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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. You’ve probably realized how important I consider this topic. In June, I joined 11 other authors in a romance anthology, The Power of Love, which benefits a battered women’s shelter in Hamilton County, Ohio. The cover appears to your right, and more information on the anthology appears below. Please check it out. All of the authors and our agents are donating our proceeds from every sale of the anthology to the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter.
But I digress.
I can toss a lot of facts and figures about domestic violence your way. Facts like one in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year. Children who witness domestic violence are at the greatest risk of repeating this violence.
But I won’t toss a lot of statistics at you. Instead, I’ll just ask that if you or someone you know is in trouble, please remember that help is available. Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). This toll-free service is available 24-hours a day in all 50 states. The Web site is www.NDVH.org.
Thank you for caring.
Patricia

The Power of Love
Multi-author anthology, Lori Foster, et al.
A Berkley Publishing trade paperback
ISBN-10: 0425221482
ISBN-13: 978-0425221488
$14 U.S.
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In this engaging anthology of never-before-published stories, 12 award-winning and bestselling authors are united by their unique visions of the resilient woman and her quest for self, for fulfillment, for empowerment, and for an enriching new appreciation for what love really means—and why it matters.
A young woman is torn between the overbearing security of her fiancé and the excitement of an old flame…a desperate wife is forced into the workplace for the first time in her life…an ambitious professional woman finally finds the courage to take control of her career—and her man…an emotionally fragile divorcee finds resolve in the ethereal visitations of an archangel. These are just some of the women who discover and rediscover their wonderfully fallible selves in the shadow of love—romantic love, platonic love, new love, and lost love. You’ll be touched, inspired, charmed, and amused by these twelve original stories of disparate longings, unsettled lives, and the power of love.
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