Bøger af Phoebe Walker

After being kidnapped and tortured by a brutal werewolf pack, ordinary New Age witch Jo Murphy hasn't known a day of peace. With the help of the goddess Hecate, she escapes-or so she thinks. Nightmares haunt her as paranoia remains her constant companion. And now, she's developed a new power she doesn't understand. With the pack gone, apparently by her hand, Jo should be safe, but she's not taking any chances.When Ezekiel Booker answers the Council's call to hunt down Josephine Murphy, he thought it would be his last job before becoming the alpha of the St. Louis pack. However, Booker didn't account for the effect she'd have on him-or how easily she'd escape him. As he tracks her once more, he discovers she's created a magical sanctuary and occult shop out of an old building in his territory. And it's entirely warded against werewolves.Will Booker be able to earn her trust and uncover the mystery of her powers-and their connection? Or will Jo face the new threat of a necromancer alone?Werewolves, witches, and magic combine in this powerful enemies to lovers urban fantasy romance.

"There’s a gap where my sense of place should be. It’s quite a useful one sometimes. It allows me to sit on the cusp of an opinion."Following a move to the Netherlands, a young woman dissects the developments of her new life: awkward exchanges with the people she meets, days spent alone freelancing in her apartment, her confrontation with boredom and unease. In her newfound isolation, she develops an unusual friendship with Colette, a woman she neither likes nor can keep away from. As her feelings of dislocation grow, larger anxieties about her purpose – or lack thereof – begin to encroach. And underneath it all, a burgeoning frustration bubbles.Exploring loneliness, self-worth, and disconnection with head-nodding accuracy, Phoebe Walker's debut novel ´Temper´ is perfect for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh's ´My Year of Rest and Relaxation´.Originally from Northumberland, Phoebe has lived in both London and the Netherlands and is now based in Manchester. Her debut poetry pamphlet, ´Animal Noises´, won an Eric Gregory Award in 2021. Pheobe also received the Mairtín Crawford Poetry Award in 2019 and a Northern Writers' Award for poetry in 2012.

This book is for people who have ever experienced a major life trial that left them searching for hope and a point of recovery. This book is a candid description of my lifelong train ride through multiples trials to healing. Allow me to share with you how I have overcome my circumstances and daily live as a survivor. The book is my life journey through an abusive childhood, marriage, disease, cancer, and profound faith. Through faith and humor I was able to rise victoriously out of each difficult life circumstance. Don't be fooled by the intensity of the topics covered because just as you think a situation can't get any worse, I will have you laughing. This honest memoir was written to help others walk through their own life trials.

"There's a gap where my sense of place should be. It's quite a useful one sometimes. It allows me to sit on the cusp of an opinion."Following a move to the Netherlands, a young woman dissects the developments of her new life: awkward exchanges with the people she meets, days spent alone freelancing in her apartment, her confrontation with boredom and unease.In her newfound isolation, she develops an unusual friendship with Colette, a woman she neither likes nor can keep away from. As her feelings of dislocation grow, larger anxieties about her purpose - or lack of it - begin to encroach. And underneath it all, a burgeoning frustration bubbles.Intimate, incisive and brilliantly observed, Temper explores loneliness, self-worth and disconnection with head-nodding accuracy.

This is a story of survival and self-discovery featuring one woman's riveting, bluntly honest, and inspiring journey through an abusive childhood, an abusive first marriage, and a series of terrifying health crises that ultimately lead to a fulfilling family life and a sense of self so strong that she serves as a daily inspiration for others. Hope, faith, perseverance, and humor are woven into the tapestry of this tale.PHOEBE suffers through a childhood that is saturated with abuse; the ramifications persist into an adulthood that begins with more abuse and sense of loss and loathing. But with courage and a strong drive to transform herself and her circumstances, she becomes an undaunted survivor, prepared for the challenges life continues to pose. PHOEBE learns to rely on hope, humor, and faith to reverse a terrifying downwards spiral, and the victim becomes a victor. By the time she turns forty, she discovers a resilient inner youth that had lurked in the shadows of her dark days and she is able to clear a path toward a satisfying and hope-filled life. Her future isn't easy, however. She faces the terrifying, chaotic, and unpredictable effects of an invisible neurologic disease, multiple sclerosis. Though the disease forces her to dip her toes into Hell on occasion, she finds a way to fight her way back--with instant gut-rolling humor, with deep empathy for other sufferers, and with a reliance on a rock-solid marriage, faithful friends, and a friend-based faith. She learns to treat her disease as her superpower. Since she can't rid herself of it, she is determined to utilize it to strengthen herself and help others dealing with their own personal tragedies. Through her determination, resiliency, and hope for the marvelous things life can offer, she forges her physical weaknesses into an unconquerable super-ability to surmount the obstacles that block her way.

Success is a concept as individual as beauty is, in the eye of the beholder, but with each individuals success comes testing circumstances, the price that must be paid in advance.The grind, The pain and the losses all champions have endured. These hardships are no reason to quit but an indicator that you are heading in the right direction, because we must walk through the rain to see the rainbow and we must endure loss to make space for our new desired results.Often the bigger the desired change , the bigger the pain, and this is why so few do it.The very fact that are listening to this right now says to me you have something extra about you.Inside you know there is more for you and that dream you have, you believe it is possible.If others have done it before, then so can you , because we can do anything we set our minds and hearts to. But we must take control of our destiny, have clear results in mind and take calculated action towards those results The path may be foggy and unknown but as you commit to the result and believe in it the path, it will be revealed soon enough. We don't need to know the how, to declare we are going to do something, the how will come later.¿¿¿