In the year 2012, two childhood friends leave the small town of Tunis, Texas, for Los Angeles, with dreams of making it big in Hollywood. Raven Kensington is exquisitely-beautiful, with a trademark, Miss America smile. The African-American beauty is enormously-gifted, but knows that discrimination is still alive and well in Tinseltown. Raven's determined to make her dreams become reality. Once she arrives in Hollywood, no one denies that she's gorgeous, she's just "not the right race, or size, for Hollywood." Raven refuses to give up. After years of blood, sweat, and tears, she reluctantly accepts a stereotypical role, that turns out to be a blessing in disguise. Rebecca Simms is a blonde, blue-eyed beauty, with a bright smile. By Hollywood's standards, "Becky," is the reflection of beauty. However, Becky's size-eight frame isn't thin enough for Tinseltown. After years of struggling in Hollywood, Becky finally receives her big break, and it's an opportunity of a lifetime. Things are finally looking up for Raven and Becky, when tragedy strikes. One of them will conform to the pressures of Hollywood, and dying to be thin, will cost one of the beauties, her life. Michelle Cole is masterful, as she tells this truly inspiring story, as only she can. It's the story of hopes, dreams, love, friendships, and life's triumphs and tragedies. It's the story of an extraordinary woman, who fought for herself, and for all those, who want to be treated as the beautiful, individual human beings that we all are, not treated as colors, or sizes. F.A.T. CHANCE is a story, that speaks, to everyone!
Truly inspiring! Michelle Cole reminds us that God is, still, the Giver of Life and faith is the best medicine. "Instead of fearing a life-threatening disease, have faith, in a Life-Giving God!"(r) Michelle Cole
In this deeply touching tear-jerker, Michelle Cole tells the unforgettable, moving story, of a vibrant, courageous young girl, who is wise beyond her years. At age five, Lilla Belle and her best friend, Ivana, start school. It is during this time, the two friends meet, Shemara, another kindergartner, with whom they become fast friends. Although Shemara appears to be happy at school, she is a young girl with secrets too horrible to tell, with hurts so deep, they may never heal. With rare determination, wisdom, and unselfishness, Lilla Belle helps change this young girl's life, forever. Lilla Belle the First Stages, isn't just great fiction, it is an important piece of life!
The physical health you seek from God may be more than an answer to prayer. The Daniel Fast is a partial fast meaning that rather than refraining from all food, during the Daniel Fast you can partake of a strictly limited diet over an extended period of time. Many people have an inner desire for better health, but they can’t discipline themselves to avoid junk food, and other foods that are not good for their health, then this fast is meant to teach self-discipline and provide a focus on spiritual matters through self-denial. It is 21 Days Fast to restrict commonly enjoyed foods as an act of worship and consecration to God. Avoiding caffeine, alcohol, and artificial flavorings and preservatives, meat, eggs, dairy, and sweet foods also eliminates most fat and cholesterol, in addition to drinking extra water, can have a detoxifying effect on the body. With the main portion of the fast made up of fruits and vegetables, the diet provides plenty of fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants, resulting in weight loss, lowered cholesterol, and better control of blood glucose levels. The Daniel Fast is a very healthy way to eat!
This book is a collection of 13 essays centering on supernatural serials such as television programs, video games, anime, and manga, featuring teen protagonists and marketed to teen audiences. These essays provide discussions of characters in teen supernatural serials who disrupt white, cisgender social narratives, and addresses possible ways that the on-screen depictions of these characters, who may be POC or LGBTQIA+, can lead to additional discussions of more accurate representations of the Other in the media. This collection explores depictions of characters of color and/or LGBTQ characters in teen supernatural serials who were/are marginalized and examines the possible issues that these depictions can raise on a social level and, possibly, a developmental level for audience members who belong to these communities. The essays included in this collection thoroughly examine these characters and their narratives while providing nuanced examinations of how the media chooses to represent teens of color and LGBTQIA+ teens.
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She fooled him once ? In Los Angeles an unexpected pregnancy sparks a daring plan of escape for a brutally battered wife. Jessica Ramsey fakes her death and flees to Tennessee to build a new life for herself and her unborn son. But nobody fools Cole Ramsey twice ? Five years later, a chance encounter has destroyed Jessica?s carefully cultivated anonymity. She thought at first Cole had found her, but it was his twin, Alex, who unwittingly unmasked her charade. Now she must trust him to save her from Cole?s wrath. But the twins are bound by blood. Will it prove stronger than the fragile relationship building between Alex and Jessica? Or will a third time be a deadly charm?
Multiple award–winning author Michelle Perry brings you Paint It Black, The Three Motives for Murder, In Enemy Hands, and Cain and Abel. Paint It Black DEA agent Necie Bramhall thinks she knows a thing or two about revenge. She’s devoted to bringing down the drug lord father who abandoned her. When she finally captures him, she thinks she’ll be able to put her painful past behind her. What she doesn’t realize is that she’s created a brand-new enemy. A deadly enemy: her half-sister Maria Barnes, who vows to destroy Necie, her marriage, and her family. Necie’s father, the only one who can save her, is behind bars, where Necie herself put him. The Three Motives for Murder A car crash on graduation night leaves three Coalmont, Tennessee, teenagers dead and another three fighting for their lives. Four years later, no one in the small town feels the aftershocks more than Natasha Hawthorne, the young driver. When a murderer targets the survivors, newly appointed police chief Brady Simms finds himself standing squarely between the killer and his next victim, the woman who broke his heart four years ago. Brady’s only hope of saving the intended victims is to get into the mind of a sociopath. What he finds will change their lives forever. In Enemy Hands Reclusive businessman Gary Vandergriff offers Dante Giovanni a cool half million to bring home his estranged daughter, Nadia. His first meeting with her is stunning. He foils an attempt on her life and falls immediately under her spell. It’s not going to be hard to keep her safe from the Mexican drug lord infuriated by her stepfather’s expanding meth operation. He’ll take her out of harm’s way, no problem, get her back to her father, and enjoy the ride along the way. Everything is great. Until he delivers her into enemy hands. Cain and Abel In Los Angeles an unexpected pregnancy sparks a daring plan of escape for a brutally battered wife. Jessica Ramsey fakes her death and flees to Tennessee. Five years later, a chance encounter has destroyed Jessica’s carefully cultivated anonymity. She thought at first Cole had found her, but it was his twin, Alex, who unwittingly unmasked her. Now she must trust him to save her from Cole’s wrath. But the twins are bound by blood. Will it prove stronger than the fragile relationship growing between Alex and Jessica? Or will a third time be a deadly charm?
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