Thanks to Danielle Dill of Berkley, I am giving away one ebook copy of A Bella Flora Christmas by Wendy Wax
Description Bella Flora Christmas by Wendy Wax
The ladies of Ten Beach Road are home for the holidays in this brand-new novella.
Although their lives have changed since their first desperate renovation of Bella Flora, friends Madeline, Avery, and Nicole have always been there for each other. Now they’re returning to Bella Flora for Christmas—where Maddie’s daughter Kyra isn’t feeling particularly celebratory. Kyra was hoping for a peaceful holiday at Bella Flora—a last gathering before a wealthy, mystery tenant moves into the home she’s been forced to rent out. Instead, she must make a life altering decision by New Year’s — a decision that becomes even more difficult when unexpected guests arrive at Ten Beach Road on Christmas Eve. Now Kyra, Maddie, Avery and Nikki will need to pull together to secure Bella Flora’s future, as well as their own.
About Wendy Wax
Wendy Wax, a former broadcaster, is the author of fourteen novels, including One Good Thing, Sunshine Beach, A Week at the Lake, While We Were Watching Downton Abbey, The House on Mermaid Point, Ocean Beach, and Ten Beach Road. The mother of two grown sons, she lives in Atlanta with her husband and is doing her best to adjust to the quiet of her recently emptied nest.
Giveaway Bella Flora Christmas by Wendy Wax
This giveaway is open to Canada and the U.S. only and ends on December 1, 2017 midnight pacific time. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
Thanks to Ann-Marie Nieves of Get Red PR, I am giving away one print copy of Comanche Captive by D. Laszlo Conhaim.
Description Comanche Captive by D. Laszlo Conhaim
Scott Renald is an Indian agent searching for white captives. Laura Little is a former captive seeking her Comanche-born son. They meet unexpectedly on the high plains. Touched by her story, Renald leads Laura’s search while hostile tribesmen pursue them. Word of their predicament reaches Fort Sill, and agents are dispatched to grab her and recall him. Meanwhile, the army prepares for war with the Comanche. Circumstances propel all into a heart-wrenching and bloody conflict of competing loyalties and surprising discoveries against the scorched backdrop of the Staked Plain.
How does a captive become a willing tribal member? Can rescue and return be a crueler form of abduction? Comanche Captive depicts what happens after the taken has been found—in Laura’s case, forced separation from her child, unwanted psychiatric care, and finally the deadly consequences of her quest for her lost son.
An adventure novel of depth and contemporary resonance, equal parts poignant drama and playful homage, Comanche Captive offers a cast of vivid characters faced with the challenges of a divided and yet increasingly blended world.
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Advance Praise Comanche Captive by D. Laszlo Conhaim
“Conhaim’s rich characterizations bring a fascinating period of American history to life.
Comanche Captive is a page-turning, thought-provoking read.”―Michael Belfiore, author of Rocketeers and The Department of Mad Scientists
About D. Laszlo Conhaim
n 1986, at just 17 years of age, D. László Conhaim landed his first professional writing assignment, a two-part interview in Los Angeles and Tokyo with Japanese screen legend Toshiro Mifune for Minneapolis’s City Pages. While a humanities major at the University of Southern California, he wrote for credits his first historical novel, All Man’s Land, about a former slave’s discovery of the lawman who once owned him.
In 1995, Conhaim co-founded The Prague Revue, the longest-running literary journal to serve the community of international writers in Prague. For TPR, he wrote a fictional remembrance of Miguel de Unamuno, “Feeling into Don Miguel,” which Gore Vidal “read with delight” and Alexander Zaitchik (Rolling Stone, The Nation) called “masterful” in Think Magazine. In 1999, TPR Books published his corresponding novel of mythomania in Spain, Autumn Serenade. Based in Israel, he works in international sales and communications.
Giveaway Comanche Captive by D. Laszlo Conhaim
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Making Peace with Suicide by Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
Publisher: White Flowers Press (Oct 28, 2014) Category: Self-Help, Mental Illness, Grief, Psychology Tour dates: Oct/Nov, 2017 ISBN: 978-0982117620 ASIN: B00S46SGFI Available in Print & ebook, 232 pages
Insightful, compelling, and compassionate, Making Peace with Suicide: A Book of Hope, Understanding, and Comfort takes a good hard look at the world-wide phenomena of suicide. This book is designed for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide and felt that sucker punch of grief; for anyone who is in pain, walking unsteadily, and considering suicide as an option; and for anyone who works with, guides, or counsels those feeling suicidal and/or suffering the profound grief from a suicidal loss.
Making Peace with Suicide includes stories of courage, vulnerability, and steadfastness from both the survivors of suicidal loss as well as the unique perspective of the formerly suicidal. It offers shared wisdom and coping strategies from those who have walked before you. It explores the factors leading to suicide and the reasons why some do and some don’t leave suicide notes.
Making Peace with Suicide sheds light on the phenomena of suicide vis-à-vis our teens, the military, new mothers, as an end-of-life choice, and asks if addiction is a form of slow suicide. It provides a seven-step healing process and opens the door to consider suicide and the soul, the heart lesson of suicide, and the energies of suicide.
If suicidality has impacted your life, Making Peace with Suicide is a must-read. You will be guided through the unknown territory, given insights to allow understanding, stories to help you heal, and ways to make peace with a heart wide-open. Making Peace with Suicide is good medicine for the body, mind, and soul.
My Thoughts Making Peace with Suicide by Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
When I was about 9 years old my father took me to a new amusement park with his friend, Mr. A. and his son, Ward. It was then that I got to know Mr. A. and became quite fond of him. A few months later, he committed suicide. I don’t think anyone really knew why. I remember being really sad. The adults had trouble coping with it so I don’t think they knew how to help the kids. I felt especially bad for Ward.
Then fast forward to around 2010. I was still a full time social worker in mental health. One of the people I was working with moved and I had to hand her case over to a different social worker in that city. I did occasionally check in and after a couple months, I was told she committed suicide. It was soon after that, I quite social work full time and only stayed on to consult and teach workshops on occasion.
I wish I had the book ‘Making Peace With Suicide’ back then. I think it would have helped me even more that the counseling I went through. Adele Ryan McDowell brings a fresh perspective to the subject without bringing a lot of religion into it, as so many people tend to do. I know many find comfort in religion and I think that is great. I am not a very religious person and look for answers anywhere I can find them. Through the humanities, history, and literature, etc.
If you are like me in that regard, or even if you are religious, I think that this book can help you cope if you have a friend or loved one that has committed suicide or even attempted it. Ms. McDowell shows much compassion and insight through her many years of experience. She writes for regular people, not just for professionals in her field. Unlike some dry clinical books, she brings humanity into the subject. This book is powerful! I highly recommend ‘Making Peace With Suicide’!
5/5
I received the ebook for my honest opinion.
About Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
Described by one of her smaller clients as “The Feelings Doctor,” Award winning author, Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist with 35+ years’ experience who likes looking at life through the big view-finder.
Dr. McDowell has worked with suicide, domestic violence, and sexual assault crisis hotlines; survivors of Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, the Joplin Tornado, and the Newtown shooting; and clients struggling with addiction as well as those moving through profound life changes such as loss and health challenges. Her work focuses on helping clients find hope, balance, and peace in the face of crisis, trauma, abuse, and grief.
Dr. McDowell is the author of Balancing Act: Reflections, Meditations, and Coping Strategies for Today’s Fast-Paced Whirl. The suicide of a fellow psychologist led to the creation of her second book, Making Peace with Suicide: A Book of Hope, Understanding, and Comfort.
Adele — a Texan by birth and pioneering spirit — lives in Connecticut where you will often find her driving along the highways and byways, singing loudly in her car.
Adele is a frequent blogger on suicide and loss for the Huffington Post Canada. She has won two awards for ‘Making Peace with Suicide’: -IPPY (Gold) in the Psychology category (Independent Publisher Book Awards) -Living Now Award (Bronze), Books for Better Living from IBPA (Independent Book Publishing Association)
Giveaway Making Peace with Suicide by Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
This giveaway is for the choice of print or ebook however, print is available to the U.S. Only and ebook is open worldwide. This giveaway ends on November 30, 2017 midnight pacific time. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
Bella Flora Christmas by Wendy Wax
Bella Flora Christmas by Wendy Wax
Comanche Captive by D. Laszlo Conhaim
