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Hello everyone!
My name is Charlene T. Williams, and I am a 26-year United States Navy veteran, author, and advocate. I am so excited to join this community of readers and writers!
My debut memoir, The Sadness Beneath the Uniform: Duty, Service, and Survival: A Black Woman's Journey in the Navy and the Weight of the Anchors, was recently published and tells the story I was never supposed to tell.
For over 26 years I served in the United States Navy; rising through the ranks, crossing oceans, and carrying a weight that never appeared on any official record. This memoir is for every veteran who came home carrying more than they left with. For every Black woman who was told to fall in line and chose to stand anyway.
📚 You can find my book here:
amazon.com/dp/B0GW2K8R2N
🌐 Learn more about me at:
ctwilliamspublishing.com
I look forward to connecting with fellow readers and authors here. Please feel free to ask me anything about my journey as a veteran, as a Black woman, and as a first-time author!
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Hello everyone! My name is John Cicero, and I write clean Christian fiction centered on faith, family, hope, and the ways God often reveals Himself when we least expect it.

My newest novel, Rock, Paper, Scissors, begins with a simple childhood game. Years later, a forgotten journal, an old photograph, and a single word lead a young woman to Siena, Italy, where she discovers that some of life's greatest treasures are not found—they are understood.



My novel The Seventh Door of the Carpenter begins with a discovery buried for more than a century. What follows is a journey through mystery, faith, and unanswered questions that refuse to stay hidden, challenging everything its characters believe about miracles, purpose, and God's presence in their lives.



I look forward to connecting with fellow readers and discovering new books and authors here. Blessings to all!

Hello everyone,

I’m Reno Bachman, and I’d love to introduce my debut novel, Dead Man’s Gospel: A Novel.

I’m currently offering free audiobook review copies through The Audiobook Review in exchange for honest reviews.

https://theaudiobookreview.com/dead-m...

Dead Man’s Gospel is a psychological Western that explores faith, violence, power, and survival. It follows Timothy Gospel, a man scarred by his upbringing under a preacher who weaponized belief, as he navigates a world where restraint is mistaken for weakness and every decision carries consequences.