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Wordsby Ginny L. Yttrup

A child whose silence holds the truth captive. An artist whose work speaks the agony of her past. When drawn together, will they let the truth set them free?

Ten-year old Kaylee Wren doesn’t speak. Not since her drug-addled mother walked away, leaving her in a remote cabin nestled in the towering redwoods, in the care of a man who is as dangerous as he is evil. With silence her only refuge, Kaylee collects words she might never speak from the only memento her mother left behind: a dictionary.

Sierra Daw is thirty-four, an artist, and alone. She has allowed the shame of her past to silence her present hopes and chooses to bury her pain by trying to control her circumstances. But on the twelfth anniversary of her daughter’s death, Sierra’s control begins to crumble as the God of her childhood woos her back to Himself.

Will Kaylee and Sierra let the truth set them free?

Ginny L. Yttrup is an award-winning author. Words won the Christy award for best first novel.

Buy Words today to follow Kaylee and Sierra on their journey to freedom.

“First-time novelist Yttrup writes a riveting, emotionally charged story about a 10-year-old sexual abuse victim, Kaylee Wren, who has literally lost her voice in the aftermath of ongoing trauma. Kaylee, living with her mom’s abusive boyfriend after her mother abandons her, turns to the world of words for her comfort and sanity. Smart as a whip, Kaylee sounds out words in her mind and links words and phrases far beyond comprehension for her age as she puzzles out hour-by-hour survival. Enter the 30-ish Sierra Dawn, a grief-stricken artist whose own infant daughter died 12 years earlier. When these two meet, there is a supernatural connection. Rescuing Kaylee from her tormenter is only the first step to freedom for both of these characters, as they walk toward wholeness. Yttrup’s story is particularly powerful as it in part mirrors her own painful past. Page by page, word by word, this talented author proves the adage ‘Write what you know.'” Publishers Weekly

Seals of Eternityby Edita A. Petrick

A cruel and mercurial ancient deity, stranded on Earth for thousands of years, has been searching for his means to escape from his earthly confinement. The only two artifacts that will do the job, the Seals of Eternity, have been lost in the sands of time. Sed, the mysterious and shadowy figure of jackal, has killed thousands in his relentless search for the Seals. The 21st century sees him taking over bodies of delegates attending an archeological convention in Miami, in pursuit of the knowledge about the two Seals. The left-handed seal is on exhibit in a local museum. The academic who curates the traveling exhibition is a Serbian war-criminal, hiding under a dead man’s identity. Sed, whether as a shadow or wearing someone’s body, has been tracking him across two continents just to be able to see one artifact that is not only a key to his prison, but a powerful energy conduit linked to all cosmic creation. The problem is that Sed needs both Seals, the left and the right-handed one, to close the loop that will guarantee him immortality…and in the process obliterate his current dimension and all creation in it.

Stella Hunter, although no longer a history professor, has been asked to present a paper at the Miami convention. Her family will be there to lend their support to their gregarious and irascible wife and mother. Since the convention is an international affair, Stella hopes to connect with many colleagues, including her best-friend-and-best-enemy, the San Francisco museum curator, Dr. Abigail McEwen.

When Stella’s husband, Carter, takes their adoptive son, Gabriel, to see the newly opened exhibit of recently discovered ancient treasures in a museum in Coral Gables, he has no idea that once again the doomsday clock started ticking.

Wings of the Wickedby Various Authors

Wickedly Dangerous and Sinfully Seductive.

Indulge in 25 breathtaking adventures of dangerous worlds where the lines blur between saints and sinners.

Come meet the creatures that fuel your every lust filled nightmare, where angels are not always encased in a light of righteousness and demons are not always dealing in all manner of debauchery. Where you might just end up rooting for the bad guy…

If you like demonic games, angelic interventions, and thrilling temptations, you'll love this urban fantasy and paranormal romance collection of twisted proportions in Wings of the Wicked.

Shiftedby Various Authors

Fans of Harry Potter and Twilight, get ready for a world unlike any other! A secret school for shape shifters, a monarchy of vampires determined to exterminate them and take over the world, and a coalition of human hunters dedicated to protecting the world from both.

Rule #1: Never go out after dark.
Rule #2: Never go into large bodies of water.
Rule #3: Stay off of social media.

Myreen didn’t think breaking one rule, just once, would lead to the death of her mother. And she never expected to learn she was a mermaid shifter, or that her mother was killed by vampires.

Whisked away in the middle of the night for her own safety, Myreen finds herself in a secret school for shifters. With rumors swirling, mean girls circling, and two incredibly attractive guys tugging her in separate directions, Myreen will need to untangle the web of secrets surrounding her if she ever wants to find out why her mother was murdered.

But as she dives deeper into the mystery, she discovers a truth about herself that no one saw coming–a truth that will change the fate of the shifter world forever.

Healthy Creative Thinkers: A Beginner’s Guide to Optimizing Your Lifeby Lee Kellogg

By cutting thought the hundreds of books and thousands of words out there on everything that you should do to be healthier or more creative, Lee Kellogg has simplified and created a concise guide to restarting your life. Based on personal experience and interviews with numerous experts, Healthy Creative Thinkers is your starting place for being bold and getting out of your rut. From why to how, each chapter has questions and tasks to get you thinking about the content and how it applies to your life. Use the book to change your creative habits, your eating or how you exercise. Add meditation to your routine, slow down and observe the world. Get outdoors and play. Healthy habits, creative habits and how to establish a good habit are all covered in the book.

Organizational Happiness: The Happiness Sweet Spot & Your Motivational Landscapeby Lars Kure Juul

This book gives you a recipe for creating a unique com-petitive advantage and sustainable success by guiding you through the three pillars for organizational happiness–purpose, strengths, and compassion–and finding your Organizational Happiness Sweet Spot.It also outlines the evidence for how organizational happiness and great employee engagement boost business, and introduces you to the Motivational Landscape platform so you can measure, monitor, and follow up on organizational happiness and employee engagement as if your business depends on it. Because it does!

Graced By Grit: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Guide To Starting A Business With Power, Passion & Purposeby Kimberly Caccavo

Are you afraid that you will fail? Do you really want to start your own company; you are women, it will be difficult. These were comments Kimberly Caccavo and Kate Nowlan heard when they decided to stop talking about creating a company and buckled down and went for it.

In this book, Graced By Grit, The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Companion To Starting A Business With Power, Passion & Purpose, two ambitious (and gritty) entrepreneurial women share their experiences and tools so that you can realize your dream and start your own business. This is a fun, inspirational and engaging tool that will guide you to start your business.

Graced By Grit is a quick, fun read that will walk you through the steps you need to get your business or non-profit started from gathering your courage, helping you find ways to fit it in your schedule and developing a plan to make your dream a reality. Graced By Grit provides you with the tools to build your business and shares stories of the incredible and inspirational women the authors met while successfully starting, building and selling their company.

The Art of Hybrid Timber Framing: Timber Frame Ideas, Post & Beam Inspirations, Tips & Techniquesby Bert Sarkkinen

Post & Beam Timber Framing Uncovered!

Full timber framing is a thing of the past, generally speaking. The art of hybrid timber framing is a must read for owners, architects, and builders who want to influence the look and feel of their projects using exposed beam construction. Hybrid timber framing utilizes post & beam as well as modern & historical timber framing systems to create the ideal timber experience in a home or structure. Design is not held back by the constraints of traditional stick-built homes, or full timber frames. With this flexibility, the design must be carefully considered before the build starts.

With Hybrid Timber Framing, your options are many, but initial decisions have a massive impact on final result and satisfaction. This book educates owners, builders and architects on the decisions that must be covered during the design and planning stage. It is rich with ideas imagery and instruction to jumpstart your inspiration and planning.

However, this book is not for people who cannot or are unwilling to take a little time to learn and focus their efforts on the key things which will make or break the success of their timber building projects. It is a collection of high level techniques, ideas, and tips to avoid common pitfalls and ensure you get what you want with an enjoyable process.

Naturally, timbers and exposed beams have outsized impact on the aesthetics of building projects. Adding timbers without weighing the structural and aesthetic impacts can be worse than doing nothing and will magnify any awkward imbalances.

For rustic homes, beautiful structures, shops, pavilions, car canopies…the timber options are endless. Timber joinery and construction techniques create masterful look and structural integrity.

This guide will help you plan and build it right the first time! Important topics to consider include:

• How to achieve optimized beauty by first defining ugly
• Where to draw the line with hybrid timber framing
• Seven chapters portraying diverse and unique timber styles
• How to avoid the over simplified “Hail Mary” approach
• How to accurately predict in the cost of hybrid timber framing

Arrow Timber Framing Owner, Bert Sarkkinen, is the son of a carpenter who developed a passion and knack for building at a young age. He has experienced multiple challenges in this craft through “trials by fire” to become the visionary and chief designer he is today at Arrow Timber Framing.

He is especially proud of his design, production and manufacturing team who he credits to the ongoing growth and company success.

This book provides the crucial knowledge needed for every phase of the project from planning to completion. This guide will help you protect your financial investment and optimize the look of post and beam construction.

“This is the most comprehensive planning guide to help you protect your timber investment and gain long-term project satisfaction to be enjoyed by future generations. We wish you much success as you create unique, artistic and beauty for your next timber project.”