Download or read book Shattered Reflections written by Laura Lee and published by Laura Lee. This book was released on with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moon hung high in the midnight sky, casting an ethereal glow upon the deserted streets of Lourdes, a small town tucked away in the heart of the French countryside. Simone Delacroix, a young woman burdened by an unyielding sense of emptiness, wandered through the winding alleys, her footsteps echoing in the silence of the night. In the shadows, the remnants of shattered glass littered the cobblestones, a stark reflection of the broken pieces of Simone's own life. Her once-vibrant spirit had been fractured by the weight of expectations and the suffocating conformity of her existence. Trapped in a cycle of pleasing others, she had lost touch with the true essence of her being. A peculiar mirror caught Simone's attention, standing alone in a dimly lit corner of an antiquities shop. Its ornate frame seemed to beckon to her, whispering secrets from ages long past. As she approached, an irresistible pull drew her closer, and before she knew it, she stood before the mirror, mesmerized by her own reflection. But what she saw was not the familiar face she had grown accustomed to. Instead, a stranger stared back at her—a woman with fiery eyes that mirrored her own inner turmoil, with wild, untamed hair that mirrored her desire for freedom. It was a reflection that spoke of hidden depths and untapped potential, of a dormant power waiting to be awakened. A surge of curiosity and longing coursed through Simone's veins. With trembling hands, she reached out and touched the mirror's surface. In that instant, the world around her seemed to shift and dissolve, giving way to a realm beyond her wildest imagination.

Download or read book Shattered Reflections written by Lyn Duclos and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-22 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Shattered Reflections' is a compelling and accomplished tale of longing, loss, friendship and betrayal that takes you through the full gamut of emotions. This Australian saga will keep you reading till the last turn of the page then make you want to start all over again.

Download or read book Shattered written by A. L. Woods and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SeanI want all of her; the consequences be damned. I don't care about the baggage, the fear, the hurt.I'm determined to prove that I'm different. That this all-consuming energy between us is a once in a lifetime kind of love that would burn forever if we let it. I'd give her the life that she deserves. But she keeps digging into a dark secret that's bigger than me, bigger than us. I can't protect her from the truth.No one can.RaquelI don't believe in 'happily ever after', my upbringing didn't allow me to be that naïve.Not until him.For the first time in my life, maybe I deserve forever.But before I allow myself to fall into fantasy, I need answers so I can let go of my past. They say the truth sets you free...This truth shattered me.

Download or read book Realistic Man Shattered Reflection written by Keith Sudak and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realistic Man — Shattered Reflection: Examining a Depressed Poetic Past By: Keith Sudak Illustrations by: Judy Vandeventer Realistic Man — Shattered Reflection: Examining a Depressed Poetic Past explores a 1977 copyrighted collection of poems and short stories. The writings are the perceived romantic images of youth and a realistic expression of thoughts back then. Keith Sudak re-examines the written images of decades ago, seeing them with an enlightened understanding of a depressed past. These reflections can help others who struggle with depression and anxiety get control of their life and to clarify a shattered past.

Download or read book Shattered Reflections written by Deborah Nicholas and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychic criminologist Rachel Bradley teams up with ex-convict and undercover New Orleans detective Drake Hunter to investigate her sister's suspicious death, only to be swept up in a deadly scheme and caught between two men, one of whom is a killer. Original.

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Download or read book Reflections of a Shattered Mind written by Anthony Marcucio and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poems in Reflections of a Shattered Mind take us on a journey through the experiences of depression, anxiety, love, and perseverance. It is time to end the stigma surrounding mental health and start the conversation to move us forward, without fear.

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Download or read book The Reflections Series Books 1 7 written by Dean Murray and published by Fir'shan Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 1015 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening installment in a series that has received more than 2,200 5-star reviews. This omnibus edition includes the first FIVE novels in the popular Reflections Series, plus two short stories, and is more than 1200 pages of romance, action and danger set in one of the richest, most complex worlds in the genre. Adri Paige's arrival in Sanctuary thrusts her into a dangerous, shadowy world most people don't believe exists, and places her in the middle of a war between darkly handsome Alec Graves and charismatic Brandon Worthingfield that threatens to consume the entire town. On the surface, both Alec and Brandon are nothing more than average high-school guys, but as Adri is pulled ever more deeply into their conflict she realizes that one of them wants to kill her. Adri needs to decide who to trust before her time runs out once and for all. The first seven installments of the breathtaking epic paranormal romance Reflections series are finally available in one place for more than 50% off of the normal retail price. This Bundle includes: Broken Torn Splintered Intrusion Numb Trapped Forsaken Keywords: Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, YA, Shape shifters, Werewolves, Teen, Urban Fantasy, Vampires

Download or read book The Sunflower written by Simon Wiesenthal and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Holocaust survivor's surprising and thought-provoking study of forgiveness, justice, compassion, and human responsibility, featuring contributions from the Dalai Lama, Harry Wu, Cynthia Ozick, Primo Levi, and more. You are a prisoner in a concentration camp. A dying Nazi soldier asks for your forgiveness. What would you do? While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion and justice, silence and truth, Wiesenthal said nothing. But even years after the way had ended, he wondered: Had he done the right thing? What would you have done in his place? In this important book, fifty-three distinguished men and women respond to Wiesenthal's questions. They are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China and Tibet. Their responses, as varied as their experiences of the world, remind us that Wiesenthal's questions are not limited to events of the past.

Download or read book THE PURPLE HORIZON VOL 1 written by WRITERS OF INDIA and published by GREENWOOD PUBLISHERS. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "THE PURPLE HORIZON" contains astonishing and breath-taking literary work of various writers across the globe. This book is a remarkable collection that pours out writer’s capabilities and thoughts on paper. It provides readers with a wider scope of thinking and various emotions. Writers, with their real-life experiences tried to pen down their emotions in the form of their marvellous writeups. This special book series contains different types and themes of poetry, prose, short stories, etc. in various languages.

Download or read book Mirrors written by A L Woods and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raquel I live my life by one rule: fight to survive. I don't like people; I don't like my job, and I definitely do not like the broody man I'm interviewing. I've built up these walls to keep me safe, Sean's presence in my world would only complicate things. He wouldn't know what to do with me if I came with an instruction manual-because women like me don't get the happily ever after. He might just be the one to break the mirror of my fragile identity. And if I'm not careful? I'll let him. Sean I live my life by one rule: family is everything. I do this for the money; I don't care about flipping houses, and I don't like being interrogated about it by this wannabe Hemingway. But I can't deny my immediate attraction towards her, it fills my mind with what if's-and I only just met her. Raquel doesn't know what she wants, but I know what she needs. I'm ready to give her it all. Even if she needs to hate me first.

Download or read book Emotives written by Janelle Barker and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2020-10-24 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disarming, warm and always accessible, Janelle Barker's poems make ordinary experiences glow. Everything that suffuses her emotive expression is here: love, compassion, insight, lyrical precision and the clear, simple honesty that reveals how life can turn in a moment. Musing on undercurrents and connections between family, nature, memory, motherhood and the world of circumstantial events that have created our culture and our fears. the poems in this aspiring collection begin on the surface and then delve us, gracefully effortlessly, to a far more thought-provoking place. Grounded in experiences and perceptions, with all human mysteries and consolations they resonate with a passionate, sensuous honesty that only a new Indie Author can expressly create

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