The Grace Year: A Novelby Kim Liggett

The Instant New York Times Bestseller!

A speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power. Optioned by Universal and Elizabeth Banks to be a major motion picture!

“A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner. Liggett’s deeply suspenseful book brilliantly explores the high cost of a misogynistic world that denies women power and does it with a heart-in-your-throat, action-driven story that’s equal parts horror-laden fairy tale, survival story, romance, and resistance manifesto. I couldn’t stop reading.” – Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author

Survive the year.

No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden.

In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.

Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life–a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.

With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.

Parenting Beyond Screens: Becoming a Face-First Family in an Age of Distractionby Brandon LaFontaine

Having clarity of parenting with technology doesn’t mean you read a few blogs and implement some random rules. Having clarity with technology means knowing what your family’s core values are and how you are going to protect those values with intentional boundaries.

This book helps you identify and unite in your family’s core values and win in the age of distraction with effective boundaries to protect your children’s heart, mind, body, and culture.

The Mystery of Healingby A P McGrath

A compassionate young doctor to the gladiators in one of the Roman Empire’s most breath-taking cities turns detective when a cherished acquaintance is murdered. Solon of Pergamon, the healer of bodies, must find a route into the human heart to uncover the truth.

Torn between his growing love for a beguiling student and the precarious tides of the Roman Empire, he navigates with the same bloody-minded humanity it takes to be chief physician to the great entertainment-warriors of a glittering age.

Classic storytelling in an unforgettable setting.

Being Authentic: A Memoirby Morhaf Al Achkar

⚠ Our existence is fragile. I learned that in many intricate ways, so I do not take today for granted. I do not know what tomorrow will bring. I do not even know if tomorrow will come. ⚠

◆ On the eve of Thanksgiving 2016, I received the diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer. Next to dying, I fear the spread of cancer to my brain and losing my ability to think, speak, or write. This loss would be devastating to me. ◆

• The fragility of our life made me want to be authentic. Therefore, I am writing this memoir to be authentic–we become our true selves when we author who we are.
• I am afraid of being forgotten. Death does frighten me. But more than dying, I am scared of having no one remember me or, even worse, of being recognized differently from who I was. At the same time, I have never thought that I was entitled to ask others not to forget me. But, not to be forgotten is precisely what I yearn for. ★
• While I am writing for the other, I am simultaneously writing for myself. I am one of the readers and will test the subject as it gets written. My criteria are stricter. I want to say, “This is my narrative.” 

♥ I need to be able to say, “This is my narrative.” ♥

Marekby Liza Probz

Jazmine

Being a thief was never my life’s ambition, but there’s something I need to find, and I’ll go to any length to do it.

It’s a matter of life and death. And no one is willing to help.

A few mishaps later, I find myself in trouble with the feline king and it’s time to RUN.

But I don’t get very far. A handsome humanoid is wanting company for a long trip and he’s offering just the help I need.

For a cost…

Marek

One year. That’s all I get before I’m to step up as rightful king of my people.

A people believed to be extinct by the surrounding worlds.

Even though I’m the eldest and most responsible, I’m in need of an adventure and a beautiful woman to help keep my blood warm.

Finding a human thief who needed a transport around the galaxy was not part of the plan, but once I laid eyes on her, I knew she was mine.

She might plan on ripping me off and not paying up on her half of the bargain, but that’s all right. I don’t only want her body.

I want everything she’s got to offer.

Forever.

The Vartik King Chronicles in planned as a sexy Sci-Fi Standalone series where eight siblings get an adventure and find love in the galaxies beyond home. Come join this new adventure and fall in love with the world I’ve created. Each book can be read separately and out of order! Enjoy.

Onward: The Art of Leadershipby Mark Joseph Huckabee

Onward: The Art of Leadership reveals a new vision of leadership and success, tailored for 21st-century leaders and taught through the lens of literature, history, and cinema.

On our adventure we’ll master public speaking with Winston Churchill. We’ll learn negotiation tactics from Nelson Mandela. Pixar will teach us the power of brand equity. We’ll plan our retirement years with Michael Corleone himself, and grow our wealth with Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko. We’ll shine a life-saving light on addiction and discover the key to overcoming life’s greatest tragedies alongside Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl.

Jurassic Park. Napoleon Bonaparte. The Matrix. TED Talks. Alexander the Great. Elon Musk. Star Wars. These are our teachers. And through them, we will transform our approach to leadership and life.

Onward: The Art of Leadership. Timeless principles. Today’s voice.

Leif J. Erickson Thriller Bundle: Time Vacation – Hidden Trails – Cerrado – Beta Troopsby Leif J. Erickson

Time Vacation

Time Vacation is a progressive company that offers people the chance to see history with a vacation through time. The most popular locations, dinosaurs, pyramid building, and the American Revolution bring in thousands of people a year, paying the million dollar price tag for the chance to see history come to life all thanks to the inventors of time travel, the late Daniel Blank, his son Maximilian, and Max’s late wife, Sarah.

Hidden Trails

In the depths of the forest, along the hidden trails, the girls find an abandoned city with a strange orphan girl living there. After her parents died the teenager ran away to the city and began work to fix up some of the buildings. She agrees to help Jennifer and her friends find the guys but as they begin the search, the girls realize that something far more sinister is being hidden in the forest. One by one, the girls discover what happened to the guys, and learn that some things that are hidden are never meant to be found.

Cerrado

Krispin Risdell has always looked to the stars, praying that one day he will leave his family’s simple farm and set off on a life changing adventure. When he discovers that the woman of his dreams, Holly Porter, has received a marriage proposal from another man, Krispin has no choice but to spring into action. Holly agrees to marry the man who has the grandest adventure so Krispin sets out to travel the world. On his way he meets a strange princess from the magical land of Cerrado, and together, Krispin and the princess must stop a dark evil from returning before it consumes both worlds.

Beta Troops

When a group of freedom fighters led by Two Doctors; Doctor Monte Prowl and Doctor Chas Kent, discover a way to defeat the Alpha troops, and where the location of the formula to manufacture the protein is, they launch a desperate attempt to free the country from the Ross Empire. With spies everywhere, and no way to trust anyone, the doctors must use their skills to fly under the radar to disrupt the emperor and his killers.