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Theresa et al.
by Jean HackelAs the story begins, two families face a pregnancy that draws them into a bitter standoff. The couple expecting a baby are newlyweds. A young wife lives with her family on a farm in the American Midwest while her Alabama-born husband is deployed to Afghanistan. After finding out something is wrong with their baby—-at first she’s not sure what—-the wife considers having an abortion. But her mother and others intervene. Ultimately, a child is born against his mother’s will. -
Like Glass
by Sylvia WildeAs she struggles to move beyond a childhood of religious trauma and chronic abandonment, Trey isn't sure about people. Everywhere she looks, love has failed her. It must not exist. This book artfully unravels the secrets of her past, immersing a reader in the echoes of heartbreak as she attempts to love again and again, proving that while hope may falter, the human spirit sometimes finds a way. But it might not look like what we expect.
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ACUTE PAIN- DEFINITION, CAUSES, SYMPTOMS & TREATMENT
by stev smitAcute pain acts as the body's warning signal and typically goes away once the underlying cause has been treated. Typically, over-the-counter or prescription drugs are used to treat it. Understanding Acute Pain Acute pain is a type of pain that usually only lasts a short while and is acute and rapid in onset (less than 3 months). Injury, surgery, or other physical harm to the body are frequent causes. Intense pain is a signal for the body to defend itself and, if necessary, seek medical assi... more -
Demitasse Fiction: One-Minute Reads for Busy People
by Roberta Beach JacobsonAn eclectic collection of contemporary micro stories. -
Love Secrets Lies
by Teresa ValeIn the mid-1970s, Teresa’s native land, Mozambique, drowns in violence while the young and sheltered teenager daydreams about perfect love. Driven from her African berth, Teresa flees with her family to a post-revolutionary Portugal where the morals of the past and hopes for the future will soon collide. Raised by her grandparents, two people traumatized by losses that send their protective instincts into overdrive, Teresa can’t have a private conversation on the phone, or even go to a nightclub... more -
Homespun (The Silk Trilogy Book 3)
by Sophia AlexanderTrouble lurks in the Lowcountry of South Carolina in the guise of a family feud, forbidden love, and a journalist hell-bent on uncovering corruption. Meet Zingle Caddell, who doesn't regret the destruction left in his wake so much as he is annoyed by it. Figuring no man can continue to have such bad luck, Zingle is waiting for his fortunes to improve. He knows what he likes--alcohol, women, and family, in about that order--and he'll continue on with them as before. That is, until he's surpris... more -
Everybody's Special
by Christopher Griffin“If life was as simple as ‘being the best,’ we’d all just be a bunch of comic book characters.” “The Blackbird” Phoenix Merlo is only a boxer by title, for someone who throws fights for money barely deserves such an honor. For the sake of appeasing his debts, he’s sacrificed his chances at true happiness, all because of one mistake he’s never let go of. What follows is a never-ending cycle of success and failure, rebirth and self-destruction—trapping the Blackbird in an impenetrable cage. ... more -
Sugar People
by Oliver FerrieKestrel has a lot to be worried about. His best friend Tala has been struck by a severe mental illness, attempting suicide over the winter break. She has developed an obsession with making little sculptures she will not let anyone touch. Meanwhile, Kestrel is struggling at university. His artwork has his teachers concerned, and he can’t explain any of it. But it’s not just him — all his friends are feeling strange this term, although none of them can place why. After a chance meeting wit... more -
Once Upon a Lie
by Rebecca TaylorMia Strauss is trying to be a good mother. She’s worked hard to build a stable life since losing her memory at eighteen when an assailant pushed her from the third-story landing of her parents’ gold coast mansion. But lately, Mia is losing control and feels she’s being watched wherever she goes. She is taking more and more of her prescription drugs to quiet the rising panic and anxiety. But when her husband, Alexander, comes home to find her face down on their living room floor, she’s at risk of... more -
The Tiny Fireball: A Novel
by Sameer KochureThe tiny Fireball was like a mother’s embrace, a kiss from a soulmate, the hug of a daughter never born, a dream pined for an eternity, finally realised.
Welcome to a magical, star-hopping adventure of a lifetime.
In the middle of a desolate, liquid landscape, where food, water and hope runs low, an unusual friendship forms.
One can’t see the light, the other is full of sunshine.
Travel with these strange new friends t... more
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Swiss Alchemy (Alternate Realms Trilogy Book 1)
by Celeste JohnsonSwiss Alchemy, the first of a series: The Alternate Realm Trilogy, begins with a notion that if all great things involve taking the first step, an invitation is like folding over the spine and turning the first pages of a book opening the mind to a world of possibilities. The testimonial in returning to a place is not the comparison from the previous encounter, but to experience it in the present. An immersion with the essence of it, traversing its steep inclines and encounters with fellow tr... more -
Wind Chill: The Many Secrets of Ursula's Irish Stew (The Derry Women Series Book 12)
by Gerald HansenEven Ursula is shocked when she discovers the secret of her Irish stew. But just what is that secret...? At the height of the Cold War, St. Patrick’s Day is swiftly approaching the US Naval air base perched on the lava fields of Iceland. Derry woman Ursula has never given her stew recipe much thought, but when she and her best mate Reenie are roped into serving it to the troops, she has no idea of the uproar it will cause...to her marriage, her family, her friendship with Reenie, and maybe ev... more -
Useless
by Gerald HansenWhile desperately cramming to appear on the TV quiz show Useless, Fionnuala Flood discovers many things about the world she had never cared to know. The most alarming to her is what scientists are up to in an underground tunnel in Switzerland: smashing atoms together at close to the speed of light. She’s heard that toying with these things will lead to all manner of unmentionable catastrophes, such as portals into other universes, black holes, maybe even Armageddon. It’s like a knife in Fio... more -
Static Cling (The Derry Women Series Book 5)
by Gerald HansenWhen an armed robbery at Final Spinz, the dry cleaners where hardened matriarch Fionnuala Flood works, leads to the death of beloved pensioner Mrs. Ming, the ensuing investigation unleashes dark secrets that promise to bring Fionnuala closer to her husband Paddy, her mother Maureen, and the four children of her brood still in town. Or tear them apart forever. Throw into the mix the return of a contestant from Safari Millionaire, some shocking DNA results, and Fionnuala's plan to save the world ... more -
Best Served Frozen (The Derry Women Series Book 4)
by Gerald HansenRevenge may be a dish best served cold, but hardened mother of seven Fionnuala Flood plans on serving hers up frozen. Or so she thinks. The bells are ringing out in Derry, Northern Ireland, as the dirt-poor Floods and the rich and entitled Riddells prepare for the pairing in matrimony of their families and a bridging of the gap between the two sniping communities. But some are not best pleased, and it might be more a case of For Whom The Bell Tolls. What is the price to be paid for a mothe... more -
Fleeing The Jurisdiction (The Derry Women Series Book 3)
by Gerald HansenIt's danger on the high seas for the Barnetts, but will it come from the authorities, Mother Nature or family Flood? In Wisconsin six years ago, Ursula Barnett accidentally committed a shocking crime. The statute of limitations is inching closer, and the police are circling in. Panicked, Ursula books herself and her American family passage on a budget centennial Titanic cruise, hoping to ride out the investigation and embark a woman redeemed. But lurking amongst the leaky walls of the Queen o... more
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