Bøger af Marie Fostino

The Silver Locket is a coming of age novel that surrounds Jenny, the new teen on the block. This modern romance captures the teen soul with captivating judgement calls, and the overwhelming beauty of a close-knit Christian family. Like many teens, Jenny struggles to make friends after moving to a new town. On her journey to fitting in she makes costly mistakes, providing her with the wisdom upon which true faith is built.

Crystal and Blake are only married for a year when trouble finds its way into their life. Driving through the rain, and crying so hard it's difficult to see, she finally makes it home to talk to her mom. Lisa is upset as she tries to calm her daughter down. Life is not always a bed of roses Crystal finds out as Lisa pulls out the journals she found after her parents death. Inside the writing of Natalie, Crystal's grandmother, tells a story of falling in love, betrayal, forgiveness and new beginnings. Will Crystal and Blake stay married or call it quits.

Annette Ferrari lives in Lawton, OK with her family when she decides it is time to leave and make it on her own. She moves to Norman with her girlfriend Lynn when she meets Aaron. It is love at first sight as he captures her heart. As they spend time together their love grows. Aaron joins the army and they continue their love through letters. Annette's life is turned upside down as she experiences the Oklahoma Bombing and her letters from Aaron stop. Broken hearted Annette devotes her mind to her studies. Tim a class mate befriends Annette and lets her know how he feels about her. But it isn't until a disturbing event happens which changes her course of life and love.

Ponce de Leon was sent on a voyage to explore this land he called Pascua Florida, for the King of Spain. His job was to find more gold and the Waters of Life to help heal King Ferdinand, who was 35 yrs older than his young wife. When he asked the Indians to join them for a meal and about the waters of life for the King, he was forced to go through the swirling lights to find Merlin in exchange. Marlena, a history teacher in the year 2014, was dressed like Merlin at the Renaissance Fair selling bottles of water with the words Fountain of Youth on them to raise money for the school. Little did she know she would get picked up by a knight, and go through swirling rainbow lights back into the year 1513. It was at the pilgrims' dinner with the Indians that it was discovered what year she was in and who she was dining with. She already had a hate for Ponce for kidnapping her to this place, but when he choked on some food and she did CPR to bring him back to life that is when her life became in danger. Now she was considered a witch and the person she disliked the most was the one to protect her and help her get back to her time.

eLit Award Illuminating Digital Publishing Excellence - 2019 Gold Medal Winner in Literary Fiction This is a story of drugs and alcohol abuse from the eyes of a sixty-year-old women. She worked on an ambulance for twenty years and yet with all that training nothing prepared her for her new job. Sylvia stumbled into a different world working with recovering drug addicts, felons and transgenders. Her world is turned upside down working with patients on drugs and alcohol who sometimes turn on her as she tries to help them. She sees first hand patients trapped in their own psychosis. But it is when she finds herself in a situation as a meth addicted patient tries to kill her that changes her thought process on this new situation.

The author shares his feelings of confusion, frustration, and blessings related to the daily trials and tribulations of taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease.