Once Upon A Valentine S Day A Romance Sampler

FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER FEATURING EXTENDED EXCERPTS FROM TODAY'S BESTSELLING ROMANCEAUTHORS Find your perfect hero just in time for Valentine's Day with a sneak peek at nine sizzlingromances! Whether you're looking for an office romance with gorgeous Mr. Right, to be whisked awayon a passionate island escape with a billionaire, or awaiting a full Texan ranchexperience (complete with your very own cowboy), these alpha males are sure to make youswoon! So settle in for a wild ride with this free Valentine's Day sampler featuringexcerpts from nine new novels written by today's hottest authors. Featuring extended excerpts from: • Under Pressure by Lori Foster • Her Sweetest Fortunes by Stella Bagwell • Wild Horse Springs by Jodi Thomas • The Last Di Sione Claims His Prize by Maisey Yates • Rough & Tumble by Rhenna Morgan • Renegade's Pride by B.J. Daniel • Two-Week Texas Seduction by Cat Schield • Dominate Me by Stacey Lynn • Red Clover Inn by Carla Neggers

Celebrate Valentine's Day with Avon Books and an enchanting free e-book sampler, It Happened One Valentine's Day. With excerpts from fourteen new, upcoming, and fan favorite Avon and Avon Impulse novels and novellas, including an introduction from Eloisa James. It Happened One Valentine's Day: An Avon Romance Valentine's Day Sampler includes excerpts from: The Trouble with Valentine's Day by Rachel Gibson Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost Bride by Moonlight by Liz Carlyle "V is for Vampwoman" (from Vampires Gone Wild) by Kerrelyn Sparks "A Forever Love" (from Vampires Gone Wild) by Pamela Palmer True Love at Silver Creek Ranch by Emma Cane "Love Me Tender" (from Kiss Me: An Avon Books Valentine Day Anthology) by Cheryl Harper Saved by the Rancher by Jennifer Ryan The Earl in My Bed by Sophie Jordan What Happens in Scotland by Jennifer McQuiston Destiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins The Maclean Groom by Kathleen Harrington

If you own and operate a small retail business, this guide will give you a proven system for marketing your store, allowing you to compete with online merchants and big-box stores alike. Full of fresh and innovative ideas for promoting small stores, it will show you how to create a great in-store experience and build loyal, long-lasting relationships with customers.

It's the sweetest holiday of the year! Celebrate love and Valentine's Day with card-making, tasty treats, and more in this installment of Natasha Wing's best-selling series. Join in on all of the colorful fun, and then come along to school the next morning for a day of parties and games!

Americans commonly recognize television, e-mail, and instant messaging as agents of pervasive cultural change. But many of us may not realize that what we now call snail mail was once just as revolutionary. As David M. Henkin argues in The Postal Age, a burgeoning postal network initiated major cultural shifts during the nineteenth century, laying the foundation for the interconnectedness that now defines our ever-evolving world of telecommunications. This fascinating history traces these shifts from their beginnings in the mid-1800s, when cheaper postage, mass literacy, and migration combined to make the long-established postal service a more integral and viable part of everyday life. With such dramatic events as the Civil War and the gold rush underscoring the importance and necessity of the post, a surprisingly broad range of Americans—male and female, black and white, native-born and immigrant—joined this postal network, regularly interacting with distant locales before the existence of telephones or even the widespread use of telegraphy. Drawing on original letters and diaries from the period, as well as public discussions of the expanding postal system, Henkin tells the story of how these Americans adjusted to a new world of long-distance correspondence, crowded post offices, junk mail, valentines, and dead letters. The Postal Age paints a vibrant picture of a society where possibilities proliferated for the kinds of personal and impersonal communications that we often associate with more recent historical periods. In doing so, it significantly increases our understanding of both antebellum America and our own chapter in the history of communications.

Today's advancements in digital technology are transforming the traditional art of scrapbooking. With a computer, digital camera, scanner, ink-jet printer, and Photoshop Elements—Adobe's popular digital imaging software for home users--you have all the ingredients you need to create a truly astounding and unforgettable scrapbook. But learning how to use these tools can be intimidating. In Scrapbooking with Photoshop Elements: The Creative Cropping Cookbook, digital scrapbooking trainer Lynette Kent distills the information you need to know about choosing and setting up the hardware you need. She also shares professional design secrets and introduces you to the vast range of artistic possibilities that emerge when you use Photoshop Elements. This practical and friendly guide demystifies the technical topics and leads you step-by-step through dozens of inspiring examples. Inside, you'll find: Professional advice and principles for coherent design Shopping lists to help you choose the right tools Creative ways to enhance photos with Photoshop Elements Artistic techniques you can't perform with scissors and glue, such as turning a photo into a sketch or painting, and creating type that is filled with a photo Tips for producing special text effects and customizing clip art and backgrounds Innovative ideas for making better photos for your scrapbooks Instruction on how to set up pages for printing and archiving Handy tear-out recipe cards that outline key steps from the book's projects Secrets for getting the most out of your digital camera, scanner, and ink-jet printer Essential information on preserving your images through digital archiving Bonus! You also get exclusive coupons for savings on digital scrapbooking products.