Fault Line Boy by Jen Parker

 

How do you stay upright in a world that won’t stop shaking?

When her youngest son, Lew, begins experiencing relentless seizures, the life Jen Murphy Parker thought she knew—and the ordinary chaos of raising four children—disappears overnight. What follows is a crash course in pediatric neurology: ambulance rides, ICU nights, medication trials, and the slow, brutal math of risk.

With lyrical precision and humor, Parker captures the story of endurance and recalibration, of marriage and motherhood under pressure, and of the strange intimacy that grows inside long-term caregiving.

Yet as Jen learns to live alongside uncertainty, she also finds a quiet thread of resilience: moments of joy, wonder, and real happiness. For parents, caregivers, and readers of narrative nonfiction, Fault Line Boy is an unflinching, luminous memoir about loving a child with rare pediatric epilepsy—and learning how to keep choosing a life, even when nothing feels steady.

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Fault Line Boy: A Mother's Reckoning with Epilepsy: Murphy Parker, Jen: 9798896363965: Amazon.com: Books

Jen Murphy Parker earned her master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and is the author of a monthly Substack newsletter praised by Bloomsbury editor Callie Garnett for its “shrewd, palliative voice and thoughtful approach to the big questions found in life’s smallest moments.” Her essays have appeared in Hobart, Heimat Review, Cleaver Magazine, and other literary outlets.

In partnership with Dr. Joseph Sullivan, Lew’s neurologist, Jen raised more than $2 million to establish a pediatric center for comprehensive epilepsy care at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

The mother of four children, she lives in Hillsborough, California, with her husband and youngest son.

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They say there are three things you should do at least once in your life:

Dance like nobody’s watching.
Travel the world.
And fall hopelessly in love.

I aimed to do all three.

I went to Italy to find myself.
But he found me.

It was like a story book, our eyes met across a crowded room. He asked me if I needed help reading the menu. We ate, we laughed, we danced, and I fell. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan, and we parted ways.

Two years later, our eyes meet across a room again.
Only this time I was on a date with another man.
He went crazy in a jealous fit.

But the man I met then is different now.
He’s colder, harder, and officially one of the most powerful men in Italy.
Dare I say it, even more enticing.

But if you dance with the devil, you get burnt.

And the fires in Italy are scalding hot.

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Amazon.com: The Italian Obsession (House of Ferrara): 9781923232341: Swan, T L: Books

 T L Swan is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and #1 Amazon Best Selling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twelve languages and have hit #1 on Amazon in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and Germany. She is currently writing the screenplays for a number of her titles. Tee resides in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their three children where she is living her own happy ever after with her first true love.

The Last Goodbye by Larura Pavlov

 A Small Town, Enemies-to-Lovers Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.

Briar Sinclair is enemy number one.
She came to Blue Sky Bay with a multimillion-dollar plan and one goal: to buy my restaurant.
Too bad it’s not for sale.
She’s pulled every stunt in the book to get my attention, though I refuse to engage with a woman who came here to ruin my life—no matter how relentless she is.
Unfortunately, my restaurant is the last thing standing in the way of her powerful father’s approval.
She’s determined to convince me that this is a good idea.
We can agree to disagree.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying the effort that she’s putting in.
One minute she’s arguing with me about real estate, the next she’s tripping outside my houseboat or falling asleep behind my restaurant after working herself to exhaustion.
Did I mention the fact that she’s insanely beautiful.
I should hate her for what she’s trying to do. Instead, I can’t stop noticing her pretty pink mouth or her sharp tongue.
The more we clash, the harder it becomes to remember that she’s the enemy.
Because somewhere between the arguments, late nights, and undeniable attraction—Briar Sinclair stopped feeling like the woman trying to destroy my future…and she started feeling like she belonged in it.

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#1 Amazon and USA Today Bestselling Author Laura Pavlov writes sweet and sexy small town romance that will make you both laugh and cry. She is happily married to her college sweetheart, mom to two awesome kids who are now adulting, and dog-whisperer to one temperamental yorkie and one wild bernedoodle. When Laura isn't busy in the writing cave she enjoys reading, decorating her home, going on long walks and spending time with her family! Be sure to sign up for updates on new releases. Laura loves to hear from readers!

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Bass and Briar were the best, they were everything to me. Best couple ever. I loved my trip to Blue Sky Bay and I didn't want to leave. The setting the characters the storyline it was everything. Those are the reason Pavlov is one of my top auto buy authors. I don't care what she writes I have to have her books. I highly recommend this book. 5 stars two times.
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Deadly Charade by Lynette Eason and Kelly Underwood

 One wrong move and their cover is blown. So their charade sparking real feelings is the last twist they can afford.

Special Agent Kira Miller's new career at the FBI has started--in translations. It's not the opportunity she was hoping for to show off her skills, until she detects a lead in some paperwork. Now assigned an undercover role, she's in her element as she gathers intel on an art smuggling ring. She's daunted not by the mission but by her cover--posing as a married woman to the fake husband she met less than twenty-four hours earlier.

Special Agent Bryce Lambert's assignment to go undercover as a newlywed couple with Kira has the two of them moving next door to the prime suspects, and a relationship is the last thing he wants, fake or real. With secret auctions and hidden treasures, there's plenty to keep them busy--if only they can play the part their lives and careers depend upon while keeping their own hearts in check.

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Deadly Charade: Clean Suspense Thriller with Undercover FBI Investigations, Fake Relationship, Special Agents, and Workplace Romance (FBI New Recruits): Lynette Eason, Underwood, Kelly: 9780800747640: Amazon.com: Books

New York Times and award-winning, best-selling author, Lynette Eason writes for Harlequin's Love Inspired Suspense line and for Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Her books have hit the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, CBA and ECPA bestseller lists and have won numerous awards such as the prestigious Carol Award, the Selah, the Daphne, the IRCC award and more. Lynette is married, has two children, and lives in South Carolina.

Cozy Little Christmas by Raeanne Thayne

 Music therapist Hannah Goodwin has built the perfect life in Shelter Springs, Idaho—or so she tells herself. After her first love shattered her heart a dozen years ago, she’s channeled all her energy into helping others find healing through music. She doesn’t need romance to be happy, especially not during the holidays when loneliness threatens to creep in. But when she unexpectedly runs into Wes Kenner at the local senior center, all her carefully constructed walls come tumbling down.

Wes never planned to return to the town that holds his most painful memories, but recovering from a recent knife attack that left both him and his K9 partner Kodiak wounded, he has little choice. Seeing Hannah again reminds him of everything bright and beautiful he pushed away in his quest for justice after his family was torn apart. As Hannah fights to keep two young children in Shelter Springs for the holidays and enlists his reluctant help with her annual benefit concert, Wes begins to wonder if it’s possible to heal more than just physical wounds this Christmas season.

With the magic of music, the warmth of small-town community, and an injured dog who loves carols, maybe second chances really can lead to the coziest Christmas of all.

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I’m not one of those people who knew from birth she was destined to become a writer. I always loved to read and throughout my childhood I could usually be found with a book in my hands. To the disgust of my friends, I even enjoyed creative writing assignments that made them all groan. But I had other dreams besides writing. I wanted to be an actress or a teacher or a lawyer.

Life took a different turn for me, though, when my mother made me take a journalism elective in high school (thanks, Mom!). I knew the first day that this was where I belonged.

After I graduated from college in journalism, I took a job at the local daily newspaper and I reveled in the challenge and the diversity of it. One day I could be interviewing the latest country music star, the next day I was writing about local motorcycle gangs or interviewing an award-winning scientist.

Through it all — through the natural progression of my career from reporter to editor — I wrote stories in my head. Not just any stories, either, but romances, the kind of books I have devoured since junior high school, with tales about real people going through the trials and tribulations of life until they find deep and lasting love.

I had no idea how to put these people on paper, but knew I had to try — their stories were too compelling for me to ignore. I sold my first book in 1995 and now, more than 60 books later, I’ve come to love everything about writing, from the click of the computer keys under my fingers to the “that’s—it!” feeling I get when a story is flowing.

I write full-time now (well, as full-time as I can manage juggling my kids!) amid the raw beauty of the northern Utah mountains.

Even though I might not have dreamed of being a writer when I was younger, now I simply can’t imagine my life any other way.

The Christmas Yes List by Melissa Ferguson

 SOON TO BE A STREAMING ORIGINAL MOVIE!

All she wants for Christmas is a rejection.

Chloe Hollis is done being a people-pleaser. After one too many bad decisions--including a job that asked her to cross a line she couldn't--she's determined to change. Her plan? Collect ten nos before Christmas by asking strangers for the most ridiculous favors she can think of.

It should be easy.

But then? Then she meets James.

Instead of shutting her down, the charming out-of-towner keeps saying yes--to Christmas karaoke, to small-town holiday traditions, to every spontaneous, hilarious, totally chaotic idea she throws his way. And the more he says yes, the harder it becomes for Chloe to stick to her plan . . . or protect her heart.

Because James has a reason for saying yes to everything, too--and it might cost them both more than they bargained for.

As their opposite missions collide in a swirl of festive mishaps, unexpected courage, and undeniable chemistry, Chloe starts to wonder if the biggest risk isn't rejection after all . . . but saying yes to something real.

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 Melissa Ferguson is the bestselling author of titles including Meet Me in the Margins, Famous for a Living, and How to Plot a Payback. She lives in Tennessee with her family in their growing farmhouse lifestyle and writes heartwarming romantic comedies.

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Wowrus by Monica Roe

 A gentle and moving picture book about how looking on the bright side might not always be the brightest solution.

Walrus is such a good friend. In fact, he's so good at cheering friends up and finding the bright side in any situation that sometimes his friends call him "Wowrus."

But when Walrus breaks a tusk during the Great Iceberg Classic, it hurts! He doesn’t want to hear about the silver linings of having only one tusk! As he nurses his wound, Walrus starts to understand that pointing out the positive doesn't always help. It takes Narwhal listening to him for Walrus to realize that perhaps not everything can—or should—be bright all the time…and that’s okay too.

Monica Roe grew up in an Appalachian farming community and spent her childhood haunting the local library, where she was once almost locked in at closing time (she saw this as a huge win; the librarian disagreed). She has worked for over a decade as a pediatric physical therapy consultant for off-road Alaskan communities and is a researcher/advocate for the social model of disability and inclusive rural health. A first-generation graduate, Monica currently studies public health at the University of Alaska Anchorage, focusing on disability-inclusive disaster preparedness for rural communities threatened by climate change. When not in Alaska, Monica and her family can be found in rural South Carolina, where they raise honeybees and sometimes get stung.