Please Forgive Me

Have you ever dreamed of running away? Of just leaving the past behind you? Leonie has done just that. She's moved to another country and got a new job, a new home, a brand new life . . . But when she discovers a box of unread love letters in the bottom of her wardrobe, all ending with the words 'please forgive me', she finds herself drawn to the mystery behind them. Can the unravelling of another person's story help Leonie deal with her own past and her own secrets? All she knows is that she has to try. Because if the couple behind the love letters had a happy ending, then perhaps she just might too.

James and Caroline Mayfield had lived for thirty-seven years never knowing their only child, Emily Mayfield, who was kidnapped at birth and taken from her rightful parents. A kidnapping and murder of many innocent people lead to an emotional journey of learning to forgive in order to lead a life of normalcy instead of being consumed with hatred. How can one crime affect so many innocent people? Cassie Buchanan would have to learn to live and live by forgiving after hearing a woman's last dying words that turn her world upside down. When the person you trust the most in life lies to you, who do you turn to? Cassie's lifelong friends and her husband surround her as she tries to accept her past as a lie and start her future as the unknown for a new beginning.

There once was a time when I was angry with the world, everything and everybody in it. Nothing or no one could make me happy, no matter how hard they tried. People on the outside looking in, felt like I had it made. In reality, I was depressed, self loathing, and hated myself. I overcompensated in area of my life, trying to find acceptance and love from everyone, except the right one. Me. Perhaps, you've found yourself in the same predicaments that I have; jumping from relationship to relationship, seeking something that can only come from within. Maybe you find yourself criticizing everything you do and unable to let go of past hurts. Despite everything you've endured in your past, you are fully capable of building a self love foundation right where you are. In Dear Self, Please Forgive Me, I provide the necessary steps needed to build that foundation of love for self.

My name is Daniel B. Moran. I am forty-eight years old. I am a self-taught composer and musician and have written many classical and non-classical works, songs and a full scale music drama called, “So I AM Born”. My life has always lived by the expressions of my heart, to seek the truth of me. Wherever life has led me, I have always believed that “The Journey is the Destination”. This is a story of love that can’t let go and the reason why. A heart searching for purpose and identity. The torment and torture of the reality of one’s perception, in search of Love. Fear of new beginnings and cheated destiny, locked in the grey mist of the mind. Betrayal through fear and hope. Painful truthful realities faced, and the courage it sometimes takes to realize, ‘ To thy self be true... Always.’ D.B. Moran.

Laurel Becker is on the verge of losing the two most important things in her life—her current lover, Elaine Alexander, and the Lavender Page bookstore. For her part, Elaine is growing increasingly frustrated by Laurel's long hours at the bookstore. And the fact that Laurel won't let her help out financially only adds to the mounting tension between them. As communication between the couple dwindles, Laurel jumps to the conclusion that Elaine is having an affair with another woman, which only leads to one more misunderstanding after another. Believing she has lost Elaine for good, Laurel closes the store and drives to the coast to start her new life. Will Elaine and Laurel manage to work through their misunderstandings and find their way back to each other?

A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher. How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last? Eighteen-year-old Leonard Peacock knows exactly what he'll do. He'll say goodbye. Not to his mum - who he calls Linda because it annoys her - who's moved out and left him to fend for himself. Nor to his former best friend, whose torments have driven him to consider committing the unthinkable. But to his four friends: a Humphrey-Bogart-obsessed neighbour, a teenage violin virtuoso, a pastor's daughter and a teacher. Most of the time, Leonard believes he's weird and sad but these friends have made him think that maybe he's not. He wants to thank them, and say goodbye. In this riveting and heart-breaking book, acclaimed author Matthew Quick introduces Leonard Peacock, a hero as warm and endearing as he is troubled. And he shows how just a glimmer of hope can make the world of difference.

Leonie was in love and engaged. But now she has fled her beloved Dublin to start again. Settling in to her new apartment she happens upon a bundle of love letters, all written by a man called Nathan to an unknown woman, and all intriguingly ending with the same three words 'Please forgive me'.

This book was written to share the gift of forgiveness. Sometimes we struggle with asking or accepting forgiveness. Situations of trauma in our lives make forgiveness especially difficult. Conflicts in our relationships require us to be able to forgive so the relationship can grow. It is also very important to begin with spiritual forgiveness so we can grow spiritually and receive peace in our lives.