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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} After All by Laurie Winter Laurie Winter – Author. Welcome! Laurie Winter pens award-winning sweet romance filled with emotion and heart. ONCE UPON A PRINCE. Sign up for my monthly newsletter: Romance & Wine. Harmony – 2nd place, WisRWA Write Touch Contest 2020. Harmony (Our Song)- 2nd place, Lone Star Writing Contest 2017. True Horizon – Honorable Mention, Pages From The Heart 2015. 2nd place, Hero of Our Heart Award, Pages From The Heart 2015. Winner Takes All – 1st Place, Pages From The Heart 2016. “Lyrical, emotional and utterly romantic, Home Field reminds us of what’s most important in life: home, family and most of all, love.” Karen Rock, award-winning romance author of A League of Her Own. “You will see yourself in this book, it is SO relate-able on how our emotions and hearts put us at war with ourselves. The romance and heartwarming sweetness of the characters in this book provides is a great snuggle-with-a-blanket read that leaves you sighing with a smile.” - Amazon Review. “Home Field was one of the best books that I have read this year. Laurie Winter captures her audiences heart and attention right from the very moment they flip the first page.” -Amazon Review. “What a heartwarming, engaging story! I’ll admit, my “go-to” genre is mystery or thriller, but this story pulled me in. AFTER ALL isn’t your typical romance; there are plenty of other issues layered in. Serious ones. Social issues like a teen pregnancy, troubled teens, family abuse, and more prove this. The author addressed these issues with sensitivity and authenticity, which is a real plus for me. The characters were engaging, their actions and thoughts expressed made me feel a range of emotions, from laughing to crying. And of course, there’s the romance. A serviceman returning home, dreaming of starting a family. A cop who’s devoted to her career goal of becoming a DEA agent. How will they ever get together? It’s complicated, but oh so good to travel along on their journey to find a way. This novel is book three in the WARRIORS OF THE HEART series and definitely worth the reading experience. They all are! Well done!” -Amazon Review. Chiles wins 2021 Winter Cup, Hernandez makes competitive return (video) After a tumultuous week for the gymnastics community (more here) – and after a year devoid of any notable competition – top American gymnasts travelled to Indianapolis for the 2021 Winter Cup. Rather than provide much clarity on which American women will ultimately compete at the Tokyo Olympics, the 2021 Winter Cup instead provided a reminder of just how hard it will be to make the U.S. Olympic team. In a change since the 2016 Rio Games, only four athletes will compete in the team event at the Tokyo Olympics. One of those athletes will almost certainly be four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles , who has the potential to break the women’s record for most Olympic gold medals in Tokyo (more here). In addition to the four-person team, two American women will also compete individually at the Games. Jade Carey has already mathematically clinched one of those spots via the apparatus World Cup series, while the other individual spot will be awarded at the conclusion of U.S. Olympic Trials. Jordan Chiles , 19, won the women’s all-around competition, 1.95 points ahead of 18-year old Shilese Jones (full results are here). While not every athlete in Indianapolis entered the all-around competition, Chiles’ result was especially noteworthy given she also notched top scores on three of four events: vault, floor, and beam (tie). In 2019, Chiles moved from Washington to Texas to train alongside Simone Biles at the World Champions Centre (WCC). After the competition concluded, Chiles gave a shout out to her WCC teammates watching from home. Other highlights from the 2021 Winter Cup : The 2021 Winter Cup marked two-time Olympic medalist Laurie Hernandez ‘s first competition since the 2016 Rio Games. Hernandez competed on two events (floor and balance beam) and described her routines as “super watered down,” though she did debut a floor routine to “Hamilton” that she choreographed herself. After the competition ended, the 20-year-old said her next goal is to contest four routines and upgrade some of her skills. Suni Lee , who also only competed on two events, finished first on uneven bars and third on balance beam. It was particularly remarkable given what the last year has looked like for the 17-year-old, who estimated that she was only at 60-70 percent entering the 2021 Winter Cup. She lost both an aunt and uncle to COVID-19. Then, shortly after returning to her gym in June after a two-month hiatus, she broke a bone in her left foot, followed by an achilles injury. Two young athletes proved that they are making most of the opportunity they were handed. Skye Blakely and Konnor McClain were both initially too young to compete at the Tokyo Olympics Blakely by 35 days, McClain by 32 days – but the two 16-year-olds became age-eligible after the one-year postponement was announced. In Indianapolis, both Blakely and McClain only competed on two events; Blakely tied for first on balance beam, while McClain placed third on floor and fourth on vault. Simone Biles was the most notable – but not only – Tokyo hopeful who didn’t compete in Indianapolis. Other athletes who skipped the 2021 Winter Cup but who should still challenge for a spot on the Olympic team include Morgan Hurd , Kara Eaker , Grace McCallum , and MyKayla Skinner . NBC Olympics researcher Sarah Hughes contributed to this story. Be sure to follow On Her Turf on Instagram and Twitter. THIS CHRISTMAS. Celia Batista waited a long time for all three of her sons to be together for Christmas. But after one of her identical twins disappears without a trace, Celia must rely on Police Captain Luke Veldkamp for help. Despite Luke’s accusations that her other twin son is involved with organized crime, she falls for the handsome, Stetson wearing cop. Luke Veldkamp is facing his first Christmas after the loss of his wife, working nonstop to avoid the holidays and his grief. His daughter, who’d moved home to care for her mom before her passing, pushes him to face his pain. Luke pushes back, telling her to return to college and regain her own life. If his own strife isn’t enough, the mission to locate the missing son of his beautiful neighbor grows more personal than any other case. While Luke and Celia fight to keep their families from falling apart, they find comfort and strength in one another. And when love blooms between their children, Luke and Celia’s own relationship takes root and grows. But Celia is used to living on her own terms, and loving a man who has isolated his heart is a risk too great. Now, Luke must either confront his emotions or face a life without the woman he’s come to love. After 7 months at the Fairhaven shelter, two shepherds have a place to call home. FAIRHAVEN — Sheba and Winter never left each other's side as they roamed the streets of New Bedford for who knows how long before they were taken in by the Fairhaven Animal Shelter last spring. The two stray dogs became one of those hard-luck cases of animals who might never get adopted. After all, they were both older, big dogs and one had health issues. Then Laurie Martins stepped forward. “I always tell people that I don't choose the adopters, the animals do,” said Terry Cripps, Fairhaven animal control officer. “Sheba and Winter let me know right away that Laurie was the one.” Sheba, a 5-year-old full German shepherd, and Winter, a 9-year-old shepherd mix, were first taken to the Forever Paws shelter in Fall River, when shelter officials soon realized the dogs would need a bigger yard. “They asked us if we could take them,” Cripps said. And the Fairhaven Animal Shelter became their new home. Sold and unwanted: Sheba and Winter's heartbreaking life. Sheba and Winter’s life before the shelter is heartbreaking. Winter has a microchip and was traced back to where she came from — a Rhode Island residence. The shelter contacted the original owner and learned from him that the dogs had been sold online to a family in New Bedford. “The original owner didn’t want them back,” Cripps said. And if that wasn’t heartbreaking enough, the story gets worse. It seems the new owners of Sheba and Winter in New Bedford moved away and either released the dogs or they got lose when the family moved. It’s unknown when this happened, and just how long the two dogs had been wandering around New Bedford scrounging for food and shelter, before being taken off the streets last spring. Sheba needs knee replacement surgery. Shortly after accepting the abandoned dogs to the Fairhaven shelter, Cripps noticed that Sheba was having difficulty walking. A veterinarian specialist said Sheba would need complete knee replacement surgery. But on the day of her surgery, there was a setback. Doctors discovered three growths in her leg. The growths were removed and sent out for testing, postponing Sheba’s knee surgery. The growths, Cripps said, were benign and Sheba was scheduled once again to have the knee replacement operation. Sheba’s veterinarian bills were expected to top out at around $9,000.