This small book is comprised of fifteen sensational poems and vivid illustrations that tickle your most somber thoughts and awaken your deepest emotions. My Dear Melancholia focuses on the long-term healing process of mental illness, while also fighting to figure out one's identity and personality without it. Targeted Age Group:: 18-40 What Inspired You to Write Your Book? This book is really more of a follow-up to my previous chapbook, Facing the Beast. While Facing the Beast … [Read more...] about My Dear Melancholia by Jackie Bluu
Facing the Beast by Jackie Bluu
Facing the Beast is a story of the mind depicting grief, mental illness, and the effects of child sexual abuse. How does the mind continue to unravel after enduring years of abuse as a child? How does one try to cope with that leftover trauma along with added unresolved grief? Written in a snarky collection of thirty poems, some of which are simple illustrations, readers have a chance to get inside the author's head and witness a damaged woman's struggle to overcome these tragic … [Read more...] about Facing the Beast by Jackie Bluu
The Stork Mis-Delivered – Twice by April D Brown
Mistie Jolin escaped a past she'd rather forget. Buried deep. Hid the former abuse from her mind, and memory, like unwanted baggage. No one would go looking for her past if she lived up to her dreams. Paved her own way to a bright future. Or so she believed. People began to talk. Shadows of a past better buried stalked her every advance. She must face her fears, the past, and those she has come to trust. Mistie's history unravels around her. She uncovers nightmare generational abuse on a … [Read more...] about The Stork Mis-Delivered – Twice by April D Brown
Bending the Bars by April D Brown
Anne knows she cannot leave Kyle. Believes he is the first person to never lie to her. Never will leave, once her son is born. Escaping is fraught with danger. No contact orders mean nothing to abusers. Survivors of domestic abuse know they will be tracked. And often murdered. She has been conditioned to believe abuse is normal. Trained to believe fear, hiding, and secrets are routine for everyone. Law prevents mothers with children from escaping, unless she abandons her children to the … [Read more...] about Bending the Bars by April D Brown
As We Know It by Carrie Butler
Deep beneath the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles alongside the Pacific Northwest coastline, lies the Cascadia subduction zone—a fault on the verge of unleashing a catastrophic earthquake, thirty times more powerful than the San Andreas. Unfortunately, like most tourists, Elena Cordova is oblivious. She’s got her own pent-up stress to deal with, a humiliating breakup that’s driven her to end her tenure as a human doormat once and for all. So, when a pickpocket makes off with the last remnant … [Read more...] about As We Know It by Carrie Butler
Is it about that boy? The Shocking Trauma of Aversion Therapy by Jeremy Gavins
Jeremy is a gay boy brought up in a Catholic Household in Yorkshire, UK, where sex and love are taboo subjects. Sex on TV is deemed to be sinful; homosexuality especially so. He feels unloved and fears his parents finding out he is gay. At school in 1970 aged sixteen, he falls in love with Stephen. For Jeremy, Stephen is the most beautiful boy in the world. With Stephen, he finds love and acceptance. In 1972, Jeremy realises their relationship will finish at the end of their final … [Read more...] about Is it about that boy? The Shocking Trauma of Aversion Therapy by Jeremy Gavins
Interview with Author – Bernard Katina
About Bernard Katina: Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1989. Moved to the United States in 2000. Read my first book titled, "Death Before Dishonor: A Civil War Of A Wounded Soul" in order to get the full biography. What inspires you to write? My life experience inspire me to write. Tell us about your writing process. All i do is start writing everything out from beginning to end, after that i go back and break down each chapter and add more details. That's how … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Bernard Katina
Interview with Author – Kelly Wilson
About Kelly Wilson: Kelly Wilson is a Portland author and comedian who entertains and inspires with stories of humor, healing, and hope. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Kelly writes and speaks about finding hope in the process of recovery. Through both stand-up and improv comedy, she brings laughter to audiences of all ages using a wide range of subject matter, including silly songs, parenting stories, and jokes and anecdotes revolving around mental health issues. Kelly Wilson is … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kelly Wilson
Bargain Book for 03/09/2016: The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur
Suanne Laqueur’s award-winning debut novel follows Erik Fiskare over a 15-year period, as he attempts to salvage relationships destroyed in the wake of a college shooting incident. As a freshman, Erik is drawn to the world of theater but prefers backstage to center stage. The moment he lays eyes on a beautiful, accomplished dancer named Daisy Bianco, his atoms rearrange themselves and he is drawn into a romance both youthfully passionate and maturely soulful. Their love story thrives within a … [Read more...] about Bargain Book for 03/09/2016: The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur
The Earl Next Door by Julia Daniels
Lord Maxwell Brandon is a flawed man. He lives daily with the ugly memories of the death and destruction he witnessed during England’s war with Napoleon. He has become a recluse, avoids people as much as he can, knowing anything can trigger the anxiety attacks that debilitate him. His only solace is the controversial column he writes anonymously for his brother’s newspaper, and the occasional glimpse of his enchanting neighbor, Lilliana. Lilliana Staplehurst is about to be evicted. Having … [Read more...] about The Earl Next Door by Julia Daniels
Buyer’s Guide: Breaking The Silence by Diamante Lavendar
Targeted Age Group: 16-65 Category: Women's Fiction Print book price range: 12.99 eBook price range: 2.99 About Breaking The Silence: Based on a true story, a new novel from Diamante Lavendar. Joan Eastman was born like any other girl. However her life would prove to be a life of great pain… Growing up, she was treated differently by family members, powerless to defend herself against their sexual and psychological abuse. Feeling she had been dealt a wicked hand by the “powers that be”, … [Read more...] about Buyer’s Guide: Breaking The Silence by Diamante Lavendar
Her Soldier’s Touch by JM Stewart
Experience has taught single mother Rachel Madison that the only person she can truly rely on is herself. But what she wants most in the world—to give her son the life she never had growing up—means she must put her faith in a man who once walked out on her. Retired from the service, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Colten Taylor makes a detour to Phoenix to bury his brother. Nobody is more surprised than he is to see Rachel waiting for him at the airport. He regrets the morning he walked away … [Read more...] about Her Soldier’s Touch by JM Stewart
