Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Best of Friends Trilogy

    Silhouette of 5 Friends on Cover





Book 1: Best of Friends: What happens when a family death wreaks havoc among siblings? What would you do if the ‘peace-maker’ of the family suddenly loses control? If the opportunity arose, would you agree to simply ‘burn the will,’ sell the estate and split the proceeds? What would be your response when calling the cops and being told: “We’re not coming out, unless there are bullets flying and bodies to count?” Elizabeth Caliente is faced with such propositions in Sherry Brantley’s award-winning ‘Best of Friends’ trilogy. Best of Friends has won two national awards for ‘Best Fiction of the Year!’
Book 2: Before Best of Friends: In this much-anticipated prequel to the ‘Best of Friends,’ trilogy, readers discover how the Fabulous Five group were formed in their youth, and are introduced to the unfolding of the powerful secrets binding the group together. Secrets only this private group were privileged to know. Join this tight-knit group as you uncover the mystery of the ‘Secret of the Blanket.’ Included is an excerpt from the books’ final work of the trilogy, ‘Still Best of Friends.’
Book 3: Still Best of Friends: The explosive conclusion of the ‘Best of Friends’ trilogy! The Fabulous Five were bound together by secrets they’d all swore to carry to their graves. But with the ‘Dastardly Duke Discovery’ exposing the ‘Secret of the Blanket,’ will the Fabulous Five find themselves desperately being consumed in a modern-day media frenzy that is threatening to consume them? Will this group of friends be able to survive the onslaught of the public revelation of their past deeds? Or will they crumble under the weight of their unexpected circumstances? Travel with the Fabulous Five: Elizabeth Caliente’, Kim Worthy, Kiona Stone, Angela Jackson-(A.J.) and Quineeta Davis as once again, they attempt to weather the storms of adversity that threaten to decimate their bond, their friendship, their past! Will the ‘Dastardly Duke Discovery’ prove to be the final nail in the coffin? Or will vow to continue to ‘deny ‘til they die,’ their involvement in the mystery they’re shrouded in?
Meet the dynamic members of the Fabulous Five as this explosive trilogy takes readers on a whirlwind excursion among five friends. Though often humorous, the ride is filled with lessons on friendship, family dynamics and strong relationships. You’ll love connecting and bonding with the members of the Fabulous Five, as they deal individually and collectively with the drama that surrounds them!


Use the Link Below to learn More About the Trilogy
and the Author



Shadow of a woman looking out a window Justice Statue with a blanket









Saturday, August 29, 2026

The Spiritual Dream Guide: Decoding Messages from God

Couple walking together under beautiful night sky


The Spiritual Dream Guide: Decoding Messages from God is a powerful and faith-centered resource written by Dr. Zenovia Bryant-Bright, designed to help believers understand the spiritual meaning behind their dreams and recognize them as divine communication. Drawing from biblical examples, spiritual wisdom, and prayerful discernment, Dr. Bryant-Bright reveals how God uses dreams to warn, encourage, guide, and prepare His people for what lies ahead. This book teaches readers how to identify when a dream is from God, interpret common spiritual symbols, and apply dream messages to their daily walk of faith with confidence and clarity.
More than a dream interpretation book, The Spiritual Dream Guide is a spiritual manual for growth, helping readers strengthen their discernment, deepen their relationship with God, and embrace dreams as a sacred gift from Heaven. Whether you experience vivid dreams, symbolic visions, or simply desire a deeper understanding of how God speaks, this guide will inspire, equip, and empower you to listen, interpret, and walk boldly in divine insight. Your dreams are not random, they are messages. Learn how to understand them.










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Thursday, August 27, 2026

WHAT IS A HUMAN-BEING

 

Art sculptures with many faces on it.

WHAT IS A HUMAN-BEING

The work investigates the whatness of a human being. Essential features are viewed from interrelated points of neuroscience, philosophy, biophysiology, quantum mechanics, psychology, communication and computation.

One chapter is dedicated to the topology of brain and another one to consciousness. Theories of aging are discussed.

Psychological profile of a human- being is addressed including the phenomenon of the self. An important subject of this article is the body internal communication. The attention is paid to the transcendentals named metasymbols of life.

The term "mindware" is proposed for labelling human operating system responsible for harmony and coherence of human being's behaviour. Reflections on the passing of life are mentioned at the end. This paper reviews many sources and could be assumed as an attempt to mark known, nearly known or sometimes unnameable answers to never-ending question.



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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Seabrook Harbor : A Fake Engagement Romance

 A Man and Woman looking longingly at each other on a boat dock



I ran away from my wedding… 

then accidentally agreed to fake an engagement with my grumpy CEO.

Running from the worst day of my life was supposed to be the reckless part. 

Then I started my dream job as Ashford Maritime's new internal auditor and found myself working shoulder to shoulder with my impossibly serious boss, Caleb Ashford.

The fake engagement is meant to solve one problem. 

Instead, it creates a hundred more.

The more time we spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the man beneath the tailored suits and impossible standards. The way he quietly protects me. The way he believes in me when no one else does. 

Somewhere between late nights chasing missing millions and pretending to be in love, I stop pretending.

Then the evidence points straight at me.

Now I'm wearing handcuffs instead of an engagement ring, and the only man I trust has to choose between saving the company he's spent his life building... or believing the woman who's stolen his heart.

Because if Caleb can't prove I'm innocent, losing my job will be the least of my problems.





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Monday, August 24, 2026

Inside Out, Outside In: The Sacred Journey Back to Self

 

Powerful Woman with Light coming out of her

Inside Out, Outside In:

The Sacred Journey Back to Self


Reclaim Your Inner Truth. Awaken the Healer Within.

Inside Out, Outside In is a powerful and reflective guide for women ready to release emotional conditioning, inherited beliefs, and the silent patterns that have shaped their identity.

Through deeply personal insight and grounded awareness, Dr. LaToya Takeshia Michole invites you into a sacred journey inward, where healing is not about becoming someone new, but remembering who you have always been.

Inside, you will explore:

  • How silence, protection, and early adaptation shape your voice
  • The connection between your body, emotions, and unexpressed truth
  • The difference between fear and inner knowing
  • Reclaiming self-trust, clarity, and emotional alignment

This is not a path of becoming.
It is a return.

If you are ready to reconnect with yourself, trust your inner voice, and live in alignment from the inside out, this book will guide you home.







Sunday, August 23, 2026

Tides Of Us

Camera in Rose Petals

Tides Of Us - Romance / Multiracial /Spicy /Detailed Explicit But Tasteful  When Shanae Bennett, a pastry chef, escapes her toxic engagement and manipulative ex and moves to a beach house she inherited, the last thing she's looking for is love. But her gorgeous, semi-retired commercial photographer neighbor Liam Cole has other plans. He's spent three years healing from a devastating divorce. She's rebuilding herself from the ground up. Neither is looking for forever, until forever walks in next door. Morning coffee. Sunset walks. A storm that changes everything. Just when they've found home in each other, his career pulls him away, and their fragile new love faces its biggest test. Can they weather the distance? Or will fear and doubt wash away what they've built? A swoony, emotional beach romance about second chances, healing hearts, and finding home in the most unexpected place - each other. Spicy / Detailed Explicit Sexual Content But Tasteful  Trigger/Content Warnings: References to emotional abuse (past relationship) Panic attacks (handled sensitively) Emotional depth



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Saturday, August 22, 2026

The Devil Pulls the Strings

Cool Dude wth Guitar and Creepy Blue Guy behind him.

The Devil Pulls the Strings


The Devil Pulls the Strings is the pulse-pounding first tale in the Archivist series.

This second edition exists because readers, producers, and studio executives took the time to share what they wanted: a protagonist who arrives sooner, whose motivation hits harder, who drives the story instead of chasing it, along with deeper backstory and expanded details. Their feedback made this story better, and this edition is the result.

For readers who felt lost keeping track of the book's rich cast of characters, a character glossary was added to the front of the book. For fantasy readers who craved deeper detail on the world and its mythology rooted in authentic Slavic folklore, a comprehensive glossary was added to the back.

The Librarians. The Magicians. The Dresden Files. Neil Gaiman's Sandman. The Devil Pulls the Strings belongs in that conversation, and then goes somewhere none of them have gone before.

Set across modern-day Wentzville, MO, New York City, and 1813 Genoa, Italy, the story weaves bromance, Slavic mythology inherited from oral tradition, secret societies, Paganini's music, and time travel into something that operates on layers upon layers upon layers.

Twenty-two-year-old Boone Daniels experiences the world differently. Music floods his vision with color and taste. Action words materialize around him like panels leaping off a comic book page. And his memory never lets anything go.

Not helping is the evil spirit, a wendigo, that has haunted him since age six, nor the debilitating panic attacks and gut-wrenching guilt he feels for almost killing his best friend in a joust. And when he fills in for that same injured friend at a New York gig, he goes to meet the gig's contact at a NYC brownstone, only to watch him fall from the balcony as gunfire erupts around him.

Boone barely escapes and uncovers a sinister plot to perform Paganini's secret sonata that summons the Devil, to be used to trap Baba Yaga. Not the two-dimensional villain you have seen before, but the full, ancient, terrifying supernatural force of Slavic folklore. And destroy modern-day New York City.

Now he is racing through time to capture a cursed melody before it ends everything. A Romani immortal, steampunk vampires, and Baba Yaga herself set the stage for war. Boone will have to risk death for redemption.

All he really wants is to keep a promise to a friend. The same friend he almost killed last Sunday.

Can a small-town Missouri musician outplay the supernatural and save NYC's soul?

If you love tortured heroes, epic battles, time travel, twisted history, and secret societies colliding, and a Baba Yaga rendered in her full folkloric glory for the first time, you will love J. W. Zarek's spectacular page-turner, The Devil Pulls the Strings, Second Edition.