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Half a million dollars will be Celeste Thorne's reward for spending four years of her life in total isolation. No faces. No voices. No way to leave.Since Celeste has never really worried about being alone, the generous paycheck she'll receive for her participation in the solitary psychological experiment seems like easy money. br>When she finds an injured hiker in the woods bordering her living compound, her strictly governed world is thrown into disarray. But even as she struggles with the morality of breaking the rules of the experiment, Celeste can't deny her growing attraction to the kind and enigmatic Olivia Soldano. Still, how much can you really trust a stranger? And how much can you trust yourself when you know all the faces you've seen and voices you've heard for the past three years have only been your imagination?But what's real? Celeste's reality may lie somewhere between the absolute truth and a carefully constructed deception.

Facing the twilight of her career, British supermodel Julia Westgate battles solitude and hidden desires. All she wants from her secret weekend in Boston is to forget her life, and all its emptiness, in the arms of an anonymous woman who will give her what she so desperately craves-but who won't ask any questions.Cory Hayes is young, eager, and completely oblivious to who Julia Westgate might be. Completely smitten from the moment she lays eyes on Julia, Cory is more than happy to give Julia what she wants. At least that's what Cory tells herself.But neither woman counts on a glorious weekend that ends far too soon. And then Cory wakes up to an empty pillow beside her, with no idea who she spent the weekend with and not a clue about how to find her.Originally published by Naiad Press, Bella Books is proud to reissue this updated version of Change of Heart.

Winner of the prestigious 2020 Page Turner Awards, A Book in Time is a truly enchanting work of magical realism by "a hugely talented storyteller." This exceptional novel has been described by publishers, agents, and literary judges alike as "visionary", "ambitious", "magical", "unique," "refreshing". You will never have read anything like it before. And if you're a lover of books, or you work in a profession to do with books, you will be hooked from the first sentence. Early reviews have described this most unusual novel as a masterpiece.A Book in Time is a captivating love story about a book's intense longing over two centuries for the mother who bore it. Adopted by many different owners - some loving, others unscrupulous - this book (the first edition of a volume of poems entitled 'The Burning Ones') longs to be reunited with an elderly author who cherished it as if it was her only child. As the book passes through many hands, it observes not only the way people treat it, but each other, and in all of this, its mother's love sets the high standard against which everything is lovingly judged.In a strange demonstration of synchronicity, the author - Mark Stibbe - experienced the culmination of his own search for a mother after completing this novel. Having been orphaned in 1960, and having never met or known his birth mother, Mark met her for the first time at the end of 2021, shortly before she died. So, there is more than a hint of Mark's own search in the book's quest for its author.In the case of A Book in Time, in perhaps a unique way, art has magically imitated life even as life has magically imitated art.

If you have ever done any research on the Anti-Inflammatory Diet, you know that there is quite a bit of conflicting information. A diet that is really so simple seems to have become much more complicated than it needs to be. This book breaks it all down for you in a very simplistic, easy to understand and implement approach. The Anti-Inflammatory Diet is designed to replace inflammation triggering foods with delicious nutrient dense foods that fight inflammation. In this diet, what you don't eat is just as important as what you do eat. It is a lifestyle change and once you can digest that, you've got it. Fortunately, through anti-inflammatory living we can not only prevent future diseases from occurring but we can also reverse existing conditions and greatly improve how we feel on a daily basis. When it comes to inflammation, food is truly the best medicine. And, when we start to view our bodies as a whole and start living an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, we see positive results from the inside out.

A campfire cooking enthusiast risks getting burned when an old crush hikes back into her life.

"There's a rip in the dimension somewhere that allows otherworldly beings to cross over to earth, and it's the Black family business to trap and kill these creatures before they can cause any harm. Andy Black loves being in the family business. But when she goes to a job expecting to find a dead angel and instead finds a very alive--and very angry one, Andy's world is flipped on its axis. Oriana is used to human cruelty and learned long ago not to trust any of them. Half-human, half-angel, she's been held captive by a trapper for most of her life. Now that she's escaped, she finds herself held by more humans."--

When the past comes back to haunt the Lou and Florence, the fight for their independence--and their love--may become more deadly than either of them ever expected.

Trying to take a few brief moments away from a stressful situation, Reagan Murphy snags the last table at a bustling downtown lunch spot. When another woman walks into the crowded restaurant seeking a table, Reagan offers to share hers. Jillian Jacobs just wanted a quick bite before she''d have to focus on a new and unreasonable deadline. Irritated by her empty stomach and by the prospect of waiting, Jillian resentfully accepts a seat at a stranger''s table. Their shared lunch is filled with hostility, snide comments, and shades of derision from Jill and Reagan finds herself relieved at the end of the encounter. But then the two are thrown back together when Jill becomes a catering client of Reagan''s. Soon navigating a professional relationship becomes complicated as their attraction begins to smolder. Will it get in the way and cause even bigger problems? Or will this be the start of something they''ve both been looking for all along?

Truths and lies--sometimes you need to use both to get what you want.

When Elle Bissett agrees to go on a televised celebrity cooking competition, she's expecting to get some television face time, not go head-to-head with Ashley Castle, an acting rival from her youth. If she could only keep her focus on the recipes instead of getting distracted by Ashley's piercing blue eyes, she should have no problem earning the title of Celebrity Cook Off Champion.

A school principal and a VR programmer must overcome physical and emotional scars to find love.

Is it possible to go back and choose the other fork in the road?