Catalyst: Sparking Light from Darkness is a powerful self-help memoir that explores how trauma, heartbreak, and life's most painful seasons can become the very foundation for healing, faith, and transformation.Through raw personal storytelling and a faith-centered lens, Brooke shares her journey through childhood trauma, family separation, mental health struggles, and rebuilding her life as a mother-revealing how even the deepest darkness can spark lasting light.At...

I was almost as hard headed as it gets while repeatedly insisting on missing and ignoring the entire point that Mom and a few others tried to get me to realize.GET YOUR EDUCATION!!!I still had some great times here and there every now and then, and I can only imagine how beautiful-my-life-would-have-been if I would have followed the The Golden Rules.Some wonderful things have happened to me even though I still feel that I truly did not deserve or even know how to si...

There was once a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called the Simpleton. He was laughed at and despised and neglected on all occasions. Now it happened one day that the eldest son wanted to go into the forest, to hew wood, and his Mother gave him a beautiful cake and a bottle of wine to take with him, so that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst. When he came to the wood he met a little old grey man, who, bidding him good-day, said: "Give me a small piece of the cake in...

A shocking revelation about her best friend sends Libby reeling. The more she finds out, the more confused she becomes. But what she’s always known about Emma doesn’t jibe with what her girlfriend Jo and her vampire friends tell her.Jo’s obvious prejudice only serves to further muddy the picture. To make things worse, Libby has no idea how she keeps inciting Jo’s anger. It soon becomes clear that Emma’s whole family is in terrible danger, and Libby doesn’t know if she can forgive h...

Next stop . . . The Magic School Bus travels back in time to learn about the rock cycle!Ms. Frizzle's class is creating a time capsule. Tim wants to add an original superhero comic book, but he doesn't know what to write about. When the Magic School Bus takes the class on an adventure across millions of years to learn about the incredible rock cycle, Tim gets an idea. It's the epic battle between Captain Rockman vs. Weatherman. Who will win?This exciting nove...

"A minor masterpiece that should usher Brooke at last into the recognized front ranks of SF writers" (Locus)The village: a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone else. Here, houses can be grown out of the dirt; livestock and the sub-human mutts can be changed into something else, something other; and fleshy, drastically mutated Oracles guide humankind on the delicate path of survival.The wildlands: th...

Let's learn the alphabet!A great picture book that encourages children to learn new words.

"Anguished and unblinking . . . Accomplished poetry that will move those who have sorrowed—that is, everyone." — Library Journal"The thin knife that severed your tumor," writes Brooke Matson in these poems, "it cleaves me still." What to do when a world is split—terribly, wholly—by grief? When the loss of the beloved undermines the most stable foundations, the most sacred spaces, of that world? What else but to interrogate the very fundamental principles th...

In AD 100 John the Apostle is restored to the body of his youth and sent on a mission with a warning to never reveal his true identity.Fast-forward to modern-day Seattle, where John leads a foundation dedicated to bringing clean water to third-world nations. When a new television series threatens to reveal the truth of his identity, John struggles to keep his secret, especially as he grows close to Nicole, a young woman he recruits to lead his organization.For two thousand ...

Mack and Kelsey finally accept their desires and pursue their insanely hot and passionate relationship. No longer afraid of how their co-workers will perceive them being romantically involved instead of hard-headed, Mack and Kelsey still have a few hurdles to jump.Mack is completely smitten with Kelsey but realizes she’s reluctant to open up about her family, and Kelsey has good reason to remain tight-lipped when it comes to her dysfunctional upbringing. While Kelsey deciphers how ...

**One of Goodreads Top 25 Feel-Good and Escapist Books to Read in Quarantine as seen in USA Today“[A] funny, winning debut.”—People“Delightfully quirky and endearing…an absolute pleasure to read!”—#1New York Timesbestselling author Emily GiffinMeet Duffy, an old curmudgeon who lives in an assisted living home.**Meet Josie, a desperate young woman who climbs through his window.Together, they’re going...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, BDSM, MFM, HEA] Scared to explore her interests in the BDSM lifestyle, Erica Roberts opens up about her desires to her boyfriend, disappointed but not surprised that he reacts with anger. Still curious, and getting a little desperate, she attends a special event at a Dominant’s club, only to run out in fear five minutes later. When a friend hears of her escape and invites her to lunch, Erica meets with her, embarrassed that...