Hunter Brown, a United States Marine, knows the Middle East like the back of his hand. For years, he has fought on the front lines, trying to eliminate evil and maintain liberty. In 2000, Hunter gets deployed to Iraq and is captured by an uprising extremist group. For five years, he is held hostage and tortured by the men who took him. Meanwhile at home, Hunter's wife, Colette, struggles to move on as she realizes her husband won't be returning. She is told that he is missing, although she can't help but think he's gone forever. As Hunter never stops fighting on the other side of the world to make it home, Colette and their children move on without him. Despite Hunter's will to survive, it's not an easy fight. Is he destined to return home, or will fate get in his way?

Steve Haydock joined the British Army in 1972 aged 15, joining the lnfantry Junior Leaders Battalion, based in Oswestry, Shropshire. On his 18th birthday he arrived in Northern lreland to begin the first of his three tours of duty in the province, with the 1st Battalion of The Queens Lancashire Regiment. He served nine years with the QLR from Northern Ireland to Cyprus to Ghana before becoming a civilian in the mid 1980's. In 1992, after seeing the war unfold in Yugoslavia he left England to join the Croatian Army, to use his experience and skills to help the Croats fight to defend the country and win freedom from the Serbian aggressor. This is his story................

There is help and hope in overcoming the traumas, the pain of your past. Learn to understand how one was treated by others will have a lasting impact on them for a lifetime, either positively or negatively.

Today, Michael’s parents are taking him to the skating rink. He’s going to try skating, and he couldn’t be more excited! Except ... the other skaters sure do move fast. And what if he falls down? What if they crash into him? Michael has all the equipment he needs, but something is still missing. Not today, he thinks. Maybe tomorrow. With a little encouragement from his parents, and some cheerful reassurance from his best friend, Michael sets off for the rink again. Will this be the day? Will Michael overcome his fear, and find out just how much fun a new experience can be? This book is all about taking chances, facing your fears, and finding out how much fun there is on the other side of tomorrow.

A new collection of laugh-out-loud poems from the international bestselling author of Look Mom I’m a Poet (and So is My Cat) Tired of Instagram poems about whiskey and self-love? Not Today, Satan (Maybe Tomorrow) is the hilarious antidote you didn’t know you needed, complete with crap drawings that make Rupi Kaur’s look like they belong in the Louvre. From poignant odes to snack cakes (“The Last Temptation of Little Debbie”) to tough love for friends (“You are Not a Mermaid”), Shaffer’s biting satire will have you questioning why you ever wasted time reading lesser verse jockeys.

A memoir with poetry in which the author reminisces on life growing up in West Cork, Ireland. Her colourful vignettes are punctuated by poems which are both beautiful, unique and moving. With a warm writing style she uniquely captures the mood of events as she brings the reader down village lanes and into fireside chats. This book is sure to become a companion you'll return to.

Melanie runs away. From conflict. From pain. From reality. When novelist Melanie Vander faces a looming deadline, she decides it’s time for an escape to an inspiring, novel-worthy locale. She’s not running away. Really. She just needs time to focus. But as she disappears into her writing, she encounters a man whose tenderness leaves her reeling. Engaging and wise, psychologist Elliot Hammond tempts Melanie to question everything, including her marriage. But that’s ridiculous. Dr. Hammond isn’t even…real. Melanie’s husband, Craig, has his own problems, including a recession that’s threatening his business. Waning finances, a looming home foreclosure, and a wife who’s checked out emotionally, has Craig feeling as though he’s carrying his burdens alone. When his client, the beautiful and single Serena Buchanan, offers him a solution to his financial woes, he’s tempted by more than her offer of a business solution. At a crossroads, Melanie and Craig seem headed in opposite directions. As Melanie runs away from her problems by escaping into her own fictional world, Craig dives into his struggles, seeking God for strength and healing for his marriage. Ultimately, Melanie must choose whether she’ll check out completely, or allow her characters to lead her home.

Two invisible enemies. A life hanging in the balance. The world is struggling in the face of a relentless virus. When Hayden Prentice develops symptoms during a stay in his native Portsmouth, Enora Andressen and her son Malo must do their best to save his life. Because H, already in deep financial jeopardy, trusts no one. Except his kith and kin. But survival comes at a savage price. Not just the fortune that Enora must somehow raise to pay for his home nursing, but the murderous attentions of a stalker from H’s past, determined to pay him one last visit and exact vengeance for a long-ago debt of blood . . .

This book challenges readers to count the cost, take the necessary steps, and begin climbing toward the top of self-esteem and peace with God and others.