Jane Digby’s Diary: To Begin, Begin

Jane Digby's Diary: To Begin, Begin

Based on a true story . . .

Bright, beautiful, and bold, Jane Digby led a remarkable life. Born to privilege in 1807 at Dorset, England, she soon scandalized Europe with her reckless pursuit of freedom. She sacrificed home, family, and respectability for her passions. Kings, princes, barons, brigands, lords, and sheikhs were among her lovers. A gifted artist and musician, as well as a superb horsewoman, she spoke several languages, read widely, wrote eloquently, and embraced all manner of culture and travel.

An amusing, thoughtful, and moving work of historical fiction, Jane Digby’s Diary offers a compelling account of the life of a woman who truly lived all for love. In this opening volume to the series, we are introduced to Jane at seventeen. Spoiled and charming, she seems destined for the privileged life of a well-bred Englishwoman. Her early marriage to Lord Ellenborough begins as a love match until one of the greatest scandals of the Regency era destroys her future, or so it would seem. Jane is nothing if not resilient.

In To Begin, Begin, Jane tells her story in diary form, as if she is speaking to a friend, creating an intimate and compulsively readable look at her life and her times. Will she find the true love and freedom she so desires? There is only one way to find out. Come join her on her path to a life well lived.

This volume is the first installment of the series, Jane Digby’s Diary.The complete four-part series is now available in the Kindle store. $0.99 on Kindle.
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GIVE FAITH A FIGHTING CHANCE: Healing WITHIN Tears to Success

GIVE FAITH A FIGHTING CHANCE: Healing WITHIN Tears to Success

Give Faith a Fighting Chance is an inspirational story of a young teenage immigrant who later became a mom of three boys and faced continuous struggles on her path to success. $9.99 on Kindle.
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Sober Daughter

Sober Daughter

An empowering account of a lost daughter’s fight for her identity and sobriety—and her mission to help others.

Fawna Asfaw felt her life shatter when she lost both her parents to illness. As grief pulled her into a downward spiral of addiction and shame, Fawna had to learn to rebuild her life with a new perspective that changed everything. $0.99 on Kindle.
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This Is Me Trying: Navigating Through A Lifetime of Trauma

This Is Me Trying: Navigating Through A Lifetime of Trauma

Out of the deep, murky waters of neglect and abuse, Wilsdaryon Prescher used the power of music to find strength and heal, and overcame the odds stacked firmly against him. His book, This is Me Trying, tells the story of a boy who has blossomed into the man he knew he could be, despite the darkness that engulfed him throughout his childhood and adolescence. Through the power of music, Wilsdaryon was able to discover himself after losing touch with who he really was. $0.99 on Kindle.
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The Letters: A Lifetime Foreign Affair

The Letters/A Lifetime Foreign Affair

The Letters/A Lifetime Foreign Affair is a love story about two countries, two cultures, two lives, and one love. And the authentic portrayal of an ultimate and profoundly satisfying love relationship evolved between the book’s author and her late husband.

This powerful story is also a collection of two lovers’ letters, respect for cultures, individual lives, and respect for a union in love. It all begins when a rugged, dashing, and disciplined U.S. Marine Colonel, Hewitt Adams, meets the beautiful but strong-willed and highly knowledgeable Mae Yum from a Korean aristocratic family by chance and fate.

Full of life lessons and a tender, timeless romance, the letters capture the joys and frustrations that come with love while also revealing the deepest secrets of their hearts. The conversations between them are often frank and brutally honest. The letters display their frailties, strengths, passionate love, and all the human emotions they experienced. The fundamental differences in East and West cultural upbringing played a large part in misreading each other and hindered their way to harmony.
The author’s upper-class status and her upbringing in Korean society also put many obstacles in the way of their relationship. It is poignant, emotionally charged, evocative, candid, and heartrending.

There is also a depiction of the rich Korean culture, wisdom, profound insight into all types of relationships, and intertwining life through family and community. Added is the delicate balance between nature and incredible Korean spiritual mysteries.

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Free: The Unexpected New Best Friend: If there is a broken one on the shelf, I will be the one who ends up with it.

The Unexpected New Best Friend: If there is a broken one on the shelf, I will be the one who ends up with it.

Memoir of a man’s life and lessons learned, told through funny anecdotes and slightly fictionalized stories. Free on Kindle.
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It Happened On Our Watch

It Happened On Our Watch

It Happened On Our Watch” is my ninth book. Like the others it’s bite-sized, intended to whet the appetite and encourage the reader to learn more about different cultures and life experiences. Like the others it pays homage to being Black and an American facing historically challenging and triumphant times. It is my journey. So far it’s a journey that’s spanned seven decades, a journey that mirrors many others’, but in significant ways is vastly different. $0.99 on Kindle.
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The Villains Who Snapped My Spine: A Memoir

The Villains Who Snapped My Spine: A Memoir
In June 2021, a typical 30-year-old self-proclaimed car and coffee enthusiast’s life was suddenly derailed.

The humor-laced and nostalgia-infused debut memoir follows A. H. Nazzareno in his attempt to make sense of a rare diagnosis. Written in a hospital bed and in the immediate weeks following major surgery, courtesy of Dr. Summeroff, an uncertain yet hopeful future emerges from a villain-riddled past. $5.99 on Kindle.
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Conversations with Ayahuasca

Conversations with Ayahuasca

 

When All Known Roads Lead to a Dead End,
It Is Time to Explore the Unknowable

In Conversations with Ayahuasca, author Ol Serbon describes how a series of four annual journeys to the Amazon jungle to partake in Indigenous shamanic ceremonies involving the entheogenic beverage ayahuasca were a catalyst for healing issues in her life and body that were troubling her and entirely altering her perception of reality.
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Never Say Invisible

Never Say Invisible
Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world—athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, Jeremy shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS. As this devastating disease robs him of movement and speech, he is abandoned by his wife and betrayed by a society that shuns people with disabilities. But it’s not all doom and gloom. He finds love, support, and a powerful purpose to share with the world. Smart, clever, and humorous, Jeremy’s story is a testament to what can be learned and achieved despite a terminal illness. Foreword by Augusten Burroughs. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Running Back in Time: Discovering the Formula to Beat the Aging Process and Get Younger

Running Back in Time: Discovering the Formula to Beat the Aging Process and Get Younger

Dr. Zeev Gilkis is a cancer survivor who began running in his sixties.
He decided to give himself an unusual present for his 70th birthday – running a Marathon!
Join Zeev in this adventure & discover that age doesn’t matter & you too can achieve anything you dream of. $1.99 on Kindle.
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Lamlash Street: A Portrait of 1960’s Post-War London Through One Family’s Story

Lamlash Street: A Portrait of 1960's Post-War London Through One Family's Story

Explore South East London in 1963; a world of nostalgia that sadly cannot be visited anymore.
On Lamlash Street, Cockney families have more character than money, living among the bombed out and condemned buildings. Post WWII London will change swiftly into the era of The Beatles, Twiggy, and modern space-age, swinging London.

Experience the lively true story of a girl on her way to womanhood, coming of age at a moment in London’s untold history unlike any other. Jill Phillips tries to secure her first kiss while navigating a world turned upside down and the trauma that her father, mother, and uncle experienced during the war.

If you like non-stereotypical women characters, working-class endurance, and a biography about rallying from abundant loss, then you’ll adore this heartfelt and funny historical memoir. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Sink or Swimwear: My Crazy Days as an Entrepreneur Surviving Life, PTSD, and a Cutthroat Industry

Sink or Swimwear: My Crazy Days as an Entrepreneur Surviving Life, PTSD, and a Cutthroat Industry

Constantly battling life-altering trauma, PTSD, a traumatic brain injury, and the cutthroat fashion industry, Just Bones Boardwear founder Jennifer Berk Weisman refused to let the accident define her and steal her identity.

She had to do more than reinvent the boardshort. She had to reinvent herself. The powerful true story of recovery, hope, and resilience that will inspire you to channel your own inner strength to overcome trauma or chase your entrepreneur dreams. $1.99 on Kindle.
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Free: Where is Ser

Where is Ser
A powerful story as seen through the eyes of an American veteran who in 2016 during the bloody civil war with ISIS flew alone to Iraq.

There, he was able to join the Kurdish militia, YPG as a combat medic sneaking into Rojava, Syria. These pages are his personal story and they take you to the front lines of battle in a way that will make you smell the dirt. Free on Kindle.
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Life Interrupted, Dr. Dua’s Survival Guide

 

This book is about a 34 year old Dentist’s reflection of life as he faced his own mortality due to Oral Cancer. He found wisdom in his parents, beauty in small things, learnt to face fear, learnt from failure and never lost hope. $2.99 on Kindle.
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Junkies, Hookers, Dykes… and Others I Have Known

Junkies, Hookers, Dykes... and Others I Have Known
“It was 1961. John Fitzgerald Kennedy had just been elected President. The Freedom Riders were working to integrate bus stations in the South. Vietnam was a long way from the horror it would become, and I ran off with my daughter’s eighteen-year-old babysitter.”

Actress, switchboard operator, model, encyclopedia salesgirl, wife, mother. Patricia Herd’s life in 1960s California was unusual, but she was a “good girl” with dreams of stardom. Married to a struggling actor and raising a newborn, Herd saw her own dreams of being an actress stifled. Deep within her was an attraction to the dangerous and the wild, an attraction that would break free and lead Patricia into the counterculture of the period – a world filled with Junkies, Hookers, and Dykes.
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Free: Playhouses

Playhouses

Three cousins fiercely defended their roles within the sanctity of their playhouses. But a six-year stint in a fundamentalist religious organization thwarted Scott’s developing understanding of sexual orientation. Homosexuality was an insidious, infective spirit that conferred fear upon her adolescent naivete, eventually eroding the relationship with her cousins.

“Reconciling who we were took years, but survival led to relational ties without fear and a heart for activism in the face of rising institutionalized discrimination.”

Playhouses is a journey from corrosive indoctrination to celebrating the differences in others. Free on Kindle.
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The Complete Jane Digby’s Diary

The Complete Jane Digby's Diary
“As the depth of truth of one’s life can only be penned upon the pages of a diary, Jane Digby leads us through her passionate life . . . A wonderful piece of historical fiction that will delight your senses as well as your heart.” – Peggy Lee Sprague, Author of The Truth Hunters series

Based on a true story . . .

Bright, beautiful, and bold, Jane Digby led a remarkable life. Born to privilege in 1807 at Dorset, England, she soon scandalized Europe with her reckless pursuit of freedom. She sacrificed home, family, and respectability for her passions. Kings, princes, barons, brigands, lords, and sheikhs were among her lovers. A gifted artist and musician, as well as a superb horsewoman, she spoke several languages, read widely, wrote eloquently, and embraced all manner of culture and travel.

An amusing, thoughtful, and moving work of historical fiction, Jane Digby’s Diary offers a compelling account of the life of a woman who truly lived all for love. In the series Jane tells her story in diary form, as if she is speaking to a friend, creating an intimate and compulsively readable look at her life and her times. Will she find the true love and freedom she so desires? There is only one way to find out. Come join her on her path to a life well lived.

The Complete Jane Digby’s Diary includes the entire four-part series: To Begin. Begin, A Rebel Heart, Following an Eastern Star, and White Lady.

“Told in fictional diary form, this story based on the real life of a free-thinking, passionate woman who scandalized high-born society with her escapades is beautifully written and swept me into her world . . . An unexpected treat.” – Kristy Dark $2.99 on Kindle.
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Another Fuggin’ War Story

Another Fuggin' War Story
This story is written by a lifelong pothead. Me. Most of it is probably true, if not a little exaggerated. So, if there’s any question on the veracity of my tale, I’ll refer to you elsewhere because only those who were there know the truth. What I can tell you is how overwhelming it is to have someone’s life in my hands while secretly wondering what the hell to do next. But here I am, everyone looking for me to save them. No matter, I’ll keep my guys alive if it’s the last thing I do. Then, when it’s over, I’ll undoubtedly find some trouble to get into because life’s too short not to have a little fun. The waiting joint is my reward, promising great ideas to keep me busy. If only they didn’t backfire so spectacularly – like the time I took on the rat infestation with C4 and an ammo can, when I caused myself to be whipped by a 100-foot tree, or the time I blew up half of the encampment. Now all I have to do is stay out of my C.O.’s line of sight, which is not as easy a task as you might think.“This is not a traditional war story, but instead a journey of a young man coming of age in a war-torn country. From the moments of crisis where he shows his true grit to save a life, to the trouble he gets into daily, you won’t be bored. And it’s all true.” – P. B. Lee, Spec. 4 $2.99 on Kindle.
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Free: The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity

The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity

Do you believe society needs genuine, healthy masculinity? Masculinity, in any form, has been viciously attacked for decades with serious unintended consequences. We need boys to grow into responsible, productive men and fathers. We need their strength to face down evil, and they need a guide to help them navigate this new wilderness, to find and define their masculinity in the gender-confused world of today. This memoir is filled with modern male friendships, advice, career tips for Christian men, and stories about Savage’s own experiences on a quest for answers. Savage hopes this will not only be able to help inform individuals, but that this work of God’s will writing for men will be a group ministry discussion- starter for adult Christian men.

In The Savage Path, David Savage uses humility and humor to highlight the hard-won wisdom gleaned along his path— – successes, failures, friendships, and family. Much of what he shares comes from real wilderness adventures. This is a quest memoir about Christian men and how they can live a physically, mentally, and morally healthy life in modern society. Come sit by the campfire, feel its warmth, and let it draw you into the intimate storytelling environment that only its flickering flame and the expansive night sky can provide. You are entering a sacred place to engage in the genuine pursuit of authentic manhood. Free on Kindle.
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Free: Unsolved True Crime – 10 Frightening Cases of Mystery, Murder & Mayhem (The Ones You’ve Never Heard of) Volume 2

Unsolved True Crime - 10 Frightening Cases of Mystery, Murder & Mayhem (The Ones You've Never Heard of) Volume 2
The author of ‘Unsolved Serial Killers’ is back with the second volume in the new series ‘Unsolved True Crime.’ Step into the tragic lives of these victims and find out what happened to them…after you lock your doors. Free on Kindle.
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Hits, Heathens, and Hippos

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He’s survived a fierce hippo attack and a sting from the world’s most venomous insect, but can he survive an over-the-top father, who prays aloud in restaurants, faith-heals his old Toyota, and believes demons possess his Masonic Lodge watch? Find out in the hilarious new memoir from multi-award-winning author Marty Essen! “Marty Essen’s book, Hits, Heathens and Hippos, takes you on a comedy journey that never ends. It’s a wicked funny ride. And I know funny.”—Karen Pickering, comedian $0.99 on Kindle.
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Unconventional

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An inspirational story about taking a chance, following your vision, and thriving in one of the US’s wildest emerging industries, 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite, Unconventional, profiles Jamie Andrea Garzot’s journey as one of California’s legal cannabis industry pioneers. $0.99 on Kindle.
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How I Learned to Like My Mom

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This is the story of a woman who drank too much, parented too little, and MARRIED SEVEN MEN! She was beautiful, talented, wrote country songs, and she just happened to be my mother.
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Set in the Midwest UA, this Tears to Cheers memoir details the journey of a traumatic childhood of alcohol, abuse, divorce, neglect and poverty. But don’t despair … healing is possible when forgiveness is present. $1.99 on Kindle.
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