Claire A Woman S Journey

Driven into hiding by a murderer in an era when women had few options, could she survive? Chicago was a violent city. Could she keep her friends safe? Would she ever feel safe to love again?

From writer-director Nicole Conn, creator of the film which has captured lesbian hearts everywhere...the whole story. Every detail of the beautifully erotic, haunting tale of one woman's journey to herself. And of another woman's journey through fear to intimacy. Claire Jabrowski, weary of wandering through a maze of one-night stands...Dr. Noel Benedict, the therapist who cannot heal her own loss and despair...Two women who have paid a great price for their place in the world meet at a writer's colony on the brooding coast of Oregon. Follow their journey through strife and denial to heated courtship...to self-discovery...to intimacy... to love.

​A story of a young woman's journey through a life changing disaster. Sheltered and shy her whole life, she is suddenly faced not only with her own horrific challenges, but finds herself taking care of another person's life as well. Excerpt:As Claire peeked out of the door, a wisp of wind sent an old crumbled piece of paper by, startling her. It was within her reach, but she receded back into the doorway, suddenly bereft of the courage she had just a moment ago. She had felt such a strong, confident urge to go out of the door and walk away just seconds before, but the sound of that paper immediately made her mind think it was Joe, coming back early. The panic had filled her with adrenaline, and she suddenly felt weak from it. That urgent need had turned into paralyzing fear. 'It wasn't Joe, he can't be back yet. Calm down!', she encouraged herself. Words were one thing, but making her feet cross that threshold was another thing entirely. Another voice, this one inside her head, began 'It's OK Claire, you can try again tomorrow! Let's go back downstairs!'. She hated that voice, but it was the one that often brought her comfort. Claire had a two minute argument with herself before she stepped back from the door, closed it, and turned back to the stairs, back to that....place. She would never call it home.It was her hell. She reached the stair, looked back to the door to make sure she hadn't left or dropped anything that Joe would see, and then started down toward her room. She was absolutely forbidden from coming upstairs. The last time she had, having peeked out of the door that time as well, Joe had known it from a hair tie she had dropped right by the door by accident. He had beaten her so badly that she cried all that night, and her body had ached for a week. Claire had become more brave since that day two weeks prior, but not by much. But two months with Joe was to her an eternity, and the burning desire she had to escape and see what was left of the world outside was growing every day. She went down the stairs to the one room where she was allowed to go, to look outside the window, and stared at the bridge again. She could be halfway to it by now, she told herself, with no small amount of regret. 'Tomorrow, for sure, tomorrow'. She had felt the coolness of the wind when she had opened the door, and knew the cold weather wouldn't be far away. She did not want to be traveling when the snow came.Claire could not stand to stare at the bridge any longer that day. To her it was everything, and nothing, since she couldn't bring out the courage in herself to do it. The world beyond it was uncertain, they had not seen a living soul since the wandering girl, Alyssa, over a month before. She didn't want to think about Alyssa either. For the time being, Claire needed to put away the things she had thrown into a travel bag, before Joe would come back and find it. She had been hiding some items that she would need for her escape a little at a time, in one of the many rooms in the old paper mill that was currently her home, food and water mostly, and fussed over it each day when Joe went out 'hunting'. She didn't have any personal belongings anymore, Joe had taken all of her things, but she had managed to hide one item, a picture of her boyfriend. She had grabbed it from on top of the TV at her apartment on the way out the day of the event. Joe didn't know she had it, and thankfully she had been able to hide it. It was the only thing she had left from her old life, and she prayed and hoped that she would find her boyfriend again. That he had made it through like she had.

The sequel to Daughter of Sparta thrusts warrior Daphne and her love interest, the Olympian god Apollo, into the middle of the Trojan War in this epic YA fantasy reimagining of Greek mythology. A year after saving the powers of Olympus by defeating Nyx, the Goddess of Darkness, Daphne is haunted by still-looming threats, her complicated feelings for the god Apollo, and the promise she made to the Olympian gods that she would help them again when they called upon her. When their command finally comes, it is deceptively simple: secure herself a spot as one of Queen Helen’s guards. A war is coming, and all of Sparta must be prepared. In the midst of a treaty summit among the monarchs of Greece, Daphne and Helen uncover a plot of betrayal—and soon, a battle begins that leads to all-out war. As the kingdoms of Greece clash on the shores of Troy and the gods choose sides, Daphne must use her wits, her training, and her precarious relationship with Apollo to find a way to keep her queen safe, stop the war, and uncover the true reason the gods led her to Troy. But the gods are keeping more than one secret, and Daphne will be forced to decide how far she is willing to go to save those she loves—and whose side she’s on in a war that is prophesized to be the downfall of her people. Claire M. Andrews continues to turn Greek mythology on its head in this thrilling sequel that centers a female protagonist in a land ruled by powerful men and gods alike, filled with exhilarating action, unforgettable romance, and a destiny that could destroy the world. Preorder the jaw-dropping conclusion, Storm of Olympus, now!

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read! Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series • An interview with Diana Gabaldon • An Outlander reader’s guide Praise for Outlander “Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle “History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News

Claire Smith looks closely at seven key Bible passages about men and women and how they should relate together in God's purposes.

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

In the tradition of Wild and Tracks, one woman's story of how she left the city and found her soul. Disillusioned and burnt out by her job, Claire Dunn quits a comfortable life to spend a year off the grid in a wilderness survival program. Her new forest home swings between ally and enemy as reality – and the rain – sets in. Claire's adventure unfolds over four seasons and in the essential order of survival: shelter, water, fire and food. She arrives in summer, buoyant with idealism, and is initially confronted with physical challenges: building a shelter, escaping the vicious insects and making fire without matches. By winter, however, her emotional landscape has become the toughest terrain of all. Can she connect with her inner spirit to guide her journey onwards? Brimming with earthy charm and hard-won wisdom, My Year Without Matches is one woman's quest for belonging, to the land and to herself. When Claire finally cracks life in the bush wide open, she discovers a wild heart to warm the coldest night. ‘A brave and adventurous book ... Claire's writing is full of life and profound surprises.’ —Anne Deveson ‘An entertaining look at how Dunn survived for four seasons in a 'hundred acres of baking scrubland’ —Sun Herald ‘With earthy, expressive honesty she shares her struggles [and] the swooping highs of crafting life out of a block of unforgiving scrub... by sharing such an intimate journey, Claire has given us all a gift.’ —WellBeing Magazine