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Coming to Her Senses: A Coming-of-Age Novel
Live the trials, tears, and triumphs of Janet Johnson, a young, white Appalachian poetess, and Anthony Blue Cloud, a young Cherokee artist, as they come of age, navigate early adulthood, face prejudices and violence, deal with the legacy of intergenerational trauma, dare to make their own paths, and battle the terrors of religious fanaticism. Set in the early nineteen-seventies in the mountains of western North Carolina, the challenges of their era are contemporary still, while the lessons they learn about the power of love, forgiveness, and the capacity of the human spirit to prevail are timeless indeed. Through their stories, we also learn about Cherokee history and culture and even some o...
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The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege
Some people are irreparably damaged. Michael Anderson is not one of them. The Lifer and the Lawyer raises questions about childhood trauma, religion, race, the purpose of punishment, and a criminal justice system that requires harmless old men to die in prison. The book describes Michael Anderson' s broken childhood, his anti-social behaviors and crimes, and his spiritual and moral transformation while enduring ten life sentences in Washington state prisons. Central to the story is the evolving five-decade friendship between Anderson, a black man raised on the hard streets of Chicago's ...
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Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny
A MOTHER’S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO REUNITE WITH SEVEN BABIES, BORN IN A SPACE LABWhen Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition.In the year 2068, humanity's hope for survival lies beyond the confines of Earth. Orbiting space habitats offer sanctuary to the privileged, while the rest fight for survival on a d...
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GRACE - A Novel
When 11-year-old Savannah West was reunited with her parents after four years of being held captive by a child pornography ring, questions remained about her captivity and those responsible for her disappearance.
Why was she unhappy to be home?
This page-turner mystery is interwoven throughout captivating themes of parenting, ageing, faith and family relationships
Reciprocity
Reciprocity is a high-voltage action thriller jam-packed with action, intrigue, and morally complex characters. When a gang of human traffickers kidnaps two young ladies who are leaving their troubled past in Vietnam to start new lives in America, their dreams suddenly become a nightmare.JD Cordell, a retired US Navy SEAL, and relative of one of the young ladies, races to the Philippines to lead a rescue team through the dangerous streets of Manila's infamous Tondo district, searching for a former American Special Forces sniper lost in its dark and violent underbelly of cheap alcohol, fast women, and unsanctioned fights - and who just may be their only hope to locate and rescue the two ...
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The Auction
In a society where babies have become a source of government income, laws designed to push up the birth rate have been implemented. Women are mandated to give birth and then surrender their babies to “The Auction”. The wealthy bid on the healthiest babies, but the poor must take predatory government loans to meet the minimum bid requirements to purchase the sickest.“Four women use their skills, along with the help of sympathetic men, to hatch a plan to set things right. Readers will toggle between rage and hope as they immerse themselves in North's meticulous worldbuilding that exposes the hypocrisy and illogic of brutal government policies, stifling bureaucracy, and government censors...
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Coming to Her Senses: A Coming-of-Age Novel
Live the trials, tears, and triumphs of Janet Johnson, a young, white Appalachian poetess, and Anthony Blue Cloud, a young Cherokee artist, as they come of age, navigate early adulthood, face prejudices and violence, deal with the legacy of intergenerational trauma, dare to make their own paths, and battle the terrors of religious fanaticism. Set in the early nineteen-seventies in the mountains of western North Carolina, the challenges of their era are contemporary still, while the lessons they learn about the power of love, forgiveness, and the capacity of the human spirit to prevail are timeless indeed. Through their stories, we also learn about Cherokee history and culture and even some o...
The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege
Some people are irreparably damaged. Michael Anderson is not one of them. The Lifer and the Lawyer raises questions about childhood trauma, religion, race, the purpose of punishment, and a criminal justice system that requires harmless old men to die in prison. The book describes Michael Anderson' s broken childhood, his anti-social behaviors and crimes, and his spiritual and moral transformation while enduring ten life sentences in Washington state prisons. Central to the story is the evolving five-decade friendship between Anderson, a black man raised on the hard streets of Chicago's ...
Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny
A MOTHER’S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO REUNITE WITH SEVEN BABIES, BORN IN A SPACE LABWhen Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition.In the year 2068, humanity's hope for survival lies beyond the confines of Earth. Orbiting space habitats offer sanctuary to the privileged, while the rest fight for survival on a d...
GRACE - A Novel
When 11-year-old Savannah West was reunited with her parents after four years of being held captive by a child pornography ring, questions remained about her captivity and those responsible for her disappearance.
Why was she unhappy to be home?
This page-turner mystery is interwoven throughout captivating themes of parenting, ageing, faith and family relationships
Reciprocity
Reciprocity is a high-voltage action thriller jam-packed with action, intrigue, and morally complex characters. When a gang of human traffickers kidnaps two young ladies who are leaving their troubled past in Vietnam to start new lives in America, their dreams suddenly become a nightmare.JD Cordell, a retired US Navy SEAL, and relative of one of the young ladies, races to the Philippines to lead a rescue team through the dangerous streets of Manila's infamous Tondo district, searching for a former American Special Forces sniper lost in its dark and violent underbelly of cheap alcohol, fast women, and unsanctioned fights - and who just may be their only hope to locate and rescue the two ...
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When Trauma Is Your Author: The Price Your Relationships Pay and How to Reclaim Your Story
When Trauma is Your Author: The Price Your Relationships Pay and How to Reclaim Your StoryYou didn’t choose trauma, but if you don’t face it, it will keep choosing you.Unresolved trauma isn’t just emotional—it infiltrates your relationships, your intimacy, your career, and your sense of self. It shapes how you love, communicate, and connect. It convinces you that you must earn love, that boundaries are rejection, and that success requires overworking and proving your worth. It traps you in cycles of toxic relationships, self-sabotage, burnout, emotional disconnection, and unspoken wounds from childhood.But here’s the truth: your story doesn’t have to end the way it began.In this ...
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Highlander’s Summer Storm: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance (Highlands; Seasons of Conflict Book 3)
In the heart of battle, love is the greatest weapon.Fierce and wild like the summer, Mairi is the first woman to ever rise to the position of Captain of the Guard in the Davidson clan. She strives to protect her people and prove herself worthy of the Laird’s faith in her. When the treacherous Wallace clan threatens her home, Mairi leads her warriors into battle, but amidst the clash of swords, a chance encounter with a mysterious warrior clouds her judgment.On the other side of the battlefield, John Wallace’s cruelty and dishonor make Logan question his allegiance to the cause. In the midst of conflict, his path crosses with the formidable Mairi. As their worlds collide, Logan faces a tu...
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Wells Waite Miller and Me: An 8th OVI Civil War Biography
July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg: Twenty-one-year-old Captain Wells Waite Miller of the 8th OVI—"a bruised and undersized regiment"—played a crucial role in the Union's victory at Pickett's Charge. Chosen to lead an outpost 100 yards away from the main Union line, against seemingly insurmountable odds, Miller and 150 courageous men faced down 6,000 desperate Rebels. Fighting valiantly, they "broke an entire . . . brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia." This book celebrates the life of this forgotten Civil War hero.During a seven-year period of research, the author connected with several of Miller's descendants with remarkable syncronicities occuring between Wells' life and her...
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Coming to Her Senses: A Coming-of-Age Novel
Live the trials, tears, and triumphs of Janet Johnson, a young, white Appalachian poetess, and Anthony Blue Cloud, a young Cherokee artist, as they come of age, navigate early adulthood, face prejudices and violence, deal with the legacy of intergenerational trauma, dare to make their own paths, and battle the terrors of religious fanaticism. Set in the early nineteen-seventies in the mountains of western North Carolina, the challenges of their era are contemporary still, while the lessons they learn about the power of love, forgiveness, and the capacity of the human spirit to prevail are timeless indeed. Through their stories, we also learn about Cherokee history and culture and even some o...
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Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny
A MOTHER’S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO REUNITE WITH SEVEN BABIES, BORN IN A SPACE LABWhen Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition.In the year 2068, humanity's hope for survival lies beyond the confines of Earth. Orbiting space habitats offer sanctuary to the privileged, while the rest fight for survival on a d...
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Born on Monday
In Augusta, Maine, a historic nor’easter unearths sins and secrets buried deep in the town’s past. With time running out, three lives collide in a desperate fight for survival, where truth becomes a casualty and redemption comes at a cost.Billy Stevens, a quarry worker haunted by loss, is drawn into a web of betrayal when a brutal crime pins him as a suspect. Jessica Michaud returns to care for her ailing mother, only to find herself hunted by a vengeful ex whose chilling threats awaken old wounds. And journalist Andrea Kearney digs into a local dynasty’s corruption as the storm’s fury mirrors the rising tide of violence.Award-winning author Richard R. Becker delivers a gripping tale...
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Ostraya
Six hundred years ago, a nuclear war devastated the planet, particularly the northern hemisphere. The war started over gene modifications that gave some humans special powers. Areas of the southern hemisphere are now slowly recovering, and civilization has begun to rebound.Ostraya, being the least damaged of the southern hemisphere areas, is also the most advanced along that road to recovery, but its population density is still far lower than it had been before the nuclear war. After centuries of poor treatment, those Ostrayans who inherited the gene modifications are finally starting to be accepted by mainstream society.Then, Ostraya is invaded by the brutal, totalitarian forces from the Ja...
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All (my) Dogs Go to Heaven: Signs from our Pets From the Afterlife
Do dogs go to heaven? Do dogs have souls? Both are common questions, especially among those who’ve lost furry family members and can’t bear the thought of never seeing them again.Kay Bratt explores these ideas in All (my) Dogs Go to Heaven. Touching on relevant anecdotes, she chronicles her tumultuous past— including a traveling childhood and a near decade of domestic abuse— revealing how her beloved pets helped her cope, and instilled hope for better days ahead. Interspersed within this memoir are short essays from real people who have experienced signs from their departed pets as proof that they are still around in spirit. Included in the back of the book is a Grief Guide to help g...
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Standing In The Sun (The 8th Wonder Book 4)
Little Lunar is on the verge of greatness. A rising rapper with the world at his feet, he’s chasing more than just fame though- he’s searching for himself. Every song, every verse is an attempt to piece together the man he’s supposed to be, but no matter how hard he tries, something is missing. His father, the legend he never got to meet, is a ghost haunting his success. Lunar has the talent, the attitude, and the bad-boy persona that keeps his name buzzing, but deep down, he’s just a boy looking for a man.Ahvi doesn’t have time for dreams. She’s a single mother trying to keep her son fed while her baby daddy is out in the streets, bringing home more problems than solutions. She ...
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Kyron The Invader (Ithria Book 12)
After consolidating his reign in Marhingia, Kyron has turned his hand to investing in all sorts of interesting developments that will improve the Kingdom even more. One day, he runs into the God Jehrayn, who tells him that it's time to help his friend, plus there is a storm coming from the east. Having uttered this cryptic comment, Jehrayn disappears into thin air as usual. Deciding that the God was referring to his friend Ergania, Kyron sets about preparing to invade Pilia, which is no easy task as it's on the opposite side of the world. The problems are many, but all his key people seem to think success is all but guaranteed, a sentiment he doesn't share.