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First Chapter: Dead Blood City By Jo Denning #FirstChapter #ChapterOne

Title: Dead Blood City (Saoirse Reilly Series Book One) Author: Jo Denning Publisher: Leabhar & Fola Publishing House Pages: 333 Genre: Urban Fantasy Crime Thriller “Drowning might be like going to sleep. It would be nice to sleep forever – leave everything behind in the waking world.” Detective Saoirse Reilly commits to finding a missing child before dying by suicide. While investigating the kidnapping of Delaney Bascom, she is snared in the supernatural underbelly of Boston, Massachusetts. She will have to face her demons if she hopes to bring the girl home. Reilly has the dubious support of Emrys Somerled, a forensic psychologist with a cellar full of secrets,
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First Chapter: Silent Little Angels by Jennifer Chase #FirstChapter #ChapterOne

Title: Silent Little Angels: Detective Katie Scott Book 7   Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: Bookouture Pages: 402 Genre: Crime Thriller The water ripples as the girl’s body escapes the reeds and floats silently upwards. Her beautiful face—blue eyes frozen open, skin as white as snow—breaks the surface. But it’s too late, this innocent soul has taken her final breath… When camp counselor Carolyn Sable’s body is found floating in a lake beside Eagle Ridge Summer Camp, Detective Katie Scott must dig deep to stay focused. As a child, Katie spent many happy weeks at that camp toasting marshmallows on the fire with her best friend Jenny… until the day Jenny
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First Chapter: I Buried Paul by Bruce Ferber #FirstChapter #ChapterOne

Title: I Buried Paul Author: Bruce Ferber Publisher: The Story Plant Pages: 304 Genre: Adult Literary Fiction Book Blurb Jimmy Kozlowski has a regular gig playing Paul McCartney in the Beatles tribute band, Help!. The band is part of a cottage industry built around mimicry, where each group strives to be the ultimate Fake Fab Four. And none strives harder than Help!, thanks to Gene Klein, its John Lennon and leader. Gene’s just gotten his Medicare card and spends much of his time caring for his ailing mother. But he hasn’t lost a step on guitar or vocals, and is determined to take Help! to the top, his goal
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First Chapter: The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith #FirstChapter #ChapterOne #FirstChapterReveal

Title: THE URBAN BOYS: DISCOVERY OF THE FIVE SENSES BOOK 1 Author: K.N. Smith Publisher: Two Petals Publishing Pages: 340 Genre: YA Action Adventure / YA Thriller / Urban Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller BOOK BLURB: Welcome or unwelcome. Fate has arrived. “A captivating and poetic tale of mystery, fantasy, and reality tied together by action!” 5-stars, Lars Jackson, Amazon Customer A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become super-gifts that forever change the world. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory super powers in a race to save mankind. With
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First Chapter: Half Moon Lake by Steve Brock #FirstChapter #ChapterOne #HalfMoonLake

Title: HALF MOON LAKE Author: Steve Brock Publisher: Steve Brock Pages: 187 Genre: Suspense / Conspiracy BOOK BLURB: Crease Williams lived a charmed life with a bright future. Only in his junior year at Texas Christian University, his skills as a wide receiver had already captured the attention of NFL scouts. Then a tragedy cost him his family and his desire to play football. Personally devastated, he left his old life behind and got as far from Ft. Worth, TX, and football as he could get. Keeping mostly to himself, he became a float-plane pilot in the far north of Minnesota. Flying fisherman and hunters into remote locations was
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First Chapter: Erabon Prophecy Trilogy by Randy C. Dockens

Title: ERABON PROPHECY TRILOGY Author: Randy C. Dockens Publisher: Carpenter’s Son Publishing Genre: Christian Science Fiction BOOK BLURB: An exciting trilogy where an astronaut, nicknamed Nuke and working on an interstellar gate, is accidentally thrown so deep into the universe there is no way for him to get home. He does, however, find life on a nearby planet, one in which the citizens look very different from him. Although tense at first, he finds these aliens think he is the forerunner to the return of their deity and has been charged with reuniting the clans living on six different planets. What is stranger to him still is that while
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First Chapter: Moon Deeds by Palmer Pickering

Title: MOON DEEDS: STAR CHILDREN SAGA BOOK ONE Author: Palmer Pickering Publisher: Mythology Press Genre: Adult Fantasy/Science-Fiction BOOK BLURB “The path to power is cloaked in shadows, so if you avoid all the shadows, you’ll never learn anything.” It’s 2090: the last outpost of freedom is the moon, the best defense against technology is magic, and the only hope for humankind rests in the hands of the Star Children. Twins Cassidy and Torr must save Earth from a ruthless enemy at a time when the only force more powerful than alien technology is magic. Moon Deeds launches the siblings’ journey across the galaxy, where they must learn their power as
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  • April 20, 2022
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First Chapter: The Road To Me by Laura Drake

Title: The Road to Me Author: Laura Drake Publisher: The Story Plant Pages: 320 Genre: Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: Jacqueline Oliver is an indie perfumer, trying to bury her ravaged childhood by shoveling ground under her own feet. Then she gets a call she dreads―the hippie grandmother she bitterly resents was apprehended when police busted a charlatan shaman’s sweat lodge. Others scattered, but Nellie was slowed by her walker and the fact that she was wearing nothing but a few Mardi-Gras beads. Jacqueline is her only kin, so, like it or not, she’s responsible. Despite being late-developing next year’s scent, Jacqueline drops everything to travel to Arizona and pick
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  • April 19, 2022
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First Chapter: Riftsiders: Unlawful Possession by Paul A. Destefano

Title: RIFTSIDERS: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION Author: Paul A. Destefano Publisher: Wild Rose Press Pages: 292 Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB: Enrique Marin wants a quiet life after the death of his wife. Just one problem stands in the way–he’s possessed by the misanthropic English demon, Tzazin. A violent night under demonic influence accidentally leads Enrique to love, and it’s anything but quiet. Shy, autistic yoga instructor Elle thought allowing herself to be possessed by the very-not-shy sex demon Key would help her find love. She finds Enrique, but she didn’t count on coping with the anti-demon bigotry of society. Fate–and AA meetings for the possessed–brings them together,
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  • April 5, 2022
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First Chapter: Ticket to Ride by Winona Kent

Title: TICKET TO RIDE Author: Winona Kent Publisher: Blue Devil Books Pages: 230 Genre: Mystery / Amateur Sleuth BOOK BLURB: In Lost Time, the third book in Winona’s Jason Davey Mystery series, professional musician / amateur sleuth Jason Davey was rehearsing for Figgis Green’s 50th Anniversary Tour of England. Now they’re on the road in Ms. Kent’s fourth book in the series, Ticket To Ride. But when a fortune-teller in Sheffield warns them of impending danger, the band is suddenly plagued by a series of seemingly-unrelated mishaps. After Jason is attacked and nearly killed in Cambridge, and a fire alarm results in a very personal theft from Mandy’s hotel
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First Chapter: Sand Dollar Lane by Sheila Roberts

SAND DOLLAR LANE BY SHEILA ROBERTS Title: SAND DOLLAR LANE (Moonlight Harbor Series Book 6) Author: Sheila Roberts Publisher: Harlequin / Mira Genre: Women’s Fiction / Romance BOOK BLURB: Brody Green is finding it hard to recover after being dumped by his fiancée, Jenna Jones, then watching her walk down the aisle with someone else. Jenna is determined to make up for her love defection and find him the perfect woman, but Brody is done with love. First a divorce, then a broken engagement. From now on he’s keeping things light, no commitments. Luckily Brody’s business is booming. Beach Dreams Realty is the best real estate company in town.
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First Chapter: They Called Him Marvin by Roger Stark & Giveaway

THEY CALLED HIM MARVIN: A HISTORY OF LOVE, WAR, AND FAMILY BY ROGER STARK Title: THEY CALLED HIM MARVIN Author: Roger Stark Publisher: Silver Star Publishing Genre: Historical Romance/WW2/Family Saga BOOK BLURB: 18-year-old Pvt Dean Sherman goes to church with a friend in Salt Lake City. He meets 16-year-old Connie that will become his wife. After Pearl Harbor Dean applies for pilot training and is accepted. Dean joins Connie’s Mormon Church and they secretly become engaged. By the time Dean has commissioned a pilot, Connie is 18 and they marry and are together for a year and a half before he ships out as an Airplane Commander of a
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First Chapter: Sparks and Shadow by Ceara Nobles

Title: SPARKS AND SHADOW Author: Ceara Nobles Publisher: Riverside Press Genre: YA Fantasy Seattle is full of monsters, and I’m the only one who can see them. I’ve spent the last 17 years (AKA my whole life) pretending I can’t see the monsters who disguise themselves as humans. I may not have a place to live and my best friend may be moments away from getting in too deep with the city’s most dangerous drug lord, but I’m rolling with the status quo. That is, until I save my arch enemy’s stupid life and find myself in a warehouse full of monsters. Next thing I know, I’m in Monster
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First Chapter: Floating Underwater by Tracy Shawn

Title: FLOATING UNDERWATER Author: Tracy Shawn Publisher: Turbulent Muse Publishing Pages: 312 Genre: Women’s Fiction / Magical Realism / Psychological Fiction Part psychological fiction and part mystical fiction with a dash of magical realism, Floating Underwater follows a woman’s astonishing journey through the extraordinary and, ultimately, to her self-actualization and power. Fearful that her lifelong premonitions not only predict the future but can also change its very course, Paloma Leary is devastated when her latest vision foretelling a third miscarriage comes true. Falling into a mystifying world of increasingly bizarre phenomena, including a psychic connection with her mysterious neighbor, out-of-body experiences, and visits from her long-dead mother, Paloma grows desperate for
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First Chapter: Defiance and Redemption by Maria J. Andrade

By Maria J. Andrade Title: DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION: A LIFETIME OF UNBROKEN BONDS Author: Maria J. Andrade Publisher: Clara Publishing Pages: 250 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: Based on a true story, Defiance and Redemption, A Lifetime of Unbroken Bonds, brings to life the joys, dramas, and triumphs of two sisters, Eva and Victoria Alisio and their loyal friend Marta. The sisters are raised by their atheist Grandfather Marcus and religious Grandmother Maria Luisa. Eva, a proud and strong-willed young woman defies her family, society, and culture, faces scandal and disgrace, for her forbidden love affair. Victoria finds herself in the center of a multigenerational conflict as her benefactor bestows a great
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First Chapter: Awaken To Tarot by Karen La Puma

By Karen La Puma   Title: AWAKEN TO TAROT: BE YOUR OWN GUIDE WITH ASTROLOGY, NUMBERS AND THE TREE OF LIFE Author: Karen La Puma Publisher: Soul Source Publishing Pages: 420 (includes pictures) Genre: Nonfiction/Spiritual/Self-Help/Kabbalah/Astrology/Tarot BOOK BLURB: The Tarot is a visual system that reveals both our True Nature and our obstacles. Introducing a new Tarot deck, made with digital collage. Through pictures, symbols, meanings, questions, processes, Kabbalah, key words, and affirmations, you can learn to: Find ways to reflect your inner guidance. Explore the magical journey of evolution Blend Astrology, Numerology, and the Tree of Life with the Tarot Discover the power and implications of the symbols of
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First Chapter: I Am Not Brad Pitt and Other Stories by Ross Dreiblatt

By Ross Dreiblatt Title: I AM NOT BRAD PITT AND OTHER STORIES Author: Ross Dreiblatt Publisher: Stone Tiger Books Pages: 391 Genre: Literary Fiction/Humor/Satire BOOK BLURB: I AM NOT BRAD PITT is the first of three riotously absurd tales in Ross Dreiblatt’s debut short-story collection sending up America’s sometimes-fatal celebrity obsessions. “I Am Not Brad Pitt” opens in a prison cell in which Mr. Pitt’s clone-like doppelganger, Tobey Crawford, remorsefully recounts the sequence of unlikely events that resulted in his wrongful conviction for murder. The second story, “Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself,” considers the possibility that Keith Richards (along with, for good measure, Dolly Parton) is, indeed, a vampire. Nobel-Prize laureate Bob
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  • January 6, 2022
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First Chapter: The Witch of Rathborne Castle by Virginia Barlow

By Virginia Barlow Title: THE WITCH OF RATHBORNE CASTLE Author: Virginia Barlow Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 330 Genre: Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB: Lady Jane Lenwood is abandoned and alone in an empty castle in the middle of a dark twisted forest. The locals call her a witch because she has the “sight.” When a wounded stranger is found within the gates, she is warned he carries secrets and their lives will be intertwined. Lady Jane walks with a limp following a riding accident the night her mother left her. And had given up on having a normal life. She blames her misfortune on the current Duke of Rathborne.
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  • January 3, 2022
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First Chapter: Through Dangerous Doors by Robert Charles Lee

THROUGH DANGEROUS DOORS By Robert Charles Lee Title: THROUGH DANGEROUS DOORS Author: Robert Charles Lee Publisher: Wido / E.L. Marker Pages: 212 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: In a life defined by risk, Robert Charles Lee experiences a poor and free-ranging childhood in the racist South of the 1960s. After his father dies, the family grows dysfunctional. As a result, teen-age Robert seeks sanity and solace by rock climbing solo and driving cars fast. He wins a scholarship and graduates from university, but still seeks to escape the South. Moving to Alaska and the Western US, Robert works in a series of dangerous and brutal jobs. He meets and marries Linda,
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📚First Chapter Reveal: THE WILLING By Lindsay Lees

THE WILLING By Lindsay Lees Title: THE WILLING Author: Lindsay Lees Publisher: Indpendent Pages: 299 Genre: Dystopian BOOK BLURB: In less than a year, fifteen-year-old Gypsy Capone will be considered a woman in Ovoidia, a “utopian” city-state where every woman can be approached for immediate sex by any man, where curving architecture adds weird whimsy, sporks are the only cutlery, and true intimacy between the genders is a sign of suspect subversion. After all, if a woman just plays along, she’ll also do her job and have children, with the reward of a fine home in the “Communities,” where she and the other “Mamas” live together in harmony with everything
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  • August 18, 2021
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📚First Chapter Reveal: WORDS KILL by David Myles Robinson

WORDS KILL By David Myles Robinson BOOK BLURB: Famed reporter Russell Blaze is dead. It appears to be an accident, but after Russ’s funeral, his son, Cody, finds a letter in which his father explains that the death may have been murder. It directs Cody to Russ’s unfinished memoir for clues as to what may have happened. The opening words are: On the night of October 16, 1968, I uttered a sentence that would haunt me for the rest of my life. The sentence was, “Someone should kill that motherfucker.” As Cody delves into the memoir, a window opens into a tragic past and thrusts the still-burning embers of another time’s radical violence into the
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  • August 4, 2021
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📚First Chapter Reveal: SONS OF THE SPHINX By Cheryl Carpinello

SONS OF THE SPHINX By Cheryl Carpinello BOOK BLURB: A grandmother’s gift usually bring happiness. Rosa’s gift: a very different story. Hearing the dead alienated her from classmates. Not good for a 15-year-old. Many times very insistent, the dead cared little for her surroundings. They even bothered her in class. Dates? Forget that. Then one day, he shows up in her room. An old dead guy. A really old famous dead guy. In living human form! Thrilling story of battling good and evil in an ancient world. CHAPTER ONE I don’t see dead people. I hear them. I talk to them. Boy, you should try that. Talk about people looking at
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📚First Chapter Reveal: TUTANKHAMEN SPEAKS By Cheryl Carpinello

TUTANKHAMEN SPEAKS By Cheryl Carpinello BOOK BLURB: From over 3000 years ago comes the voice of the Boy King. Scrolls found buried in the basement of the Egyptian Museum. Transcribed in an ancient hand. Record the words of King Tut for all to read. Tutankhamen answers all of the lingering questions, including the big one. Discover the real story behind this famous pharaoh. Transport yourself back to an Ancient Egypt filled with mystery, magic, and danger! CHAPTER ONE Dear _________,           Long ago the old texts of ancient Egypt alluded to a scroll in which King Tut spoke to the people from beyond the tomb. Many archeologists put this down
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  • July 3, 2021
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📚First Chapter Reveal: BANDITS OF BASSWOOD By E.P. Bellows

BANDITS OF BASSWOOD: JOHN WILLIAM DRAKE PART 1 By E.P. Bellows BOOK BLURB: John William Drake was born an explorer; just like many, many Drakes before him. His adventure really began with the discovery of a book hidden in the ceiling, followed by the mysterious disappearance of his father. He lived every day in misery until his twelfth birthday. A new friend gave him an invitation he could not turn down… follow me and change your destiny. He never imagined being captured by bandits and taken to a ship riddled with river rats was part of his fate. Not just any bandits – the Bandits of Basswood; known to be
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  • July 3, 2021
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📚First Chapter Reveal: TELL HER SHE CAN’T: INSPIRING STORIES OF UNSTOPPABLE WOMEN By Kelly Lewis

TELL HER SHE CAN’T: INSPIRING STORIES OF UNSTOPPABLE WOMEN By Kelly Lewis BOOK BLURB: Who says you can’t? Tell Her She Can’t is the manifesto for every woman who has been told she isn’t strong enough, smart enough, or capable enough to excel-and the motivational anthem for those who have succeeded despite doubt. Entrepreneur Kelly Lewis shares the true stories of 35 inspirational women who overcame the naysayers to achieve “impossible” dreams. Tell Her She Can’t is packed with motivational stories of adventurers, changemakers, and prevailers who have taken on the world to become pioneers in their fields or challenged gender stereotypes to build million-dollar businesses. These inspiring women transformed adversity into
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📚First Chapter Reveal: MY FEATS IN THESE SHOES: A SOLELY ORIGINAL MEMOIR by Ronda Beaman

MY FEATS IN THESE SHOES: A SOLEY ORIGINAL MEMOIR By Ronda Beaman BOOK BLURB: If memoirs, done right, tap the right sort of personal journey to ignite fresh insight and inspiration into the human journey, then what better way to humorously and poignantly illuminate the sequential steps and stages of life than with shoes? “My Feats in These Shoes” is an exuberantly spunky woman’s spirited and irrepressible romp—slips, missteps, leaps, scuffs, and twirls—toward becoming something bigger, something better, something more. Far from serving up trauma porn (or emotional bunions), this memoir is an upbeat, humorous, affectionate and affecting coming of age memoir that ends each chapter with a ‘Put Yourself
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📚First Chapter Reveal: ASCENSION (THE DEMON HUNTERS SERIES BOOK ONE) by A.S. Fenichel

ASCENSION (THE DEMON HUNTERS BOOK ONE) By A.S. Fenichel BOOK BLURB: When demon hunters threaten London, even ladies must answer the call… Lord Gabriel Thurston returns home from war to find his fiancée much changed. She’s grown from a sweet girl into a mysterious woman who guards her dark secrets well. When he sees her sneaking away from a ball, he’s convinced it’s for a lover’s rendezvous. Following her to London’s slums, Gabriel watches in horror as his fiancée ruthlessly slays a man. Lady Belinda Clayton’s only concern was her dress for the next ball—until demons nearly killed her, and a group of Demon Hunters saved her life. Now, a
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📚First Chapter Reveal: SAFE HARBOUR By Mike Martin

Title: SAFE HARBOUR Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing Pages: 264 Genre: Mystery BOOK BLURB: Sgt. Windflower is on a special assignment in St. John’s and adjusting to life in the big city. He is navigating traffic, a difficult boss at work and what seems like an epidemic of missing girls. He becomes more interested when he discovers that one of the girls is from Grand Bank. Then a girl approaches his RCMP van one night and he is pulled into the underlife of the capital city. But he still manages to enjoy all of the good things in life. His family, old and new friends, and
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📚First Chapter Reveal: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MASK by W.L. Brooks

Title: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MASK Author: W.L. Brooks Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 302 Genre: Romantic Suspense BOOK BLURB: Is Alexandra McKay the reason her sister Fletcher left town? Yes. Does that mean Alex wants to put her life on hold to bring the little beast back? No! But when she discovers her sister’s been abducted, Alex will do whatever it takes to rescue her. Giving up his PI gig was tough, but Jake Keller would rather do that any day than partner up with Alexandra McKay. Unfortunately, if he wants to find his friend Fletcher, he has to work with Her Royal Pain-in-the-Behind-ness. Hot or not,
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  • May 2, 2021
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📚First Chapter Reveal: REFLECTIONS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE GLASS CEILING by Stephanie Battaglino

Title: REFLECTIONS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE GLASS CEILING: FINDING MY TRUE SELF IN CORPORATE AMERICA Author: Stephanie Battaglino Publisher: L’Oste Vineyard Press Pages: 286 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB For Stephanie Battaglino, her lifelong journey of self-discovery closely paralleled her daily grind of  trudging up the corporate ladder. Amidst the successes and failures of working as a male in the corporate world, Stephanie finally realized that the only path to career fulfillment was to embrace her true self once and for all. That it resulted in her becoming the first officer in the history of New York Life to come out on the job as transgender is not surprising. What was surprising
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