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This is not like any diet you have ever known. This information is based on an ancient Taoist way of retaining balance and harmony in your body so you can live longer and thrive. The focus is never on the fat, or the diet, the focus is on maintaining a balanced system. A balanced system is not out of balance anywhere. Which means a balanced system cannot be overweight.

In part three of the series on Kissing Bridge Mountain we meet Brad's youngest sister Kacey. Summer and Brad are slated to get married but things go awry in Kissing Bridge! Brad's younger sister, snowboarding champion, Kacey Anderson is forced to come home to heal from a bad accident. After being told she can no longer compete she begins to train at her home while still missing her beloved Olympic gold medalist Brody Jenkins.

When beautiful tomboy Elle is broken up with by her longtime boyfriend, she thinks her chance for happiness is over. Growing up in the wonderful, clean, and wholesome mountain town all she had ever dreamed of was having a family of her own. Having lost her parents at a young age, Elle knew true happiness was to be found in the love and connection of family. Now all she had left to find solace in is her horses and helping her grandpa run the lodge.

Ava Lafleur wants nothing more than a family and home of her own. When she is dumped by her boyfriend at Christmas, she arrives home to the small town of Kissing Bridge, Vermont, to find her inheritance is dependent on her winning a Christmas treasure hunt. Even worse news for Ava is there are also two other contenders trying to win her family home. She’s ready to give up when she realizes she has more fight in her than she thought.

Ember Fairheight has everything money can buy, but the one thing that truly matters to her. A foolish choice cost her the love of her life. Nothing can soothe the regret and even after all these years, the only thing Ember wishes for every Christmas is Luke Anderson. Torn away and persuaded by her parents to abandon her first love, Ember still regrets her choice and laments over him. Worse yet, after breaking Luke's heart, she is sure he wants nothing to do with her ever again.

Manuel Lindo came from nothing, but stubbornly worked his way up at the Dredging and Construction Company. Obliged to move from city to city for his job, the family couldn't put down roots, and Elvira and her siblings' childhood was marked by unpredictability. As they pass through temporary homes, they're caught between Manuel's outsized temper and their young mother's worsening illness, which would tragically take her life. Beginning with nine-year-old Manuel's experience in Madrid in 1939, Open Heart takes us on a journey through Spain full of insights about love in its many forms.