Two worlds collide in a heated battle between past and future.

Chidi must decide between his love for his wife Tori and his call to duty to save his kindred when a civil war threatens to destroy his home. Will this threefold cord stand the test as the realities of a cross cultural marriage dawns? As life happens, these young lovers begin to wonder if they truly understood the gravity of the vows they exchanged on their wedding day…”With this ring I wed thee…Where you go I will go and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God”.

Two worlds collide in a heated battle between past and future.

Chidi must decide between his love for his wife Tori and his call to duty to save his kindred when a civil war threatens to destroy his home. Will this threefold cord stand the test as the realities of a cross cultural marriage dawns? As life happens, these young lovers begin to wonder if they truly understood the gravity of the vows they exchanged on their wedding day…”With this ring I wed thee…Where you go I will go and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God”.

Most people would have said that Sally McPhearson had it all. Sally was a wealthy, and powerful woman. Being the CEO of a major Canadian Corporation, most of Sally’s business acquaintances liked her but almost all feared her. She carried a dark secret that she had managed to hide from everyone, perhaps even herself. Sally’s career had become her whole life and she did not even realize it was because of her painful past.

A corporate jet, or even her own private jet would have been within easy reach for her. However, Sally McPhearson always flew commercial, it was sort of her trademark. When she boarded the small commuter plane that day to travel to a business meeting in Toronto, she had no idea that her life was about to abruptly change. Sally was about to depart on a journey that would result in months full of death, pain, suffering, hunger, desperation, despair, and fear. She certainly would have not been able to comprehend that the experiences she was about to endure would forever change her life for the better.

This book tells the story of plane crash survivors in the stark winter wilderness of Northern Ontario, Canada. Against overwhelming odds, they struggle to over come their adversities, and hardships, with a little help from a friend.

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What readers have said:

“I loved this book, it is just the type of book I like to read, very exciting, I did not want to put it down.”

“I had to get up early the next morning and was sleepy, so I went to bed early and thought I would just read a few pages before I went to sleep. I finished the book at 2:00AM.”

Most people would have said that Sally McPhearson had it all. Sally was a wealthy, and powerful woman. Being the CEO of a major Canadian Corporation, most of Sally’s business acquaintances liked her but almost all feared her. She carried a dark secret that she had managed to hide from everyone, perhaps even herself. Sally’s career had become her whole life and she did not even realize it was because of her painful past.

A corporate jet, or even her own private jet would have been within easy reach for her. However, Sally McPhearson always flew commercial, it was sort of her trademark. When she boarded the small commuter plane that day to travel to a business meeting in Toronto, she had no idea that her life was about to abruptly change. Sally was about to depart on a journey that would result in months full of death, pain, suffering, hunger, desperation, despair, and fear. She certainly would have not been able to comprehend that the experiences she was about to endure would forever change her life for the better.

This book tells the story of plane crash survivors in the stark winter wilderness of Northern Ontario, Canada. Against overwhelming odds, they struggle to over come their adversities, and hardships, with a little help from a friend.

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What readers have said:

“I loved this book, it is just the type of book I like to read, very exciting, I did not want to put it down.”

“I had to get up early the next morning and was sleepy, so I went to bed early and thought I would just read a few pages before I went to sleep. I finished the book at 2:00AM.”

When she wakes up on the morning of her twenty-seventh birthday, Charlotte Edwards has no idea how drastically her life is about to change. Soon everything she thought to be true will be challenged, her very life threatened, and she will be forced to make the most important decision of her life: should she continue to conform to what is expected of her, or should she reach out and chase the dreams she has denied her entire life?

When she wakes up on the morning of her twenty-seventh birthday, Charlotte Edwards has no idea how drastically her life is about to change. Soon everything she thought to be true will be challenged, her very life threatened, and she will be forced to make the most important decision of her life: should she continue to conform to what is expected of her, or should she reach out and chase the dreams she has denied her entire life?

Averill Lowe is teaching in the southern iron-manufacturing mid-size city of Chattanooga when Riefe Braddock offers her a job as his personal assistant. Hie engineering company has begun to turn out armaments for the possible entry of the United States into World War II that has already begun in Europe, where England is fighting the Nazis and their conquered territories all alone. Eager to be able to help the war effort, she accepts. Reife falls into grave danger in Cairo where he has traveled to find designs stolen from Braddock Engineering. Averill knows these innovative tank plans could mean victory for whoever implements them, and sets off for battle-torn North Africa. Young, idealistic, and not a little foolhardy, she braves an enemy-infested North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea to land in Cairo, intending to use the knowledge that a childhood lied in Egypt has provided to rescue Reife and the stolen designs. Personal battles in her own life begin to emerge in the form of a shattering treachery and the stunning exposé of an unlikely foreign agent, as she watches the fault line―between her deep faith in a personal God and the lack of it in the man she loves―widen. Courted by two other men who love her, Averill stays true to herself while her high adventures provide readers a roller coaster of a ride.

Following a break-up with her boyfriend, an unfulfilling career, and a general bad taste in clothes, Kasey Addison feels lost in her own life. With the help of her best friend, Amanda, Kasey embarks on an unexpected journey to rediscover life and love, starting with a whirlwind London jaunt. Surrounded by red telephone booths, double-decker buses, and men in fuzzy black hats, Kasey falls in love with mud baths, Jane Austen, and stone cathedrals. And in the middle of London she meets Lincoln Davis, a Texan with a really great tan, and her life gets even more unrecognizable.

When her spur-of-the-moment vacation is over, Kasey, a junior marketing consultant, finds herself on the marketing team for LETA, a growing cosmetics company. Kasey's thrown into the fast-paced world of promotional galas, photo shoots, and magazine interviews. When the owners of LETA decide to release their very first fragrance, Kasey’s new assignment is to find out what love looks like and then find a way to sell it. With the help of Amanda and a few new friends, and with a rekindled relationship with the Lover of her soul, Kasey discovers that sometimes love looks like what we least expect.

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"Brandy Bruce has penned a fun novel full of laughs, love, and real life. Her wit and voice shine on every page."
--Jenny B. Jones, author of a Katie Parker Production series, a Charmed Life series, and the award-winning novel Just Between You and Me

“With a warm, witty writing style and an adorably self-deprecating heroine, Brandy Bruce’s Looks Like Love is part travelogue, part survival guide for the lovelorn, and 100 percent fun reading.”
—Christa A. Banister, author of Around the World in 80 Dates and Blessed are the Meddlers

"Who said Walking Upright would be easy?" On the surface self-assured, Tyler Kensington seems to have it all—a fulfilling career on the fast track, a steady relationship, and a tight-knit circle of family and friends. But, upheaval is just around the corner.

Faced with reality of losing her job and her relationship, Tyler ventures into unfamiliar territory when her best friend Alex convinces her to relocate to San Diego. Her mom chides her about growing in her relationship with the Lord and her “I grew up in church” mantra will gradually mean less and less. Her friends, Alex and Rae, though well-meaning, are in no position to offer Tyler spiritual advice. San Diego brings a new friend and co-worker, Chrissie, an older lady who becomes like a mother figure at her new church, Yolanda, and finally meeting someone who isn’t “packaged” to her taste—who isn’t even on her “menu.” Tyler whines to God, “This Ain’t What I Ordered!” "Watch what unfolds as Tyler Kensington, the self-assured, "I grew up in church girl, experiences the Word growing up in her."

The ROSE OF DARBLEY is a story set in the Victorian era about a young man named Fredric (Freddie) Allon Harrington, who at the age of twenty attends Trinity College at Cambridge in England during mid-1840s. His close knit family lives at Greenhaven Estate near Cary, England, an agrarian community in Hampshire. His soon-to-be brother-in-law describes him as "the son of a country gentleman with all the charm and delights that position can bring. He is extremely intelligent. His country manners are--delightful. He is unpretentious, witty, likable, discernible, and amiable. He could be confortable in the society of the lowest field worker or the Queen of England." At the age of fourteen, after a severe illness, Freddie experiences a spiritual vision that has given direction for his life until he meets JoAnna Fleming, the young sister of William Fleming. It is JoAnna who keeps Freddie faithful to his vision.

The ROSE OF DARBLEY is a story set in the Victorian era about a young man named Fredric (Freddie) Allon Harrington, who at the age of twenty attends Trinity College at Cambridge in England during mid-1840s. His close knit family lives at Greenhaven Estate near Cary, England, an agrarian community in Hampshire. His soon-to-be brother-in-law describes him as "the son of a country gentleman with all the charm and delights that position can bring. He is extremely intelligent. His country manners are--delightful. He is unpretentious, witty, likable, discernible, and amiable. He could be confortable in the society of the lowest field worker or the Queen of England." At the age of fourteen, after a severe illness, Freddie experiences a spiritual vision that has given direction for his life until he meets JoAnna Fleming, the young sister of William Fleming. It is JoAnna who keeps Freddie faithful to his vision.

Baltimore-born Ireland Rose, daughter of Irish immigrants, must be married by her seventeenth birthday. Rose’s father finds a suitable husband, Captain Camden Lovell, twenty-seven years her senior. Captain Lovell takes his bride to Charleston, provides her with a beautiful home on the Battery and good standing in Charleston Society.

Three years later Rose is a widow. Captain Wyatt, her husband’s trusted employee is now in charge of her affairs. Rose senses he does not like her. One day he brings a young woman with child to her – and a secret that must be kept. A little girl is born, and Rose becomes a mother. Captain Wyatt offers to marry her in name only to protect her from Charleston society gossip, but she is determined she will not marry a second time for protection. She will marry for love or live alone.

Just three months later, August 31st, 1886 the city of Charleston suffers the worst earthquake of the century. Her beautiful home is in shambles. Rose has no choice but to return to her parents’ birthplace in Ireland. The only record she has of her Irish ancestry is in her mother’s Bible. She and her infant daughter take the next ship to Ireland. She has begun to hope she has finally found happiness when Captain Wyatt comes with news that shatters her heart.

Every person Rose loves is taken away. Her faith in God is shaken. There is a plan for her, but she can’t see it. Captain Wyatt breaks her heart, not once but twice.

Baltimore-born Ireland Rose, daughter of Irish immigrants, must be married by her seventeenth birthday. Rose’s father finds a suitable husband, Captain Camden Lovell, twenty-seven years her senior. Captain Lovell takes his bride to Charleston, provides her with a beautiful home on the Battery and good standing in Charleston Society.

Three years later Rose is a widow. Captain Wyatt, her husband’s trusted employee is now in charge of her affairs. Rose senses he does not like her. One day he brings a young woman with child to her – and a secret that must be kept. A little girl is born, and Rose becomes a mother. Captain Wyatt offers to marry her in name only to protect her from Charleston society gossip, but she is determined she will not marry a second time for protection. She will marry for love or live alone.

Just three months later, August 31st, 1886 the city of Charleston suffers the worst earthquake of the century. Her beautiful home is in shambles. Rose has no choice but to return to her parents’ birthplace in Ireland. The only record she has of her Irish ancestry is in her mother’s Bible. She and her infant daughter take the next ship to Ireland. She has begun to hope she has finally found happiness when Captain Wyatt comes with news that shatters her heart.

Every person Rose loves is taken away. Her faith in God is shaken. There is a plan for her, but she can’t see it. Captain Wyatt breaks her heart, not once but twice.

Lorina Hawkins has faced many tragedies in her life—rape, murder, and, worst of all, betrayal from her first love, Kelsey Jones. She decides to end the relationship. Kelsey, however, can’t accept the breakup and becomes obsessed with her.

She meets James Breckenridge III, known as Jimmy Austin, first at a jazz festival, then at a disco. Later, James saves her from the hands of three thugs trying to rape her. James has plenty of issues of his own: James has two twin boys resulting from a “quick fling” with Katy Fonteneau during the 1997 Mardi Gras. Katy is the sole daughter of parents who own an oil spill cleanup company, five plantation mansions, and numerous investments. He performs all the accounting and auditing tasks for Katy’s parents in return for a million a year salary and a lease with option to buy agreement for one of the mansions. DNA has shown that he is the father. He has decided not to marry her because he does not truly love her and believes that marriage is a life time commitment. Katy dies of a drug overdose. James agrees to raise the children with help from the nanny who is also related to the Fonteneaus.

James and Lorina confide in each other, their sole means of support. They pray in earnest and ask God to forgive them of their sins. They accept Jesus as their savior and decide to make God number one in their lives.

James first formally meets Kelsey in the New Orleans Police Headquarters break room. They start playing chess, but neither could accept defeat; The games could not end until they played to a stalemate. Unfortunately, life itself plays out the same way. Fortunately, the goodness of God triumphs over the evil forces of the Devil. Kelsey will resort to any means to get Lorina back, including rape, murder, and kidnapping—anything but true love and devotion. He is evil, truly a product of the Devil.

Lorina Hawkins has faced many tragedies in her life—rape, murder, and, worst of all, betrayal from her first love, Kelsey Jones. She decides to end the relationship. Kelsey, however, can’t accept the breakup and becomes obsessed with her.

She meets James Breckenridge III, known as Jimmy Austin, first at a jazz festival, then at a disco. Later, James saves her from the hands of three thugs trying to rape her. James has plenty of issues of his own: James has two twin boys resulting from a “quick fling” with Katy Fonteneau during the 1997 Mardi Gras. Katy is the sole daughter of parents who own an oil spill cleanup company, five plantation mansions, and numerous investments. He performs all the accounting and auditing tasks for Katy’s parents in return for a million a year salary and a lease with option to buy agreement for one of the mansions. DNA has shown that he is the father. He has decided not to marry her because he does not truly love her and believes that marriage is a life time commitment. Katy dies of a drug overdose. James agrees to raise the children with help from the nanny who is also related to the Fonteneaus.

James and Lorina confide in each other, their sole means of support. They pray in earnest and ask God to forgive them of their sins. They accept Jesus as their savior and decide to make God number one in their lives.

James first formally meets Kelsey in the New Orleans Police Headquarters break room. They start playing chess, but neither could accept defeat; The games could not end until they played to a stalemate. Unfortunately, life itself plays out the same way. Fortunately, the goodness of God triumphs over the evil forces of the Devil. Kelsey will resort to any means to get Lorina back, including rape, murder, and kidnapping—anything but true love and devotion. He is evil, truly a product of the Devil.