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Like many of us, Grace lives in the midst of a hectic rat race. On the surface, she seems to do well: She lives in a beautiful home, drives a luxurious car, and has a promising career in the most prestigious law firm in Toronto. But inside, Grace is dying. Recent tragic events bundled with years of pressure to achieve, impress, and be recognized have taken their toll. Her once genuine smile is now forced.

Created and based on the same questions and challenges that the author experienced, this book is loaded with wisdom, insights, and realizations, shared to help you find your way to loving yourself again, in spite of your circumstances.

Wake Up Humanity is a silver medalist in the "poetry - inspirational" category of the 2019 International Book Awards. It is not your ordinary book of poems with rhymes and stanzas that only touches a specific topic. It talks about all of us - the entire humanity - about our reason for existence, and the results of our conscious and unconscious actions in our world and our power as human beings.

Wake Up Humanity is a silver medalist in the Poetry: Inspirational category of the 2019 International Book Awards. It is not your ordinary book of poems, with rhymes and stanzas that only touches a specific topic. It talks about all of us, the entire humanity, about our reason for existence, and the results of our conscious and unconscious actions in our world and our power as human beings.

In 1945, Will Mills and his fellow soldiers in the 10th Mountain Division scaled Italy’s treacherous Riva Ridge in the frigid night to break through the nearly impenetrable German line of defense. Severely wounded, Will was rescued by Italian partisans, and a beautiful girl tended his injuries until he had the strength to rejoin the US troops.

A heartwarming story of second chances and new beginnings. A broken-hearted widow, a man discouraged by love, and the neglected cat that brings them together. Alone since her husband died, with only the company of online friends and long-distance phone calls, Sylvia yearns to rediscover life's joys. Convinced exercise will help, she reluctantly ventures out to the local park. There in the shrubbery, she discovers Angel, a skinny feral cat that needs someone to care.

With a dead-end job in a small town, Miley finds herself bored and longing for change. When it comes in the form of a gorgeous stranger, she's pleasantly surprised until he's arrested for murder. Could her long awaited love be a murderer? Or are things not what they appear?

Bronx born and bred, Mackenzie Ferrara is both nervous and excited to begin her career as a restorer of fine art at the prestigious Cloisters in New York City. The star of the restoration team is a handsome and reserved Italian, Anthony Bataglia. On loan from the Ufizzi, he is renowned for his ability to bring pre-Renaissance treasures back to life. Despite a rocky start, the two form a close working relationship, which Mackenzie hopes will blossom into something more. But as she works with him she begins to notice patterns and unexplainable similarities in all of his restorations.

On the run from an abusive relationship, Cooper Hale has gone to great lengths to protect her son. That includes giving up her dreams of a music career for a life of anonymity. All of her best-laid plans crumble, however, when she meets rock star Tate Watkins. After giving into her whims and indulging in a one-night stand, she finds cutting him loose isn't so easy. Her rash and impulsive decision snowballs into a series of events that sends her life spiraling out of control.

Firefighter Alex Oliver lost everything that mattered. In the blink of an eye, the life he'd built burned to the ground. Now, he's starting over. Returning home to Golden Beach, he's determined to pick up the pieces and put himself back together. But love isn't an option. He had that once upon a time, and all he got was a broken heart.

When Charlotte said the words "I do", she never thought her marriage would only last for 16 years, but it did. After her husband left her and their three girls, she was forced to move back to her hometown of Newport, Washington. Closer to family and a new life, she begins to settle with the reality that she might just be done with men, until one day everything changes. A man of God? And he's moving in next door? Sounds too good to be true, but that doesn't stop her from daydreaming of what life could be like with a man like that.

With her marriage strained and very little hope left, Elizabeth Collins decides to take a trip to the Inn at the Lake with her husband Nathan. It's here she hopes to change their marriage for the better, but they both have secrets. Will their secrets destroy their marriage? Or can God make the impossible possible?

Jen Taylor has loved Stefan Sellers all her life. When he surprised her with an engagement ring, she thought all her dreams were coming true. But when she discovers Stefan has an agenda that she never even suspected, she breaks off the engagement and goes to pastry school in Paris. Now she's back in New Orleans, and she has no intention of marrying him for all the wrong reasons. She just has to convince him that marriage is a bad idea. If only she wasn't having so much trouble convincing herself.

There is an old legend in Gehenna's Forest, that the woods are alive and ever watching. The tale is backed by a history of murders and horrendous accidents. In later years the folklore around the forest has brought in tourists, young thrill seekers looking to go camping. They find excitement in the forest and its history. Unfortunately for them, the forest is still watching, and it isn't done killing.

Valerie Peters is done with bad boys and ready to start living for herself. She's determined to settle for nothing less than a romantic, sweeps-you-off-your-feet, nice-guy. So when a sexy firefighter with the hottest reputation in town saves her from near-drowning, there's no doubt he's everything she shouldn't want.

The oppressor fights back. But Kyra and Stephano refuse to give in. Confessions light the way but create new challenges. Their only hope is to get to the truth. What Kyra wants, more than anything, is to be with the man she loves.

Too much togetherness spells disaster for these thirty-something sisters vacationing in Italy. When glamorous Margo opts for a steamy romance in Florence, "plain jane" Ellen travels alone to their next destination, a charming hillside villa at La Spezia. The owner Lorenz, a mysterious widower, insists on showing Ellen around Cinque Terre, five picturesque villages overlooking the Ligurian Sea.

Last Christmas was the first one Dr. Holly Green, uber surgeon and former Scrooge, had celebrated in years since the death of her parents, thanks to holiday-spirited Dr. Noel Shepherd, who couldn't help falling in love with her. In remembrance of her parents and with her love for Noel, Holly chose this Christmas Eve as her and Noel's wedding date. However, her old habits die hard, and Holly can't relinquish her meticulous checklists when it comes to planning her wedding.

Lidia and Simon Drago are living their last hoorah, a European vacation financed by insurance money they received when their house burned down. On the night train from Paris to Florence they encounter a stranger who directs them to a lovely pensione in Florence. There, a clever artist agrees to depict the Dragos not as they look now but how they appeared in their prime. If only Lidia and Simon hadn't talked to the stranger, or taken his advice about the pensione.

Dr. Holly Green hasn't celebrated Christmas since age thirteen when her parents were killed in a car accident on Christmas Eve. An intense surgeon but a social wallflower at New Hampshire's Granite State Medical Center, Holly successfully dodges the hospital holiday party every year, except this year when she meets Dr. Noel Shepherd, sexy new surgeon on the block who's determined to end her absenteeism.