Karma Camellia

Karina was 36 years old when life as she knew it ended. A University educated, I.T. businesswoman whose reputation as a good Christian wife and mother was impeccable. In 2006, her efforts to have a good husband and a better marriage resulted in a text from Brian. Karina, it sounds like you are in a bad place. It sounds like you have left your husband. Be careful. Stay safe. Keep in touch. Brian is a police officer with nearly 20 years experience whod loved Karina since he was 17. His text triggers events that culminate in the federal magistrate court. It was crazy the lengths Karina had to go to, so she could exercise her right to a happy life for herself and her children. With a shrug for serenity when she couldnt change her life. The courage from her Christian faith to make the changes for a new life. And the wisdom to know how to do what the experts said would never be done. Karma. May be nice, but then again, may not. You never know.

She is still the exotic creature that swam across the seven seas to find me--wistful, demanding, and playful. There were piles of cards: birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year--all wrapped up neatly with ribbons. There were dried flowers, old perfume bottles, costume jewelry, hats, gloves, old lace peignoirs, and stuff that I didn't even recognize. Your kiss lands on her cheek as she rearranges herself on her bed--the beautiful brass bed where you both spent such happy times together...Vivid images appear and go running by your mind faster than the speed of light. Your legs weigh a ton. "Another time maybe," she says looking at the patch of blue summer sky high above her window, "in another life, my love," she whispers to the spruce tree outside. "Peek a Boo, Daddy," she'd say, hiding herself behind my couch while I read the daily newspaper. I can already hear the pitter-patter of her tiny feet. My friend gets up to leave. I walk him to the door. He looks much taller than I remember him and very handsome--much more hndsome than any knight I've ever known.

Set in ancient Japan, Natsuhiko Kyogoku's chilling series interweaves tales of karma and retribution with supernatural tricksters and spirits. In The Corpse at the Crossroads, the Mendicant joins forces with a Kyoto criminal gang to try to discover what is behind the appearance of a succession of decomposing female corpses at a busy crossroads just outside the ancient capital, a spot associated with a ghostly legend. The Mendicant must come to grips with a Buddhist parable about the impermanence of all things and confront his own fears about death before solving this perplexing and disturbing riddle.

The author has provided simple and easy to apply instructions in the introduction of this book so that you can make your own flower essences if you so choose. She has also provided information on compatible gemstones as well as background in the chakras (which are each a nexus where various energies come together in the subtle body.) Understanding how to utilize a wider range of flower essences is the key aspect of the current book, which reviews the use of 350 different flowers.

Set against the natural beauty of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb’s latest novel tells the emotionally compelling story of one woman’s life-changing discovery about her past . . . As a child, Evie Lindsay was unnerved by her premonitions. As an adult, they have become a simple fact of life—sometimes disruptive but also inescapable, much like her quirky, loveable family. Evie’s mother, Poppy, and her aunts, Camellia and Iris, are well known on San Orcanita island for their free-spirited ways and elaborately decorated hats. Their floral shop and Evie’s bookstore draw streams of visitors all summer long. This season promises to be extra busy: Evie’s sister, Jules, is getting married on the island. As Jules plans her unconventional wedding, she arranges to do a DNA test with her mother, sister, and aunts, to see how much accepted lore about their heritage holds true. The results blow apart everything Evie has grown up believing about herself and her family. Spurred on by the revelations, Evie uncovers the real story of her past. But beyond her feelings of shock and betrayal, there are unexpected opportunities—to come to terms with a gift that has sometimes felt like a curse, to understand the secrets that surrounded her childhood, and to embrace the surprising new life that is waiting for her . . .

Set in ancient Japan, Natsuhiko Kyogoku's chilling series interweaves tales of karma and retribution with supernatural tricksters and spirits. In The Bean Washer, a Buddhist priest traveling deep in the mountains gets caught in a storm late at night and encounters the Mendicant, a mysterious figure who guides him to a ramshackle hut. There, a group of stranded fellow travelers decide to swap ghost stories to pass the night. But the gathering takes on a sinister twist when secrets of unpunished past deeds are brought to light.