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The Healer’s Daughter
Winner of the 2025 ReaderViews Choice Award for Historical Fiction A riveting and evocative historical tale about women healers in times of persecution and the new Carolina colony—a place raw and untamed, where survival depends on grit, courage, and sometimes a touch of magic. Late 17th century. Men are hellbent on keeping women down and barred from medicine, yet saving lives and protecting women is what the remarkable Galene mothers and daughters have done since the dawn of time. They heal those no man can. Naida is destined to follow the path of her virtuous foremothers. In return for forbidden knowledge and…
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The Garden of Mercy
Winner of the 2024 FAPA President’s Fiction Book Award Some flowers heal, some flowers harm. All seeds have a destiny. The Garden of Mercy is a heart-rending coming-of-age novel about families lost and found, belonging, and finding meaning in places where fragrances stay. If you knew the secret powers of flowers, would you use their spells to change lives? Mercy knows humans aren’t the only beings capable of emotions and acts of compassion; flowers can also feel and do good deeds. And there are sweet-scented killers for those who won’t be saved. Mercy knows them all intimately. Raised by a Bible-thumping…
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Hearts We Leave Behind
Three sisters and the heart between them. Hearts We Leave Behind is a heart-tugging tale about love, loss, the bonds of sisterhood, and the power of forgiveness, woven around three memorable sisters who have nothing in common until they have everything… Different flowers from the same garden, Stella (the doer), Daisy (the giver), and Willow (the thinker) share a typical soulful and stormy relationship growing up poor in rural Appalachia. But when one forsakes the others for fame and fortune, the bonds of sisterhood snap. Now 40, heartless and impossibly ambitious Stella has it all: a successful NY-based company, a lavish…
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Unexpected
A novel based on true events: One woman’s journey from grief to wonder There are no coincidences; everything happens for a reason… Based on actual events, Unexpected is the inspirational story of one woman’s journey from grief to wonder during a heartbreaking week in August. It’s a story about a remarkable friendship, the weight of secrets, families lost and found, and the ripple effect of the choices we make. Finch and Georgie grew up in Casablanca, Morocco, and now live an ocean apart, but their extraordinary friendship has survived the trials of life and the breath of time. One night,…
