Bøger af M. Sembera

In A Tangled Web, unwelcome and devastating information about their past causes Ren to rethink her plans.The Rennillia Series: The story begins with Rennillia escaping an abusive relationship. Finding refuge with old friends, she tries to put her past behind her, only to find it impossible. Once her reason for leaving is revealed they are thrust into a chain of events where secrets are kept, revealed, and unknown.Plus a first chapter *Sneak Peak* at A Turning Point: book III in The Rennillia Series

A marked heart, longing for the one is nothing more than a restless heart, burdened by a lie. On the surface, everything appears fine. / No one knows the truth. Only she understands what he's lost. / He's the only one that feels her pain. His soul is broken. / Her existence is hollow. She brings purpose to his life. / With him, her life has meaning. She's opening up. / He's getting to her. He doesn't know. / She has no idea. He never wanted to lie. / She can't admit the truth. It could be fate. / It's only ink.

In order to put years of heartache and abuse behind her, Ren learned to bury the past deep down inside herself and focus on one thing; raising her daughter Sophia. As the years passed, she found peace in the daily routine of her job and becomes content with being a mom. On the night of her daughter's wedding, Ren takes a risk and strays from the predictable world she has set up for herself when her longtime friend Jackson rekindles a loving promise he made to her long ago. Ren cannot keep her past buried, and the two struggle when old problems start to creep back into their lives. She cannot get her world back in order and her instinct is to shut everyone out. In the midst of it all, Ren is coerced into helping Charlotte, an adopted teenager of her close friends the Roberts'. Reluctantly agreeing, Ren finds Charlotte is in dire need of self control and direction. Upon discovering they share a similar upbringing, Ren feels she can advise Charlotte and keep her from repeating her own mistakes. Taking steps to ensure Charlotte's recovery, her new found purpose causes a rift in the family she has come to know and love as her own. Battling issues, both new and old, will Ren & Jacks be able to endure everything life has thrown at them or will Ren give up everything and isolate herself from the inevitable pain that will follow when all her secrets are revealed?

Set in a small southern town, death, love, hurt, friendship and anger bond Rennillia Cantinelli, Scott Herterand, Emerson Roberts and Jackson Thomas while shaping the paths they will follow into adulthood. After a six year separation from her friends, Ren returns to the Roberts' house to start over. Caught between love, loyalty, friendship and restrained by obligations, these four discover the bond they formed long ago is not the only thing holding them together. Ren 3: Determined to take control of her own life, Ren makes a decision that she believes will benefit not only herself, but those she cares about the most. Uncovering one secret after another, she discovers things far more serious than she could have imagined. With Hert fighting her every step of the way refusing to trust her, Emerson just as afraid as she is, and doing her best to keep Jackson from being involved; she is forced to step outside of her comfort zone. Relying on those she is unsure if she can trust, Ren makes a stand that could very well cost her, her life in this conclusion to the Rennillia Series. There comes a time in every man's life, when he has to face the things he has done.

The true measure of a person's worth lies not within what they can offer you but what you have to offer them. No matter how desirable, are they worth your time, patience, forgiveness, loyalty, friendship, love, respect, understanding, compassion, trust? If not, they are worth more than you have to offer. They deserve for you to let them go. Charlotte Roberts and Augustus (Auggie) Caffrey may never have known each other, if it were not for William Caffrey. They would have simply moved on with their own lives without the anger and resentment that followed, when William fell for Charlotte almost six years ago. Under the pretense of introducing Trace Delgado, her soon to be fiancé, to her adoptive parents, Emerson and Amila Roberts, Charlotte arrives back in her small southern hometown to personally collect on the forgiveness William promised he would give her if she ever returned. Spending his days at the hospital with his brother William and his nights tending bar at The Dog House, Auggie knows it is only a matter of time before he loses the brother he has tried his entire life to protect. When Auggie finds out Charlotte is in town, to no doubt torment his brother on his death bed, he wants her to stay as far away from William as possible. All Charlotte wants is to be forgiven and move on with a clear conscience. While, William's dying wish is to ensure the two people he cares about most step outside of their comfort zones and see that life is not as cut and dry as they think it is. Charlotte's guilt and Auggie's brotherly devotion compel them to, secretly, follow through with William's last requests forcing them to begrudgingly spend time together. The more time they spend together, the closer they become. And the harder it is to keep what is taking place between them secret. Late nights visits and stolen moments cause Charlotte to fall hard. But when a reminder of what brought them together stops Auggie dead in his tracks, he starts to question how far he's willing to go with someone who was his brother's first.