For a baby born dependent to Opioids his beginning would be painful, fearful and an unfair life. Moments after delivery, someone wrapped and stuffed Sage into a box, placing him in a closet of a restricted apartment building. Wandering the floors was an woman that heard Sage's frantic cries. Shortly thereafter, Sage had been taken to County General for examination, medical treatment and placed in the NICU ward. He was suffering from withdrawal symptoms, respiratory complications as well as yearning for his mother. Miss Eva Perez, Sage's birth mother has vanished. Leaving behind no evidence, clues or leads to help in tracking her. Eva, once finding out she was pregnant, sought treatment in an outpatient facility for her Heroin use. Meanwhile, Prosecuting Attorneys, Roe Wilson and Alex Carter were asked to help search for Eva. With concerns about her connection to a certain individual, Roe and Alex had to thread on thin ice. Being cautious not to spook and put this individual on the run.

Prosecuting Attorney, Roe Wilson and her partner, Alex Carter, are assigned to a highly delicate case involving a deaf-mute teenager. They must find the missing pieces to solving this puzzling crime entangled with rebellion, rejection, and revenge before the perpetrator can strike again.For sixteen year old Alicia Romero, being in a new neighborhood, attending a different high school, and having no friends were only the beginning of her haunting nightmares. Being limited in intellectual, emotional development and academic progress, Alicia had fallen victim to the malicious belittling of several prejudice students. Her untainted innocence had unfortunately made her the next victim targeted for a devastating and violating crime ' RAPE. This is an inspiring and remarkable story of one girl's faith, hope and dedication to God which strengthens her determination to stand firm against the enemy.

A godsend for every parent and professional who has ever been confronted with the perplexing and frustrating challenges of unpredictable and uncontrollable outbursts that seemingly have no rhyme or reason. This book provides some realistic approaches and a wide variety of simple, doable techniques for coping at home, in school and in life. The author is a social worker who first struggled with these challenges in her own home and then with her clients.

“Enchanting, witty” fairy tales for adults from Peter Straub, Daniel Quinn, Nancy Kress, Patricia C. Wrede, and other modern-day Grimms and Andersens (Publishers Weekly). World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling return with another superb collection of wonders and terrors. In Black Thorn, White Rose, the magical tales we were told at bedtime have been upended, turned inside out, reshaped, and given a keen, distinctly adult edge by eighteen of the most acclaimed storytellers ever to reinvent a fairy tale. Our favorite characters, from Sleeping Beauty to Rumpelstiltskin to the Gingerbread Man, are here but in different guises, brought to new life by such masters as Nancy Kress, Jane Yolen, Storm Constantine, and the late, great Roger Zelazny. These breathtaking tales of dark enchantments range from the tragic and poignant to the humorous to the horrifying to the simply astonishing. The story of an aging woodcutter persuaded to help a desperate prince make his way through the brambles to save a sleeping beauty twists ingeniously around like the thorny wall that impedes them. The fable of an all-controlling queen mother who faces her most fearsome adversary in a sensitive princess who appears mysteriously during a storm is a dark, disturbing masterpiece. And readers will long remember the exquisite tale of Death, his godson, football, and MTV. Anyone who has ever loved or even feared the old tales of witches and trolls and remarkable transformations will find much to admire in this extraordinary collection—happily ever after or not.

Joyce d'Avranche had always been the poor and ignored member of the d'Avranche family of Helmingham Hall. Her childhood had been one of hardship, and over her dead mother hung the disgrace of an old scandal. Then, when the legitimate heir went missing on an Amazon exploration, Joyce was brought to Helmingham and told she could well be the new owner of the beautiful old house and garden. Almost at once she fell in love with it and wanted, more than anything, to possess it. But her background had not prepared her for the running of a huge estate. Everything she did was wrong and her only friend was Rose, wife of the head gardener. Rose, too, had sorrows to bear. Barren, in spite of her longing for a child, she sublimated her sadness in the gardens of Helmingham, concentrating all her energy on the breeding of a new flower - the Helmingham Rose. As the two young women watched the gradual unfurling of the perfect flower, so their own lives moved towards maturity and unexpected happiness.

A fearless investigative reporter, a djinn with a heartbreaking weakness, a vengeful curse, and a promise spanning the centuries. This is not your normal love-story... It’s not the lamp she needs to rub... Investigative journalist, Tahlee Hope is fierce, stubborn, and doesn’t pull punches. Overhearing a political assassination plot, her life is now in serious danger. No biggie for Tahlee. All in a day’s work. She’s not prepared, however, for the security agent assigned to protect her: James Hastin, the man who changed everything in her life three years ago, and then disappeared without a trace. Summoned and trapped by a desperate sorcerer, James Hastin has been living amongst man for centuries. Life as a secret djinn in today’s society isn’t all that bad. Getting the rush of granting wishes is easy, he’s never felt the need to tap into his darker side, and he loves his job at Guarded Souls Security and Protection. Of course, there’s the little issue of the fatal curse placed upon him by the bastard sorcerer, but as long as he’s careful he should be okay. And then Tahlee Hope—his only weakness—enters his life. Again. Their history will either make them stronger, or bring about the end of the world. Yes, the stakes really are that high... International Award-Winning paranormal romantic suspense author Lexxie Couper pens a suspenseful tale in Book 2 of her new Guarded Souls series, Hope's Wish. Books in the Guarded Souls series: 1. Destiny's Knight 2. Hope's Wish

Solariad of Surazeus - Guidance of Solaria presents 114,920 lines of verse in 1,660 poems, lyrics, ballads, sonnets, dramatic monologues, eulogies, hymns, and epigrams written by Surazeus 2006 to 2011.