Kenny Doin Just Fine

KENNY DOIN' JUST FINE Miriam Greenfield, a proud and intellectual young woman, is stuck in the Los Angeles ghetto of Boyle Heights, where poverty and responsibility to her family stiffle all her personal ambitions and lead her further and further away from her dream of achieving a life in the world of literature. When her husband Alex is caught by the IRS in a shady business deal, Miriam is forced to go to work. Despite her vehement dislike of government charity she enters into a career as a Social Worker and gravitates to the one area where she feels she can do some good...Aid to Dependent Children. There she meets thirteen-year old Kenny Ray James the emotionally disturbed son of a drug addicted mother. Raised by an uncaring Aunt and an abusive Uncle, Kenny has become dangerously violent and is unwanted wherever Miriam places him. Psychiatric evaluations diagnose him as mentally underdeveloped and psychotic. But Miriam has seen a loving and intelligent side to Kenny and something about him reminds her of her own son. Miriam becomes determined to change the course of Kenny's life before her imminent retirement from the Department.

After suffering from and escaping an extremely abusive relationship with her ex-fiance Toni, Katalina Pierce is shipped to Cavanuagh Ranch by her two best friends. Katalina is determined to find herself again while sorting through the pieces of her shattered life. While at Cavanaugh Ranch she meets ranch owner and cowboy Casanova, Matthew Cavanaugh. Matthew is many things, but relationship material isn't one of them so how does he manage to sneak his way into Katalina's heart? After constantly feeling as if she is being watched, Katalina soon realizes that her ex-fiance may not be as far gone as she had hoped. While lurking in the shadows watching and waiting as Katalina attempts to make a new life for herself, Toni is determined to re-enter Katalina's life, but his intentions are sinister. Plotting to finish the job he previously failed, Katalina will need to face her demons head-on if she ever hopes to have her Happily Ever After.

Two bad boys find redemption when they become unlikely heroes to two very special women and their families. Don't miss these romantic favorites from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Kathleen Eagle! Defender Gideon Defender understood hard choices. Innocent and pure, Raina McKenny had deserved someone better than him, so he'd stepped aside and watched her marry his brother. He'd stayed away when they adopted a baby and created the perfect life he could never offer her. Now, fifteen years later, Raina had returned to the reservation a widow with her fatherless teenage son in tow, and Gideon faced the toughest choices of his life. Between desire and duty, between condemnation and trust, between fatherhood and honor…and even between life and death. Broomstick Cowboy Amy Becker needed a man. Tate Harrison wouldn't have been her first choice…but then, her first choice had gone and died, leaving her pregnant, broke and on the verge of losing everything. Surprisingly, Tate was a good father figure to her children, a tireless worker and far too tempting during those long winter nights. But Tate wasn't one for roots; he was hers only until spring. Unless she could convince him to stay.

Carol and Ken Jones had been studying spiritual principles of living for decades. So when cancer was found throughout Ken’s body, it put them to the test, challenging them to live what they had been learning. What they discovered–and share with you–is mind-boggling and heart-opening. Ken said this as his body progressed through its illness: December 2009: “I do not know what Spirit has in store for me. I will keep breathing as long as Spirit gives me breath. And if melanoma absolutely must claim my body, it can have it. Melanoma cannot go where I go, because I go into the pure Spirit of the Soul Realm that is my true home.” Through Kenny’s Eyes is an unusual and unusually positive glimpse into living fully and dying well. Ken and Carol Jones have written an extraordinary book about the liberation of experiencing death, dying, and grief from a spiritual perspective. — Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick, co-directors of the University of Santa Monica and authors of Loyalty to Your Soul: The Heart of Spiritual Psychology If you have any considerations or fears about dying, read this book and share it with others. It will shed light on your awareness about the mystery of death and help you relax about it. This book is a gift that must be opened. — Agapi Stassinopoulos, author of Unbinding the Heart An Amazing gift for anyone to gain comfort and inspiration, guidance and courage. All of us will pass, and to know what the passages are in such humanity and ordinariness is the treasure of this account. Recommended reading for any course on death and dying. — Leigh Taylor Young, Emmy award-winning actress, lover of Spirit, life, and serving the good Carol and Ken’s unflinching look at the often sanitized subject of death is refreshing, and interested readers will gain a deeper understanding of what Carol calls “the real treasure of consciously leaving this world.” — Kirkus Indie, Kirkus Media LLC

"A Life Worth Dreaming About" takes readers on an inspirational story about Carl Robertson, a New York City executive who grew up in poverty in the Midwest. Or that's how he viewed it. His revenge for, as he put it, his awful upbringing was to never think about it again. As an adult, he became self-centered and egotistical. He was someone who was hard to work with and work for. Yet, everybody around him tried to change him as an attempt to make him easier to work alongside. He refused the help. He was making a dream salary so he didn't care what other people thought of him. He had long forgotten his past. Then, he gets a harsh reality check, which puts his career, his life in danger. He's desperate to save what he had built up. He will meet a man that will change his life. Carl gets a second chance at life. He doesn't know why he is given this opportunity. He realizes he better take advantage of it. This story takes you on that journey. Will he do enough in time to save his career, life and rediscover a life worth dreaming about? Learn more at www.nickdettmann.com Twitter: @ndettmann

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ONE MORNING KATE EVANS OPENED HER DOOR TO A DYING FRIEND … … AND INVITED TERROR INTO HER LIFE. His last breath held the secret of his murder. Just one word: “key.” Kate thought she understood. It was the key to a safe deposit box. The key to a scandal. The key to blackmail … But Kate understood too much. Kidnapped at gunpoint, Kate and her famous client—the glamorous pop star Riki—must face the most terrifying ordeal of their lives. A cross-country journey driven by madness, obsession, murder … And Kate and Riki are along for the ride.