Promises I Can Keep
Автор: Maria Kefalas
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Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children be better off if she had waited to have them and had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? <br /><br />Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage and family. <i>Promises I Can Keep </i>offers an intimate look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead.
All the Sweet Promises
Автор: Elizabeth Elgin
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Now available as an ebook for the first time.This is a compelling story of three young women who enter the WRNS during the dark days of the World War II, and the men with whom they find love. Their backgrounds couldn't be more different, yet together they share their finest hours.
Blind Promises
Автор: Diana Palmer
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Fall in love with Diana Palmer's fan-favorite story, BLIND PROMISES!Dana Steele's new patient, Gannon van der Vere, is a tough customer. He had run off his last four nurses, but Dana's determined she won't be the next on that list. A powerful entrepreneur until a devastating accident left his future in doubt, Gannon raged at all who approached him. Dana hoped to light a candle in his darkness–and to escape from the shadows in her own past. But when she fell in love with her curmudgeonly employer, Dana's challenge was no longer strictly professional. Could Dana and Gannon heal to find a true happily-ever-after?
The Little Bookshop Of Promises
Автор: Debbie Macomber
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Somewhere between a car accident and a divorce, Annie Applegate stopped believing in happy endings.Now, she just wants to disappear. And the tiny town of Promise fits the bill. With its winding streets and melting-pot of residents, it’s the perfect place for Annie to hide away and open the bookshop she always dreamed of owning.Until her new-found peace and quiet is disturbed by Lucas, a widower who rivals Annie as the most cynical person in town.With his troubled past and precocious children, Lucas is the last person she should be getting involved with. But when he asks for her help, Annie comes to realise that, maybe, going it alone isn’t the solution after all…Previously published as Promise, Texas
The Regency Season: Passionate Promises
Автор: Ann Lethbridge
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Giving in to temptation is easy…The Duke's Daring DebutanteFreddy, Duke of Falconwood must save Minette Rideau’s virtue after being caught in a compromising position; his solution is marriage. But Minette know she can’t marry the Duke, no matter how he affects her, as she has a shameful secret that will put more than her reputation in jeopardy…Return of the Prodigal GilvryReeling from betrayal, the once devastatingly handsome Andrew Gilvry has returned to Scottish shores to fulfil a promise. Widow Rowena MacDonald has been entrusted to his care and Drew must do all he can to protect her… But as they travel together across the Highlands, how can he deny his desire?
Midnight Promises
Автор: Eileen Wilks
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SECRETLY WED…Jack Merriman was back in town–making things very sticky for Annie McClain. Especially since Annie had a secret: in a burst of midnight passion, she and her best friend, Jack had conveniently wed; then she'd had no choice but to send the groom packing before the honeymoon began.Annie knew that the man she'd always loved was a heartache waiting to happen, for Jack didn't believe in forever after. Now, after stumbling onto a drug ring, Jack was on Annie's doorstep, vowing to keep his bride safe–at his side. So Annie had just one choice: to convince her doubting spouse that love was the only thing that mattered after all…