Holly loves to surf. It connects her with her ancestors and her deceased father. Surfing changes for her the day she sees Lily ride a wave and they become friends. Together they enter a surfing competition and Holly's goal becomes winning the surfboard that is the prize.

This book written in verse and beautifully illustrated is written in Haiku.

Spear of Lugh: The Witch’s Rebirth Part IIIPrepare for the Rebirth. Prepare for War. She was reborn on Samhain. And that was only the beginning.From the award-winning imagination of Michaela Riley comes a sweeping saga where ancient myth bleeds into brutal history, and humanity's fate rests on the shoulders of one formidable woman. Welcome to THE WITCH'S REBIRTH SERIES.In the shadowed year of 544 AD, the ancient Gaul town of Septimania lies scarred, but not broken. A devastating plague had gripped its very soul, until the Witch, through powerful, arcane deeds, began to loosen its deadly hold. Now, as the sacred eve of Samhain approaches, the air hums with the promise of roaring bonfir...

Cauldron of Dagda: The Witch’s Rebirth Part IIThe Witch's Rebirth Series: Where Ancient Darkness Meets Unyielding ResolveThis Samhain, the veil thins, and a legend awakens.Michaela Riley, the award-winning storyteller whose words have captivated readers, invites you on a journey back to a time when magic thrummed in the very soil and darkness lurked at the edges of the known world. Step into The Witch's Rebirth Series, a saga that begins not with a whisper, but with a shattering revelation on the most sacred night of the year.The year is 540 A.D. The air in Gaul is thick with an unspoken dread, a chilling premonition spreading like wildfire from the East. For nearly three decades, a name w...

“Sean Griobhtha’s work—particularly X Rubicon—has a profound emotional impact on readers, often described as jarring, transformative, and deeply unsettling, but also compassionate and hopeful. The book is a raw, unfiltered narrative based on the life of a combat veteran involved in CIA proxy wars in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. His writing is described as intense, emotionally jarring, and deeply compassionate. It critiques U.S. militarism, the VA, the CIA, and the broader American public's complicity in war. The book is especially focused on the long-term effects of PTSD and the moral reckoning that follows combat. He is an Army Ranger combat veteran and has known the subje...

Travis dreamed of partnering with a police dog—but Fate handed him a faery and something unexpected instead…Corporal Travis McLean is a man on a mission and doesn’t have time to waste on trivialities like love or relationships lasting longer than a night or two. He has always been laser-focused on his dream of becoming a K9 officer like his parents — but that driving ambition takes a backseat when he catches a beautiful, runaway faery rummaging through his fridge…In faraway sixth-century Ireland, the evil druid Ansgar has been enslaving the fae for a dark purpose, and the one that got away could be his ultimate downfall. Now, Ansgar will move through time itself to b...

Travis dreamed of partnering with a police dog—but Fate handed him a faery and something unexpected instead…Corporal Travis McLean is a man on a mission and doesn’t have time to waste on trivialities like love or relationships lasting longer than a night or two. He has always been laser-focused on his dream of becoming a K9 officer like his parents — but that driving ambition takes a backseat when he catches a beautiful, runaway faery rummaging through his fridge…In faraway sixth-century Ireland, the evil druid Ansgar has been enslaving the fae for a dark purpose, and the one that got away could be his ultimate downfall. Now, Ansgar will move through time itself to bring her back.A...

A young woman dies alone in a hotel room, her fentanyl-poisoned cocaine still on the desk. She had been missing for nearly 2 weeks. Social Services had been trying to find a place for her to live with her 3-year-old son, whom she had left with her parents. Six months later her father fights for his life in intensive care, but succumbs to his illness because of a lifelong use of alcohol and tobacco. A month after his death her mother is assessed by doctors to be unable to care for herself because of her Alzheimer's and mental health issues brought on by benzodiazepine and alcohol addiction.The son, brother, stepson is the only one left to pick up the pieces. He begins a journey of the self an...