Knife's entire existence has been as twisted as his flesh and his face. The only thing beautiful in his life is his sister. When Gwennie is obliged to turn a suitor down because she fears to leave her brother to the brutality of their village, Knife is desperate for anything to ensure her happiness.
Riley and Dashawn have been friends since they were three. They got into skateboarding together and have advanced to the point where it's time to create a Sponsor Me tape. They bring a third skater along, Natasha, and try to get some good clips around a new office development. Then the police storm into the lot. The three skaters quickly scatter, trying their best not to get busted. Riley and Natasha arrive at the meet-up spot. They wait and wait, but Dashawn never shows. The next day Riley visits Dashawn, only to discover that the police have given him a “beat-down.” Nothing like this has ever happened before, and for Riley it is a wake-up call that whether they know it or not, not everyone lives in the same world he does. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
The man she barely escaped in her youth stands ready to welcome her home. Lily Thomas can no longer run from her past. With her New York publishing career in tatters and a stalker tracing her every step, she flees to her hometown in hope of a fresh start. But when the obsessed fiend follows, she fears the only person who can help her is the man whose heart she broke 12 years ago. FBI Special Agent Cooper Adams never got over losing his childhood sweetheart. Dedicating his life to taking down human traffickers, he’s still tormented by the shocking event that sent Lily running from his arms. While elated by their chance reunion, the discovery of a bloody warning splattered across her front door sparks Cooper’s protective instincts for his former love. With nowhere safe from the terror, Lily receives threatening messages tying Cooper to her ordeal. And with each clue they uncover, the agent believes the crimes of the past are on a collision course, and tragic consequences are imminent. Can Lily and Cooper solve a brutal sex trafficking case decades in the making, or will a shadowy force rip their love apart? Truth is in the Darkness is the second standalone novel in the suspenseful Paynes Creek romantic thriller series. If you like small-town characters, dark twists and turns, and the perfect balance of action in and out of the bedroom, then you’ll adore Heather Sunseri’s riveting tale. Buy Truth is in the Darkness to face the horror today!
Raven is an ordinary twenty one year old woman who lives in Portland Maine, with her boyfriend Lavon of five years, who is now becoming controlling and violent. Ravens life is about to change and she is about to be opened up to a whole new world of the supernatural. She starts having these sort of deep feelings for a movie star named Mike Wolfe, after she watches one of his movies called Dark Love, with her cousin Lila. The feelings are like a dejavue, but are really strong. She starts to have dreams and fantasies of him, and each day that she has these dreams, the more realistic they become as if they were actually happening. Thats when she begins to love him, and she starts to wonder if maybe she has lost her mind. That is until she wins a contest to meet him. Then the real truth starts to unveil and make itself known little by little. Raven and Mike instantly fall for each other as if it was their destiny in life, to be together. Then she starts her new life and leaving Lavon behind and furious. The thing is though, that Mike and his family have a secret that could very well end Ravens life forever They are a part of the supernatural world. Some time passes when Lavon enters back into Ravens life demanding to get her back. When it doesnt work out he finds another way to try to do it. He meets some guys that are a part of the supernatural world. Lavon vow to torment Mike and to get Raven back, even if in a way, that it ends his own life. Will Mikes family secret end Ravens life forever and force her to be a part of the supernatural? Will Lavon succeed in his attempt to steal Raven back from Mike and torment him as he does it? Read to find out what happens to Raven as she uncovers all the mysteries and all of the dark unknowns that lurks in the shadows of this new world that she realizes she has always lived in. She uncovers the Dark Truth of it all!!!
We live in a broken world. Amid the daily realities of sickness and isolation, disappointment and pain, it can be profoundly difficult to grasp the real goodness of God. But this is where God breaks into our darkness with beauty. In the wonder of creation, in art or film, story or song, in the kindness of his people and the good they create, God breaks into our pain in a tangible way, teaching us to trust his kindness and hope for his healing. Beauty is a voice singing into our suffering, beckoning us toward restoration. In This Beautiful Truth, Sarah Clarkson shares her own encounters with beauty in the midst of her decade-long struggle with mental illness, depression, and doubt. In a voice both vulnerable and reflective, she paints a compelling picture of the God who reaches out to us in a real and powerful way through the "taste and see" goodness of what he has made and what he continues to create amid our darkness. "To recognize and trust God's gift in pain," she writes, "empowers us to create and love as powerful witnesses to God's healing love in a hopeless world." If you want to renew your capacity to recognize and encounter God's beauty in your life, this hope-filled book will show you the way.
Too Scared To Tell is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered -"Should I tell?" Unfortunately, the irony of telling about a crime or misdemeanor is that those who do so are often treated harshly because speaking up is often viewed as more of a crime than the crime itself. Those who tell become rats, snitches, weasels, and the list goes on. No one is immune; it does not matter whether or not he or she is a member of Congress, the military, law enforcement, a doctor, lawyer, our kids, the butcher, baker, or candlestick maker. Elwood Corbin is an attorney admitted to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bar. Prior to that, he served a stint in the military, taught high school English and journalism, where his journalism class produced award-winning school newspapers. A history buff, his first novel, The End of Yesterday, took a different, somewhat romantic, and mystical look at the Spanish Civil War.
Mitchell Spence served with one of the largest police forces in the United Kingdom for over 27 years as a police cadet and a regular police officer, becoming a qualified inspector before retiring.As a direct result of his experiences, Mitchell was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and stress, and towards his latter years because of how they targeted him for not "singing the organisational song" and closed ranks against him, he was further diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Mitchell took it upon himself to write all of his professional life and some of his earlier personal life down as a way to 'tame the beast' we all know as PTSD and conquer it.Throughout those years he witnessed many changes in the role of police officer, some good and some not so good through the 'thatcher years' and successive governments.During this time, Mitchell always believed in truth and justice, and the fact that police officers were there to uphold the law and not make or break the law.In his book, you, the reader, will be taken through his career as though you were right by his side, witnessing first hand everything he witnessed. There are may books out there to be read but this is probably the only one which will give you the good, the bad and the ugly insights into what policing has been like from the early 80's into the millennium and beyond.Some would refer to his book as a 'warts and all' account but however it is referred to, it is a must read, illustrating its effects on police officers, their families and most importantly you, the reader.That was his career, his life work. This is his story...*Reader Advisory*Certain sections of this book have adult orientated language but this is the way conversations went for certain scenarios, and the reader must be prepared for these.
"Felecia lived a life in the dark, marred by abuse, addictions and perversion, but when a horrific car accident almost took the life of her son, she found herself seeking help from a God she did not know ... Felecia takes you with her on a journey from darkness to light"--Back of book
Soon after fifteen-year-old Will Reed and his friend Mason stumble over a corpse in the woods, Will's ex-con father is arrested for the murder—and it's Will's fault. With the police about to close their investigation, Will must discover the identity of the ruthless killer before his father wrongfully goes back to prison. In the spirit of City of Ember and The Goonies, it's the discovery of a coded message that starts Will and Mason on an unexpected path of mystery and danger. Will hopes finding an ancient relic will guide him to the truth and prove his father's innocence. Unfortunately, Will soon learns he isn't the only one searching for this valuable object. It's a race to follow hidden clues until Will is confronted with a harsh reality. His determination to help his father has jeopardized the lives of the people he cares for. With a cold-blooded killer on his trail, Will must choose between the safety of his friends and family or freedom for his father.