A moment can change everything. After being burned in a house explosion at age 16, Kilee Brookbank redefined herself and discovered strength she never knew she had. Beautiful Scars: A Life Redefined is a story of recovery, healing, and hope.

"I'm scared and scarred but I’ve survived" Tom Wilson was raised in the rough-and-tumble world of Hamilton—Steeltown— in the company of World War II vets, factory workers, fall-guy wrestlers and the deeply guarded secrets kept by his parents, Bunny and George. For decades Tom carved out a life for himself in shadows. He built an international music career and became a father, he battled demons and addiction, and he waited, hoping for the lies to cease and the truth to emerge. It would. And when it did, it would sweep up the St. Lawrence River to the Mohawk reserves of Quebec, on to the heights of the Manhattan skyline. With a rare gift for storytelling and an astonishing story to tell, Tom writes with unflinching honesty and extraordinary compassion about his search for the truth. It's a story about scars, about the ones that hurt us, and the ones that make us who we are. From Beautiful Scars: Even as a kid my existence as the son of Bunny and George Wilson seemed far-fetched to me. When I went over it in my head, none of it added up. The other kids on East 36th Street in Hamilton used to tell me stories of their mothers being pregnant and their newborn siblings coming home from the hospital. Nobody ever talked about Bunny's and my return from the hospital. In my mind my birth was like the nativity, only with gnarly dogs and dirty snow and a chipped picket fence and old blind people with short tempers and dim lights, ashtrays full of Export Plain cigarette butts and bottles of rum. Once, when I was about four, I asked Bunny, "How come I don't look anything like you and George? How come you are old and the other moms are young?" "There are secrets I know about you that I’ll take to my grave," she responded. And that pretty well finished that. Bunny built up a wall to protect her secrets, and as a result I built a wall to protect myself.

Broken. Lonely. Afraid. We all have a story to tell! Beauty in the Scars portrays a woman's story from homosexuality, abuse, failed relationships, near death experiences, illegal activities and more to God taking every experience, both bad and good, and using it for His glory. God uses everything we go through to make us stronger, to build us up, into who He has created us to be. You will learn to forgive yourself, to love yourself, and to have confidence everything will work out for you. Life can be hard. Life can be lonely. But, we are never alone. Not when we have God on our side. Join me in my journey and allow my story to help you live through your story. "And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." James 5:15-16 NIV

Bárbara Palacios, Miss Universe 1986, Miss Venezuela, and hailed by People en Español as one of the 25 most powerful and influential women of 2014, author and international speaker, opens her heart and shares memories and personal stories from her globe-trotting career as a public figure. Women want to know how to be a good mom, a good friend, a good wife, an excellent professional, and a woman of faith. The author fields questions about these roles all the time. Palacios uses each story as a stepping stone to teach about these topics. She also speaks to women about taboo subjects like domestic violence, facing failure, defending children from abortion, female leadership, and faith in God. The author chose the title of her book to tell women that they can and should dare to be brave and daring to defend values, principles, ethics, and virtues, and to unleash the potential of their talents. She also chose the title as a way of telling her reader, "Dare to discover who you are and be that woman, according to God's original design for you." Palacios wraps up the book by sharing the practices that have made her the woman she is, practices she hopes will help others. She addresses health, internal beauty, faith, and the leadership of entrepreneurial women. She closes the book by telling the story of founding her own organization, called Ser Mujer Líder y Emprendedora Está de Moda [Being a Female Entrepreneurial Leader Is in Vogue], and describing the conferences they have held since 2016 and that she hopes to take around the world soon. In this book, the author seeks to help women leave the past behind and focus on leaving their mark.

KillShe is a means to an end.Half my size and and ten times as innocent.The job is simple. Ruin Meisie. Destroy her mother. Keep my business.It's the target who is complicated.She's broken. Scarred. Away with the fairies.And everything I never knew I needed.She wants to go home?I'll make sure she never leaves.MeisieHe's a nightmare parading as a dream.He lured me in with the promise of a one-night-mistake.If only I could have stayed that naive.Cillian Hendry is a dangerous man, and I'd do my best to never forget that.So why have I told him my darkest secrets?Why am I walking down an aisle towards him?I thought being abducted by the man they call Kill was a death sentence.Turns out I'm wrong. Loving him will kill me.And he'll be there, like always, to twist the knife.Beautiful Scars is a dark captive romance with mafia themes. This book is intended for mature audiences only as some scenes may be triggering.

My Scars Are Now My Beauty Spots is a picture painted to speak. Imagine the opportunity to follow the journey of rainwater as it forms puddles, watching it flow to nearby streams and dams, and eventually making it to the vast open shores of the ocean. Envision the breeze, sand, and sense of calmness...Divinity uses poetry to lure you into her world; a world with different pieces of mirrors, each piece uniquely reflecting fragments of who you are and shared similar experiences. In a world that one calls home, one has home-cooked meals, family cheer, and laughter but there is more when one looks closer. The book showcases the union of stories and poetry; it allows one an opportunity to watch spoken word become real. "All dressed up in our Sunday best, we crossed the main road and up the road we went. We took the first right turn and maybe another turn, then lo and behold we were greeted by big chains locking and securing the gate. My brother and I thought that was where our journey would end but to our dismay, there was another church my mother had heard of from another colleague and that is where we were now going."

Beauty and shame, jail and forgiveness. Andrea Smith was by all appearances living the perfect life, yet in an instant it all changed. Now, shame is her only company as she leaves her husband and children to check into the Pima County Jail of Tucson, Arizona, bringing to the forefront all the emotional and physical scars she has been hiding. From her first strip search to her final release, Andrea's honest, touching memoir offers a rare look into the lives of those who are behind bars. Scarred Beautiful eloquently chronicles her journey to find forgiveness and discover the good in tragedy and the beauty in her flaws as she learns to overcome shame and allow God to comfort her through the most unexpected people. And although her incarceration threatens to break her spirit, Andrea Smith emerges with a new perspective about what is most precious and cherished in her life. Her story is one of courage and faith...and the unlikely gift of adversity.

We have all been wounded and scarred by battles. That is life. As a Christian, we don’t want others to see us as weak or lacking in faith, so we cover those scars and hide that pain. This Bible study offers the readers a detailed plan on how to heal from life’s scars and use them to further God’s kingdom. It is focused on 2 Corinthians 12:9 and shows the reader step-by-step how to deal with weaknesses and scars, how to heal from those scars, and how to let God’s power rest on you through your own weakness.

At a young age, author A. L. Madden was exposed to the kind of inconceivable treatment no one, let alone a defenseless child, should endure. A brutal stepfather with a murky and painful history of his own found himself in an environment in which he continued the cycle of trauma, committing unspeakable acts of sexual and emotional abuse against Madden and her siblings. Meanwhile, her struggling, overworked mother didn't see the pain and damage being inflicted on her children. Madden felt ashamed, hurt, angry, and, most of all, unable to talk--to anyone--about what was happening. She felt as though it was her fault. The only route to dealing with the anguish was to submerge herself in a distrustful, insecure, depressed state. As have many survivors of abuse, Madden felt abandoned, unable to see who she really was, unable to hold on to any glimmer of hope. Only through a long soul-searching process that involved a combination of therapy, study, prayer, and the eventual strong faith in the power of her own inner strength and spirit--the innocence and beauty she had once possessed as a child--was Madden fi nally able to reach a place of understanding and peace. Stolen Beauty tells a poignant story for anyone who seeks guidance through his or her own recovery from abuse or for anyone who works to help survivors and abusers alike.

When Lucy starts at her new school, she is picked on by the other kids because she has a scar from her life-saving heart operation. At first, Lucy feels upset, but she soon learns that lots of people have scars for many different reasons and that all scars are beautiful. Lucy helps her friends learn how her scar makes her beautiful and unique. The author has her own heart scar, Gemma wanted to share her experience to show her daughter and other children that all scars are beautiful. To always show kindness to others who have them.