As a mom, there's no escaping the deep-rooted need to keep your children on the right path. But what if one of your teenage kids thinks the path to happiness is through a sex change? And what if the other, while flailing around, trying to find his way, pops out five alternate personalities? Teenage suicide keeps creeping into your thoughts. Some parents face that risk once... but twice? How do you keep from having a nervous breakdown? How do you help the entire family find peace again? Secret Selves is the surprising, touching, and sometimes humorous account of a mother trying to ease the panic and accept the unthinkable twists fate has dropped in her lap. Jamie Johnson's memoir is a deeply personal account of her family's struggles and triumphs. It is shared with courage and honesty. Johnson explains how even her doubts and mistakes while raising her two very interesting children helped her to see life through different eyes. A heartwarming story about what it means to love. A story about hope.

IT'S LIFE AT THE BOOKSTORE --- FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOOKS Set in Sanders and Bowman Bookstore, newly arrived novel Spy Needle is place alongside the beautiful love story River Runs True. The two "covermates" share their hopes, their plans, and their achievements at they interact with fellow books and their beloved staff. Spy quickly gains a reputation as a supreme storyteller, entertaining his comrades with the comical escapades of Sonny Needle, his main character. The book community band together with ingenious attempts to place self help books ito the hands of several troubled employees. Along the way the books laugh, love and cry their way through triumph and disaster. In this satirical view of the publishing industry, Jamie Johnson's literary characters take a humorous swipe at the conglomerates who control their destiny. In taking on the publishing titans, the books ultimately expose the abundant faults of a misguided human race.

Earth is stuck in the dark ages and distant powers from another galaxy want to find out why. The task falls to Menza, a resident of Hammerhead Galaxy with an IQ of 800. He's teamed with legendary adventurer JP to visit the troubled planet. Menza quickly befriends a lively bunch of humans who bring unexpected humor and emotion to his life. There's Marilyn, a beautiful blonde who steals his heart after he almost blows up her car while pumping gas. Then there's Truman, the local "crazy" songwriter who spouts government conspiracy theories and owns the Jumping Cow, a pub that brews the beer Menza desperately needs to stay alive. Menza finds the majority of the human race to be warm, loving people who don't know they're in serious danger of extinction from forces within. Menza's concern for the safety of his friends and his love for one special girl bring the powers of the universe together in an effort to rescue humanity.