Michael Combs

It is 1993. Chlo Taylor, having just graduated college, finds her life changed forever after opening a letter from her great-grandmother, Camille Laver. A great-grandmother Chlo never knew existed. Leaving her peaceful life in Seattle, Chlo travels to New Orleans to discover the secrets of her family's historic past, full of love and tragedy from 1890s Paris. She discovers an ineffable love of a lifetime that sprang up during the La Belle Epoque between Camille's gypsy courtesan mother, Tessa Laver, and a successful aristocratic banker, Ren Nattier. While getting to know Camille and the stories she has to tell, Chlo meets Nick, a charming local lawyer. Over the next few weeks, Chlo discovers the undeniable reality of true love and loss through a magical connection that spans over a century between herself and Tessa. During an unforgettable New Orleans summer, serendipity brings two souls together once more, proving, just as with time, that love is never-ending.

The Long Road Home is a story about taking chances, holding onto what you have, and letting go of what you've lost. Set amid the unmatched beauty of southeast New Mexico, The Long Road Home begins with biker Jacob McGuire re-entering society on a mission, along with the help of his New King biker brothers, to find the person that killed his wife Maria. After taking a job at the Campbell Ranch, he is reunited with his childhood friend Faith Campbell. Faith, who is recently engaged, has returned home from her fashion career in New York to attend her father's funeral. Becoming intertwined in Jacob's world, she must choose between her safe, structured life in New York and her unleashed passion in New Mexico. The closer Jacob gets to finding Maria's killer, the more dangerous it becomes for himself and all around him. Facing undeniable truths and betrayal as the stakes grow higher, Jacob must decide if he will risk his future to heal his past.

Arcturus is a love story of two people who refuse to give up and the tale of a family on a cross-country journey learning to heal. Arcturus awakens the soul, gripping readers' hearts and leaving them questioning what truly matters. In our lives, there are defining moments - moments in which we love, laugh, grieve, and heal. These moments are filled with highs and lows like the ocean tide. When the tide recedes, exposing beautiful shells, only then do we realize the gifts that they bring to us. If it were not for the lows, those gifts would never be discovered. We all have our own stories, but something truly special happened thirty-six years ago. We received a gift. Her name was Emily Rene White, and this is her story.

Updated in a new 9th edition, this casebook explores civil liberty problems through a study of leading judicial decisions. It offers a reasonable sample of cases across a broad spectrum of rights and liberties. This book introduces groups of featured cases with in-depth commentaries that set the specific historical-legal context of which they are a part, allowing readers to examine significant portions of court opinions, including major arguments from majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions.

"Ten Days with an Angel" is a personal account of a young, professional man whose shallow life is transformed after meeting an angel. While taking some time off from work, he is confronted by a man claiming to be an angel. Over the course of the next 10 days there are a series of bizarre "coincidences" with no logical explanation. Intrigued both by the days' events and the angel's uncanny insights and predictions, the author cannot help but follow along to see what's around the next corner. As the various events enfold, the angel shares his observations about mankind, causing the young man to question his own values and purpose in life. But the angel is full of profound answers and the incidents turn into a vehicle for change, not just for the man, but for all who experience the angel's unusual methods.

A striking but little recognized change in race relations during the past two decades has seen the declining levels of racial segregation in most of America’s major metropolitan areas. More American cities are beginning to have black and white residents. An integral component of this decline in residential segregation has been the large-scale movement of blacks to the suburbs. This book focuses on the attitudes and behavior of African Americans and whites. Will whites’ attitudes about blacks and blacks’ attitudes toward whites change if they are living in integrated neighborhoods rather than apart from one another? Are black suburbanites more likely to share the views of their fellow white suburbanites or of their fellow African Americans in the central city? Will residential integration and new patterns of race in the suburbs break down divisions between blacks and whites in their views of local public services?

A striking but little recognized change in race relations during the past two decades has seen the declining levels of racial segregation in most of America’s major metropolitan areas. More American cities are beginning to have black and white residents. An integral component of this decline in residential segregation has been the large-scale movement of blacks to the suburbs. This book focuses on the attitudes and behavior of African Americans and whites. Will whites’ attitudes about blacks and blacks’ attitudes toward whites change if they are living in integrated neighborhoods rather than apart from one another? Are black suburbanites more likely to share the views of their fellow white suburbanites or of their fellow African Americans in the central city? Will residential integration and new patterns of race in the suburbs break down divisions between blacks and whites in their views of local public services?