"Speak no evil, Samantha. At least for another day."
See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil.
That's how the saying goes. Samantha Reeds has taken that expression to heart. When an... More > abusive father has made her see and hear so much evil makes her decide to go mute, how will she cope in a new Foster Home? It's very hard to make friends when you cannot speak. She's determined that life isn't going to get any better for her, even with supportive Foster Parents like Harold and Lacey.
But then she meets Hamnet, the German boy next door. He wants to befriend her, to make her happy, and teach her how to speak again.
But when something tears them away, will Samantha ever learn to find her voice?< Less
Want to know why the "flaw of attraction" isn't working for you? Because... It's a lie. It's an empty set of promises. It's a cleverly designed "belief drug" for those needing... More > and wanting hope in their lives. It's a for-profit religion. Hear the truth from an insider, who spent many years "teaching" and trying to utilize the "flaw of attraction" for himself. There is still hope though, but whether or not it's for you is for you to decide.< Less
A retired skater is driven by guilt over her husband's death to return to the village where she was raised, lacking the will to live any longer. But oblivion will not take her; she begins hearing... More > stories whispered to her from walls and floors – from boards of funguswood, taken from a species of trees long since rendered extinct by humanity.
A shill on death row somehow escapes prison by way of an old Leadbelly song; or perhaps it is a drug-induced madness. He comes to the same village and spies on the skater, out on the Suicide Flats nearby, talking for hours with something that looks like tumbleweed.
A tree, either the last or the first of its species, who is curiously familiar with Shakespeare, Blake, and Milton, and who bears humanity no ill will, is looking for a savior.< Less
With DCI Forsyth on holiday, his squad investigates the murder of a couple in what looks like a gangland killing, and it turns out that the couple have lied as to how they obtained their wealth. ... More > When DS MacRae hears of a previous, similar killing, the squad is able to make the connection between the two incidents and trace other people involved, who may also be at risk. But none of the others is prepared to cooperate and, when two of them are murdered in St Andrews, MacRae joins an Inspector from the Fife Constabulary in trying to find who is behind the murders, but without success. When Forsyth comes back early from holiday, he takes over the investigation and, by the use of logical deduction, arrives at the identity of the murderer.< Less
With DCI Forsyth on holiday, his squad investigates the murder of a couple in what looks like a gangland killing, and it turns out that the couple have lied as to how they obtained their wealth. ... More > When DS MacRae hears of a previous, similar killing, the squad is able to make the connection between the two incidents and trace other people involved, who may also be at risk. But none of the others is prepared to cooperate and, when two of them are murdered in St Andrews, MacRae joins an Inspector from the Fife Constabulary in trying to find who is behind the murders, but without success. When Forsyth comes back early from holiday, he takes over the investigation and, by the use of logical deduction, arrives at the identity of the murderer.< Less
The instinct is not to read the brief but to scurry to the corridors in order to hear the latest news, instead of reading them, from those who equally skipped the brief in order to hear others who... More > did likewise.< Less
A story of a of little black girl named "Glenette," who at the age 5 years was being abused by an evil step-father in her home for about 4 years, even though her mother was in the same... More > house. The stepfather would leave the mother's bedroom to go the the little girl's bedroom and the mother never knew it. The hell she endured and the screams of this little girl were humiliating and the torture undescribeable that almost killed her. He put a sack over her head, so her screams would not be heard. Writing letters to God and leaving them on the dresser for HIM to answer, because no one else heard her screams or came to her rescue. God showed up right on time.< Less
Both love and danger confront P. I. Lisa Womack on the Northern California coast as she searches for her dead father’s past. She’s attracted to the man living in the Keeper’s... More > cottage at the lighthouse, but why does Mark Trenton seem to know her, when she’s never met him before? And how can she trust him when she knows he’s hiding secrets?
As their relationship heats up, Lisa becomes convinced someone is trying to stop her from learning anything about her father’s past. Who? Mark has told her he thinks someone is watching her—truth? Or his cover-up?
Neither of them have any idea that her worst danger comes from her own past.< Less
As I walked along a lonesome path, I was overtaken by the beauty of the enormous trees in the thick forest that surrounded me. Before I could take it all in, I felt like I was being followed by an... More > evil presence. I knew something was wrong, but I just kept walking faster and faster in an attempt to not lose focus on my destination. Even though I would hear my heart beating out of my chest, I had to keep pressing forward to my cabin just beyond the stream.< Less
In Adventure One of the trilogy,"The Crystal Clipper," young David Nickerson deals with a series of family crises: his father's unemployment, his deafness after a serious illness and the... More > sudden disappearance of his sister Sally, crippled in the crash that killed their mother. Desperate to find her, David experiments with sacred crystals, and conjures up the supernatural clipper ship Moon Singer, which takes him on a fantastic journey to an uncharted mystical island filled with danger. The people David encounters all have a soul connection to him and their lives are destined to intertwine many times over. When he must rescue a young princess with the gift of healing in her song, held prisoner in a palace tower, David believes he will also rescue his sister Sally. Strangely, too, in this "other world," David finds he can hear for the first time in years. This gift foretells his destiny: to explore the contrast between goodness and evil, and to save a life that means more to him than his own.< Less
