With love, betrayal and grief disrupting her perfectly peaceful life, will she fight for the happiness she deserves? After the violent death of her husband, Rebecca Holmes is content leading a quiet life spending time with her sisters and niece. When her younger sister Hannah asks her to plan her wedding, Rebecca discovers her friends and family all think her life is empty. Determined to prove them wrong, Rebecca takes up salsa lessons where she meets the charismatic salsa teacher, Gabriel … [Read more...] about The Calm I Seek by Christina Lourens
Interview with Author – Rebecca C Mandeville MFT
About Rebecca C Mandeville MFT: Rebecca C. Mandeville is a licensed psychotherapist, educator, blogger, and author. She coined the term Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) while researching family scapegoating's impact on the targeted child or adult child. Her pioneering research on FSA is recognized worldwide and she is currently coordinating her research on FSA and C-PTSD (complex trauma) with interested Universities for the purposes of future (peer-reviewed) studies. She is also author of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Rebecca C Mandeville MFT
When You Can Why Not? by Kavitha Yarlagadda
'When You Can Why Not?' is a collection of seventeen short stories which talk about, how many of us are ignorant about the various existing Indian Laws and Acts which are there to protect us from anyone flouting these rules. These stories are a fictional take on our daily life and tell us about our legal rights and the recourse we have towards domestic violence, child marriages, child labour, acid attacks, workplace harassment, maternity leave benefits, cutting trees, usage of high beams in city … [Read more...] about When You Can Why Not? by Kavitha Yarlagadda
Living Strong with Cerebral Palsy: The true story of Amanda Forry-Fino and in her own words. by Amanda Forrry-Fino
This is a redux of Cerebral Palsy Gal: A Novella. I have rewritten and improved it by putting more of my heart and soul into it. I hope you will all check it out and enjoy this newly added content. Living Strong with Cerebral Palsy is a remarkable story of the courage of one person fighting against overwhelming odds, and her eventual victory. Amanda was born with cerebral palsy as a result of a difficult birth. In her autobiographical, she tells of the traumatic childhood she had, enduring … [Read more...] about Living Strong with Cerebral Palsy: The true story of Amanda Forry-Fino and in her own words. by Amanda Forrry-Fino
Tree of Lives by Elizabeth Garden
Tree of Lives by Elizabeth Garden Based on true events, Tree of Lives is a riveting two-track story of a horrific public murder in 1930 that became a long buried family secret. The lost ghost of the murderer, Raymond, roams the earth until his abused great niece, Ruth, a promising artist, confronts her deeply troubled family. It is a story of unfolding forgiveness, survival and triumph over unaddressed trauma as this determined woman navigates her thorny life path. … [Read more...] about Tree of Lives by Elizabeth Garden
FEATURED BOOK: 200 Letters by Amy Watkins
200 Letters is a spirited novel about two people trying to escape abusive relationships and finding love, strength, and endurance through their struggle. They are faced with the harshest of obstacles (hatred, jealousy, manipulation, physical danger, imprisonment, and persecution) on their journey. This page turner is filled with passion, drama, suspense and spiritual enlightenment. Check out 200 Letters by Amy Watkins, available on Amazon and free with Kindle Unlimited. Link to buy book … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: 200 Letters by Amy Watkins
Bargain Book: Asylum by Carly Rheilan
The child’s hand groping out of the earth is undoubtedly real. As real as Cabdi’s own hand, when it lay on the earth after the machete fell, long ago. But this hand is alive. And it isn’t in a war-zone. It’s in the playground of a school, just outside the grounds of the English psychiatric hospital where Cabdi is now held. And the man who is stamping on the moving hand is a pigeater. Pigeaters are in charge of everything. As an accidental asylum seeker, Cabdi is friendless in a country he … [Read more...] about Bargain Book: Asylum by Carly Rheilan
Clarity: Beauty in Pain by LaShundra Smith
"Clarity: Beauty in Pain" chronicles the painful journey of the author that is, unfortunately, also the reality of far too many little girls today. Through LaShundra's life experiences she aims to aid the reader in breaking generational curses, heal broken relationships, and overcome past pain. The woman she is today transparently reveals how GOD can create beauty from pain. Targeted Age Group:: 15-60 What Inspired You to Write Your Book? I have unfortunately gone through every form of … [Read more...] about Clarity: Beauty in Pain by LaShundra Smith
A Backpack, a Eurorail Pass, and Some Serious Baggage by Jennie Withers
The rules are simple: 1)Be Worldly, 2) No Guilt! 3) Discover the perfect pint of ale. Travelers, like writers, believe in the power of setting. Jen thinks of traveling Europe with fellow Mormon, Jeanne, and an Alaska Native named Bert, as an escape from her conservative upbringing and the pressures of conforming to a religion she does not believe in. The change of setting and culture allows Jen to have a raucous, guilt-free experience with her boisterous, silly, and hilarious friends. The … [Read more...] about A Backpack, a Eurorail Pass, and Some Serious Baggage by Jennie Withers
Interview with Author – Nellie Cake
About Nellie Cake: Lowell Hawthorne-Elementary and High School Beech Grove, Indianapolis, Indiana (I left in fourth grade, but went back for a G.E.D.) Southeastern Christian College (Didn't get a degree because I was pregnant two times) Clark County, Winchester, Kentucky Trained Denny's managers-35 years-Side jobs were training cooks at Casa Lapita, Grasantis, Cruise Inn, Galley, Stone Crabb, Marios, and Olive Gardens. Orange County, Orlando, Florida Narcissist, abusive … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Nellie Cake
Permafree eBook: Sideshow by Brian Kindall
Meet Didier Rain – that antihero with noble aspirations, that poet with the fickle pen, that eager paramour ever in search of someone to love. In this adventure-laden novelette, we glimpse the rogue as he was in those days prior to his now famous exploits in DELIVERING VIRTUE and FORTUNA AND THE SCAPEGRACE (due out summer 2018). Prepare yourself to be amazed at Rain’s cleverness, daring, and near-to-honorable acts of madcap heroism as he lends a helping hand to a friend. For what self-respecting … [Read more...] about Permafree eBook: Sideshow by Brian Kindall
Interview with Author – Janice Strubbe Wittenberg & William Strubbe
About Janice Strubbe Wittenberg & William Strubbe: William Strubbe is mostly known as Bill, and less often as, Trogg, to old college friends. As a writer and journalist, he has four books of fiction and two of non-fiction under his belt. His articles have appeared in over 100 publications, including The New York Times, National Geographic Adventure, Essence, Cigar Aficionado, and The Boston Globe. Additionally, two of his plays have been produced. With the bulk of each year spent on an … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Janice Strubbe Wittenberg & William Strubbe
