Thursday, November 17, 2016

Resilient Ruin: A memoir of hopes dashed and reclaimed



Resilient Ruin: 

A memoir of hopes dashed and reclaimed



A teenage girl breaking free. A cunning classmate on the prowl. Can she recover after they collide?


Orphaned as a child, fourteen-year-old Laura finally rebels against her abusive guardian. No longer willing to tolerate the violent tirades and imprisoning restrictions at home, Laura lives on dreams, rock ’n’ roll, and kisses in moonlight. She believes whatever comes next can’t be worse than what she’s already endured.



Her hope for a normal life is ripped away when a predator reels her in. With her heart shattered and her confidence destroyed, Laura plunges into a downward spiral. Substance abuse and risky sexual behavior lead to depression and years of heartbreaking consequences. Laura’s dark path begins to threaten her survival. Yet survive she does, with little of what she longs for, but all that she needs to start building a better life.



Resilient Ruin: A memoir of hopes dashed and reclaimed is a deeply moving personal story. It pops with details of American life in the Sixties and Seventies and takes readers on a rocky but ultimately inspiring journey. If you like tales with brave, unaffected heroines; striking scenes and characters; and pacing that keeps you turning page after page, you’ll love Laura McHale Holland’s masterful memoir of survival and learning to forgive.



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Editorial Reviews

In Resilient Ruin, Laura McHale Holland demonstrates that a cruel, dysfunctional upbringing doesn't need to destroy us. Many will resonate with this book and perhaps come to a place of forgiveness for our own actions and those of our abusers. People are going to love this story of redemption and rebounding. -Ana Manwaring, Petaluma Post columnist Resilient Ruin captured my attention from the first sentence and kept me engaged to the last word. Laura's story teaches an important lesson: to be a hero in your own life, you must not blame the past or unfortunate circumstances; you must take responsibility for your actions and move forward to achieve your own goals. - Nancy Pogue LaTurner, Author of Voluntary Nomads and Transit of Venus Resilient Ruin is not your everyday growing up story. I couldn't tell where it would lead next. I literally couldn't put this masterful book down. It is heartbreaking, but it is also about hope-that no matter how bad things get, there's always hope, and if we look hard enough we will realize we are never truly alone. - Jennie (Shi) Marima, Author of The High Road and Rundo the Elephant







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Biography

Laura McHale Holland is an author, editor and storyteller living in Sonoma County, Calif. She is thrilled to announce that her latest book, Resilient Ruin: A memoir of hopes dashed and reclaimed, will launch Nov. 1, 2016. The Kindle version is now available for pre-order at the special launch price of $.99 right here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KP5AMZ2. Laura's first book, Reversible Skirt, won a silver medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite book awards. Her flash fiction collection, The Ice Cream Vendor's Song, won honors from Readers Favorite, as well. Laura's third book, the anthology Sisters Born, Sisters Found, contains work from 76 writers representing every continent except Antarctica. It won a gold medal in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and was a finalist in Foreword Reviews' IndieFab Book Awards. Laura's stories have appeared in The Best of Every Day Fiction Three, Wisdom Has a Voice, and several Vintage Voices anthologies. She has also written features for NorthBay biz, the Noe Valley Voice, and the original San Francisco Examiner. She posts work in progress, interviews with other authors and occasional book reviews on her blog at http://lauramchaleholland.com. And she loves chocolate, always has, always will.












Author of Reversible Skirt, a double award-winning memoir
Author of the memoir Resilient Ruin: a memoir of hopes dashed and reclaimed
Author of The Ice Cream Vendor's Song, a flash fiction collection
Editor of Sisters Born, Sisters Found: A Diversity of Voices on Sisterhood
Winner in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and finalist for IndieFab Book of the Year

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

The Black Werewolves Series Box Set: The Dark Ones, The 24hourlies & Chased (Volume #1) by Gaja J. Kos

The Black Werewolves Series Box Set: The Dark Ones, The 24hourlies & Chased (Volume #1) by Gaja J. Kos




The Dark Ones (Black Werewolves, Book 1)
In a world ruled by lethal Slavic immortals, Rose and her pack of Black werewolves are drawn into the beginning of a war as they try to uncover the being behind the mass murder of White werewolves.
Because the nature of the killings obstructs the normal passage of souls, Veles, the sultry lord of the underworld, offers Rose his assistance; the were is left facing not only the new knowledge of the pack’s hidden lineage but also her growing fondness for the arrogant god…
To win the war, the pack must ascend to The Dark Ones. But to do so, they must be willing to risk being on the receiving end of the immortal community’s wrath.
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The 24hourlies (Black Werewolves, Book 2)
The ascension to The Dark Ones had brought Rose and her pack power. But it had also brought peril.
With the higher immortal circles observing their every move, the only way the pack can prevent from becoming the recipients of their resentment is to keep their presence profitable for the wider community.
When someone begins targeting the twentyfourhourlies, the civil and agreeable vampiric individuals, the werewolves come to their aid.
But what had first seemed like an assignment done to remain in the leaders’ good graces, now becomes a mission for which the pack is willing to risk its safety and anonymity in exchange for the possibility of catching the responsible party.
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Chased (Black Werewolves, Book 2.5)
Katja is more than ready to meet Jürgen’s family. But she feels the need to share the shadows of her past first.
As they travel to Munich, Katja has to fight her fears and open up to the werewolf if she wishes to truly, wholly share her life with someone.
But her visit with the Freundenbergers brings more than just a heart-to-heart as the vampire finds herself in a situation that seems frightfully like an echo of her own nightmares.



The Gamayun remained silent, perched on the opposite table. The weres waited, but seeing she didn’t intend to offer any more information freely, Mark intervened.
“What is this toxin you speak of?”
The Gamayun placed her pitch-black gaze upon him.
“The toxin is something you must discover on your own. It is not that I wish to entice you; it is something you could not comprehend at this point. You rely on information before heading into battle – this is different. Delve into your lineage.”
Rose didn’t feel like delving into anything, especially not a hunt (was it even a hunt?) she had zero intelligence about. She bit back her anger with the bird-like creature who kept staring at them with those abyss-eyes.
“So how are we supposed to know where to begin?” she asked as politely as she could, which was no small effort. She knew how to take orders, but the Gamayun was clearly above even hierarchical patterns that applied to combatants. Her words reflected a time when soldiers would lay down their lives for a cause they knew scarcely anything about.
The Gamayun shifted her wings and leaned forward, releasing something that landed with a thud in the middle of their table. As the glamor dissolved, the object started to take shape. The whole ordeal of seeing the Gamayun in person – or maybe the fortified glamor – had made them oblivious of the corroding smell that was now invading their senses. Eyes focused on the materializing lump in front of them, neither dared to breathe any longer, as if they could erase the stench that had already burned into their nostrils. They could sense without a doubt what it was, but they were unprepared for the final result. Deep growls boomed around the table as a severed head finally revealed itself in its full macabre glory.


Gaja J. Kos is the international bestselling author of the BLACK WEREWOLVES series and the erotic paranormal romance novellas DROWNED. She is also a bilingual poet with 12 published poetry collections.
Gaja resides in Celje, Slovenia, with her husband and two Chinese Crested dogs.


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