Sometimes you have to become nothing before you can blossom into something. This quotation, from C. L. Brown himself, speaks to the very essence of this poetry collection. Quite simply, he lays it Bare. Inspiring, soulful, raw, passionate, powerful, and gripping. You will be taken on an enchanting journey as Brown peels back layers of himself with a courage that is purely magnetic. Prepare yourself for a front row seat into the heart, and soul of the author as he takes you to a place where...

Awakening The Trinity is divided into three chapters, "His God", "Himself", and "His Beloved." The book takes readers on three journeys that so many of us find ourselves on at one time, or another; three seemingly separate paths, all leading to one place, love.

Two thousand years ago,King David revealed to one of his concubinesshe would bear him a daughter andthat daughter would haverare gifts of prophecy.Years later, in the kingdom of King Soloman after the death of his father an uprising of unsettled offspring of the late King David had brought tension to the vast and growing kingdom. King Soloman needed to end the cacophony surrounding him. A plan was devised that all of King David’s children not recognized b...

C. L. Brown is hauntingly honest and intimate in this revealing collection of poems. This collection far transcends mere words written to be read. It will speak to you. It will speak about you. It will tell you things and have you feeling ways that seem completely unique to you until you realize that you are actually one of us, the silent souls. His soul is laid bare as he traverses the pathways of Love, Inspiration, Spirituality, Passion, Heartbreak and the deeply moving Love shared with ...

There are moments that quietly alter the course of a life—not because they arrive with spectacle, but because they find us at last willing to pay attention.In Black Sage Flowers, C. L. Brown gathers poems that linger where love meets grief, where memory gives way to grace, and where the ordinary world patiently reveals extraordinary truths. Trees become companions. Mountains become teachers. Silence becomes its own language. Even loss is invited to speak.

Ananya, gun shy of love and other relationships, separates her work on AI and drug discovery at Angeles Crest University from her personal and romantic interests, friendships, and familial bonds. Yet, like many of us, she finds these complex connections become inevitably navigated.Perchance, Ananya meets David, Dev, Zhang, Eli and Rohan, and of course the blowhard Marcus. She contends with academic politics, dating challenges, and unexpected disruptions from wildfires and research ...

Academic politics can be vicious.Edgar, a philosophy professor, was elected chair of the Faculty Senate when the shenanigans began. He saw an opportunity to change the conversation at Angeles Crest University based partly on his ideology but mostly his whims and prejudices. He seduced a student. His wife kicked him out. He broke off the relationship with the student to seduce another young woman, which ended very badly for Edgar.His enemies list grew to include Talia, who s...

Andreas and Elena moved into a spacious home they filled with treasures from their many travels, while Venky moved to a far smaller two bedroom condominium that he left mostly untended. This initiated a series of events at Angeles Crest University that not even the wildest of psychics could have predicted.Chaos theory describes the butterfly effect — how small actions at one place can lead to unpredictable disturbances later on elsewhere. As a butterfly flaps its wings somewhere in...

It seems no scandal is too small or large for Angeles Crest University to avoid.How on earth did it entangle itself with the Los Angeles Bulgarian Mafia? And how did so many lives become entwined and interconnected through the scandal.Yulia is determined to find out. And find out she does.Waves of greed and crime form ripples across three generations that excavate secrets born of love, but fray the bonds of families. Tragedies result from betrayals and the corrosive...

"Fulford-Brown performs the chapters told by Briony and Isobel with a tight vocal timbre, while Corkhill handles those of Alistair and Gavin with a feverish intensity. Together, they skillfully imbue this story with plenty of heart and a few moments of tenderness." - AudioFile Magazine**All of Our Demise is the epic conclusion to Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman’s New York Times bestselling All of Us Villains duology.“I feel...

You Fell In Love With The Victors of The Hunger Games.Now Prepare To Meet The Villains Of The Blood Veil.After the publication of a salacious tell-all book, the remote city of Ilvernath is thrust into the spotlight. Tourists, protesters, and reporters alike flock to its spellshops and historic ruins to witness an ancient curse unfold: every generation, seven families name a champion among them to compete in a tournament to the death. The win...

The incredible conclusion to the tournament that started in All of Us Villains.I should warn you: this is going to be absolutely brutal . . .For the first time in this ancient, bloodstained story, the tournament is breaking. The boundaries between the city of Ilvernath and the arena have fallen. Reporters swarm the historic battlegrounds. A dead boy now lives again. And a new champion has entered the fray, one who seeks to break the...