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Advent and Christmas are my favorite times of the year, with the coming celebration of the birth of Christ. However, the older I get, the more I have come to realize that Christ has been relegated to third or perhaps fourth place behind toys, decorations, and commercialism. I wanted to create a series of stories that might bring the true reason for the season back to its place of importance. These whimsical, multicultural tales evoke the timeless human needs of love, companionship, and purpose in life that are promised in the birth of a baby at Christmas.

The tensions brewing between Jakob Kestrel and Governor Sharperson reach a tipping point, the stakes higher than ever. Although the Highlanders have made strides against Sharperson and his forces, the growing threat presented by the Stalkers jeopardizes their hard-won gains and the future of the rebellion.

The Darcys know the changes age brings. Now, as birthday candles for Darcy multiply, how will time affect Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam’s love? Time is painfully short for Fanny Bennet as she faces the loss of an ailing husband she dearly loves. Another hour or day with Thomas Bennet would be a treasure. Thomas Bennet left Longbourn one last time to find a long-lost daughter. Now wearing a countess’s tiara, Kate Fitzwilliam has needed her family for decades, especially during the festive season.

The Jesus I Forgot was written to encourage all those who seek to know the realities of the living God. God is not a man, though He became man to rescue all humanity. The Lord does not bend His character to any person's agenda but is holding to His own. While some see this as a difficult concept to grasp, the reality is that His agenda is you! His great love for you is the very reason that He sent His Son, the very expression of God's love for a fallen world.

I think the many things I’ve gone through with people jobs, churches, family, friends enable me to formulate over the years a paradigm of emotions and expressions, and now I put them in writing in this book. So to hear them, I hope will give you joy, peace, a sense of love, and answer your many inner thoughts and long-overdue emotions.

Elizabeth’s mother has lied. Now the horrible Thorpes have come for Christmas! No matter that the fib is an old one, Elizabeth Bennet’s cousins are certain that she is an heiress. Is not the Bennet’s prosperous estate evidence enough? There is a fortune to be had through marriage, and John Thorpe is hungry for it. Repelling the man’s advances is only one of Elizabeth’s troubles. John’s sister has a devious plan to become the next mistress of Longbourn. And then there is Jane’s future to consider. Nothing can be allowed to stand in the way of her happiness!

This is a remarkable dog story of a highly intelligent and gifted, athletic dog challenged against insurmountable odds in an attempt to regain his health and his life back after an acute accident. It is a deep bond between owner and pet canine or, better said, two best friends working together to discover a path to survival.

Each day I wake to see the light of day. Be it a good day or a not-so-good day or a bad day, I realize it is the best day of my life, and I will rejoice in that day. I will not worry about yesterday or tomorrow. Yesterday will never come again, and tomorrow will be 20 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds away. The closest I will ever get to tomorrow is 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds. With life, all things are possible. If I have life, I must live.

After a lousy day leads Anna to the Blackwood Tower Hotel bar, her world is forever altered. Unknown to her, she is pulled into the middle of a century-long feud when a handsome man approaches her. As a result, she comes face-to-face with her worst fear. Forced into a new life, she must adjust quickly if she has any chance of surviving.

William E. Hardison was born and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was schooled and graduated from New Hanover High in 1948. In 1949, he entered the US Air Force and completed four years of service while stationed in Texas, Washington, DC, Guam, and Florida. Hardison came to Newport News, Virginia, in 1952 and worked for the shipyard until 1995, and then he worked with C&O Railroad.

Enhancement is a collection of short stories that consider what life would be like if humans drew energy directly from sunlight. Why have we not altered our bodies so we can photosynthesise? How much of life would change if we could do so? Perhaps we would eat less, rest more, reduce our damage to the environment, maybe lives far into our hundreds.

The Territories are supposed to be a place of promise and opportunity. Jakob Kestrel fled to the Highlands to evade the monster that hunts him. Little does he know that the relic he carries with him will summon even greater perils.

Cohen doesn't have time for disembodied tongues. The transportation AI they are creating at work is going to change the world. And Cohen has to fix the bug in his demo code before it releases in a few days. But now he’s got to take care of this stupid tongue first. When he manages to deliver the tongue to Calla Human, she drags him into a bizarre new world where severed limbs are merely a commodity and a mysterious client is calling all the shots.

The Holy Spirit is a real person. He is not a myth, a figment of one's imagination, a fairy tale, nor a ghostly, shadowy creature. He is the third person of the Holy Trinity sent by God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, to continue the salvation history God initiated through Jesus.

The Highlanders may have found a way to evade the monsters hunting in the mist, but they can’t shake the terror and the loss of hope that accompanies hiding from an enemy they can’t see let alone kill. Many fear that desperation and apathy will become commonplace as the Governors continue to fill their coffers and ignore the plight of their people – then all will be lost. But a chance encounter with Jakob Kestrel brings a glimmer of hope.

Leaving the Blackwood Tower, having learned the truth of what happened to her, Lorainne is desperate to get back to a normal life. Away from werewolves. When she returns to her new apartment one night to find a shocking reminder of a dead and buried past, she questions her hold on reality. Struggling to hide her terror from her daughter, the only relief she finds is when Patrick unexpectedly shows up. Despite wanting her distance from his kind, she soon finds herself desperate for his company.

These friends will face new challenges that will test their skills, ingenuity, and resolve. How they deal with the danger posed by an intruder may surprise you. They will take chances to help and protect one another that gets them into and out of trouble. Because of their actions, you will gain insight into their depth of friendship, bravery, and inclusion. As you will learn, nothing stays the same, so come be a part of the adventure. This story is best shared and discussed. Talk about what you would do under these circumstances. Then, ask yourself, can one person make a difference?

Despite pressures to cease and desist, Archer dares to ask the question that would bring the new regime to its knees: does universal truth exist? Using his wits and some good fortune along the way, he begins to understand that there may be more to life than meets the eye. Unfortunately for Archer, adults start to take notice.

What if avarice after billionaire-ism is just a subset of ordinary hoarding disorder? What if someone discovered a way to repair that? Who would benefit? Who would oppose such a cure, and how aggressively? The Money Cure is a comic romantic adventure set in the near future, when a housing crisis forces working people, from retail employees to programmers, to live in illegal housing called underhousing.

The Beast Keepers is the story of Jonathan F. St. Roche, a young veterinarian, who takes a job in the rural Ohio town of Carrollton. He soon discovers it is a safe haven for a menagerie of mythical creatures (including a pregnant Pegasus, a flying monkey with a sprained wing, a centaur with Cushing’s disease, and a unicorn with a sweet tooth), who rely on him for their medical care and shelter from the outside world.