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When Jennifer Ella Rose starts kindergarten, she learns that not everyone will be friendly and not all attempts to befriend someone will be successful. Will Jennifer Ella Rose conquer kindergarten by doing the best she can?Written by former elementary school teacher, Cheryl Babirad, the Jennifer Ella Rose series is a perfect tool for in-class, virtual, and homeschool learning.Includes discussion prompts and suggested vocabulary words.". . . a fun and educational picture book . . . a pleasure to read . . . Cheryl Babirad has created a page-turning story that will teach children an important lesson . . . I loved the characters'' interactions, especially when Jennifer and Jackie show their jelly faces to each other; children will laugh their socks off! " - AMY LOUISE HILL FOR READERS'' FAVORITE

Enthralled with a lavish wedding, the town gossips flourish until the specter of a long-deceased spirit intervenes. Based loosely on a true crime story from the turn of the nineteenth century in New England, this novel uncovers a simple truth of humanity-from the well-off to the working class, everyone falls victim to the transience of joy and the struggles of human nature.

2021 Best Book Awards (Finalist, Poetry: Contemporary) Illuminating the heart's journey.Sapphire Stars is a collection of poems devoted to love. Here, we uncover truth and passion when contradictions to both rush into the heart. "Illuminated," "In the Distance," "Unhindered," and "Dark Blue Encore" are filled with lines passionately placed to reveal a journey of the heart. This collection is for the dreamers and the fire signs. It is for those who have loved with everything they have and lost, only to love again, because that's what life is all about. Saxophones, Electric Guitars, Dark Blue Skies, and Sapphire Stars light up the heart in this collection. These poems are for the romantics and those who believe our lives are meant to be extraordinary and filled with a unique and grand purpose.

2021 NYC Big Book Award (Women's Fiction) I will not be beautiful for you.On the brink of WWII, sixteen-year-old Soon Ja is ensnared into the largest human trafficking scheme of the 20th century. She is taken to Manchuria by trickery from her home in occupied Korea and forced to become a comfort woman, a sex slave for members of the Imperial Japanese Army.Taken from comfort station to comfort station, Soon Ja suffers terribly. She desperately tries to deal with the daily physical and mental torment of her unbearable situation. She struggles to survive by any means possible, which includes retaliating against her captors by spying on behalf of anti-Japanese resistance fighters. This gives her a renewed purpose that quickly fades once the resistance is defeated.As the war progresses and years pass, Soon Ja's will to survive waxes and wanes as she surmounts one intolerable situation after another, bringing her the strength and courage that would shape the rest of her life.Among the few books written about comfort women, they are mostly nonfiction. THE COMFORT BEARER is unique in that it is written in first person, involves both interesting and terrifying circumstances surrounding the war, and takes the reader to remote garrisons as well as cities in occupied Asia.In order to stay alive, the protagonist must find a way to cope with the horrible abuse she has been subjected to, and as time passes, she develops survival skills she never thought possible including working with the resistance, becoming a war trophy to a general who is a beast, and finally, surviving by assuming the identity of her enemy, the Japanese.After the passage of seven decades, political and humanitarian controversies surrounding the issue of comfort women, or as reportedly referred to by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, enforced sex slaves, still exist. Even today the issue of comfort women remains a hot topic of debate around the world.Comfort women memorials have and continue to be placed around the world. Human trafficking remains a multi-billion-dollar industry. In preparing to write this book the author conducted extensive research into the circumstances and details surrounding Japan's war crimes against approximately 200,000 women and girls who were taken by the Japanese Imperial Army from the occupied areas of Asia to serve the soldiers as comfort women ... sex slaves.THE COMFORT BEARER puts a human face on this injustice using a fictional character, Soon Ja who represents an amalgam of all those who suffered at the hands of the Japanese. These enslaved women suffered terribly. It is currently estimated that between 15,000 and 50,000 girls and women are trafficked into the U.S. every year and politicians have been holding hearings about it on Capitol Hill. Worldwide, human trafficking is in the millions, remaining an enormous ongoing problem. "I thank this author for doing all the interviews she did to create this book. But, most of all, I thank her for the creation of Soon Ja from the women she met and spoke to. This is a girl-turned-woman who still had that fight - that slice of optimism and hope in a world that was truly hopeless. All I can say is, I wish my mom was still around to read this one; she would have been this author's biggest fan. 5 Stars!" - AMY LIGNOR, READER VIEWS

The story of a mass shooting and an old summer loveWinner of the Seven Hills Review Novel Excerpt ContestSummer of '85 is part coming-of-age story, part mid-life crisis story, and a timely tale for our era.In the summer of 1985 at the Jersey Shore, Cara Cassaday was Dan Fehr's first love. Since then, Dan has endured a series of mismatched relationships and unfulfilled dreams. Now his second marriage is in trouble and he's stuck writing for a mid-size newspaper in a small city. When he learns that Cara is among the victims of a gun massacre in a Philly hoagie shop, it triggers a chain of emotionally charged reactions as he confronts the realization of a lost love and a life lost-Cara was The One.This is an intimate look at the long arm of tragedy, unfulfilled promise, and the tensions of our times."A cleverly imagined and well-orchestrated novel"--Nancy McKinley, author of St. Christopher on Pluto"Summer of '85 dazzles us with the humanity of a passionate and sensitive man who acts on his feelings with little notion of the consequence and leaves us wondering if we should be more inclined to act in the same way."--Willard Cook, publisher of Epiphany Literary Journal

A novel inspired by real eventsBeware of tiger... and her lawyer.The Warrens aren't your average family-they live at a zoo. When their Bengal tiger, Ms. Benni, mauls an "aspiring model," the young man's multi-million-dollar lawsuit threatens to cripple their lifetime passion-caring for their beloved animals. The family's prospects to win at the jury trial look bleak, in spite of the fact that the young man deliberately walked into Ms. Benni's cage. When all appears lost for the family, their lawyer stumbles upon a creative defense.If she can fly to London within the judge's shortened time frame and get the tiger expert's testimony on video and prove to the jury that Ms. Benni is a grudge tiger with a reason for her vengeance, they have one shot at winning. If she fails, the Warrens lose everything.PRAISE FOR GRUDGE TIGERP>"...a tale of intrigue, empathy and drama... uniquely detailed and flawlessly written novel."-Susan Coryell, author of cozy mysteries The Overhome Trilogy, A Murder of Principle, and Young Adult novel, Eaglebait. "...a page-turner surrounding the plight of a family zoo where everything is at stake."-Linda Kay Simmons, author of Cahas Mountain, Lightning Shall Strike, and Lamb on a Tombstone."A thoroughly engaging legal drama packed full of interesting, often charismatic, characters."-A Wishing Shelf book review"A fascinating, believable, beautifully written story."-James A. Clark, litigation attorney, 35-year adjunct professor at DePaul College of Law and Director of its Litigation Laboratory, and Lecturer at the University of Chicago College of Law."What an enjoyable and interesting read for lawyers, cat lovers or anyone interested in wildlife in captivity."-Jay H. Tressler, Past President of the International Association of Defense Counsel.

Continue the story that began in Door of Hope (Book 2 of the Lincoln Square Series)Richard knew he'd met the future Mrs. Warren the moment he laid eyes on Susan Terrell the first day of 10th grade. They marry straight out of college, dreaming of their 'happily ever after.'When Richard's company lands a huge contract, Susan feels neglected-and runs right into the arms of the man who organized the contract, Mark Tripton. Now Richard must choose: stay with Susan and have the specter of her unfaithfulness hanging over them or leave and abandon the only woman he's ever loved.Will Susan ever leave Mark and fully invest in her marriage? Will Richard be able to show his wife the love of Christ in spite of her unfaithfulness?Will Richard and Susan ever find their way back to 'happily ever after'?

Love behind the wickets.English vice-Captain Claude de Lussan is the poster boy for English cricket. He's smart, handsome, rich and a damn fine cricketer. And Delilah Taylor loves him to bits. Her whole existence revolves around him so much so, she polishes his autographed ball from his first century every weekend as it sits in her cabinet. Except, Claude de Lussan doesn't love her back. Following a heady summer, she finds herself suddenly married and divorced from the cricketer only to find him return to her world years later. Can they resolve old hurts and bury the past to rebuild a future together? Can they overcome family resentment, old flames and misunderstandings to accept that they what they had was and still is special? Bonus Content: A sneak peek of Goalstruck, Book 3 in the To Love a Sportsman series.

She plays at deadly intrigue on the stage, then fate hands her the real thing!Wartime. New York, 1943. Jessica Minton, an up-and-coming young stage actress, is pondering the mixed blessings of rehearsals for a play that just doesn't seem to be jelling, the attentions of a reliable beau she isn't quite sure she wants to marry, and playing referee for her sister and brother-in-law's tempestuous marriage. Just as she thinks her life couldn't get any crazier, she becomes entangled with deceit, espionage, and murder when an unsettlingly attractive stranger makes her the unwilling custodian of a mysterious package in a Manhattan stalked by fifth columnists.Those who claim to be her allies may or may not be on the level, as Jessica is shot at, nearly stabbed in the midst of a performance, and held at gun point by a Nazi double agent. As if dodging homicide were not enough, Jessica finds herself romantically torn between her boyfriend and the elusive owner of the package-either of whom could be an Axis spy. With the help of her madcap sister Liz and a smart-aleck cat Dusty, Jessica is challenged to puzzle out whom to trust, with not just her country but her own life depending on her.Romance and adventure in the vein of Susan Elia McNeal, Kathryn Miller Haines, and Rhys Bowen.

Copper Divide is one woman's story of friendship tested by a society torn apart by a labor strike that resulted in the 1913 Italian Hall Disaster.In 1913, a massive and violent copper miners' strike split the once-peaceful community surrounding Calumet, Michigan. Thousands are protesting and rioting in the streets. The National Guard is sent in and stays for months.Hannah Weinstein is a Jewish merchant's daughter, certain that the interruption of her college classes is the worst the strike will bring to her relatively comfortable life. Her Finnish friend Nelma, however, is married to a striker, and places herself on the front lines of the dispute.When a train pulls in with a hundred scab miners, tensions escalate, and two of the scabs are shot. Their murder compels Hannah to join a Citizens' Alliance opposing the strike - and with it, Nelma. As the strike grows more and more deadly, Hannah and Nelma must find a way to reconcile and end the conflict without further violence, or their town - and their friendship - will be destroyed forever.