“It had been a long time since another person treated me with love, respect and graciousness. More importantly, it had been a long time since someone treated me as if I was somebody. The two-year journey that led me to my decision had reached its peak. Something had to go-even if it was me.”
 Left to fend for herself, Nikki is starved of affection from her mother and the little attention she does receive often results in bruises. Feeling worthless and rejected, Nikki is determined to break free and find life outside of her painful circumstances. At only fourteen years old she boldly decides to embark on a journey to find her father, a missing piece to the puzzle of her life, but along the way she unravels more pain and layers of family abuse, causing her to want to give up. But she won’t give up. Not yet. Not Nikki. Not until she finds what she’s looking for.  But, will Nikki find the love she desperately needs?

Click the book to read a Sample on Amazon.

Click HERE to purchase the book!

After enduring years of childhood abuse and struggling with depression and PTSD for fifteen years , Christy Lynn Abram embarked on a journey to self-healing using holistic wellness as her guide. Now, as a holistic  muse herself, she is an established author and founder of Love Yourself Healthy.

Christy has studied  as a Reiki master, EFT practitioner, reflexologist, massage therapist, and a crystal healer, all of which aided in her discovery of how to heal herself naturally. These life-changing skills also served as the foundation to enhancing her gift as an intuitive healer. She has been recognized by Patricia Mercier, bestselling author of the Chakra Bible, for her knowledge of the chakra system , gemstone healing, and energy medicine.
She also contributes to several online publications on the subject of holistic healing and offers individual coaching, e-courses, and workshops all designed to assist and encourage others on their journey toward a better, fuller life.

Christy also loves to use her gift of writing to help others. In her book Chakra Wellness: 7 Ways to Renew the Total she dives into the seven chakra centers from a mind-body-soul perspective. Readers learn how to discern key issues, heal imbalances, and maintain energetic barriers to eliminate stress and increase their overall well-being.
In her novel, Little Miss Somebody, Christy wears her heart on her sleeve and delivers an emotional tale  of love and sacrifice. Based on a true story, Little Miss Somebody will be released in the spring of 2015. To learn more about Christy, her mission, and her books, please visit her at: www.christylynnabram.com

Find the author and the book:

Website: www.christylynnabram.com

Email: info@christylynnabram.com

Facebook

Twitter: WholisticMuse

Linkedin: christylynnabram

Pinterest

Amazon

Goodreads: christylynnabram

From the author of ANONYMOUS and Brunch at Ruby's comes a decadent, sexy, indulgent Interracial Romance. 

In a past life, Jackson Sweeney, child star and former member of award winning male vocal group 'Boy Wonder', was more rich and famous than he'd ever imagined he could be. But that was then. Now he's returning home to Orlando to take on a new job-- Music Director to rock's reigning Prince, Rod Phillips. On an early morning shopping trip, he meets a disheveled insomniac named Shelby. 

Shelby Morris is a troubled young woman in hiding and on the run. Her past involves a fiery accident, a murder accusation and an escape from Miami in the dead of night. She doesn't sleep, so she wanders until dawn. On a warm twilight morning, she happens upon music's most eligible bachelor at the grocery store. 

Sparks fly, especially the next morning when they accidentally-on-purpose meet up again. After a flirty first date, they decide to meet up again the next week. And the next. And the next. Soon, Thursdays come to mean decadent chocolate cake, sweet red wine and two bodies intertwined.

Every attempt to get to know this beautiful, mysterious woman is rebuffed; Shelby is cagey, full of secrets that can't be pried from her. Jackson can't risk another relationship where he gives more than he gets... but Thursdays have become a habit that his body can't do without.

Eight seconds turns Shelby's life on end, luring an old enemy from the shadows. Jackson is poised to learn more than she ever wanted him to know about the woman she used to be. And this time, her mistakes could hurt someone she's come to love. 

This summer, Thursdays will never be the same…

Click the book to read an Excerpt!

Click HERE to purchase the book!

OR you can enter to win a free copy below!

You can also learn more about this author by clickinghere!

Being different in America has never been easy; being born different and in the wrong body in Solitude, Virginia in the 1950’s, is brutal. Smiley Hanlon lives day to day trapped in a Coal Miners town, buffeted by the Appalachian’s and generations of hate and mistrust. Any hint of being different, or being a ‘Freak’ is enough to ostracize you, pigeon hole you and make you a target for 
bullying – or worse. Backed by his best friend and protector, Lee 
Moore, Smiley made it through the days...until the night everything shattered. Chosen as the lead in a new town production called Dorothy of Oz Coal Camp, it seemed to be the beginning to acceptance and maybe even happiness, but the world is cruel and mankind even crueler. The triumph of the play decayed into a Coal Miners version of “Carrie” culminating in a tragic and horrific moment that would change both Smiley and Lee, forever.

Click the book to read a Sample on Amazon.

Click HERE to purchase the book!

or enter to WIN a copy below!

DOUG HOWERY has been writing both fiction and
essays since 1990. His essays and familial stories have appeared in The Blue Ridge Lambda Press.

In many of his stories, as in "The Grass Sweeper God,"
Mr. Howery's true lode, his font of inspiration is in the passion and suffering he has experienced.

Suspense author, Maggie Grace, with the North Carolina Writers' Network writes about her cohort Mr. Howery: 

"What I like is the riskiness, the cutting edge of the narrative voice we hear. The moments when he lapses into descriptions of the moon, of the horse, etc. are true poetry that offers some relief from the coarseness of the story, and he places them well. He has an ear for the rhythm of the story, a natural sense of when to end--hangs fire with a new way of looking at someone or something, turning the entire chapter on its ear. I like the way he makes it impossible for the reader to stop reading at the end of the chapter."

Mr. Howery lives in Virginia with his partner of 31 years where he is at work on his next novel.