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1) Glimpses 2
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Glimpses 2 is the exciting addition to Glimpses. It unravels the mystery of who is attempting to murder Marcella and life's discoveries at the end of the tunnel of passion. The ladies discover what their hearts have been longing to reveal. They continue on the road of fate, unified and strong.
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No nightmares about my dad's car crashing or my sister's tiny face vanishing in a window of red. No, not anymore. Now when I sleep I fall into an expanse of frozen wilderness, the other life I've lived...
The one I've lived with him.
Anna experiences vivid dreams from a past-life she lived in the 1800s with her husband Robert and their children in the wilderness of the Michigan Territory. Much like her own mother grieving the man and child she lost,...
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Criminal psychologist Patricia Holmes is now a detective paired with Detective Sergeant Rick McCoy. Together they hunt The Biblical Killer, so named for the quotes left on walls written in the victim's blood. To lure the murderer out they join the Tender Nights internet dating site, openly making themselves targets. Rick and Pat have fought their desire for each other for months. Can they now survive their lust and an insane murderer intent on vengeance?...
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Seven women have disappeared from bars only to be found murdered after asking for an Angel Shot. Detective Rick McCoy is handed the case after returning from leave following his wife's horrific ordeal at the hands of the serial killer, PPP. Criminal psychologist Patricia Holmes lost her husband to the same killer and when her current partner makes her life miserable she jumps at the chance to work with Rick again. When they determine a man currently...
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Rick McCoy of the Major Crime Squad is trying to repair his marriage when he is sent to the South of Western Australia. A young girl's body has been found in a cave, with flowers on her chest. A search finds five more bodies. Beautiful criminal psychologist, Patricia Holmes, has recovered from her stab wounds inflicted by the serial killer PPP, and is brought in. Pat believes they are hunting a man who is addicted to beauty. When another school girl...
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"The end of the American Civil War brought with it an end to the unjust system of chattel slavery in the South. This raised challenging questions: How should the freedmen be integrated into American society? And how should rebellious states regain their former position within the federal government? Between 1865 and 1877, the United States passed through a turbulent period known as Reconstruction. Thanks to the passage of Constitutional amendments,...
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Heaven is for real! Having journeyed there multiple times and enjoying is heavenly 17-year-old body, the sheer joy of walking and talking with Jesus fills you in on the truths that heaven hides within its veil. Take a peek behind the veil with the author as he recounts his experience on a truly awakening spiritual journey to heaven.
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Every aspect of slave women's lives-from the clothes they wore, the food they ate, and even the people they married-was controlled by their owners. Even worse, slave-owners could, and often did, sexually abuse their female slaves. Children who resulted from these unions were automatically considered slaves and lived in abject conditions. But slave women and children endured their terrible circumstances, and often fought back in subtle ways against...
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Long before 1776, when the thirteen British colonies declared themselves an independent nation ruled by principles like liberty, equality, and justice for all, enslaved people risked their lives to fight for these same rights in America. Opposition to slavery existed as long as slavery itself. Though rebellions were often put down with brutal tactics, they occurred everywhere: on large plantations and small farms, in major cities and small villages,...
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Slavery was introduced to North America in the sixteenth century, as Spanish and Portuguese settlers relied on slave labor to extract the resources of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, and other colonies. When the British established North American colonies in the early seventeenth century, slavery gradually became prevalent. This book will examine how slaves were treated in colonial America, and how laws and attitudes about the institution of slavery...
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Slaves escaped from bondage any way they could, risking punishment and even death to seize the opportunity for freedom. Their best hope was to leave the United States for Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean. Freedom-seeking slaves often received help from abolitionists, who believed slavery was evil. Whites and free black abolitionists worked together to help slaves reach safety through the Underground Railroad, and tried to restrict slavery through...
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The institution of slavery shaped the economic, social, and political history of the United States. Tensions between supporters and opponents of slavery simmered for decades with ever-increasing intensity, before boiling over into a devastating four-year civil war. This book examines the series of compromises aimed at diffusing sectional conflict during the first half of the nineteenth century, the development of political strategies, the outbreak...
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Until 1865, millions of slaves worked on plantations and small farms throughout the southern United States. The most common image is of slaves forced into difficult labor on cotton or tobacco fields. However, some plantation slaves were proficient craftsmen, trained in metalworking, carpentry, or other specialized skills. Others were house servants, who cooked and cleaned for their white masters. This book will give readers a better understanding...
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In the midst of the busy classroom, extracurricular activities, and taking care of your own home front, God wants to lift your load, melt your stress, and meet the real needs of your life. Glimpses of an Invisible God for Teachers is filled with powerful scripture readings and inspiring devotional stories about teachers just like you. These encouraging stories and quiet reflections will lead you to a place where God will open His heart to you and...
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In the midst of the busyness of motherhood-house cleaning, dealing with the needs of your family, and a long day at work, God desires to touch your life with His love and grace. He wants to melt the stress you carry and meet the real needs of your life.
Glimpses of an Invisible God for Mothers is filled with powerful Scripture readings and inspiring devotional stories about mothers just like you, who experienced God's presence. These encouraging...
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Your world is filled with activity: career family, education, social obligations and much more. Where is God in all of this? How can you experience Him and feel His touch on your life with so much demanding your attention? Glimpses of an Invisible God is filled with powerful scripture readings and inspiring devotional stories about people just like you, who want to uncover God's presence in the midst of their hectic, everyday world. These encouraging...
17) Glimpse of you
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"I knew I could never be happy if my father was alive."
Bellamy is the daughter of the most notorious mafia capo in Spain; some call him "Don Romano," but Bellamy calls him father. When she's not cleaning up the aftermath of his business deals gone sideways, she's at Sunday services, asking for forgiveness for their sins. There's only one thing Don Romano likes more than making his enemies pay: power, even if that means marrying his daughter off for...
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