For five hundred years, Guillaume de Rouen existed as a gargoyle perched atop an old Montreal church. When Aude Vanier accidently releases him, Guillaume shifts into a human teenager. Spending time with Aude only raises more questions—about her heritage, a native Mohawk prophecy, and an unearthly magic threatening their city.

NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Biography/Autobiography In her own words, Cyntoia Brown-Long shares the riveting and redemptive story of how she changed her life for the better while in prison, finding hope through faith after a traumatic adolescence of drug addiction, rape, and sex trafficking led to a murder conviction. “Those...years in prison hadn’t just turned me into woman. They transformed me. The girl who desperately wanted to belong, who felt powerless, who clawed, and scratched her way out of every corner she was backed into, was gone.” At the age of sixteen, Cyntoia Brown, a survivor of human trafficking, was arrested for killing a man who had picked her up for sex. Two years later, she was sentenced to life in prison. Brown reflects on the isolation, low self-esteem, and sense of alienation that drove her straight into the hands of a predator. Once in prison, she attempts to build a positive path and honor the values her beloved adoptive mother, Ellenette, taught her, but Cyntoia succumbs to harmful influences that drive her to a cycle of progress and setbacks. Then, a fateful meeting with a prison educator turned mentor offers Cyntoia the opportunity to make the pivotal decision to strive for a better future, even if she’s never freed. In these pages, Cyntoia shares the details of her transformation, including a profound encounter with God, an unlikely romance, an unprecedented outpouring of support from social media advocates and A-list celebrities, and her release from prison. A coming-of-age memoir set against the shocking backdrop of a life behind bars, Free Cyntoia takes you on a spiritual journey as Cyntoia struggles to overcome a lifetime of feeling ostracized and abandoned by society.

Laurel takes her sisters—Rose, Daisy, and Lily—for granted, and she thinks nothing can go wrong. But when tragedy strikes, it feels like her family is falling apart, and she needs somewhere to turn. Luckily, there’s Jack...

Set against the real-life struggles and victories of the author, Redemption provides solution methods that are more than just formulaic self-improvement tips but rather a living testimony to the life revitalization that’s possible when we identify our challenges and make definite choices to bring about change. Tracey A. Larin, Founder/CEO of Curiosity Knocks Inc., coaches her clients into habits of mind that confront current realities and evaluates them against the individual’s identified life purpose and vision. In a series of breakthrough coaching modules and journal-style exercises that can be re-visited regularly, she encourages reflection, resolution, and action plans that will result in real and lasting change. Adaptable to individual or corporate use, Redemption offers a unique and thorough method for re-visioning and re-creating even the most broken life. Tracey’s entrepreneurial spirit is deep- seeded, and she has messages to share, experiences to gift, and love to spread. Her insights will help good people get even greater by achieving their goals and leading inspired lives.