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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT-MAY 2026
C. C. Saint-Clair
Born to French parents in Casablanca, she spent her early childhood in the Bordeaux region of France. By the time she was six, life had already placed her in constant “restart” mode, moving from place to place and learning to settle into new corners of the world. Eventually, her path led her to the University of Texas at Austin.
Growing up between languages, cultures, and ways of seeing the world shaped everything that followed. A native French speaker with a degree in English Literature, she spent her professional life teaching Senior English by day — and, beginning in 2000, writing by night.
Her early work explored LGBT romance with a strong grounding in social realism. Over the years, she self‑published seven novels, including the best‑selling “Silent Goodbyes”, Jagged Dreams”, “Far From Maddy”, and its sequel featuring an empathetic FTM protagonist, “Morgan in the Mirror”.
She later branched into short fiction, from erotic “fairy tales” like “The Crab‑Catcher” and “The Fish‑Whisperer” to spiritually inspired pieces such as “Awakening”, a Tao‑Type Tale.
Around 2006, her writing turned toward “All Matters of the Heart and Soul”. Since then, she’ve published numerous articles now gathered into the series “Stepping Stones to the Top of the World” series of six volumes.
Free of religious doctrine and self‑help clichés, the series offers a secular, reflective exploration of Karma, Soul, and the “Great Forgetfulness” — our lost connection to the deeper self in a lture obsessed with speed, science, and material progress.
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Drawing on psychology, spiritual philosophy, Zen practice, and emerging research in neuroscience, stress management, heart intelligence, and mindfulness, her work invites readers to examine how patterned responses and conditioned emotions shape our lived reality.
The goal is simple: to help cultivate awareness, acceptance of What‑Is, and a quieter relationship with the endless What‑Ifs.
Her curiosity has also led her into historical and spiritual inquiry, including the question of Jesus’ historicity — explored in her articles Jesus: “The Man Behind the Myth” and “From Gethsemane to Arimathea”.
Across genres and themes, her writing is driven by one enduring fascination: how we love, how we grow, and how we reconnect with the deeper intelligence of the heart.
Website: https://ccsaint-clair.com.au/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/C.-C.-Saint-Clair/author/B002BMEATC
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MAY 2026 RELEASES
Jason Irwin These Fragments I Have Shored 5-May-26
Jason Irwin These Fragments I Have Shored 5-May-26
Jason Irwin These Fragments I Have Shored 5-May-26
K’WAN House of the Rising Sun May 5, 2026
Jason Irwin These Fragments I Have Shored 5-May-26
Jason Irwin These Fragments I Have Shored 5-May-26
Bud Spencer Angel Effect 5/10/2026
Lucille Guarino Smoky Blue Sunrise 21-May-26
Lucille Guarino Smoky Blue Sunrise 21-May-26
Lucille Guarino Smoky Blue Sunrise 21-May-26
Lucille Guarino Smoky Blue Sunrise 21-May-26
Lucille Guarino Smoky Blue Sunrise 21-May-26
APRIL 2026 RELEASES
Amy Shannon Reminiscences of Balls-Town: Echoes and Whispers of Forgotten Legacies April 6
Amy Shannon Reminiscences of Balls-Town: Echoes and Whispers of Forgotten Legacies April 6
Amy Shannon Reminiscences of Balls-Town: Echoes and Whispers of Forgotten Legacies April 6
Amy Shannon Balls-Town: A Pioneer's Cookbook April 6
Amy Shannon Reminiscences of Balls-Town: Echoes and Whispers of Forgotten Legacies April 6
Amy Shannon Reminiscences of Balls-Town: Echoes and Whispers of Forgotten Legacies April 6
Anne Joyce Underdog April 7
Amy Shannon Reminiscences of Balls-Town: Echoes and Whispers of Forgotten Legacies April 6
Lisa Towles- THE ME FACTOR: Your Secret Weapon for Author Visibility April 8
Lisa Towles- THE ME FACTOR: Your Secret Weapon for Author Visibility April 8
Lisa Towles- THE ME FACTOR: Your Secret Weapon for Author Visibility April 8
Lisa Towles- THE ME FACTOR: Your Secret Weapon for Author Visibility April 8
Veronica Kornberg Strange Gift April 7
Lisa Towles- THE ME FACTOR: Your Secret Weapon for Author Visibility April 8
Melina Druga My Best Friend's Brother April 14
Melina Druga My Best Friend's Brother April 14
Lisa Towles- THE ME FACTOR: Your Secret Weapon for Author Visibility April 8
Melina Druga My Best Friend's Brother April 14
John Fadely BEFORE LEAVING THE ISLAND April 21
John Fadely BEFORE LEAVING THE ISLAND April 21
John Fadely BEFORE LEAVING THE ISLAND April 21
AMY'S PICK OF THE MONTH "MARCH 2026"
BOOK SPOTLIGHT
Melina Druga - My Best Friend's Brother
Diane Lilli - Founding Dead - When Democracy dies, the dead rise.
Diane Lilli - Founding Dead - When Democracy dies, the dead rise.
One wedding. One week. One forbidden love.
When Hayley travels home for her high school best friend’s wedding, she expects drama but not the kind that comes with falling for the groom’s younger brother.
Connor is a charming, confident rock star and everything Hayley shouldn’t want. She’s older, cautious and painfully aware that one wrong move could ruin the biggest day of her friend’s life. But from their first stolen glances, the attraction is undeniable. What starts as playful banter becomes something dangerously real. Something neither of them can resist.
As vows draw near and secrets grow harder to hide, Hayley and Connor must decide whether a single week of passion is worth risking everything.
Set against the glittering backdrop of wedding season, My Best Friend's Brother is a forbidden, steamy contemporary romance filled with heat, heart, and heartbreak.
Diane Lilli - Founding Dead - When Democracy dies, the dead rise.
Diane Lilli - Founding Dead - When Democracy dies, the dead rise.
Diane Lilli - Founding Dead - When Democracy dies, the dead rise.
Undead Founders is a sharp, darkly imaginative debut from Philadelphia author Diane Lilli that resurrects the myths of American history. It is available wherever books are sold on March 5, in print and eBook, with Audible launching in April.
Blending political satire, speculative fiction, and the real-time division in the US, Undead Founders asks a provocative question: What if the architects of the American experiment refused to stay buried? In this audacious reanimation of the nation’s past, the Founding Fathers return not as marble icons, but as flesh-and-blood figures forced to confront the country their ideals helped shape.
Melina Druga - I Don't Hate You
Diane Lilli - Founding Dead - When Democracy dies, the dead rise.
Once Upon a Dance - A Tail of Twirls
Alexis McNeil built a quiet life after heartbreak, one focused on her work and her son Cody. The last thing she expects is to spend any length of time with rock star Chase Wheeler, the man she never stopped loving and the reason she stopped believing in happily-ever-afters.
Years ago, Chase made the biggest mistake of his life when he let Alexis go. Now fate, in the form of his grandmother’s terminal illness, has brought them back together. The spark between them is as strong as ever, but so are the memories of what went wrong.
As old wounds reopen and unspoken truths come to light, Alexis and Chase must decide if love can truly survive the past or if some heartbreaks are permanent.
Once Upon a Dance - A Tail of Twirls
Talia Haven- The Hanging of Cousin Charlotte
Once Upon a Dance - A Tail of Twirls
A curious cat. A mysterious mirror. A swirl of magic…
When Kit stumbles upon an abandoned dance studio, she discovers a magical mirror and a world of twirls! With inspiration from Ballerina Konora, young readers will twirl and dance along in this enchanting adventure.
From award-winning creators of interactive ballet stories, A Tail of Twirls debuts Kittina Ballerina's Dance-Along Adventures—a delightful series to inspire imagination, joyful movement, and interactive fun.
Perfect for little dancers and big dreamers, this magical tale, alongside whimsical illustrations, will twirl its way into your heart!
A LeRoy- Know your Spiritual Rights
Talia Haven- The Hanging of Cousin Charlotte
Talia Haven- The Hanging of Cousin Charlotte
END-TIMES WEAPONRY FOR THE WARRIOR IN CHRIST
“I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy” (Luke 10:19).
Yes, all the power of the enemy, whether that enemy is politician, bureaucrat, AI drone, or robot dog. The need has never been greater.
BUT ARE YOU TAKING JESUS AT HIS WORD?
You may know the Scriptures of spiritual warfare, such as: “Whatsoever you bind on Earth is bound in Heaven” (Matthew 18:18). “No weapon forged against you will prevail” (Isaiah 54:17). “No-one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life” (Joshua 1:5). “We are more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37). The question is, are you putting these principles into action?
For example, are you exercising your authority to overcome and overthrow the tyrants who gave us ‘COVID’ and other End-Times atrocities? Are you binding them, blinding them, and muting them on Earth, that they are bound, blinded, and muted in Heaven? Are you embodying the fierceness of Moses who overthrew Pharaoh and his million-man army at the Red Sea, or of Elijah who slaughtered kings, false prophets, and military battalions solely with the power of his words?
Talia Haven- The Hanging of Cousin Charlotte
Talia Haven- The Hanging of Cousin Charlotte
Talia Haven- The Hanging of Cousin Charlotte
Justine seeks to solve a mystery. Why doesn't Charlotte like sleeping in her own room?
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