For fans of The Girl Before, Into the Water and The Couple Next DoorNot having a child can change your life as much as having one.Grace has returned to London after twenty years abroad to manage her dying mother’s affairs. When she receives a blank Mother’s Day card in the post, she is confused and unsettled. Who could have sent it to her and why? She isn’t a mother. Another Mother’s Day card arrives. Then come the silent phone calls. Haunted by disturbing flashbacks, Grace starts to unravel. Someone is out to get her. Someone who knows what she has done. Someone who will make her face the past she has run from for so long.Emerson creates an intricate web in this intense psychological thriller whose high energy and fast-pace will have you racing towards the climactic conclusion. Perfect for fans of The Girl Before.REVIEWS‘I read this in two days. Fast-paced, dark and unsettling, this is an intelligently written, edge-of-your-seat thriller. A compelling pageturner with a satisfying ending and a late twist that I didn’t see coming’ Susan Elliot Wright, author of The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood‘She Chose Me is a cleverly constructed, elegant page turner that will hook you from the very first line. An enormously enjoyable read’ Louise Dean, award-winning author of Becoming Strangers‘If you enjoy tension, suspense and surprise, She Chose Me, Tracey Emerson’s brilliant debut novel is your next favourite read. Emerson ratchets up the suspense from the first page and never lets it go. Dignified by deft and ingenious plotting, forensically insightful characterisation and impeccable prose, this psychological thriller delivers on all levels’ Lesley Glaister, award-winning author of The Squeeze ‘She Chose Me is an accomplished debut that despite being tightly plotted manages to retain a really refreshing rawness... The fastpaced story kept me guessing until the end and raised many thought provoking questions about family, motherhood, rejection and mental health. I do love a story that intrigues as much as it provokes, and to this end Tracey Emerson has scored on both counts. Very well done’ Cath Weeks, author of Mothers‘A great read. I loved the two female protagonists, particularly the brilliantly chilling anti-heroine’ Sarah J. Naughton, author of Tattletale‘Moving, compelling and beautifully written. It deserves to fly off the shelves’ Mel McGrath, author of Give Me the Child

The biography of a young nurse from Minnesota who joins the war effort behind her father’s back. She finds herself holed up treating the critically wounded from the Battle of the Bulge. In December 1944, she blatantly defies discriminatory army rules to save the lives of her patients. A month after her 24th birthday, Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster collapses among the rubble of a shelled supply room. Has the young nurse finally succumbed to the mounting emotional toll caused from months of caring for the sick and wounded just behind the front lines of General Patton’s Third Army? On the night of November 30, 1944, holed up in the Heinrich Himmler Barracks in Morhange, France, Lt. Balster’s evac receives a typical patient load (over 200 soldiers, including wounded enemy), but this time one of the admissions is a 19-year-old tanker she’d nursed back to health five months before in Normandy. The charge nurse on Surgical gently informs the lieutenant that the private is critical, admitted with two gunshot wounds and almost half his body consumed by burns. Rising determined to save him, Balster limps toward the shelled supply room determined to search for any blood plasma bottles still intact after Luftwaffe strafing. Recaptured from her mother’s reminiscences and letters home, N. C. R. Davis takes the reader through every heat-of-battle harrowing moment as Balster lived it, achieving a rare glimpse of one nurse’s point of view during the latter part of the European conflict. The book mixes Lt. Balster’s observations, memories, and dreams to re-tell the true story of a richly rebellious and intense woman trying to navigate her life and nurture her sanity while nursing the wounded and dying frontline soldiers of the Third Army. Her strong-willed, beguiling personality fosters the grit necessary for her success as a combat nurse, but these same characteristics cause two men to fall in love with her. And the personal cost of war comes to a heartrending conclusion, as she must choose one man over the other to save herself.

Three romantic rivals in one crowded house equals plenty of room for jealousy in this surprising and heartwarming story from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Laurel Thorpe, Belinda Rowe, and Scarlett Oliver share only two things; a love for the man they all married, Deacon Thorpe—a celebrity chef with an insatiable appetite for life—and a passionate dislike of one another. All three are remarkable, spirited women, but they couldn't be more different. Laurel: Deacon's high school sweetheart and an effortlessly beautiful social worker; Belinda: a high-maintenance Hollywood diva; and Scarlett: a sexy southern belle floating by on her family money and her fabulous looks. They've established a delicate understanding over the years—they avoid each other at all costs. But their fragile detente threatens to come crashing down after Deacon's tragic death on his favorite place on earth: a ramshackle Nantucket summer cottage. Deacon's final wish was for his makeshift family to assemble on his beloved Nantucket to say good-bye. Begrudgingly, Laurel, Belinda, and Scarlett gather on the island as once again, as in each of their marriages, they're left to pick up Deacon's mess. Now they're trapped in the crowded cottage where they all made their own memories—a house that they now share in more ways than one—along with the children they raised with Deacon, and his best friend. Laurel, Belinda, and Scarlett each had an unbreakable bond with Deacon—and they all have secrets to hide. Before the weekend is over, there are enough accusations, lies, tears, and drama to turn even the best of friends—let alone three women who married the same man—into adversaries. As his unlikely family says good-bye to the man who brought them together—for better or worse—will they be able to put aside their differences long enough to raise a glass in Deacon's honor?

After twenty years abroad, Grace returns to London to manage her dying mother's affairs. Taking a temporary post teaching English at a local school, she rents a rundown flat and travels to the care home on weekends. But the people in Grace's life are not what they seem to be... When she receives a blank Mother's Day card in the post, she is confused and unsettled. Who could have sent it to her, and why? She isn't a mother. Another Mother's Day card arrives, and then come the silent phone calls. Haunted by disturbing flashbacks, Grace starts to unravel. Someone is out to get her. Someone who will make her face the past she has run from for so long...

Shelley MacDonald, the main character and narrator of And Yet, You Still Chose Me, opens up her life for you to view and experience in such a way that you will never forget her. From early childhood through adulthood you will see a life full of such extraordinary circumstances that it would seem inconceivable, if it were not for the fact that this novel is based on a true story. You will experience a roller coaster ride that runs the gamut of emotions from sorrow to joy, from tears to laughter, and from stunned silence to rousing ovations as Shelley draws you into the whole of her existence, mind, body and soul, resulting in your truly caring about her from the beginning to the end of this narrative. The depiction is so descriptive and transparent, and Shelley so compelling, that you will have a hard time putting the book down. "Kimberly Ray's life was marked with tragedy from the start, but it's her undying will to survive and tell the truth that makes this book a page turner. In this painfully gripping story about a little girl who's robbed of any kind of normal upbringing we learn from Kimberly that only through honesty and forgiveness can the human spirit truly thrive." Andrzej Bartkowiak - Renowned Film Director and Cinematographer "This book is a timely and piercingly relevant tour de force, one woman's journey to redemption and salvation after a childhood of sexual assault and abuse. A teachable moment for us all." Takashi Bufford - WEG Screenplay writer "Heart-Pounding, Nail Biting, Hopeful, Brilliantly Written." Michelle Wilson - Senior Reporter/Producer - CBN, The 700 Club "Within these pages is a treasure of wisdom awaiting those who wish to gain a better understanding of how God can 'cause all things to work together for the good.'" Bishop Millicent Hunter - Author of Don't Die in the Winter Kimberly A. Ray is a sought-after keynote speaker throughout the U.S., using her life story to transform lives across the country. Her story is one of brokenness to bravery to breakthrough. Kimberly was born in St. Louis, Missouri. At the tender age of three, she began being sexually abused daily at the hands of her mother's live-in boyfriend, a well-known deacon in the church. After a powerful transformation in her life, she began the process of threading her life back together again piece by piece through intense therapy, coupled with her faith and revisiting all the places that brought her pain to bring about closure. Today, she is setting many captives free by breaking the silence of sexual abuse. As the author of her book And Yet, You Still Chose Me, Kimberly was able to capture every moment of the gut-wrenching experience of molestation she endured for many years, including the multiple rapes by various individuals in her past. She stands firm in walking in her truth and has the boldness to expose the "dirty secrets" of predators in any setting. Therefore, she is dedicated to telling her story across the globe, from interviews on CBN, to ministering in South Africa, the UK, and at Columbia University and other universities. She is a graduate of The Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, with a degree in pastoral counseling. Kimberly also speaks to the heart of women in churches and conferences, including women who are incarcerated. She is the co-founder of Beauty For Ashes Counseling Center, established March 2019. She's co-executive producer of Tquita and Kimberly Podcast Show. As a businesswoman, Kimberly also is a Real Estate Investor and the Owner of BrownRay Property Investments, LLC. She currently resides in Houston, Texas.

Raw and informative, They Chose Me: An Adoption Story shares the gripping story of Denise Defoe who was relinquished for adoption at birth. Adopted at the age of 2 by a loving family, Denise still struggled intensely with feelings of grief, abandonment, lack of self identity, and resentment about being adopted. Join the author on her journey to healing, peace, contemplation of search and reunion, and exploration of tools to deal with the challenges of not knowing where she truly belonged. Whether you are an adoptee, adoptive parent, or birth parent this story has something for you.