, authentic inspiration-his dreams and future as an artist depend on it.

Mallory Stewart’s father arranges a marriage between her and the town’s mayor. The mayor is an odious man, and Mallory wants nothing to do with him. She escapes the marriage when he is arrested for stealing from the town’s treasury. Frank Griffin needs a wife. But in Spring Valley, Texas, potential wives are hard to come by. Frank learns of a mail order bride agency, and thinking himself a fool, he sends an application. A month later, he receives a letter from a lady back East who agrees to marry him.

After being turned down by yet another employer, nurse Adele Cowen is in dire straits—her rent is due, her fiancé has abandoned her, and she has nothing left to keep her in New York. When a chance to marry the mayor of a small town in Texas arises, she jumps at the chance. But when bandits strike her train, Adele is left alone in the middle of a strange land. It seems impossible when she stumbles across a lonely, sick man in need of her help. The stranger is Preston Wilder, and he’s a bounty hunter in search of the Silver Gang—the very gang that robbed her train.

Lonely, heartbroken, and determined to leave tragedy behind, Clarabelle Demont packs up her belongings and travels west to Montana. There, she stays with her brother, Stuart, her only living relative, who works as foreman on Circle Moss Ranch in Fort Riggins, Montana.

Laura Willard has a problem. Her father is marrying her off to the highest bidder for his personal gain, and she detests the man he has selected. Edgar Cochran is pompous, coldhearted, and a snob. She cannot let her father sentence her for life with such a man—even if it means getting cast out penniless. Then she hears of a possible solution—a mail-order bride agency matching men from the Wild West with women from the East. Can this be how she escapes her father’s dictatorship?

When her father passes away suddenly, Justine Mayer has no reason to stay in Boston. With the promise of a romance, she answers an advert for a mail-order bride and sets out for Fielder’s Union, Arkansas. When she arrives, she discovers the man she is all set to marry isn’t waiting for her. Even worse, he may never have existed. Taken in and sheltered by the Barnett family, she begins to rebuild her shattered life in Fielder’s Union, unsure of what the future holds. All she knows is she has found new friends, including the handsome local sheriff, Tom Barnett.

Feeling guilty for spending too much time on her phone and wanting to get back into the spirit of literature, amateur sleuth Geneva Pomolo attends a Jane Austen-themed party hosted by the Brixton family. Tensions are simmering between Kerri and her husband Jeremy. The party is thrown into disarray when a quarrel erupts between the couple, provoking Jeremy to storm out.

You've been thinking about it, now it is time for you to step out on faith and be your own boss to create that financial freedom you've always dreamed of! This audiobook will be your guide into the lucrative trucking industry, and I will share with you just how to get those wheels turning, so you can start earning. Starting anything new will most definitely have its challenges, and you should be well prepared before diving in. Most people are reluctant to start a trucking business because they have no idea where to start.

This is a listen-in-one-sitting short tale about a woman named Capsel who travels through time - not by breaking the speed of light - but by entering a stasis pod at regular intervals. Each entry is a one-way journey, and each time she emerges she finds that the world is in a very different place. We don’t know why she is doing this at first, but Capsel’s true purpose is eventually revealed, and it is quite grand indeed.

Amateur sleuth Geneva Pomolo and her assistant, Iris Reeves, are on a quest to visit every major tourist attraction in Northern Indiana. Their efforts lead them to the town museum, where a meeting of the Cryptid and Paranormal Society dissolves into chaos over disputed sightings of the Wrangler’s Devil. Howard “Hefty” Gulch advocates putting a team together to find the beast, but is shouted down by opponents who feel he’s meddling in things best left alone. When Hefty is found dead on the slopes of a cliff during a routine camping trip, Geneva is certain of foul play.

Dr. Wadsworth, a psychiatrist and father of six children, has laid out the tools necessary for successful parenting in this book. The invaluable six parenting tools that parents need to survive are explained. Also, the three parenting styles are outlined. Dr. Wadsworth also addresses other aspects and challenges of parenting, including what to do with children who do not sleep, how to overcome the strains that having children puts on a marriage, and many other extremely important bits of advice. The Six Parenting Tools is a must-listen for new and experienced parents alike.

Jael Wheeler’s life in Philadelphia turns upside down with the tragic loss of her father, who leaves her penniless. To survive, Jael becomes a Mail Order Bride. Upon finding a man willing to marry her, Jael heads for Montana, only to discover her fiancé has fled, chasing another woman to Denver. Now, a mysterious cowboy haunts Jael, following her and watching her every move. Women are going missing, and rumor has it, they’re being sold to miners.

Full of dread, 20-year-old Sadie Alberts enters her stepfather’s study. He informs her she’s to be married off to an ill-tempered business acquaintance across the country in Oregon. Terrified, Sadie has no option but to obey. On the way, she’s caught up in a disaster outside of Shadow Gulch, Idaho - one that leaves her stranded and with no memory. Sadie is taken in by the kind folks of Shadow Gulch and finds a home with the local doctor and his family.

For nearly 20 years, Chester Claus had run a year-round Christmas-themed diner in Wrangler’s Hill. For many Indiana locals, he was the embodiment of the holidays - gregarious, portly, his eyes radiating amusement as he handed out candy to children. The idea of anyone wanting to murder him was simply preposterous. But when Claus is found dead in his kitchen during the Christmas Feast, poisoned with his own favorite knife, it falls on Indiana’s finest amateur detective, Geneva Pomolo, and her partner, Iris Reeves, to investigate.

Diana Hope, 55, is still adjusting to her recent separation when she discovers her ex-husband has just proposed to a woman 30 years younger. Secretly hoping they would reunite, Diana is devastated. She realizes the time has come to reimagine life without him - in fact, to reimagine her life, period. Devoting the last 30 years of her life to being a dutiful wife and mother and to climbing the corporate ladder, Diana has been relentlessly driven, and has not taken a moment to do anything for herself. Now, the time has come.

Diana Hope, 55, is still adjusting to her recent separation when she discovers her ex-husband has just proposed to a woman 30 years younger. Secretly hoping they would reunite, Diana is devastated. She realizes the time has come to reimagine life without him - in fact, to reimagine her life, period.

In the series finale, Marie finds her own future on the line as a murder occurs near her premises, and she is forced to solve it or else be implicated. With her rival innkeeper involved, it could hardly get any worse. As if that is not enough, this series finale brings to a head many questions: Will Marie finally find her mother, and what will happen between them? Will Marie end up with Robbie? With Brendan? Will she finally be able to claim her gifts, without Boo's help? And will she decide to stay and run the B&B - or be forced to leave this small town that has become her life?

In Death in Florence (book number two), Diana arrives in Florence, ready to shake off the events of Paris and fulfill her lifelong dream of being proposed to on the romantic Ponte Vecchio bridge. But Diana can never possibly anticipate what she is about to find on that bridge and how it may just turn her romantic dream into a ridiculous nightmare!

Devoting the last 30 years of her life to being a dutiful wife and mother and to climbing the corporate ladder, Diana has been relentlessly driven, and has not taken a moment to do anything for herself. Now, the time has come. Diana Hope hopes to kickoff her journey, and find new love, with an unforgettable night at the Versailles ball. But when the dramatic night takes a harrowing turn she could never expect, Diana realizes she will have to solve the crime - or else have her trip end in disaster.

A bundle of A Murder in Paris (Book 1) and Death in Florence (Book 2) in Blake Pierce’s A Year in Europe Mystery series! This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words.