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      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 ...

God is all-powerful and can lift anything. He is also all-knowledge so can make something He cannot lift. The answer to this ancient paradox is found here and offers the most beautiful truths you may have ever read. God. Logic dictates that either God Is, or God isn't. Let us begin with the assumption that God Is, and from this foundation, ask a vital question. Does it matter one iota to Source whether we believe? Consider the Creator of streams and rivers, lakes and oceans, forests and mountains, skies and worlds, suns and stars, galaxies and universes. The One who breathes life into all that exists. Could such a boundless and Infinite Presence be concerned with whether we believe? No, our ...

Sharing raw moments of love, loss, and joy, these poems invite readers to discover their own quiet strengths.Discover the healing power of poetry in this candid and inspiring collection from award-winning poet Larada Horner-Miller. From the harrowing dawn of 9/11 to light-filled RV treks across desert highways, Horner-Miller captures ordinary moments suddenly split open with grief, wonder, and grace. With over seven decades of life and three-dozen sober years behind her, she invites you to her kitchen table to share her resilience and wisdom.  Benefits:Find comfort and solace in reflective memoir-in-verse Be transported to vivid travel vignettes Celebrate self-reinvention...

Those Who Wait is a dark, emotional, slow-burn romantic fantasy about fate, power, and the dangerous bond between a mortal archaeologist and a god who should never have found her.When archaeologist Lena uncovers an ancient amulet buried deep beneath a forgotten Greek ruin, she has no idea she’s awakened something far more powerful than myth. The amulet—Hecate’s Wheel, a relic containing the essence of a god—binds her to Hector, a chaotic, sharp-tongued immortal who claims she has stolen his power… and tied their lives together.Now, with visions bleeding into reality and magic sparking beneath her skin, Lena must face a world she isn’t prepared for. Gods are stirring. Old forces a...

Billionaire and bear shifter, Kort Behrens, may have been lucky in business, but not in love. After two failed marriages and other gold diggers, he had given up hope of having a good relationship.Elizabeth Murphy had been a widow for four years, working through her grief by dedicating her time to her Reiki clients and snuggling with her cat, Puzzle.A surprise reunion of these old college friends, on the way to Gambler's Folly, leads from sparks of interest to a full blown romance. Will they accept this second chance at a happily ever after? Or will they allow their doubts and fears to snatch it away?But this is Gambler's Folly, where every love story is a gamble, and Fate always deals the fi...

1894. The body of Ernest Dowland, the richest man in Braxton, Pennsylvania, has been found in Monarch Park with his skull caved in. Across the street in his opulent mansion, his teenage daughter, Abigail, has been abducted from her bedroom. Was this an abduction gone wrong? New police officer Milo Moffat and his boss, detective Percy Watts, are tasked to investigate short handed. When no ransom is received, they must rethink motive, which starts them down a dark path as they discover more clues. But troubles closer to home for both men threaten to derail the investigation before the girl is found. The story builds to a terrifying climax as they slowly uncover the real reason for the abductio...

In the City of Alistar, things tend to not be as they seem. In this city a drug called Prism is distributed among the people to scramble their human DNA giving them superpowers, The Enhanched, is what everyone calls them. For the commander of the Silver Crows Abraham Crawford stopping superpowered villains and A masked named named Wraith should be a cakewalk. 

Since September of this year, 2036, six women and three men have gone missing in St. Louis. Thirty-six-year-old Homicide Detective Amanda Warner has been assigned to the case. It is four days before Christmas, and all attempts up to now to solve this case have been futile.
Amanda comes to realize that this case involves vampires. Since she was eleven years old, her adopted uncle, private investigator, James Hurts, has trained her to combat vampires. But Hurts, and all of her family and friends have all died or have moved away. Amanda has never fought vampires alone—but now she must! Can she do it?

                              The Year Winter Came LateWith one big gasp, Mr. Sneezy Snew inhaled all the frigid air. Then with a snort and a sneeze, he blew a blizzard of snow into a large white sack. Not wasting any time, he quickly tied it tight and flung it onto his back. Then he carried it away in the dark the night, to a shack high in the mountain out of everyone’s sight. The Year Winter Late by Michael Larzelere is a story about a small town by a great lake that has its winter stolen by a cranky, mean old snowman named Mr. Sneezy Snew....

The Western Maryland, Garret family, struggle to maintain their farm as their neighbors argue the slavery issue. They live in a border state where folks take both sides and emotions run hot. Their stoic matriarch, known only as "Mother" holds the family together in the absence of her dead husband. The deceased patriarch, Valentine, was a giant of a man both in stature and character. He acts as the family conscience and mentor throughout the novel. It is his admonition that people who get snakebit think and act crazy which is how he viewed the state of the country when he died. Gabe the eldest and an adventurer, has wandered off to Bleeding Kansas. This has left taciturn Geoffrey, the sp...

As Michael Virtue grapples with his friend’s sudden death and the end of his marriage; his lifelong obsession with the unresolved disappearance of his uncle in the Spanish Civil War gains traction. Thanks to an unlikely source, he embarks on a risky quest to solve the mystery. Once in Spain, he and his unconventional traveling companion become embroiled in a village still steeped in tragedy and retribution after 50 long years. Michael learns that war never ends for its victims.

At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere, vanished - seemingly without trace.  His startling re-appearance at a grand ball, takes society by storm and fuels endless speculation. Where has he been during these three missing years? What happened to him?   And more importantly, how did it happen? 

Only one thing is clear.  The earl who left England five years ago, has returned a changed man.  A man with secrets.