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In 1829, a pregnant woman is condemned to die for a murderous act of rebellion. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a woman is accused of giving sanctuary to runaway slaves. Dessa Rose is the heartwarming story of an extraordinary friendship between two strong, remarkable women from very different backgrounds, both caught in the shadow of slavery in the 19th-century South. One is an escaped Black slave under sentence of death; the other is a white woman committed to end the horrors her ...

"You're playing with fire, Little Cinder..."LarsI've been called a lot of things in my life. Enforcer. Savage. Monster.None of them bothers me. I know what I am.I am the iron fist of the Knights of St. Boniface Motorcycle Club. I protect the club and keep my family safe.What don't I do? Get involved.Until her.She's trouble in torn denim, cowboy boots, and a smile I can't get out of my head.I s...

"There is nowhere for you to run, little one…"BeastI am the president of The Knights of St. Bon Motorcycle Club. A seven-foot mountain of muscle and bone in a pair of motorcycle boots and a leather cut. Cursed with demons and darkness and secrets that run deep.To the people of St. Bon, I am a monster. To my club brothers, I am a fearless leader. To her, I am a nightmare.BelleHe comes out of the shado...

Dee Williams’s life changed in an instant, with a near-death experience in the aisle of her local grocery store. Diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, she was all too suddenly reminded that life is short, time is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people and things she truly loved. That included the beautiful sprawling house in the Pacific Northwest she had painstakingly restored—but, increasingly, it did not include the mortgage payments, constant repairs, ...

I'm fake dating the boss of the Zarkov Bratva—what could possibly go wrong?Lev Zarkov is a real-life monster.No, correction, he's actually the devil.Except, when I first meet him, he's simply the mysterious, handsome man traveling next to me on a first-class flight to New York.And after being dumped at the altar by my loser fiancé who vanished into thin air the morning of our wedding, when things get flirty between me and the mysterious stra...

He took me as collateral to ensure my ex-fiancé kept the deal they made.But since then, Lev Zarkov has become so much more than the devil I thought he was.And now his baby is growing in my belly.I don't want to leave him, but after one devastating night blows up our life, I know I have my baby to think about.I tell myself that leaving is the right thing to do. But waking up without Lev in the middle of the night is pure midnight poison....

A Body That Remembered is a deeply personal journey through the unseen impact of untreated complex trauma and the ways survival can shape the body, mind, and nervous system.This is the story of a very personal experience living with complex PTSD, where years of unprocessed trauma and prolonged survival responses eventually led to adrenal gland dysfunction and a body pushed beyond its limits.Through exhaustion, confusion, fear, and the search for answers, this book ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.“Effortlessly charming. . . [Williams] writes with clarity and intimacy, revealing the person behind the persona.” —Maya S. Cade, The New York Times Boo...

Who said your past doesn’t determine your future?Take a ride with G, as he lays it down in this urban paranormal tale. A hard but straight-forward story about life choices.

During the course of our lives, trials, challenges, and tribulations will come despite the fact that we do not have a desire for them to manifest. Most of us would prefer to live a problem-free life. However, life is not designed that way. We learn valuable lessons from situations and circumstances that occur. It is left up to us to learn the lesson well and swiftly move forward to the next one. Genuine, Godly characteristics are built on some of our experiences in life. My desire is that ...

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira Ge...

When a naïve encounter at a coronation party leaves sixteen-year-old Janet Slater pregnant, there’s no question in her scandalized parents’ minds of her keeping the baby. Bundled off to a home for unmarried mothers in South London, Janet is about to face the hardest moment of her sheltered life alone. Forced to give her tiny daughter up for adoption, Janet promises her that one day, come what may, she’ll find her.In the years that follow, it seems that however hard Janet tries, it ...