Melinda Marshall – författare

Ever  wonder  what it takes to raise a champion-in sports, in work, or in life?Discover the secrets of triumphant parenting--and raising a child who excels.Summer Sanders won more medals than any other American swimmer at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.  After retiring, she has continued to charm America as a TV commentator and media celebrity.  And wherever she goes, parents ask:  what gave her the drive to consistently give all she had, no matter what the challenge? How did she develop her self-assurance and raw courage?  What did her parents do right?Now Summer Sanders provides compelling, surprisingly simple answers for all parents--whether your child is gifted in sports, in school, or the arts--from the unique perspective of a child who became the world's best in her field.  Enriched by advice from a host of other Olympic athletes, Champions Are Raised, Not Born reveals what truly develops a champion.How to recognize a child's true talent.How to provide family support (even if parents are divorced).How to nurture mental toughness and self-confidence.How to encourage your child to become a team player.How to help your child realize her dream without sacrificing her childhood.Winning, losing, and getting both right in life.

In the wake of global economic collapse, the OneEarth Bank promises prosperity in exchange for compliance with the commerce chip insertions. Those who refuse the chip are vilified and called Resistors. When Rielle James's parents refuse to comply, government officials tear her family apart and Rielle is forced into a Community Service Contract.   Officially, these contracts are portrayed as a way to rehabilitate kids from Resistor families, but in reality, it's legalized slavery. Rielle's contract  is sold to the highest bidder—a wealthy and abusive banker.She quickly discovers nothing in her owner's home is as it appears. His seemingly perfect life is a facade that hides dangerous secrets. Escape  means freedom and the possibility of finding her family—if she can pull it off. Prison or even death await if she fails.

After fleeing slavery, Rielle James burns with the desire to topple OneEarth Bank and end its enslavement of young people as Contracts. When  she learns that her friend Nathan has been sold to a logging company where Contracts die or vanish without a trace, she assumes a false identity  and becomes a slave again to help him escape. Her act of subversion uncovers the horrific truth behind the OneEarth Bank's role in Contract disappearances and its link to a global pandemic.Can Rielle and Nathan escape and expose the truth before it's too late?

Rielle is devastated to be a slave again and owned by Justin, who she thought was her friend. Under Bank Security's constant surveillance,  Rielle plots her escape. She secretly holds the key to toppling the OneEarth Bank and freeing the people they've enslaved, but she needs help  and the only people she trusts with her secret are imprisoned over 1,000 miles away.Justin betrayed her and the people she cares about but trusting him may be the only way to escape Bank Security's clutches, rescue her friends,  and crush the OneEarth Bank's nefarious plans.Pursued by Bank Security and with nothing left to lose, Rielle devises a desperate and risky stratagem. Will she succeed in destroying the OneEarth Bank or will they destroy her first?

First come the tumours and then the unrelenting hunger.Every spring, Rachel Dunn must choose a new victim to consume so she can shed her decaying body and transform into her prey.For the past 130 years, she's carefully chosen her victims—those young and unattached so she can easily slip into their lives. She's studied Maggie for weeks, her routines and her habits. Maggie's life will end and Rachel's will begin.Again.But Maggie isn't as unattached as she thought. An unexpected visit from Maggie's ex-boyfriend thrusts Rachel into a family she didn't know existed. She craves the belonging the family provides but her presence entangles them in her dangerous world.With a creature from Rachel's past stalking her, intent on vengeance for a century-old murder, Rachel's new family becomes the perfect weapon for the ultimate revenge.