Newsletter for July 2026

Featured Books

 

How do you fall in love with a narcissist? The same way you boil a frog—slowly, and with just enough compliments.

 

If, like so many others before you, you sit hung up, wondering if it’s possible the problem isn’t you, that it might actually be the other person, this book is for you.

 

Whether you’re waking up to the red flags or already planning your great escape, this book will help you:

 

*Understand how narcissists are made (it’s not just mommy issues)
*Recognize the subtle manipulations that keep you doubting      yourself
*Break free without losing your mind—or your sense of humor
*Get divorce ready (if that’s your plan)
*Heal your soul
*Protect your children from generational trauma

 

In this honest, insightful, and at times laugh-out-loud guide to navigating the rocky road of narcissistic relationships, Riley Ellis combines personal stories, sharp wit, and psychological insight to answer the question so many survivors ask: How did this happen to me?

 

From growing up with a narcissistic father to marrying one (because apparently, childhood trauma likes an encore), Riley pulls no punches while walking readers through the manipulation, emotional confusion, and trauma bonding that keep people stuck.

For anyone who’s loved a narcissist and lived to tell the tale, this book is your no-nonsense, slightly sweary support group in a book.

 

 

Think cults always start with chanting and spooky robes? Think again.

 

Your teen is about to have their eyes opened to the beguiling ways of influencers.

 

Some cults began with yoga, self-help seminars, or civil rights activism. Others started with meditation, space aliens, or a leader who just really believed they were the smartest person in the room. What they all had in common wasn’t weirdness—it was influence.

 

Get ready to dig into real cults from history and learn how movements that promised peace, equality, enlightenment, or personal growth slowly turned into something much darker.

 

Middle schoolers and teens will learn the psychology behind how charismatic leaders gained control, how good ideas got twisted, and why smart, well-meaning people went along with it longer than they should have.

 

You’ll learn how manipulation works, how to spot red flags early, and how to protect your brain from people who want to borrow it permanently. If you’re ever in a group where the theme of the day is “Wow… that escalated quickly,” you’ll be the critical thinker who makes a beeline for the door.

 

Because curiosity is great.

Critical thinking is better.

 

Stretch your muscles. Question everything. And maybe don’t join that “life-changing” group just yet.

Henrietta's Journal by Simon Plaster

The triumphant comeback of Simon Plaster, the Heartland’s most irrepressible satirist, and his beloved heroine! Henrietta returns to the little ol’ Oklahoma hometown she was named for and attempts to launch a career in the world’s reputedly second-oldest profession in three side-splitting tales of law and disorder.

Advent Blue by Roland Allnach

"Advent Blue" is a near-term science fiction thriller from multi-award winning author Roland Allnach. Will Fortner, a reclusive data manager, works for the global tech conglomerate of the Choice Institute. His job entails interpreting webs of data to provide clients with highly informed decisions on contracted queries. Not only has this made him a man of considerable wealth, he has also learned that not all of what he sees - much less recommends to his clients - is necessarily to their personal advantage. This experience has led to his cynicism and disdain for the world but, when he is recruited for a particularly delicate yet far more lucrative query, he is forced to take on an Institute supplied companion to ensure his stability. Mirai Redwater, his assigned companion, is both clever and forthright, and soon becomes an indispensable companion as Will is drawn deeper into the entanglements of the Choice Institute. With each step forward the question looms if he's being supported or manipulated to some greater, and much darker, scheme. What to do, when the things you crave hearken fulfillment while threatening your undoing?

Kauai Spies and Bald-faced Lies by Larry and Rosemary Mild

 

American spy Kent Brukner and his lover escape from Russia. Now five years have passed. Kent is a Honolulu lawyer, and Katcha, his Russian immigrant wife, is an American citizen, a college student, and mother to their son, Paulie.

 

Kent prepares a partnership agreement for a startup company building a new secret missile-tracking recorder—for the U.S. military on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The chief financial officer's son is kidnapped. The ransom is not for money, but for the plans and specifications of the new recorder. Is there a mole in the company? A domestic terrorist?

 

Working with the FBI, will Kent be able to expose the spy and rescue the kidnapped son? Meanwhile, Katcha's immigrant friends face an ugly legal mess caused by the New York City murder of their business partner. Can Kent help them while he's still spy chasing?

 

Book Giveaways for July

Win a copy of Three Reasons for Revenge by Dervla McTiernan.   All you have to do is click on the book cover below.  It will take you to the main page.   Look for the giveaway on the left.  Follow the instructions listed.

Win a copy of The 12 Levers by Spencer Greenberg, PHD and Jeremy Stevenson, PHD.  All you have to do is click on the book cover below.  It will take you to the main page.  Look for the giveaway on the right.  Follow the instructions listed.

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