An innocent young girl, neglected and living in poverty in Guatemala, dreamed of one day living in America. Years passed and Esperanza's dream materialized when she married an American man and, though unable to speak English, moved to America as a new bride. Almost immediately, her lifelong dream turned into a horrible nightmare, and she was forced to pay an unthinkable price. Esperanza was like a rose with broken thorns, beautiful and utterly defenseless against the barbaric onslaught of emotional and physical abuse inflicted on her by a ruthless predator who was now her husband. Day after day, for years, this man ruthlessly victimized his beautiful bride. In time, God intervened. Esperanza became a Christian, and a miraculous transformation took place in her life. God gave His beautiful rose supernatural thorns to protect her from predators so she could fulfill her purpose in life while giving God all the glory! Through His mercy, this beautiful rose opened to reveal blossoms with lovely layers of God's grace and a sweet aroma of the power of love and forgiveness. Being called by God, Esperanza longed to return to the place she once desperately dreamed of escaping. Esperanza, now in her senior years, recounts her powerful and heart-wrenching journey from victim to victor. Her life represents a legacy of sacrifice and faithfulness through the establishment of the Santa Fe Mission in San Antonio Suchitepéquez, Guatemala, Central America. This is Esperanza's story: redemption from human trafficking. - ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary D. Wasson worked for a Fortune 500 company for nearly two decades before transitioning to a nonprofit organization where she served for several more years. During her career, she felt called to write a biography about her mom's heart-wrenching journey through the darkness of human trafficking and her deliverance into light with a new Spirit of strength and a passion for establishing a mission in her home country of Guatemala. In addition to writing her mother's biography, Ms. Wasson is a frequent speaker and author of Potter's Hand Poetry and Marvel in Your Autistic Eyes. She lives in North Mississippi with her husband, Mark, their two children, Ethan and Mia Faith, and her mom, Esperanza. - ABOUT THE PUBLISHER: Innovo Publishing LLC is a Christian publisher located near Memphis, TN. Since 2008, Innovo has been publishing quality books, eBooks, audiobooks, music, screenplays, film, and online and physical curricula that support the Great Commission, equip Believers, and help create a positive Christian worldview. Innovo's capabilities and global reach provide Christian authors, artists and ministries access to the world for Christ. To learn more about Innovo Publishing visit our website at innovopublishing.com, and to learn "everything you've always wanted to know about creating, publishing, marketing, and selling Christian titles," - visit the Christian Publishing Portal at cpportal.com.

BOOK ONE IN THE BROKEN EMPIRE TRILOGY “Prince of Thorns deserves attention as the work of an iconoclast who seems determined to turn that familiar thing, Medievalesque Fantasy Trilogy, entirely on its head.”—Locus When he was nine, he watched as his mother and brother were killed before him. By the time he was thirteen, he was the leader of a band of bloodthirsty thugs. By fifteen, he intends to be king... It’s time for Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath to return to the castle he turned his back on, to take what’s rightfully his. Since the day he hung pinned on the thorns of a briar patch and watched Count Renar’s men slaughter his mother and young brother, Jorg has been driven to vent his rage. Life and death are no more than a game to him—and he has nothing left to lose. But treachery awaits him in his father’s castle. Treachery and dark magic. No matter how fierce his will, can one young man conquer enemies with power beyond his imagining?

This beauty isn’t sleeping! Discover the true story of Sleeping Beauty in Sarah Prineas’s bold YA fairy-tale retelling filled with thrilling adventure and romance, perfect for fans of the Lunar Chronicles and the Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy. After the spell protecting her is destroyed, Rose seeks safety in the world outside the valley she had called home. She’s been kept hidden all her life to delay the three curses she was born with—curses that will put her into her own fairy tale and a century-long slumber. Accompanied by Griff, the handsome and mysterious Watcher, and Quirk, his witty and warmhearted partner, Rose tries to escape from the ties that bind her to her story. But will the path they take lead them to freedom, or will it bring them straight into the fairy tale they are trying to avoid? Set in the world of Sarah Prineas’s Ash & Bramble fifty years later, Rose & Thorn is a powerful retelling of the classic “Sleeping Beauty” tale where the characters fight to find their own happy ever after.

Kidnapped, taken, forced to submit. Now it's time for his Rose to finally be broken... I've got my Rose back and now it's time to stop her from leaving me ever again. Her petals will be broken and she will stay by my side forever. No more running, no more hiding. Little Rose, you've finally met your match... And I'm never f*cking letting go. Until the end of time, you belong to me. Fawn Bailey is the pen name of USA Today bestselling author Isabella Starling. Pure White Rose is the second book in the Rose and Thorn trilogy.

A tender addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, bridging the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin and upcoming books. Feyre, Rhysand, and their friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly altered world beyond, recovering from the war that changed everything. But Winter Solstice is finally approaching, and with it, the joy of a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, her concern for those dearest to her deepens. They have more wounds than she anticipated-scars that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of their court. Bridging the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin with the later books in the series, A Court of Frost and Starlight explores the far-reaching effects of a devastating war and the fierce love between friends.

Two thieves want answers. Riyria is born. . . For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, Royce returns to Medford with Hadrian but the two receive a very different reception -- Gwen refuses to see them. The victim of abuse by a powerful noble, she suspects that Royce will ignore any danger in his desire for revenge. By turning the thieves away, Gwen hopes to once more protect them. What she doesn't realize is what the two are capable of -- but she's about to find out.

Restoration from self-sabotage is trying, especially when you are addicted to the destruction of your heart. Is that your sinful thorn? Ambivalence about your worth versus the worth of your beloved, holds you hostage to a debate that only you can be accountable for. Knowing that you what you deserve is unsurpassed, you may be the only one that recognizes that. How much of a broken heart can one endure? You just wanted to smell the flowers and neglected how the pain feels. Joy comes in the morning... and punctures left by thorns from holding onto the rose too tight will heal. As your garden blooms, others are attracted to your aroma. Do they get close enough to see your blemished palms? Callused over, you learn to be calm and patient for the rose to bud, hoping to experience the beauty of love.

Sarah J. Maas hit the New York Times SERIES list at #1 with A Court of Wings and Ruin!

Roses, pleasure and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world. 'I loved this book... An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life and times' Margaret Atwood 'Expansive and thought-provoking' Independent Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening - George Orwell Inspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell is said to have planted in his cottage in Hertfordshire, Rebecca Solnit explores how his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics of nature and power. Following his journey from the coal mines of England to taking up arms in the Spanish Civil War; from his prescient critique of Stalin to his analysis of the relationship between lies and authoritarianism, Solnit finds a more hopeful Orwell, whose love of nature pulses through his work and actions. And in her dialogue with the author, she makes fascinating forays into colonial legacies in the flower garden, discovers photographer Tina Modotti's roses, reveals Stalin's obsession with growing lemons in impossibly cold conditions, and exposes the brutal rose industry in Colombia. A fresh reading of a towering figure of the 20th century which finds solace and solutions for the political and environmental challenges we face today, Orwell's Roses is a remarkable reflection on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of resistance. 'Luminous...It is efflorescent, a study that seeds and blooms, propagates thoughts, and tends to historical associations' New Statesman 'A genuinely extraordinary mind, whose curiosity, intelligence and willingness to learn seem unbounded' Irish Times

This is the story of a dancer Noorbai at the Moghul Court, who with her matchless beauty and artistic accomplishments, had captivated the hearts of the Moghul Emperor Muhammad Shah and the infamous invader Nadir Shah who had taken a fancy to take her along on his way back to Iran. However, Noorbai made up her mind not to leave her country. The realistic picture of the agony of the country in the grip of disruption and unrest, serves as a backdrop to the romantic love between Noorbai and Mohan—a Jat guard and a commoner, the latter making the secret and dramatic escape, from the Red Fort, of the former possible. Mohan, the Jat hero of the novel is a remarkable common man who leads Noorbai to elevate and sublimate her life at Vrindavan by singing devotional songs addressed to Lord Krishna. Noorbai with her transformed spirit finally symbolises the magic touch of the liberal Hindu philosophy of adjustment and assimilation, without whose operation the broken thorns of divisiveness sticking deep into our body politic, even now in the present turbulent times, cannot be dislodged or dissolved easily to make us a united nation i.e. India of our vision. Her self-abnegation in throwing gold and jewellery into the river Yamuna re-establishes that spiritual values are supreme in life.