Womanism Rising concludes Layli Maparyan’s three-book exploration of womanist studies. The collection showcases new work by emerging womanist authors who expand the womanist idea while extending womanism to new sites, new problems, and new audiences.Maparyan organizes the contributions around five key ideas. The first section looks at womanist self-care as a life-saving strategy. The second examines healing the Earth as a prerequisite to healing ourselves. In Part Three, t...

Sally knows that not all wounded souls can be mended. She also knows that, sometimes, containing the havoc they wreak might be the only way to blunt their shattering legacy. What she doesn’t know is that in the battle for redemption, it is often the innocents who are left broken.When her wildly self-destructive ex-husband’s behaviour finally culminates in his violent death, Sally wonders if she had done all she could to save him from himself. Mitch had secrets. Secrets he had tried...

A woman wakes in a hospital bed with no idea of who she is. Her memory is gone, her baby missing. All she has is the gripping certainty that she is in mortal danger. Then a handsome, angry stranger barges in and makes a terrible accusation. He was her lover - and her child's father - until she disappeared seven months ago.Jake Sanders swore he'd never forgive Sarah Tucker, but he isn't about to let her get away again - especially not with his daughter still missing. If he has any c...

Does a blue rose at your door mean you’re next?Widow Sarah Johnson struggled to pick up the pieces after her life was ripped apart. After two years of grieving, she's found contentment in her thriving business as photographer to Hollywood's A-list and in raising her angel-faced daughter, Kylee... until bodyguard and long-time friend Ethan Cooke changes everything with a searing moonlight kiss.Sarah's world turns upside down as she struggles with her unexpec...

A curvy human on the run, Gracie Stewart wonders if she will ever be able to quit running and find a man she can love and who will love her. And then she meets her new boss, Quinn Hunter. He’s rude and mean. He yells. He growls. And she is falling in love with him.Quinn Hunter is a very grumpy wolf shifter. With his life consumed by his fight against the darkness residing inside him, he has given up on the dream of having a mate. He knows the darkness would destroy her. And when he...

“I was hooked by the end of page one and laughing out loud by the middle of page two.” — Lark SusakA fun fantasy mystery starring Brenda — a reluctant medium — and Brian — a Vigilante Demon with an impish sense of humor.Brenda Steele has a problem. A Vigilante Demon wants her to use her powers to find murdered spirits and help him track down their killers. But Brian doesn't just catch criminals. He likes to play with them first, setting elaborate traps where the goal is to ...

An Eaton too hot to denyThe Kentucky clinic where Dr. Levi Eaton is volunteering is worlds away from his wealthy Pennsylvania roots. Still, the South has plenty of attractions—like his colleague’s captivating sister. Angela Chase is sexy, charming, and looking for fun, not commitment. That combination suits Levi just fine, until he begins to appreciate what lies beneath her Southern belle façade.Her fiancé’s betrayal destroyed Angela’s faith in men—and insp...

Rigid and predictable. Sarah Buchanan would never in a million years have used those words to describe herself. Never. But it's been almost a year since her longtime girlfriend left her for a man, and she's suddenly realized that those words now describe her with frightening accuracy, along with one more: boring. Deciding it's time to escape her disaster of a life, at least long enough to turn it around, she takes a temporary position with her company overseas. The hardest part is leaving ...

Thomas Crawford is Lonely River's Beta, and it's high time he settled down. He's had his eye on Charlotte Daniel, the owner of the Full Moon Saloon--and independent cuss of a woman--for months, but she either hasn't noticed his gentle courting… or she's ignoring him. But when some local wolves lodge a complaint about her questionable business practices it's Thomas' job to investigate, even if it means the woman he wants will hate him forever.Lottie has noticed Thomas' courting, all...

Risking It All for Her Boss by Sharron McClellanHeroes for Hire: Big Risk. Big Reward. No Regrets.When High Risk Securities (HRS) agent, Eva Torres, botches an undercover job by failingto rescue both of the kidnap victims she was sent to retrieve, Quinn Blackwood—her formerlover and the man who broke her heart—pulls her and one of the victims out of harm's way.As a penalty for her sins, she's offered the dull job of escorting a...

After losing her job and being left by her rock musician husband, Rose Okanese, a single mother of two feisty girls, resolves to claim some self-respect. She decides the fastest way to do that is to run the reserve’s annual marathon, but her training is sidetracked when she must do battle with an ancient demon. With a cast of unusual characters, Dawn Dumont weaves a tale of motherly love, friendship, lustful longing, wihtikow lore, and Rez humour that keeps the hoopla going until the race ...

There's something about nurse Madison that has Dr Levi Fielding desperate to have her in his arms. Her girlnextdoor looks and unawakened sex appeal mean he can't resist flustering her! So when Levi saves Madison's life at a hospital picnic, he knows it's a white knight moment he'll take full advantage of…