Secondary Trauma

After the Flames A Novel of Survival, Healing, and the Courage to Choose Love Madeline Hart has always been the one who shows up—the listener, the helper, the woman who puts everyone else first. As a nonprofit program coordinator, she’s built a life around service, never imagining how quickly it could all be taken from her. When Madeline is abducted by a human trafficking ring and held captive in an abandoned warehouse, survival becomes her only goal. Rescue comes in fire and smoke—carried from the flames by firefighter Lucas Reed, a man whose quiet strength and steady compassion ...

SECONDARY CONTACT is a psychological suspense novel about what happens when systems quietly outlive the reasons they were created. When a father discovers that his name has been removed from his daughter’s school emergency contact form—and replaced with a stranger he’s never met—he assumes it’s a clerical error. It isn’t. The name was placed there deliberately, years earlier, as part of an arrangement his wife believed had expired. As he pushes for answers, he learns that the school isn’t acting alone.

In an age where individual loan officers and small to medium sized mortgage shops are competing with billion dollar mortgage operations and lead generation companies, there are ways for mortgage originators to tap into the market and create their own fresh, interested, and targeted leads - minus the millions of dollars spent on advertising. It's time for these strategies and systems to be made available to mortgage professionals who are committed to growing their careers and increasing their incomes. Through Andrew Pawlak's years of helping everyone from individual LOs and Realtors to publicly traded mortgage lead generation technology companies, he has used the secrets in this book to help clients increase ROI and get more out of every dollar they spend.

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, numb, or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other animals, and the planet itself. Through Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way.

This best-selling classic presents seminal theory and research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Together, the leading editors and contributors comprehensively examine how trauma affects an individual's biology, conceptions of the world, and psychological functioning. Key topics include why certain people cope successfully with traumatic experiences while others do not, the neurobiological processes underlying PTSD symptomatology, and enduring questions surrounding traumatic memories and dissociation.

Rena Lipiner Katz grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust, believing that the price of her parents’ survival and her own birth was a life of sorrow and guilt. Lipiner Katz explores how her parents’ childhood trauma affected her emotionally and physiologically.

A dynamic remastering of the second BBC Radio 4 full-cast serial – Fit the Seventh to Fit the Twelfth – which spawned a phenomenal hitchhiking legend The second original series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy remastered by Dirk Maggs (director of the Tertiary, Quandary and...

Gods in the Garden (Second Edition) by Cory B. Scott You were taught what to believe long before you were allowed to ask why. Gods in the Garden is a memoir of awakening for readers navigating faith deconstruction, belief collapse, and life after certainty. It speaks to anyone who grew up inside a religious system that once felt safe and sacred, and later realized it came with conditions, fear, and quiet control they were never warned about. This book sits at the crossroads of memoir, religious deconstruction, and philosophical reflection. Through lived experience, it explores how belief ...

THE WAY IT ENDS Some love stories are about how they began. This one is about how it survived. Twelve years after the affair that nearly broke them, Amelia and Jason are still married. Still trying. Still waking up in a life they chose to rebuild—one painful truth at a time. To the outside world, they look like they made it: two kids, shared holidays, therapy, forgiveness. But inside their home, silence stretches longer than conversation. Resentment simmers. And their daughter, now a teenager, is starting to ask the kinds of questions Amelia doesn’t want to answer. When an old message ...

Amina Wells never planned on becoming a nanny. But when she takes the job caring for billionaire Grant Wilder’s grieving niece, she finds herself drawn into a world of glittering penthouses, whispered gossip—and a man who terrifies her as much as he tempts her. Grant lives for control. For order. For keeping his emotions locked behind boardroom walls. But Amina is nothing like the polished women in his world. She’s sunshine and music, the one person who can reach through his armor… and the only one who can soothe the little girl who’s become his entire world. Their connection is ...

In "Sacral Chakra: Healing the Power of The Passion Portal," embark on a transformative journey to unleash the true potential within you. Dive into the depths of your being as you explore the significance of the Sacral Chakra, a powerhouse of emotion, creativity, and sensuality. Within these pages, you'll discover the profound impact of trauma on the Sacral Chakra and learn effective techniques to heal and release emotional wounds. Embrace and honor your sexual energy as you unlock the secrets to tapping into a deeper sense of pleasure and fulfillment. Delve into the realm of love and ...

This substantive collection from noted scholar Serene Jones explores recent work in the field of trauma studies. Central to its overall theme is an investigation of how individual and collective violence affect one's capacity to remember, to act, and to love; how violence can challenge theological understandings of grace; and even how the traumatic experience of Jesus's death is remembered.

After losing her husband to a terrorist attack in the Middle East, Tessa West is left to raise their daughter alone, clinging to the memory of a love that was supposed to last a lifetime. Haunted by a battlefield promise and his own scars, Kasen Monroe has spent years protecting Tessa and her daughter from the shadows, never believing he's worthy of the life his best friend left behind, but feeling guilty for wanting it anyway. In this slow burn romance of second chances, two broken souls must learn that opening their hearts to a new future isn't a betrayal of the past, but a beautiful way ...

He never believed he deserved love. She never stopped believing he did. Ghost has lived his whole life in survival mode — quiet, guarded, always bracing for the next hit. Jada is warmth, softness, and steady light. When their worlds collide, something unexpected happens: Ghost begins to feel safe for the first time. But safety is unfamiliar. Softness is terrifying. And love? Love is a language he’s never learned. Through slow mornings, whispered confessions, and the kind of intimacy that heals instead of hurts, Ghost and Jada build a life together — one breath, one touch, one moment ...

Raven was taken by monsters. By a ghost. I dragged her out of hell, but it followed us home. She’s back on her ranch, hiding behind sarcasm, silence, and horses that don’t ask questions. She says she’s fine. She’s not. I see it in her eyes. It’s the same darkness that’s living inside me. But she’s not broken. She’s surviving. And I’ll be damned if I let her do it alone. I’ve done a lot of things for the club. For the patch on my back. For Raven? I’d do anything to make her lose the lost look in her eyes. When The Ghost resurfaces, everything changes. The past we ...

Maria Holloway hasn’t been back to Moonridge in twenty years. She originally left with the stubborn belief that leaving was the same thing as winning, but after the ink dries on her divorce papers, she returns with everything she owns packed in the back of an aging SUV. At forty-three, she is starting over in a sleepy mountain village where the autumn air is crisp, the leaves are turning, and the local shifters live openly alongside everyone else. She expected the rusted guardrails and the quiet streets to be the same. What she didn't expect was him. Gavin is forty-five, fiercely steady, ...

Broken Trust: A Romance of Betrayal, Second Chances, and Redemption Trust was never meant to be broken. But sometimes, the deepest wounds come from the people you love most. When betrayal shatters everything she believed in, she is left to pick up the pieces of a life that no longer feels her own. The pain runs deep, and the questions won’t let her rest—how do you move forward when your past still holds you captive? As she struggles to rebuild, she is faced with a choice… Hold on to the hurt that’s defined her Or risk opening her heart again Because healing isn’t easy. And ...

He left to protect her. She paid the price alone. Two years ago, Throttle rode out on what should’ve been a one-week run. When the road dragged him away longer than he ever planned, he returned to find Julia gone—no goodbye, no trace, only the ghost of the woman he couldn't forget. Now he’s found her again. Julia is working nights in a small, lonely diner… hiding bruises she won’t explain and raising a little boy with Throttle’s dark blue eyes. She spent two years believing he abandoned her, surviving a life built on fear, doing whatever it took to protect her son. And seeing ...

"Shattered Vows" is a gripping and emotional tale of love, betrayal, and resilience. Shantel Montgomery thought she had the perfect life. Married to Marcus, an NFL superstar with million-dollar endorsements, and raising their three children, her life seemed like a dream. But behind closed doors, the Montgomery household was a battleground of infidelity, abuse, and secrets. Marcus, shaped by a traumatic childhood and a relentless drive for success, vowed never to repeat the mistakes of his father. Yet, as his career skyrocketed, his unresolved pain led to devastating choices. Shantel, ...

One moment ruined everything. One child changed it all. One Christmas could bring it back together. She thought she knew what love looked like—until it shattered at a Grambling State football game. Keira was ready to plan forever with her high school sweetheart—until she saw him with someone else. Humiliated and heartbroken, she made a split-second choice she couldn't take back. One hazy night. A stranger with a familiar face. And a baby that would become her entire world. Years later, her daughter falls dangerously ill, and one hospital test flips Keira’s world upside down. The man ...