From the Helen Kay Chapbook Award-Winning poet Cassondra Windwalker, an unsuspecting librarian falls head-over-heels for a married man, but when she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance, she discovers her new husband's past wives have all met early deaths—and some aren't ready to let go yet. Obsession never dies. When librarian Sigrun falls head-over-heels for the sophisticated and very married Edgar Leyward, she never expects to find herself in his bed—or his heart. Nevertheless, when his enigmatic wife Octavia dies from a sudden illness, Sigrun finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance worthy of the most lurid novels on her bookshelves. Sigrun soon discovers Octavia wasn't Edgar's first lost love, or even his second. Three women Edgar has loved met early deaths. As she delves into her beloved's past through a trove of discovered letters, the edges of Sigrun identity begin to disappear, fading into the women of the past. Sigrun tells herself it's impossible for any dark magic to be at play—that the dead can't possibly inhabit the bodies of the living—but something shadowy stalks the halls of the Leyward house and the lines between the love of the present and the obsessions of the past become increasingly blurred—and bloody. Mixing lyrical prose with simmering terror, Hold My Place is a modern gothic horror worthy of Shirley Jackson's nightmares and Daphne DuMaurier's dangerous lovers. "Hold My Place is a dark, sensuous tale about obliterating love, and Windwalker's superb prose fairly drips with beauty. You simply must read this haunting book." —Mercedes M. Yardley, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Little Dead Red "Sinister undertones steadily build into a genuine sense of doom...as thought-provoking as it is harrowing." —Publishers Weekly "With ethereal prose [Hold My Place]'s departure from genre tropes will make it a favorite with gothic-horror and dark-romance readers." —Booklist "A satisfying blend of romance and ghost story.... Hold My Place is anything but ordinary or predictable, despite its firm roots in the horror world." —Midwest Book Review "Brimming with muted eroticism, Hold My Place is a dark romance novel punctuated by longing, lingering spirits and love without end." —Foreword Reviews

AMERICAN SYSTEMS, CHURCH, EDUCATION, FAMILIES, GOVERNMENT, HOMES, NEIGHBORS, WORK This book focuses on a personal story of the multitude of struggles, survival and thriving techniques a three generational set of families met and overcame during a 100 year period. Two decades ago, someone wrote asking this question 'IS GOD DEAD?" If you could question thousand of black citizens the answer would be 'No God is alive. Without Him I would be dead.' Today a major struggle is 'What is wrong with the teachers'? Without the teachers in our lives many of us would be far worse off than it appears. Is your family falling apart today? The family still is the backbone unit especially when we have children in our society depending on the adults for guidance. Do you know your local city, county and state government officials? How do you interact with these representatives? Discover how you can do more than just vote. What are the characteristics of a good neighbor? What happen when work is not available? Imagine having faith, seeking community harmony, spreading love, offering hope, and maintaining joy, being patient, peaceful and exhibiting absolute self-control.

Universally acclaimed as an Australian classic, My Place is a powerful and deeply moving memoir of three generations of the author's family, told with passion, compassion and great humour.