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There Must Be An Angel - An Excerpt Chapter From Shadow Valley Book II, The Soulmate's Shadow (work-in-progress)

Bonnie Randall

Sep 19
10 min

There Must Be An Angel - An Excerpt Chapter From Shadow Valley Book II, The Soulmate's Shadow (work-in-progress)

*Author's Note: As this excerpt begins, Owen had been gathering Pretty's insight about her old high school classmate, and friend, Vincent...

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Serving Up Mashed Potatoes For ChristmasA Shadow Valley Short Story

Bonnie Randall

Dec 22, 2023
7 min

Serving Up Mashed Potatoes For ChristmasA Shadow Valley Short Story

When Rob had designed Sabrina’s house, it was in accordance to her strict specifications—which in no way resembled the designer suits and...

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Bonnie Randall

May 9, 2023
2 min

Who Is The Shadow Collector?

The Shadow Collector may not be my first novel, but it is certainly my oldest novel. Sort of. I began writing seriously, for publication,...

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Bonnie Randall

Jan 2, 2023
3 min

Top 5 Reads, 2019

Every year I challenge myself to read a variety of genres, yet every year a theme nonetheless emerges, and I will have gravitated to one...

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Divining Him ~ A Secrets & Shadows Short Story

Bonnie Randall

Dec 23, 2019
16 min

Divining Him ~ A Secrets & Shadows Short Story

After the very first rough draft of Within The Summit's Shadow was reviewed by my beta readers, one resounding criticism was consistent...

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A Solstice Meditation For Anyone Who Needs It

Bonnie Randall

Dec 21, 2019
5 min

A Solstice Meditation For Anyone Who Needs It

Today the horizon will swallow the sun early, plunging us into the darkest night of the year. How symbolic it is: a blackened day of...

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Bonnie Randall

Dec 18, 2019
2 min

An Elizabeth McBrien Christmas Concert

As a kid, she was a prodigy and today she remains a virtuoso. Elizabeth McBrien, heroine of Within The Summit's Shadow, the second...

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Bonnie Randall

Dec 18, 2019
2 min

An Elizabeth McBrien Christmas Concert

As a kid, she was a prodigy and today she remains a virtuoso. Elizabeth McBrien, heroine of Within The Summit's Shadow, the second...

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Beneath A Cover Of Ice: Why We Freeze When Attacked

Bonnie Randall

Dec 4, 2019
4 min

Beneath A Cover Of Ice: Why We Freeze When Attacked

Has it happened to you? An aggressor confronts you, loud and angry. unleashing a torrent of venom into your face. Your head races - a...

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What's On Their Christmas Menu? What My Characters Are Eating This Holiday Season

Bonnie Randall

Dec 2, 2019
7 min

What's On Their Christmas Menu? What My Characters Are Eating This Holiday Season

It's all about the food! What are you serving this year? Your tried-and-true Christmas cocktails? New appies or old favorites? Which side...

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Count The Glitter: How—and Why—Gratitude Is The Antidote To Trauma

Bonnie Randall

Nov 28, 2019
6 min

Count The Glitter: How—and Why—Gratitude Is The Antidote To Trauma

You see the memes every day: ‘Have an Attitude of Gratitude’ or ‘What if, today, we were just thankful?’ They’re cute, and in some vague...

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Bonnie Randall

Nov 3, 2019
4 min

Memories, Music, & MEAMS

Wrapped within the memories of our lives a soundtrack plays on—some tracks chosen and purposeful, others there because they just ‘fit’,...

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