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I could’ve died that day, along with my unborn child. I can only imagine your expression after hearing that. Please don’t judge me as if you’re perfect. I’m opening up to you - a stranger, a fellow church-goer, a lover of drama-filled books, a distant friend. Regardless of the nature of our acquaintance, I’m confident in the fact that you can’t hurt me. I’ve suffered enough, and our connection is only by the gateway of literature. I’m glad I got that part out of the way because there is so much I want to tell you.

Turning 40, for Lannie Marvin, is rough. It's the day she discovers her husband is leaving her for a younger “soul mate”. At work, a crazed mouse being treated with an experimental drug brutally bites her. Then, Lannie goes a little crazy, too. Seems she's recently developed a serious crush on the drummer of her son's favorite heavy metal band.

Darian Mason grew up in an orphanage in Denver, knowing from birth that she possessed a special power. She could see into the souls of others; see their fears; read their thoughts. Darian honed this special gift through the years as she grew to become an attorney. Darian had never lost a case, and she knew how to persuade a jury with merely a glance and the use of her special power.

When B Anne (Beatrice Anne) marries Will, she knows he is a reluctant groom. But she's a minister's daughter and pregnant. To save embarrassment for the families, and hoping a fresh start will help them become the sweethearts they were before, B Anne agrees to leave everyone and everything she knows and go with Will to the Montana Territory. They hope Will's uncle Hiram, whom he has never met, will guide them in their homesteading. Uncle Hiram welcomes Will but treats B Anne coolly until he realizes she isn't a frills and furbelows girl.

Mary Louisa Roberts won the race of a lifetime - or so she thought. In competition with desperate homesteaders, ruthless land seekers, and a sheriff determined to see her fail, Mary rides out on a horse to strike her claim in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1893. When she finally thrusts her flag into the dirt, 160 acres becomes her own. But with that claim, she risks more than she could ever imagine.

For a book-obsessed kid with a big imagination and a flair for drama, could anything be luckier than living in a library? Capturing her remarkable childhood and its impact, Sharon Washington's autobiographical Off-Broadway show brings its sense of wonder and bittersweet realism into your home and heart as an enthralling audio experience. Only from Audible, Feeding the Dragon celebrates the role of books in opening Washington's mind to worlds of possibilities - including a career in acting.

After a failed, miserable marriage, Katie Adelton vowed she would never let another man into her life. All that changed with a single visit to the Normandy American Cemetery and an encounter with a handsome ghost from World War II - a ghost who, to her utter astonishment, claimed to be her soul mate.

Bar owner Una has no idea that breaking up a late-night brawl will lead to murder. Anxious to save her critically wounded mentor, she rushes headlong into a terrifying night of chases through the inky blackness of Arizona's mountains. Her situation goes from unbelievable to horrific as she learns secrets that change everything.

Mirabella is a young flower and the daughter of Mother Nature who must travel to the "Cave of Knowledge" to retrieve a gift her mother left there for her years ago. This gift lay in the Northerland, and Mirabella must embark on this trip with the help of a courageous frog known by the other forest animals as Mordecia the Amazing Frog.

Manhattan domestic violence counselor Zoe Anderson is going on the most important vacation of her life. Her Cinderella dreams shattered three years ago, leaving her a scarred widow, inside and out. In an attempt to bury her demons, Zoe sets out for picturesque Lake George to claim the treasured family cottage she recently inherited - a place where she found happiness before. Her therapist's advice: reboot, restore to an earlier time. What she finds is a rundown shack.

The Littlest Candle is a Christmas story about how love and hope can affect our daily lives with goodness when used - Merry is the soul knowing that love is free to give and such a wonderful thing to receive!

Needing to finish her thesis in order to keep her job working with youth in a residential treatment center, Shana Arnold sequesters herself on Creighton Rice’s Nebraska ranch. She expects the secluded hideaway to provide a peaceful environment. What she doesn't expect is to become the victim of identity theft and a crazed home invader. Creighton Rice has been content to live alone with his God - until he meets Shana. He's drawn to her but must fight the attraction. Getting close makes him face a lifetime's accumulation of scars. Plus, Shana doesn’t share his faith.

Do you routinely use words like exhausted, overwhelmed, disappointed, addicted, and frustrated to describe your life? It's possible to integrate your life so that energized, fulfilled, engaged, inspired, and passionate are words you use instead to describe the day-to-day legacy you're living. Opt out of complacency, realize your potential, and live from a place of purpose, freedom, and hope. Living Your Legacy is a movement. It's about showing up for your life, engaging in deeper, more meaningful ways, and making a difference.

In this hilarious, fast-paced romantic suspense, the first post-Trump president is a sex addict who likes to hang in Vegas on the weekends and pick up women. He also has a tendency to misplace the nuclear "biscuit" of gold codes he’s meant to carry at all times. Which has obvious security issues, especially when it’s discovered a bad actor is about to infiltrate POTUS' inner circle. The CIA calls in Charley, a charismatic trans-man spy, to use his intuitive skills to vet everyone.

Would you like to understand the world from the mind and eyes of a child and a loving and experienced parent? Would you like to hear typical real-life dialogues between that parent and child? Would it help to understand the psychology of a child who is just stepping out into a new and awesome environment? This world is full of awe and wonder, but laced with challenges that may set your child back or help him or her move forward into a hope-filled, loving, and responsible future. This book contains the knowledge and tools you can use to aid your child on the way to success. It also has its moments of humor.

Chinatown, Vancouver, in the late 1930s and '40s provides the setting for this poignant first novel, told through the vivid and intense reminiscences of the three younger children of an immigrant family. They each experience a very different childhood, depending on age and sex, as they encounter the complexities of birth and death, love and hate, kinship and otherness. Mingling with the realities of Canada and the horror of war are the magic, ghosts, paper uncles and family secrets of Poh-Poh, or Grandmother, who is the heart and pillar of the family.

Children of all ages will delight in listening to these four original stories performed by Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Golden Globe-winning celebrities. Betty White reads Mary Sheldon's A Day at the Zoo, the story of Lizzy and her troublesome friend Eric on the day they finally get to visit the zoo. Sharon Stone performs Dancing in the Park, the story of a dancer named Claudia who is determined to cheer up a sad little boy in the park. Jeremy Irons gives a lively performance of Ari Meyers' The Triumphant Beautiful Egg, and more!

A whirlwind courtship. A storybook wedding. A kiss for the bride. And suddenly everything changes. When Peter and Rita's brand-new marriage is strained by a magical twist of fate, true love will never mean quite the same thing again.

If you are reading this book description, you are looking for ways to feel better about yourself in terms of healing from traumas that have happened during your lifetime. First of all, I send my condolences. There are many things that occur in our lives that no one deserves and that can take a major toll on any mind and body. But it is time to look at the darkness that surrounds you with a bright light at the end of the tunnel!

Moving up to middle school? Want it to be great? Then this is the book for you! This is the perfect reference guide, and all that you will need if you are moving up to middle school. Middle school is a big change and many times it's the first biggest transition a young person has to face. With any change come uncertainties and questions. There is a huge difference between elementary school and middle school.