Author, Linda J. Martin while under the name of Linda J. Bennett was a successful student in Creative Writing which was taught by MS. Bradley while at Diablo Valley College of Pleasant Hill, CA., in 1979. The following year Linda completed the course in Technical Writing taught by Mr. G. T. Hurly while also at Diablo Valley College of Pleasant Hill, CA., in 1980. Later on Linda J. Martin moved to Everett, WA. and met the requirements in writing for Children and Teenagers of The Institute of Children's Literature located in West Redding, CT. Linda was nominated by its Faculty and awarded her Diploma by Chairman Bryan K. Judge in 2001. Linda J. Martin now lives in Lake Stevens, WA. and has a married daughter and son-in-law who have two children all living in the same city. Linda came to WA. in May of 1999 from Bay Point, CA.

As Christmas approaches, eleven-year-old Rose, the youngest member of the eccentric Casson family, discovers that life is filled with both catastrophic problems and wonderful surprises.

From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. It's the Casson Family finale, and Permanent Rose takes centre stage. It's tough being the youngest - Rose is lonely. Her family are always busy doing their own things so Rose comes home to a dark, quiet, empty house every day. Saffy is off with Sarah, Indigo has his paper round and guitar lessons, Eve's in quarantine in the shed, Bill's not much use in London, and who knows where Caddy is since she disappeared with Michael's postcards! The only one around is David and Rose would rather be alone than be with him! At least Rose still has her friends at school: the brilliant Kiran and the nice but boring Molly. But school is no longer a peaceful place where Rose can daydream. Mean Mr Spencer is always shouting about SATs. And now he's cancelled Christmas! But one thing Mr Spencer cant cancel is the Christmas School Trip which means Rose can help Molly with her ONE BIG IDEA ... but what could that be? Will it be a very merry Christmas for Class 6 and the Casson family?

Forced into a shotgun wedding with a handsome stranger, a lovely young woman loses her heart to her new husband.

Can a frustrated composer find new inspiration with the woman who once made his heart sing? From the bestselling author of Freedom’s Song comes a charming romance inspired by a real historical figure. “A melodious second-chance romance.”—Publishers Weekly Four years after leaving town to make a name for himself as a composer, Gilbert Baty has returned temporarily to Falke, Kansas. Now, he’s trying to keep everyone from learning the truth about his disastrous years in New York City. He hopes to start writing music again in Falke, but he can’t help being distracted by Ava Flaming, the brown-eyed baker to whom he was briefly engaged before he ended things—and who still stirs feelings in him he knows he has no right to pursue. Ava had thought she was past the loss of Gil Baty. But to her dismay, she’s as drawn to him as ever. The situation only gets worse when Gil establishes a youth band in Falke, showing once more what a good man he is. But when the band has a chance to compete in a statewide competition, Ava faces the prospect of heartbreak again. Could music take Gil away forever this time? Or might God be stirring in Ava’s and Gil’s hearts a new song that will draw them together for good?

An alluring journey to freedom, Garden of Embers is a poetry book intended to open minds and to take readers into the realm of a whole new world. It is for those who think outside the box, also for those stuck inside the box. Its passion, sheer honesty and vulnerability is meant to be a guiding light to help people feel less alone in how they feel and what they see in this day and age. Now more than ever millenials are distracted and confused, much of the youth is searching for answers. Much of what we see many cannot articulate into words. It is meant to guide you deeper into the truth. It is also designed to bring to the surface much of the intellect and emotions that have been suppressed due to the inability to understand where they are coming from, so that we can acknowledge the truth of them and work on better understanding ourselves- as well as fighting to create a better future for ourselves and the ones to follow. It is filled with fiery passion and is for the truth seekers and those hungry for change. It was created to be a torch in a black abyss.

A stunning rainbow of beauty from Birth to Death. Over a thousand poems attempt to honor my pledge: to sing to return to the earth the earth sent songs from this frail string of a love tuned singer The poems follow life from birth to death. The contents: life youth love family beauty nature destruction creation off balance wisdom sex humans quirks society aging death Samples of the poetry are available at another click.

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Hope and healing for every woman who has ever loved a man Bestselling author and Bible life coach Sheri Rose Shepherd shares 14 truths that will forever change the way you love and are loved. This book is written for the married woman who loves her man but struggles in her marriage. It’s for the single woman who wants to find a godly man to love and for the divorced woman who believed in her marriage until her man walked out. Each chapter has life-challenging love stories, love coaching, powerful prayers, inspiring scriptural love letters, and a Transforming Truth. If you’re ready for a refreshing perspective on love, men, and marriage, this book is for you.

Tanuja Rout, an eminent lecturer of English, a prolific writer, poet, a melodious singer, prize winner of different literary competitions and moreover a beautiful woman with a beautiful heart. Being a Ravenshawvian, she has got the rare privilege to have been honoured by Ravenshaw University the Ravenshaw Talent Award in 2001 and Literary Champion of Ravenshaw. Apart from this she has got the rare chance to become the Literary champion of Kendrapara district continuously for five years from 1994 to 1999 and was awarded special prize from the then Collector of Kendrapara Mona Sharma. Besides these achievements, she is also the recipient of a special prize from Pattamundai NAC, her hometown as the 'Jewel of Pattamundai’. She was also awarded by the Odia daily 'The Sambad’, as the best story writer for her Odia story "Sindura”. Now she is engaged in different literary activities and continues her writing as a bilingual writer both in Odia and English. Romance Forever is her debut book of English poems that contains 101 artfully painted and skillfully crafted poems on human love, relationship and some rare kind of poetic friendship, that anyone having keen interest in literary studies, especially poetry would be eager to know and cherish.