People know me as the Monkey Ladythe woman creating jobs for marginalized mothers in Cambodia. I'm thrilled to be able to make a difference in a developing country and love to speak about my community project. It's a great story that I'm passionate about, but in order to fully appreciate it, there's another story that needs to be told first, and that is my owna story weaving from Sweden to Jerusalem, onto Australia, and eventually rural Cambodia. It explains how behind the playful entrepreneur there is a wide-eyed young woman who bravely stepped into life thinking that she had all the answers. Nothing could have prepared her for what followed! My story is raw, vulnerable, and at times difficult to write. Thank you for allowing it to be shared.

How did a wide-eyed young woman from Sweden come to live in Australia and end up as 'The Monkey Lady?' Happily Made is a tale that weaves through Sweden to Jerusalem, America to Australia and then unexpectedly to rural Cambodia with four young children in tow. In this honest, vulnerable and at times heart wrenching memoir, Veronica shares her unconventional life with authenticity and bravery. It is the coming of age journey of a naive young woman who at times encountered overwhelming adversity to become both a fierce mamma bear and the playful entrepreneur she is today. Veronica's story is one that needs to be told...it beautifully depicts her unravelling, the lessons she learned and the people who shared her adventure.

The abused children in our world do not know that an expansion has occurred in their brains as a result of the abuse. They do not know that they have a deeper understanding and recognition for love than most others. They have not yet been told that the dissociative states, the constant firing of fear in their brains (panic disorders), and the need to scan an environment for danger actually created an expansion in their consciousness. That expansion will allow abused or violated people to heal their wounds, release the blocks to love in their lives, and be the pioneers who create our New Reality. Happily Ever After is a collection of stories about six children who suffered from abuse. These stories have been strategically written through NLP techniques to allow the reader to access compassion and tap into the vast imagination that is available to all at birth. The children in these stories offer an incredible gift in their imaginative scenarios toward building a kinder and more compassionate world--a New World that elicits motivation and enthusiasm instead of violence.

I marry a gorgeous executive, have a baby, lose all the weight (most of it)—and move to a fine house in the suburbs with a welcoming new church. Wait—did I say welcoming? One teeny waaah! and new mothers and their crying babies are exiled to a separate room. At least there's some enlightening conversation. Like about my husband and issues I didn't even know about! And then there's my aptly named mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth, who can't stand me. I'm about to lose my mind! So it's high time for a visit to the Sassy Sistahood for some much-needed advice about men, marriage and motherhood!

He’s her best friend. She’s holding on to an old hurt. Will guarding her heart keep her from the one thing that can heal her for good? A young widow with a child to raise, Sarah Lewis has spent the last few years focusing on her child and protecting her heart. She’s vowed not to open herself up that kind of heart ache again. It threatened to consume her once before, no way is she doing that again. New in town, sexy chef Brody Morris has more on his mind than getting his new restaurant off the ground. He’s set his sights on the strong willed, single mom who also happens to be his best friend and is completely shut off from the idea of a relationship. Sarah finds herself leaning more and more on Brody and soon, feelings that are a whole lot stronger than friendship start to develop. In order to love again, Sarah must be willing to be vulnerable and open her heart to the possibility. But opening up, means risking the hurt that almost destroyed her once before. Only this time it's not just her heart on the line...but her daughter's as well.

Alexis Bass' Happily and Madly is a mature, twisty, compulsively readable YA suspense novel about a young girl who embraces a fate bound in love and mystery. Maris Brown has been told two things about her destiny: 1. She will fall happily and madly in love. 2. She could be dead before she turns eighteen. The summer before that fateful birthday, Maris is in the wealthy beach town of Cross Cove with her estranged father and his new family--and the infamous Duvals. Since the youngest member of the Duval family, Edison, is back from college and back in the arms of Maris’s new stepsister, her summer looks to be a long string of lazy days on the Duval's lush beach. But Edison is hiding something. And the more Maris learns about him, the more she’s given signs that she should stay as far away from him as possible. As wrong as it is, Maris is drawn to him. Around Edison, she feels truly alive and she's not willing to give that up. Even if it means a collision course with destiny. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.