JADEN'S GRACE


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Upon hearing her long-lost daughter is trapped in Mexico, Jaden Hawke contacts her lover, ex-CIA field officer, Stephan Peltzini. Lt. Drummond, the RAND Service, and detectives from San Diego P.D., join Pelztini to search for Jaden’s Grace. Grace Sanchez is fleeing probation and suspicion that a Mexican cartel is after her and her father, as she crosses into Mexico at the San Ysidro border. When border agents notice she was born in Tijuana, she is sent to a detention center. After the RAND Service detectives hear a frantic message from Jaden Hawke’s daughter, they are reminded of the Gold Coins Case and kick-start a search and rescue operation. Rand and Sparky, are reluctant to begin the search because they speak little Spanish and have no Border Patrol connections. When they call Jaden Hawke’s attorney, Kale Davenport suggests Stephan Peltzini might be helpful because he speaks several languages and has a military background. As a result, Peltzini and the detectives form a taskforce, determined to find Jaden’s Grace.




How to Have Incredible Conversations with Your Child


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You: "How was your day?" Your child: "Fine." As a parent, you want to know what is going on in your child's life, how school and friendships are going, if they're feeling okay. As a kid you want to tell your parent what's going on, but it can be hard to find the words. This book is brilliant because it makes finding those words easy, and you discover incredible stuff about each other. How exactly do you make it happen? This accessible guide answers the million-dollar question by steering you, step by step through carefully supported and structured conversational platforms that encourage connection and strengthen relationship bonds. Written by two top clinical psychologists who have worked with families over many years they have, uniquely, designed it for you to read and experience, together. Inside this book you will find a range of fun, illustrated child-friendly conversation activities, organised around four key themes: who are you? how are you? what helps? what gets in the way? There is powerful evidence that building good parent-child communication skills improves emotional wellbeing, physical health, academic and employment success. It helps set up a trusting relationship so you can navigate adolescence and later life successfully. It's important to start early because it takes time to learn skills.




Grace: The Rose of Promise


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Grace wakes each night to the sound of an alluring voice, pleading for help, and reaching out to her from a time far ahead of her own. Unaware of the danger, or even the heartbreak that she could possibly face, she follows her instincts and her inner power of magical guidance on an extraordinary journey to where the voice leads her. Broc, lost in a world unfamiliar, a foreign land and time, struggles to find a way home by pleading to the powers that be to show him the way. Unexpectedly, an answer to his plans presents itself, and a lurking danger from the past confronts him in a battle of strength and will, taking from him the two things he treasures above all else. A story of love, loss, redemption and magic in the Scottish Highlands... ‘Grace’ ‘The Rose of Promise’ Book three in the Murray Series...




Whispers of Grace-Filled Blessings from the Mercy Seat


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As a certified inspirational and organizational life coach for the slightly frazzled... mildly burned-out... Princess of Great Destiny, Jan will inspire and encourage you, as you embark on your destiny odyssey-an odyssey God has designed, exclusively for you, His treasured Princess. She presents some Rx coaching strategies that will make room for more great “God Time.” The objective is simply this: To introduce ways a Princess can “De-Stress and De-compress” from her over-loaded, over-committed, energy-depleted, overwhelming, too busy, busy, busy, burned-out, “I need a Gallon of that Calgon Bath Time Take Me Away Stuff... life! God wants His cherished Princesses to experience “Outrageous Tickled-Pink Delight.” So, Princess of Great Destiny, even if your world appears to be falling apart at the seams, God plans on being there to share in your debut: NOW FEATURING... SPARKLING... GLITTERING... SHIMMERING... PRINCESS MOMENTS... INTRODUCING: WELL-RESTED...ENERGIZED...FOCUSED... CREATIVE...LOVING... SIMPLY AMAZING... YOU!




Shadow Mothers


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Shadow Mothers shines new light on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the "shadow mothers" they hire. Cameron Lynne Macdonald illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Based on in-depth interviews with professional women and childcare providers— immigrant and American-born nannies as well as European au pairs—Shadow Mothers locates the roots of individual skirmishes between mothers and their childcare providers in broader cultural and social tensions. Macdonald argues that these conflicts arise from unrealistic ideals about mothering and inflexible career paths and work schedules, as well as from the devaluation of paid care work.




Riptide: Star Wars Legends


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Anyone can escape danger. No one can escape the truth. When a ship full of Sith warriors arrived in Galactic Alliance space, the fight to destroy it accidentally uncovered a hidden menace: a long-hidden group of clones, secretly created as insidious weapons capable of wielding the Force and heedless of the differences between light side and dark side. Now the clones have escaped—and evidence suggests that they are flawed by genetic disease and violent madness. Jedi Knight Jaden Korr pursues the clones, hoping to heal them but prepared to destroy them. What he doesn’t know is that Sith agents are hot on his heels, determined not only to recover the clones for their Master but to capture Jaden for their own dark-side purposes. In a life-or-death battle, Jaden will confront a shocking reality that will rock him to his core and bring him face-to-face with the question of what makes a man . . . and a Jedi. Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!




The Guardian’S Saving Grace


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With everything going right for once in Jesses life, all the nightmares of Dean behind her now, the new baby on the way, what more could she ask for? The new baby may present more challenges than Jesse and James had ever bargained for, when things go horribly wrong during and after an early delivery. As new events unfold, the whole family is thrown into the supernatural mixing pot to protect the baby from an unknown foe. What lay in store for their new family down the road? Will it be the happily-ever-after that Jesse dreamed of, or will it forever be out of her reach? Is she destined to live a life of torment? Only God has the answers and fate seems to hold the key to unlock all of those perplexing answers. But only time will truly tell what God and fate both hold in store for Jesse, James, the new baby, and the rest of their adopted family, in the continuation of the guardian series.




Resolution


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Read Resolution, sequel to Misled. Three years have passed, and Nadine Jaden Hawke (a.k.a. Jade Anne) believes she has recovered from the trauma of betrayal, a murder trial, and Dr. Mounds’ effort to help her break a negative soul-tie—until she receives a call from her attorney. Jaden is retriggered when she hears three gold bracteates have been found in San Francisco, and she is forced to confront her past. Newly appointed police inspector Sgt. Crystal Snow and investigative reporter Declan Stone believe the coins are connected to the old Seattle murder case. Lt. Mitchell Drummond and the RAND service track a suspicious antique dealer to the Mexican border while defense attorney Kale Davenport and Jaden’s ex-boyfriend Stephan Peltzini pursue the stolen Hawke family fortune. Does Stephan finally redeem himself in Jaden’s eyes?




Self-Injury


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Life as a teenager can be tough. Pressures from school, expectations from parents, fitting in with peers, and facing self-doubt are just a few things that can weigh heavily on a teen’s shoulders. While some young adults seem to thrive on adversity, others wilt under the strain and opt for less productive means of coping. Millions of American teenagers and college students deliberately injure themselves as a way of handling stress. They cut, burn, break, and poison their bodies, seeking physical pain as a means to avoid emotional pain. In Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Judy Dodge Cummings tackles this serious subject, offering hope for young adults everywhere. In this book, Cummings defines self-injury as it is understood by the medical community and examines the causes of self-harm. The author shares the stories of several young women and men to help explain what types of people are most affected by this disorder. Topics covered in this book include Who is most prone to self-injury Internal and external triggers to self-harm The impact of social media and the Internet on this issue Obvious and subtle signs of self-harm Coping mechanisms Resources for individuals Aimed at teens who need to find healthier ways to handle the pressures of everyday life, this book will also assist friends and families who want to help their loved ones. Weaved throughout the chapters are first-person accounts of teens who intentionally hurt themselves, and their stories will help others understand they are not alone. Providing paths to recovery, Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to break free from self-destructive behavior.




Delicious Monsters


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“A haunted house thriller packed with cryptic mystery, dark humor, and bone-chilling twists.” —Ryan Douglass, New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this “genuinely terrifying” (School Library Journal, starred review) psychological thriller following two teen girls navigating the treacherous past of a mysterious mansion ten years apart. Daisy sees dead people—something impossible to forget in bustling, ghost-packed Toronto. She usually manages to deal with her unwanted ability, but she’s completely unprepared to be dumped by her boyfriend. So when her mother inherits a secluded mansion in northern Ontario where she spent her childhood summers, Daisy jumps at the chance to escape. But the house is nothing like Daisy expects, and she begins to realize that her experience with the supernatural might be no match for her mother’s secrets, nor what lurks within these walls… A decade later, Brittney is desperate to get out from under the thumb of her abusive mother, a bestselling author who claims her stay at “Miracle Mansion” allowed her to see the error of her ways. But Brittney knows that’s nothing but a sham. She decides the new season of her popular Haunted web series will uncover what happened to a young Black girl in the mansion ten years prior and finally expose her mother’s lies. But as she gets more wrapped up in the investigation, she’ll have to decide: if she can only bring one story to light, which one matters most—Daisy’s or her own? As Brittney investigates the mansion in the present, Daisy’s story runs parallel in the past, both timelines propelling the girls to face the most dangerous monsters of all: those that hide in plain sight.