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IN TOO DEEP: A Newport News Story is a gripping true-crime inspired novel about survival, sisterhood, and the impossible choices we make when desperation meets opportunity. Set in the sweltering summer of 1994 in Newport News, Virginia, the novel follows Emily "Juicy" Cotton and her younger sister Rhonda "Butter" Cotton as they navigate the treacherous intersection of college dreams and street survival.

When busy Nova Wilcox decides to step away from work to visit home, she decides to live her best life. However, envy and greed rear their ugly heads, setting off a chain of events that Nova has to figure out how to get ahead of. Will an encounter with a sexy driver and a blast from the past ruin everything she worked hard for?

Too often church culture and religious individuals suggest that emotional pain shows lack of faith or sin against a punitive God. How ironic—Jesus suffered loneliness, misunderstanding, persecution, and death to meet us at the lowest places and lift us to hope and life with his resurrection.

Roman Alastair knew the moment he saw her. The woman in the wedding dress was not his ruthless, socialite fiancée, Serena. She was her twin—softer, quieter, a terrified impostor. Her name is Sera, the discarded sister, thrust into a gilded cage to protect a web of lies. Enraged by the deception, Roman does what he does best: he turns her into a transaction. He will keep her, use her name to secure his empire, and break her quiet spirit with cold, calculated cruelty. He will parade his infidelity before her and revel in her pain. But Sera’s silence is not surrender. It is a weapon.

Rodeo is a tough sport. Enough is not a motivational slogan. It’s a decision. After surviving a life-altering accident, relearning how to walk, being told she might never ride again, and rebuilding her life through loss, grief, and hard choices, Marci Powell learned something most people are never taught: You don’t become enough someday. You decide it — and then you live from that place.

Born in 1954 in Easton, Maryland, Ruby Mae came of age in a world that had already decided what a Black girl's life was worth. What followed was a half-century journey through the darkest corridors of American life: the segregated back roads of the Eastern Shore, the locked wards of a state hospital, the sterile violence of forced sterilization. She loved men who couldn't stay. She left a daughter behind, repeating the only pattern she knew.

Emily Cotton, a CDC epidemiologist, and Charles Montgomery, a Naval Intelligence general, meet by chance in the thin mountain air of Aspen Creek, Colorado. Both are workaholics on forced vacation. Both are running from loneliness. Neither expects to fall in love. Five days later, they return to their separate lives—and the world changes forever.

Effective prioritization is fundamental for enhancing productivity in any working environment, particularly for adults navigating the complexities of modern tasks. In a world where distractions abound and responsibilities multiply, the ability to identify and focus on the most critical tasks can significantly impact personal and professional success. Prioritization helps individuals and teams manage their time and resources effectively, ensuring that the most important tasks receive the attention they deserve.

Patrick Lynch understands fire. A seasoned arson investigator and reluctant hero, he's haunted by old scars and the ghosts of tragedies he couldn’t prevent. When a series of arson attacks brings him face to face with Broadway’s newest star, he must confront not only the city’s darkest secrets, but also his own.

Essential Conversations Every Employer and Employee Must Have: Navigating Leadership, Accountability, and Organizational Success examines the intricate relationship between a leader's duty to their team and the broader principles that guide organizational success. This book delves into the complex dynamics of CEO decision-making, corporate prosperity, and the fundamental role of leadership in shaping the future of both companies and their employees.

They share the same face, but their lives couldn't be more different and for Elena Castellano, that difference is destroying her from the inside out. Elena and Sophia are identical twins, mirror images in every physical way. But while Sophia glides through life collecting achievements, admirers, and opportunities with seemingly effortless grace, Elena struggles in her shadow overlooked, underestimated, and consumed by a jealousy so intense it threatens to poison everything she touches.

Every morning, Isla Monroe follows the same routine to her favorite café—a place of warm light and quiet comfort where routine feels safe and enough. Until one ordinary Tuesday, when a stranger sits at the table beside hers. Ethan arrives with black coffee, a paperback, and a quiet attentiveness. Their paths cross again and again in small moments—a shared smile, a folded paper plane, a sketch left behind. Nothing dramatic, yet everything begins to matter.

This collection brings together eight inspiring self-reflection short listens, previously published individually on Kindle Direct Publishing and now presented as one complete volume for deeper insight and connection. Each book explores questions many people carry quietly: Am I truly living or just surviving? Is my pain meaningless—or is it pointing me toward purpose? Is it too late to become who I was meant to be? Through thoughtful reflection and emotionally resonant insights, these short listens encourage you to reframe struggle, honor your past, and reconnect with your authentic path.

When Mira returns to her late grandmother Evelyn’s sunny, memory-filled house, she expects to sort keepsakes. Instead, she finds a small wooden box containing a map, a photograph of a distant pier, and a letter addressed to someone Mira has never met: Eli.

This collection brings together eight thought-provoking self-help short reads, previously published individually, now available in one complete volume for deeper reflection and personal growth.

This book is for the girl who disappeared while trying to be everything for everyone — and lived to tell the truth. The Year I Became a Muse is not a memoir written from hindsight. It is a rebirth told in real time. Through raw moments, quiet revelations, and divine interruptions, Diana Zaitseva documents the season when survival became self-knowing — when grief softened into clarity, and chaos gave way to grace. This audiobook captures the unfiltered inner dialogue of a woman learning how to stay, how to listen, and how to rebuild from the inside out.

"Before the ache softened… before love learned your name again… there was a moment of surrender.” Passion Overdose is the smile after the heartbreak. The uncontrollable joy of discovering new love. The spark that keeps the flames lit—even when the past still whispers.

When chaos swirls around you, it’s easy to feel pulled into worry, drama, and fear. But God never designed you to live tossed around by every storm. He designed you to live anchored, steady, and calm in Him.

My name is Sherri. I am a mother of five beautiful children, a daughter of the Rosebud Reservation, and a survivor. I was born in Winner, South Dakota, and raised with the traditions, stories, and strength of my Lakota heritage. My life has been shaped not only by love and motherhood but also by pain and healing. Through the darkness, I found light in my children, in my roots, and slowly in myself. Being a mother has given me purpose. Each of my children has been a reason to keep moving forward, to fight for peace, and to rediscover the strength that had always lived within me.

Can You Forgive Someone Who Isn’t Sorry—And Still Heal? is a deeply introspective guide for anyone struggling to let go of pain without closure. This powerful short listen offers you a new perspective on forgiveness—one that isn’t dependent on apology, remorse, or reconciliation.