Bøger af Michelle Stevens

Find out what happens to Beth after the flames... (Sequel to Phoenix of the Heart) Beth Lynn faces the new season of her life with courage. Despite a devastating loss, she's determined to embrace the future supported by Scott's love - a love that endures. However, her best friend Angie hides a terrible truth that will test their special bond and Glenn, Scott's longtime friend, holds a challenging secret of his own. A phoenix by nature, Beth unknowingly runs headlong into the flames, having stirred the wrath of Lucas - a man whose abusive past will ruin them both. The rage he carries runs deep, and she must depend on Glenn to shield her from the firestorm she's created. Will it be enough? For you see, a Phoenix is destined to be consumed by the flames.

Warning: This humorous-but tragic-love story set in the 1980s is guaranteed to please and tease all your emotions. Devoted teacher, Beth Lynn, falls hard for Scott Reiner, also known as The Keeper of the Lighthouse. He enters her world through the most unlikely of places-her computer. The handsome stranger rescues her from total humiliation, and his unconditional love becomes the catalyst for Beth's incredible journey. Phoenix of the Heart is a powerful story about the transforming power of love.

Now in paperback, a powerful and inspirational memoir of a shocking and improbable journey from torture to recovery.Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her: She's only eight years old, posing for her mother's boyfriend, Gary Lundquist--an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims. Little does she know that this will become her new reality for the next six years. Stevens can also pinpoint the moment she reconstituted the splintered pieces of her life: She's in cap and gown, receiving her Ph.D. in psychology--and the university's award for best dissertation.The distance between these two points is the improbable journey from torture, loss, and mental illness to healing, recovery, and triumph that is Stevens's powerful memoir, Scared Selfless. In this harrowing tale, Stevens, who was inspired to help others heal by becoming a psychotherapist, sheds light on the all-too-real threat of child sexual abuse, its subsequent psychological effects, and the best methods for victims to overcome their ordeals and, ultimately, thrive. Scared Selfless is both an examination of the extraordinary feats of the mind that are possible in the face of horrific trauma and Stevens's courageous testament to their power.