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Two Lost Souls
$10.99 Quick ViewTwo Lost Souls
Sophie was sure she would never carry a baby to term. After suffering 2 heartbreaking miscarriages, she began to have nightmares, hearing the voices of her two lost babies. "We're OK Mom."
This nearly drove her to distraction. She became obsessive trying to find the answer as to where the souls of those two babies ended up. So much so, she decided to go back to school and study for a master's degree in religion. During this time she successfully had a son and then a daughter. The voices stopped and she delved into teaching with a passion. Her husband, Alex, was sure she was still obsessed because she was having her students try to answer the question. Where do souls go of unborn children?
Time passed and her children grew up. And Alex thought she was over all of this. While the kids were away at college they settled into an empty nest and fell in love all over again after a rather bumpy ride. Her two children Mark and Diane both made two very dear friends though, who lost their lives way too early. Mark's friend Michael drown while surfing in Hawaii, and Diane's friend Devon was struck down with brain cancer.
Sophie found herself trying to console her two adult children. What she didn't notice was her own health failing. She also didn't notice that her nightmares had returned. One night, Alex had to rush her to the hospital for emergency surgery on her gallbladder. Unexpectedly during the surgery, Sophie flatlined. The doctors worked feverishly to bring her back. Sophie, however, seemed at peace, finally… Or maybe not…$10.99
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A Life Well Lived
$10.99 Quick ViewA Life Well Lived
Someone once said, "Too soon old, too late smart," but what if you had the chance to live your entire life with the wisdom of age? Dana Gordon, through a series of unforeseen events, is going to get just that opportunity. Her life will be changed forever before she even lives it.
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Living in Fear Away From My Rapist
$10.99 Quick ViewLiving in Fear Away From My Rapist
This is a book about a woman that met this man at work. He preyed on her like an animal to get what he wanted from her. He earned her trust on top of everything. She had a hard time getting away from him. Now she is away from him; it puts her into a deep clinical depression from all the trauma he puts her through, along with mental abuse. Now years later, she is having a hard time getting on with her life when she always feels that he might be around the corner, waiting. She has to watch her back aline to keep herself safe in the city she lives in. He still walks the streets, finding ways to get even with her, even if it means killing her. He has come close a time or two. There are those possibilities he is up to something to get even. Like in this case, he has tried killing her in her car but failed, but he will come up with some new ways of getting back for what he thinks is her fault or reasoning for him getting into trouble, but you got to remember, he is a sociopath. In a sociopath's mind, it's everybody else's fault that they are in trouble. She has to keep an eye open all the times because he may be closer than she thinks to harming her-or even kill her to get her out of the way.
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Voices from the Ledge
$10.99 Quick ViewVoices from the Ledge
Have you ever felt so desperate or so depressed that you felt like giving up? Be honest, now, did you ever say to yourself, "I'm probably worth more dead than alive?" Julie suffered from Empty Nest Syndrome. She had been forced into early retirement while her husband had hit the pinnacle of his career. She was lost. What she didn't know was that her depression was normal. But Julie had a plan. She was going to end her misery, however, in the execution of it, a remarkable thing happened. She meets four women who are at the same hotel on a girl's getaway weekend. They have a very strange impact on her. Find out what happens when you're about to give up on life, but get interrupted by strangers who really have lived life!
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Isabella’s Journey: Her Battle with the Blood Disorder, Thalassemia Major
$10.99 Quick ViewIsabella’s Journey: Her Battle with the Blood Disorder, Thalassemia Major
Isabella's Journey by Serafina Sammarco is a deeply personal memoir that chronicles the life of a family coping with the challenges of thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder that profoundly impacts the health of the author's daughter, Isabella. Through the course of the book, Sammarco narrates her family's experiences with the condition, the medical treatments, and the emotional and physical toll that comes with caring for a child with such a life-threatening illness. The author writes a powerful and heartfelt memoir that goes beyond the medical realities of thalassemia. It is a tribute to Isabella's life and the strength of her family as they face the trials of illness, loss, and the enduring power of love and community. Through vivid storytelling and emotional honesty, the book offers both an educational resource and a source of inspiration for those navigating similar paths.
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Tilly’s War: The War Within
$11.25 Quick ViewTilly’s War: The War Within
The main character in this book, a true, real-life person, was an unassuming man brought up in a large, working-class family. His life would begin in 1918 and he and his family would survive the depression on near poverty wages. He would go on to serve as a decorated airman in World War II and come home to restart his life suffering from PTSD. With that, life would deal him many adversities and challenges, many of them self-inflicted, but each time he would overcome. He would struggle with the effects of combat on civilian life and would use alcohol to substitute for counseling much to his dismay. Tilly, as he was called by his wartime air crew, returned home and went back to work to put the war behind him and get on with life. He would have a family of his own, raising three children on near poverty wages and suffered from alcoholism and depression most his life while his family suffered the effects of life's challenges. Much later in life, he began talking about his wartime experiences and this would help him to readjust to life as he knew it. However, returning to alcohol would bring him and his family hardships that would be difficult to reconcile. Every person who served in a combat role feels the effects of war and deals with those effects in varying degrees of tolerance. Many returning veterans restore their lives and go on to become productive members of society, but never forgetting their combat experiences. Many go on to college and become successful professionals in their fields of endeavor and lose the effects of war it would seem.
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Okay, So I lied!
$11.99 Quick ViewOkay, So I lied!
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave."
Jill Kelly is an intelligent high school student who knows exactly what she wants in life. Unfortunately, her vision does not fall in line with what her father wants. He wants her to go to medical school; she wants to become a professional singer. It seems she has no choice but to attend Indiana University and major in biology-or so everyone thinks. After Jill begins classes in her freshman year, she secretly visits the career counseling center to change her major and audition for the Jacobs School of Music. After she learns she has been accepted, Jill decides to shun her good-girl image, not tell her parents, and resort to an existence fueled by lies and deception. But as her rebellious behavior leads her to find love and the personal happiness she has always wanted, Jill has no idea she is about to pay a hefty price for her choices. Okay, So I Lied shares the story of a young woman's journey of deception as she attempts to achieve her dream of becoming a rock star.$11.99
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Illusive Innocence
$11.99 Quick ViewIllusive Innocence
Henry and Barby are neighbors, classmates, and more. Barby's family is affluent and well-to-do, while Henry's family leads a simple life on a small income. Feelings of ambivalence pervade young Henry's adolescence as he becomes involved with both Barby and her sister. Brandy, Barby's older sister, seduces Henry, and their secret sexual escapades entrap them in a love they try to ignore. As Henry struggles to endure the love of two sisters, college and careers carry them into adulthood. Then tragedy strikes, and the two families unite as they try to hold on to some kind of normalcy. These were the innocent years. The two teenagers sat and talked while warming themselves. "Henry, I hate you." Henry looked at Barby bewildered." What did I do now?" Barby reached out and pulled his hair over his head covering his face. "Your hair looks nicer than mine. I refuse to associate with a boy who has hair like that. It's bad enough that it's longer but it looks nicer too!" He looked at her rolling his eyes back and forth. "So wash it once in a while." She slapped him across his shoulder with her open palm. "Ouch," she said. "Now you are trying to hurt me." Her face broke into a repressed grin. "Barby, you hit me, 1 didn't hit you." She pouted now, sticking out her bottom lip. "Do you think I'm pretty?" Henry put his hands over his face hiding his response. "I think Brandy is pretty," he said in a low voice-almost a whisper.
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The City Different
$11.99 Quick ViewThe City Different
Although the focus is on the unsolved murders of a priest and female tourists, SANTA FE is a story about the good and the bad of its people, its cultural and social values, its politics, its beauty and its charm.
The city is left in a state of chaos after the brutal murder of a priest is followed by the deaths of female tourists. Are these thrill-kills or serial murders? Uncertainty puzzles state police officials, a female homicide detective, and a district attorney. Complexities set in when the detective and the district attorney become lovers. They increase when she comes to suspect him of being part of at least one of the crimes.
Meanwhile, a power-seeking separatist is vying for the mayor's seat. A powerful state senator known to sanction illicit drug deals supports him, and the outcome of the mayoral race could affect the political and cultural make-up of the city. A middle-aged businessman and an elder represent the conscience of the city and a philosophy in general. One does it by his deeds and his opinions, and the other through his experience and by simple wisdom. Through the elder, a brief history of the area is given.$11.99