Books with title The Tie That Binds

[This is the MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.] In her compelling, beautifully crafted novel, New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick celebrates friendships old and new -- and the unlikely threads that sometimes lead us exactly where we need to go. Christmas is fast approaching, and New Bern, Connecticut is about to receive the gift of a new pastor, hired sight unseen to fill in while Reverend Tucker is on sabbatical. Meanwhile, Margot Matthews friend, Abigail, is trying to matchmake, even though Margot has all but given up on romance. She loves her job at the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop and the life and friendships she's made in New Bern, but she never thought she'd still be single on her fortieth birthday. It's a shock to the entire town when Phillip A. Clarkson turns out to be Philippa. Truth be told, not everyone is happy about having a female pastor. Yet despite a rocky start, Philippa begins to settle in finding ways to ease the townspeople's burdens, joining the quilting circle, and forging a fast friendship with Margot. When tragedy threatens to tear Margot's family apart, that bond and the help of her quilting sisterhood will prove a saving grace. And as she untangles her feelings for another new arrival in town, Margot begins to realize that it is the surprising detours woven into life's fabric that provide its richest hues and deepest meaning.

SARA STANLEY'S EYES SPARKLE WITH DELIGHT AS SHE discovers her Aunt Olivia's secret plans to elope with Jasper Dale. "How romantic," Sara sighs. But once Hetty King sniffs out the scheme , she knocks all notions of romance out of Olivia's and Sara's heads. Taking matters into her own hands, Hetty vows togive the bride and groom a traditional, common sense wedding. The King farm becomes the site of another family celebration, but Hetty's meddlesome ways threaten to tear the family apart and bungle Olivia's big day!Adapted from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed television series, the magical adventures of "The Story Girl" continue - in the spirit and tradition of Lucy Maud Montgomery - for a new generation of young readers.“Road to Avonlea offers family programming filled with warmth, charm and more.”LOS ANGELES TIMES“Road to Avonlea confirms its status as the most consistently high quality television series Canada has ever produced.”THE GLOBE AND MAIL

The Ties That Bind-Book Four of the Forever SeriesAfter many close calls with the Dracco clan, Sadie and Sebastian find themselves in the Mandurago capitol. Sadie was hoping it would be their safe haven before their binding ceremony, unfortunately that is not coming together out quite as they had planned. After a strange turn of events, she learns someone close to her isn't who they seem to be. Separated from Sebastian and unable to contact him, she is frightened for her life and her future. She needs to call on her Royal powers to get away from her captors, but how can she when she doesn't know how to use them? Wanting Sebastian is Sadie's one-true happy ever after, but will she get it?This book is intended for 18+ audiences. This is not a stand-alone title. It is meant to follow Dreamer-Bk 1, Royal Blood-Bk 2 and Seeking Sebastian-Bk 3.

Willie Goldfinch is a simple boy, brought up in the depths of poverty, happier wandering the countryside in his native Northern Ireland and watching the birds that are his namesake than going to lessons. But when he leaves school, acquaintances take advantage of his good-heartedness and he unwittingly becomes embroiled in the world of paramilitary violence. Compromised by his loyalty, just at the point when he meets the love of his life he is arrested and enters the brutal world of police interrogation and then prison. The novel portrays his dogged determination to rise above the values of this harsh and unforgiving world, where his physical and moral strength give him the self belief to survive with integrity and fulfil whatever sacrifice is asked of him. Wilfie Cummings does not spare us the violence, pain and pathos of a tortured, basically good, man, caught in a nightmare world.

Tessa O'Leary is the only daughter of a family of fatherless boys. When her mother dies she's her brothers' lifeline to survival. So for Tessa the privations of war are just another battle to be fought for a young woman who was born fighting...Elizabeth Harrison is oppressed by her shopkeeper mother's snobbish expectations and it seems that the coming war could offer her an escape from her family's emotional ties - but at what cost? THE TIES THAT BIND is the unputdownable story of two young girls in the slumlands of war-wracked Liverpool, bound together by a friendship that surmounts disaster, poverty and heartbreak...

Christmas is fast approaching, and New Bern, Connecticut, is about to receive the gift of a new pastor, hired sight unseen to fill in while Reverend Tucker is on sabbatical. Meanwhile, Margot Matthews' friend, Abigail, is trying to match-make even though Margot has all but given up on romance. She loves her job at the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop and the life and friendships she's made in New Bern; she just never thought she'd still be single on her fortieth birthday.It's a shock to the entire town when Phillip A. Clarkson turns out to be Philippa. Truth be told, not everyone is happy about having a female pastor. Yet despite a rocky start, Philippa begins to settle in -- finding ways to ease the townspeople's burdens, joining the quilting circle, and forging a fast friendship with Margot. When tragedy threatens to tear Margot's family apart, that bond -- and the help of her quilting sisterhood -- will prove a saving grace. And as she untangles her feelings for another new arrival in town, Margot begins to realize that it is the surprising detours woven into life's fabric that provide its richest hues and deepest meaning.

Audrey Cuff, Ed.D’s novel is an all too real tale of the struggles and heartbreak faced when loved ones return from war. Follow Ashley Brown as she struggles to establish a healthy relationship with her estranged father. Her father returned from the war in Iraq, but there is something deeply wrong with Ashley’s father. She has not seen him since she was five years old, and she fears him more than anything.