Author : Jennifer Storm
Publisher : Central Recovery Press, LLC
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 20,18 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0981848222
Shows how a young person can rebuild his or her life after addiction and trauma.
Author : S. King
Publisher : S. King Books
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 17,6 MB
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Oralee Salazar had spent four years at a dead end job. Wasted three years with someone who didn’t love her. And for what? Nothing. She didn’t know what her calling was or if she even had one. Until he happened. Oralee had tried to become the perfect friend, girlfriend, assistant and woman. Under the guise her life would be the very definition of perfection. However, when a day of unfortunate happenings occur back to back Oralee's friend, Liz decides what better way to get her mind off things than to take a spontaneous trip to the Bahamas. Unfortunately, the girls never reach the desired white sand beaches, hunks in speedos and paradise they had dreamed of. Instead, they wind up in a completely different world with a completely different set of rules. The key player for Oralee Salazar? Lucian Winter, the fifth prince of the Cyvon dynasty. Lucian Winter, a prince and a war torn soldier, had risked life and limb for the family he was born into. It was his duty. His calling and the best chance he had at survival when it came to watching one emperor rescind the throne and another take his place. With a personality everyone feared and mismatched eyes, Lucian is the opposite of perfection in comparison to his remaining brothers. But that becomes the least of his concerns when two women seemingly fall in front of the throne and turn Bradington Palace upside down and inside out. With an imperial family watching every move they make and a prince hellbent on seeing Oralee fall, the women find themselves in a power struggle with Oralee being the main target for a vindictive empress. Having no way of getting back to their hometown, Geerolk, Liz and Oralee will have to conform to the Cyvon dynasty’s rules or die trying. Will Liz and Oralee return to the world they belong in? Or does Lucian Winter have other plans for the outsiders? Find out in Don’t Leave the Light On.
Author : Sonia Palleck
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 103918393X
Athena Brkovich believes in true love. Young, successful, beautiful and wild, Mason and Athena Armada are a romance for the ages. They appear to have everything anyone could want. As money pours in, their lives become more reckless. Passionate and dangerous, blind devotion leads Athena to the brink of her senses and her love is tested in ways that even she could not conceive of as a partner to Mason’s sexual voyeurism. When Athena faces motherhood, her desire for peace and her troubled past cannot be contained. While she finds herself retracing her mother’s steps, a path she swore she would never walk, Athena fails the ultimate test from Mason and she is plunged into a shame that she has never known. Athena suffers the peril of her own self destruction and she must turn inward. The little light that keeps exposing her deepest need, is also the guide for her most treacherous journey yet. How far will Athena go to worship the man she has promised herself to? Book 3 examines jealousy, infidelity, infertility, and the burden of obligations. Athena must make choices between the vision and the appearance versus the truth and the heartache; choices that will determine her ultimate destiny in their fiery tale.
Author : Sonia Palleck
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1039179797
Athena Brkovich believes in true love. Athena approaches adulthood like a paint-by-number - following the directions - but will her future become the masterpiece she dreams of? After high school, Athena quickly learns that nothing in life comes for free. The hurdles Athena jumps to escape her father’s shadow and her family’s impoverished past land her in London, Ontario. Athena has to face her insecurities about not fitting in at the Ivory tower of Western. Enter Mason Armada. Charismatic, handsome and athletic, it is love at first sight. Four years of dental school culminates in an education that covers more than how to fix teeth. Athena is becoming someone she has always imagined, the princess in her own fairy tale. Still, she isn’t sure she can pin her hopes on the irresistible playboy that has stolen her heart. But when Mason’s promises feel as false as her self-belief, Athena must choose between the man she wants to marry and the man she is with. Book two delves into the themes of romantic love, social status and the struggle for independence. Immersing herself in a misguided society, Athena wades into the darkness, trusting that her prince will come and save her.
Author : Sonia Palleck
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 24,98 MB
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1039188494
Athena Brkovich believes in true love. In the final book of the series, Athena finds herself plunged into her deepest fears. The predictions from a desert psychic are all coming true and Athena must survive as everything she has ever known comes to an end. Drinking to escape reality only leads her further from peace. But facing her demons threatens to destroy her. Taking on a married lover while navigating a divorce, Athena is plagued by moral, financial and emotional bankruptcy. Will she be the phoenix and rise again or will the fires of consumption engulf her? Estranged from Elektra, the daughter she adores, she finds herself completely alone. A desperate search for solace arises from within Athena that leads to her greatest discovery. It is her little light, her inner wisdom, that can guide her to salvation. When Athena meets Charles Thomas, a handsome architect, and starts a relationship, an insight is revealed that shatters her entire worldview. She must confront her greatest weaknesses and test her own character, by chasing down the deep seated separation that has kept her from knowing love her whole life. Powerful and uplifting, book four delves into the themes of spirituality, society, forgiveness and liberation. Athena’s quest is timeless - her search for love leads her to the ultimate truth; that true love is unconditional.
Author : Sonia Palleck
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 17,6 MB
Release : 2023-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1039162401
Athena Brkovich believes in true love. Born into a blue collar family in 1968, young Athena and her sisters are sent away when their mother is hospitalized and their father is unable to care for them. The beginnings of trauma, separation, denial and suffering set Athena on her path. Brilliant, but naive, Athena refuses to grow up and become part of an adult world she doesn’t trust. But as time unfolds, the guilt that swirls around her beloved sister Lejla, and the blossoming desire for her soulmate Niko, plunge Athena into confusion. When circumstances bring them all together in high school, betrayal threatens to engulf Athena in shame and hatred. No matter how many walls Athena builds to escape her painful past, she must confront the person she is becoming in a society where only the strong survive. Compelling, and at times tragic, Book 1 explores the themes of childhood trauma, family conflict, alcoholism, and teenage love. Despite the darkness, Athena struggles to follow the little light inside herself, guiding her to forgiveness, peace, redemption, and the ultimate prize, love.
Author : Jean Swallow
Publisher : Alyson Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Life gets very real for four San Francisco,lesbians.,.
Author : Dr. Daisy Nelson-Century
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 14,96 MB
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1669850730
Leave the Porch Light On is a collection of conversational love poems from a male and female point of view. It is design to make you swoon, slow dance, remember, smile, daydream, plan, and activate. “If you’re lucky enough to experience the joy of being in love, consider yourself fortunate, not everyone knows what it Feels like to be blissfully smitten.” Karla Pope “Love is life’s emotional button.” Dr. Daisy Nelson-Century
Author : Sarah R. Baughman
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,16 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 031642241X
Go on a journey of discovery, magic, science, and hope with this remarkable debut novel about a girl's powerful connection to a mysterious lake. Twelve-year-old Addie should stay away from Maple Lake. After all, her twin brother, Amos, drowned there only a few months ago. But its crisp, clear water runs in Addie's veins, and the notebook Amos left behind -- filled with clues about a mysterious creature that lives in the lake's inky-blue depths -- keeps calling her back. So despite her parents' fears, Addie accepts a Young Scientist position studying the lake for the summer, promising she'll stick to her job of measuring water pollution levels under adult supervision. Still, Addie can't resist the secrets of Maple Lake. She enlists the lead researcher's son, Tai, to help her investigate Amos's clues. As they collect evidence, they also learn that Maple Lake is in trouble -- and the source of the pollution might be close to home. Addie finds herself caught between the science she has always prized and the magic that brings her closer to her brother, and the choice she makes will change everything.
Author : JJ Heller
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0593193253
This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.
