Lovers in a Small Cafe

Lovers in a Small Cafe
Author: Edmund Burwell
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2021-02-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1662412088

This is Part II of the story which began with the previous volume, The Ice Meadows, which introduced the Reverend Joseph Stevenson and the many characters and events which shaped his life. As he contends against an impossible wall of denial and the love he feels for his wife and son, he continues to try to maintain a stable home and shepherd a growing congregation in a confusing and troubled world. Although life is a vale of tears and he faces abandonment by the church he has loved since childhood, he continues to strive and gain strength from a compassionate God. With a sense of humor and love of the beauty of creation, he carries on with confidence that the battle has already been won for us.

Café Theology - Exploring Love, the Universe and Everything

Café Theology - Exploring Love, the Universe and Everything
Author: Michael Lloyd
Publisher: Alpha International
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2008-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781904074762

In Cafe Theology, Mike invites us to grab a cappuccino and travel with him on a mind-stretching journey from Creation to New Creation, offering a rich and human view of life and the Life-Giver. Whether you have been on the Christian Journey your whole life, you are just starting out or haven't even bought a ticket, this extraordinary book is applicable to our ordinary lives, longings and in Mike's words 'our feeble and frustrated fumblings after an understanding of who we are and what we are here for.

To Love and Die in Dallas

To Love and Die in Dallas
Author: Mary Elizabeth Goldman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2008-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765353900

A tale of love, friendship, and betrayal in Dallas high society unfolds through the pages of a diary that recalls the teenage years of four best friends in the 1950s. But time changes everything, and the murder of one of the friends in the 21st century reveals deeply hidden secrets.

The Mediterranean Love Plan

The Mediterranean Love Plan
Author: Stephen Arterburn
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310334160

The Mediterranean Love Plan unveils the “7 Secrets of Passion” from some of the most romantic countries in the world: Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Israel. Most couples marry in a flurry of passion, but soon find themselves wondering “How do we keep love interesting, fun and romantic? How do we keep the spark growing for decades?” Steve and Misty Arterburn offer unique, ground-breaking answers to these age-old questions. Romance is much more than a date night out or a week away. A passionate, long-lasting love requires two people who are sensually in love with life and each other. In this fascinating book, the authors explore research on seven activities that prompt passion, then describe how Mediterranean cultures practice these secrets in everyday life. Steve and Misty also share how these fun-to-apply secrets have taken their own marriage from confused to confident, from discouraged to delighted– and how you can do it too. The Mediterranean Love Plan will help couples become more playful, creative, connected and romantic -- burning with passion that stands the test of time.

A Forbidden Love

A Forbidden Love
Author: Jagriti Thakur
Publisher: Pencil
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2024-02-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9358834056

A Forbidden Love" unfolds in the quaint town of Willowbrook, where the lives of three individuals-Emily, Nathan, and Alex-intersect in unexpected ways. Emily, the artist, Nathan, the rugged soul with his melodies, and Alex, the determined painting artist, navigate the complexities of love, choice, and destiny. As secrets of hearts surface, the trio's fates become intertwined in a symphony of emotions. Set against the backdrop of a picturesque town, the novel explores the profound connections that shape the human experience, leaving readers captivated by the intricate dance of hearts.

Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
Author: Jared Reck
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1524716111

A sweet romantic story about donuts, food trucks, family, and first loves. It's easy to look at high school senior Oscar Olsson and think: lost. He hates school, struggles to read, and wants nothing to do with college. But Oscar is anything but lost---he knows exactly what he wants and exactly how to get it. Oscar and Farfar, the Swedish grandfather who's raised him, run a food truck together selling rullekebab and munkar, and Oscar wants to finish school so he can focus on the food truck full-time. It's easy to look at Mary Louise (Lou for short) Messinger and think: driven. AP everything, valedictorian in her sights, and Ivy league college aspirations. When Lou hijacks Oscar's carefully crafted schedule of independent studies and blocks of time in the Culinary Lab, Oscar is roped into helping Lou complete her over-ambitious, resume-building service project-reducing food waste in Central Adams High School. While Lou stands to gain her Girl Scout Gold Award, Oscar will be faced with a mountain of uneaten school apples and countless hours with a girl he can't stand. With the finish line in sight, a relationship he never expected, and festival season about to begin (for good), the unthinkable happens, and Oscar's future is anything but certain.

THE LOVER'S THAT WERE PAID TO LOVE ME

THE LOVER'S THAT WERE PAID TO LOVE ME
Author: Hash Blink
Publisher: Hash Blink & Rebellious Rebels LLC
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2023-10-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In this mystery novel, Tess, a hopeless romantic with a string of bad relationships, stumbles upon a secret society of wealthy individuals who pay for companionship. She joins the society and forms a close bond with her clients, particularly Jack, whom she falls in love with. However, Jack disappears, and Tess discovers that several of her former clients have also vanished. Determined to uncover the truth, Tess investigates and finds herself in danger. With Jack's help, they try to escape the society and its enforcers. They are offered a deal to retrieve a valuable file in exchange for new identities and a fresh start. Tess and Jack agree, but their mission is not without challenges. They face security guards and must use their skills to evade capture. Ultimately, they hand over the file and hope to receive their promised rewards. In this thrilling story, Tess and Jack, two individuals who had just completed a dangerous job for a secret society, find themselves being followed by mysterious men in suits. With the help of their contact, c. Bb, they try to evade their pursuers and seek refuge in a safe house. However, they soon realize that they need to break into a facility to uncover the truth about their situation. After a daring escape, they are captured once again, but are saved by c. Bb. With the acquired file, they plan to take down the secret organization. They find temporary peace in a new home, but little do they know that their past is about to catch up with them, putting everything they have built at risk. Tess, Jack, and c. Bb have been living off the grid, hiding from a dangerous organization they took down. They receive a message from the man who offered them the job, wanting to meet and apologize. They meet him on a secluded beach and he gives them a flash drive with evidence. They discover connections to powerful individuals and decide to gather more evidence before going public. They receive a warning and realize they are being watched. They meet a journalist named Marcus who has evidence and they plan to take down the organization together. They receive a message from a contact who is in danger and find out that Jack's presumed-dead wife is alive and working against the organization. They continue gathering evidence and receive a warning from a client. They meet the client in the park and he warns them about the society's power. They know they are in danger but are determined to expose the truth. Tess finds something unexpected in the evidence, leading them closer to the truth. In this thrilling story, Tess, a companion for hire, stumbles upon a mysterious figure known as "The Benefactor" who is the driving force behind a secret society. With the help of her team, Tess uncovers that The Benefactor is not who they seem to be and is actually the mastermind behind the society's illegal activities. As they dig deeper, they discover shocking truths and are hunted by The Benefactor's men. With the help of Jack, Tess's love interest, they go on the run, gathering evidence and evading capture. Eventually, they join forces with the police to bring down The Benefactor and his associates. The story ends with Tess and Jack preparing for a final showdown, determined to put an end to the society's corruption. Tess and Jack, determined to expose the secret society they had become entangled with, find themselves in a dangerous situation when they are ambushed by masked men. They manage to fight back, but their encounter with the Benefactor's men leaves them shaken. They continue their fight, teaming up with a mysterious figure named Sarah who reveals the dark secrets of the society. As they gather evidence and build a case against the Benefactor, they face threats and attacks. Eventually, they succeed in bringing down the society and exposing its corruption. However, their victory is short-lived as they realize they are being followed. They confront the Benefactor and are captured, finding themselves in his luxurious penthouse. Despite his attempts to justify his actions, Tess and Jack stand firm in their belief that they did the right thing by exposing the society's exploitation. Tess and Jack, along with their ally c. Bb, have successfully taken down the secret society that had been causing havoc in their lives. They take a moment to relax and enjoy each other's company, grateful for the weight that has been lifted off their shoulders. However, their respite is short-lived as they discover rumors of the society's revival. Determined to prevent this, they continue their investigation, following leads and gathering evidence. They encounter a high-ranking member of the society who tries to recruit them, but they refuse and press on. They eventually uncover a dark ritual involving the sacrifice of a young woman and manage to intervene with the help of c. Bb. They escape, but realize that their fight is not over as they discover a list of society members who had evaded capture. They vow to continue their investigation and bring all those responsible to justice. In this thrilling conclusion, Tess and her team attend the secret meeting of the society in an attempt to expose the Benefactor. Chaos erupts as the lights go out and gunfire ensues. They manage to escape the building, but the Benefactor escapes. With the police on their way, Tess and her team are determined to continue their mission and bring down the society once and for all. Tess and her team are determined to catch the elusive Benefactor and bring down the secret society. As Tess chases after the figure, she is stopped by armed guards, leaving her alone in pursuit. She trips and falls, allowing the Benefactor to reveal themselves. The Benefactor takes Tess captive and leads her to a room filled with incriminating evidence. Tess vows to stop the Benefactor and seek justice. With the help of her team, they decipher coordinates and uncover a hidden warehouse. They are confronted by the Benefactor and engage in a fierce battle. The warehouse is destroyed by a bomb, but Tess and her team survive. They find a locked safe containing love letters from Jack, who had been secretly helping them. Tess is filled with renewed determination and continues her fight against the secret society. They discover a key that leads them to a secret underground tunnel, bringing them closer to ending the society's reign. Tess and Jack find themselves in a new location under witness protection, but their sense of safety is short-lived as they receive threatening messages and suspicious packages. They meet with Leo, who reveals that there are rumors of other secret societies and that Tess possesses something they want. They are relocated to a seaside town, where they find peace and a new kind of love. One day, they stumble upon a group of people in the woods, led by c. Bb, who claims to have been watching them and knows about their involvement with the secret society. Tess and Jack are taken aback when c. Bb reveals that she knows who the Benefactor is. They are given disguises and wigs to blend in at the Grand Masquerade, where they learn that the secret society plans to sell a valuable artifact. However, their plan goes awry when Leo, who they had been working with, threatens to destroy the artifact. Tess and Jack make a deal with Leo to help him escape in exchange for the artifact. They successfully retrieve the artifact and escape, but soon realize they are being followed. C. Bb warns them that they need to leave town immediately, as their actions have been discovered. They are given cash, passports, and taken to a safehouse. Tess and Jack reflect on the uncertain future but remain determined to face it together. Tess, Jack, and Logan continue their investigation into the secret society, determined to bring them down. They discover a beaten man named Tom, who was unknowingly involved in the society's illegal activities. Tom reveals that the society is planning to expand their human trafficking operations into a new city. With this new information, Tess, Jack, and Logan know they must act quickly to stop the society and save innocent lives. The stakes are higher than ever as they face the dangerous and powerful secret society head-on. Tess, Jack, and Logan successfully infiltrate the secret society's headquarters and gather evidence of their illegal activities. However, they are captured and held captive by the society. With the help of Jack, they manage to escape and continue their investigation. They uncover evidence linking Tess's own father to the society's crimes. Determined to bring justice, they reach out to a hacker for assistance. They confront Tess's father and convince him to help them take down the society. With a solid plan in place, they take a moment to rest and prepare for the final showdown. Tess, Jack, and c. Bb continue their investigation into the secret society, uncovering more evidence against its members. They find a list of names, including prominent figures, and realize that Tess's father has been funding the society. They confront him, but their safe house is attacked, and they lose their evidence. They regroup and find an ex-member who provides them with valuable information. However, their safe house is burned down, and they know they must keep fighting. They take a break and enjoy a picnic, but are confronted by two high-ranking members of the society. With the help of c. Bb, they defeat them. They take a break from the investigation and find a kitten, bringing them a sense of peace. They discover that the secret society is controlled by the Smith family and make plans to take them down. They gather information and prepare for the final showdown. Tess receives a mysterious call and meets a stranger who claims to have information about the Smiths. She agrees to his terms and receives a file, but their contact is found dead. Determined to bring down the Smith family, Tess, Jack, and C. Bb uncover a cover-up involving Jack's long-lost sister's death. They continue their investigation, aware that they are being watched. They gather evidence and plan to expose the Smith family's illegal activities. Richard, their pursuer, informs them that Jack is alive but in bad shape. They rescue Jack from the Smith family's mansion and engage in a gunfight, ultimately bringing down the secret society. Tess and Jack walk away, stronger together.

Sea of Love

Sea of Love
Author: Susan Donovan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451419286

New York Times bestselling author Susan Donovan welcomes you to Bayberry Island, a special place between Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket where a bronze mermaid statue promises to grant true love to anyone who asks with an open heart… For years Rowan Flynn distanced herself from Bayberry Island and its infamous mermaid legend. But after her investor fiancé lost what was left of her family’s fortune, Rowan reluctantly agreed to run the Safe Haven Bed-and-Breakfast, determined never again to fall for the ridiculous fantasy of the mermaid matchmaker. Now Rowan is just biding her time until she can return to her “real” life in New York, fixing up the B and B and avoiding neighbors who are angry that the Flynns won’t sell their land to a developer set on turning the island into a glitzy vacation destination. But when a handsome stranger arrives at the B and B the night before the annual Mermaid Festival, Rowan’s life takes a turn for the interesting. Could it be the divine hand of the town’s patroness? Or is Rowan being set up for another disappointment?

Paper Love

Paper Love
Author: Sarah Wildman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2014
Genre: Holocaust survivors
ISBN: 1594631557

She was your grandfather's true love, was the only answer given when Sarah Wildman presented her grandmother with a dozen photographs of a dark-haired, smiling young woman she had stumbled upon in her grandfather's old office. 'True love'? It was stated as fact, and with no further information. Who was this woman? And what was her relationship to her grandfather? When pressed, her grandfather's sister offered a bit more- 'She was brilliant! And so in love with your grandfather.' It was tantalizing, but agonizingly open-ended. Growing up, Wildman could reel off the details of her grandfather Karl's escape from Nazi-occupied Vienna. He was the irresistibly charismatic center of her family, beloved by everyone he encountered. His flight from Vienna six months after Hitler annexed Austria in 1938 was at the center of his myth- Karl was a success at everything. But no narrative is as simple as it initially appears. Years after her grandfather's death, Wildman found a cache of letters written to him, in a file labelled 'Correspondence, patients A-G.' What she discovered inside weren't dry medical histories; what was written instead opened a path into the destroyed world that was her family's prewar Vienna. One woman's letters stood out- these were mailed from the woman in the photos. Her name was Valerie Scheftel - Valy. She was Karl's lover, who had remained in Europe when he boarded a ship bound for the United States in Hamburg in September 1938. But why had she not left with Karl? And more important, what had happened to her? With the help of the letters Valy had written to her grandfather, Wildman started to piece together her story. The letters revealed a woman desperate to escape and still clinging to the memory of a love that defined her years of freedom. Obsessed with learning what happened to Valy, Wildman began a quest that lasted years and spanned continents. Along the way she discovered, to her shock, an entire world of other people searching for the same woman. In the course of unearthing Valy's ultimate fate, she was forced to re-examine the narrative of her grandfather's triumphant escape and how this history fit within her own life and her own generation, and in the process, she rescued a life seemingly lost to history. Praise for Paper Love 'Ignore anyone who tells you there is nothing more to be said about the Holocaust, and no new ways of telling the tragedy. Sarah Wildman's gripping, tender, beautifully painful book gets to the heart of the matter through matters of the heart. And along with the pathos and pain, there is profound and honest thoughtfulness too.' Simon Schama, author of The Story of the Jews 'In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal - family, memory, myth - what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world.' Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure 'In spellbinding prose, Sarah Wildman traces her quest to understand what happened to her grandfather's mysterious lover, whom he had to leave behind when he fled Vienna in 1938. Revealing deeper truths about history and the tricky nature of memory, Paper Loveis a breathtakingly powerful and beautiful new book.' David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z 'Sarah Wildman is a member of the last generation of young Jews who grew up in families presided over by Holocaust survivors and their stories -