Author: klross35

  • ✍️ A Writer’s Life: The Quiet Work Behind the Words

    There’s a quiet side to writing that most people never see. It isn’t the finished book sitting on a shelf, or the moment someone turns the final page. It isn’t even the excitement of publishing or sharing your work with the world. A writer’s life exists mostly in the in-between. It lives in early mornings…

  • Fresh Pages and Second Chances

    🌷 My Book Addiction & More April 2026 Hello fellow readers 🤍 There’s something about April that feels like a quiet beginning. The days grow a little longer, the air feels softer, and everything seems to whisper that it’s okay to start again slowly, gently, in your own time. That’s what this month feels like…

  • Echoes of Forgotten Places by Helen Wand

    Book Description (Amazon.ca) The year is 1897. Julianna Lampert and her eight children depend on the family working the farm—recently cleared soil on land so rugged and windswept it defies their very existence. Join the family’s journey, from grieving their father’s passing and the death of their baby brother, to the arrival of Frank, who…

  • December 2025 Newsletter

    📚 My Book Addiction and More Welcome to the holiday edition of My Book Addiction and More! December is the perfect time to cozy up with new releases, sharpen your writing craft, and find thoughtful gifts for the book lovers in your life. Let’s dive in! 🎄 New Releases to End the YearDecember may be…

  • One More Mountain 

    Fleeing Iran for America by Mansur Nurdel with Jeannette Moninger Book Description (from Amazon.ca) This book is the inspirational true story of young man willing to risk it all. Since the Islamic Revolution began in 1979, millions of Iranians have fled to Turkey seeking refuge from religious and political persecution. In 1988, I was one…

  • unbroken spirit by Jade Lynn

    Book Description (from Amazon.ca) In this heartfelt and unflinchingly honest memoir, Jade recounts her harrowing journey from the depths of emotional abuse to the discovery of her inner strength and unyielding hope. Told with raw vulnerability and courage, this story traverses the painful terrain of manipulation, self-doubt, and isolation, painting a vivid picture of a…

  • Crossing Fifty-One by Debbie Russell

    Book Description (Amazon.ca) A week before Christmas 1951, Dr. Ralph Russell risked everything to voluntarily enter a locked federal drug-treatment facility known as a “narcotic farm.” Sixty-five years later, Dr. Russell’s granddaughter Debbie suffers a debilitating crisis of identity when her father (Dr. Russell’s oldest son), always her biggest fan, is accepted into hospice. Debbie’s…

  • Trini! Come! by W. Michael Farmer

    Book Description (from Amazon.ca) Held captive by the Apache, a young girl discovers the courage to survive… and the strength to choose her own path. In the rugged borderlands of northern Sonora and southern Arizona, twelve-year-old Trinidad Verdín’s life is forever changed when a brutal Apache raid claims her family and leaves her a captive…

  • The Golden Years Glitch by Judy Smith

    Author: Judy Smith ASIN: ‎ B0DLWC5MW9 Publisher: ‎ Wyatt-MacKenzie Publication Date: May 6 2025 Print length : ‎ 336 pages Genre: Women’s Fiction Book Description (from Amazon.ca) The Golden Years Glitch follows 70-year-old firecracker Andi Parker, a successful businesswoman, devoted mother and so-fun grandmother. She is also looking forward to her golden years with her sexy silver fox husband,…