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This is a collection of stories about children who have lived with abuse. They saw their mothers being abused. Some have been abused themselves, by their fathers, stepfathers, or their mothers' boyfriends. These children witness their mothers being abused and sometimes even worse. Some of them have gone through the courts with their mothers. 

When Lavinia Starkhurst’s husband is killed in a freak accident, she takes to the open road and meets a number of strangers, all with struggles of their own. Through these unexpected and occasionally hilarious encounters, Lavinia reflects on her past deeds, both good and bad, explores her two marriages and her roles as caregiver and wife, hoping all the while for self-acceptance and something to give her new life meaning. 

The bustling prairie town of Square Oak, Montana, was worlds away from the Boston society in which Kit Johnson had lived for 17 years. The summer she was spending with her cousin would, she was certain, bring fun and adventure. What she didn't expect it to include was Enos Cullifson. Granted, he was a little rough around the edges, but she knew that would take nothing more than time to correct. After all, if they had love, what else could they need?

Deb Haggerty has faced many challenges on her journey to success, from defeating breast cancer, to the tragic loss of her son, the challenges of a woman in the corporate world and, perhaps her biggest challenge, becoming a step mother! 

A creepy collection of short stories written by suspense novelist Dianah Brock.

A new collection of stories from Barbara Anne Machin, here depicting our human frailties and the cord of life that at times holds people together and at times drives them apart. Perhaps we can overcome, perhaps we can't, but we all take this journey of love, anger, and sometimes separation, often finding ourselves back where we began...this is the circle of life.

If your instinct is telling you something is off about a person, listen to it, especially when your mental health and overall happiness are at stake. More often than not, you will be right. Psychological abuse is not something to ignore or take lightly as it can be detrimental to your well-being.  Now is the time to recognize exactly what it is your loved one(s) are doing to you that’s causing you to feel so powerless and incompetent, and how you should handle the situation. 

If someone in your life is causing you to question your own sanity and is driving you into the ground, don’t worry, you are not crazy, nor are you alone in the matter. Most importantly, it is not your fault! Did you know that according to National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence survey, 48.4 percent of women and 48.8 percent of men have experienced at least one psychologically aggressive behavior by an intimate partner. That’s nearly every other person!

 A Beloved Cousin is a trilogy of stories, dealing with love, betrayal, jealousy, guilt, and deception. In each story, we follow different characters as they make their way through their lives; dealing with this whole range of human emotions, and we can only hope that for each there is a happy ending.  

Sala Lewis, who at age 10 was left alone to wander the streets of Poland after her family was taken away by the Nazis. She had been out with her friends and came home to find her family gone and the apartment where she lived closed off and she was not allowed in. Everything she possessed was no longer hers. She had no family, no clothes, no food, and at that moment in time, no future. It was because she was strong willed and confident that she made her way to find her sister who had been taken to a concentration camp. 

After 30 years, John and Maria Salgado remain deeply in love and committed to each other. Enduring trials and tribulations that would have destroyed most marriages have only strengthened their bond. They have been flush, they have been poor, but they have always had each other - until they are confronted by a tragedy, and it forces one of them to confront reality without the other. 

Closing the Circle & Murder in New England is about a very dysfunctional family. Closing the Circle & Murder in New England is about a deadly secret and a high school reunion.

Despite overcoming every adversity placed before him, Brandon Andrew Morgan can’t seem to catch a break for long. At the very moment, he’s feeling at the top of the world, fate intervenes with a hearty dose of misfortune plus interest. In a stunning turn of events, Brandon is ditched at the altar, unceremoniously single, and forced to run Haven on his own without so much as an explanation. Suffice to say, he doesn’t take it well. Yet the time to wallow in such things is cut short, for a new danger to Haven and the entire world sets upon him with every inconvenience.

Are you feeling stuck in a rut? Spinning your wheels in the mud, directionless, daunted by the darkness of this world, uncertain of your future? Do you want to heal yourself, to find a center and a spiritual balance? Do you just want to know what, exactly, a third eye is? If any of these cases rings true, then Third Eye: Simple Techniques to Awaken Your Third Eye Chakra with Guided Meditation, Kundalini, and Hypnosis is exactly the correct choice for you. For as long as humans have been on Earth, we have been searching for the answers to life’s many questions.

Discover powerful guided meditation and yoga exercises to balance your chakras; the best gemstone and crystal remedies for each chakra; the best foods to eat and teas to drink accordingly for your chakras; the true benefits opening and balancing each chakras; Reiki methods to help heal broken chakras; and much more.

This is a collection of scary stories and mysteries. Some of them are even true stories. Some are also based on legends. Some are made up...or are they? Some happened and some didn't. Some of the stories are based on our experiences, and some are our imagination. We have lived in numerous haunted houses. We have seen and felt many spirits. This is a collaborating between mother and daughter.

Randall Sullivan slumped in the passenger seat aboard a speeding train on its continuing trip between the realms of truth and fantasy. He will awaken, like many others, without a ticket, without any knowledge as to how he arrived in the seat across the aisle from an elderly couple dressed in gray attire. But during his time on this train, he’ll come to understand a mystery few have ever known. Many are travelers, those who languish between this world and the next. 

Darkness choked him. It choked him every night. There was nowhere left for him to run. Solitude, loneliness, and fear loomed in the air as thick as morning fog. Where could he go to hide? He jumped into bed, clutched the covers up around his neck, wedged the blanket under his feet, and prayed for comfort from the watchers, ghosts, unseen visitors, monsters, and those unwanted and uninvited specters that always come from the other world into the room where he slept. They invaded his will, his mind, and his soul. 

He can't seem to shake the memory. From the top floor of his office building, he stands in the window and looks out over his domain, one of the cities that never sleeps in the north. His mind is drawn to a simple uncluttered encounter, a scene stuck in his mind for over 15 years. Miles away, on the outskirts of a place called the "Shanty Town", Mrs. Craft remembers a person met by accident at the train station's taxi turnabout. She barely said thank you as he held the taxi door for her. But as he held the door, there was an undeniable sensation that he'd see her again.

In Alone on a Cliff, the girls return to the cliff where they spent a night stranded in 1973 while on a trek PerryAnn hatched to find Billy. Now, over 20 years later, they are on a trek to find Billy again, only this time, it isn't only Billy they are searching for. Unhealed wounds, the healing balm of forgiveness, and gratitude for those who stand by us weave the story like threads running through a tapestry. Through it all, MatiLou and PerryAnn always return to the most important quest they share: to care for Mother Earth.