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Silence can be a fatal choice, but so can speaking up. Would you stay silent and keep your own life at risk or speak up and risk the lives of the ones you love?Almost a year after graduating from university and first meeting her...

She was under the impression that her troubles started with the overdose of her father. The truth is, her troubles were the residual effects of her parents buried past. Pieces she thought had just began to move in her life were actually owed for...

David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery. It was first published as a serial in 1849-50, and as a book in 1850....

--Long-listed for the American Library Association's 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. "Meno makes the most banal prose--grunts and salutations, small talk over meals--compelling and necessary . . . [He] has a knack for giving small happenings emotional weight . . ....

A missing child sets the lives of three women on a collision course in this powerful and compelling novel by USA Today bestselling author Bette Lee Crosby.1971.When a music festival rolls through the sleepy town of Hesterville, Georgia, the Dixon family's lives are forever...

Richie Palumbo, the most ordinary of men, gets lost one night in 1969 while driving with his family. He finds himself in Norumbega--a gorgeous, hidden town on the far edges of Boston's western suburbs. He sees a venerable old house and, without quite knowing...

Tess hates the term midlife crisis, and yet she's sure that's what this is. Somewhere along her lifeline everything changed. Instead of being a wife to her now ex-husband or a mother to her children, it's more like she'd turned into extensions of them-as...

Jo suffered many consequences because of the bad choices she made. By the grace of God, she managed to weather many storms, and every time a new storm entered her life, she took hold of faith, stood strong, and gave it all the fight...

Beyond the glitter of the lights and tinsel, and the delirium of shoppers and tourists, there is another Christmas in the city. It doesn't shine in gaudy displays. It doesn't announce itself with bells and laughter. It's quiet and subtle. It seeks out the...

Young Family's Autumn Blessings is a holiday sequel to my book Love Grows in Omaha. The fiction story is about fun adventures that the Young family and extended family members share during the autumn holidays. This love story celebrates the autumn holidays through Thanksgiving...

Mother's Day for Dotty Monteiro begins with four cards and ends with an unexpected turn of events. As she and her husband Pete anticipate phone calls from their five children, she quietly prays for visits and a chance to laugh together as a family...

Twenty-one-year- old college student, Sandra Watts, finds helping others to be the motivation she needs to help her earn a better education. Sandra thought she was ready for the rigors and hard work that go along with being a college student and working full...

"Say It," is a great book for children and their families to read together. Children and families will find it easy to have conversations about confronting fears, communication, showing consideration, and self-expression.Author: Natalie Thomson,Jessica TilleyISBN-10: 0996234934ISBN-13: 9780996234931Publisher: Jessica TiileyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2016Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize:...

Being born into the Thorn family was no gift; where secrets, lies, murder and abuse were all common place. In this captivating recount, loosely based on a true story by Aretha Cephus, Desiree Elizabeth Taylor delves deep into her painful past in order to...

Secrets. Lies. Deception. These are all things that can tear a family apart.Ainsley James is the manager of Mixology and sister to four over-protective men. They don't let other men within an inch of her and as soon as they see one heading in...

Welcome back to Fortune Bay.Spoiler Alert! Be sure to read The Good Neighbor before reading this novella!Hi Everyone! When I finished writing Home for Christmas, Louise and Blue's story, I sat back and thought about where everyone in Fortune Bay was in their lives...

When Angela's mother forced her and her childhood sweetheart to give Charlotte up for adoption they vowed they would find her again. Ironically, Charlotte (Charlene) led an eventful life looking after others in need and reuniting those separated from their parents without knowing she...

Everyone dreams of meeting their soul mate. Little girls fantasize about it from the time they can play dress up. For Payton Andrews this dream was a reality. Her and her husband Steve did everything together; someone once said of them that they had...

Every time she thinks about Christmas this year, Tracey experiences a vortex of panic and confusion. How can she face it while grieving for her best friend? But life marches on, and Tracey will have a Christmas with someone she truly loves for the...

Delilah's is a simple story, about a military wife and mother, who through life's twists and turns, is forced to join the 1970's work force. With no marketable skills, she finds herself in beauty school, then employed in the most popular salon in town,...

Georgia, A New York Story is a character-driven novel that takes the reader on a stimulating, suspenseful, journey filled with humor, sadness, friendship and affirmation. Its engaging stories and quirky characters come together to form an arresting emotional mosaic of survival. Georgia, a sixty-year-old...

It all began when Linelle Destiny was in her room writing in her notebook journaling about her day from school. Linelle Destiny received a spiritual vision that would change her life (and others) forever. Along with this vision, as Linelle Destiny is serving her...

A descent into the suburban nihilism of the mid 2000s, Christopher Patrick Steffen's debut novel journeys through keg parties, rock shows, and mundane day jobs. Blake is a fledgling writer, whose novel manuscript has recently been deleted by his girlfriend. His artist brother, Taylor,...

Keisha, Megan, and Natalia are back at it again, the sisters and sometimes rebels are on a quest to experience God's best. Family matters will test their personal growth as they attempt to experience strength based lives. Jada, David, and Terrance the siblings of...

"Jacob. Would you be a dear and run out and bring your pregnant wife some chocolate cake? Pretty please?" Jake's wife Rachel is "in a family way" with their first child and Jake isn't quite sure what to make of the increasing demands it...

Tom Hubbard is dead. Iraq war hero, dutiful son and brother, faithful husband. Or was he? The year is 2002, and the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars are in their infancy. The military favors policies that keep the truth under wraps: The dead return to...

Perhaps because I fervently believe in Continuity opposed to fragmentation and Order opposed to isolation and chaos, I can accept without question John Donne's truth "No man is an island, entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, a part of the...

A Boy Named Wish recounts the story of young Edward Wilson, who finds himself in foster care when his grandfather falls ill. A lesson in cautious optimism, Edward sometimes fears the worst but always hopes for the best...including the chance to be part of...

A mesmerising colourful picture book for children aged 2-5 years. It will immediately engage your child with identifiable language. Their imagination and excitement will be tested as they follow the story of brother and sister KK & Temi, who have to navigate excitement and...

....Anesu, Rebecca, Sue and Steve have a lot in common, but do they know it?We follow the lives of these four as they live diverse lives only to meet at the bizarre of times in a world filled with scandals, suspense, and romance.......this enchanting...

The Jackson family couldn't be happier. With not one but two babies on the way, there's plenty to be excited about. But before Nicki and Niya arrive, the family has a long list of things they'll need. Lucky for them, their family and friends...

In this fourth installment of The Loyalty Lock Series, the south still rings as true as ever, as does the battle between good and evil. Consistently finding creative ways to destroy the Montgomery family, the enemy is up to new schemes. And as expected,...

Death Dreamer is the third installment in the Loyalty Lock series. While the South continues to be a charming melody that resonates throughout each page of the series, in this book, the faith, morality, and values that cause the Montgomery family to shine are...

Looking for a great little bedtime story? Well you've come to the wrong place . THERE IS NO STORY HERE! is the highly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit THIS BOOK IS OVER! Inside these pages you'll find pirates and princesses, teddy bears and...

Claire Harper, a frustrated wife, and mother who refuses to accept change. Zoey, the couple's four-year-old daughter, was born with Down syndrome and ever since then, Claire has not truly been able to relate and accept that Zoey. Instead, she chooses to block the...

The Other Side of the Circle is a harrowing account of what it takes for some people to attain what they really want in life. Told in turns by each of the main characters, the story follows them through the highs of their euphoria...

Long-buried secrets surface as families are torn apart in Holly Lynne Aasen's tightly written emotional drama, Heart of Palms. Cole Wells and his father, Jack, have been on their own since Cole's mother died thirteen years before. Now the twenty-three-year-old is lying in a...

Harmony Jackson has been torn for years about her self-esteem, being true to herself and fitting in amongst her peers. Given a perm at the tender age of five, Harmony was blinded by what her own mother and society deemed "beautiful". Having her hair...

What happens when love isn't enough? Lily Phelps suspects her teenage granddaughter Angie has been abused by her mother's live-in boyfriend. Lily is frantic to learn the truth, but Angie isn't talking. The only way Lily can break the silence is to confess her...

The Ugly Popcorn Tree is a fictional story entwined with a bit of history that offers a real-life look into the hearts and minds of orphans, especially older orphans who would be considered past the adoptable age. It touches on just a few of...

An inspirational story about a young boy who struggles to win an elusive race, while dealing with the financial hardships his single mother is experiencing in her efforts to raise and provide a nice life for Cid and his younger brother. Based on real...

This book tells the story of a lonely little frog who was rescued after being separated from her parents by a caring grownup frog. The stranger takes her in and cares for her as if she were his own. She soon meets other swamp...

A drug courier crashes his plane in a frozen lake in Yosemite's high country. Winston, a Yosemite "valley rat" on the run from killers in his home town, discovers the plane during a winter hike. He off loads the cargo and begins a new...

This is a 30-page preview of a novel named The Mystery of ThingsAuthor: Charles CarusoISBN-10: 0615601669ISBN-13: 9780615601663Publisher: Charles CarusoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/08/2012Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.06d

Winning the New Hampshire state lottery was just the beginning. Some more surprises await the Brooks and the people they love. With their bodyguard, Nelson, on high alert, Margret Brooks is doing her best to look after the twins and her husband, Brent, to...

The beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving novel about loss and recovery, pierced throughout with her humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles. Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron grew up fending off...

Moving to the outback to join the Flying Doctors will change Billie's life forever. After her teenage daughter Mia falls in with the wrong crowd, Dr Billie Green decides it's time to return home to far western NSW. When an opportunity to join the...

Everyone has a story. Some make the front page, while others remain hidden under lock and key.For the residents of the Elm Street housing projects, most would prefer their stories stay buried.Everything changes in the summer of 1985 when Noah Greene moves into Cellblock...

"A breathtaking debut of SUSPENSE, GRIEF, AND CHOSEN FAMILY that will undo you and rebuild you on the same page...I could not stop reading." - Mireille Hawthorne"A FIERCELY GIFTED new voice." - Tomas Aldering"Absolutely DEVASTATING. Berlanga writes the small dark hours like no one...

The Chronicles of a 21st Century Coal Miner is a gritty, darkly humorous Appalachian memoir-style novel that follows the life of a young underground coal miner navigating the harsh realities of 21st-century coal country in West Virginia. Written by Nathan O'Discin, the book blends...