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For years I’ve lived alone in the deep woods, hiding my powers from the world. But when I meet a wounded wolf on a forest path, I can't bear his suffering. I call on my magic to heal him. Then he follows me home and I find he’s no ordinary wolf. He’s a Berserker warrior, cursed long ago to become a ravening monster. His only hope: find the woman who can tame his beast. Siebold thinks that woman is me.

In this moving collection of short stories and essays, Gordon Lee Johnson (Cupeño/Cahuilla) cements his voice not only as a wry commentator on American Indian reservation life but also as a master of fiction writing. In Johnson’s stories, all of which are set on the fictional San Ignacio reservation in Southern California, we meet unforgettable characters like Plato Pena, the Stanford-bound geek who reads Kahlil Gibran during intertribal softball games; hardboiled investigator Roddy Foo; and Etta, whose motto is “early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise”.

LaFayette was one of the primary organizers of the 1965 Selma voting rights movement and the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, and he relates his experiences of these historic initiatives in close detail. Today, as the constitutionality of Section Five of the Voting Rights Act is still questioned, citizens, students, and scholars alike will want to look to this audiobook as a guide. Important, compelling, and powerful, In Peace and Freedom presents a necessary perspective on the civil rights movement in the 1960s from one of its greatest leaders.

Discover the secrets that successful people use to maximize their results. If you are unhappy with your current state of life, if you feel you deserve a lot more than you have right now, and if you feel life is being unfair to you, you're in the right place! If you truly want to be the real boss of your life, accomplish every goal you set, and achieve success in any category of your life, this audiobook is for you.

William, a widower of five years, finds himself falling for a very persistent coworker by name of Terry Moretti, who will not take no for an answer. When he finally says yes, will the challenge of seducing him wean? Sterling, an attorney who fancies himself a lady's man and lives way above his means, is fired from a prestigious firm and the bills are piling up when a rich woman offers to fulfil all his dreams if he'll do her a favor that awakens his dormant conscience.

An unforgettable cast of characters is unleashed into a realm known for its cruelty—the American high school—in this captivating debut novel. The wealthy enclaves north of San Francisco are not the paradise they appear to be, and nobody knows this better than the students of a local high...

For the first time the events of the O.K. Corral gunfight are presented from the viewpoint of the McLaurys, two brothers who lost their lives and reputations, and a family who tried in vain to find restitution.

Essence best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson’s fifth installment in his ongoing "Little Black Girl Lost" series picks up where the fourth book left off by continuing the diary of Josephine Baptiste. As more details about Josephine’s past come to light, the African heritage of modern-day Johnnie Wise is further explained.

Essence best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson's popular series continues with this fourth book, which reaches back to unearth the roots of JohnnieWise's family tree. On the eve of her arranged marriage in an African village, a 16-year-old girl elopes with her fiancé's younger brother. But the lovers are captured and sold into American slavery - and the girl wonders if she'll ever see her man again.

More than a narrative about a young man destined to accomplish the impossible, more than a chronicle of successful Hollywood writer, producer, and director, Lee Stanley’s unparalleled success that changed not only his life but also the lives of millions of others … Faith in the Land of...

After a long stint at desk duty, Phoenix Perry is dragged back into the limelight when a family member is found beaten and near death. To complicate matters, there are two dead bodies at the scene, and Phoenix’s cousin is the prime suspect. Can Phoenix find her cousin’s attackers and prove her innocence before the body count becomes astronomical? A nationwide chase ensues, involving shady editors, crooked literary agents, and a host of others. If you’re into suspense thrillers, this one is not to be missed.

There's nowhere to go, Terra is their only hope now. Four hundred survivors of a now dead world face the unknown on a planet three thousand years in the past. Their past or is it ours? From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungles of the Amazonia, no one's life will ever be the same. Death, life and love wait for every member of the crew. Can the old learn to live with the new in peace? What happens when two cultures clash in ways no one thought possible.

Johnnie Wise had always managed to escape the evil plans of her enemies. She had gotten away with so much. Now it was personal. No mercy. She was going to die this time. With unlimited finances, her new rival was more than willing to scour the earth to deliver the brand of justice that fury demanded. Johnnie was planning a daring escape to avoid whatever trumped-up charges an overeager prosecutor might bring against her.

Welcome to Clarity with Keith Lee Johnson Connecting Dots. Changing Minds. Transforming Lives.

Fate or choice? What does a handsome roughneck do when he meets a beautiful young damsel in distress, who was recently acquitted of murdering her stockbroker? The enraged citizens of New Orleans thought she was guilty, and set her whole neighborhood ablaze, including the Fire Department. Broke, with nothing but the clothes on her back and the shoes on her feet, she watched her house burn to the ground. With the smell of burning wood and bricks lingering in the cool morning breeze, Johnnie left New Orleans while her home was still smoldering.

The sequel to the first book, titled The Forbidden, is a captivating and intense story that dives into irresistible TEMPTATION, delicious OBSESSION, and fiery VENGEANCE, making it a truly explosive and unyielding continuation. In The Forbidden, NAPOLEON BENTLEY emerges as a formidable character, reigning over the perilous French Quarter of New Orleans and establishing himself as a dominant force in organized crime. NAPOLEON’s reputation precedes him as someone who has no qualms about taking whatever he desires. He’s set his sights on stunning and curvaceous JOHNNIE WISE.

Beautiful Charone Blackwell is a victim of multiple domestic violence and sexual battery attacks. Just when she thought she had successfully defied the odds and gotten away, she receives a call from her batterer letting her know she’s not safe—in fact far from it. The batterer is on the way to her home. Desperate to get away from another brutal altercation, she leaves what was once her safe haven and goes to the local coffee shoppe where she believes she’ll be protected.

Little Black Girl Lost Book 4: Captive is the latest episode from the fertile imagination of Keith Lee Johnson's original epic tale. Captive introduces drop-dead gorgeous Lauren Renee Bouvier, a youthful teenager, the African Root of Johnnie and Marguerite Wise. Its survival of the fittest on the mean streets of 18th Century New Orleans. With her life and virtue constantly in danger, how does she survive the ruthless Monarch of Bouvier Hill?

Expect another wild ride form the mind of Keith Lee Johnson with his original smash hits, Little Black Girl Lost Book 1: The Innocent and Little Black Girl Lost Book 2: The Forbidden. Written as only Keith Lee Johnson can, Little Black Girl Lost Book 3: Legal Tender takes you back into New Orleans' seedy underbelly, into a world where no one can be trusted; especially with $250,000 at stake. Will the past catch up with this beautiful, vivacious teenager? Or will her wise and nimble intellect preserve her young life in this edge of the seat roller coaster?

On Christmas Eve, 1951 in New Orleans, fifteen-year-old Johnnie Wise is sold into prostitution by her domineering mother, and her dreams of being an Evangelist or nightclub singer like Billie Holiday vanish like the notes of an old song. In her new life, surrounded by powerful men with even more powerful secrets, Johnnie finds that she can use romance with the men that pay to sleep with her to her advantage, and the teenage girl finds herself thrown into a world of wealth, bribery, and cold-blooded gangsters. But, the underbelly of New Orleans in the fifties isn’t without its dangers.