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Divorce is more than an ending — it is a kind of grief. The loss is not only of a partner, but of identity, home, stability, and the story you thought would last forever. Broken, Yet Whole: A Guide to Divorce Recovery is a compassionate, grief-informed roadmap for navigating that loss and rediscovering life on the other side. Drawing on years of research into grief and resilience, as well as the lived voices of those who have walked this road, William Ferrier Jr. offers both comfort and practical tools for rebuilding. Through vivid stories, evidence-based insights, and step-by-step ...

The fog doesn't hide the truth. It just makes the truth harder to prove. Nolan Cross has spent his career preserving other people's secrets. As a senior archivist at the California State Archives in Sacramento, he catalogs the past with the same careful distance he keeps from everything else in his life. Then a federal judge presses a flash drive into his hand — and turns up murdered the next morning. The drive contains fifteen years of buried evidence: thirty-seven Delta landowners stripped of their properties, fourteen people imprisoned for crimes they never committed, five people dead....

When a broken veteran steps off a bus in a small Texas border town, he's looking for his friend—but finds something he never expected: home. Ghost Patterson arrives in San Benito, Texas, with everything he owns in a duffel bag and no plan beyond visiting his army buddy. Haunted by Vietnam and hollowed out by loss, he's a man barely surviving—until a tight-knit Mexican-American community begins to work its quiet magic. Between Spanish lessons with the brilliant and beautiful Esperanza Delgado and emergency calls with the volunteer fire department, Ghost discovers what he's been missing: ...

STILL WALKING Surviving the Mountains, Memories, and Monsters by William Ferrier Jr. When the plane went down, Maya thought the worst thing she’d face was the cold. She was wrong. Maya Chen-Rodriguez survives the impossible—an air-crash deep in the Bitterroot Mountains. Injured, alone, and with a damaged prosthetic leg, she should not be alive. But when she discovers her grandmother Rose wandered from the wreckage—confused, bleeding, and slipping into the fog of early-onset dementia—Maya makes a decision that will change her forever. She goes after her. What Maya doesn’t know is ...

What if your worst betrayal was preparing you for your greatest purpose? Thrown into a pit by his brothers. Sold into slavery for twenty pieces of silver. Falsely accused by his master's wife. Forgotten in an Egyptian prison for years. Joseph had every reason to believe God had abandoned him. He was wrong. "This is not punishment. This is preparation." JOSEPH OF GENESIS: PREPARATION, NOT PUNISHMENT reimagines the biblical story of the dreamer who lost everything—his family, his freedom, his future—only to discover that every wound was a doorway, every descent a rehearsal for rising, and...

Before Cole Matthews played the Grand Ole Opry, before "Still Yours" became a country anthem for the grieving, before Mae Parker—there was Hannah. She was a parts counter girl with grease on her hands and grace in her eyes. He was a songwriter who'd never believed in anything bigger than himself. She made him come to church. He made her laugh through chemotherapy. They had five months of marriage and a lifetime of love. From the moment Cole walked into Henderson's Auto Parts with a made-up truck problem and a real attraction, Hannah Bennett knew he was trouble—the good kind. What ...

In the aftermath of the Gold Rush, the Sierra Nevada is a land of breathtaking beauty—and deadly secrets. Sixteen-year-old Lila has known only the quiet rhythms of life with her grandfather Elias, a former scout who teaches her how to read the sky, track the forest, and survive in the wild. But when whispers of young women vanishing spread through the scattered mountain settlements, unease begins to shadow even their remote cabin. One night, masked men shatter Lila’s world. Abducted and dragged into the lawless depths of the wilderness, she is forced to endure hunger, fear, and the ...

A foul ball, a red ribbon, and one promise that spans generations. When Kaylee catches a screaming pop fly at Woodland’s Clark Field, the world tilts—and she finds herself in 1942 on the eve of Japanese American incarceration. There she meets Emi, a fearless girl determined to play one last game before the buses arrive. What begins as a reluctant afternoon at the ballpark becomes a race to hold on to home, history, and the friend who teaches Kaylee how courage sounds when you say it out loud. Perfect for fans of When You Reach Me, Refugee, and Baseball Saved Us, this heartfelt middle-...

Verdict of Silent Water is an electrifying legal thriller where buried secrets refuse to stay submerged. When legendary federal prosecutor Tom Alden is lured out of retirement, it isn’t for prestige or politics—it’s to defend Caleb Mercer, the decorated war hero who once saved his life. Caleb stands accused of a brutal murder, and every shred of evidence screams guilty. But as Tom peels back the case, he uncovers a multi-million-dollar corruption scheme, a hired killer, and a conspiracy that reaches the halls of Congress. The deeper Tom digs, the closer he comes to a night forty years...

If Mercy Had a Sound: A Love Story Forged in Faith and Found in Song He lost his faith when the music stopped. She helped him hear grace again. When country singer Cole Matthews buried his wife, he buried his voice too. Once a rising star with a platinum record and a sold-out tour, he’s now a man hiding behind silence and guilt. But when a small-town children’s hospital invites him to sing for their livestream, one song changes everything. Standing beside him is Lila, a worship leader with a quiet strength and a voice that feels like healing. Together they write “If Mercy Had a Sound...

Still Standing in the Rain By William Ferrier Jr. Sometimes the hardest storms bring the clearest truth. Mae Reeves thought her days in the spotlight were over. Once a rising country artist, she traded the stage for quiet mornings and the steady rhythm of grace. But when she meets Lila Delaney—a runaway eighteen-year-old with a guitar, a past full of loss, and a voice that sounds like healing—Mae sees something she thought she’d lost forever: purpose. What begins as mentorship soon becomes redemption for them both. Together, they find harmony in the small-town silences: on front ...

He had the dream. He had the voice. Then one night, he lost everything. At sixteen, Colton Reeves wasn’t chasing fame — just love. But when tragedy strikes on a dark Tennessee road, his voice becomes the only thing he has left. From dusty county fairs to Nashville stages, Colton searches for meaning in the spotlight, trying to outrun the silence that haunts him. Then Mae Parker walks into his life — a songwriter with a soul full of truth and a song that could heal them both. Together, they’ll learn that real faith isn’t found on stage… it’s found in the quiet places where love...

Build Without Permission is the no-fluff, real-world playbook for builders, leaders, and doers who are tired of waiting for a degree, a title, or someone else's approval. Drawing from battle-tested experience in startups, enterprise tech, and government innovation, William Ferrier Jr. reveals the unspoken truths that actually drive success—whether you're launching a product, leading a team, or scaling a business. No jargon. No MBA required. Inside, you'll learn how to: Think like a strategist, even under pressure Build products people actually want Earn trust through marketing that feels ...

The Experience Engine Reinventing Business Through Radical Customer Empathy By William Ferrier Jr What if your product isn’t broken—but your perspective is? In today’s crowded, fast-moving market, features alone don’t win. Feelings do. The Experience Engine reveals a bold new approach to business innovation—one that puts customer emotion, memory, and behavior at the heart of product strategy. Written by a leader who’s redesigned justice systems, led global tech marketing, and built products that users swear they helped create, this book is part playbook, part manifesto. It shows...

You're not broken. You're grieving. And there is a map for where you are. When he was six, he hid in a pigeon coop while two people he loved drove away for the last time. That night, the truck rolled. They died. He survived. And for thirty years, he carried a silence he couldn't name and a grief he didn't know how to heal. The Grief Matrix is the book that came out of that silence — a powerful blend of memoir, neuroscience, and practical framework that gives grieving people a way to understand what is happening to them, and a path forward that doesn't require forgetting. At the heart of ...