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HOLDFASTHOLDFAST - To anchor or secure to a solid surface. Seaweeds attach to a holdfast below the ocean so that kelp can float freely above the water.
Artist and shopkeeper Lezah Boudrow has lived on the wild Southern Oregon coast her entire life. In the spring of 2013, she discovers a devastating environmental issue that threatens her beloved pod of harbor seals. In an attempt to discover the perpetrators and their agenda, she is determined to stop the poisoning of the ocean. During the crisis she meets Jackson Craig, who completely undermines her commitment to remaining single. As their relationship evolves and her overwhelming attraction deepens, her intuitive compass affirms all is not what it seems. HOLDFAST - Remain true to yourself. Hold fast to your principles, ideals, and insights. Listen to the inner self, do what is right. Hold fast in the face of the storm |
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THE NEST OF OUR BEINGIn the summer of 2004 Julien Smith returns home to the mountains of far Northern California broken and morally injured. As his journey unfolds over the course of a year, we come to know his family and the interwoven stories of the beautifully flawed people of Green Valley. The Nest of Our Being explores the random ways of fate. Cat longs to reach out to Julien, despite their unspeakable past. Five years later she still wonders how such an evil act could create something so innocent and precious. The story pivots and turns as Julien's mother along with her circle of eccentric women friends, attempts to guide her gifted young granddaughter safely through the portals of ancestral knowing. Both wonder and terror impact our lives, but the solid bedrock of family and our connection with wild nature, strengthen the ties that bind us to our fragile yet miraculous humanity. The Nest of Our Being can be read as a standalone novel or a sequel to True.
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TRUEThe original tale and prequel to "THE NEST OF OUR BEING"
When sixteen year old Cat's mother is sent to prison in the fall of 1998, she is forced to leave the streets of Phoenix, Arizona to live with her grandmother whom she has never met, in a remote mountain valley in Northern California. After a devastating incident, Cat is taken in by nurse/midwife Emma Cassady and becomes an integral, yet controversial part of her circle of horsewomen friends: Lilly, Clare, Midnight and Briar. Emma's decision to foster the troubled girl, disrupts her serene life, as do her feelings for the man who broke her heart decades ago. Lilly, blind-sided by change, and her fragile sister Clare, must deal with their aging mother, Dora, who is leading a secret life at the local nursing home. Midnight, culture keeper for her small tribe, is forced to face the truth about her only son; while Briar, a fearless horsewoman and trainer, becomes the circle's greatest teacher. Over the course of a year, these authentic women and their ties to family, animals, their pristine wild environment and each other, inspire an unforgettable story that will be passed from friend to friend and mother to daughter. |
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