Generational Stories

The Thuggish Ruggish Bone- book four of Shut Up & Listen Series: Lonnie, the eldest of his siblings, seems lost to everyone around him. But he's never been more sure of himself and what he needs. On the other hand there's Dame- he seems the most put together but his world on the inside is full of turmoil. While so completely opposite they seem, these brothers, Dame and Lonnie, will soon find that at the core, down at the bone, they couldn't be more similar. no.1 in #innercity no.2 in #innerchild no.2 in #bougie

When twelve-year-old Lily sits alone on a dock feeling invisible, her grandmother Evelyn joins her and begins sharing stories from a lifetime ago. Growing up in rural America during the early twentieth century, Evelyn learned what it felt like to have her feelings dismissed, her voice overlooked, and her dreams quietly pushed aside. Through stories of childhood, family, hardship, resilience, and self-discovery, she reveals the lessons that shaped her life and the wisdom she wishes someone had shared with her when she was young. As the seasons pass and their conversations deepen, Lily begins to see that the struggles she faces are not so different from those of generations before her. Together, grandmother and granddaughter discover that while times may change, the need to be heard, valued, and loved remains the same. A heartfelt historical novel about family, healing, courage, and finding your voice.

On Lagos Island in the late 1970s, a young Yoruba couple moves into a tightly knit family compound where privacy is forbidden and secrets never stay buried. Then their baby is born, and the child looks nothing like either parent or anyone in the large extended family. What follows is a decades-long storm of suspicion, betrayal, tradition, and hidden truths that threatens to destroy an entire family.

TOO DIVINE TO DEFY (#1 DIVINELY MINE) ___________________________________________ "He swore to break her. Instead, she became his ruin." She was the untouchable queen of the silver screen. He was the cold, ruthless billionaire who used her as a pawn for his dark revenge. Through a brutal web of blackmail, he trapped her into a fake engagement, determined to dominate her life and destroy her spirit. He wanted to ruin her world, but her fire was something he never saw coming. As the lines between fake and real begin to blur, the ultimate controller loses his own grip. The monster who swore to never feel finds himself hopelessly addicted to his beautiful captive. He wanted to tear her down... but now, he will gladly burn his entire kingdom to ashes just to keep her safe.

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A nuclear strike is imminent in 90 minutes, your partner is miles away at work, the kids are across town in school and none of the cell networks are up. Do you have a plan? Meet the Tams, an ordinary American family as they confront a scenario that we are shockingly on the brink of today -complete isolation. They must find their way back to each other and decide what to do next without any information to go on except America is under attack. Yet there are no tanks, planes, or cars to be seen. There are no soldiers on the ground or places to get reliable information. Everyone is acting on instincts, some are leaving out of fear while others still don't believe a war is taking place at all. After the destruction and mayhem, the government arrives with promises of normalcy that clash with rumors of dwindling supplies. Fred's decision to leave with his family leads them on a perilous journey toward Arrow Hall-a sanctuary in the mountains. There, they uncover the truth behind the apocalypse and find unexpected allies.

The world needed a different robot...one with a difference. And one came. In a form they didn't expect... It's 2043, and the world is now a place ruled by robots. Man has been made a slave to its own creations, doing whatever he's asked. But in a cabin on the Island Kyushu in Japan, a robot has been born to return history back to the way it was; humans controlling A.I.

Beneath Nebraska's endless skies, Johnny Winds carries a legacy of silence and strength he never chose. In a town where roles are carved in stone and winters cut deep, he wrestles with who he is and who he's meant to be. When love breaks through the cold, Johnny's world shifts-forcing him to reckon with the truth hidden beneath years of quiet survival.

Breaking a curse isn't easy, especially when your great-great-grandmother was a Victorian witch who spelled her own family. Join 16-year-old Lily Killough on a magical adventure through time to heal ancestral wounds and break the ties that bind in this intergenerational YA mystery. All her life 16-year-old Lily has dreamed of attending the annual Victorian Ball in her hometown of Waxahachie, Texas. When she lands her first job with the company catering the party, Lily gets a glimpse of the opulent event from behind the scenes. As she pokes around the Queen Anne-era Victorian mansion Twin Oaks House, Lily discovers a thrilling secret. The original owner of the property is her great-great-grandmother, a once-powerful matriarch disgraced over accusations of infidelity and witchcraft. With the help of her departed ancestors (and her crush), Lily is transported through time to attempt to right the wrongs of the past. But after revealing the disturbing origins of a generational curse imprisoning her family and their magic, will Lily have the power to break the chains and rewrite history? Only time will tell.... and, unfortunately, the clock is ticking. Lily must solve the mystery and return to the present day before the Victorian Ball is over at the stroke of midnight.

This is a story of the raw, passionate and emotionally charged life of Hunter, a man who has faced every challenge with resilience, grit and unflinching determination. Born blind but never limited, Hunter is a survivor, a teacher, a lover, and the unshakable center of a family that thrives on fiery passion, deep love, and an unbreakable will to overcome. This story spans decades, capturing every intimate, thrilling, and heart-wrenching moment of Hunter's life. At its core is his intense and all-consuming bond with Judy, his vibrant and fearless wife. Their love story isn't just romantic-it's electric, filled with white-hot passion and moments of raw, unfiltered intimacy. Together, they create a life built on honesty, devotion, and a love that burns as brightly as the day they met. Their daughter, Maria, inherits this legacy of strength and fire. A fearless aviator and born survivor, Maria carries the lessons her father taught her into her own battles, including the ultimate test of survival after a devastating plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness. Her story intertwines with the family that shaped her, proving that love, passion, and legacy can endure through even the harshest of trials. This is not a story that pulls punches. It's about survival, love, and unflinching passion. It's about the fiery moments of intimacy that keep relationships alive and the deep emotional connections that carry us through life's darkest hours. It's about laughter, tears, and the raw beauty of living life without apology. If you're looking for a story that's unflinching, deeply passionate, and unapologetically real, Hunter's Legacy will grab you by the heart and refuse to let go. This is not a story for the faint of heart-it's a tale of life lived with fire and authenticity. Leave your reservations at the door and immerse yourself in a world of love, survival and legacy.

This title reflects the deep romantic connection between Aditya and Aisha, emphasizing that their love transcends the long-standing rivalry between their families and the mysterious curse that haunts them. It captures the essence of the story-love that defies all odds and seeks to heal and unite.

Years ago, there were four elemental guardians. One went down the wrong path and ended up being taken over by the darkness. When these four perished, the guardian's mentor enchanted the guardians possessions and sent them with their family. When the worthy generation inherent the heirlooms, their powers would be activated. Decades later, three girls, Leigh-Anne, Jade, and Perrie inherit their families heirlooms and get introduced into the magical world of witchcraft and magic. They must work together to find the fourth dark elemental and hopefully bring them back to the right side before it's too late, but they'll face trials and tribulations of their own as they go through college and life growing into themselves and fighting creatures sent by the dark one.

Book one- Meeting Grady Swann Born into wealth. Raised in expectation. Shaped by loss. Grady Swann grows up inside a dynasty where legacy matters more than vulnerability, and love is often mistaken for performance. As he rises under the weight of his father's empire, he must decide whether he will inherit the silence - or break it. The Swann Legacy begins here.

Prologue for a sweeping space opera, permutatively stretched astride a crosshatched universe of bent time and warped reality. The story of The Folk and their Intergalactic Continuum, who learn, discern and explore the haughty vestiges of eternity. An ancestral brood of multi-generational kin drawn across an intergalactic network of cosmos and gravity, beyond one hundred thousand years of war and song, towards the lost Artifacts of Infinity. At the end of their path, at the genesis of time, lies the Terminal Galactic Strand, and the truth they chase derived from their frothy, primordial cradle. The Sons and Daughters of The Immortal Age, predestined to arrive immutably upon the Shores of Habeo. It is here in which The Extant One dwells, forever safeguarding The Emerald Tetrahedron, the Continuum's last desperate defense. Scarcely now, the final firmament holds at bay an all-devouring malice, roiling in its black hearth. Gnawing. Ravenous. A moment will arrive In which you realize The choices you have made Are more than aimless accords Each decision is a wave Each choice Has direction We are who we have chosen to be

Grief has a way of clinging to places. For Cecilia Whisper, it lingers in her grandmother's house - in the soft creak of floorboards, the scent of dust and rosewater, and the faint tick of an old clock that hasn't stopped since the day she died. But grief isn't the only thing that remains. Hidden in the attic lies a box marked Memoirs. Inside: letters, fragile with age and heavy with words that were never meant for Cecilia to read. Their ink bleeds with a love too strong, too complicated, and too dangerous to have survived its time. As Cecilia begins to uncover the truth behind the letters, she learns that the past is never really gone - it waits, patient and persistent, for someone to listen.

Diary of a Daughter's Grief is a memoir told through the life of a daughter as she pieces together her mother's story from memory, absence, and late truths. By tracing the choices her mother made, about love, belief, motherhood, and survival, the narrator examines the patterns passed down to her and questions which ones must end with her. The book is an exploration of inheritance, not of possessions, but of decisions, consequences, and the quiet determination to live differently without erasing the woman who came before.

People, he told me, care a hell of a lot more when you're gone. So here, in loving memory of Shawn.