Honest and fearless approach in addressing subjects that touch on the vulnerable If you were given one more chance to talk with someone who passed away, what would you do? What would you say? When April Miller's estranged childhood best friend, Johnny, is killed in a car accident, April is confronted with his spirit as she's heading to work one day, making the phrase, "It's never too late," all the more poignant.
Charleigh Winters, a local clothing designer, is famous for spearheading Angelwood's Festival each December for the past six years. but this year's season is presenting challenges her meticulously planning self could have never prepared for. First, her best friend and soon to be former roommate is getting married in the coming year, making Charleigh realize all the more that this is the fifth year in a row that her status is still utterly single, a sting that is felt more than she would like to admit. Then, there's Liam McConnell, the only man Charleigh has ever loved, in town this Christmas with his all too long-standing girlfriend, Charleigh's nemesis since high school, Nicole Jenkel. As the Christmas songs gleefully and achingly play throughout Angelwood, will Charleigh be able to rise above her emotions, or will this be the first year in fifty that the festival does not take place?
Life never really ends…Lives are shaped once again by the “winds of change” in this sequel to As the Winds Change. April and her family, Luke, and Johnny return to surprise and stir your heart even more than before! When a life startling event puts April’s story on the proverbial edge, April is led on a journey into the supernatural where she has to decide between her fears and the biggest leap of her life - the love behind or ahead.“A touching, inspirational sequel…”SOUTH SHORE LONG ISLAND BOOK CLUBROSEMARY DAPONTE STRAUSS
Illuminating the heart's journey. Sapphire Stars is a collection of poems devoted to love. Here, we uncover truth and passion when contradictions to both rush into the heart. "Illuminated," "In the Distance," "Unhindered," and "Dark Blue Encore" are filled with lines passionately placed to reveal a journey of the heart. This collection is for the dreamers and the fire signs. It is for those who have loved with everything they have and lost, only to love again, because that's what life is all about. Saxophones, Electric Guitars, Dark Blue Skies, and Sapphire Stars light up the heart in this collection. These poems are for the romantics and those who believe our lives are meant to be extraordinary and filled with a unique and grand purpose.