By Amie McCracken

Leaning Into the Abyss

In a parallel universe, Rhea’s husband-to-be Andrew dies on their wedding day, falling from a cliff while her best friend Luke watches. She is besieged by grief, unanswered questions, and the swirling hurricane of demands Andrew’s parents make on her, ordering her to restore a family treasure.

A widow in one reality and seeking normality in another. But she is drowning in memories of her mother, who died when she was a teenager. She resists the smothering control of her elder sister Phoebe and feels betrayed by her father’s passivity. Meanwhile Luke, who should be her rock, vanishes into his own pain.

The time has come to stop meeting the expectations of others. To find meaning, Rhea must open up the dreams she once held dear. She accepts a new job in Mexico as a psychologist in an orphanage. To find fulfillment, she will need to leave those she loves and strike out on her own. But something is still not settled back home, and she’ll have to face the storm head on.

Can the Day of the Dead mark the day Rhea truly starts living? When universes run parallel to one another, where does true happiness lie?

By Amie McCracken

Emotionless

Elias is a changeling, a man without hormones, emotionless.

Emotional Modification Therapy has made logic and reason powerful, but new information questions the validity of the process. Elias has no desires. It wouldn’t be natural. Until a woman, Aloisa, walks into his lab at the hospital and unfamiliar cravings overpower him.

Aloisa’s husband, Jordan, is convinced that the monetary reward for becoming a changeling will be enough for Aloisa to live lavishly. Against her wishes, he leaves. She knows why; she refuses to let him disappear. She would much prefer love to money.

In pursuit of Jordan and freedom, Aloisa and Elias are both on the run from the government. Their paths intersect, and their true connection becomes clear; Elias’s emotions return with a vengeance.

But will they be allowed to survive after all they’ve been through?

By Amie McCracken and Katie Rössler

Giving Birth to Motherhood

Embrace being a mom through the powerful healing process of writing your birth story

On the other side of pregnancy and birth lies the journey of motherhood. But when you enter that phase of life burdened by a traumatic birth experience, you might find it harder to bond with your baby, connect with your new identity, and move forward in your relationships.

Sometimes having a healthy baby and having survived the birth is not enough. And yet it’s not always obvious that a birth was problematic, or that it could be holding you back from healing. Giving Birth to Motherhood will help you explore what you envisioned for your birth, understand what actually happened, and write throughout the process to find catharsis. With easy journal prompts and short chapters, you will:

• • • • Make sense of what made the experience challenging
      • Know how to balance emotions with the logical events that occurred
      • Feel supported with tools on how to navigate what emerges as you write
      • Bring clarity to what you remember and what you want to remember
      • Have a story that you feel comfortable sharing
      • Understand how your story can change the system
      • And step into motherhood as a whole being