Synopsis: **WINNER OF THE 2014 READERS FAVORITE AWARDS: DRAMA** She spent twenty years as a battered wife, dying for a hero. Now, she's dying to become one. Josie Kane is a "difficult" woman, a pure enigma - one who survives her abusive husband by honing her unnerving talent for playing mind games: she knows exactly how to manipulate a bully. Finally divorced, she thinks the abuse is over, and she's free. She's wrong. And her cynicism is building. Josie works with battered women, trying to rescue them from a fate similar to hers. But on the night that yet another battered woman is murdered by her husband, pining for a hero as she dies in Josie's arms, her cynicism becomes a quiet, simmering hatred. Her one remaining refuge is in her bond with Maxine and Samantha, the two friends whom she loves like sisters. When Samantha becomes pregnant by Jack - an abuser who makes known his intentions to use the baby as a weapon of control - Josie's hatred ripens to a vengeful fury. She sets out to take on one more batterer, manipulate one more bully... And she lures Jack into the crosshairs of the ultimate mind game. Her friends are convinced that she intends to rid Samantha of Jack. They're right. But with Josie Kane, as always, there's a twist. With her friends helpless to stop her - and with Samantha hanging in the balance - Josie squares off with Jack in a life-and-death, winner-lose-all battle of wits to determine which side will win Sammy's future. And this time, there will be a hero. Paperback Publication Date: November 29, 2012 Published by: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-10: 1479234826 ISBN-13: 978-1479234820 Kindle Edition Publication Date: April 29, 2013 Published by: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ASIN: B00ANW1J00 Praises for the Book: "...Tense and suspenseful, October Snow is a gripping read to the very end, highly recommended." - Midwest Book Review "I highly recommend October Snow, as it is paced well and polished... The characters and the story resonate with truth and the twist at the end fits with real life. " - P J LaRue Available on Paperback Edition Publication Date: July 5, 2014 Published by: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-10: 1499503350 ISBN-13: 978-1499503357 Kindle Edition Publication Date: July 10, 2014 ASIN: B00LPKZ996 Synopsis: They say that love doesn't hurt. Sure it does. Love hurts like hell. Will Remmond is finding that out. A high-powered Family Law attorney, he’s the one that battered mothers and abused kids turn to for help. Will’s the best at what he does, and he wins. He’s also fed up, burned out, and ready to walk away from fighting the insanity of the Family Court system. But there are two abused children left to rescue. One of them is five-year-old Alexa Reynolds. She and her mother are being stalked by a criminal sociopath. Her mom calls the guy “demonic.” Alexa calls him “Daddy.” And Alexa’s daddy calls Will a walking dead man. The other abused child lives inside of Maxine Allen, the woman who Will waited decades to find. Max is becoming more and more withdrawn. Increasingly hostile. She’s turning abusive, striking out at him - and he knows only that it has something to do with her father. Unable to learn the secrets from her childhood, he’s watching as the woman he loves descends into her own private hell. But Will waited half his life to find her, and he’s not about to abandon her there. He intends to get to the truth of what happened to her. Between saving Alexa from her murderous father, and Maxine from her demons, he’s walking into the fight of his life. One that he intends to win. Or die trying. Will Remmond is about to learn that the most terrifying battles don’t take place in the courtroom. They are waged within the darkest places of the human mind: in the abyss where the force of love confronts the power of evil. Head-on. Praises for the Book: "Exceptionally well crafted from beginning to end, An Early Frost is the sequel to author Jenna Brooks' October Snow, and demonstrates her ability to embed her riveting and surprise laden storyline with truly memorable characters. Very highly recommended..." - Midwest Book Review "...so captivating that the high educational value is absorbed rather than ingested!..." - Diane W Available on About the Author: A staunch Mother's Rights advocate, Jenna Brooks is a novelist, a seminar author and instructor, a columnist, and a professionally trained and certified Coach, specializing in Divorce/Post-Divorce and Domestic Violence. She has a particular interest in issues confronting the Christian woman, and is certified by The American Association of Christian Counselors/Light University. The critically-acclaimed author of the OCTOBER SNOW duology, Jenna is also the creator of the post-DV seminar, "Reclaim." She is trained in Batterer Intervention, Trauma and Trauma Informed Care, and is a state-certified Crisis Advocate and Domestic Violence Hotline veteran. Jenna says, "I concentrate on advocacy for battered mothers because in my experience, the Family Court often takes up where an abuser leaves off. Too often, these women are every bit as injured by a paternalistic - even oppressive - Family Court system as they are by an abuser. Their experiences in the court are simply another betrayal. As a society, we pay little attention to the outcome of battered mothers, both legally and culturally." Jenna is an Ezine Expert Author (Domestic Violence, Divorce, and Coaching), a former columnist for The Derry News and The Bangor Daily News, and is the former host of "The Cafe" on WSMN 1590, Nashua, NH. Find her online at jennabrooks.weebly.com.
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