Arlene Marie Muller's Destiny Trilogy continues in Taming Maddie: Destiny II. Every decision and every experience in the lives of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie has led them to each other. Maddie enters puberty with raw emotions heighten by nightmares in which she revisits the fears and pain of her past. Kay must answer the question why if she is ever to be trusted again. She is not the same person she used to be, and does not know why she hurt the people she loved the most. She wants forgiveness, but must forgive herself first. Joanna cannot control Maddie's dreams, but in Maddie's waking hours, she can fill her life with an abundance of love in an attempt to tame her haunting nightmares and turn them into beautiful dreams full of hope and endless possibilities. She is the source from which Kay and Maddie get their strength. Will her unconditional love be enough to heal the heartache of their pasts? Destiny I and II are contemporary dramas that whisks you through the lives of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie, three very distinct and dynamic women seeking the same connection to love and family. At ease in cowboy boots or high heels, Joanna is an earth mother who longs to be barefoot and pregnant. At eighteen I was a runway model in Paris. I thought I'd work for five or six years, then marry and start a family. At thirty-five, I wanted to be living on a ranch, with kids and dogs running in and out of the house all day, and a loyal and devoted husband making love to me all night. A diva at twenty-one, Kay, reached the height of success as a supermodel, while she broke every heart she met along the way. I have casual affairs with people I don't love, and who don't love me, because if there's no commitment, I won't feel like I've been deserted when the relationship ends. Tender, motherless Maddie, twelve, alone and scared after feeling abandoned at a boarding school far from home, finds solace and companionship in the wild splendor of the Oregon countryside. I live in a constant state of longing, and a kind look from a stranger, a gentle touch of a housekeeper's hand, or a reassuring smile from a teacher, make the love I yearn for bearable. Follow the intricate twists and turns of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie's lives as their different journeys lead them to the same destiny.

Kate Walker stared at a five by seven inch photograph mounted in a shiny silver frame, which sat prominently on her desk. It was a picture of four young girls with their arms around each other's shoulders, and their broad smiles aimed at the camera as they stood beside Mickey Mouse at Disneyland. Whenever she was having a bad day, she stared at the photo, because it never failed to make her smile. The photo was from the summer of 1986, when she was eight, and all arms and legs with front teeth the size of butter beans. Her three friends hardly resembled the sophisticated women they were today. Kristin Vaccaro, the oldest at fourteen, had a mouth full of braces. Claire Vaccaro, her best friend, was eight like herself, had knobby knees, and baby Annie Vaccaro, one, who clutched Kate like a koala bear gripping a tree, had a remnant of everything she ate that day on the front of her blouse. Shortly after the photo was taken, Kate's world changed, and the bliss she felt then eluded her ever since. The deep, emotional bonds Kate had with Claire and her sisters, Kristin and Annie, meant more to her than life itself. They were the only people in her life with whom she had any semblance of intimacy. No, having sex with men didn't mean she was intimate with them. Men borrowed her body, but her friends owned her heart and soul. Only in her relationship with the Vaccaro family, and her friendship with each sister, did she receive total acceptance and love. With Claire, she could always count on her honesty. Kristen was her source of strength. From Annie came unconditional love and adoration, because in Annie's eyes, Kate was perfect. Each of these women held a special place in Kate's life. They were her mother, sister, teacher, conscience, and role models. She loved and worshiped them, and thanked God every day for gracing her life with their presence. They would be with her every step of the way as she made the journey of healing from abuse as a child, to reaching her elusive dreams as a woman.

Destiny is a contemporary drama that whisks you through the lives of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie, three very distinct and dynamic women seeking the same connection to love and family. At ease in cowboy boots or high heels, Joanna is an earth mother who longs to be barefoot and pregnant. "At eighteen I was a runway model in Paris. I thought I'd work for five or six years, then marry and start a family. At thirty-five, I wanted to be living on a ranch, with kids and dogs running in and out of the house all day, and a loyal and devoted husband making love to me all night." A diva at twenty-one, Kay, reached the height of success as a supermodel, while she broke every heart she met along the way. "I have casual affairs with people I don't love, and who don't love me, because if there's no commitment, I won't feel like I've been deserted when the relationship ends." Tender and soulful, Maddie, twelve, alone and scared after feeling abandoned at a boarding school far from home, finds solace and companionship in the wild splendor of the Oregon countryside. "I live in a constant state of longing, and a kind look from a stranger, a gentle touch of a housekeeper's hand, or a reassuring smile from a teacher, make the love I yearn for bearable." Follow the intricate twists and turns of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie's lives as their different journeys lead them to the same destiny.

BOOK THREE OF DESTINY TRILOGY Arlene Marie Muller continues the journeys of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie in Kay Rising: Destiny III. From the age of sixteen, Kay's private life had been on public display. Everything she did, including who she did, was public knowledge. Her love affairs with men and women, her drug abuse, and her disrespect for authority and outrageous teenage rebellions had all been fodder for the media. At the time, she thought any publicity was good publicity, and actively sought the attention of the media. She had it all, beauty, success and money before she was old enough to vote, and she thought the adulation from her fans, and the constant media attention would make her feel loved and worthy of the success she had attained. It never did. Kay saw herself for what she was, an angry, bitter, self-destructive drug addict living a chaotic celebrity life under a microscope, who had betrayed the people she loved most in the world. Though Joanna and Maddie have forgiven her, will she ever be able to forgive herself? The Destiny Trilogy are contemporary dramas that whisks you through the lives of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie, three very distinct and dynamic women seeking the same connection to love and family. At ease in cowboy boots or high heels, Joanna is an earth mother who longs to be barefoot and pregnant. "At eighteen I was a runway model in Paris. I thought I'd work for five or six years, then marry and start a family. At thirty-five, I wanted to be living on a ranch, with kids and dogs running in and out of the house all day, and a loyal and devoted husband making love to me all night." A diva at twenty-one, Kay, reached the height of success as a supermodel, while she broke every heart she met along the way. "I have casual affairs with people I don't love, and who don't love me, because if there's no commitment, I won't feel like I've been deserted when the relationship ends." Tender, motherless Maddie, twelve, alone and scared after feeling abandoned at a boarding school far from home, finds solace and companionship in the wild splendor of the Oregon countryside. "I live in a constant state of longing, and a kind look from a stranger, a gentle touch of a housekeeper's hand, or a reassuring smile from a teacher, make the love I yearn for bearable." Follow the intricate twists and turns of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie's lives as their different journeys lead them to the same destiny.

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