Renee Rousseau, a young college girl, uncovers shocking secrets of her past in old Cliff High, a seacliff house where her ancestors have lived for 200 years. Secrets that would change her life and send her ordered world down a different path.

Sometimes the strong emotions of the past continue to live in the atmosphere where they are comfortable and the phantom listeners who watch silently will be heard from. People are not who they seem to be and even those that are closest sometimes harbor dark secrets.

She meets a young doctor and, together, they root out the secrets of Cliff High. Renee is shocked at some of the sins, murders and intrigues that come to light after all the passing years. As the shocking indiscretions emerge, she learns much about many people--including herself.

* Increases our respect and compassion for ourselves and others

The original idea of writing cracked porcelain was to bring to you a message that life is not all about happiness, sometimes we have to experience sad moments. Cracked porcelain is about abuse and finding your own way of coping with the aftermath of such a vile act. It is also about finding your own comfort zone and living happily in a place that you feel safe in. It is about being comfortable with your own sexuality and gender many lives have been destroyed through someone else's ignorance. I aim to shock in some ways by being blunt and forth right in my writing I do not apologise for this as it is my way of getting my point of view across. May I suggest that if you have been abused in any way, that you seek help there are many people like Ruth who are willing to help you. Don't fight things on your own no one is an island and many people have been in situations like Pamela or Ruth.

Criminal World is a magazine dedicated to investigating crime all over the world; the reporters and photographers gather details of crime from victims, police records, and criminals themselves. The team takes steps to ensure that the public are provided with detailed accounts of events with graphic pictures that questionably cannot be compared with any other crime magazine. Samantha King is a reporter who joined the team from the Australian office of Criminal World. She is courageous and determined to get what she wants. She is also outspoken and uses her beauty to get what she wants; unfortunately, she tends to offend people with her bad language and temper. Fiona Ellington is one of the reporters and also a daughter of the editor, who is strong-minded and a force to be reckoned with as she immerses all her energy into finding a good story. Her life is Criminal World and anything else in life takes a back shelf, including love and marriage. Stuart Elliot was a photographer who spent a few years as a wedding photographer and then ventured into the world photographing models. He moved into the area of crime when he found himself actually photographing a murder as it happened. Daniel Harrison, another reporter that used to work in war zones, had a history in the army and used it to help him on location in remote areas. He achieved many things in his younger life, recognising an opportunity for a story an every moment. He was said to even sleep with a notepad in his bed. Many other people worked for Criminal World of course, and the main offices employed computer experts and retired scientists surprisingly enough. It was a thriving concern and the connections with other areas of expertise helped to make the magazine more accurate and credible. The World Wide Web, or Internet, serves as a valuable asset for Criminal World in order to receive vital information for the magazine.

Cracked Porcelain is about a nurse called Ruth and patient called Pamela who forms a relationship. To complicate matters, Ruth is being terrorized by Malcolm, her ex-boyfriend, who happens to be a violent psychopath. Pamela encourages Ruth into the world of modeling. The story deals with issues around lesbian relationships and altered body image. The story also surrounds mental health issues and stigmas behind both mental health and same-sex relationships. This is an insight into the forbidden love between a professional and patient, each with their own demons. It's all about the drama that surrounds their relationship in the fashion world, with a few twists and turns along the way. Guaranteed to leave you thinking.

ULTIMATE PURPOSE This book is a collection of stories, which are fictitious, however like stories Beyond Belief book one, some of the characters are real and some situations can be believable. I will leave it to your own imagination which parts are factual and where I got most of the characters for my books, needless to say a lot of people I have either worked with or met over the years. The idea of 'Blood Trail' is to follow the life of a vampire who desires to be human again, after years of taking blood to survive she asks God to help her become a human and live a normal life once more. To achieve this she has to accomplish tasks and defeat the vampire that made her a vampire. The next story called Cracked Porcelain - Broken Wing and Lost Souls' follows the career and life of a psychiatric nurse called Ruth, her journey of life involves being involved with a murderous psychopath and finding her own comfort zone after childhood abuse. She is also discovering her own sexuality in an ever changing world where same sex relationships are just being excepted, with this and the shock of her friend Kathy discovering that she has cancer. Amidst all the dilemma her dead girl friend Pamela lurks in the shadows as a ghost watching over Ruth. The third story is about a guardian angel called Faith who in her efforts, helps a number of people in their life to survive many problems. Faith has to learn to understand humans in order to help them and so she lives amongst them for a while. But her adversary Dawn attempts to prevent from helping people and causes her harm, she eventually destroys Dawn and her wicked demons and is attacked by her sister Sonia in a desperate attempt to take over the earth. Now after the failed efforts to invade the earth, the demons try a more subtle approach to conquering the earth with a more intense style of evil warfare. Fiona is the latest demon to be sent to a prison to capture souls and recruit an army of demons that will rule the earth. A girl called Jodie has been chosen as the main target, she is in prison for murder and considered ideal to join Satan's army. Faith has to enter the prison in order to save her and prove that she can be a true guardian angel.

Do you believe in angels? During the course of human history man has believed not only in God, speaking of him in books such as the bible and the Quran as well as other religious documentation. But also spoke about spirit creatures that fly and take on many forms known as angels. In fact the angels were often described as wearing white robes and hallos, with large wings that help them fly though the air invisibly. The angels were gods creatures and given specific tasks by god to serve him and protect the earth and its inhabitants. But not all angels were considered good, as some rebelled against god and became fallen angels, Satan led these ones causing devastation and wars throughout the earth

Sarah has written four stories in this book that deal with the unusual and sometimes the bizarre. These stories explore areas of the imagination that leave the reader thinking about various aspects of mental health and questions whether or not certain things are real or imaginary. In the first story 'Understanding Jodie' the author questions the moral ethics of a teenage girl. The second story 'Living with Faith' is about an angel learning to protect others living as a mortal. The third story is Alison's lifelong diary questioning her poor lifestyle following her death, only to experience her life again with radical changes. Finally the most bizarre of all stories 'The secret life Helen Harris' about a woman who wants to change her life and is helped but with drastic consequences.

Cracked porcelain continues with this sequel about 'Ruth's story' Following the death of Pamela, Ruth continues her life. She is tormented by her past and needs to resolve many issues before she can finally move on and live a normal life. But Ruth is soon moved out of her comfort zone when issues from the past return to haunt her life. Her psychopathic ex boyfriend Malcolm died after falling from Pamela's apartment balcony and his brother Frank threatens to avenge his death. Ruth also becomes involved in the gay pride International parades and is a voice for the freedom of all oppressed people in society. This causes a problem within the religious aspect of the community who verbally attack anyone who they feel oppose the bible and its teachings. But Ruth never stands alone somewhere in the shadows a friend fights for her; Pamela is around if not in body then in spirit. This story highlights subjects from the first book and brings the memories flooding back with as many twists and turns along the way.

Renee Rousseau, a young college girl, uncovers shocking secrets of her past in old Cliff High, a seacliff house where her ancestors have lived for 200 years. Secrets that would change her life and send her ordered world down a different path.

Sometimes the strong emotions of the past continue to live in the atmosphere where they are comfortable and the phantom listeners who watch silently will be heard from. People are not who they seem to be and even those that are closest sometimes harbor dark secrets.

She meets a young doctor and, together, they root out the secrets of Cliff High. Renee is shocked at some of the sins, murders and intrigues that come to light after all the passing years. As the shocking indiscretions emerge, she learns much about many people--including herself.