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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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Luke's Trek: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (America Falls Book 5)
Infection. Invasion. Chaos. A weaponized virus ravages the U.S. somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. As hundreds of millions die, for those left, surviving the virus is only the beginning…
In the tragic aftermath of the clash with the Marauders, Luke has walked out. No one knows where he's gone, and no one knows if he'll be back.
With only reminders of tragedy behind him, he sets off to fight his demons on his own terms, his first time alone in the ruins of America. Will he find the solace he is looking for, or only more danger and death?
Don't miss Luke's Trek, the gripping 5th volume of AMERICA FALLS
Stealing the Laird's Heart: An Enemies-to-Lovers Scottish Medieval Historical Romance (Secrets Beneath the Tartan Book 1)
“By ye, I’m undone, lass.”Marie Drummond never wanted an arranged marriage—especially not to Marcus MacCraith, the brooding Laird of a rival clan. Marie finds herself trapped in a cold stone keep where danger whispers from every shadow, with an enemy as her husband.But Marcus didn’t expect the fire in the woman forced into his life, nor his undeniable attraction to her. As old enemies plot to destroy their alliance, passion burns hotter than hatred, and loyalty is tested by blood.Love may be their only chance at survival... if it doesn’t tear them apart first."Stealing the Laird’s Heart" is a Highland enemies-to-lovers, arranged marriage romance novel by Kira Ferguson, brimming...
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The Brook
Before there was Erin Brocavich, before there was Dark Waters, there was The Brook. Based on actual events that happened in a small Northern town in 1988, The Brook is a fictionalized retelling of these events, where names have been changed.Harry Bonner is the new mayor of Comptons Pond, a smallsuburban town where he goes about his days officiating weddingsand attempting to solve post-election issues. But one evening aftercuriosity leads him to open a locked file cabinet in his office, Harryhas no idea that what he finds inside will forever change the lives ofthe people in his community, his own family included.After a paper falls out of a binder inside the file cabinet, Harry soondisc...
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Of Highland Ash and Hope: A Steamy Scottish Medieval Historical Romance
Two paths marked by tragedy. One future marked by hope.Kenna MacKenzie, burdened with the care of her wayward brother, endures a life of hardship and despair. Her situation only worsens when a dangerous group of bandits destroys Kenna’s village leaving her with nothing but the stranger who comes to her rescue; Ewan.Tormented by guilt after losing his sister, Ewan Fraser has turned to a solitary life of crime, forsaking his true self. However, stumbling upon the devastation of his former home and the lass who stole his breath away he will do everything to salvage the pieces of the life he left behind.United by circumstance, Ewan and Kenna embark on a perilous journey to find the remaining K...
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Every Little Thing (Hart's Ridge Book 12)
A fairytale wedding in Mexico.Everything is supposed to be perfect.What could possibly go wrong?When Taylor Gray and her family travel to Cabo San Lucas to celebrate a beachside wedding, it’s supposed to be a time of joy and reconnection. But the morning after the celebration, the bride is missing—and the only clues are discarded champagne glasses at the edge of a private plunge pool, and a trail gone cold in the sweltering sun.Back home, Taylor’s sister Lucy is on her own journey—wandering the country on what she calls her "lost highway," trying to outrun the memories that haunt her and the voices she can't seem to silence. But the further she runs, the more the road seems to lead h...
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There's A Tortoise In My Hair; A Journey to Spirit
Cameron Simmons has always been haunted. It begins as a child, when Cameron’s father bestows upon him an insult that will take a lifetime to outlive, blaming his slow development on a fictitious tortoise in his hair.From there, Cameron’s hauntings multiply: The constant threat of the Vietnam War draft. Failed relationships—and chemical dependencies—that stack up like empty pill bottles. Unfulfilling career moves. And the nagging feeling that his life is just destined to mean . . . something, anything at all. Something- a powerful word.But these things form a pattern Cameron can’t see—yet. It’s not until the earth-shattering discovery of his greatest haunting of all—the true i...
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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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The Pursuit of Panama: A Boots on the Ground Adventure
Have you ever wanted to just sell everything and move abroad? Trade the rat race for a simpler pace of life? That’s exactly what Kay Bratt and her husband wanted to do but before they made that final decision, they took a boots-on-the-ground tour of Panama, Central America. At their meeting point in Panama City, they join a group of other like-minded couples and hit the road. From the busy city streets to the wide open country and then along the enticing coast, they spend two weeks experiencing the culture and soaking in the beauty of the land as they determine if Panama is calling to them.The Pursuit of Panama is not a how-to book or any sort of guide that can take you through the steps o...
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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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Conceal (Omega Sector Book 3)
She had survived what would've broken anyone else...As Bob and Lisa Sinclair, Omega Sector agents Evan Karcz and Juliet Branson were a formidable couple--until a brutal attack left Juliet traumatized.But with a powerful crime boss selling military secrets, the safety of thousands depends on the undercover operatives. It's up to Evan to remind Juliet of what she can do...and not fail her as he did on the mission that still haunts him.He won't fail her again...Evan's strategy is to be near Juliet night and day to practice posing as a loving couple. But soon he realizes there's a sizzling passion between them. And it's being threatened by forces stronger than they ever realized.With a killer st...
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