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The nightmares began in Jinny’s childhood. Years later, a handsome, young therapist, Dr. Conall McCrae, offers to take Jinny to the source of her dreams. But the doctor’s methods, including past-life regression, lead Jinny on an unexpected journey from Las Vegas to the Isle of Skye, where remembering a forgotten love might be the only cure for her nightmares.

No longer having carpet in your bathroom. Losing a job, finding a calling. Listening to elk bugle. Planting a garden. Discovering dyslexia in a child. Moving out of your in-laws’ house. Game nights with married children. Rest and nature walks. Unexpected time with grandmother. Teaching kids to fish and not to panic. Zoom for visiting, schooling, worshiping, celebrating, working. These are victories under any circumstances, but especially so under the murky, heavy clouds that 2020 forced on us. Here is proof that hope illuminated the darkness of even our worst days.

Denise Broadwater thought she lived on a strong foundation. But when she and her husband purchased a rundown Charleston cottage in a crime ridden neighborhood, the cracks in her resolve started to show. And after a brick shattered her front window, a raccoon pranced through her kitchen, and gunshots rang through her living room, she feared they’d taken on more than they could handle. In this warts-and-all account, Broadwater shares the tests and triumphs of restoration and close living.

Layla spent the first eight years of her life in a loving home with her grandparents. That comfort all ended once welfare caught up with her mother, who was still receiving food benefits for her. After moving to her mother's home, the dysfunctional relationships continued for years. Layla was abused emotionally, physically, and sexually. She looked to her mother for love and protection, but never found it. Layla sought to take her power back from all those that had taken advantage of her. This story will inspire you to look within for the strength to push forward.

Rhythm of Rage encompasses how one woman struggled from birth to victory. Every soul has been given an assignment before the foundations of the earth. Sometimes, an assignment can entail different phases of unfortunate circumstances resulting in anger and escalating into rage like mine. While growing up, my life was spared from death on several occasions. I was burned, abused, abandoned as I struggled through poverty.

We begin with a biblical understanding of sex and the vulnerability of sexual exploitation and trafficking victims. Therefore, it is imperative that Christian men are informed of the depravity in which sex trafficking exists in their community. This is the ethical principle of “proximity”, which argues that persons have a responsibility to engage issues as they present themselves in their immediate experience.

Justine wakes to her android digital companion, DANA, attuned to her breath, heartbeat, and every emotion 365 days of the year. The year is 2410, and technology runs every facet of human life. Convinced humans have sacrificed their autonomy, Justine wants to unplug from the digital world. When she learns of the off-the-grid community of Merrick, she believes these people have the right idea.

Gaia, ventisei anni, un monolocale sottosopra, il sorriso contagioso e la risposta sempre pronta, è convinta che la sfortuna sia una questione di punti di vista. Poco importa che il suo fidanzato storico l'abbia lasciata o che non riesca mai a ottenere gli impieghi per cui fa domanda per via della sua inesperienza. Tra un corso di aggiornamento e un'infinita serie di colloqui, passa i suoi fine settimana facendo la barista in un pub nel cuore di Firenze e per arrotondare si dedica alla più insolita delle attività: il riordino degli spazi altrui.

Past betrayal has turned John Kliest’s passion to his work as a builder and surveyor in the Moravian town of Salem, North Carolina. Now, to satisfy the elders’ edict and fulfill his mission in Cherokee Territory, he needs a bride. But the one woman qualified to record the Cherokee language longs for a future with his younger brother.

This is a self-help workbook. You get the chance to journal your thoughts, which is why the book is titled Writing My Life!: Creating My Mental Wellness!. By writing, you are afforded the opportunity to look at your thoughts and beliefs and to determine whether they are useful and conducive to you goals, health, and growth.

Struggling for survival after the death of her husband, a woman leaves her hometown to make a fresh start. Arriving to the small town of Willows Grove, she and her two daughters take shelter in an old church next to a playground. Seventeen years later, Jillian and her friends set out to disprove local folk tales of evil spirits that allegedly inhabit the burnt-out church and the playground next to it. Arriving at the dilapidated playground, they wait for the hour the ghost has reportedly been seen, while mocking the silly townspeople's beliefs. Very soon, their doubts are challenged.

Zoey, newly single and on the rebound, advertises for a roommate, and 10 minutes later, Carole, a beautiful woman with a haunting secret, mysteriously shows up at her door. Zoey likes her instantly, and Carole moves in the next day. Looking to date again, Zoey meets Michael, when he’s hired as an outside contractor by her firm.

Holding On “When It's Destined To Be Yours” will enlighten your mind and heart to evaluate your life and help you become self-aware of how you run your race. Our faith will increase as we start to seek the things above where our real treasures are stored in heaven. There is a spiritual inheritance that the Holy Bible tells us that is awaiting the believers in Christ. We must press on towards the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Five women from Between Friends Book Club collaborated and wrote Novel Women. It is a fictional story about acceptance, friendship, and love with just the right amount of sex. When middle age hits - it hits hard. Marriages fall apart, children leave for college, and jobs disappear. The six women of Novel Women stand at this crossroad in their lives when their beloved book club goes on hiatus for the summer.

The tragic death of her husband has convinced her that her dreams don’t last, and she never wants to risk losing her happiness - or her heart, ever again. She’s totally unprepared to fall in love a second time. But when she meets Luke McCarran at her sister’s engagement party, his ability to understand her pain suggests he isn’t like other men. Can she bury the past and learn to love again?

Praying to Know Him is a testimony about one woman’s courage to persevere through all the chaos without knowing that every step was pre-ordained by God. This story exhibits how her faith was being released through her prayers. In the midst, the Lord was forming a relationship with her when she petitioned the ultimate prayer to knowing him.

Social justice work is more crucial than ever, but it can be physically and emotionally draining. Longtime activist Denise Collazo offers three keys to help Latinas keep their focus, morale, and energy high. Doing the work of social change is hard. Waking up every day to take on the biggest challenges of our time can be overwhelming, and sometimes progress is hard to see. She understands that Latina and all women of color activists do their best work when they are thriving, not simply surviving.

Their new romance was going great, when all of a sudden, a simple trip to the grocery store turned into a wrestling match between two scorned women. Piquing her interest for a juicy story, Anna’s snooping to find out more about the seemingly "innocent" love triangle catapulted her into the middle of a murder investigation. The murder weapon of choice? A red stiletto…While the detectives are convinced the husband is the ‘killer’, it seems Anna’s faith in his innocence may be in vain, as additional bodies, and mistresses, keep piling up.

Eat like a Local - New York State by Denise Lacey-Corcoran offers the inside scoop on food in New York State. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

Since the death of her husband in a snowmobile accident two years ago, her family has filled the void left by Josh’s passing. Returning home from a business trip on December 23, Katie finds herself trapped by a blizzard in Alexandria, Minnesota. Stranded travelers have filled the hotels, leaving her no choice but to take an executive suite in the same resort where Josh died.