Today's Featured Books

Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on the work of Rev. Dr. Anne Hays Egan, a high-energy community building consultant who loves to write! Featured in today's special newsletter are three of Anne's books:

• Building Communities of Hope
• God's Eyes
• Moving Mama

Read on to learn more about these inspirational and enjoyable books and about Anne's work.

★★★★★ "Building each other up to do amazing things together." ~Amazon Vine Voice Review

Building Communities of Hope: How People are Making Positive Change

Each of us has the spirit and fire within to live in joy. We are built for it! We can make positive changes that empower and bring hope to ourselves and others. 

Building Communities of Hope is a guide for those of us who yearn for a change in our lives. It’s a roadmap for creating positivity and a meaningful difference in our communities and society. It’s a resource for those who need support and motivation to recover from life’s challenges. It is intended to help each of us:

• Believe in ourselves.
• Take steps to improve our lives.
• Address challenges and break through barriers.
• Build hope that’s our own – that’s practical and works for us.
• Strengthen our personal purpose and power.
• Win friends, influence, lead, and support others.
• Be a force for positive change in our communities.

We all face challenges…natural disasters, accidents, health issues, economic setbacks, and more. This book teaches that there is a way through and beyond these challenges, especially when we rely on each other. We have the power within us!

Praise for Building Communities of Hope

★★★★★ "A great book that guides readers toward building a strong community through good deeds. It is also a much-needed resource for self-healing from life’s challenges and advocating compassion, kindness, and love to support one another." ~Literary Titan, Gold Award

God's Eyes - A Vision for Us: Presence, Promise, and Power

Want a book that will help you get up in the morning, fired up and ready to take on the world? Want something that shares the power of spiritual transformation? Presence, promise, and power? This book may provide you with some great, practical tools.

God's Eyes is for seekers, those who know they're on a spiritual path, out-of-the-box thinkers, and all who want greater focus and purpose in their lives. God’s Eyes shares the author’s experience of a powerful vision where, for a minute, she got to see the world and its promise through what she experienced as God’s perspective. Early readers call the book profound, captivating, and transformative...a "great work" that is "much needed in our world."

Praise for God's Eyes

★★★★★ "A thought-provoking book that invites us to embrace the mystery of divine encounters, live in the slipstream of divine guidance, and contribute to a more compassionate world through small acts of kindness," ~Goodreads Review

Moving Mama: Taking Care of Mother During Her Final Years with Alzheimer's

More than 6.7 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's. Worldwide, more than 55 million people have dementia. Most of us need help and this book has a lot to offer.

Navigating the complexities of Alzheimer’s is life-changing. Caring for your loved one takes all you have in the way of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual stamina. There are also many gifts that come from the experience, and times of sacred space.

Anne Hays Egan lived through this struggle in her own family and has worked as a consultant in health and aging, In Moving Mama, Anne shares relatable stories and practical advice, including resources, hope, and guidance for what often feels like an overwhelming journey. 

Praise for Moving Mama

★★★★★ "A compassionate guide through Alzheimer's." ~Amazon Vine Voice Review 

★★★★★ "Valuable advice and strategies for navigating the complexities of elder care." ~Amazon Review

Free online Sunday: The Back Room. Join authors Jeffery Deaver, Karen Dionne, James L'Etoile, and Nishita Parekh for an evening of great conversation. Sunday, December 17, 6-8 PM CST. 

"The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation." ~Plato, Republic

Amazon #1 New Release in Jurisprudence; Biographies Lawyers & Judges; Trial Practice; Law Legal Education. The book, sometimes humorously, describes my memoir adventures as Prosecutor or Defense and I didn't care which. Childhood influences made me a “killer” trial lawyer driven by my desire to serve Justicia, The Lady of Justice. As a Samurai, I fell in love with her until we divorced. Learn the entire chaotic mental & acting process from meeting my client through the final verdict. Where “truth” clashes with “legal truth.” From $1.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 

Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on the first two books of the Pentacoven Chronicles, a new YA Fantasy series about courage, embracing our unique talents, and the powerful magic of friendship from author Sutton Scott:

• The Cusp: A Prequel - FREE!
• The Pact - From $4.99 (Free via Kindle Unlimited)

The Cusp: A Prequel (Pentacoven Chronicles Book 1)

Five young witches. An ancient prophecy. A summons that cannot be ignored.

Can five young witches, bred for the sole intent of saving a realm they never knew existed, find the magic within to save the country of Macornia? Or will the evil Faborian witches destroy them before they can fulfill their true destiny?

Fueled by vengeance against the evil witches who took my mother's life, I stumble upon a hidden truth in a sealed historical tome. Within its pages is a revelation that could save my cherished country and everyone I love from the powerful, evil witches of Faboria.

The catch? We must interfere in the realm of humans. Forbidden spells must be cast upon innocent mortals so that the five predicted to save us are born with magical powers.

With Faboria promising to kill or enslave us, the survival of our world teeters on the edge. These young, unsuspecting young witches are our last hope. But will they agree to carry out what they were born to do?

Praise for The Cusp

The Pact (Pentacoven Chronicles Book 2)

All I want in life is to survive the bullies in high school and get out of the depressing town where I’m being raised by my grandmother.

All that changes when Gran passes away—after she tells me the truth about who I really am: A witch. A witch with mind-reading abilities. A witch meant for greatness.

Before I know it, I’m swept away to a magical realm I never knew existed and enrolled at Moonstone Academy. Once there, I’m told I’m one of five girls bred for the sole purpose of saving the country of Macornia from the evil witches of Faboria. We have only a few weeks to learn how to use our magic or the enemy will eliminate or enslave the entire population of Macornia, witches and creatures alike.

A bond quickly develops between the five of us. For the first time, I begin to understand the power that can come from friendship. Courage and commitment to one another are the only way through the perils of this bewildering magical world.

If we can stay alive.

Praise for The Pact

Coming soon: Books 3, 4 & 5 of the Pentacoven Chronicles

          

Free online: Realms of Imagination. Join the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow to celebrate the launch of Realms of Imagination: Essays from the Wide Worlds of Fantasy, recently released by British Library Publishing as a companion volume to the Fantasy: Realms of Imagination exhibition. Thursday, December 14, 12:00 - 1:30 PM CST. 

"Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today." ~Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos