True Girl

Inspired by TRUE Events! - In a historical with romance, action-adventure, family, foreign and national intrigue between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, all kinds of exciting things...Through blizzards, gale-force winds, temperatures falling below -80, and over 700 miles of death-dealing terrain, teams of brave men and courageous and smart dogs of in dominatable fighting spirit, mush sleds across the Alaska wilderness, in an around the clock relay, race with lifesaving serum for 11,000 plague-ravaged people inaccessible by everything, but death and their determined rescuers, warring with the...

On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt."

A sexually empowered woman is one who owns and respects herself as a fully sensual, erotic woman. She controls her level of sexuality, and she doesn’t tone herself down according to anyone’s standards but her own. There’s the glow. The first thing that will make you stand out is the glow you’ll get. Being sensual, confident, and empowered provides a telltale glow that lets people know you’re happy and turned on to life, not sitting around twiddling your thumbs in the hopes you’ll be noticed and “made” happy through someone else’s behavior. You become more attractive, and ...

"The Girl of Many Crowns" is the true and inspiring story of Judith, the first princess of France, who is a pawn in a complex political game of chess as her father, King Charles, tries to hold on to his kingdom. King Charles, grandson of Emperor Charlemagne, is beset on every side by Vikings, rebel lords, and greedy neighboring monarchs. He marries 12-year-old Judith to Aethelwulf, the aging King of Wessex, for political advantage. When she is widowed, less than two years later, he arranges a second marriage for her.

It can sometimes feel like change is impossible. When you're overwhelmed by anxiety, toxic friendships, pressure from parents, and all the other demands of life, you might think that life is always going to be this way. But that isn't the case.

Four young women were murdered in the nation’s capital between 1929 and 1935. Their deaths had no connection to each other. Each woman was different. Each murder, though violent and brutal, was unlike the other three women. Other than the fact that all four women were young and beautiful with active love lives, they had little in common until they were murdered, and their cases remained unsolved to this day.

The stars align perfectly sometimes. From librarians to vampires, true love can seem difficult to organically come across. But it can also sneak up on you faster than one of Cupid’s arrows. Whether or not you choose to pursue it is ultimately your decision. Just keep in mind that everyone should take a chance on love like these characters. Featuring stories by Katie Jordan, David W. Landrum, Katie Kent, Alyce Elmore, Simone Solon, Mira Bell, and Kacey Black.

Before the USA was thrust into World War II, Betty Nugen was a farm girl in the mountains of West Virginia. When Congress created the WAC—the Women’s Army Corp—she knew that was where she should be. Serving her country. Elaine Fields Smith gathered information from memories of her mother, Betty, from family stories and historical facts to create this story of a young woman who found a new life away from the only home she ever had known. Before Betty passed away, Elaine had a question: “Why did you join the WAC? Was it to get off the mountain?” Her answer was as solid as a rock. ...

Rumors of dragon sightings are stirring up fears based on old stories that depict dragons as bloodthirsty, fire-breathing monsters. To protect his people, the Overking decrees that all dragons must die. Twelve-year-old Eliana knows the truth about dragons. After all, her best friend Winston is one! Fresh off an adventure where she saved her kingdom with her ability to communicate with Winston’s family, she is now excited to hone her skills through her Dragon Speaker apprenticeship.

My Frenemy’s Brother Wants Me! ~ Is This Our Second Chance at True Love? Brenna’s high school crush is back after 4 years away in the military. She has mixed feelings, even though they kept in touch while he was away. Neither of them will say exactly what they want, but their actions say it all. There is one problem, though, one Brenna’s not sure they’ll ever get past, she and Jackson’s sister have been sworn enemies since high school and Kendall never approved of her frenemy being involved with her brother. Years have passed. Things have changed. If Brenna and Jackson decide on a...

Nineteen-year-old Libby moves to Berlin to escape her suffocating family - but instead of offering freedom, the city is under siege by the Nazis. Jewish books are burned, storefronts smashed and every day innocent people vanish into thin air. Libby cannot - will not - turn a blind eye. When Libby meets Harro, she knows there’s more to him than his dazzling smile and cornflower-blue eyes. The whip marks on his back, scars from the SS, tell his true story: He is a resistance fighter.

During the spring of 2021 the world was still chaotic, but for Mary Beasley it was much more than just a pandemic. She found herself on a journey where science and biblical truths would send her on an unfathomable new trajectory in life. Growing up in a small town in the South, she learned that people did not "air dirty laundry". It was best handled by discreetly repenting at church and then hiding your sins no matter the costs. Unlocking a 40-year-old family secret gave Mary the strength to pursue her purpose and true identity.

At the bar is where it normally occurs. Your eyes meet from across the low lit room. Is he attractive, or is it just the alcohol. You take him home only because the light bill is due. It's been a few months, the fire is still burning but he's acting a little different. Then you learn there may be someone else other than you. Deceptions of a Dope Boy... When one lie leads to another whose really to blame? "Deceptions of a Dope Boy" © is based on a true story, of course the names are changed or left out to protect the innocent and the guilty.

Want to know if that special guy is really crush-worthy? Or how to keep peace on Planet Friendship? The Girls' Life Guide to Growing Up, from the editors of the popular , will fill you in on all the details girls like you need, from parent problems and friendship drama to body image and secret crushes.

He left to save lives half a world away. She waited for the one man she always dreamed of. McKenna I don’t remember the first time I saw Micah “Doc” Masters. Cowboy. Soldier. Doctor. He’s simply always been there— orbiting the outer edges of my world. I’ve loved him forever. Tall. Rugged. Gorgeous. His eyes aren’t just light. They’re the same marble blue as the endless Colorado sky that stretches beyond his sprawling ranch. Micah’s long absences over the years have only reinforced the ache in me whenever I see him again. As far as Doc’s concerned, I might as well have ...

Foster carer Maggie Hartley is used to all manner of children arriving on her doorstep, but nothing can prepare her for sisters Billy and Bo when they arrive at her home. It is clear from the moment she sets eyes on them that four-year-old Bo and seven-year-old Billy have clearly been subjected to unimaginable neglect, and it takes all of Maggie's skills as a foster carer to try to connect with the volatile little girls, who seem far younger than their years.

Creeping Torment. Crawling Terror. Twelve-year-old Holly Harcourt is tormented by nightmares. Ordinary nightmares are scary enough, but Holly's are much worse than that. Her nightmares come true. They are visions of terrible things that will happen. One night, Holly dreams of a plane exploding over Toledo, Ohio, killing hundreds of people. She knows the airport where the plane is to take off and the name of the carrier. Holly phones the authorities, doing her best to have the plane grounded, but she is not believed and is written-off as a crank. When the plane explodes as predicted, the ...

Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world - until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her - a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge.

A través de testimonios escalofriantes y conmovedores, las autoras de este libro ofrecen explicaciones contundentes para entender por qué nuestros niños y niñas se vuelven criminales ante la indiferencia social, corrupción policiaca y la intolerancia del gobierno. Más aún se detalla la incompetencia de las autoridades, los vacíos legales y la incapacidad de las instituciones para ofrecer a estos adolescentes opciones para alejarse del delito, la drogadicción, las relaciones violentas o evitar la puerte por defender -o estar en contra- algún cártel.

An orphan girl grows up running wild in a small English village during King Richard's Crusades, scavenging what she needs to live. When she grows older, she lives in the woods outside the village. She hunts and brings food to three women who take care of other orphans. Then she meets the Duke's son by accident and discovers she is a Countess whose parents had been murdered by an evil Baron 20 years ago. She challenges the Baron and barely survives. Now she has a castle of her own, and a Prince Charming who wants to court her. But the people around her – are they really loyal friends?