tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62838014050042476932024-03-05T15:44:46.409-08:00alwaysjoartAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17648291837698091531noreply@blogger.comBlogger469125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283801405004247693.post-83168634163136718382018-10-09T07:00:00.000-07:002018-10-09T07:01:18.953-07:00Book Review and Giveaway: Too Blessed to be Stressed for Moms by Deborah M. Coty<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">About the book</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Do you feel like you’re drowning in the everyday stress-pool? . . .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Wish you could make busy-ness a business so you’d be a millionaire? . . .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">With her own offbeat brand of wit and near-wisdom, popular inspirational humorist Debora Coty addresses heart needs of moms drowning in the churning stress-pool of busyness. In her beloved mom-to-mom, grin-provoking style, Coty offers empathy, laughs, real-life stories, practical parenting survival tips, and fresh biblical insights to help you hear Papa God’s still, small voice through life’s chaos. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Whether you're struggling with stress related to attitude, time-management, guilt trips, patience, or something in between. . .this humor-filled volume will deliver a much-needed smile and equip you with simple-to-implement tips for attaining the peace we all crave—the peace that passes all understanding.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Too Blessed to be Stressed for Moms is a book all moms should read, because parenting is not always easy and we all get stressed sometimes. I love Debora M. Coty's writing style. It is like she is having a conversation with you, and the stories she shares from her own motherhood experience and the experience of other mothers is hilarious. She uses a lot of metaphors and bible verses to describe and explain her stories. Her way of writing seems very unique to me since I do not read many books like this. There are questions at the end of each chapter that will help moms "navigate the 'hood", and the chapters are very short which is great for busy moms like me. Too Blessed to be Stressed for Moms is fun to read. I recommend this book to moms who sometimes need a break and reminders that we can handle motherhood even on the craziest days, which is probably all of us. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">About the author</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Debora M. Coty is a popular humorist, speaker, and award-winning author of numerous inspirational books, including the bestselling Too Blessed to be Stressed line. Deb considers herself a tennis junkie and choco-athlete (meaning she exercises just so she can eat more chocolate). A retired piano teacher and orthopedic occupational therapist, Debora currently lives, loves, and laughs in central Florida with her husband, Chuck, and three grandbuddies and one grandprincess. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Readers can connect with Debora M. Coty via her website, </span><a href="https://facebook.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=312d9c42859d078a024ef39aa&id=8b0cf3e196&e=c04c23b4a3" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">deboracoty.com</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">, or on </span><a href="https://facebook.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=312d9c42859d078a024ef39aa&id=6b15f56aea&e=c04c23b4a3" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Facebook (AuthorDeboraCoty)</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">, </span><a href="https://facebook.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=312d9c42859d078a024ef39aa&id=425d0bc828&e=c04c23b4a3" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Twitter (DeboraCoty)</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> and </span><a href="https://facebook.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=312d9c42859d078a024ef39aa&id=4812b47952&e=c04c23b4a3" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Instagram (DeboraCoty)</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This year I turned 30 years old. I know I am still very young but ever since my mid-twenties I have been worried about wrinkles. For that reason I have been trying to take better care of my skin. Recently I got the chance to try Organic Silkworm Finger Rub. It is supposed to help with wrinkles, blackheads, whiteheads, and acne scars. When I received the package in the mail I thought it would be strange to rub my face with silkworm cocoons but I have been using them for only one week and I can definitely see a difference in my skin. Luckily I do not have wrinkles yet and I'm hoping that by taking care of my skin now I can keep them away as long as possible. The redness of my skin from acne scars is where I have seen the most improvement. The area around my nose also looks so much better than it did before. I have noticed my blackheads are not as noticeable, and this is just in one week of using these silkworm cocoons! This is amazing since nothing I have tried before seems to get rid of my blackheads. It feels like a gentle scrub for my face and I love how my skin feels after using it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">1. Soak Silkworm Finger Rub in warm water for 2~3 minutes until it softens.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">3. Before rinsing with water, gently massage your face using Finger Rub.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">4. Rinse with water. Use twice daily per Finger Rub; once in the morning and once in the evening.</span><br />
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Complemented by exquisite, colorful artwork, Dr. Zelinger skillfully crafts an easily relatable children's story using everyday situations, around the oppressive concept of Terrorism in the news. With masterful understanding of the child's world, new and frightening concepts are introduced carefully and gently, with the child's perspective in mind. Dr. Zelinger provides parent coaching to further the dialogue in her P-E-A-R-L-S of Wisdom section (Prepare, Explain, Answer, Reassure, Listen, Safeguard) where caregivers are given scripts to guide them, as well room for individuality. This pioneer book helps children and parents face a critical, often avoided topic with reassurance and calm.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><i>"This book provides the 'PEARLS' of wisdom for parents and children to discuss a scary topic like terrorism in ways that promote healthy and authentic parent-child conversations that yield to mutual respect and bonding." </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Deep and yet accessible, her remarkable deciphering of the psychological factors that hinder the free communication between parents and children on terrorism is compelling. This fascinating guide amounts to a riveting lesson of clarity and to a masterpiece in bridging the unbridgeable."</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Please Explain 'Terrorism' to Me is a straightforward and down-to-earth treatment of a difficult subject. Dr. Zelinger uses common sense, a simple clarification of the basic issues, and reassurance to provide a deeper understanding of terrorism for kids--without a corresponding rise in anxiety."</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Trying to explain terrorism to my children before reading this book seemed a bit difficult because as a parent I just want to protect them from all the evil in the world. Even though terrorism is a difficult subject to talk about, I believe that children should be aware of what it is and what they can do to try to be as safe as possible. Please Explain Terrorism To Me makes it easy to have that conversation. It kept the attention of all my children, even my 4 year old! When I finished reading the story to my children, I had a conversation with my 9 year old daughter about what she thought of the book and about terrorism with the help of P-E-A-R-L-S of Wisdom at the end of the book. This book is so helpful for parents that want to talk about terrorism to their children but are unsure of where to start. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Dr. Laurie Zelinger</b>, Diplomate, is a Board Certified Psychologist with a specialty in School Psychology, and a Registered Play Therapist with forty years' experience. She is a licensed New York State psychologist who recently retired from a Long Island public school system and is now devoting her time exclusively to writing, consulting, and her busy private practice. Dr. Laurie's previous books include: "Please Explain Anxiety to Me: Simple Biology and Solutions for Children and Parents," The "O MY" in TonsillectOMY & AdenoidectOMY: How to Prepare Your Child for Surgery (in its second edition), A Smart Girl's Guide to Liking Herself Even on the Bad Days for American Girl, and a chapter on selective mutism in the compendium, School Based Play Therapy (second edition). She is also credited with being a consultant for the Bitty Baby book series by American Girl where she assisted in the development of the "For Parents" sections, as well as editorial development of another American Girl book. Dr. Laurie's interest in writing began in 4th grade, when a play she wrote was performed by students in her public school. Dr. Zelinger is a fellow and elected officer in the nationally based American Academy of School Psychology and spent four years on the Executive Board of the New York Association of Play Therapy. As a media referral specialist for the American Psychological Association, she has contributed to nearly 200 venues regarding child development. Dr. Laurie and her psychologist husband, Dr. Fred, are both certified Red Cross Disaster Mental Health volunteers. They have been happily married for over thirty-five years and have raised four children. You can learn more about Dr. Zelinger and her books at <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.drzelinger.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">DrZelinger dot com.</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></a></span></b></span></div>
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The Adventures of Fawn is a 'coming of age' series set in the magical world of Santa's North Pole! The year is 1849, and legendary reindeer Comet and Vixen have a young daughter, Fawn. In this first book, 'Til the Last Snowflake Falls' the young reindeer spends far too many days alone in the stable at Santa's Village with no friends and nothing to do.</div>
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While her parents caution her she's much too young and inexperienced to go exploring outside Santa's Village by herself, Fawn disagrees. Declaring, “I want some fun and excitement! I don’t care how dangerous it is!” she begins sneaking out each day in search of friends, excitement and adventure. She'll find them all...but also find herself facing dangers like a fierce hungry wolf, a freezing North Pole blizzard, and the treachery of a sea captain capturing animals of the arctic to sell to a zoo in New York City.</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Today was going to</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Fawn had it all</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Sure…she’d</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">with her parents. Each time they had told her she wasn’t old</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">enough…not mature enough…to be going out on her own.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">She wasn’t</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><i>I think it’s<br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Fawn was convinced</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><i>I blew it those<br />
other times by getting too excited</i>. <i>If I can plainly and<br />
calmly explain to mum and dad how bored and lonely I am</i>…<i>how<br />
I need some friends</i>…<i>surely</i> <i>they’ll see how much<br />
I’ve changed</i>…<i>how much more ‘mature’ I am now</i>…<i>whatever<br />
that means</i>! <i>I’ll wait for them to come home</i>…<i>and<br />
then I’ll show them</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Santa and Wajic</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">suddenly became motionless, and their faces appeared in energized</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">broken patterns…almost like shattered, electrified pieces of glass.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Every angle of the fractured pattern sputtered and flashed likenesses</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">of them……but each one different. In some they looked younger…and</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Fawn, Bunny,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">They had absolutely no idea what was happening…or what they should</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Then, just as</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Looking a bit</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">overwhelmed, everyone just stood there…watching Santa and Wajic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Are you</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Yes…perfectly</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Doctor</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">explained, “Well…something just happened a moment ago. Very odd!</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">You didn’t notice? You didn’t feel anything?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Wajic stretched</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Come to think</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Santa brought a</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Me, too! Hmmm.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">That’s very strange! What was it you saw?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Fawn, Bunny,</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Snowboy and Doctor Weather gave them the details of what they’d</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Santa noticed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“What is it, old</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“I’m not quite</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">sure, Kris. It could be nothing…or….it could be something! When</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">As he yawned a</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“A little snow</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">For the umpteenth</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Foddle looked at a</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“What can I</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Bunny was</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">little snow never hurt anybody! Isn’t that what you said?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Snowboy couldn’t</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">He took a moment</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Once again, Bunny</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Snow was falling</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">so heavily, it was difficult for anyone to even see the end of the</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Perched on Fawn’s</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“A drop-off into</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">nothingness…Hangnail Pass…a Bridge with a mind of its own…playing</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">‘catch-up’ with a bunch of wandering reindeer…and now a heavy</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">snowfall! What’s next? An earthquake?!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Fawn’s eyebrows</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Shh! Don’t</span><br />
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Can Shaan and Ruhi face their biggest fears and unite together?<br />
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Shaan and Ruhi Ahuja, very much in love Indian newlyweds, discover each other in Simi K. Rao’s Now and Forever—the sassy and sexy sequel to Inconvenient Relations. After getting the scare of their lives while traveling in the Grand Canyon, Shaan and Ruhi go back home to one dilemma after another. Shaan’s job is in jeopardy, and one of Ruhi’s closest friends, Sunshine, needs her. How will Shaan and Ruhi handle life’s hurdles, while still trying to get to know each other as husband and wife? Will they be able to forsake all others and consolidate their relationship?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I read Inconvenient Relations back in 2013 when I won the book from the author. At that time Inconvenient Relations was called <a href="http://alwaysjoart.blogspot.com/2013/09/an-incurable-insanity-excerpt-and.html" target="_blank">An Incurable Insanity</a>. I loved it. If I would have read Now & Forever back in 2014 I think I would have enjoyed it so much more. I enjoyed the book overall but was annoyed with </span>Shaan and Ruhi a lot of the time. I give this book 3 stars.</div>
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Simi K. Rao was born and grew up in India before relocating to the U.S., where she has lived for several years. The inspiration for her books, and other projects, comes from her own experience with cross-cultural traditions, lifestyles and familial relationships, as well as stories and anecdotes collected from friends, family and acquaintances.<br />
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Rao enjoys exploring the dynamics of contemporary American culture blended with Indian customs and heritage to reflect the challenges and opportunities many Indian-American women face in real life.<br />
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Much of Rao's down time is devoted to creative pursuits, including writing fiction, poetry and photography. She is an avid traveler and has visited many locations around the world.<br />
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A practicing physician, Rao lives in the United States with her family.<br />
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Shaan Ahuja found himself bowing to tradition and agreeing to an arranged marriage to the beautiful Ruhi Sharma. He went through the motions but had no intention of carrying through on his vows. His last foray into matters of the heart with an American girl had left him scarred and unwilling to try again. Thoroughly disillusioned and disgruntled he wasted no time in making his intentions clear to Ruhi on their wedding night. But, he was completely unprepared for what his new wife had in mind.<br />
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This multi-cultural contemporary romance story of an arranged marriage is a beautiful blending of showing the Indian and American cultures. Readers will learn more about the Indian heritage and the romance that happens behind closed doors in an Indian relationship in Simi K. Rao's Inconvenient Relations. This coming of age story about true love explores multi-cultural issues.<br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Mae Clair has been chasing myth, monsters and folklore through research and reading since she was a child. In 2013 and 2015, she journeyed to West Virginia to learn more about the legendary Mothman, a creature who factors into her latest release.</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">This gripping, edge-of-your-seat mystery/thriller will have you thinking twice about booking that idyllic cottage in the country. Nothing in this woodland paradise within the Forest of Dean is what it seems. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The Wenstrops have it all: health, wealth, and happiness. Until everything falls apart. Helen gets arrested for murder, and yet is either unable or unwilling to give a defence. During her detention, vital evidence goes missing and tensions run high.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Meanwhile, in the woods, malignant forces gather power. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">This sensational second novel by acclaimed author Harmony Kent will have you alternately laughing, crying, and gripping the edge of your seat as this roller-coaster ride of a plot unfolds. It will keep you guessing through its many twists and turns, and hijack your attention right up until you turn the final page. This book has it all: murder, intrigue, the supernatural, a broken marriage, a love affair, courage against impossible odds, suspense, and high drama. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">“Expertly written, the book keeps you guessing at every turn. What can I say? You really have to read this book ... if you're brave enough!”—Review by Fantasy Queen</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The Glade is an IndieB.R.A.G.Medallion honoree, and an Official Selection for the New Apple Book Awards 2015.</span></span></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #5e5e5e; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A cold stone heart breaks more easily than it beats. Than it loves.</span></div><div style="color: #5e5e5e; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Damien was a loyal warrior, killed in battle in 1203. Because of his true heart, he was given the option to pass on to his eternal reward or exist in another state of being as a protector… until the time came when he could resume living the life he’d been cheated of.</span></div><div style="color: #5e5e5e; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A soldier by nature, he chose the latter. And he waited centuries—as a gargoyle—growing increasingly bitter about his choice. Then he sees her.</span></div><div style="color: #5e5e5e; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rina is a hard worker and loyal friend. She just has the worst luck. One night, after saving her best friend from a violent assault, she finds herself at the attacker’s mercy. Then out of nowhere, a savior comes and rescues her.</span></div><div style="color: #5e5e5e; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With only an angel to guide him, Damien must make the right choices to win Rina’s heart, or be forever damned as a grotesque mockery of the guardian he once was.</span></div><div style="color: #5e5e5e; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">He gasped but only succeeded in inhaling thick embers. “I hate it when you do that to me, Anael. What the hell?”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Not what, Damien,” Anael said. “Where. It’s against the rules, but you needed to see.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Hell.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“The first level.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Damien choked on clouds of brimstone and looked around. Bodies hung on racks, some scourged by demonic creatures wielding whips of fire, others stretched until their limbs tore off only to reassemble and stretch again. Some souls were skinned and devoured, the torment cyclical, never-ending. Giant beasts with nine-inch claws and twelve-inch teeth tore people into bloody shreds. They gnawed on the bones of writhing beings, snarling and snapping at anything near them. </span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">There was no blessed retreat into unconsciousness or death. This was their other side, their ever-after, their eternity. The tormented endured each torture, alert and unprotected. Impossibly hot gusts of wind howled through the cavern, tossing the departed from one horror to the next. And the maniacal screeches of the tormentors were only overpowered by the anguished wails of the damned.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“I’ve seen enough.” Damien’s words were barely intelligible through his coughing and wheezing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Are you certain? This is only the first level. The second level hosts souls feeding on their own entrails, or having a myriad of sexual violations forced upon them. Rape. Sodomy. Bestiality. And then there’s—”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Damien clutched Anael’s arm. “Enough!”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Do you understand now?”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Damien looked up and howled, his throat burning, his voice mingling into the sounds of all the other lost souls, an agonizing dirge melodic only to Satan himself. </span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">When he thought the devil’s name, the most sinister laugh echoed through the cavern, a shadow given voice and power. It sent chills down his burning spine. The demons cheered, their victims cowered, and Damien cringed, seeking escape that would only be denied him.</span><br />
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What if you had the ideal relationship with your children? This book is for every parent that wants to have a powerful bond with their kids. Parents have the opportunity for newfound freedom and joy when they teach their children about their Internal Guidance System. Tools and guidance are offered in this book for exacting the art of blissful parenting by practicing alignment.</div>
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It's fun and easy to work with the Universe and a short lesson in the Law of Attraction is part of this script. Parents-live and also teach your children how to manifest what they want by thinking in a more positive way and deliberately creating their lives.</div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">With so many parenting books out there it's so hard to decide which ones to read because not all of them will fit your life and parenting style. I decided to read The Art of Blissful Parenting because the book description uses the words Law of Attraction and that always attracts me. This book is great for all parents no matter what your parenting style is because it doesn't have any rules you should follow or one specific way to do things.What it does have is short stories on how the Law of Attraction works and tips on how to follow your own Internal Guidence System. The Art of Blissful Parenting shows you that with your love and positive thoughts towards your children, and also teaching them to use their own Internal Guidence System, your children will always make decisions that are right for them even when sometimes you might not agree with them. I enjoyed reading this book and </span><span style="color: #e06666; line-height: 22.4px;">I give it 4.5 stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19.5px;">Sharon Ballantine has always felt that one of her missions in life was to be the best parent she could possibly be. She has raised three children and her greatest joy is being with them. She is a parenting coach, life coach and founder of the Ballantine Parenting Institute — her online course for parents. She has recently completed her first book</span><i style="color: #111111; line-height: 19.5px;">, The Art of Blissful Parenting – Teaching Your Children How To Follow Their Internal Guidance</i><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19.5px;"> (Balboa Press, January 2016, available now through Balboa Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and independent bookstores), in which she guides parents on the practical and spiritual aspects of raising happy, self-reliant kids. Her core message is that by following our own Internal Guidance System and teaching our children to follow theirs, parents have more freedom and ease in their relationship with their children.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laura C. Cannon is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and coach with a deep passion for bridging the worlds of spirituality and business. In her new book, The Conscious Entrepreneur, Laura showcases a collection of practices and perspectives for entrepreneurs and business-people to change their relationship with their working life.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466208300107_10398" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A member of the prestigious National Speaker's Association with more than 15 years of experience as a professional public speaker, Laura has a knack for delivering engaging and informative presentations. She's spoken to groups ranging from 12 to 1200 on a wide range of topics, from office productivity to motivation and empowerment to mindfulness and meditation. Her true passion as an author and speaker lies in bridging the gap between business and spirituality, finding practical, down-to-earth applications for timeless universal wisdom. She has been a guest speaker for colleges, civic organizations, businesses, and associations.</span></div>
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Detective Paige Whiskey has a lot on her plate. A gate to Hell is permanently seared into her soul and she has no way of controlling it. She let a psychotic serial killing demon free in exchange for Dexx’s life. Her sister is about to have a baby and a whole world of crazy has opened in the Whiskey household. And, if that wasn’t enough, she and Dexx are trying to figure out their relationship.<br />
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Paige has to make a decision. Solve this murder and start a war? Or ignore it and keep her family safe?<br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Welcome to our blog tour for <i>Blood Moon Magick</i>. I hope you’re
enjoying yourselves. Today, we have Leslie Mooney-Whiskey, Paige’s sister, with
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<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">**Leslie
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: You look a little nervous.
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: <i>**chuckles** </i>I am. I’ve never really been outside of your head like
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: Well, don’t worry. People
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: Oh, thank goodness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: Let’s start with something
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Moon Magick? </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: Well, I was pregnant
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie <i>**laugh** </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: I love bringing children
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: You have a unique gift in
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: <i>**holds up finger and straightens in chair** </i>That’s what makes
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: Yeah. When I was, I don’t
know, six months pregnant with Mandy, I set fire to something. I don’t even
remember. I think it was bills, or something. I freaked out. Went screamin’ to
Grandma to see what was wrong with me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: How many things did you
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: We’re lucky we didn’t have
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: But that’s a pretty cool
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: <i>You</i> say that when you’re the hormonal, cranky woman who sets fire
to anything when she’s pissed, cranky, or balling her eyes out. We had to
replace most of the kitchen stuff, my desk, a pillow, and some of Tru’s
wardrobe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: He could use a wardrobe
change anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: What? You don’t like his
wrinkled Burmuda shorts and holy t-shirts? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: <i>**laughs** </i>No. I love them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: You lie. You lie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: Did you enjoy being in the
story at all? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: Oh, heck yeah. I got to
learn so much about shape shifters and other things. That was amazing. Shape
shifters are cool! Did you know that wolfsbane really works? But only on the
ones that were born that way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: Did not know that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: I Google while you sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: I often wonder how you
pull up information I don’t know. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: <i>**smug look** </i>I also really enjoyed getting into those old books.
Grimoires. They were neat. And I got to go back to college to see my buddy who
could translate them for me. Oh, boy. Made me remember some good times. And
made me feel old. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: You’re younger than me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: I think you need to math
some more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: Math is not a verb. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: I don’t care. You and I are
the same age, dear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: Oh. So…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: Those conversations between
you and Mr. Dork? Yeah. You’re not too old to have a baby. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: If I wanted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: You should use that argument
more, then. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">**Frankie
sticks out tongue**<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">**Leslie
smiles smugly** <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: Fine. What’s it like being
a witch in this book? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: Um, it’s cool. The magick
is just very earthy and helpful. I love the connection we have through the All
Mother, though that seems to have gotten stronger all of a sudden and I’m not
sure why. But I like it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: What can you tell us about
the future books? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Leslie: Just…wow. The story just
keeps getting better and better as we go along. Everyone’s going off in their
own different directions. We’re all growing, and the other witches? They’re
crazy. Just crazy. You’re—not you, Frankie, because you wrote it, but the
readers—are really going to love it. I know I do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Frankie: Thanks, Les. And thank
everyone else for being here. If you have any questions for Leslie, please
contact me on Facebook, Twitter, or in the comments section of this post. And
thank you to our wonderful host for letting us take over her blog. Everyone,
blessed be and have a wonderful day! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Book Description:</b><br />
Crossing Over ... What Happens After Death? <br />
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Physsie showed up at the front door in her underwear in the middle of the night six months after she died. "I'm ready to get going on the book," she said. Anne Salisbury and Greg Meyerhoff were shocked. As intuitives, they weren't surprised to encounter Anne's mother in a vision. Before she had died, they had promised her that she would write a book with them from the other side that explains the afterlife--they just hadn't anticipated so dramatic a starting point. <br />
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The answers given by Physsie and the loving group consciousness All That Is, communicated telepathically through Anne, are revealed in Journey to Heaven.<br />
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This book is unique. As a medium, Anne shares with you the messages and experiences of those who have crossed over. As a channel of higher wisdom, Anne offers you insights into the deeper purpose of life on both sides. <br />
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If you have ever wondered about the afterlife, the transition of a loved one or your own crossing over, this is for you. <br />
• Understand what death really is. <br />
• Discover the realities of heaven. <br />
• Learn how to create a better afterlife now. Anne Salisbury, PhD, and Greg Meyerhoff are award-winning authors, internationally known intuitives, and entertaining speakers who provide intuitive consulting and coaching for relationships, business, health, pets, and loved ones who have crossed over. Visit <a href="http://gointuition.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GoIntuition.com</a> for your free eNewsletter.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>My thoughts:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">I enjoyed reading Journey To Heaven way more than I thought I would. I have always loved the idea that you get the decide what your life will be like before you are born. I liked reading abou</span><span style="color: #e06666;">t </span><span style="color: #e06666;">Physsie's experiences in the afterlife. What I got from this book is that life and even death is pretty much what you make it, and also you have to learn to love yourself. I give this book 5 stars!</span><br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467264415813_3684" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Regina Shen is an outcast forced to fend for herself in a world that bans books and artifacts from before the Great Collapse. An approaching storm could be the least of her problems. The World Federation condemns Regina and her family to live on the seaward side of barrier walls. Those walls were built to hold back rising seas caused by abrupt climate change and as a place to dump outcasts.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666;">My Thoughts:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It was love at first page! Seriously I loved everything about this book, I'm even in love with the book cover. I took this book everywhere with me so I could read it every little chance I got and couldn't wait to continue reading when I had to put it down for any reason. Resilience had all the things I want in a book especially my top 2 requirements of a great book which are great characters and plenty of action/adventure. The story reminds of The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner (the movies because I have never read the books). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Resilience is the first book in a series and that makes me happy because I'm not ready to leave Regina Shen's world yet, even though it's a world without men and that would be sad :(. I can't wait to read them all and find out what Regina and her friends get into next! I would recommend this book to EVERYONE! I give it 5 stars.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467264415813_3775" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He was raised by a roaming aerospace engineer, growing up in various parts of the United States and Europe, as well as traveling through Asia. He took to stories as his anchor, including the works of Asimov, Bradbury, and Heinlein, and has been writing since age eleven.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Willem</span></b></div>
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Witches of Wimberley<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Victoria
Danann<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Genre: paranormal romance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Date of Publication: June 24, 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Number of pages: 265<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Willem is an out of work actor. He
gave himself ten years to make it and never got a single paying job. While
waiting for what would probably be his last audition ever, the guy standing
behind him in line gave him a card with a phone number and said, “If you’re
definitely quitting, try the witches.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He took the card for the sake of
being polite and planned to throw it away. But he didn’t throw it away. He
called the number, entered the annual competition to win a witch, and won. To
his amazement, he got everything he’d ever wanted from life, but in the end
would have to make a choice. What’s more important? Being happy or being free
of commitment?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Lyra, this is
Willem.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Oh, yes. Willem.
Are you having fun?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I, ah, yes. I
just got here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Have you had
something to eat? We wouldn’t want you to be hungry and there’s so much food!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’ll never forget
the food.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She barked out a
laugh. “You hope!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It took me a
second to catch up and remember about the memory wipe thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Well, yeah, I
guess I do hope I remember.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Her grin resolved
into a smile. “So tell me what you’re going to do with your life if you win,
Willem.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“You know, that
still sounds like one of those what-would-you-do-if-you-got-a-million-dollars
questions. It feels too unreal to take seriously.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She nodded. “A
good solid honest answer. I like that.” After studying me for a few seconds,
she said, “Okay. You passed my test. Let me introduce you to Lilith.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She turned me
around when she took my arm and, as she did, I happened to catch a heated look
exchanged between Harmony and Raider. It was an, “Ah hah,” moment immediately
followed by an, “Oh, crap,” moment when I realized that, if I won Harmony’s
sister, Raider would be my brother-in-law. I understood why he was happy enough
to star in the Orientation video and babysit inexperienced canoers on the
river. She was a catch and he knew it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I decided there
are worse things than being in Raider’s family. He didn’t actually finish
drowning me in the river, but at the time it felt like he was trying. On the
other hand, he insisted on showing me to the ballroom. And he called me ‘hero’.
Who couldn’t get used to that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I was ushered from
one beautiful woman to the next and each took measure of me in her own way. It
was an interview, or audition, but it was the most pleasant I’d ever
experienced. Or ever would, I was sure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Still, after an
hour or so, I was getting hungry. When Bless tried to walk me to another chat,
I balked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Hey, could you
maybe give me a couple of minutes to partake of some of the amazing feast
stations? I haven’t eaten and that guy in the other part of the house carving
that prime rib really spoke to me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bless had a laugh
that didn’t exactly sound like tinkling bells, but reminded me of them just the
same. “Certainly, Willem. Would you like me to accompany you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“That would be…” I
happened to look away and notice that most of the conversational groups in the
room consisted of clusters of contestants, not a witch in sight. I realized
that’s what I’d been seeing the whole time whenever I looked away from the
woman I was talking with. “Bless, I hope this isn’t an inappropriate question,
but am I getting special treatment?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bless treated me
to an extra big helping of her tinkling bells laugh. “Willem, you’re quite
perceptive. And you’ve passed my test.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“You know, you’re
the sixth or seventh person to say that to me. Is this a gauntlet of gorgeous
women in sexy red dresses?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Again the laugh.
“I love that description. You’re quite a character, Willem. You would fit in
around here.” As she smiled at me, she grabbed the elbow of another beauty
passing by. “Glory, this is Willem.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When Glory smiled,
I knew how she was named. “Hi, Willem.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“He’s hungry and
headed in the direction of prime rib.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Of course he is.
I don’t see a man like this eating watercress.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Yes, well,
perhaps you’d like to accompany him while he dines.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Glory seemed as
ecstatic as if she’d won the prize herself. “Of course! Willem. I’d be
honored.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She slipped her
arm in mind and walked me to the prime rib. “What would you like with that?”
she asked. “While Raleigh is slicing your rib just the way you want it, I’ll
gather up something to go with.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“You sure?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Idle hands are
the devil’s workshop.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Okay, then.
Caesar salad. And did I see au gratin potatoes?” She nodded. “That should do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She pointed to a
table at the rear of the room. “I’ll meet you right there.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She was there with
salad and spuds before I arrived with a hunk of prime rib that smelled so good
it was all I could do to not face plant into the plate and tear into it with my
teeth. Somehow I managed to preserve enough dignity to sit and take a few bites
of salad before digging into my current reason for living with fork and knife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Out of nowhere a
waiter appeared on my right pouring red wine into my glass. That was followed
with a delivery of ice water seconds later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“You’ve eaten?” I
asked Glory, who sat smiling with her legs crossed as if there’s nothing in the
universe she’d rather be doing than watching me eat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Much earlier.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone appeared
with a mint garnished drink that I hadn’t heard Glory order.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’ve decided that
Wimberley must have the best service in the world. I’m certain the queen of
England is envious.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She smiled. “Don’t
you know you get what you pay for, Willem?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“So I’ve heard.
I’m just a middle class boy from Alabama so I wouldn’t have much personal
experience in that department.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“You don’t strike
me as someone who thinks of Golden Bull Buffet as a special occasion.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I had some nice
times courtesy of my agent.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Your agent? Oh,
that’s right. You were an actor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“How is it that
everyone seems to know me by name? And, obviously, some know more than just my
name. Have you memorized bios on all fifty contestants? And come to think of
it, why did you say ‘were an actor’?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“First, yes. We
look over incoming guests. Second, some of us just learn names, some of us read
more and have good recall. Third, you told our people in L.A. that you’re done
with acting. That puts it in the past tense, right?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Right. So, should
I be asking questions about you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She grinned.
“You’re funny, Willem.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Why’s that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Because you have
been asking questions.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hearing her say it
out loud, I realized that was true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“This prime rib is
indescribable. And the wine, he didn’t ask me for a preference, but I’ve gotta
tell you. It’s amazing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“If you win,
you’ll eat whatever you want when you want it. As far as the staff goes,
they’re very skilled at reading people and anticipating needs.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Or desires.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“You’re quick,
Willem. I like that. And you’ve passed my test.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">About
the Author: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author of eleven romances. Victoria's Knights of Black Swan series
won BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES THREE YEARS IN A ROW. Reviewers Choice
Awards, The Paranormal Romance Guild.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Her paranormal romances come with
uniquely fresh perspectives on "imaginary" creatures, characters, and
themes. She adds a dash of scifi, a flourish of fantasy, enough humor to make
you laugh out loud, and enough steam to make you squirm in your chair. Her
heroines are independent femmes with flaws and minds of their own whether they
are aliens, witches, demonologists, psychics, past life therapists. Her heroes
are hot and hunky, but they also have brains, character, and good manners.
**Usually.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Victoria lives in The Woodlands,
Texas with her husband and a very smart, mostly black German Shepherd dog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hope only fades if you allow it to…<br />
Now that Talon Haraway has been taken captive by the Arcaians, Ambry knows it’s only a matter of time before he is executed. But to make matters worse, she must go against her once-best-friend, Gwynn Hawkes, to free him. Whether Ambry likes it or not, drinking those tears changed Gwynn. Not only is she subjecting her kinsmen’s magic, but with Tyrus preoccupied with his upcoming war, Gwynn is acting more and more in Tyrus’s stead, giving commands and leading skirmishes.<br />
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Ambry refuses to believe Gwynn is gone for good, however. Along with juggling with her forbidden feelings for Talon, her desire to free her people’s magic, and the ever-growing need to protect the tears from being drunk, the solution to stopping Gwynn means hoping harder than she ever has before. Hope can’t undo what magic has already done, but paired with action–and her newfound magic–Ambry’s hope in Gwynn might be just what her friend needs to leave the dark path she’s on.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“In the vision, I was sitting on a bench,” says Jomeini, her eyes distant. “The sunlight beat warm against the stone I sat on, but the wind that blew was brisk and harsh. A storm rode on that wind, a storm I knew I wouldn’t be able to stop. Afterwards, I drew this.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Jomeini pulls another card from beside the others and hands it to Shasa.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“It’s a coat,” Shasa says, confused. She traces a finger over the handless, headless trenchcoat, drawn as though it’s blowing in the very wind Jomeini claims she felt during its vision.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“I assumed it meant that I wouldn’t be comfortable in my home much longer, that I would need protection from whatever storm was riding on that wind. I assumed it meant that Grandfather was taking me from my refuge, my home in Xavienke, and that I would need to find protection in Valadir. And it did, in a sense. But the drawing was also literal. Whose coat do you see?”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Chills brush across Shasa’s skin. “Color it yellow, and that could be Craven’s.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Jomeini rubs her arms as if chafing away whatever memory fills her mind at that moment. Shasa wonders if it’s the same one she’s recalling, the sight of the dingy yellow trenchcoat Craven wore the day he snatched Shasa from right in front of the Triad Palace into an abandoned building and stole her magic then and there.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“What does the star mean, then?” Shasa asks. When Jomeini doesn’t answer immediately, Shasa continues thinking aloud. “Stars provide light in the night sky. They’ve held their places for years, giving sailors something to sail by.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“But this one is a shooting star,” Jomeini says. “This one is setting off on its own course.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“And you think it pertains to Tyrus?”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Jomeini shakes her head. “I thought so at first. I Saw Tyrus, yes. But I Saw others with him. Among his soldiers was a blonde woman I didn’t recognize.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“A group of stars,” Shasa says inwardly. “With one straying from all the rest.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“It means change is coming, and someone is at the center of it. I thought it was Tyrus, but now I’m not so sure. See the other star beside this? See how the bursts on the star go one way, so it looks like the star can be spearing to the left? But if you look at it this way…” Jomeini turns the card until it’s upside down. “Now the star could be shooting to the right.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“So Tyrus isn’t leaving?”</span><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6283801405004247693" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Not in so many words. It’s more complicated than I can explain, but something Tyrus is going to do will be as vast as the effort of crossing an ocean with no other guide but the stars. It’s going to change the world as we know it. And depending on what we do, that change is going to veer the races one way or the other. For good.” She holds the star picture one way. “Or for ill.” She turns it the other direction.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Shasa swallows and takes the card, experimenting. The star’s direction turns with each flip, more indecisive than the weather. It’s like the picture of a smiling man with a furrow in his forehead her mother used to draw. She would turn it upside down, and though the picture hadn’t changed at all, the man would look sad and menacing instead. All because of one or two carefully placed lines.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“So how do we get this change to veer in the direction we want it to go?” Shasa asks.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Jomeini doesn’t answer. Instead, she fingers the collar at her throat. The two girls sit in the boat in silence, bathing in the deep wake of their thoughts.</span><br /><br />
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Cortney Pearson is a mother, a musician, and a lover of all things pink and sparkly. She is the author of Phobic, about doors that shouldn't be opened, and the Stolen Tears series, about an enchanted vial of tears and the girl chosen to wield them. Cortney lives with her husband and three sons in a small Idaho farm town. She believes anything can be made better with a good attitude and a book tucked away for those just-in-case times.<br />
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Captain No Beard is determined to travel to Dew Rite Volcano. He won't listen when Mongo predicts a storm or Linus indicates they are headed in the wrong direction. He insists Polly cook in the galley even though the seas are getting rough. What's a crew to do with a stubborn, know-it-all captain? Will they convince the captain he is barreling headlong into danger, or will Captain No Beard jeopardize both his safety and the crew’s with his single-minded determination to go where he wants?<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Being A Captain Is Hard Work is the first Captain No Beard story I have read. I read it to my 2 and 4 year old boys and it didn't hold their attention for very long. This book is meant for 5-8 year olds and I can see why. This book teaches children a lesson that no one knows everything and you have to learn to listen to others. It's a little adventure book with very cute pictures. I give this book 3.5 stars.</span><br />
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<b>Publisher: Last Syllable Books</b></div>
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<b>Publication: June 21, 2016</b></div>
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The tables are turned with a vengeance in this tour de force love story. Nearly a year has gone by and now it’s Dorothy who is fragmented and lost, while Joey keeps the promise he had made her to better himself —even though she’s gone. Joey talks about what is happening in the present while Dorothy describes what happened before— in the moments and hours after the Glock dropped. This time the stakes are even higher, as Joey forces himself to move forward while Dorothy is frozen in place. But when he learns of a devastating decision, Joey races to find her before it is too late. Truth, consequence, repercussion and modern medicine collide as pieces converge in this psychological, thrilling story which begs the question: Can love really conquer all?<br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Excerpt from <em>Signs of Life</em></span></h3>
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<strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Joey — Now</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I get to the church, and low and behold there’s a new message on its sign. The messages outside this church make my soul shudder. I try not to look at it, but then I always do. It’s like an accident on the side of the road. A really bad accident, where there’s nothing you can do to help—and there you are, staring. Helpless.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I think of this sign like an especially bad therapy session. Like it’s a shrink bringing up shit—no, topics—you don’t want to think about. But this sign is even worse, because it’s not just about me. It’s about all of us—and there ain’t a thing I can do about it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I don’t know what’s up with this church always making people feel bad before they walk in—or maybe they’re trying to guilt you to come in and pray, to try and do something to ease the pain.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Maybe religion’s just another drug.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Tonight the sign says, “No good deed goes unpunished.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I said that once myself, to Doll. I didn’t even know where it came from, it just blurted out without my even thinking about it. It was like the words were divinely delivered into my throat for me to say. When it was too late to do anything about them.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Typical God.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Makes you wonder what's up with him, causing all this grief. Maybe he’s toying with us.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">But I still go to meetings and I still surrender. What else can I do? And anyway, I don’t have the the strength to fight anymore.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Never thought I’d see that day.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I salute ol’ Jesus still nailed up on that cross and head inside. Poor Jesus. If he had no chance, what’s gonna happen to the rest of us?</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Dorothy – Then</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The more we kissed the dreamier I felt, like that first</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">time. At the museum, by the Monet</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">paintings. When we floated among the</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">water lilies. We just drifted right in with</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">them. Now we were</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">floating in the water</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">below us, going with the</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">current, carried by the</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">tide. Nature, we could</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">trust.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">But could we trust human</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">nature?</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">We were still holding</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">hands, he was clutching</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">me, so tight, but then he</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">let go of one</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">hand and</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">touched</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">my</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">hair. It made me feel like when his</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">dad touched me, and my entire body</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">shook. I pushed him off of me and</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">gasped, sucking in huge</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">breaths and yet still unable to</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">breathe.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Doll …” he tried to touch me again and I</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">recoiled. I fell to my</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">knees on the</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">sidewalk, but I felt no physical</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">pain. It occurred to me to</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">pray</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">but the last time I did that I got</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">screwed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“What is it?” he asked. He was bent down beside</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">me, but giving me distance</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">too.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I couldn’t</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">answer, but it really didn’t matter because I didn’t</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">know the answer.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Do you need me to</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">get</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">help?”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">My eyes were closed now as I</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">concentrated on calming</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">myself. Who needed God</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">anyway? Joey had been right about</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">him.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Maybe I was my</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">own</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">God, maybe we were each our</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">own</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">gods, and that thought made me</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">laugh. Then I was laughing and</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">breathing, and I was</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">okay. Which proved my thesis,</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">right? I opened my eyes and looked at</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Joey, who was not getting the</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">joke.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“What the hell?”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">He looked like he was about to fit</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">me for a</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">straight</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">jacket.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“I guess … I guess I have a little</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">PTSD. When you touched my</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">hair, I flashed back to your</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">dad touching</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">me …”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“I’m</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">sorry. Okay, I’ll</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">keep out of your</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">hair.” He gave me a crooked</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">grin.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I smiled</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">back. “For</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">now.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“But … what was so</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">funny?”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“I surrendered to a higher</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">power that turned out to be</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">me.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">He stared at me for a few</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">beats. Then he said, “Whatever</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">works for</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">you.”</span></blockquote>
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Why had God placed this life in front of me? To start with, the Lord never gives you more than you can handle. <br />
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I would be born to parents Joyce and Denny Grant, married at ages seventeen and twenty-three. It was a match made by way of Denny’s maternal aunt, Kitty. In 1956 she was my mother’s roommate in Camarillo, a California insane asylum. This marriage was a slice of ****, giving birth to three children. Joyce would kill her second born, Jimmy, followed by her hanging me as a two-year-old, three years later. <br />
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Where does one’s life go from there? What were the reasons for these events—or those that followed, many of which my mind blacked out? What was God’s plan? What would I learn? When would I begin to remember . . .<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Family of Distorted Minds can be tough to read for some because it deals with topics like child abuse, rape, and more. Knowing that this is a true story makes it even more difficult because you know that all these horrible things actually did happen to the author and her family. Even though reading everything Deborah went through broke my heart I loved reading this book. While reading Family of Distorted Minds I could feel Deborahs pain the mental, emotional, and even the physical. I could actually feel her neck pain everytime she would mention it. I think it's a wonderful talent when an author can make you feel all the emotions good and bad. Writing a book like this must have been so hard. Thank you Deborah for sharing your story and choosing not to repeat the cycle of abuse. I give this book 5 stars.</span><br />
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Deborah Rose is author of the book "Family of Distorted Minds", an open account of her life, shattered both physically and emotionally by her family. She invites you to examine the life God placed in front of her, in which "my dysfunctional family taught me what not to be!" She proceeds with the daily, lifelong lesson to be a part of the solution, versus the problem, allowing the healing assets of Empathy and Forgiveness to develop within. By sharing her story, Deborah's greatest hope is that her fellow humankind walk away realizing, be they old or young, it is never too late to right a wrong and be part of the solution, not the problem, thus enabling the power of atonement. Deborah now resides peacefully in Las Vegas, Nevada, enjoying her new life with kind-minded companions who know "Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love." (Mahavira) You can contact Deborah at rosezee777@gmail.com.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Fifty years after the Disaster, the world is vastly different from days of old. Wizardry is the norm and magical talent is categorized. Josephine O'Connor, an eighty-four-year-old with a penchant for off-beat antics, is a category six, which means she possesses magical powers as rare as they are unsettling and a talent for psychometry that is so strong and acute that she can read the psychic impressions in a room without touching anything.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I want to start off by what I really liked about Grumpy Old Wizards. The best thing for me was the MAGIC! The main reason I wanted to read this book was because it had to do with wizards. Grumpy Old Wizards was entertaining enough to keep me reading even though I didn't feel very connected to the characters. The mystery in the case Josephine was helping to solve was so easy to figure out though. Did I feel I wasted my time reading this book? No, I actually enjoyed it and would like to read the rest of the series. I give this book 4 stars.</span><br />
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John O'Riley is an award winning fiction writer. He is the author of the Grumpy Old Wizards series, The Winters Family Psi Chronicles series, and the Wizards of Seattle series. His official author website is at <a href="http://johnoriley.webs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://johnoriley.webs.com</a>. You can sign up for his newsletter and new book notifications to stay in the loop about new books coming out and special offers.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />His most recent accomplishments include the movie feature screenplay, Cursed, which is an Honorable Mention Winner for the 2012 Screenplay Festival and also the screenplays Cursed, Project Pandora, Pinky Swear, Incipio, and Bad Sister which have been listed as Quarter Finalists, Semi Finalists, and Top Finalists in the 2012 Screenplay Festival, 2012 Filmmakers International Screenplay Awards, 2012 StoryPros International Awards, 2012 Pulsar Sci Fi Screenplay Contest, and the 2012 Reel Authors International Breakout.</div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">This glow in the dark set comes with 100 stickers. I thought I would use them all but I only ended up using about half in my room because </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">I realized 100 is a lot</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> so I am saving the rest for later. I was happy with how easy the back paper was to peel and the glue seems pretty strong. I have only had them up a couple days so I'll have to see how long they last. The only thing I feel that was missing from this set is some tiny stars and maybe even a couple shooting stars. Another thing I was a little sad about was that I couldn't use them on my ceiling because it isn't flat. Other than that I am very happy with these glow in the dark stars and I give them 4.5 stars.</span></span></div>
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Leilani's mother has never set foot in her school until the day she whisks her children out of their Pacific Island country, without their father and without explanation. Eighteen years later, Leilani just wants to leave the past behind, move forward.<br />
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She has settled peacefully in California and like her long-lost father, she heals people. But her tranquil existence is disturbed one evening.<br />
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A computer nerd and culinary whiz with a biting sense of humor, Justin is brokenhearted from the loss of his girlfriend who has left him after seven years. All he wants is to drown his sorrows. But he finds more trouble than he's looking for when thugs assault him.<br />
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But Leilani cannot deny her feelings. As they begin to fall in love, her past comes back to haunt her.<br />
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SPR Independent Woman Authors 2015 bronze awardee Evy Journey has always been fascinated with words and seduced by beautiful prose. She loves Jane Austen and invokes her spirit every time she spins tales of love, loss, and finding one's way--stories she interweaves with mystery or intrigue and sets in various locales.<br />
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The mind is what fascinates her most. So, armed with a Ph.D., she chose to work in mental health, researching and developing programs. And writing like an academic. Not a good thing if you want to sound like a normal person. So, she's written fiction (happy fiction) as an antidote.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Category:</b> Adult fiction (18+), 336 pages</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Genre:</b> Mystery, Techno-thriller, Amateur Sleuth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher:</b> Open Road</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Release date:</b> Sept 1, 2015</span><br />
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A seemingly mundane computer clean-up leads to an electrifying quest for an enigmatic—and deadly—treasure in this gripping techno-thriller.<br />
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After selling his dorm-room startup for millions and effectively retiring at the age of twenty-five, Alex Fife is eager for a new challenge. When he agrees to clean up an old PC as a favor, he never expects to find the adventure of a lifetime waiting for him inside the machine. But as he rummages through old emails, Alex stumbles upon a startling discovery: The previous owner, a shady antiques smuggler, had been trying to unload a mysterious object known as the Florentine on the black market. And with the dealer’s untimely passing, the Florentine is now unaccounted for and ripe for the taking. Alex dives headfirst into a hunt for the priceless object.<br />
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What starts out as a seemingly innocuous pursuit quickly devolves into a nightmare when Alex discovers the true technological nature of the Florentine. Not just a lost treasure, it’s something far more insidious: a weapon that could bring the developed world to its knees. Alex races through subterranean grottos, freezing morgues, and hidden cellars in the dark underbelly of Los Angeles, desperate to find the Florentine before it falls into the wrong hands. Because if nefarious forces find it first, there’ll be nothing Alex—or anyone else—can do to prevent a catastrophic attack.<br />
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The author is donating all of his proceeds from sales of The Florentine Deception to charities to help underprivileged and low-income students.<br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463556218404_30442" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carey Nachenberg is Symantec Corporation's Chief Engineer and is considered one of the inventors of Norton AntiVirus. As Chief Engineer, Carey drives the technical strategy for all of Symantec's core security technologies and security content. He has led the design and development of Symantec's core antivirus, intrusion prevention and reputation-based security technologies; his work in these areas have garnered over eighty-five United States patents.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">by Ashley Terrell</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Non Fiction / Self-Help / Memoir</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Date Published:</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">April 19, 2016</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The city lights blind your amazement. The sound of the traffic challenges you to be alive. Families ask bystanders to make magic and capture the moment with photographs. Newly engaged couples seal their union by kissing under shooting stars while loving by crossing their hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">But if your heart was under arrest, wouldn't you want to embrace something to feel like others?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Go insider the world of one courageous sheep as she discovers that her heart was under attack by darkness. As she travels on a spiritual journey to understanding her purpose, overcoming the undertones of low confidence, self-acceptance, and the importance of inspiration, she rose against the odds with forgiveness and strengthening her faith.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Your past does not define your future.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">In the dark, we do not have shadows.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">In the light, we do.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Even me.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Even you.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Even sheep.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">It is time out for hiding the scars and pain.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">It is time out for disguising when we need help.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">It is time to stand up and embrace yourself.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Regardless of violence.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Regardless of opinions.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Regardless of loneliness.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Regardless of beauty.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">You are who you are.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Your future is what you want it to be.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">You have a shadow. You have an identity.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">Even black sheep have shadows.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">God’s sheep are only black because society locks us in a room with the
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">What’s going to make you determined</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">to turn the light on?</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> Here is my story.</span></span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b><u>The Inspiration Behind The Black Sheep Shadow</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">By Ashley Terrell,<i> Author of</i> The Black Sheep Shadow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> The ideal
meaning of inspiration can have many definitions. Whether it is a pin for
Pinterest or a post for Instagram, we try to relate it to our lives. But does
it relate to our <i>reality </i>or our
persuasive potential? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> As the
media crowd airwaves with the potent details of current events, correctional
surgery and fashion sales, the potential of who “we could” be is being
unsympathetically sold to millions. Many assume no one bright originates from
dark places as the “2’s” and “3’s” are primped by hair and makeup to soak in
the glam of [potentially] being the season’s newest star. Meanwhile, women
[living in reality] are battling with depression, life’s decisions and
insecurities - silently. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> I wanted my
writing to be purposeful. I wanted to break barriers. I wanted to influence
awareness, prevention and testimony. I wanted to impact the younger generation
and empower older generations. I wanted
to write material readers of all ages were able to gain strength, explore their
courage, empower their inner soldier and share their testimony. We endure many
battles regarding our full dynamic. Consequently, our willingness to reach
happiness is paused. I envisioned
readers using <i>The Black Sheep Shadow </i>to
cultivate a platform to heighten awareness, support, encourage and motivate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> My
inspiration behind <i>The Black Sheep Shadow
</i>stemmed from determination to endure trenches, valleys and storms to define
my purpose. Every stumble and road block made me stronger. My strength inspired
me to express my [compressed] emotions. Infused with ambition and my outspoken
nature, I was inspired to write my story in light of overcoming and wanting to
bring awareness to millions of people that have been silenced by life’s
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The hardships and pain infused in <i>The Black Sheep Shadow </i>were a humble
sacrifice to aspire others to conquer their uncertainties and claim their
happiness. To feel alive everyday, you
must be able to feel as it is a part of the process. Wouldn’t get be great to
know you can feel everything without your heart under arrest? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Ashley Terrell is the founder of Stella Bistro Foods and Black Sheep Inc. Terrell is the host and co-director of Cooking with Stella (2016). She resides on the East Coast where she enjoys blissful sunsets and sounds of ocean waves.</span></span></div>
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<strong>Gilt: By Invitation Only</strong><br />
<b>(Gilt Series, #1)</b><br />
<strong>Geneva Lee</strong><b><br />
Publication date: </b>May 17th 2016<br />
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Genres: </b>YA Contemporary<br />
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In a world with too much money and not enough rules, anything goes. Welcome to Belle Mère, the most exclusive zip code outside the Las Vegas Strip. It’s every sinner’s fantasy and every good parent’s worst nightmare.<br />
Emma Southerly doesn’t belong at Belle Mère Prep despite her new stepfather’s money. Not after she shunned her invite to the popular table, and especially not after what happened last summer. So when her best friend begs her to crash an invite-only, end of the year party, she should say no with a capitol H-E-L-L.<br />
It’s just a party. What could go wrong?<br />
Getting kicked out to start. Running into the man who destroyed your family.<br />
Everything.<br />
Until she meets Jamie, who’s also hiding from the in-crowd. After spending the nightwith the cute stranger, Emma barely makes it home before news hits Belle Mère’s brunch tables. A body’s been found on the West estate, and Jamie is the number one suspect. But he couldn’t have done it…right?<br />
Emma isn’t sure she can trust him or the rest of Belle Mère. After all, no one is safe when everyone is a liar.</blockquote>
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Eighteen-year-old Marin has few clues about where she came from, outside of a recurring nightmare of a horrific boating accident. Determined to prove to the world and to herself that she can overcome her water phobia and lead a normal life, she enrolls in a summer internship at a marine research facility in California.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">“This book grabbed me right away and never let me go! The characters were fresh and believable and immediately took you into their world. Not sure who the intended audience would be but I am 68 and enjoyed it immensely but my 16 year old granddaughter would love it too! Kathy Walters allows us to enter into the world of her imagination and escape our own for a while. I am looking forward to more from her!”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">If she walked away, she would always know she had a limit. If she gave her fears that kind of power, would she one day be so ruled by them that she couldn’t take a bath again? Drink a glass of water? She had heard about hydrophobics that would go hysterical even if someone sprayed them with mist. She didn’t want to spend the rest of her life like that. The wind whipped her hair around her face, blinding her for a moment. She absently gathered it up and tied it in a knot above her head, sighing.</span><br />
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Katherine Armstrong Walters has been making up stories since she was old enough to talk. She was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, but moved to Texas where she and her husband, Kelly, have enjoyed living in the country and raising their five fabulous sons, two cats, one snake and a small herd of chickens. When she’s not writing she loves sketching, editing, painting, reading, being outdoors, remodeling, and travelling with her family. Her favorite hobbies include boating and Star Wars.<br />
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<span id="freeText14709063881461348417">WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T GET OLD. In fiery young Deirdre Callaghan’s home of Skellig City, no one has dreamt their own dream in over a thousand years. Dreams are produced by the Dream Makers and sold by the Ministry, the tyrannical rulers of the city. In Skellig City, years of life are awarded equally and the ruined are cast away beneath the city on their 35th birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Deirdre was falling from a great height. The air was cold and her hair blew up around her like a golden veil. Ice crystals collected in her curls and they turned rigid as she fell. And then she crashed headlong into a body of ice-cold water. The freezing temperature bit into her skin like a thousand pinpricks, and her eyes flew wide open. Above her was the light of the surface, but a powerful current was sucking her down, down, down into the dark. She flailed against the downward pull, kicking with her legs and reaching with her arms. She knew that the single breath of air in her lungs wouldn’t last much longer. At the last moment, just as she felt that she might open her mouth and drink down the dark water, the riptide from below released her. She kicked for the light, but soon the true horror of the ‘Mare became clear. The surface was sealed away with a thick layer of ice and frost. There would be no air for her lungs in this underwater prison. She beat her fists against the ice to no avail; the dark water wouldn’t let go. She was drowning with the surface just out of reach.</span></div>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">She tried to scream a curse at the Minister, but in this ‘Mare there was only silence. No sounds at all. She sucked down the freezing water and choked, over and over. Mercifully, she passed out. In that brief moment of unconsciousness, a hundred images flickered through her mind, each one like a photograph taken with a magnesium flash bulb. Images of Roenin, Flynn, and the red oak tree kept appearing. In the back of her mind her own voice formed a question: how does Roenin know about the Dream Protocol?</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">On the surface of the frost, something new came into the dream, something that the ‘Mare Makers would never have sequenced. The ice started to hiss and steam. A pattern wrote itself into the ice block; the five-circle symbol of the Makers. It burst into flame, melting the ice and cold all around the Maker’s daughter. Deirdre felt her body rising out of the water. In dream, she came Awake.</span><br />
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Irish-American author, Adara Flynn Quick, is the writer of The Dream Protocol series. Early in her career, Adara was fascinated by dreams, the unconscious, and the healing stories of many cultures. As a contemporary author, she writes young adult literature that brings ancient myths and legends into futuristic worlds. She is an accomplished visual artist and uses her background as a psychotherapist to inspire the finest and darkest moments of her characters.<br />
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