Bøger af Susan Sands

She wants to find Mr. Perfect, but first she needs to fine tune her own Ms. Perfect...Skilled cardiac surgeon Elizabeth Keller is determined to turn over a new leaf. Not easy when you live and work in the same small town where you grew up and your family's rocked by scandals. Plus, there's the painful fact everyone remembers your brilliant, beautiful, blonde mean-girl adolescence. But Elizabeth doesn't give up easily. Ask anyone, including the new hot surgeon gunning for her job.When Dr. Charlie Beaudoin arrives in Cypress Bayou, he's relieved to put the past and New Orleans behind him. His new partner is as gorgeous as she is captivating, and definitely suspicious of his professional intentions. At first, Charlie works to establish respect, trust and friendship with Elizabeth because he needs the job. But when a hurricane threatens the town and hospital, he and Elizabeth pull together to create a safety plan and soon the lines between professional and personal blur.But when the skies clear and secrets and threats surround them, will their budding romance and fragile trust survive?

The Christmas magic of the season sparks hope for lost love in this heartwarming holiday tale. It's been twenty-five long years since Jane Lafitte's heart was broken by her college sweetheart Trevor Gardner. She never imagined she'd see him again-until their adult children announce their own Christmas engagement! Thrown together amidst cozy holiday celebrations in Christmas Beach, Louisiana, the old flames can't deny the warm embers that still smolder between them. But with painful memories and practical concerns conspiring against them, can Jane and Trevor set aside the past and rekindle their romance in time for the holidays?

Some secrets are buried deep...When newly minted attorney Carly Bertrand returns to Cypress Bayou, Louisiana, to be close to her family, her first priority is finding a job. She's shocked to get an offer from her childhood crush, Tanner Carmichael, whose town roots are as deep as hers. Carly accepts, confident she can help Tanner get his new law practice up and running, and keep her attraction to him under lock and key. She's no longer a starry-eyed teen admiring from afar.Their first client is a woman searching for her birth mother who mysteriously disappeared decades ago without a trace. Carly and Tanner take the case and soon find themselves drowning in a swampy patch of secrets, political corruption, and danger. And the further they dig, the more it looks like Tanner's powerful, narcissistic father is involved.As they work to unravel the mystery, Carly's old feelings resurface and Tanner can't believe the shy girl next door has become such a brilliant, beautiful, and determined woman. Should they risk everything for the truth, including their hearts, or settle for safety?

It's her first Christmas with her birth family...Thanks to a bone marrow donation from her newly discovered sister, interior designer Allison Miers has just beat cancer and has been welcomed into her new family, the Bertrands of Cypress Bayou. She's been curious about her birth family for years, and it seems they're all trying to make amends for her mother abandoning her-even offering a trust fund if she'll stay a year and give the town a chance.As Allison arrives in town amidst preparations for the Cypress Bayou Christmas Festival, she's quickly overwhelmed by the drama and competition between both sides of her birth families. Local mechanic Matt Landry is the most normal person she's met so far, and it doesn't hurt that he's also handsome and friendly. Just as Allison starts to wonder if she's finally found a new home, family, and a man to love, she discovers that Matt-just like both sides of her family-has been keeping his own secrets.Family is all Allison has ever wanted, but should she listen to her head or her heart this unforgettable Christmas?

What if the secret to healthy aging has been inside of you all along? Find out in this enlightening guide to better aging through embodiment for women at midlife and beyond."A delicious brew of new knowledge and fresh ideas, seasoned with a feminism that spans a long, rich life. What a treat!" -Valory Mitchell, PhD, coauthor of the 50-year adult development study Women on the River of Life"This is a work of love to women." -Susie Orbach, author of Fat is a Feminist Issue and Bodies"[Sands] notes how with aging comes greater freedom and happiness, a more meaningful perspective on life, and a transformative capacity for body awareness. By outlining the many benefits of aging and offering practical strategies for wholesome living during the senior years, Sands ignites a genuine excitement about the aging process." -Spirituality & Health magazine The new science of embodiment tells us that "body sense," or interoceptive awareness, is a crucial factor for our well-being across the span of our lives. In this eye-opening and wide-ranging book, body image expert Dr. Susan Sands unpacks the research to make a bold call to aging women to find safe harbor from the ravages of age right where they strike the deepest-in the body. "How can we manage the losses of aging? Stop focusing on the 'outside body' that others see-the one you may think is too fat, too wrinkled, or too saggy-and move your attention to the 'inside body' that you sense and feel."With wise and humorous insight, Dr. Sands calls on case studies, personal stories, and scientific findings to help us rewrite the cultural beliefs that put us at odds with our own bodies. Powerful yet accessible embodiment tools such as meditation, yoga, breathing practices, and neural feedback techniques make this a practical as well as enlightening self-care manifesto for women at midlife and beyond."This book is not about trying to look fifty when you're seventy or thirty when you're fifty," writes Dr. Sands. "It's about forging a healthier relation­ship with your actual maturing body-a relationship of respect, appreciation, tenderness, and yes, even love."

It''s not true that you can''t go home again, but do you want to?Paris gallery owner Leah Bertrand returns to her historic, moss-draped Louisiana hometown to fulfill a deathbed promise to her friend and mentor. She''s been matched as a bone marrow donor to a stranger, yet the match is so close that doctors suspect a family relationship. But how? Leah''s family has always seethed with drama, but this visit home promises secrets as deep, dark, and mysterious as the water in Cypress Bayou. And then her ex arrives, and Leah realizes the feelings and secrets she buried years ago have come back to haunt her.Dr. Jake Carmichael returns to Cypress Bayou after years away and is shocked to see Leah, his childhood sweetheart and first love, back in town and on his patient roster. The sparks still burn, but when he tries to discuss what went wrong and perhaps rebuild their relationship, Leah refuses.Jake''s not ready to give up on their future together. But Leah fears she has even more to lose this time...

She's finally come home, but will she choose to stay?After twelve years spent building her career in Los Angeles, Bailey Boone returns home to Ministry, Alabama, weeks before Christmas with a large cast and crew. She's desperate for a miracle to save her company's big budget holiday film that just lost its winter wonderland location. Bailey may have bolted from Ministry before the ink on her diploma dried, but her hometown definitely knows how to throw an unforgettable southern Christmas. Except she forgot about the ghosts of Christmas past she left behind-especially her first love, Seth.Sheriff Seth McKay never forgot the girl he let go so many years ago. They were soulmates, but he knew Bailey needed more than Ministry could offer. Now she's back and more stunning and confident than ever. Despite the years, their connection and chemistry still burn bright. Can Seth find his own Christmas miracle and convince Bailey to write her story in Ministry…with him?