The story explores the intricate dynamics of friendship and ambition as two teens with hidden agendas decide to marry. Their relationship is challenged as they navigate their personal motives and the pressures surrounding their commitment, leading to a compelling examination of trust, loyalty, and the complexities of young love.
An intensely romantic, “brilliant debut” ( Kirkus Reviews ) about a dangerous addiction, a fierce rivalry, and a forbidden love.Now is not the time for Carmen to fall in love. And Jeremy is hands-down the wrong guy for her to fall for. He is infuriating, arrogant, and the only person who can stand in the way of Carmen getting the one thing she wants to win the prestigious Guarneri competition. Carmen’s whole life is violin, and until she met Jeremy, her whole focus was winning. But what if Jeremy isn’t just hot…what if Jeremy is better ?Carmen knows that kissing Jeremy can’t end well, but she just can't stay away. Nobody else understands her—and riles her up—like he does. Still, she can’t trust him with her biggest She is so desperate to win, she takes antianxiety drugs to perform, and what started as an easy fix has become a hungry addiction. Carmen is sick of not feeling anything on stage and even sicker of always doing what she’s told, doing what’s expected.Sometimes being on top just means you have a long way to fall….
Amelia, a seventeen-year-old navigating life after a tough break-up, faces an unexpected twist when her younger sister's pregnancy leads to their relocation to Canada. This change forces her to confront new challenges and forge fresh relationships, ultimately providing her with a transformative perspective on life and love.
Love. Betrayal. Murder. Valentina is living a charmed, glittering life in Miami—falling in love for the first time, showered with gifts and affection by her father, surrounded by friends—when one shocking moment shatters everything she thought she knew about herself, her boyfriend, and her world. With no one left to trust, Valentina sheds her identity and flees to Montreal, where she finds work posing for a series of portraits by a pompous young artist. Valentina has always been at home in the art world, but she's never felt quite so alone. Valentina's carefully constructed new life comes crashing down when someone from her past resurfaces, putting her safety in question and her heart on the line. With betrayal at every turn, Valentina must untangle the deceptions of those she once loved and race to find her own truth—before it's too late.
Meet the many incarnations of the divine feminine, past and present, with bestselling author Shelley A. Kaehr's reference guide to hundreds of goddesses around the world.
Expanding on Shelley A. Kaehr's award-winning international bestseller Heal Your Ancestors to Heal Your Life, this book features brand-new workings from her revolutionary Ancestral Healing and Genealogical Regression practice. Shelley presents fifty exercises and fifty journal prompts designed to help you connect with immediate family lineages and heal troubled relationships. Ancestral Energy Healing is filled with rituals, meditations, trance work, and other hands-on practices that can heal you as you communicate with your ancestors. These exercises help you discover your spirit guides, embrace your soul gifts, and reimagine difficult ancestral events by creating a new experience and narrative. Shelley also teaches you how to send love and support to future generations and receive their wisdom so you can make better decisions in the present. Includes a foreword by Cyndi Dale, bestselling author of Energy Work for the Everyday to Elite Athlete
" ... offers tons of ideas (with photos) to enlivening your pre-K learning centers with found, donated, and recyclable materials ... Includes useful tips on : how to source, select, and integrate materials into a center ; how to create unique, inviting props and manipulatives ; how to get children started on using the materials ; how to scaffold learning with open-ended questions ; when to add new items and take out tired materials ..."--Back cover.
Die siebzehnjährige Carmen ist ein Star. Sie tourt mir ihrer Geige durch die Welt und spielt überall vor ausverkauften Konzertsälen. Doch die Konkurrenz ist hart. Beim Guarneri-Wettbewerb treten Jungstars aus den verschiedensten Ländern gegeneinander an - und nur der Sieg zählt. Carmen steht unter Druck, den sie nur noch mit Tabletten in den Griff bekommt. Doch dann lernt sie Jeremy kennen, ihren ärgsten Konkurrenten um den Sieg. Und obwohl Carmen weiß, dass sie sich vor ihm in Acht nehmen sollte, fühlt sie sich unwiderstehlich zu ihm hingezogen. Für Carmen ist die Zeit gekommen, sich zu entscheiden: Setzt sie auf Sieg oder auf die Liebe ...
Amelia und Charly sind Schwestern - und doch so unterschiedlich wie Tag und Nacht. Amelia hat sich längst daran gewöhnt, dass Charly mit ihrer flippigen Art meist im Mittelpunkt steht und sie ihr immer mal wieder aus der Patsche helfen muss. Doch alles ändert sich, als Charly nach einer Party nicht wie geplant nach Hause kommt. Am nächsten Morgen taucht sie zwar wieder auf, allerdings merkt Amelia sofort, dass ihre kleine Schwester ihr etwas verheimlicht. Was sie nicht ahnt: Charlys Geheimnis ist zu groß, um einfach ausgeplaudert zu werden. Vor allem aber stellt dieses Geheimnis das Leben der beiden komplett auf den Kopf ...
