Jay Dyess has narrated 22 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 28 ratings. The most-rated is Self-Discipline.
Self-Discipline
Summary
Are you sick and tired of making a promise or decision to yourself that could potentially change your life, but struggle to follow through? Are you tired of having a complete lack of self-restraint and get easily distracted and side-tracked by temptations? Have you tried everything under the sun to improve your willpower and self-discipline but nothing seems to work out for you, or you simply run out of willpower before you can see results? Do you finally want to stop sacrificing your future for the short term pleasures of the present and learn the secrets of mental toughness and tenacity? Self-discipline and mental toughness are even more important than natural talent. As long as you're naturally inclined towards a certain endeavor, self-discipline will always carry you further than natural talent ever will. But you don't have to take my word for it. A study in Psychological Science demonstrated why self-discipline is a better predictor of success than natural talent. Another report from the British Journal of Health Psychology has shown that willpower and self-discipline are like muscles and can be trained by the methods in this guide. You can get powerful results from the exercises and techniques outlined in this guide without having to sacrifice a lot of time or willpower in the process. Here's just a tiny fraction of what you're going to discover in this guide: Six dangerous myths about mental toughness and self-discipline being fed to you by "pop psychologists" and how they are fatal to your chances at success Six crucial features of mental toughness you need to know The four simple ways to eliminate weaknesses using mental toughness The 13 mistakes mentally tough people never do. You can double or even triple your results overnight with these tips! Eight exclusive traits of mentally tough athletes and how you can apply these to dramatically increase your own success The remarkable discovery between mental toughness and emotional intelligence and the 10 easy ways to develop E.I Five bulletproof ways to track your goals and measure your progress The quick 12-point checklist to ensure you stay on track towards your goals ...and much, much more! Imagine how your life would change once you know how to set a goal and stick with a plan to achieve that goal. Imagine the boost to your confidence and self-esteem when you finally achieve that goal. Sounds great, right? It doesn't matter if your self-discipline is in shambles right now. It doesn't matter if you have the willpower of an addict. Whether you're an athlete, a businessman or woman, an entrepreneur, in the military, or a crisis responder, you can achieve self-discipline and rock-solid mental toughness with the strategies and techniques highlighted in this guide.
©2019 Martin Tracy (P)2019 Martin Tracy
Best Friends in the Show Me State
Summary
They've always been best friends, but he's never known about her secret fantasy... Marlowe Glass has always been the girl next door. Responsible and organized, she is raising her orphaned niece while holding down a full time job. Clark Hudson knows the only woman on the planet who isn’t a man-eater is his best friend, Marlowe. She stood with him in high school and has had his back ever since his wife walked out on him to pursue a career in New York City. They’ve been best friends and neighbors forever. When a tree falls on her house, of course he offers to allow her to live with him while her house is being fixed. Their personalities and parenting styles don’t mix - she’s super organized with a rigid schedule and he’s very relaxed, but their years of friendship have given them insight into the other’s personality. Maybe these best friends could fall in love, if it weren’t for the kids and the ex and the in-laws, along with the fear that they could ruin the best friendship both of them ever had. Can they risk their lifetime friendship for the chance of a lifetime love? Enjoy all the Cowboy Crossing books: Best Friends in the Show Me State, Book 1 Sold! in the Show Me State, Book 2 A Secret Baby in the Show Me State, Book 3 The Beast Gets His Cowgirl in the Show Me State, Book 4 A Marriage of Convenience in the Show Me State, Book 5 A Fairy Tale in the Show Me State, Book 6
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Best Friend
Summary
One final summer before they’re parted forever. Palmer wasn’t planning to get married. But when he got the unexpected letter, he knew he could pay the overdue medical bills and save the ranch. Just one problem. He needed a wife. When Ames came home to North Dakota to spend the summer with her best friend before moving on to her dream job in LA, she thought there were would be work and fun, as always. She didn’t expect him to say he planned to get married. Why doesn’t she want to help him? Will time run out before Ames and Palmer realize that love could be their answer? Fall in love with Sweet Water, North Dakota. Small town sweet romance that will warm your heart and stir your soul.
©2019 Jessie Gussman (P)2019 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Secret Baby
Summary
Waitress and single mother Louise Olson wouldn’t have missed church to stay home with her sick daughter if she knew the congregation was going to volunteer her to head up the town’s Harvest Festival. Truth be told, she didn’t mind and would have enjoyed it. The problem was Sweet Water’s superstar hockey golden boy was back in town, and he had been named her co-chair. That even wouldn’t be a problem except he didn’t know he was a father - of her daughter. Hockey forward Ty Hanson grew up on a ranch in Sweet Water, North Dakota, but once he left for college, he never went home. He wouldn’t be there now except for the off-season injury his agent wanted kept secret so it didn’t affect his marketability, so he was to hang out in Sweet Water, North Dakota, until the season started. His first Sunday back in the church of his childhood, he gets selected as a volunteer to co-chair the Harvest Fest committee with the girl he could never forget. When Ty and Louise are forced to work together, Louise is compelled to tell Ty the secret she’s kept from everyone. The attraction between them still burns strong, but Louise was on the verge of getting married, and years of neglect and betrayal lie between her and her accidental summer fling. Will Ty pick up his cowboy hat and come back home? Can he convince Louise that he’ll stay this time?
©2019 Jessie Gussman (P)2019 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Beauty
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He couldn’t face her. She was too beautiful. He’d been deformed in a farming accident years ago. He’d managed to build a successful business on his North Dakota ranch, but clients didn’t need to see him. His sister handled the face of his company. Until his sister took a vacation and hired an out-of-work supermodel to take her place. He couldn’t show himself to her. Although after dark he could share his love of the stars with her. But the more he hides, the more she wants to see. Can he trust her with his face? Because he’s very close to losing his heart. Books in the Sweet Water Ranch Billionaire Cowboy series: Cowboys Don’t Marry Their Best Friend Cowboys Don’t Have a Secret Baby Cowboys Don’t Marry the Beauty Cowboys Don’t Have a Fake Marriage With Their Best Friend’s Sister Cowboys Don't Have a Marriage of Convenience Cowboys Don't Believe in Fairy Tales Cowboys Don't Have a Secret Romance
©2019 Jessie Gussman (P)2019 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Secret Romance
Summary
Called "The Preacher", Clay Stryker has lived a life as straight as a North Dakota highway. Everyone thinks the pen and notebook he carries around is to jot down poetry or possibly notes on Scripture. They don't know he has a secret romance. Reina Hall has never forgotten the night she was rescued from a child trafficking ring. She definitely hasn't forgotten the man who wouldn't back down, who refused to look the other way, and risked his life to save hers. He made a promise to her. And she's riding west to make sure he keeps it.
©2019 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Best Friend's Sister
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She’s his best friend’s little sister. He’s never noticed her. Not like that. He needs to marry to inherit his money, so he’s hired a woman to be his fake bride. Only he’s too sick to get married. Now he’s confined in his small house with his fake fiancée-to-be and his best friend’s little sister. The ladies don’t seem to get along. And one of them isn’t what he thought. Should he follow the plan, or follow his heart? Books in the Sweet Water Ranch Billionaire Cowboy series: Cowboys Don’t Marry Their Best Friend Cowboys Don’t Have a Secret Baby Cowboys Don’t Marry the Beauty Cowboys Don’t Have a Fake Marriage with Their Best Friend’s Sister Cowboys Don't Have a Marriage of Convenience Cowboys Don't Believe in Fairy Tales Cowboys Don't Have a Secret Romance
©2019 Jessie Gussman (P)2019 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Convenient Marriage
Summary
It was supposed to be simple. Marry the tall Texan. Her children get a father. They save the ranch. A business transaction, nothing more. She definitely wasn’t going to fall in love. After her husband ran off with her little sister, she was no longer susceptible to cowboy charm. Except, the North Dakota girl had never met a Texas cowboy. He married her for the ranch. A former champion bull rider needs a spread to call home, even if it is in North Dakota. Even if it comes with four little kids. And a big, black, slobbering dog. Especially if it comes with a woman with enough sweetness and enough toughness to rope his heart and heal it. The cowboy’s not afraid of anything, except losing his heart again.
©2019 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Mistletoe Christmas
Summary
Previously titled Cowboys Don't Stand Under the Mistletoe When Mack’s sister dropped her kids off with his dad in his trailer park, he knew he needed to step up and be an uncle. But he’d told his buddy he’d be in Sweet Water, ND over the holidays, so he takes the children and drives north. Angela Davis had been the sedate, good daddy’s girl all her life, doing whatever her parents wanted, even trying to trap a man into marriage to help them get out of debt. Mack knew of her past, and didn’t trust her, but he needed someone to help him with his nieces and she needed someone to help her put on the best Christmas festival Sweet Water had ever seen. Could they trust each other enough to work together? And what about that mistletoe kiss?
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
A Secret Baby in the Show Me State
Summary
A midnight tryst, an unknown admirer, and a baby that is delivered to church with just a short note. On the day Deacon Hudson was set to be ordained, a bundle shows up at the church with a simple note on it. Deacon Hudson is the father. Take care of her. Deacon knows he’s not the father. The Immaculate Conception was a one time thing. But the baby needs a parent, and he has to decide if he will give up his life dream of being a pastor to take the child, despite the fact that the note is a lie. Can he do it without resenting the child? Blair Dixon made an unthinkable decision and sacrifice, driven by the unfathomable love a mother has for her child. She served her time. Now she’s back to fix the mess she made. It might not be possible to straighten everything out. It’s definitely not possible for her to get everything she wants - the best everything for her daughter and the love of the cowboy she chose to be the father. But small town gossip can be vicious, and unless she comes up with a plan, she could ruin his life a second time. After what she’d done, love was impossible. Or was it?
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
Sold! in the Show Me State
Summary
The town outcast buys a date with Cowboy Crossing’s own A-List movie star. Ivory Haines is the daughter of the town’s resident retired prostitute and possibly the town drunk, although her mother wasn’t entirely certain. She resents her position in the town – and especially resents the teasing she’d been subjected to – and has vowed to show everyone that she is just as good as they are. She can hardly believe her luck when Chandler Hudson donates a month of his time to the highest bidder at the charity auction to benefit local victims of the recent tornado damage. Chandler wasn’t sure what he’d been expecting when he’d offered a month of his time to charity. Maybe for a young woman to buy him and make him her one-month temporary boyfriend. Possibly his brothers would buy him and work him to death for a month. Worst case would be some elderly lady purchasing him just to decorate her dinner table with his presence for a few weeks. It never occurred to him that Ivory Haines would buy him and drag him out to her run-down, ramshackle, snake-infested bunkhouse for a month of labor on her dirt-poor farm. But as he gets to know her and sees beyond the reputation the town has given her - undeserved - he changes his focus from one of enduring to one of ensnaring. Can they put the past behind them and step into a bright new future...together? Books in the Cowboy Crossing series Best Friends in the Show Me State Sold! in the Show Me State A Secret Baby in the Show Me State
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Bargain Bride
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Can love bloom between a woman who was forced to sell herself and the man who bought her to get her ranch? Roxane Peterson is up for auction. Well, her and her ranch. She knew it would be too much to hope for that the man who bought her would be more interested in her than in the property, and money, that came with her. But she’s been down this road before - a marriage that isn’t perfect. Her only concern now is protecting her son and making sure she keeps her independence. Boone Stryker is disillusioned and restless. Seeing a ranch, and a woman, up for auction challenges his soul and gives him a reason to live again. He risks everything he owns to win the ranch. But in order to win the lady’s heart, he could lose so much more. Trigger Warning: This book contains sensitive content, not graphic, for anyone who has lost a child. It also contains a "fade to black" scene between an unmarried couple, necessary for the plot. Books in the Sweet Water Ranch Western Cowboy Romance series: The Cowboy's Best Friend The Cowboy's Secret Baby The Cowboy's Beauty The Cowboy's Best Friend’s Sister The Cowboy's Convenient Marriage The Cowboy's Fairy Tale The Cowboy's Secret Romance The Cowboy's Bargain Bride The Cowboy's Enemy The Cowboy's Mistletoe Christmas The Cowboy's Marriage Mistake The Cowboy's Winning Bid
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
The Beast Gets His Cowgirl in the Show Me State
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A celebrity chef who can’t cook. A scarred cowboy who hates cameras. And the little girl who could bring them both together. Madeline Reese has a successful cooking show and a best-selling line of cookbooks and is considered one of the top celebrity chefs in Hollywood. One small problem: She can’t cook. Loyal Hudson doesn’t want to open his world-class kitchen to the cameras Madeline will bring with her, but the celebrity chef could be the bridge between him and a future with his little girl. Madeline can’t cook and could use his help. He can’t reach his little girl and could use hers. Can they overcome the vast differences between them and work together for the benefit of each other? A loose Beauty and the Beast retelling, The Beast Gets His Cowgirl in the Show Me State will have you in stitches and possibly shedding a tear or two.
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
Grass Valley Brides
Summary
What’s a matchmaker to do when the husband-to-be rejects the bride? Again... Widowed as a young wife, Cara Cargill turned her head for business and love of romance into a successful mail-order-bride enterprise. She’s never had a problem matching couples until one mule-headed man continues to refuse to wed the women she sends to meet him in Grass Valley, Oregon. In an effort to make a match that he’ll keep and uphold her sterling reputation, Cara is desperate to find the perfect bride. Daisy: When her fiancé leaves her at the altar, Daisy Bancroft knows it is far past time for a change. Her dearest friend Cara offers to send her to a newly established town in Oregon, where possibilities abound and the grass is rumored to be as tall as a man’s head. Daisy arrives with plans to wed Tagg Thompson, only to find the obstinate rancher has foisted her off on his best friend. Birdie: Tired of waiting for her Mister Right to magically appear and whisk her away to a happily ever after, Bridget “Birdie” Byrne convinces her sister, a renowned matchmaker, to send her as the bride to Tagg Thompson. The man who greets her upon her arrival isn’t Tagg, but Birdie is certain she’s finally discovered the man she is meant to marry. Cara: Fed up with Tagg Thompson and his refusals of every bride she’s sent to Grass Valley for him to wed, Cara decides to meet the exasperating man in person. Her feet are barely on the ground in the rustic town before she’s nearly bowled over by a herd of stampeding cattle and swept into the brawny arms of a cowboy with the bluest eyes she’s ever seen. Will true love find its home in the hearts of these Grass Valley brides?
©2020 Shanna Hatfield (P)2020 Shanna Hatfield
The Cowboy's Enemy
Summary
Previously titled Cowboy's Don't Marry Their Enemy Can you love someone and hate them at the same time? She led him on, lied about him, then dumped him for his cousin. She was his enemy. He walked. But he loved her still. Can people change? Cora Fischer knew they could. Heartbreak, abject poverty, and a mother’s bear instincts to protect her children at all costs could turn a selfish, spoiled girl into a strong, formidable woman. But first loves die hard. They were enemies, never lovers, despite what she told her family and the town. She hated him then, and he hates her now. But she can give him what he wants, and she’s willing to make a deal. Is she strong enough to conquer her foe and not destroy herself? Or maybe she could write a new chapter: Old enemies make the best husbands. Books in the Sweet Water Ranch Western Cowboy Romance series: The Cowboy's Best Friend The Cowboy's Secret Baby The Cowboy's Beauty The Cowboy's Best Friend’s Sister The Cowboy's Convenient Marriage The Cowboy's Fairy Tale The Cowboy's Secret Romance The Cowboy's Bargain Bride The Cowboy's Enemy The Cowboy's Mistletoe Christmas The Cowboy's Marriage Mistake The Cowboy's Winning Bid
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
The Cowboy's Fairy Tale
Summary
He’s the billionaire heir of Sweet Water Ranch. His family is throwing a ball, and he must choose a wife. She’s too poor to attend the ball as a guest. But she can go as the hired help. One magical dance and a case of mistaken identity later, nothing is as it seems. If he backs out, he loses everything. She never had anything to lose to begin with. Other than her soulmate. Will he choose love over a multi-billion dollar business and the biggest ranch in North Dakota? Can she let him give up everything for her?
©2019 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
A Marriage of Convenience in the Show Me State
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Zane Hudson just got custody of his four young children. The only problem is, he can’t watch his kids and run his farm, too. He needs a permanent housekeeper. He has every intention of hiring someone until... Inez Cromwell is two months behind on her rent and about to lose her house and her children. Getting stuck with handsome Zane Hudson and his four kids in the diner bathroom seems like the type of thing that was just her luck. Except she emerges from that bathroom an engaged woman. It’s a marriage of convenience only. Except after a hard day of work on the farm, they can’t help but look into each other’s eyes, the heads of their children between them, the notes of the music they make together fading off into the twilight, and wonder, separately, if the sweet life they’ve made together might be even more beautiful if they fell in love. If you love toe-curling sweet romance, real, dynamic characters, and strong themes of faith and family, you will love Jessie Gussman's Cowboy Crossing series. A Marriage of Convenience in the Show Me State is the fifth book in the series.
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2020 Jessie Gussman
Dreaming of His Pen Pal's Kiss
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Journee Barclay isn't interested in the big, hulky football player the town of Mistletoe wants her to date. She's been writing to a sweet, shy computer geek, and she's hoping he'll eventually ask to meet her. But putting the town off is getting to be more difficult every day. Football star Dante Tolzien came to the town of Mistletoe, Arkansas to rest and recover from his recent car accident on the advice of his doctor. While in the hospital, he enjoyed writing to a secret pen pal. While a part of him would love to meet his unknown friend, another part of him is more interested in the real, live nurse in front of him. Unfortunately, she seems to be stuck on a man no one has ever met. When Journee and Dante are entered in Mistletoe's own Not-Such-An-Ironman contest together, sparks fly. But can they let go of their pen pals in order to pursue a relationship with each other?
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2021 Jessie Gussman
Dreaming of Her Best Friend's Kiss
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Blakley Barclay knows her parents are up to something. They’ve been matching all her siblings and even some other people in her hometown of Mistletoe. But the man they’re wanting to pair her up with? A huge pro-ball player with more muscles than brains, and she is not interested. So, she turns to her best friend for help. Martin Zedler is on the receiving end of some match-making of his own. He is equally uninterested. Blakley’s proposition that they pretend to be interested in each other to foil the romantically inclined efforts of her parents seems like a good idea. Until a well-meaning do-gooder enters them into Mistletoe’s annual Christmas Kissing Contest. When they’re crowned the winners, the town goes on a crusade to catch them kissing every chance they get. How will their friendship ever survive?
©2020 Jessie Gussman (P)2021 Jessie Gussman
The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners
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Have you tried everything to lose weight, but the weight keeps coming back? Do you want to lose weight but you’re too busy (or lazy) to check out complicated keto guides and reports? Are you looking for a quick and easy-to-understand ketogenic diet guide that’s concise, no-BS, and to the point? If you answered "Yes" to the questions above, allow me to explain why this audiobook is your absolute best choice. Why this audiobook is perfect for you: As a person who went through all of the above, I’ve written the easiest, yet extremely effective keto diet guide for newbies who want to lose weight using the ketogenic diet but don’t want to waste time hearing unnecessary information. The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners is a simple guide that helps you lose weight and attain body confidence, regulated metabolism, and liberated health without reducing or counting calories. From the simple science behind the diet, the benefits you will get by going keto, what to eat and avoid, to what exactly you should expect during the first few weeks, this audiobook has you covered. Everything is laid out step-by-step so you can start today and lose weight by tomorrow! With The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners, you’ll be shown how to use whole-food-based nutritional ketosis to reach your ideal weight without feeling restricted or deprived. The whole guide is full of strategies that will help you effortlessly get into a state of ketosis, and that's when your body burns fat as energy instead of glucose! To recap, here’s what you’ll get when you download this audiobook today: How to lose weight quickly with the simple keto diet without much exercise Exactly what to eat and what to avoid on a ketogenic diet Everything you need to know to get into a state of ketosis Useful tips to get the most out of keto and boost self-worth, self-respect, and self-love And much more! Everything is done for you. All you have to do is follow the advice and recipes I provide and watch as the pounds melt effortlessly off your body. Are you ready to become a fat-burning machine and feel amazing? If you are, then download your copy of The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners today!
©2018 Andrea J. Clark (P)2018 Andrea J. Clark