More than an autobiography, these pages reveal how God broke through the darkness of a silent victim's struggle; how she accepted grace and freedom and began to really live, and not just have a life of existence. Written to help the hurt and broken, to let them know they are not alone. Written for those blessed with healthy childhoods so they may understand how it is for a child living a "normal" life, yet victimized by the world around her. To give knowledge to all readers because without...

Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty.Even so, she's inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet's soul. Which means she's still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that's more.And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay.Deke Hightower lost everything at the age of two. He lost it again at fifteen. His li...

Baby Bargain: A Once a Marine Series Book by Jennifer Apodaca:Seeing Adam Waters is the last thing veterinarian Megan Young expects. Ex-Marine. Ex-boyfriend. And still extremely dangerous territory. But Adam doesn't know the secret Megan has been keeping from him. The secret that was created three years ago, after their last night together...Adam returns to Raven's Cove to sell his home in a final break with the town and memories that haunt him. The problem is that his attra...

A "heartwarming, life-affirming" memoir of a relationship with an intellectually disabled sibling: "Read this book. It might just change your life" ( Boston Herald).Beth is a spirited woman with an intellectual disability who lives intensely and often joyfully, and spends most of her days riding the buses in Pennsylvania. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers, her community—though some display less patience or kindness than ot...

Megan is really excited about moving. She can't wait to take her lively Golden Labrador puppy, Ellie, for walks in the countryside near their new house. But Mum and Dad are worried that Ellie is getting in the way, so Gran offers to have the puppy to stay during the move. Megan and Ellie are best friends and have never been separated before. Megan misses her puppy so much - and Ellie will do anything to get home to her dear friend Megan... From best-selling author Holly Webb comes another ...

For a Kentucky girl, coming of age takes a leap of faith in a novel that "will knock you sideways with its Southern charm" ( O, The Oprah Magazine).It's summer in Kentucky. The low ceiling of August is pressing down on the religious town of East Winder, and on thirteen-year-old Charmaine Peake who can't shake the feeling that she's being tested. She and her mother get along better with a room between them, but circumstances have forced th...

How could someone like Mick die? He was the kid who freaked out his mom by putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken, the kid who did a wild dance in front of the whole school--and the kid who, if only he had worn his bicycle helmet, would still be alive today. But now Phoebe Harte's twelve-year-old brother is gone, and Phoebe's world has turned upside down. With her trademark candor and compassion, beloved middle-grade writer Barbara Park tells how Phoebe copes with her painfu...

A middle grade debut that's a heartrending coming-of-age tale, perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Counting By 7s.Eleven-year-old Riley believes in the whispers, magical fairies that will grant you wishes if you leave them tributes. Riley has a lot of wishes. He wishes bullies at school would stop picking on him. He wishes Dylan, his 8th grade crush, liked him, and Riley wishes he would stop wetting the bed. But most of all, Riley wishes ...

When enigmatic doctor Simon Carter literally knocks nurse Hailey Rogers off her feet, breaking her leg, he enjoys coming to her rescue more than he would have imagined. Fiercely independent, Hailey is no damsel in distress. The last thing she wants is to start relying on the captivating doctor-whose kisses bring her guard tumbling down....

Hannah McCauley doesn't look at herself in the mirror anymore.After a rebellious past, she now attends a strict private school in a new town, where her recently divorced mother has put her on social lockdown. No driving. No bad grades. No skipping classes. No unapproved friends. No makeup. No boys. And the subject of her best friend from her old school is definitely forbidden.Hannah is being punished for something that happened a year earlier, something that she would like ...

Rockabye is the lively memoir of a spontaneous young city-girl who becomes unexpectedly pregnant. That city-girl is Rebecca Woolf, who at 23, after the "holy shit, I'm pregnant" realization, decides to keep the baby, marry the boyfriend (in Vegas no less), and figure out how to wed her rock n' roll lifestyle and impending motherhood.With humor, honesty, and renegade insight, Rebecca makes the transition from life as an odd-job doing commitment-phobic, chain-smoking, irresp...

Enter into the world of high-flying Doctors as they navigate the pressures of modern medicine and find escape, passion, comfort and love – in each other’s arms!One magical night.They were strangers – but in his arms Beth Rogers forgot her past for one amazing night. But she didn’t expect to see her sexy English lover again… One gorgeous new colleague Only he turns out to be hotshot surgeon Gabe Fallon – and nursing manager Beth will be work...