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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.

This book will provide you with the information you need to understand and interact with the narcissist in your life in ways that are as painless as possible for all people involved. It seeks to create a roadmap for you with easy-to-understand, clear explanations and no-nonsense advice on how to interact with narcissists in ways that are the least likely to lead to an explosion of narcissistic rage, without giving up who you are or putting yourself in harm’s way.

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.

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.

Not much says crazy quite like a good, old-fashioned apocalypse. And for the world over, it has been one wacky, wild ride. From zombies to werewolves, vampires to superpowers, everything was practically guaranteed to never be the same. But for a small town in Iowa, things took a slightly different turn, one that placed the people of Orangerton in a precarious and nefarious peril most fowl.

Early in the 1990s, the Czech Republic was changing, desperately trying to enter a western capitalistic lifestyle. But the change was slow motion compared to the turbulent life of a young female journalist trying to do it all–end her first marriage, mother two kids, while drowning in lots of work. One could also say–divorcing chin first, pulling new jobs while juggling old jobs, surrounding herself with loyal friends, and marrying a new man, the love of her life, who was–ooohh my god! A foreigner…how scandalous!

There are somersaults and there are somersaults. Physically … no big deal. Lots of people can do them. This book is about the other kind of somersaults–through life. In this case, from a little girl plunked into the mid-fifties in socialist Czechoslovakia to a rebel at school with beliefs twisted and turned by social storms. Then in 1968, her family lives through morphing into socialism with a human face, the consequent invasion of the Warsaw Pact armies, and ultimately, the Russian occupation. And eventually, for many ordinary people, the reality of the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989.

Just after sunrise on a sunny day, Jill is found murdered on the centre lawn of a luxury apartment development. Jack, her boy-friend is arrested. He's had a big row with her on the morning of the murder. But there are undercurrents that emerge during the investigation….

This book was originally planned to be about people, places and events in beautiful Kintyre but, like Topsy, “it just growed”—northwards and southwards—eventually including tales from Norway and the entire west coast of Scotland, down as far as the Irish Sea. Events in time vary from the reality of the present-day, sweeping back into history, and including Myth and Legend from our ancient Celtic heritage. There is humour and, inevitably, pathos as well as the happenings of every-day life—naturally occurring ingredients from the comedy and tragedy of every nation’s story.

From humble beginnings, Jess Turner transformed her life. Not in the traditional way, but by fighting to secure a future more in keeping with her aim of marrying into wealth. Quickly realising her first goal to secure a drudge free future was unattainable, Jess moved toward her horizon using every ounce of guile and tenacity she possessed. Obstacles forced a decision in another direction, one where her friend, ally and business partner Julia, played an invaluable roll.

It is winter in the Cotswolds and a suspicious death has occurred. Psychic medium ‘Madame Zelda’ is found dead on Christmas morning, an open box of chocolates by her side. DCI Hayley Pascal and her new oppo, DS Artie Frobisher, have little to occupy themselves over the dead time that is Christmas at Oxford Police Station, until the chocolates are found to contain a poisonous substance. Cold cases can wait. They now have a new case to solve: one of MURDER.

William of Normandy set sail to arrive in England in October 1066 to take the throne and force his right above the Saxon King Harold. Successful in the battle and taking the crown, his army of well-trained knights were rewarded with lands.

A trio of stories depicting true life struggles for people in all walks of life. How individuals can spoil what is good in life through the very stubbornness in their own nature.

The year is 1935. Art connoisseur-cum-private investigator Felix Underwood is asked to find out what happened to Reggie Soper, a young solicitor who disappeared without trace 15 years previously.

Alex, a Chemistry teacher, believes she has found happiness at last in Nicholas. Yet, she has to compete for his affections with his daughter from a previous marriage. When she discovers he's thinking about remarrying his ex-wife to be closer to his daughter, she writes him a "chose between us now" note. When Nicholas is suddenly and brutally murdered by an intruder and dies in her arms, Alex is treated as the prime suspect because of this note.