The Heart's Bidding

The Heart's Bidding
Author: Kelly Irvin
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2023-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0840709242

Together, schoolteacher Rachelle Lapp and auctioneer Toby Miller must face their hardest battle yet: trusting God’s plan for their uncertain future. At twenty-nine, auctioneer Toby Miller is a notorious bachelor. But his job keeps him on the road for months out of the year, and he knows no Plain woman could want a marriage that would force her to live and raise children alone. Thankfully, Toby’s content to dedicate his life to the family business, especially now that his grandfather is retiring. So why does his heart keep longing for something—or more specifically, someone—he can’t have? Rachelle Lapp has already turned down two marriage proposals. Neither promised a future that would bring her more joy than her job as a teacher to Amish children with developmental disabilities, including her brother, Jonah, and Toby’s sister, Sadie. But when the parents’ committee votes to send her students to the English schools, where they will have access to many more resources, Rachelle finds herself out of a job. She’s forced to decide between pursuing her calling far from home and staying near to the man she can’t get off her mind. As their families matchmake, Toby and Rachelle realize their jobs may not be all that’s holding them back from a future together. They both must learn not only to trust each other, but also trust God’s plans for them. But do those plans involve a lifetime together or them going their separate ways? Sweet and thoughtful Amish romance First in the Amish Calling series Book length: 102,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

The Heart's Bidding

The Heart's Bidding
Author: Jordan Riley Swan
Publisher: Story Garden
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2020-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1735587508

Kaylee Heart would rather run through a roaring fire than endure even a minute of public speaking. Put in an eighty-hour work week? No problem. Shut down her grandfather’s gold-digging girlfriend? Easy peasy. Stand in front of an auction crowd and call for bids? Show her the exit. So she has no idea how Gerald, the golden-voiced auctioneer she’s been crushing on at the local auction house, can find the courage to stand on stage every week, with all those eyes on him. But as cruel fate would have it, she is about to find out. Her family antique shop, the Vintage at Heart, has tripped over one financial hurdle too many and Kay is propelled, full speed, into her biggest phobia—the spotlight. With terror chasing her, she’ll have to fight to keep the family business from closing forever. Even if the battle takes place in front of a live crowd...

At Love's Bidding (Ozark Mountain Romance Book #2)

At Love's Bidding (Ozark Mountain Romance Book #2)
Author: Regina Jennings
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-11-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1441228829

Regina Jennings Is a Rising Voice in Humorous Historical Romance After helping her grandfather at their Boston auction house, Miranda Wimplegate discovers she's accidentally sold a powerful family's prized portrait to an anonymous bidder. Desperate to appease the furious family, her grandfather tracks it to the Missouri Ozarks and makes an outlandish offer to buy the local auction house if they promise not to sell anything until he arrives. Upon their arrival, however, they discover their new business doesn't deal in fine antiques, but in livestock. And its manager, ruggedly handsome Wyatt Ballentine, is frustrated to discover his fussy new bosses don't know a thing about the business he's single-handedly kept afloat. Faced with more cattle than they can count--but no mysterious painting--Miranda and Wyatt form an unlikely but charged partnership to try and salvage a bad situation getting worse.

Bidding for the Bachelor

Bidding for the Bachelor
Author: Jackie Lau
Publisher: Jackie Lau Books
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1989610218

Meet Cedric Fong... I don’t need a date. I need to focus on finding a new apartment and finally writing another novel. But as the last single Fong brother, I’m expected to participate in a bachelor auction to benefit my family’s charity. When there’s a frenzied bidding war, Brian Poon, my younger brother’s ex-best friend, puts an end to the chaos by bidding an eye-watering amount for a Valentine’s date with me. Brian used to be a notorious partier, but his life isn’t as wild now that his father has cut him off. We have a good time eating and drinking together, and when he finds out about my apartment situation, he offers me his spare room. Once I move in, Brian surprises me by baking me cookies and making it his mission to get me writing again. Soon, I’m working on a new book and getting closer to my roommate, a man who has never had a relationship and is all about casual sex—the opposite of me. He also used to be in love with my brother. I wonder if he still is… Jackie Lau writes soft and steamy romances with Asian characters, all set in Canada. KEYWORDS: rom-com, m/m romance, bisexual romance, bachelor auction, brother’s former best friend, roommates, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, playboy, Asian heroes, bisexual heroes, demisexual hero, baking, foodie romance, Canadian romance, funny grandma, happy ending, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers

Bridge the Gap to Better Bidding

Bridge the Gap to Better Bidding
Author: Jack Wynns
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2022-08-26
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1665566833

This book is intended for intermediate and advanced players and is designed along the lines of a convention card. Each subject (No Trump, Majors, Weak Two Bids, etc.) gets its own chapter. Within each chapter each topic gets a page of text along with examples and a quiz. Most intermediate players have a working, but incomplete, knowledge of the various topics. This book will fill in the blanks, add new ideas to your bidding arsenal and significantly improve your bidding skills.

Bridge

Bridge
Author: H. Anthony Medley
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1997
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780028617350

Introduces the game of bridge and discusses bids, rebids, trick-taking, defense, and advanced play

A Bid for Love

A Bid for Love
Author: Rachel Ann Nunes
Publisher: White Star Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2014-10-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1939203120

Cassi is the head buyer for a prestigious art gallery in California. Jared is a buyer for an exclusive New York gallery. Sparks fly as the two come head to head in a bidding war for a hideous but very expensive Indian Buddha. Cassi and Jared are both determined to win the statue, but others also want the Buddha—at any cost. Thugs, art forgers, the FBI, or Jared’s beautiful and alluring boss . . . who will end up with the statue? During a string of hair-raising exploits, Cassi and Jared are forced to develop a tentative friendship that deepens into romance. Will they survive long enough to see it through? Best-selling author Rachel Ann Nunes has crafted a wonderfully intriguing and romantic drama in this fast-moving novel, bringing two idealistic people together from opposite edges of the continent and allowing them, in their own way, to find an unexpected connection to their Christian faith and each other. In the end, their very lives depend on the trust they’ve developed. If you love romance and excitement, you’ll be captivated by A Bid for Love.

On Bidding

On Bidding
Author: Alan Truscott
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1990-05-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0671664638

From Simon & Schuster, On Bidding, now revised and updated, is Alan Truscott's, Bridge Columnist for The New York Times, Albert Morehead's classic work on the principles of Bridge Judgment. Alan Truscott's On Bidding explains the principles of standard American bidding, and discusses point-count valuation, openings, responses, conventions and overcalling strategy.

Modern Constructive Bidding

Modern Constructive Bidding
Author: Marshall Miles
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2005
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781894154994

The logical follow-up to the author's best-selling Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century, this book deals with the latest expert thinking on constructive auctions at bridge. As usual, Miles' ideas are cutting edge, and not everything he recommends will appeal to everyone. However, through discussion, Miles challenges his readers to think about and question what they are currently doing, ultimately reinforcing their own confidence in the style they choose to play.