A Sugar Daddy For Winter

Everyone knows the holidays suck for single people. One trip to Aspen with Winter, and Ivan knows they won't be spending another year alone. Even though Ivan has a high-paying job, that doesn't mean he has any desire to be anyone's sugar daddy. He's seen men his age go through their mid-life crisis with gold diggers and doesn't want to be that guy. Unfortunately, there's one thing worse than being used for his money--being alone during the holidays. He's about to strike a deal to end that horrible tradition. Winter only knows Ivan as the surly Russian who gets a single drink at his bar each night and always leaves a huge tip. The last thing he expects is Ivan's sudden offer for a trip to Aspen. A moment of pure insanity mixed with the holiday blues has him accepting. He has no idea how to act or what to expect. There's no way he could prepare for the storm known as Ivan that upturns his life. A Sugar Daddy for Winter is a short standalone story loosely connected to Charity Parkerson's Sugar Daddies series. While there is no need to have read any of the series to enjoy this book, if you're interested, Sugar Daddies is a contemporary romance, age-gap series where the men are hot, rich, and don't like to be told no.

“Part cookbook, part celebration of the written word, [The Book Club Cookbook] illustrates how books and ideas can bring people together.” —Publishers Weekly "We are what we eat, they say. We can eat what we read, too. The Book Club Cookbook by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp (Tarcher/Penguin, $21.95), first published in 2004 and now newly updated and revised, offers up dozens of new recipes inspired by book clubs’ favorite books, their characters and authors." —USA Today "It's pretty much a no-brainer why we love something like The Book Club Cookbook - it combines two of our all-time favorite things: food and books. Even better - the recipes in the book let us get a fuller experience of our favorite novels by thinking up recipes either inspired by the story or literally contributed by the author as essential to the book." —Flavorwire "The Book Club Cookbook excels at offering book groups new title ideas and a culinary way to spice up their discussions." —Library Journal Whether it's Roman Punch for The Age of Innocence, or Sabzi Challow (spinach and rice) with Lamb for The Kite Runner, or Swedish Meatballs and Glögg for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, nothing spices up a book club meeting like great eats. Featuring recipes and discussion ideas from bestselling authors and book clubs across the country, this fully revised and updated edition of the classic book guides readers in selecting and preparing culinary masterpieces that blend perfectly with the literary masterpieces their club is reading. This edition features new contributions from a host of today's bestselling authors including: Kathryn Stockett, The Help (Demetrie's Chocolate Pie and Caramel Cake) Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants (Oyster Brie Soup) Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper (Brian Fitzgerald's Firehouse Marinara Sauce) Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone (Almaz's Ethiopian Doro Wot and Sister Mary Joseph Praise's Cari de Dal) Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Annie Barrows's Potato Peel Pie and Non-Occupied Potato Peel Pie) Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See's Deep-Fried Sugared Taro) The Book Club Cookbook will add real flavor to your book club meetings!

This one-of-a-kind, unique book is truly a must have collector's item and should be in the home of every Christian and prospective believer. It is filled with divine inspiration, a treasure of poems, prayers, words of wisdom, dreams, visions, and delightful fictional short stories. Its passages cover a broad range of meaningful topics, questions, and answers pertaining to the principles of daily living and road to pursuing a Christian walk. It can be used as a daily devotional, for meditation, or as a study guide. Its beautiful images have been carefully selected to capture every subject and has a library of hundreds of scriptural references. This extraordinary collection will take the reader on a wonderful journey, revisiting each page over and over again. It has been written to encourage, to inspire, to shine the light of hope upon every situation, to unlock the mind and to usher it through new dimensions, lifting the spirit to greater and higher heights.

In a world often swayed by preconceived notions and societal expectations, Sophia, a vibrant 23-year-old, finds herself in the most unexpected of love stories. When she crosses paths with Gory, a man well beyond her years, what begins as an unlikely friendship soon blossoms into a love that defies age, norms, and convention. "Sugar Daddy" is a tale that challenges the stereotypical narratives surrounding age-gap relationships. This isn't a story of luxury, dominance, or materialism. Instead, it's a profound exploration of two souls connecting on a level that transcends mere physical age. With every page, readers are invited to dive deep into the raw emotions, shared laughter, and tender moments between Sophia and Gory.

"Marry me and I'll give you a million dollars." "What?! But you're so...so..." "Devastatingly handsome? Smoulderingly sexy?" "NO! Obscenely obnoxious!" *** This was how Daniel Winters, the CEO of Winters Architecture proposed to Jane McKay, a down on her luck single mother. She desperately needed money to gain custody of her child and he was in frantic search for a wife and a baby to retain his inheritance. And so, these two unlikely souls struck up an agreement - a one year contract marriage that would supposedly benefit them both. But one year is a long time, and according to Murphy's law 'anything that can happen will happen.' So the question is, will Daniel and Jane be able to stand each other for 365 days without going for each other’s throat? Will Daniel's family find out about his greatest lie? Will the baby of Jane's father come back for his flesh and blood? And most importantly, will this unlikely marriage blossom into something more?

Winters Rain tells the story of a time when life remained an unfair spiritual war game. It was a time when there were uncertainties and untold mysteriesand for some, fame. It was a cold day in hell, where no one could tell what it was like living in a jail cell. It was a time when challenges spread their way across the sky and when great torrential downpours and blocks of ice astounded more than the pounded dough of the American pie. It was when heavy winds ruled over rough terrains pooled in the distillation of predatory fears. It was a time when the merchant of death ruled like a plague with no breath, but not without the pain of knowing persistent suffering once again. Winters Rain uniquely portrays hidden sadness and loneliness. Of the many that embarked upon this sad and lonely journey, far too many lay in waste due to unattended gurneys. All have been consumed by the bombardment of fear. All have fallen prey to its savage rival steer, for not even hell can resist the stall of innocent pain when nighttime falls upon the dream of life during a writer's Winter's Rain.

“Got a sweet tooth? [Sugar Baby] will school you in everything from rock candy to puff pastries. And Bullock-Prado . . . makes it look easy” (Ladies’ Home Journal). Cookbooks with recipes for baking with sugar (in the oven) continue to top the bestseller lists. And yet, no one has set out to do a cookbook with recipes on cooking with sugar (on the stovetop)—until now. In Sugar Baby, Gesine Bullock-Prado offers totally unintimidating step-by-step advice; the simplest instructions; recipes for candy, confections, and treats that integrate stovetop work into finished desserts; and a hilarious voice. Organized by temperature and chemical stages, here are more than 100 recipes for lollipops, caramel, rock candy, chocolate mousse, macarons, marshmallows, pudding pops, cakes, and much more. Sugar Baby will satisfy even the most demanding sweet tooth.