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Revenge in 3 Parts: Reading and Signing, featuring Valerie Brooks

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Valerie J. BrooksValerie Brooks will be at Revenge in 3 Parts: Reading and Signing, at 06:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Revenge in 3 Parts: Reading and Signing happens at Hood River Library], 502 State St., Hood River, Oregon.

Valerie J. Brooks will read from her noir suspense novel Revenge in 3 Parts, the first in a trilogy. Protagonist Angeline Porter was unfairly disbarred as a criminal attorney and now seeks justice for others outside. This time she seeks revenge against the man who possibly pushed her sister to suicide. Brooks will talk about the new noir she calls femmes-noir and gives background on why she set the novel in Paris, Portland, and Kauai. Entertaining, fun, and educational.

Shallow Waters, by Kay Jennings

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Kay JenningsKay Jennings is the author of a new book, Shallow Waters, a mystery/thriller published by Paris Communications.

A sleepy Oregon coastal village with secrets as dark as its January storms. A new police chief with his own shadowy past.

The last thing Port Stirling Chief of Police Matt Horning needed on day one of his new job was for the mayor’s daughter to turn up dead in a mysterious tunnel on the Oregon beach. For one week in the dead of winter, Horning calls on all of his detective skills to investigate the unlikely murder. Will a psychopath ruin Horning’s new life before he can even start it?

Shallow WaterBuy Shallow Waters

A Time to Wail, An Indian Country Novel, by Grace Elting Castle

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Grace Elting CastleGrace Elting Castle is the author of a new book, A Time to Wail, An Indian Country Novel, a mystery published by Chittum Tree Publishing.

A Time to Wail is a marvelous novel, written with unique empathy and authenticity. Grace Elting Castle uses her first-hand knowledge of both PI work and the reservation life and customs of the Siletz people to create a compelling and insightful read that will call to mind the great Tony Hillerman,” wrote Michael Koryta, NYT bestselling author.

In the novel, as a teen, Ellie Carlisle was frightened away by graverobbers. Years later, messages from her dead son call her back to the reservation.

A Time to WailBuy A Time to Wail, An Indian Country Novel

Marcia Morgan wins British Award, ’47 Motivational and Life Changing Books’

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Marcia MorganMarcia Morgan received the British Award “47 Motivational and Life Changing Books” for her book GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age.

I am pleased to pass along that GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age was selected by the British Writer’s Platform/Website “Fupping” as one of “47 Motivational and Life Changing Books”GO! was #28 along side The 4 Elements, Unbroken, Who Moved my Cheese and several books by Tony Robbins. I am thrilled to get the acknowledgement. It makes me want to have a cuppa tea!

GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age, by Marcia K. Morgan, Ph.D.

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Marcia MorganMarcia K. Morgan, Ph.D is the author of a new book, GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age, a book of women’s empowerment, self-help, and business/goal setting published by The Publishing Circle.

Women share a common epidemic: dream drain. Their goals and dreams are often put on hold or they quietly slip away. They adjust their dreams to fit their circumstances, rather than adjusting their circumstances to fit their dreams.

How do you recover lost goals and dreams? How do you move forward if you are in transition or feeling stuck? The answer can be as simple as selecting and focusing on goal objects (GO!) that become an empowering compass to keep her on the path towards her dreams.

Go! How to Get GoingBuy GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age.

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