Carol Fricke is a retired teacher and coach from Derry Township School District in Hershey, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Fryburg, a small town. After high school, she attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she competed on their gymnastics team. Following graduation, she moved to Hershey where she spent the next thirty-five years teaching Health and Physical Education at Hershey High School and coaching gymnastics for thirty of those years.Being an animal lover her entire life, Carol knew her retirement had to involve her passion for dogs. She started volunteering with the Susquehanna Service Dogs in Grantville, Pennsylvania after reading about the organization in a local paper. The trainers, volunteers, puppy raisers and dogs that she met there inspired her to write.
Carol lives near Hershey Park in Pennsylvania with her husband and two Newfoundlands. She spends her time playing music, tennis, and as vice-chair for the South Hanover Township Parks & Recreation Board.
Hope Transported is her second book and is a story based on some of her life experiences. She is also the author of Detours, A Novel about the Resiliency of the Human Spirit.
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A Novel about Searching, Belonging and Finding a Forever Home
Unwanted is one of the saddest words in the English language.
She was trying to save one dog. He was trying to save himself. When their worlds collide, neither of them will ever be the same again.
Jordy Jenkins is an abused sixteen-year-old foster kid who has never experienced a break. Moving from foster home to foster home, with no prospects of adoption, he withdraws into himself, shutting out the world that will not embrace him.
Maya Jones is a retired high school teacher who finds herself alone for the first time in her life. Her quiet world is shattered after one dog rescue, and for the first time, she finds herself fearful and uncertain.
Through the Lancaster Retriever Rescue, Jordy and Maya strike up an unlikely friendship that begins to heal both their wounds. For the first time in his life, Jordy finds security and acceptance in the world of shelter dogs. His life is on the upswing until one night when everything comes crashing down. With his life in a shambles, Jordy decides to fight back or die trying.
Everybody has a story. Everyone is on a journey. A love story that will touch your heart.
Haley Duncan is a high school English teacher. At thirty-nine-years old, she has already experienced more than enough tragedies in her life after facing the death of her husband and her own infertility. In an attempt to jump-start her life and fill her empty spaces of time, she starts volunteering at the local Service Dog Association. After much persuasion, she reluctantly agrees to finish raising one of their puppies when its puppy raiser becomes ill. This has heartbreak written all over it, keeps running through her mind as she embarks on this journey. But knowing that this puppy could change someone’s life for the better, Haley embraces the challenge ahead of her.
Mark Lancer is a forty-five-year-old divorced father and state policeman whose life certainly has not gone as planned. Within five months, his son left for college, his wife filed for divorce, and his accident happened. All three life-changing events left him bitter and angry. The worst one being the head trauma from the accident that left him with seizures. As he faced an unknown future, his son MJ urged him to apply for a service dog. “I’ll be advertising to the world that I’m disabled,” he argued. But finding it hard to say no, he reluctantly agreed to fill out the application.
When Jed, a service dog, brings together Haley and Mark, both are surprised by their instant attraction for each other. But can these two tragedy-riddled people overcome their pasts and open their hearts to a new beginning? Can giving love a second chance mend two broken hearts and change the path of their lives?
What happens when tragedy strikes . . . and changes everything?
A Novel about Searching, Belonging and Finding a Forever Home
Unwanted is one of the saddest words in the English language.
She was trying to save one dog. He was trying to save himself. When their worlds collide, neither of them will ever be the same again.
Jordy Jenkins is an abused sixteen-year-old foster kid who has never experienced a break. Moving from foster home to foster home, with no prospects of adoption, he withdraws into himself, shutting out the world that will not embrace him.
Maya Jones is a retired high school teacher who finds herself alone for the first time in her life. Her quiet world is shattered after one dog rescue, and for the first time, she finds herself fearful and uncertain.
Through the Lancaster Retriever Rescue, Jordy and Maya strike up an unlikely friendship that begins to heal both their wounds. For the first time in his life, Jordy finds security and acceptance in the world of shelter dogs. His life is on the upswing until one night when everything comes crashing down. With his life in a shambles, Jordy decides to fight back or die trying.
Carol Fricke is the author of Detours, A Novel about the Resiliency of the Human Spirit. Hope Transported is her second book and is a story based on some of her life experiences. She lives near Hershey Park in Pennsylvania with her husband and two Newfoundlands.
Darryl Johnson’s poetry and essays have appeared in regional and national journals. A recipient of the Missouri National Education Association’s Horace Mann Award, Darryl is a former Missouri Teacher of the Year and member of the National Teachers Hall of Fame. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in English Education from Northwest Missouri State University. He resides in Smithville, Missouri with his wife Renee.
Dear Mom, Dear Dad: A Son’s Thank You is a poignant, autobiographical, epistolary-style book filled with affiliative humor that, through a series of childhood and coming-of-age narratives, underscores how my parents’ attributes of humor, humility, service, and imagination deeply influenced my adult roles.
The sentiments that bombard our lives are mostly ornamental. Memes on social media and front porch signage are well-intended, but projecting a value and living it are two separate things. Sharing these letters may be a gesture of generativity that is not unnatural for somebody my age. I celebrate my parents’ contrasting ideas about learning and education. It prepared me to see parenting and teaching through a wider lens and pushed me to the conclusion that education—in all its forms—is the interstate to independence, the antidote for apathy, and the safeguard against suppression.
Dear Mom, Dear Dad: A Son’s Thank You is a poignant, autobiographical, epistolary-style book filled with affiliative humor that, through a series of childhood and coming-of-age narratives, underscores how my parents’ attributes of humor, humility, service, and imagination deeply influenced my adult roles.
The sentiments that bombard our lives are mostly ornamental. Memes on social media and front porch signage are well-intended, but projecting a value and living it are two separate things. Sharing these letters may be a gesture of generativity that is not unnatural for somebody my age. I celebrate my parents’ contrasting ideas about learning and education. It prepared me to see parenting and teaching through a wider lens and pushed me to the conclusion that education—in all its forms—is the interstate to independence, the antidote for apathy, and the safeguard against suppression.
Darryl Johnson’s poetry and essays have appeared in regional and national journals. A recipient of the Missouri National Education Association’s Horace Mann Award, Darryl is a former Missouri Teacher of the Year and member of the National Teachers Hall of Fame. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in English Education from Northwest Missouri State University. He resides in Smithville, Missouri with his wife Renee.
Author Fred Berl is a US Navy veteran and an Adjunct Professor at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Recently retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory, he was a senior manager leading complex, high-risk projects in the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons complex, as well as Ukrainian nuclear power plants and the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment. Fred earned a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering Technology and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from New Mexico Tech.
A Russian FSB agent murders to steal T-90 tank technology that makes them invulnerable to countermeasures. The inventor, Dr. Chandra, secretly reaches out to Carl Stockwell, a former student and ex-CIA agent, to protect himself and his family. Fueled by revenge and geopolitical maneuvering, Carl leads a Polish-Ukrainian covert team racing to reclaim stolen technology from deep within Russia. High-stakes confrontations in Ukraine, Kashmir, Moscow, and St. Petersburg drive a mission that could alter the global power balance. Amidst the chaos, personal loss, and unwavering loyalty intertwine, pushing the characters to their limits as they navigate the treacherous world of espionage.
A Russian FSB agent murders to steal T-90 tank technology that makes them invulnerable to countermeasures. The inventor, Dr. Chandra, secretly reaches out to Carl Stockwell, a former student and ex-CIA agent, to protect himself and his family. Fueled by revenge and geopolitical maneuvering, Carl leads a Polish-Ukrainian covert team racing to reclaim stolen technology from deep within Russia. High-stakes confrontations in Ukraine, Kashmir, Moscow, and St. Petersburg drive a mission that could alter the global power balance. Amidst the chaos, personal loss, and unwavering loyalty intertwine, pushing the characters to their limits as they navigate the treacherous world of espionage.
Author Fred Berl is a US Navy veteran and an Adjunct Professor at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Recently retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory, he was a senior manager leading complex, high-risk projects in the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons complex, as well as Ukrainian nuclear power plants and the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment. Fred earned a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering Technology and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from New Mexico Tech.
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Author Shante’ Seals joined the morning show on FOX 2 News to discuss and share details about her book Surviving Her Silence. Watch the interview here
Surviving Her Silence is a story of a young Black African American Woman’s resilience and perseverance through colorism, inferiority complex, self-doubt, and Domestic Violence. From childhood, Shante’ knew that she was different with sweaty hands and the ability to dream dreams and see things that others could not. Shante’ felt like she did not fit in with family or friends.
When she experienced colorism one day while playing with a classmate on the playground, Shante’s inferiority complex grew in silence from that day forward. Her self-doubt grew with little to no confidence. She did not understand her self-worth from childhood growing into adulthood.
Shante’ genuinely shows love with no agenda behind it, but she could also be a little naive when it comes to being a good judge of character. Leading her to attract a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a wolf that would try to break her and bring all those silent vulnerable feelings to the surface.
With words that left bruises that were worse than a punch to the face ever would, Shante’ turned to GOD for guidance and GOD covered her. Strength kept her from giving up and newfound courage in her voice opened doors that only silence could keep shut.
Surviving Domestic Violence was the key to opening the door to SURVIVING HER SILENCE.
Surviving Her Silence is a story of a young Black African American Woman’s resilience and perseverance through colorism, inferiority complex, self-doubt, and Domestic Violence. From childhood, Shante’ knew that she was different with sweaty hands and the ability to dream dreams and see things that others could not. Shante’ felt like she did not fit in with family or friends.
When she experienced colorism one day while playing with a classmate on the playground, Shante’s inferiority complex grew in silence from that day forward. Her self-doubt grew with little to no confidence. She did not understand her self-worth from childhood growing into adulthood.
Shante’ genuinely shows love with no agenda behind it, but she could also be a little naive when it comes to being a good judge of character. Leading her to attract a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a wolf that would try to break her and bring all those silent vulnerable feelings to the surface.
With words that left bruises that were worse than a punch to the face ever would, Shante’ turned to GOD for guidance and GOD covered her. Strength kept her from giving up and newfound courage in her voice opened doors that only silence could keep shut.
Surviving Domestic Violence was the key to opening the door to SURVIVING HER SILENCE.
Surviving Her Silence is a story of a young Black African American Woman’s resilience and perseverance through colorism, inferiority complex, self-doubt, and Domestic Violence. From childhood, Shante’ knew that she was different with sweaty hands and the ability to dream dreams and see things that others could not. Shante’ felt like she did not fit in with family or friends.
When she experienced colorism one day while playing with a classmate on the playground, Shante’s inferiority complex grew in silence from that day forward. Her self-doubt grew with little to no confidence. She did not understand her self-worth from childhood growing into adulthood.
Shante’ genuinely shows love with no agenda behind it, but she could also be a little naive when it comes to being a good judge of character. Leading her to attract a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a wolf that would try to break her and bring all those silent vulnerable feelings to the surface.
With words that left bruises that were worse than a punch to the face ever would, Shante’ turned to GOD for guidance and GOD covered her. Strength kept her from giving up and newfound courage in her voice opened doors that only silence could keep shut.
Surviving Domestic Violence was the key to opening the door to SURVIVING HER SILENCE.
