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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | April 25, 2026 · 5:00 am

Influence God’s Way With Us Blitz

A Faith-Filled Coming of Age Story About Influence, Identity, and Purpose

Coming of Age, Christian

Date Published: April 25, 2026

Jade didn’t set out to become famous.

She just wanted to be seen.

When eighteen-year-old Jade Zachary begins experimenting with social media,
what starts as curiosity quickly turns into something bigger. Her posts gain
attention. Her following grows. But the spotlight comes with a cost. Harsh
comments begin piling up, accusations spread online, and strange anonymous
messages start appearing in her inbox. Someone is watching her more closely
than she realizes.

As the pressure of influence grows, Jade must confront questions far deeper
than likes or followers.

Who is she trying to impress?

What does real influence actually look like?

Guided by her faith, her family, and trusted friends, Jade begins to discover
that influence is not about popularity or clout. It is about purpose,
integrity, and the responsibility that comes with having a voice.

Blending Christian fantasy, suspense, and inspirational storytelling,
Influence God’s Way With Us explores the unseen spiritual principles
behind identity, discernment, and influence in today’s attention-driven
culture. Through Jade’s journey, readers discover powerful lessons about
authenticity, humility, leadership, and staying grounded in faith in a world
obsessed with approval.

The internet gave Jade a platform.

Faith will decide how she uses it.

This is not just a story about going viral.

It is a story about identity, boundaries, faith, and the courage to influence
the world God’s way.

If you’ve ever questioned the pressure of social media, identity, or
purpose, this story will challenge and inspire you. Get your copy today and
join Jade’s journey.

About the Author

Lola Salvador Akinwunmi is a writer, songwriter, and leadership architect with
a passion for shaping people who shape the world. Drawing from years of
creative and leadership work, Lola brings a rare voice to every room she
enters, one that is equally at home crafting a lyric, building a leader, and
telling a story that stirs the soul.

Her debut novella, Influence God’s Way With Us, is the culmination of that
journey. It explores what it truly means to lead with divine influence, not
ego, strategy, or title, but surrender and purpose. Lola writes for the leader
who knows there is something deeper available and is ready to reach for it.

She has been featured in Addicted2Success, LinkedIn, Thrive Global, Brit +Co,
CEOWorld Magazine, The Good Men Project, and writes for Entrepreneur Magazine.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | May 30, 2025 · 5:00 am

Luna Court Virtual Book Tour

Nonfiction/Memoir, Adventure, Coming of Age, Drama

Date Published: March 24, 2025

Publisher: MindStir Media

“Life on the road was a dream. Destinations were shaping up to be
cold, hard, complicated realities.”

The call of the open road, the music that fuels them, and the night that
changed everything… In the early 1990s, amidst the gritty allure of
Southern California’s burgeoning music scene, 18-year-old Denver finds
herself at a crossroads. Her father has been missing for over a year,
leaving behind a void that haunts her every moment. After high school
graduation, Denver and her best friend hit the road for a transformative
journey across the country.

EXCERPT

Prologue

AUGUST 1979

HE BURIED HIS ring.

My mother had died two years earlier, when I was just a toddler, and her ring went with her—into the casket, into the ground. My dad had kept his ring on, worn it through those aching, unsteady months of early grief. But now he was getting married again. And we were at my mother’s gravesite. And he was burying his ring.

He slid it from his knuckle up to his fingertip and used it as a tool to dig a small hole in the ground before dropping the ring near my mother’s headstone in the rolling hills of the San Fernando Valley. Then he covered the ring with soil, patting the mound tenderly. I remember thinking that I should probably miss my mom more than I did, but I was only two when she died, so how could I? And I loved my dad with such intensity—and felt just as intensely loved back—that there wasn’t much room for sadness in my heart that day.

There was a softness to my mom that I’ll never forget. A tall, quiet, weepy gentleness. If I closed my eyes tight, I could conjure a rippling image of a swimming pool, her arms around me as we floated. Tighter, and I saw a small kitchen. Broken dishes and blood everywhere.

I remember much less about my mother than I do about the diner we went to after my dad buried his ring. It was here, over a plate of pancakes and bacon, that I first heard the numbers 6-6-6.

“Something’s gonna happen,” my dad said, “but I hope not in your lifetime.”

He set his cup of coffee on the Formica tabletop and held my gaze. I knew he had something important to tell me. He said something about revelations, something I didn’t really understand, and that our mom had known the world was ending. Now he knew it, too. Computers, microchipping, salvation.

“People are going to be buying and selling things with computers, but only if they have the mark of the beast. And I will not ever take the mark of the beast. If I have to live on the side of the road, I will. And I won’t let it happen to you.”

I was only four. A beast, to me, was something under the bed. Something inside the closet. Something dangerous and snarling that could take my father away from me. Something terrible that might have taken my mother.

That night, I started praying fervently. And I never stopped.

Don’t let my daddy die. Don’t let the world end.

Please don’t let him take my daddy too.

About the Author

You might say Dandy’s lifelong pursuit of healing began in many
places: with parents who both abandoned her in different ways; with the
incredible cross-country road trip she embarked on as a teenager; or with a
transcendent night in Washington D.C.

The truth is, healing is not about beginnings or about endings. It’s
an invitation that beckons to every one of us.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | May 8, 2025 · 5:00 am

Luna Court Blitz

Nonfiction/Memoir, Adventure, Coming of Age, Drama

Date Published: March 24, 2025

Publisher: MindStir Media

“Life on the road was a dream. Destinations were shaping up to be
cold, hard, complicated realities.”

About the Author

The truth is, healing is not about beginnings or about endings. It’s
an invitation that beckons to every one of us.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | May 6, 2025 · 5:00 am

Summer Fated To Be Mine Blitz

YA, Coming of Age, Urban, Romance

Date Published: 05-06-2025

First Love is Overrated

This summer these two broken souls discover if your second love can make
you forget your first

Growing up, the Morelli brothers were close

Their kinship sinks deeper than the Titanic the summer they both fall for
the same girl. Zakiah always felt Iliana Kaplan’s heart belonged to him. All
along, it has been their story, until fate removed the blindfold.

Everything falls apart when Zakiah realizes Iliana will never give him her
whole heart. This time, the middle brother, Elijah, won’t be able to repair
the damage. A rift is torn amid all of them, and nothing will ever be the
same again.

Two years later, when love comes knocking on his door, Zakiah strays from
his motto. He can’t pretend the connection he feels with Glory Glover isn’t
real. He just can’t afford to fall victim to love again—already
learned that lesson the hard way.

Life drops the other shoe. When his dad reveals who his betrothed is,
there’s no running from what fate has in store. Can your second love make
you forget your first? Zakiah must decide if love only exists in fairytales.
No matter what choice he makes, it won’t be easy to find what’s truly his to
behold.

What happened in the spring might’ve made him forget his summertime dreams,
but reality rarely has a silver lining.

About the Author

B. Truly has wanted to be an author since she was fifteen years old. She is
grateful to have accomplished this dream. B. Truly has very vivid dreams and
a wild imagination. She likes to read, watch tons of TV shows, and movies.
She’s addicted to romance and gets a thrill out of suspense and
sci-fi. She writes young adult, new adult, and adult romance, sci-fi,
dystopian, paranormal, and urban genres.

B. Truly likes to explore conflicted plots of romance with thrilling
twists. She also loves creating impossible situations for her characters to
grow from and try to overcome.

B. Truly has three wonderful children, and a husband who defines the person
that she is today. She works full-time as an Ultrasound technologist in
Houston, Texas.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | April 18, 2025 · 5:00 am

Summer Fated To Be Mine Teaser

YA, Coming of Age, Urban, Romance

Date Published: 05-06-2025

First Love is Overrated

This summer these two broken souls discover if your second love can make
you forget your first

Growing up, the Morelli brothers were close

What happened in the spring might’ve made him forget his summertime dreams,
but reality rarely has a silver lining.

About the Author

B. Truly likes to explore conflicted plots of romance with thrilling
twists. She also loves creating impossible situations for her characters to
grow from and try to overcome.

B. Truly has three wonderful children, and a husband who defines the person
that she is today. She works full-time as an Ultrasound technologist in
Houston, Texas.

Contact Links

Preorder Today

https://mybook.to/SummerFatedToMeMine