She’s about to turn their lives upside down…
On a freezing Seattle night, teenager Wynter shows up on Caleb’s doorstep in shorts and sandals, seeking sanctuary. Claiming to be his sister. The sister he never knew existed, standing there shivering in clothes wholly inadequate for the Pacific Northwest winter, with nothing but a backpack and a desperate hope that he’ll take her in ❄️
Caleb, Coast Guard hero with the perfect girlfriend, always plays by the rules. He practically raised his two brothers after their mother abandoned them, and his duty is clear: take his little sister in. But bringing Wynter into his carefully ordered life means confronting the past he’s worked so hard to leave behind—and questions about their mother he’s never been able to answer 🌊
Wynter has finally found home with her new family. Jesse, freshman science wiz and a legend in his own mind, takes on the momentous task of educating his sister. But is a physics lecture really what she needs? His enthusiasm is endearing, but Wynter’s scars run deeper than intellectual curiosity can reach 🔬
Indio, rebel with a sarcastic tongue to mask his pain, bonds with Wynter over rock music but he’s more interested in getting wasted than coming home for the weekend. He sees too much of himself in her damaged eyes, and it terrifies him. The connection they share is instantaneous but complicated—two wounded souls recognizing their reflection 🎸
Wynter is determined to wash away her abusive past, but she shares a wound with her brothers that never healed—the pain of their mother’s abandonment. And when these siblings are once again ripped apart, they realize that sometimes love is not enough. Family is messy, healing is non-linear, and the bonds between siblings can be both salvation and breaking point 💔
Why I’m including this: Sara Creasy writes family drama with raw emotional honesty, creating characters whose pain feels achingly real. This isn’t a fairy tale reunion—it’s a genuine exploration of trauma, belonging, and what it means to build family from broken pieces.
She’s sworn off men. He’s too busy for love. But fate always gets the last laugh.
Left at the altar and on a honeymoon for one, park ranger Holly Bennett goes to NYC and accidentally witnesses a murder. The universe’s timing is impeccable—what were supposed to be romantic strolls through Central Park become hiding from killers in dark alleys. Her failed engagement is embarrassing enough without adding “murder witness” to her resume 🌲
Picking up the pieces of her failed engagement will be embarrassing enough. Now she’s supposed to do it with a grouchy city slicker glued to her hip? Hard pass. Holly wants to lick her wounds in private, lose herself in the wilderness she understands, and forget men exist for at least the next decade. Cole Robinson represents everything wrong with this plan 🗽
Big-city cop Cole Robinson is tasked with keeping Holly safe and must follow her to her small hometown to do it. If Green Valley Falls is a round hole, Cole is a square peg, and he finds himself quickly and thoroughly out of his element. No takeout, no subway, no anonymity—just trees, flannel, and a stubborn park ranger who seems determined to lose him in the woods at every opportunity 🌲
Stuck together against their will, Holly and Cole are forced to navigate uncharted territory—both emotionally and physically. The rough and tumble wilderness pushes them together, but their seemingly insurmountable differences threaten to keep them apart. She knows every trail, every bird call, every secret the forest holds. He knows how to survive cities, not mountains. Teaching a city cop to respect the wilderness becomes unexpectedly intimate 💚
Neither are looking for love. But will it hunt them down and find them anyway? Between dodging danger and navigating small-town life, Holly and Cole discover that sometimes the best relationships grow in the most unlikely soil—when two wounded people stop running from their fears and start running toward each other 💕
Here’s what you’re getting: Jamie Arras delivers fish-out-of-water comedy gold wrapped in genuine suspense and small-town charm. The wilderness setting adds unique flavor to the forced proximity romance, and both characters are healing from real wounds that make their connection feel earned and satisfying.
The Spirit of ’74: How the American Revolution Began
Americans know about the Boston Tea Party and “the shot heard ’round the world” at Lexington and Concord, but sixteen crucial months divided these two iconic events—a period that has nearly been lost to history despite being when the revolution actually happened. The Spirit of ’74 fills in this gap in our nation’s founding narrative, showing how in these mislaid months, step by step, real people made a revolution long before anyone fired a shot or signed a declaration. 🇺🇸
After the Tea Party, Parliament not only shut down Boston’s port (devastating the economy) but also revoked the sacred Massachusetts charter that had guaranteed self-governance since 1691—essentially declaring martial law and proving that colonial rights could be erased by decree. Completely disenfranchised, citizens rose up as a body and cast off British rule everywhere except in Boston, where British forces were stationed with orders to suppress rebellion. A Spirit of ’74 initiated the American Revolution through peaceful but radical acts of self-governance, much as the better-known Spirit of ’76 sparked independence two years later. The revolution didn’t begin with violence—it began with ordinary people refusing to obey. ⚖️
Redcoats marched on Lexington and Concord in April 1775 not to start a war but to take back a lost province—Massachusetts had effectively been independent for months, with citizens governing themselves through committees and town meetings while British authority existed only within Boston’s occupied perimeter. They encountered Massachusetts militiamen who had trained for months to protect the revolution they had already made, defending institutions they’d built and autonomy they’d claimed. Between Parliament’s overreach destroying colonial rights, citizens organizing shadow governments, militia training in anticipation of British response, and the months of escalating tension before the first shot, this book reveals that 1774 was the year America became revolutionary. 🔔
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The gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just plain silly—Zeus couldn’t keep it in his pants, Hera was vindictive, Ares loved war too much, and Dionysus was perpetually drunk. Yet for all their foibles and flaws, they proved to be tough survivors, far outlasting classical Greece itself and adapting to every culture that encountered them. In Egypt, the Olympian gods claimed to have given birth to pharaohs; in Rome, they led respectable citizens into orgiastic rituals of drink and sex. Under Christianity and Islam they survived as demons, allegories, and planets; and in the Renaissance, they triumphantly emerged as ambassadors of a new, secular belief in humanity. ⚡
Their geographic range, too, has been astounding: in their exile from Greece, the gods and goddesses of Olympus have traveled east to the walls of cave temples in China (where Zeus appears in unexpected forms) and west to colonize the Americas (where Spanish conquistadors found familiar divine patterns in indigenous religions). They snuck into Italian cathedrals disguised as biblical figures, haunted Nietzsche’s philosophy until he went mad, and visited Borges in his restless dreams where they whispered stories he’d rewrite. For beings who supposedly died with paganism, they’ve shown remarkable resilience. 🌍
In a lively, original history, Barbara Graziosi offers the first account to trace the wanderings of these protean deities through the millennia—from their origins in Bronze Age Greece to their current appearances in Marvel movies and Percy Jackson novels. Drawing on a wide range of literary and archaeological sources spanning four thousand years, The Gods of Olympus opens a new window on the ancient world, religion, mythology, and its lasting influence on everything from art to psychology to pop culture. Between surviving religious persecution, adapting to new cultures, inspiring Renaissance artists, and conquering modern entertainment, these immortal gods have earned their immortality. ⚖️
What makes this fascinating: Gods of Olympus as most colorful Greek civilization characters said to be cruel oversexed mad or silly yet tough survivors far outlasting classical Greece, in Egypt claiming to have given birth to pharaohs and in Rome leading citizens into orgiastic rituals, under Christianity and Islam surviving as demons allegories and planets, geographic range astounding traveling east to China cave temples and west to colonize Americas, and Barbara Graziosi offering first account tracing wanderings of protean deities through millennia with literary and archaeological sources opening new window on ancient world religion mythology and lasting influence.
Discover a powerful tool for healing and move forward on the path to emotional and psychological health. Used by trained practitioners around the world, the Mace Method is a powerful tool for emotional healing that is having remarkable effects on people’s lives—results that seem almost impossible until you experience them yourself. In a total departure from conventional counseling that requires months or years of weekly sessions, it does not involve any self-disclosure (you don’t have to relive trauma or explain your past) and requires only one or two therapy sessions, which can even be carried out over the phone without face-to-face contact. 💫
In his compelling new book, John Mace describes the revolutionary concept of Causism and its practical component, the Mace Method—and explains how the unknowingly created negative identities that influence our lives and prevent us attaining our goals (the inner voices that say “you’re not good enough,” “you always fail,” “you don’t deserve happiness”) can be located and dis-created through energy work rather than endless analysis. Based on years of research and study combining quantum physics, ancient wisdom, and practical application, this simple but extraordinarily effective therapy will allow you to regain control of your life and find the real you buried under layers of conditioning. 🌟
Not only can it put you on the path to emotional and psychological health and eliminate the stress that underlies many physical health problems (chronic pain, digestive issues, insomnia often have emotional roots), it can also lead to a marked improvement in your general health, well-being, and confidence. Between understanding how negative identities form in childhood, learning the Mace Method’s process for locating and dissolving them, discovering why traditional talk therapy often reinforces problems rather than solving them, and experiencing rapid transformation without reliving trauma, readers find a path to healing that seems too good to be true—until it works. ✨
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