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Back Blurb: She's earned her shield in a quarter the time it usually takes. She's slain the Evil Wizard Henig to save the Realm and extract vengeance for the murder of her parents. She's taken the reins of her far-flung merchant empire - including the Metreedis' Secret and Ancient Mission. And she's managed to navigate a solution to falling in love with both of her Knight-Companions. Karana is surely due a break... But Wind and Wave are no respecters of competence... or are they? Supposedly only those the Goddess really wants to see are allowed to come to the shores of Her Blessed Isle ******** Teaser: "You must ask the Goddess to heal him. That's a fatal wound, Karana. His skull is cracked and blood pools against his brain." "No!" Karana gasped, her strength quite wrung out. Kefen lay unmoving, his head in her lap, the huge purpling bruise standing out from his forehead. "To each their time must come. Perhaps it is simply his time." The words were almost harsh, but the tone somehow carried a compassion that was... beyond human. "No!" Karana cried again. "It can't be!" "And why not?" the strange, silvery woman asked, seeming merely curious. "Because - because-" Words failed the knightess, and she bent her head. "Because?" "Because I don't want him to die," Karana whispered. "We never want those we cherish to die," the silvery woman said calmly. "And yet they all do. Why not this one? Why not now? What is he to you that you would ask the Great Goddess to save him?" Karana shook with tears she could not shed. "He is my Bound Companion." What else could she say after all? It was Ivan's ring on her finger. All Karana had of Kefen was an unsigned contract under review by a coterie of lawyers. And kisses and... more... and a lifetime's worth of promises in eyes that were molten chocolate when they met hers...

We all worry about our kids learning math. Even if the kids are in school, there's always a concern.Sometimes it's about the kid's concern... sometimes it's about their teacher's concern (parent-teacher or otherwise).But a lot of the time it's about US.It's about our own math-phobias - those 'fears, dislikes, or aversions' that we picked up from our own math experiences and that we inadvertently pass on to our kids. We don't want them to be afraid of math - we know that limits their opportunities and makes their lives harder and costs them more money - but we just can't help it.This book is here to help you deal with your own math-phobias and come to - if not outright enjoy math, to at least appreciate it and be able to convey it to your kids without passing on the fear. Kerridwen Mangala McNamara is NOT a 'math-lover' but she is a math-appreciator and has worked through most of these issues herself.Let her help you along your homeschooling journey and show you how to fight the Fear-of-Math monster so that it no longer intimidates you - or your kids!

The Evil Wizard Henig is dead.The Province of Taridawil has been freed from his curse.Surely, now Karana can hang up her shield and return to her real job as Head of the most important merchant House in the world.There's just one or two small problems:The unpleasant Lord Jaycoff of Mountainmeadow has a contract requiring Karana to marry one of his sons - though not Sir Ivan, her erstwhile Knight-Companion. Karana still doesn't understand why Ivan abandoned them to face Henig without him.And every noblemaiden in the Realm is angling to marry her other Knight-Companion, Sir Kefen, now that he is to be crowned Duke of Taridawil.Nevermind that Kefen actually kissed Karana on the turret of Taridawil Keep right after the pair of them slew Henig, broke his spell, and freed the province. And... nevermind that Kefen has been making sheep's eyes at Ivan for as long as she's known them. And vice versa.What they need is to let everything settle down and become old news, so a simple little mission for the trio of Knight-Companions to escort the Princess Royal to the Holy Isle to seek the Great Goddess' Blessing on her future reign should be the perfect getaway...Right?

The Evil Wizard Henig is dead.The Province of Taridawil has been freed from his curse.Surely, now Karana can hang up her shield and return to her real job as Head of the most important merchant House in the world.There's just one or two small problems:The unpleasant Lord Jaycoff of Mountainmeadow has a contract requiring Karana to marry one of his sons - though not Sir Ivan, her erstwhile Knight-Companion. Karana still doesn't understand why Ivan abandoned them to face Henig without him.And every noblemaiden in the Realm is angling to marry her other Knight-Companion, Sir Kefen, now that he is to be crowned Duke of Taridawil.Nevermind that Kefen actually kissed Karana on the turret of Taridawil Keep right after the pair of them slew Henig, broke his spell, and freed the province. And... nevermind that Kefen has been making sheep's eyes at Ivan for as long as she's known them. And vice versa.What they need is to let everything settle down and become old news, so a simple little mission for the trio of Knight-Companions to escort the Princess Royal to the Holy Isle to seek the Great Goddess' Blessing on her future reign should be the perfect getaway...Right?

The Forest of Ryylyn is a place of legendary danger: bandits, wild animals... as well as magickal beings and possibly even Gates to other worlds.Sixteen-year-old Karana can vouch for at least the first three. She was on her way to a betrothal when her caravan was attacked by robbers and... things that certainly didn't seem human. Her mother hid her in a secret compartment of their carriage, and miraculously she wasn't found.But now she's the only survivor and the King's Road that they were traveling on seems to have vanished...Can Karana actually make her way out of the dreaded Forest and back to civilization... before she either starves or is found by other inimical creatures? Meet Karana before she became a squire in this prequel to A Not-So-Sacrificial Maiden: Book One of the Knightess of the Realm.

So you've decided to homeschool. There's too much information out there and all of it is about what to do with your KIDS.There's precious little about what life is like for the Homeschooling Parent - and you want to know about things like...how will you socialize without school to help you get to know your kids' friends and their parents?what is it really like being home all day with your kids?why do other parents choose to homeschool?how are you ever going to handle high school (or middle school)?what are you going to do if you don't want to do this anymore? If it's way too hard?And the BIG Question:Are you going to fail your kids?This book is for YOU, the homeschooling parent (and for your support system of adults, though it's written for you). In these pages I will show you how to cope with teaching, chores, fears, and many of the everyday things that make us all stress out like crazy.Let me share with you the lessons learned from my six active kids (ages 20 down through 9 as of September 2022) and fifteen years of "formal" homeschooling, my experience running numerous homeschooling groups (for both parents and kids)... and from being a homeschooled kid (2nd-12th grades) myself. Your kid - and you - may have different ambitions, but let me tell you about how I - and my two homeschool graduates - have been accepted and successfully attended selective colleges in the USA. And the sports... yes, we've done sports as well as academics.And let me help you start (or continue) on your homeschooling journey as a friend who has gone this way first and hopes to smooth the road for you.¿¿