Stephanie Life of Determination

ABOUT THE BOOK The fates of an undocumented college student and her mother intertwine with a suicidal businessman’s. As circumstances worsen, will their faith carry them through or will their fears drag them down? Linda Palacios crossed the border at age three with her mother, Juanita, to escape their traumatic life in Mexico and to pursue the American dream. Years later, Linda nears college graduation. With little hope for the future as an undocumented immigrant, Linda wonders where her life is going. Tim Draker, a long-unemployed businessman, has wondered the same thing. Overcome with despair, he decides to take his own life. Before he can carry out his plan, he changes course when he finds a job as a mechanic. Embarrassed about working at a garage in the barrio, he lies to his wife in hopes of finding something better. After Juanita’s coworker gets deported, she takes in her friend’s son, Hector, whom her daughter Linda can’t stand, While Juanita deals with nightmares of

SYNOPSIS Over a hundred years after the death of Magnus Blackwell, Altmover Manor sits abandoned. Lexie Arden and her fiancé, Will Bennett, are determined to rescue the neglected Mount Desert Island landmark. They want to make Altmover Manor their home. But Magnus has other plans. A spirit bound to his former residence, Magnus finds himself inexplicably drawn to the young woman. She has a supernatural gift; a gift Magnus wants to exploit. As Lexie and Will settle in, secrets from Magnus's past begin to surface. Compelled to learn all she can about the former owner, Lexie becomes immersed in a world of voodoo, curses, and the whereabouts of a mysterious dragon cane. Magnus's crimes won't be so easily forgotten, and what Lexie unearths is going to change the future ... for everyone.    AMAZON  |  BARNES & NOBLE  |  BOOK DEPOSITORY MY BOOK REVIEW Damned is a page-turner book. I couldn't put it down. Alexandrea Weis brought her readers into magical mys

                                  You might have already heard about Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman being involved in one of the biggest college scams in our American's college history. Lori Loughlin, known for Aunt Becky on  Full House,  and her husband, a fashion designer, paid over $500,000 to get her two daughters in the Universit of California. Felicity Huffman, an actress known for  Desperate Housewives,  is accused of paying $15,000 disguised as a charitable donation s o her daughter could take part in a rigged college entrance-exam. She hired a guy who changed the answers to the correct ones. There are many things they are doing to punish these parents and children I agree with, but there are also some things I don't agree with. For example, I agree their children should be suspended from the college.  The parents should pay back all the scholarship money these children received. I don't think they should go to prison for more than a year.   Our

  SYNOPSIS Two women, one love, and a curse lurking in deep, dark waters For as long as she can remember, Maris Heilen has been haunted by dreams of a beautiful woman beckoning to her from beneath the water. These dreams have been Maris’s only constant. She’s lived her life like a leaf caught in the rushing tide: no rules, no commitments, and no long-term lovers, either—just a string of broken hearts that have tried to anchor her unwilling heart to the earth. When her dreams take on a new sense of urgency following the mysterious death of her estranged father, Maris knows it’s time to uproot and keep moving, her soul pulled to the west, toward the water—toward her. Instead, Maris finds herself drawn to a surreal little town high in the Colorado mountains, where she begins to believe her dream might be much closer to reality than she’d ever imagined. When she discovers her past is linked to a legend even more haunting than her dreams—and that the woman in them is not o

ABOUT THE BOOK Louis Lestarjette enters a world of secrets and questionable actions for the Patriot cause. Charles Town, South Carolina, 1775 —Louis Lestarjette ventures beyond the confines of family life as patriotic duty compels him to enter the world of secrecy and clandestine maneuvers. When he leaves Charles Town for Philadelphia, he experiences first-hand the drastic demands of time and finances, and possibly his life. He must keep Elizabeth and his daughter safe while remaining faithful to this cause of liberty. One wrong decision might cost him all he has worked for over the last three years. A new generation of children in Elizabeth Lestarjette’s life demands the successful and safe fulfillment of her role as a Patriot. She wonders if her husband understands her desire to do her part as an active Daughter of Liberty. Although Louis is willing to move the family to the country, the decision falls to Elizabeth regarding whether to remain in Charles Town or escape its b