The Gretchen Question

The Gretchen Question
Author: Jessica Treadway
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2020-06-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504063546

“One of the most haunting stories I have ever read about the price we pay for the secrets we keep” from the award-winning author of How Will I Know You? (Julia Glass, national bestselling author). The Gretchen Question recounts a day in the life of Roberta Chase, who does not have much time left to make peace with her son ,who’s punishing her for withholding his father’s true identity from him. A single mother torn between protecting her only child or revealing herself fully to the people she loves most, Roberta finds herself at war with conflicting loyalties, increasing betrayal by her own body, the confused love she feels for her oldest friend, and a trauma from her past that casts a deep and possibly permanent shadow not only over her own life, but over the legacy she will bestow upon her son. Portraying the most intense and shameful moments of motherhood, and the things we leave unsaid even to those we want most to hear them, The Gretchen Question is a celebration of one woman’s private reckoning with the source of her life’s most profound pain―as well as its greatest pleasure. “A powerful and emotional ride with disorienting, satisfying turns and a stunning end. Treadway is masterful.” —Lily King, New York Times–bestselling author “Roberta’s . . . emotional journey is captured beautifully. Treadway powerfully captures one woman’s attempt to live a meaningful existence despite all that she has endured.” —Publishers Weekly “A thoughtful, and thought-provoking, meditation on love, loss, and legacy.” —Kirkus Reviews

Murder In The Marsh

Murder In The Marsh
Author: Molly Evans
Publisher: White Sage Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2022-02-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

First, there's a crime scene, but no body. Next, there's a body, but no crime scene. Police start to suspect the two overly-curious women who discovered the scenes are serial killers, but they can't prove it. Travel nurses are disappearing at an alarming rate from Oak Island Hospital along the coast of North Carolina, but no one knows why. These two super-sleuth nurses are determined to find out. They aren't experts. They've never solved a crime. They just know they can't sit on the sidelines while other nurses are being killed. They're going to help whether the police like it or not. They're nurses. They can handle just about anything. Except for the impending hurricane pressing up the coast that will wash away any evidence before the case is solved. Follow Piper Quinn and Jeannie Hatcher with their quirky, unconventional style and have a look into the fascinating lives of travel nurses as they take their work contracts across the country.

Cop Blocked

Cop Blocked
Author: Aubree Valentine
Publisher: Aubree Valentine
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1386663980

Stability. Commitment. Love. I want it all, and I refuse to settle for anything less. Being stood up by a blind date? That's par for the course. I knew the pitfalls of putting myself out there…again. But why waste a sitter and good night out when there's a hot guy licking his wounds at the bar just a few feet away? Unattached. Childless. Uncomplicated. I like my life just the way it is. The only commitments I'm into are the ones I made to God and my Country as a Marine and to protect and serve as a civilian. Relationships? They are one minefield I'd rather not cross. That is until kismet slides onto the bar stool next to me. Now I'm beginning to question everything in my life that I've held onto with an unbreakable conviction. Lust. Love. A white picket fence. Rachel is a lethal combination for a man like me…she's gorgeous, sassy, independent and as Isoon finds out…a single mother. Minefield or not, I can't fight my feelings for Rachel or her adorable toddler. There's only one question is left to be answered. Can a man like me handle being cop blocked?

Majestic Storm

Majestic Storm
Author: Tamara Wilson
Publisher: Kindle Direct Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2024-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Majestic Storm features Ava - a self-professed Christian who is called into the presence of God to face Judgment. Her crimes? Failing to show the love of Christ. Failing to walk in forgiveness. Failing to allow Christ access to every part of her life. Using actual scriptures, Majestic Storm will challenge you, as it challenged Ava, to consider your ways while there’s still time! Will Ava survive her Majestic Storm? You’ll have to read the book to find out!

Four and a Half Steps

Four and a Half Steps
Author: Randy Wagner
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2022-11-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1039148980

Wag is a charismatic and mischievous character. A soon-to-be Boston Pizza franchise owner, he likes to push people’s buttons and takes life to the extreme. After an evening out with his wife in Calgary, he decides to drive back to his temporary home in Lethbridge to make his early morning shift, hoping he can make it back in time to catch a few hours of sleep before a head office inspection. The next thing he remembers is his wife screaming. Wanting someone to help her, he tries to call out but realizes that he can barely speak, let alone open his eyes. Finally, only remembering sensations and sounds, he wakes up in Calgary Hospital, where he learns that he fell asleep behind the wheel and drove into a deep ditch, leaving him as a C5-C6 quadriplegic. Filled with anger and disbelief, he lashes out at those around him. His wife, who is unharmed, tries to remain hopeful, which infuriates him. He begins to spiral into the universal five stages of grief, moving back and forth between denial and anger as he begins his six month stay at the hospital. Though he finds strength and relief from fellow patients and their views on life, Wag’s anger and depression define him, and those around him wonder how he’ll survive once he’s thrust into the realities of the walking world. Full of dark humour and raw vulnerability, 4 and 1⁄2 Steps delves into the challenges Wag faces both emotionally and physically as he adjusts to his new stage of life.

The Stranger Upstairs

The Stranger Upstairs
Author: Lisa M. Matlin
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2024-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593599977

Most people wouldn’t buy an infamous murder house to renovate for fun . . . but Sarah Slade is not most people. “This debut novel deftly explores our shadows—the dark parts of ourselves we don’t want others to see. I couldn’t stop reading.”—Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Writing Retreat A POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A therapist and self-help writer with all the answers, Sarah has just bought a gorgeous Victorian in the community of her dreams. Turns out you can get a killer deal on a house where someone was murdered. Plus, renovating Black Wood House makes for great blog content and a potent distraction from her failing marriage. Good thing nobody knows that her past is as tainted as the bloodstain on her bedroom floor. But the renovations are fast becoming a nightmare. Sarah imagined custom avocado wallpaper, massive profits, and an appreciative husband who would want to share her bed again. Instead, the neighbors hate her guts and her husband still sleeps on the couch. And though the builders attempt to cover up Black Wood’s horrifying past, a series of bizarre accidents, threatening notes, and unexplained footsteps in the attic only confirm for Sarah what the rest of the town already knows: Something is very wrong in that house. With every passing moment, Sarah’s life spirals further out of control—and with it her sense of reality. But as she peels back the curling wallpaper and discovers the house’s secrets, she realizes that the deadly legacy of Black Wood House has only just begun.

Becoming Super Woman

Becoming Super Woman
Author: Nicole Lapin
Publisher: BenBella Books
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2019-09-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 194883667X

Do you feel daily pressure to keep pushing yourself even when you're stressed and exhausted? It's time to leave Superwoman in the movies, where she belongs, and say hello to being a Super Woman—the best, most productive and balanced version of the hero you already are. For years—maybe your entire life—you've been told that success means having it all and doing it all. But working more and harder is holding you back, not moving you forward. In Becoming Super Woman, New York Times bestselling author Nicole Lapin redefines what it means to be a woman who "has it all"—and shows you how to find lasting success by your own definition, on your own terms. Nicole candidly shares her own story of career burnout and an emergency hospitalization that prompted her to take her mental health seriously for the first time ever. Along the way, she discovered that not only was this priority shift not a defeat, it was the key to unlocking even greater achievements. In her third and most personal book yet, Nicole lays out an actionable, 12-step plan to guide you in taking control and becoming the hero of your own story, with the skills it takes to be a real Super Woman—skills we should (but often don't) learn growing up, from productivity hacks to boundary setting. She makes the case that the real secret to success doesn't hinge on the hustle or degrees you have but in "putting on your own oxygen mask before helping others." In fact, self-care is the biggest asset or liability in our careers—when it's on-point it can help us soar, and when it's neglected it can bring us down faster than anything else. Entertaining, honest, and life-changing, Becoming Super Woman shows you how to banish burnout, ward off a breakdown, and achieve true balance … finally.

The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley
Author: Shaun David Hutchinson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1481403117

Convinced he should have died in the accident that killed his parents and sister, sixteen-year-old Drew lives in a hospital, hiding from employees and his past, until Rusty, set on fire for being gay, turns his life around. Includes excerpts from the superhero comic Drew creates.

He Slipped Away

He Slipped Away
Author: J.M. Harris
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2023-06-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Once youthful, the days of old have moved to the present. She laid with the beauty of tender wrinkles and silvery hairs combed into its rightful place, rattling on about the concerning things of life. Her head turned as she focused. “What happened to my baby boy?” Dorothy Sutton whispers to her granddaughter Sheba. Words which she once held tight in secrecy, as come forth. She never wanted this to happen. As old memories never fade, even as new ones do, she has revealed things not forgotten. Living a richly rewarded life at the golden age of ninety-seven and has six months to live. Dorothy has shielded details concerning her past, as she saw no reason in digging up what she once left behind. Faith, love, and courage have been the foundation of her entire life. Her plans are to continue living the same till the end. Sheba encourages story time on what she knows, her past, to bring comfort to her in the present. In recording the events of yesterday, she learns of a secret her granny has held onto for seventy-three years. She did birthed twins, but only brought home one. One, a girl who was sickly at birth and survived only to pass away at thirty-two years of age, the other a boy. How could she hold on to something that had caused much pain? Without knowing, she may have given the keys to retrieve answers for the future. Together, these ladies will continue searching for miracles, signs, and wonders. Share the journey of Dorothy Sutton as God’s plan reveals missing pieces of a puzzle to find out what happened to her baby boy as ‘He Slipped Away’.

The Super Life of Ben Braver

The Super Life of Ben Braver
Author: Marcus Emerson
Publisher: Ben Braver
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1626727104

An extra ordinary boy ends up at an extraordinary school for children with super powers in the first book in a new series from the author of Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja.