Seven-year-old Layla loves life! So she keeps a happiness book. What is happiness for her? For you? Spirited and observant, Layla’s a child who’s been given room to grow, making happiness both thoughtful and intimate. It’s her dad talking about growing-up in South Carolina; her mom reading poetry; her best friend Juan, the community garden, and so much more. Written by poet Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin, this is a story of flourishing within family and community.
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. "Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice."—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations. Updated and expanded from the original workbook (downloaded by nearly 100,000 people), this critical text helps you take the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources, giving you the language to understand racism, and to dismantle your own biases, whether you are using the book on your own, with a book club, or looking to start family activism in your own home. This book will walk you step-by-step through the work of examining: Examining your own white privilege What allyship really means Anti-blackness, racial stereotypes, and cultural appropriation Changing the way that you view and respond to race How to continue the work to create social change Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. For readers of White Fragility, White Rage, So You Want To Talk About Race, The New Jim Crow, How to Be an Anti-Racist and more who are ready to closely examine their own beliefs and biases and do the work it will take to create social change. "Layla Saad moves her readers from their heads into their hearts, and ultimately, into their practice. We won't end white supremacy through an intellectual understanding alone; we must put that understanding into action."—Robin DiAngelo, author of New York Times bestseller White Fragility
It has been twenty-four hours since Layla last had cocaine. The blonde American now on a flight to New Delhi with her one white child and one brown child is struggling to keep it together. As she departs the airplane, all she can focus on is how quickly she can hook up with her friend and drug baron Leonardo so he can provide her with her next fix. Layla, a flower child of the 1960s, has travelled around the world in search of a utopian land. Her life story begins with her wild rock and roll years in New York and continues on to tell of her hippie days in San Francisco and Goa where hippies of the world converged to partake in a bohemian lifestyle. Here, her heady ways were combined with a few unfortunate incidents and wrong choices, ultimately leading her to her spiritual awakening, but not before paying a dear price. This compelling story line weaves 1960s and 70s style hedonism, Indian culture, drugs, family, devastation, passion, spirituality, and endearing characters into an engaging tale. The author takes you on a journey of vivid impressions, bringing to life the spirit of a lost era.
Layla Having spent the holidays with her family, Layla braces for the peace to shatter. Ushering in a new year shines a glaring spotlight on the dangers posed by her enemies. Now she must embrace fate and lead an army into the magical city of Maganthia. But it will take an angel to confront the corruption, and Layla still struggles to play the role. Quin The Crusaders call him a guardian. They insist he was made to ensure the earth angel fulfills her fate. But witnessing the love of his life risk it all for a prophesy threatens to drive Quin to an early grave, and her enemies would like nothing more than to bury him. The Enemy Not only has the Dark Guild replenished their army, they've infiltrated Maganthia. Now they lurk in the city's shadows while advancing their wicked agenda. They’re miles ahead of the angel, and they've already laid their traps. Soon, they'll have everything they need to disrupt the veils. Then the power of the Heavens will be theirs. witch, wizard, magic, battle, fight, flying, angels, demon, demons, deities, heaven, aura, love, lovers, soulmates, foreplay, sexual tension, kiss, coffee, emotional, new adult fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic, female protagonist, strong beautiful heroine, sexy sweet muscular handsome hero, family, life, death, revenge, survival, good vs evil, epic conflict, heartbreak, tearjerker, forest, beach, ocean, america, oregon, europe, oklahoma, international, psychic, psychics, twilight, witcher, epic fantasy, fantasy romance, strong female, strong female protagonist, Stephanie Meyer, Outlander, Blood & violence, Action & adventure, Angel/Demon lovers, Dual PoV, Emotional, Explicit Sexual Content, Family Bonding, Family Feels, Fate, Fated, Guardian, ward, Insta-love, Love at first sight, Magic, Magical sex, Mutual pining, NSFW, Part of a series that will have a happy ending, Passionate lovers, Protectiveness/protector, Reunion, Romantic sex, Sex, Sexual tension, She saves him, Stalker, Steamy, Supernatural elements, Swoon romance, Tear jerker, Third person pov, Ugly cry, Harry Potter with sex
In a fiery tale filled with villains and heroes, this installment of the Earth Angel series takes readers on a magical journey rich with emotion, intrigue, and danger. Fans of Twilight, The Red Queen, The Selection, and Harry Potter will devour this breathless fantasy set in a modern mystical world. The Crusaders suspect the world's largest magical city is crawling with Dark Guild members, and they want Layla to help them fight the corruption. But leaving home and crossing the globe is just the beginning of the daunting task, and the city's governing council may stop her in her tracks. Can Layla face the Maganthian council and make them her allies? Or are the city's top officials determined to become the angel’s deadliest enemies?
Layla Hawthorne has spent most of her human existence hovering on the outskirts of the mortal and spiritual worlds. Things and entities only she could see were always explained away as a vivid imagination. Layla was ridiculed and isolated away in asylums to “cure” her and the instability gave way to blocking the connection to her family that never truly healed even after their untimely deaths. Layla always had a haunted feeling that gnawed at her for decades. A bundle of whispers, a fleeting shadow in the trees, little lights only she could see bouncing through flowers and a dream. One filled with ancient people in a village, a massive bonfire and him. A horned god with his hand held out to her, waiting for Layla to take it. The dream of him, his face obscured but Layla knew him down to her soul. A sudden death and a blessing of good fortune from a stranger has taken her out of the loud and busy city life into the quiet depths of an ancient forest and a house that she had always dreamed of having all her own. The moment her feet touched the forest floor, she knew it was no ordinary place. Creatures that were myths and what she saw as a child revealed themselves as Layla realized she was never crazy and she was finally home. One fateful evening brings her recurring dream crashing into her reality and the horned god himself. Cernunnos. A Celt God who brought with him the answers Layla sought for decades on where she came from and who she was meant to be. Their passion reignited has brought love back into Layla’s life and given her the chance to be everything she ever wanted. With those revelations comes the danger from an ancient enemy, Arawn the God of War who would do everything in his power to destroy them. He succeeded once before and will do anything to destroy them once and for all. As Layla struggles to control her once dormant powers and allow Cernunnos into her heart, the fates give them one final chance to save the world or risk it being destroyed by Arawn for all of eternity. Can they unite as one and bring down the most powerful war god in existence or are they doomed to be torn apart forever?
In a fiery tale filled with villains and heroes, this installment of the Earth Angel series takes readers on a magical journey rich with emotion, intrigue, and danger. Fans of Twilight, The Red Queen, The Selection, and Harry Potter will devour this breathless fantasy set in a modern mystical world. Having once again destroyed the threat looming over the coven, Layla and her family finally get a chance to breathe and enjoy the holidays. But there's no rest for the wicked, and the Dark Guild remains steadfast in their quest to raise hell. Before the evil faction can attempt to shatter ancient magic set by the Goddess of the Heavens, they must replace the soldiers slaughtered during the angel's invasion, and their recruitment methods could bring Layla’s peaceful rest to a heart-wrenching halt.
I live for the night. The world where I’m most at home. She is my night. Layla’s beauty and innocence shone like all the stars in the sky. I sent her away to preserve that light within her, knowing the danger of my world would seek her out if she stayed. But I wasn’t prepared for the complete darkness that enveloped me when she left. I became the red king, bathing in blood and burning with rage held back by a sheer wall of ice. Then she returned, bringing the beauty of the night once again. The secrets she carries illuminate the lies that have hidden in the shadows for so long. Letting me hunt those who threaten her like the predator I am. Because I won’t make the same mistake twice. Layla is mine. I will destroy anyone who tries to take her from me again. Previously released as Protecting His Night WARNING: This book is not for the faint of heart. It will tear your heart out and stomp on it before putting it back together. The characters are not perfect, and the heroes are flawed. If you’re looking for sunshine and rainbows, I suggest you try another book. But if you want real emotion with a happily ever after, then you’ve found your book. TRIGGERS: human trafficking, sexual assault, violence, kidnapping, talks of rape, abuse
Layla’s in too deep now to leave. Plus, would Manus ever let her? What he can’t hold still with his god powers, he binds by oaths. And Layla is about to learn his promises run deep. When she’s thrust further into this world and more blood is spilled, she comes closer to her past. A past wrapped up in him, and a past wrapped up in danger. That past will not be repressed anymore. And that past will kill her and him, given the chance. …. She Transcends follows a seemingly normal woman and the true god of lightning fighting for the future. If you love your urban fantasies with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab She Transcends Book Two today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series.
The complete four-book She Transcends in one volume. Layla is at the heart of a dangerous myth. A tale of gods, monsters, and ancient forces that must be kept hidden. But nothing can stay in the dark forever…. When her own powers rise, she’s thrust into the arms of a god who wants to send her to hell, but he can’t let go of her yet. He senses in her something from his past – a dangerous force of incalculable strength, but a chance too. And in this world, men and gods will do anything for chances. Will Layla be able to save herself? Or will she fall? But there’s something worse than falling – it’s falling for him.
