Bøger af Lisa Kaiser

We have been watching the world spin out of control. It's time to stop the crazy and get things back in order. It's time to work together to get back to basics and do what's right, not what's expected.

Once a rock star, always a rock star...Maggie Morgan never wanted to be a rock star. Shy but talented, she just wanted to sing -- and prove her doubters wrong, including herself.Partnering with her lover, the self-destructive guitarist Aaron Fields, Maggie led the Four Furies as they conquered the 1970s rock scene in Los Angeles. Her peerless, pitch-perfect voice captivated millions of fans, while the Four Furies' songs revealed the drama of her combustible relationship with Aaron, one spiked with affairs, obsession, addiction -- and plenty of revenge.But rock stardom meant nothing to Maggie when she discovered she was pregnant while her relationship with Aaron was crumbling. Maggie cemented her legend by breaking up the Four Furies in the most rock and roll way. Then she went straight. She began earning her success slowly and steadily as an interior decorator and raised her son Sage as a single mom in the Chicago suburbs. And she never sang another note.Fast forward twenty years. Sage reunites with his father, Aaron, now clean and sober and the proprietor of a holistic retreat center in the Wisconsin countryside. Of course Maggie won't let Sage fall under the spell of Aaron. But if Maggie wants to maintain a relationship with her son, she'll have to make peace with Aaron -- and her complicated past.I NEVER WANTED TO BE A ROCK STAR is the compelling story of an introvert's ambition, fears, and resilience set amid the chaotic world of 70s rock stardom and the rural idyll of Wisconsin's Kickapoo Valley.LISA KAISER is a recovering journalist in Wisconsin. She coauthored three nonfiction books about shy people: Shyness: A Bold New Approach; The Shyness Breakthrough; and Shyness: The Ultimate Teen Guide. This is her first novel. For more information, go to lisakaiserthewriter.com.

Can a rock star handle reality?If Maggie Morgan hadn't wanted to become a rock star but shot to fame as the lead singer of the Four Furies back in the 1970s, then she really hadn't intended to become the owner of the Karma Community, a retreat center in the tiny town of New Elm in rural Wisconsin thirty years later. Especially when that retreat center had been run by her volatile ex-lover and bandmate, Aaron Fields. Especially when she had to sell a tell-all interview about her relationship with Aaron to pay for the property. Success can't come soon enough. The business is blowing through money, Aaron and his young wife are expecting a baby, and Maggie is faced with making deep cuts in the Karma Community, threatening their way of life. So when Maggie is presented with an offer-make that offers-that capitalize on her Four Furies legacy, her judgment, independence, and resilience are put to the test.PRAISE FOR THE FOUR FURIES SERIES"A brilliantly crafted rock and roll epic filled with conflicted but sympathetic characters who draw you in to the point where you feel like you know them personally and share their feelings of past glories and present angst as they travel life's twisting path. A kick-ass story that will draw you in like a favorite song."-Bill Zaferos, author, Poison PenLISA KAISER is a recovering journalist in Wisconsin and the co-author of three nonfiction books about shy people. DEEP CUTS is the sequel to I NEVER WANTED TO BE A ROCK STAR in the Four Furies series. When she's not writing, she listens to the musicians who inspired this series: Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Richard and Linda Thompson, and the Eagles. For more information, go to lisakaiserthewriter.com.

NEW YEAR'S DAY 2003Six months after arriving at the Karma Community in western Wisconsin. Twenty-two years since breaking up the Four Furies onstage at the height of their fame. Thirty-two years since meeting Aaron Fields, the guitarist who turned her into a rock star, despite her shyness.2003 will be a very eventful year for Maggie Morgan. Facing near ruin-again-she realizes her biggest battle is with herself and her rock star past. And her rock star future.ECHO is the final book in the Four Furies Trilogy, following I NEVER WANTED TO BE A ROCK STAR and DEEP CUTS. Lisa Kaiser is a recovering journalist in Wisconsin. She has collaborated with Bernardo Carducci, Ph.D., on three nonfiction books about shy people. ECHO is her third novel and the final book in the Four Furies Trilogy. For more information, go to lisakaiserthewriter.com.PRAISE FOR THE FOUR FURIES TRILOGY"A brilliantly crafted rock and roll epic filled with conflicted by sympathetic characters who draw you in to the point where you feel like you know them personally and share their feelings of past glories and present angst as they travel life's twisting path. A kick-ass story that will draw you in like a favorite song."-Bill Zaferos, author, Poison Pen

While a number of books have been published on social anxiety disorder, few focus on teen readers. This book examines myths about shyness and explores why some individuals are shy, why others aren't, and what teens can do about it-now and in the future.