I was a big Tom Clancy fan back in the day and I read everything he published. I started writing AR2 when I was twenty five and it is loosely based in the vein of a Clancy book.

Donovan Carson was the first character I ever created, a journalist for the Washington Post. I have been obsessed with the newspaper business since writing for my small town newspaper thirty years ago. Carson's Editor, Andrew Lloyd, is loosely based on one of my old editors.

 The idea of the story was pretty far fetched back then. There were no American billionaires and no one had attempted to overthrow the government...at least not seriously.

A lot has changed since then and the concept is outdated, but I still love my story, no matter how unpolished and raw.

Love Poems to Joshua Coe is a raw, unfiltered collection of passion, heartbreak, devotion, and desire. These poems were written from a place of deep love — the kind that shakes your soul, pulls you in like a magnet, and refuses to let go. Inside these pages, Carol L. Bridges opens her heart completely. She writes about longing that aches, love that heals and destroys, desire that burns hot, and the emotional storms that come with loving someone so intensely it changes who you are. Moving from soft devotion to fiery passion, through heartbreak and into the quiet strength that comes after, this collection captures the painful beauty of loving someone with your whole heart — and learning that love should never destroy you. Every poem is personal. Every line is honest. Every page is a piece of a love story that is unforgettable. If you've ever loved deeply, wanted fiercely, broken silently, or felt your heart pulled toward someone you could never resist — these poems will speak to you. This is love in its truest form: tender, messy, passionate, overwhelming, and real. For mature readers 18+. Contains adult content and themes of toxic love and emotional abuse.

We build walls to keep the hurt out. Sometimes they keep love out too. Walls is a raw, honest poetry collection about letting someone in, and what happens when they don't stay. From the fluttering hope of a heart opening up, through broken promises, lies and the slow fading of love, to the dark, drowning depths of heartbreak, Carol L. Bridges writes the feelings most of us keep locked away. These poems are for anyone who has loved too hard, been left on the floor, smiled while dying inside, and still found the strength to wash ashore. Because sometimes the only one who can reach through the wall and save you is you. Content note: this collection explores mature themes, including emotional abuse, self-harm and depression.

Reigna has built a life that fits her exactly: high-end statement heels for women who want to command a room, and a quiet Friday ritual of shoes, sketches, snacks, and silence. No obligations. No distractions. Just her.
Then the silence turns wrong.
Someone is watching. A cage is being tested. A game is already in motion — and the unmasking coming will change everything she thought she knew about the life she built.
Free chapter first, or all 36 at once — where would you start?

a collection of cherished recipes that are more than just instructions; they are a tribute to the traditions and flavors that have been passed down through generations, offering a taste of nostalgia with every bite. Whether you're a seasoned cook or a beginner just starting out, these recipes are designed to be accessible and rewarding. With straightforward instructions and ingredients that are as familiar as they are wholesome, anyone can create these dishes in their own kitchen. The essence of Gramma’s cooking is not just in the food itself, but in the experience of making it—of slowing down, savoring the process, and sharing the results with loved ones. As you flip through these pages, we hope you’ll find more than just recipes. We hope you’ll discover a connection to the past, a sense of comfort in the present, and a culinary foundation you can build on for the future. So gather your ingredients, roll up your sleeves, and whether you’re just putting on your first apron or you’ve been cooking for years, let the aromas of Gramma’s kitchen fill your home. There’s no need for perfection— just a willingness to cook with love and enjoy the simple pleasures of good, honest food.

Aerion Willowisp can hear the voices of the dying.

Scarred by a forbidden ritual that stole her family and shattered her first bond, Aerion has found a fragile purpose as a Whisperwind Healer in Starfall Citadel. But when the dying ember sealed inside her chest begins to awaken, she discovers that her wounds conceal something far more dangerous than magic.

She is the vessel named in a forbidden prophecy, one that could raise a Fae monarch to unimaginable power or bring down the celestial engine sustaining the citadel. Now rival courts are closing in, each promising protection while seeking to claim Aerion’s body, her power, and the fate of every kingdom beneath the falling stars.

Then High Lord Briar Dainnhal recognizes the fated bond between them. His fierce devotion could protect Aerion from the courts, but his possessiveness threatens to become another kind of cage. To survive him, the prophecy, and the rulers who would turn her into a weapon, Aerion must learn the difference between surrender and trust.

Because the courts believe her destiny belongs to them.

They have yet to discover what happens when a healer refuses to be sacrificed.

Free of the Hollows, the heroes discover that escape was only the beginning. The war for the seven realms has begun, and the fate of all seven now rests on what they choose to do next. The seventh is the choice.

Jabril, a Verdant Monk tiefling, his familiar Veyra, and the Sixfold Bond confront unspeakable creatures and their own natures as the realm stands at the edge of ruin. Beneath it all: the Hollow and its thirty-eight levels, seven seals forged to contain Azaeroth the Devourer — now breaking — and the stone Wardens waking.

Ren Ash begins as unexceptional and Unmarked. Then a power tied to an impossible destiny chooses him, and the world he knew begins to burn away. A fantasy of power, destiny, and what it costs to carry both.

He came for Thanksgiving. He just didn't know what was on the menu!

When Tucker, a plump and rather self-important turkey, arrives at a cozy little farm just before Thanksgiving, he's absolutely convinced he's the guest of honor!

With his magnificent tail feathers, proud strut, and enormous opinion of himself, Tucker is certain the entire celebration is being planned in his honor.

But when his new barnyard friends start acting strangely, and he discovers what Thanksgiving dinner might actually mean for a turkey, Tucker decides it's time to make a run for it!

Suddenly, our brave (well, mostly brave) turkey finds himself lost in the woods, facing frightening creatures, unexpected adventures, and the realization that being on his own isn't nearly as wonderful as he imagined.

Will Tucker find his way home before Thanksgiving? And will he discover that being loved is far better than being important?

Filled with laughter, lovable characters, and a heartwarming surprise, The Turkey Who Came for Thanksgiving is a delightful holiday adventure about friendship, family, courage, and finding where you truly belong.

They survived Acheron once. Now someone intends to finish what they started.

Samantha “Sam” Kessler and her team fought their way through a mission built on secrets, betrayal, and a weapon capable of killing thousands. They made it out—but survival didn't end the threat.

Acheron is still alive.

Hidden beneath layers of classified operations and protected by people willing to kill to keep its secrets buried, the program has entered its final and most dangerous phase. Deep inside the fortified Jabal Sifr complex, the Welcome Protocol has been activated, and the people behind Acheron are preparing to erase what remains before the truth can escape.

For Sam, walking away is no longer an option.

Her team is battered. Trust has become a liability. And every step toward the truth reveals another trap waiting beneath the surface.

What begins as a fight to survive becomes a race against annihilation as Sam and her team are driven deeper into a hidden war of underground facilities, lethal technology, shifting loyalties, and enemies who have prepared for their return.

This time, rescue isn't enough.

Acheron must be destroyed.

But destroying it means going back into the fire—and facing the possibility that not everyone will come home.

Explosive, relentless, and driven by loyalty, sacrifice, and a team that refuses to leave anyone behind, Deadly Conflict Over Acheron: The Final Reckoning brings the battle for Acheron to its devastating conclusion.

They know what Acheron can do.
They know what it will cost to stop it.
And this time, there is nowhere left to run.

Pip has one very important Halloween job: say “BOO!”
But every time he tries, something completely different comes out.
MOO! TOOT-TOOT! YEE-HAW! Even… POTATO!

Pip is sure he’s the worst Halloween pumpkin ever—until he meets Lucy, a little girl who thinks Halloween is just a little too scary.
Together, Pip and Lucy discover that Halloween doesn’t have to be frightening to be fun.
A silly, sweet story about being yourself, finding courage, and discovering that sometimes
laughter is the very best kind of Halloween magic.

Gus is a ghost.
He can float through walls, make doors groan, and even give a pretty good “WooooOOOOoooo!”

There’s just one little problem…

Gus is afraid of the dark.

So when the Annual Midnight Haunt sends him into the darkest room in the whole house—the creepy old attic—Gus is sure he’s in for the scariest night of his life.

But when a strange little noise leads him to someone who might be just as frightened as he is, Gus discovers that being brave doesn’t mean you’re never scared.

Sometimes, it just means you don’t have to be scared alone.

A sweet and funny Halloween story about friendship, courage, and one very lovable little ghost.

Mikey knows there’s something under his bed.

He just never expected it to be a monster who’s scared of him!

Meet Boogle—a fuzzy little monster with crooked horns, purple feet, and one very wobbly fang. He’s supposed to be terrifying, but kids, teeth, teddy bears, and even broccoli are enough to send him running.

When Halloween arrives, Mikey and Boogle discover that even kids and monsters get scared.

A silly, sweet Halloween story about bravery, friendship, and the funniest monster under the bed.

She walked away from covert warfare four years ago. One classified name is about to drag her back in.

Former Navy SEAL Lieutenant Samantha “Sam” Kessler has built a life far removed from the deniable missions that once defined her. Then her former commander summons her to a clandestine compound with an assignment wrapped in secrecy: enter the war-torn nation of Kharif, extract chemical systems engineer Dr. Elias Rourke from rebel-held Dar Qamar, and recover everything connected to a black program known only as ACHERON.

Rourke’s research was supposed to neutralize industrial toxins. Instead, someone transformed it into a fast-acting nerve agent capable of killing thousands.

Sam knows the mission is incomplete. She also knows that refusing means another team may be sent in blind.

So she calls the five people she trusts most—Joe Hardy, Pete Reilly, Andy “Sparky” Kauffman, Owen “Judge” Mellon, and Hannah Thompson—and asks them to step back into the world they fought to leave behind. But when they arrive, they discover Meridian Tactical Group has been preparing for their involvement long before Sam ever agreed to the mission. Someone knew exactly who she would call.

Once inside Kharif, the mission begins to unravel.

Their intelligence has been manipulated. Communications are compromised. Rival military factions are closing in. And the deeper Sam pushes into Dar Qamar, the clearer it becomes that extracting Rourke is only the beginning.

Because Acheron is not merely a chemical.

It is a program.

And hidden somewhere behind layers of classified files, buried laboratories, and competing agendas is a weapon powerful enough to turn a rescue mission into a catastrophe.

With her team wounded, alliances shifting, and trust becoming more dangerous than enemy fire, Sam must decide who she can believe—and how far she is willing to go to keep Acheron from reaching the outside world.

Fast-paced, tense, and packed with covert operations, battlefield action, betrayal, and a team that refuses to leave its own behind, Deadly Conflict Over Acheron: Into the Fire begins a high-stakes military thriller where the mission is classified, the truth is buried, and survival is only the first objective.

Sometimes the greatest Christmas gift isn't found beneath the tree. It's finding someone who loves you just the way you are.

Deep in the snowy wonderland of Pineberry Woods lives Pickle, an adorable little skunk with a crooked white stripe and one very big wish—to find someone who will love him despite being different.

While the other animals avoid him, Pickle dreams of warm hugs, Christmas magic, and a family to call his own. So he writes a heartfelt letter to Santa, asking for just one thing: a child who won't run away.

Meanwhile, a lonely little girl named Becca makes a Christmas wish of her own. She doesn't want toys or fancy presents. She wants a special friend—someone who needs her as much as she needs them.

When their wishes find their way to the North Pole, Santa and his elves discover that sometimes the most magical Christmas presents come in the most unexpected packages!

Filled with beautiful illustrations, holiday wonder, tender moments, and a little Christmas mischief, Pickle's Christmas Wish is a heartwarming adventure about friendship, kindness, acceptance, and the joy of belonging.

Perfect for family read-alouds, bedtime stories, and creating treasured Christmas memories.

This Christmas, discover how one little skunk with a very big heart learns that being different can be the most wonderful gift of all.

When kingdoms whisper of darkness, they speak her name.
Seraphina was never meant for a crown, but fate has bound her to a power both intoxicating and dangerous. Hunted by those who fear her and coveted by those who would use her, she must walk a razor’s edge between protector and destroyer.
In a realm where betrayal hides behind
every oath and loyalty is never certain, Seraphina must uncover secrets that could shatter empires. Allies wear masks, enemies draw close, and even her own reflection hides truths she dreads to face.
To claim her future, she must embrace the shadow within—because only the Shadow Queen can decide whether the realm is saved… or consumed.

The deadliest shot is the one you never hear.

They sent Olivia Kane into the frozen shadows to stop a war before it began. Her mission: track a rogue assassin whose bullet could ignite an international crisis.

Her reality: the Arctic isn’t just cold — it’s a predator.

Cut off from her team and hunted through a labyrinth of ice and lies, Olivia must outthink an enemy who knows her every move.

Allies can’t be trusted.
Truth and deception blur.
And one wrong step will echo in blood across the snow.

From the moment the crosshairs find her, Olivia learns the first rule of survival in the Arctic:

you never hear the shot that kills you.

The Silent Trigger is a relentless
thriller for readers who crave
shadow wars, deadly precision,
and heroes who refuse to break
— even when the ice does beneath
them.

Finding Sabrina

Book One of The Dripping Springs Chronicles

By C. Rae Thompson

Sometimes, finding yourself means risking everything you've spent your life holding together.

Sabrina Hart has spent most of her life putting everyone else's needs before her own. She's the one people depend on, the one who keeps things running, and the one who has learned to swallow her disappointments with a smile. But beneath her patience and loyalty is a woman slowly realizing she's lost sight of who she is.

In the small Texas town of Dripping Springs, Sabrina shares a farmhouse inherited from her grandfather with Chad, the man she loves, and his family. Surrounded by familiar faces, complicated relationships, and the everyday chaos of small-town life, Sabrina has built a world around the people who matter most to her.

But love isn't always simple, and family isn't always easy.

As tensions rise, old wounds resurface, and unexpected revelations threaten the fragile balance of her life, Sabrina finds herself questioning everything she's worked so hard to preserve. Between a complicated relationship, family expectations, and dreams she's kept buried for far too long, she begins to wonder whether the life she's living is truly the one she wants.

With sharp humor, messy relationships, heartbreaking moments, and a cast of characters who are as frustrating as they are lovable, Finding Sabrina explores the complicated reality of loving others without losing yourself.

Because sometimes the hardest person to fight for is yourself.

Finding Sabrina is an emotionally charged adult contemporary drama about love, friendship, family, self-discovery, and the courage to finally put yourself first.

What would you sacrifice to protect the ones you love from nightmares that wear familiar faces?

In the shadowed heartland of America, ancient legends are more than whispers; they're waiting for you in the woods, by the highway, and even inside your own home. From haunted islands and cursed cemeteries to backroad horrors and midnight patrols gone wrong, this collection weaves together the riveting accounts of ordinary people plunged into the extraordinary: where grief and guilt become gateways, and skinwalkers shape-shifting monsters from deep folklore stalk body, mind, and soul.

Each chapter brings a new survivor’s voice, tested by twisted miracles and unspeakable dread. Whether it’s a parent’s desperate fight to reclaim a lost child, a lawman’s struggle to hold onto his sanity, or a group of friends confronted by a family that should never have come back, these stories linger long after the last page like footsteps in the attic or your name whispered from the dark.

Unsettling, atmospheric, and deeply human, this book is for anyone who’s ever listened a little too closely to what calls out from the shadows and wondered if it might be calling for them.

Dare to turn the page.
The skinwalkers are waiting.

The Alpha Wolf Festival: The Year Before follows Derpy as he enters Petal Fields to train as his grandmother Okamihana’s champion, with one year remaining before the festival. What begins as a chance to reconnect with his family becomes a struggle over his freedom. Ancient grudges, expectations surrounding his father, and an arranged partnership with Hydra test whether his relatives truly want to understand him—or decide his future for him. With Revy, Tina, and his other companions beside him, Derpy explores powers even the gods struggle to understand. As family conflicts turn violent, he must learn whom to trust, how to protect his people, and what belonging to a family should mean.

When the world turns its back on you, sometimes the greatest love comes from the one who never leaves your side.

Once, Martha had a home, a family, and a life filled with love and purpose. But time, loss, and circumstances beyond her control have stripped away nearly everything she once held dear.

Now elderly and homeless, Martha struggles to survive on the unforgiving streets of a bustling city, where the bitter winds of winter cut through her worn clothing and the indifference of strangers hurts almost as deeply as the cold.

Yet Martha is not entirely alone.

Beside her is Shadow, her loyal dog, faithful companion, and the last living connection to a life that seems impossibly far away. While the world rushes past without noticing them, Shadow offers something money cannot buy: unconditional love, unwavering devotion, and a reason for Martha to face another day.

Together, they endure freezing nights, gnawing hunger, exhaustion, and the constant uncertainty of where they will find their next meal or a safe place to sleep. Every day becomes a battle for survival, and every small act of kindness becomes a precious reminder that compassion still exists.

But as winter tightens its icy grip, Shadow begins to fail.

Faced with the heartbreaking possibility of losing the one soul who has never abandoned her, Martha must confront the loneliness, grief, and memories she has fought so desperately to endure. With her beloved companion's strength fading, she discovers that sometimes the hardest part of loving someone is knowing that goodbye may be drawing near.

Echoes of Solitude: A Final Goodbye in the Cold is a deeply moving story of devotion, loss, aging, homelessness, and the extraordinary bond between a woman and her dog.

It shines a light on those society too often overlooks and reminds us that love does not disappear when comfort, security, and possessions are gone.

A poignant, heartbreaking tale about the dignity of the forgotten, the power of compassion, and a love that even the coldest winter cannot erase.

For readers who believe that family sometimes has four paws, and that no life should ever be forgotten.

For nine years, Harrow Creek has dreaded the final five nights of October.

Every year, beginning October 27, five people die. Each victim is meticulously dressed, posed, and transformed into a grotesque work of art. Then, as suddenly as the killings begin, they stop—until the following Halloween season. Forty-five victims. No arrests. No answers.

Now the killer has returned for his tenth performance.

When hardware-store owner Harold Benton is found beneath the courthouse clock, dressed for Halloween and wearing an impossible painted grin, Chief Grant Hollis knows the nightmare has begun again. A card tucked into the scene delivers the promise Harrow Creek has feared:

1 OF 5.

As four more nights close in, Grant and Detective Rachel Simmons race to uncover the pattern behind the killer’s elaborate displays. But this year is different. The murders are becoming more theatrical, more personal—and every carefully staged death appears to be building toward one final performance.

Because the killer has spent ten years preparing his masterpiece.

And this Halloween, someone in Harrow Creek is meant to take center stage.

FIVE NIGHTS. FIVE VICTIMS. ONE FINAL PERFORMANCE.

"A high-action adventure with swoon-worthy romance and a mystery that will keep you turning the pages all night long!" - Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author

Your dreams are no longer safe...

Eighteen-year-old Aria Hale loves her job at her father’s dream therapy company where she enters dementia patients' dreams to save their memories. But when their lab is ransacked, two technicians are murdered, and her father is kidnapped, everything changes for her.

Determined to find her father, Aria and her friends embark on a harrowing hunt across continents using the dreams of their enemies to guide them. But this dangerous journey plunges her into a world she never bargained for: deception, intrigue, and even love. As she races to save her father and hunt down her enemies, she soon realizes she’s in fact, the one being hunted. And her dreams are the greatest danger of all.

In the vein of Inception meets The Bourne Identity, THE DREAM HEIST propels readers into a fast-paced adventure that will send them racing to the very end.

Simina, a poor girl in the small village of Lazera on the planet Zormonia, loves to read books. The stories in them take her to far distant lands and allow her to imagine herself in a different world, a different life. Her favorite things to read are fairy tales and romance novels. One day, she discovers an intriguing new book, titled The Dark Prince of Lazera. It tells of an evil, dark prince who possesses dark magic. She does not believe he is real, though the book says otherwise. That is, until one fateful encounter...

Certain events cause Simina's life to change in unexpected ways as the mysteries of The Dark Prince begin to unravel...

Besides having a missing father, eighteen-year-old Carol Tyson is a pretty normal teenager. This changes when she finds a poster in the attic, among her father's possessions. The man in the poster comes alive, warning her of a dangerous, apocalyptic future.

Now, Carol must travel into the dark and dismal future to seek out her father, who might be the only person with answers. But a sinister force lurks in the shadows, far more sinister than the roaming zombies and mutants that have completely over taken the world.

Will Carol and her allies be able to stop this seemingly unstoppable evil?

A Compassionate Guide to Pain and Healing

Living with pain can affect every part of life—physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Yet pain does not define who you are, and you do not have to navigate its challenges with guilt, shame, or the pressure to do more than your body allows.

A Compassionate Guide to Pain and Healing by Coach Donna O’Neil is a faith-sensitive, educational guide created to support individuals living with pain as they explore their experiences with greater understanding, self-compassion, and hope.

Through 10 thoughtful chapters and guided reflection pages, you will explore different types of pain, the challenges of hidden pain, the importance of honoring your limits, self-care without guilt, communicating your needs, and advocating for the care and support you deserve. Gentle reflections encourage you to recognize your strengths, listen to yourself, and discover approaches that respect your individual circumstances, values, and needs.

This guide does not promise a cure or suggest that healing looks the same for everyone. Instead, it offers encouragement to approach your journey with patience, compassion, and a renewed sense of possibility. Faith-sensitive reflections are woven into the experience to offer comfort and hope without judgment or pressure.

Whether you are learning to live with ongoing pain, supporting someone you love, or seeking a more compassionate understanding of your own experience, this guide reminds you that your struggles are real, your needs matter, and your worth is not measured by what you can accomplish.

You are seen. You are heard. You are not alone. 🌸™

Created by Coach Donna O’Neil, Chronic Condition Wellness Life Coach, Patient Advocacy Insider, and Author.

A field full of garden phlox and Russian sage spread in front of her. A quiet breeze picked up and brought the sweet smell of the blossoms to her.  She took a deep breath, then opened her eyes (“Where am I? How did I get here?”).  She slowly looked around attempting to make sense of where she was.

    *The massive field rolled in every direction, seamlessly untouched, but still.*  

   *A flak of skylarks flew overhead carried by the breeze; she slowly stepped forward.  She felt the soft grass underneath her feet.  The landscape seemed to go on, as if it had no start and no end.  Just then she noticed a light shimmering in the distance. It was almost as if it was calling to her.  As she looked down, she noticed a path clearing through the flowers in the same direction as the flak of birds. She was sure it wasn’t there before.  She felt herself starting to move forward, as if the breeze was pushing her along the path. Up ahead in the far distance she started to hear faint music playing. She stopped and attempted to listen.  As she was listening, she noticed the sun getting closer on the horizon, filling the sky with soft violet and gold. Darkness slowly settled overhead.  She began to recognize the soft melody as she grew closer. Just as she stepped through the trees she stops.*  

     As she stood there, she saw a white gazebo wrapped in twinkling lights.  She could still her the music somewhere nearby.  She took a moment and stared.  She felt a sense of calm come over her.  The place seemed to feel familiar to her, but she didn’t know from were.

     Before she realized, she found herself walking towards the gazebo.  As she got closer, she saw a small radio playing softly.  Next to it was a bottle of red wine, two glasses and a picnic basket.  The bottle and glasses were sitting on a table next to the radio.  She stopped just at the bottom of the steps.  As she looked around in the gazebo, she saw a tall man with his back turned toward her.  Her heart started racing a bit, she felt herself calm at the same time.  It was as if she knew him somehow from a distant past.  She kept still, confused yet curious.  Her gaze fixed on him.  She started to climb the steps one by one, slowly.  No more then she reached the top step a piercing sound filled the air Beep. Beep. Beep.

The Weight We Carry — Poems of Survival, Sorrow, Love, and Grace, by Mr Frenchie

Some poems tell stories. These just tell the truth.

The Weight We Carry is the debut collection from Mr Frenchie — 50 poems and fragments about pain, survival, love, and grace, written plain and unfiltered, the way he’s always talked. It moves through six parts: Scars That Speak, Love, Regret, and Empty Rooms, Companions in the Dark, What We Owe One Another, Memory and Family, and The Unseen — and closes with Notebook Fragments, the rawest pages in the book.

What you get: the complete collection, published chapter by chapter here on Readerful.

A note: these poems speak honestly about trauma, abuse, grief, addiction, depression, and suicidal thoughts.

About the author: Mr Frenchie is a poet and songwriter from Merom, Indiana, a small river town on the Wabash. His writing comes out of a life that hasn’t gone easy — and the faith and stubborn pride that carried him through it.

Jasmine and her brothers are on a quest to their promised land to escape poverty and an abusive father. They are young and naïve to the sentiment of how some people feel for them in their new adopted country of the United States. They find out when Jasmine is sexually assaulted by the truck driver who smuggled them across the border. The young Mexicans make it to their promised land, but not without wounds and scars.

Their first meal on American soil is at a truck stop where they meet Hugh and Patsy Lohan, dairy farmers from a small Texas town. The Lohan’s take them in and give them work and a home. Jasmine finds out she’s pregnant and her brothers meet Johnny and Frankie, two hired hands on the farm who hate Mexicans. What happens is a roller coaster of emotions and sacrifice.

'Jasmine’s Rosary Beads' is a timely story of good and evil. It is not an immigration story; it is an American story.

In Newly Diagnosed, Not Defeated, Donna O’Neil draws on more than 29 years of healthcare experience as a Medical Assistant and her own lived experience navigating chronic illness to offer compassionate encouragement and practical guidance for the journey ahead.

 You are seen. You are heard. You are not alone. 🌸™

Coach Donna O’Neil, Chronic Condition Wellness Life Coach | Patient Advocacy Insider | Author

The new Nashville is big, shiny and fun. It's called Nashvegas for a reason. Thousands of tourists, and their money, descend on downtown and Broadway every night.

Big money brings big opportunities, for everyone, but there is a dark side to the party buses, rooftop bars and bachelorette parties. The underbelly of Music City has always been cold, harsh and unforgiving. It's a barren wasteland of heartbreak, crushed dreams and unanswered prayers.

The men of the old Gulf Coast Dixie Mafia have died out. In their place has risen a new type of southern criminal organization and they have made the Athens of the South their home.

Young, sophisticated and savvy. They are entrenched like a malignant tumor, preying on innocent, gullible tourists and their families back home. Kidnapping, ransoms, trafficking, drugs and murder.

'Southern Gotham' is a dark story of the not so pretty world of Country Music USA and one woman's crusade to bring down the new Dixie Mafia.

When Autumn encounters the enigmatic and devastatingly handsome Tristan Jordan in downtown Chicago, she quickly realizes he's no ordinary man—he’s a vampire, and he knows who she is. What begins as a chance meeting spirals into an intense and magnetic connection that neither of them can ignore. Autumn soon learns she’s been under surveillance by the vampire world due to her unique bloodline, which may carry untapped magical power. As she and Tristan grow closer, their bond deepens—literally. Through Tristan’s bite, their souls become psychically linked, giving them the ability to communicate without words and feel each other's emotions. But love doesn’t come without shadows. Tristan harbors secrets of his own: a dark past, a chaotic younger brother named Jaiden with dangerous ambitions, and a vampire world divided by ideology. As Autumn moves into a new house with her best friend Jade and begins a new college semester, her life shifts from ordinary to surreal. Vampire politics, ancient bloodlines, and supernatural threats swirl around her. Soon, she’s being stalked by Jaiden, who is obsessed with making her his vampire bride—or worse. As her mystical ancestry begins to awaken, Autumn is drawn into a deeper war: between light and dark, power and purpose, legacy and love. She must learn to control her gifts, guard her heart, and survive the pull of ancient forces that seek to claim her. In the final chapters, Autumn embraces her destiny—not just as Tristan’s beloved, but as a powerful force in her own right. She faces the Hollow, confronts her shadow self, and finds the strength to forgive, love, and transform.

What does it truly mean to lead yourself?

Many people desire to lead others, build stronger families, earn respect, and create meaningful lives. Yet the most important work often begins where nobody else can see it: within ourselves.

Governed From Within is a thought-provoking guide to self-mastery, personal responsibility, discipline, and intentional living. It challenges readers to examine who they have become, recognize the habits and attitudes shaping their decisions, and take ownership of the person they are becoming.

Through practical principles and honest self-reflection, this book explores the importance of governing your thoughts, managing your responses, keeping your word, accepting correction, establishing healthy boundaries, and aligning your daily habits with your deepest values.

This is not simply about appearing disciplined or projecting an image of strength. It is about developing the character to do what is right when nobody is watching, the humility to acknowledge where you need to grow, and the consistency to make meaningful changes even when motivation fades.

Whether you are a man seeking greater direction, a husband or father striving to lead more effectively, or an individual determined to become more intentional in life, this book offers a framework for examining yourself and strengthening the principles that guide your decisions.

Because genuine leadership does not begin with authority over others. It begins with responsibility for yourself.

Before you can lead effectively on the outside, you must learn to govern yourself from within.

It is 4:40 a.m. on a Tuesday in September when Marianne Sauer packs twelve sandwiches and tells her son to watch the header.

By afternoon the header is still running and the boy is not.

What follows is not a breakdown. It is a sequence. An engineering report. A denial letter that is true in every sentence. A co-op notice. A town hall where the water for a substation costs forty-one thousand dollars and a farm family’s useful life is treated as a line item. A cousin who takes a job with the company that needs the ground. A court order to move a burial. A settlement statement with a transfer fee tidier than grief.

Emmett Sauer does what he has always done. He finishes the chop. He milks. He runs the numbers. He answers the phone trees. He sells the animals. He keeps the horse too long. He leaves the television on so the house has a voice in it.

And in the months the closing papers give him alone with the doors shut, he does the last job a man like him knows how to do: he builds.

Inspired by the true shadow of Colorado’s “Killdozer,” CHOP is something colder and closer to home — a Wisconsin dairy novel about how institutions harvest a life, and what happens when the only language left is horsepower.

For readers of rural noir and literary crime who can sit with silence, process, and a night that does not look away.

Juniper Reyes has a type: emotionally complicated men, questionable romantic decisions, and people whose birth charts suggest they should come with a warning label. But even Juniper’s deeply opinionated polycule, The Sanctuary, has its limits.

Enter Reggie Vale: devastatingly handsome tech billionaire, human tax bracket, and an Aries. Their meet-cute involves lavender matcha, a ruined designer coat, and enough astrological hostility to trigger a collective emergency meeting.

The Sanctuary is unanimous: absolutely not.

Unfortunately, Reggie is persistent, Juniper is intrigued, and the chemistry between them is considerably harder to explain away than Mercury retrograde. Soon, Juniper finds himself swept into a world of private jets, extravagant surprises, and a billionaire who might actually be capable of loving someone beyond his own reflection.

But falling for Reggie means navigating the friction between Juniper’s chosen family and a man whose idea of solving a problem involves throwing money at it. As the relationship deepens, everyone must confront uncomfortable questions about intimacy, independence, commitment, and whether an Aries can ever truly be trusted.

Featuring a gloriously chaotic polycule, an emotionally indispensable lemur, billionaire excess, and enough astrology to make an entire zodiac wheel reconsider its life choices, My Polycule Hates My Billionaire Boyfriend Because He’s an Aries is a wildly funny romantic comedy about unconventional relationships, chosen family, and discovering that sometimes love refuses to follow the rules—even the ones written in the stars.

Because the universe works in mysterious ways. And apparently, sometimes those ways involve a private island.

Right now, just use just a preview of the continuation of The Normal Point of View.

This is a story about a Sports Writer/Parrothead from Cincinnati who is going through a midlife crises, so he decides to escape and visit some of the places Jimmy Buffett lived and sang about to find adventures and maybe get into some mischief along the way.

So without further ado, let's get started. Here is your "First Look" introduction to the main character, Johnny Reno.

POLE CONFESSIONS

By Nu Nu

Beauty. Money. Secrets. Survival. Not everything stays on stage.

Behind the lights and glitter of The Doll House in Newark, New Jersey, four women are chasing dreams that come with a price.

Star is a college student and young mother struggling to break free from an unhealthy relationship and substance use while trying to build a better life for herself and her son. Vanilla comes from wealth, but money cannot protect her from family pressure, personal battles, or the consequences of her choices. Caramel is a fiercely independent entrepreneur determined to turn one year of dancing into a lifetime of financial freedom. Peanut is a veteran dancer facing the terrifying question of what comes next when the career she knows is slipping away.

As cameras capture their lives, secrets surface, relationships are tested, and the line between loyalty and betrayal begins to blur. Jealous lovers, judgmental relatives, dangerous attention, financial struggles, and the threat of losing The Doll House force the women to decide what they are willing to sacrifice—and what they refuse to lose.

But the cameras cannot capture everything. They cannot measure the pain behind a smile, the courage it takes to start over, or the strength required to choose yourself when the world has already decided who you are.

POLE CONFESSIONS is an emotional urban drama about friendship, ambition, addiction, family, betrayal, healing, and the power of women who refuse to let their past define their future.

Some secrets are too heavy to keep, and some confessions can change everything.

The story of a self-absorbed ancient demon who has a love-hate relationship with humankind.

The Book of Resilience is a collection of poetry and prose for anyone walking through a dark season. Written from lived experience, it moves through mental health, abuse, trauma, and suicide awareness — each section pairing a poem with a reflection, a dedication, and an author's note. It closes with the Survivor's Pledge, a Survivor's Bill of Rights, and crisis hotline resources. For the nights you need to know someone else has stood where you're standing — and kept going.

Detective Janiece Montgomery has spent her career fighting for justice, protecting the innocent, and holding people accountable. She knows how to read a crime scene, recognize a lie, and notice the details other people overlook.

But nothing in her career prepares her for the day her eighteen-year-old daughter, Priscilla, is arrested after a routine traffic stop.

Priscilla knows she is innocent. Janiece knows something is wrong.

The evidence against her daughter appears convincing at first, but the deeper Janiece looks, the more the story begins to unravel. An arresting officer with a history of misconduct. A partner who seems afraid to speak. Missing evidence. Old complaints that were quietly dismissed. An investigation that feels deliberately controlled.

And behind it all are people Janiece once trusted.

Because this case is bigger than Priscilla's arrest.

As Janiece follows one troubling detail after another, she uncovers a dangerous network of corruption, abuse of authority, buried investigations, and protected officers reaching far beyond the original traffic stop. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous the investigation becomes.

Then Janiece realizes the most terrifying possibility of all:

Her daughter may not be the only person being targeted.

Now she must fight two battles at once—one as a mother desperate to save her daughter and another as a detective determined to expose a system willing to destroy anyone who gets too close to the truth.

But some secrets were buried for a reason.

And some people will do anything to keep them buried.

THE LAST CASE is a gripping crime thriller about family, corruption, betrayal, courage, and the fight for justice when the very people sworn to protect you become the greatest threat.

A woman with Asperger's Syndrome finds herself caught between the Mafia and the F.B.I. Her childhood friend, who became a defense attorney, seeks to help her, but when danger threatens him and his personal life, Finity is left dangling within the clutches of those who would use her. To make matters worse, she isn't sure where her loyalties lie and that could cost her life. But she is as unpredictable as they are and maybe they should have never underestimated her. It will be a long chase and she isn't sure where she is running to, but the shadows will never leave her behind.

The School of Dating: Real Lessons. Real Love. A Brighter Tomorrow by Ykeme Smith-Bey is a practical, relatable guide for anyone ready to date with more confidence, intention, and discernment.

Dating shouldn’t feel like walking into class without a syllabus. Through 24 easy-to-follow lessons, The School of Dating explores everything from preparing for the first date and having meaningful conversations to setting boundaries, recognizing red and green flags, understanding compatibility, protecting your peace, and knowing when it’s time to walk away.

With warmth, humor, and straight-to-the-point guidance, Ykeme reminds readers that dating isn’t an audition to convince someone to choose you—you’re choosing, too.

Whether you’re returning to the dating world, healing from past relationships, or simply ready to make healthier choices in love, this book gives you tools to date without losing yourself in the process.

Class is in session. Bring your standards with you.

The Womb Remembers
Healing What Was Carried, Releasing What Was Never Yours
By Ykeme Smith-Bey

What have you been carrying that was never yours to carry?

The Womb Remembers invites women to explore how childhood lessons, family patterns, and unspoken expectations shape their relationships and sense of self. Through compassionate reflection, thoughtful questions, and affirmations, readers are encouraged to reclaim their voice, honor their boundaries, and reconnect with themselves.

Using the womb as a spiritual and emotional metaphor, this book creates space to examine your story without blame or pressure. Move at your own pace, recognize what helped you survive, and choose what you want to carry forward.

Your story matters. You have a say in what comes next.

Something beneath the town has awakened.

After years of silence, Silas Renn begins hearing a voice that should not exist. It doesn't come from dreams. It doesn't come from memory.

It comes from beneath reality itself.

As impossible fractures spread through town and people begin speaking words they don't remember saying, Silas discovers a terrifying truth: an ancient force known as the Tear has returned, and it knows their name.

Hunted by a secretive council, haunted by visions of forgotten lives, and drawn toward a living structure known only as the Spine, Silas is forced to confront a legacy buried beneath generations of lies. The Tear is not what the town believes it is. It is not a curse.

It is a door.

As reality begins to collapse and something far older reaches through the widening fractures, Silas must decide whether to sacrifice themselves, embrace the Void, or uncover a fourth path no one has survived long enough to find.

Blending cosmic horror, surreal fantasy, mystery, and emotional depth, The Spine of All Voids: The Void explores identity, memory, sacrifice, and the hidden forces that shape who we become.

Some doors should never open.

Some were opened for a reason.

Tanja’s encounter with the mysterious Josh begins like any classic tale of serendipity a broken-

down car, a stranger offering help, a spark of chemistry that feels too good to ignore. But what

starts as a chance meeting on a moonlit road soon spirals into a web of lies, secrets, and

dangerous allures. Josh's life is far more complicated than Tanja could have ever imagined, and

when his wife, Trina, unexpectedly arrives, the truth begins to unravel in a way that shakes Tanja

to her core.

Josh's confession that he’s living a double life as an undercover agent leaves Tanja torn

between heartbreak and the undeniable connection they share. But even after fleeing to paradise

for a temporary escape, the shadows of Josh’s world follow her. And when a mysterious message

arrives, Tanja is faced with a choice: walk away from the man she’s still drawn to, or risk

everything to face the dangerous reality of his secrets.

The Choices We Make is a tense, gripping psychological thriller where the lines between love,

trust, and survival blur. Will Tanja be able to forgive the lies that brought her into Josh’s world?

Or will the truth about the man she thought she knew destroy everything they’ve built? As

danger closes in, Tanja must decide how far she’s willing to go for Josh, for herself, and for a

future that may be darker than she ever imagined.

Mike Carter, a burned‑out journalist battling diabetes and depression, becomes convinced the drug Glurelix helped kill his father — and is destroying his own health. When Meridian Pharmaceuticals releases a new “safe” generic, Betoforin, Mike digs deeper and uncovers disturbing inconsistencies. A terrified whistleblower hands him a flash drive of incriminating files, and Mike’s confrontation with Meridian’s icy director, Dr. Adrienne Kline, triggers a chain of events he can’t control. As he and his on‑again, off‑again girlfriend Marsha analyze the data, her sudden secrecy — and a cryptic message — hint at a conspiracy far darker than a dangerous drug.

Every location in this story exists. The drug at its core is modeled after a real medication whose synthesis begins with two hazardous industrial compounds. Sometimes the truth is stranger — and darker — than fiction.

Every decade, the missing vanish without a trace. Every decade, the nightmare resets. But for Kyle, the horror isn't just a pattern—it’s personal.

After emerging from the Tunnels to find three months have passed on the surface in the blink of an eye, Kyle discovers his four closest friends and his aunt are gone, trapped in the subterranean abyss. Worse, the Tunnels' entities are bleeding onto the streets, and time is rapidly running out before the Howler’s hibernation cycle ends.

Joined by Tyrell—a marked street scout fighting for his own family—and Leila, a Special Forces operative with access to dark news archives, Kyle forms an unlikely coalition to uncover the Tunnels' hidden rules. To rescue those he loves, he must decode the mystery behind who the Tunnels target, master the secret to killing the beasts, and audit his own soul.

In a race against time on the surface, giving up isn't an option. Going harder is the only way out.

LOVE Protects. HELL Hunts. The TUNNELS Choose.

The Undead Wars — Abyssalfang Book 2

Veyloria survived the Hollow King. Now the dead are rising.

A possessed child walks out of the dark with a message for Maximus: "Don't keep me waiting." Morikk — his own brother, unmade three centuries ago — has rebuilt himself, and he's coming for the Heartstone buried beneath the Old King's Fall.

The tomb isn't a burial site. It's a prison. And the seals need two Ancients to open — which means every step Maximus takes toward it is loosening the lock.

With Queen Lyra, Pip, Seraphina, and a young summoner at his side, Maximus descends into the dark to stop his brother from unmaking the world. But Morikk doesn't want to destroy it.

He wants to "fix" it.

Sammie didn’t expect to watch her own death from above her body. But when her heart stopped, reality split open. In the chaos of an operating room, she became both witness and patient — hovering outside her own shell while surgeons fought to pull her back from the edge.She saw everything: the wires, the screens, the frantic hands working inside her. She heard the words no living person should ever hear spoken about themselves — time of death. And she felt the terrifying truth of being conscious, aware, and unable to make anyone understand she was still there.This is not fiction.

This is not embellished.

This is a true story based on real events — the moment Sammie slipped out of her body and into the space between life and whatever waits beyond it.As she drifted through darkness, tunnel vision, and the suffocating weight of her final breath, she discovered a clarity that only comes when everything is stripped away. And when she fought her way back into her body, she carried with her the knowledge that every second matters — because once it’s gone, it never returns.Between Breath and Darkness is the raw, unfiltered opening to Sammie’s memoir: a visceral descent into near‑death awareness, dissociation, and the fragile boundary between existence and oblivion. It is a story of survival told by the only person who lived it.

If you listen to Aiden Pike all he wanted to do was try kissing a guy. Cody Beaumont is dubious, though certainly not hesitant. After that first kiss, all he wants is more. Then there's Ashton Prince, the perfect guy, some might say too perfect. Putting their hearts on the line is the last thing they expected.

This is a short story during the aftermath of the outbreak

It started with a viral attack, glass vials shattered in the heavily trafficked corridors of Grand Central Station. Within a month the virus was the deadliest attack the world had ever witnessed. But it was only the beginning. The survivors, what few remained of the planet's 7 billion, would come to realize the virus attack was the easy part; it killed outright, but the Blight was a different story altogether. The end wasn't just the beginning.

POSTAL

What begins as an ordinary day at a local post office quickly becomes a nightmare when a tragic accident claims the life of Mike’s sister, Kristen.

Grieving and struggling to understand how something so terrible could have happened, Mike begins noticing details that don’t make sense. Strange occurrences, unsettling encounters, and clues surrounding Kristen’s death slowly pull him into a mystery far darker than he could have imagined.

As Mike searches for answers, he discovers that some things are better left unexplained—and some mysteries refuse to stay buried.

With the help of those around him, Mike must piece together the clues before something else is taken from him.

But the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous the search becomes.

Some mysteries are meant to be solved.

Others are meant to be survived.

This story came from a contest for an epistolary short story (which is the prologue). What continues is their story.

(Draft import — author to rewrite.)

Alexander Knight, known to his family and close associates as Ak was devastated after the unexpected death of his father Big K. After his father's death he would inherit a Multi County Drug distribution ring ,that drew in hundreds of thousands of dollars weekly.Hoeever, the nheritance would come with alot more then he had bargain for.The Federal Government (by way of the United States Attorneys Office) would reinact an investigation on Ak, that had went cold after Big Ks death. Ak's cousin would find himself in a brush with the law where he would cooperate against Ak for a lighter sentence after being busted in his own drig related offences.Indicted by the feds Ak would eventually be sentenced to Ten years incarceration.While inside he would question his direction of his life .He would be released early for satisfactory behavior and be transported to a federal work release center .It was here where he would meet Anastasia the young daughter of one of Columbia's Cartel families.He would become a favorite of the Jefe and be place in a position that he never thought he would obtain at the street level.Unbeknowest to him that on the spiritual realm there was a show down between God Almighty and the Enemy.Satan understood Ak"s pattern of thinking and would continue to use the root of all evil to Rob Ak of his most important asset.His soul .Would be fall in Satan's trap or would he become one of the very few who finds Redemption?

Dantonio Santiago known to family and friends as Santi was sent to Cocoa Florida to live with his mother's brother Ruben after his father was murdered in a senseless act of violence.For his safety his mother Delourdes made the final decision Her brother a decorated war veteran for the United States Military was a model citizen Well far as Delourdes had known. what she didn't know that all the nice cars a luxury condos that her brother had owned in Florida wasn't bought with a military pension It was purchased from blood blood money. Reban was deeply connected with the Mexicans Sinolia Cartel .One of the most powerful cartel's in Mexico once gathered by the notorious El Chapo.Santi would find out soon enough about his uncle's dealings and would be coached against it However when his uncle sent tsht Santi had his own will power he decided that if his nephew was going to be in it he needed to know the rules .So Urban taught him Mean time I. Puerto Rico the powers that had dealings in the demise of his father were still searching .But for the off spring.Unbeknowest to them Santi was being trained by an ex specialist force soldier.And being taight hkw to apply real life ear tactic to the city street's.Ekilf Danti galk victim to the hunger of the street thst never gets full or would he overcome his adversaries and get to the bottom of eho eas responsible for his father death.

 The Hunger Of The Streets is an grutty unban novel .It counsels the loyalty of the Game and slots out the wraaklings who are not strong enough to stand up against it's dying appetite.Come with Laueriano Veluchi on a ride in the first book of a trilogy .His style of story telling will definitely keep you turning pages well into the wee hours of the night ..

Algorithmic Shift

Two centuries. Two crushing realities. One unbreakable loop.

When a catastrophic mine cave-in traps engineer Clara Mercer deep inside a flooded subterranean shaft in 2026, her world goes completely black. Instead of death, the suffocating atmospheric pressure fractures reality itself, thrusting her consciousness backward into a rigid 1800s logging camp while her physical body remains pinned beneath a thousand tons of stone. Bound to the pre-programmed autopilot of a historical ledger clerk, Clara discovers a terrifying system rule: her actions in the past directly control the structural layout and dwindling oxygen supply of her modern tomb [INDEX].

Under the cold, clinical gaze of the mysterious Timber Boss—who carries the exact face of her real-world husband, Gideon—Clara must meticulously log the camp’s anomalies to maintain her fifteen percent survival margin [INDEX]. From the future, Gideon's rescue team desperately tears through the bedrock with pneumatic saws, completely unaware that every inch they gain fractures the historical foundations keeping Clara alive [INDEX]. When Clara finally rebels and forces the matrix to overload, she doesn't break the trap—she permanently deletes the future, rewriting both herself and Gideon directly into a permanent historical blueprint with no escape.

In Dusty Oracles and Essays, we wander through the borderlands of the known and the unknowable, exploring esoteric traditions, strange ideas, forgotten symbols, spiritual questions, and the peculiar corners of human experience that refuse to be neatly explained.

These essays are invitations rather than instructions. They follow threads through mythology, occult thought, history, consciousness, and the enduring human hunger for meaning. Along the way, this book brings curiosity, skepticism, imagination, and a willingness to linger over questions that conventional answers tend to leave behind.

Some things become clearer when we shine a light on them.

Others are more interesting in the dark.

And this is a book for readers who enjoy their mysteries unsolved, their wisdom a little dusty, and their oracles occasionally in need of a second opinion.

The war that began beneath the Twin Moons has become a struggle for the fate of the world.

As Zharu’un’s darkness spreads across the realms, the fragile alliance forged against him is tested by old wounds, ancient rivalries, and ambitions that cannot be contained. While armies gather for the final confrontation, the darkness finds new champions of its own, turning pride, grief, and hunger for power against those who once stood together.

Far from the battlefields, Ornasi undertakes a perilous journey across the deepest reaches of creation. To oppose Zharu’un, he must gather the Twelve Primal Orbs, each bound to a fundamental power of the world. The path will carry him through lands where even the laws of creation have begun to fail, and every step draws him closer to a burden no mortal should bear.

Meanwhile, the peoples of the world fight not merely to win, but to survive long enough for Ornasi to return.

Amara Silversong stands at the heart of a gathering whose strength may yet be undone by fear and misunderstanding. Velorian faces a darkness that reaches closer to home than he ever imagined. The orcs of Gor-Durath are divided by a struggle between the wisdom of their ancestors and the hunger of a new generation. And across the world, sacrifices are made in the hope that something worthy of the dawn might survive.

At the end of the road waits Zharu’un.

And when Ornasi finally returns, the last battle will demand more than victory.

It will demand a sacrifice that changes the world forever.

Lyra Wilde: The Celestial Runaway

Lyra Wilde has spent most of her life believing that leaving is the purest form of freedom. She chose her own name, built a livelihood from tarot readings, sign painting, festival work, and practical problem-solving, and made a home inside Vega, her weathered turquoise Ford Econoline. Moving between desert fairs and temporary communities allows her to be useful without becoming dependent, remembered without being completely known, and gone before affection can turn into obligation.

At a late-season fair, Lyra meets Silas Walker, the nationally recognized former frontman of The Dust Meridian. He carries a battered harmonica, the consequences of a public collapse, and a recovery from addiction and depression that he refuses to place in anyone else’s hands. Silas does not ask Lyra to rescue him, surrender her independence, or abandon the road. He simply sees the difference between choosing freedom and disappearing before anyone has the chance to matter.

Their attraction develops slowly through music, restraint, sharp humor, and unexpected honesty. A first encounter ends without a kiss or exchanged promises, leaving them separated by six months and hundreds of miles. When their roads cross again, curiosity becomes desire, and desire becomes a relationship neither of them can keep safely temporary.

But loving Silas exposes every contradiction Lyra has spent years avoiding. She demands honesty while withholding the information that might make someone ask her to stay. She protects other people’s privacy while recording their stories in her notebooks. She resents being controlled but becomes controlling when fear convinces her that usefulness is the same as love. Most dangerously, she wants Silas to respect her freedom while secretly hoping he will prove she matters by chasing her.

When Lyra disappears after an emotionally difficult night at Ghost Camp, she discovers that leaving may protect her from confrontation, but it cannot protect a relationship from consequences. Trust must be rebuilt through more than apologies. Their carefully written Terms of Return are tested by Vega’s breakdown, financial differences, unauthorized photographs, Silas’s returning public visibility, a recurrence of his depression, and work opportunities that pull them toward different roads.

Around them, a loose collection of artists, vendors, musicians, travelers, and wounded people begins becoming something more permanent: the Half Moon Caravan. As Lyra helps build a community where people can be known without becoming public property, she must accept responsibility, establish boundaries, and return to conversations she would once have escaped.

Lyra Wilde: The Celestial Runaway is a lyrical contemporary romance about found family, difficult trust, recovery, privacy, and love without ownership. It is the story of a woman who knows how to survive alone and the man who never asks her to stop moving—but challenges her to stop mistaking disappearance for freedom.

Lyra’s journey does not end with the surrender of her independence. It ends with something more difficult: two people choosing separate roads, making room for individual dreams, and promising to return—not because either one is trapped, but because love has finally become a destination they are free to choose.

This book is about a private investigator that just so happens to always be in the wrong place at the right time. This Native American takes you from one adventure to the next in international crime fighting. Since each chapter is a different story, you'll experience different situations as well as learn about the countries that he visits and some of their historical facts. This really captures the realistic view of the story. Each case will make you want to know what happens next because ACTION is his middle name.

The Best part of Christmas is Birth of Jesus Christ. Born in a manger bed because of no room in the end Joseph asked when Mary his wife Mary road on a donkey to find a place to have the baby.

  Dat told the group of family and friends. Creating voices thought sounded like them so many years ago.

How does one cope when stuck in Hell married to the devil himself? For Arianna, with a lot of sarcasm and sass.
How does one end up in Hell married to Lucifer in the first place? When ones father makes a deal with the devil, and uses you as a bargaining chip instead of parting with his own soul.
But Hell has its secrets and its dangers, dangers that have nothing to do with Arianna's new husband or the demons that reside there. And it's going to take a lot more than sarcasm in order to survive.

The Mennonite Country Town of Homestead turned into a thief-infested field of study.

  That is A band of Thieves mostly to be believed, men thus far in the investigation.

  To fine-tune things, intricately looking at the situation under a fine tooth comb.

  What started out as a large Mennonite farmer robbed. An extreme amount of money and a head of horses. A month ago has passed.

  Next an entire barn of Cattle stolen. Hoof prints led to the river where the thieves would swim them downstream. Gone from sight, a terrible incident must have happened.

  However, this results in two big thefts in town. The atmosphere seemed different you could hear a pin drop so quiet.

  Up around town signs of theft items to look for were intricately written down.

  Even so, it won't stop Love from blooming for two people Mary and Jebidaeh.

  Looks of devotion had caught the attention of those around them. They were absolutely an adorable couple. Those friends or family of the couple, in great hopes of a wedding in the air or at least an engagement. Still a solitude of hope and normalcy. Hung where it was a very important role to play.

  Outstanding bill at the mill from a total stranger. The name of no one around. They lied about the farm address to the owner.

  And if that wasn't enough the main entrance to Town was blocked by large boulders.