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January 11, 2023
❗️📚REMINDER! Lada Ray books still on holiday sale internationally till January 19!
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December 31, 2022
🎄🎊🎉❤️HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023 FROM LADA RAY!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
TO ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS, AWESOME STUDENTS, FANS AND FOLLOWERS!
TO ALL MY AMAZING EARTH KEEPERS, EARTH SHIFTERS AND BEAUTIFUL SOUL FAMILY!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!
~ Much love from Lada Ray
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December 26, 2022
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STEPFORD, USA (Accidental Spy Small Town, USA #1)
The adventure takes off as one of Jade’s new friends utters the famous last words:
“Oh, don’t listen to them! Stepford is a virtual paradise, marvelous for raising a family. Everything will be fine!”
From that, Jade’s new conspiracy investigation in the most unlikely of places begins, and doesn’t let go until she releases the town from its hidden dark past and rights all the wrongs, while putting her and her unborn baby’s lives in grave danger!
A small teaser:
Prologue
The full moon was surreally bright, but that didn’t help. This part of the Hidden Lake shore was so secluded, so few ever ventured in this direction that not a single soul was likely to hear her scream.
Except one. If he cared to listen… If he cared about her… But now, she knew with absolute certainty he didn’t. No one did. The world, her world, was ending.
How will her mother survive this? And dad? He’s just started recovering from a stroke. Gathering what strength she still had left, she struggled on wet grass as her new summer dress turned to filthy rags. But there was no escaping from the cold fingers pinning her down, or from a rough hand that crushed her mouth.
The last thing she thought was: how could he? The last thing she smelled was the freshness of the night lake, overpowered by a foul stench of a drunken, sweaty male. The last thing she saw was a menacing shadow obscuring the light of the moon.
Then, she saw no more. She felt no more…
Chapter 1
I never thought of myself as a stay-at-home little housewife. A mere eight weeks ago I’d been dodging stray bullets in Afghanistan together with Paul, my new husband. But then again, I’d never pictured myself as a marrying type either.
My name is Jade Snow, I am twenty eight, an investigative journalist and a freelance documentary filmmaker. I met Paul, a brilliant journalist for Time magazine, on one of our expeditions. My crew got word that the Taliban should be in one of the villages of southeastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border. Our documentary about the Iraqi and Afghani insurgencies would’ve been enhanced dramatically if only we succeeded in getting that coveted footage of the bearded, dust-covered Taliban warriors.
We were in the very thick of things, when the shooting started. My crew was trapped, and Paul came out of nowhere and saved the day, just like (I’m embarrassed to say) that proverbial knight in shining armor. And as if that wasn’t enough, as they’d say in romance novels, that’s when our eyes met and we knew…. Basically, you get the drift.
When you are in the line of fire every day, you know very quickly who’s who around you. You also don’t waste your time on unnecessary doubts and deliberations. Paul and I didn’t. A month later we were married and since our lives were very busy, me – shooting my documentary, him – writing his pieces for Time magazine, the honeymoon was brief and almost perfunctory: four days at a luxury hotel in Dubai, part of the nearby United Arab Emirates. Dubai is a Switzerland wannabe of the Middle East – so close to all the skirmishes, yet so prosperous, so clean, so quiet and so neutral. Well… sort of prosperous, apart from nearly going bankrupt recently, and sort of neutral, at least officially.
We spent our time making love, walking on the beach (in case you were wondering, just walking since public displays of intimacy are a huge no-no in these parts), making love (alas, strictly in our hotel room), enjoying peace and quiet, and making love (lots of it). It was loads of fun, restrictions aside, but we had to get back to the hell across the Gulf.
Trouble started when one morning I felt sick. At first, we thought it was just the food – you know, the inedible, indigestible kind Afghanistan is so famous for. But when the excruciating abdominal pain and the extreme nausea didn’t subside after a full week, Paul talked me into flying back to Dubai to see a proper doctor.
Turned out, I wasn’t sick at all, I was just pregnant. And that’s when my life changed forever from the predictability of danger-ridden assignments at the hottest spots on the planet to the shock of the unpredictable existence as an expecting housewife.
The doctor shook his head reproachfully and pronounced that I had too much stress in my life and if I wanted to keep my baby, I should consider changing my lifestyle.
“Meaning?” I managed to squeak out indignantly.
“Meaning, young lady,” continued the doctor, sternly knitting his bushy eyebrows, “you should stop chasing the Taliban and start living a peaceful, restful life, with good and regular nutrition and in a safe environment.”
I hated that man!
But Paul agreed with him immediately and wholeheartedly. One week later, he persuaded me, forced me really, to move back to the US. He knew I didn’t have much of an excuse. The documentary was basically done and I could leave my crew behind to finish up some additional footage.
We returned to New York, to Paul’s spacious apartment on Upper West Side, where he spent his days applying finishing touches to his work. Meanwhile, I was trying to look like I was busy, too. I went around, obsessively re-arranging furniture in compliance with the principles of my new hobby, feng shui, all the while feeling like a caged tiger. Before long, Paul’s eyes started acquiring a certain alarmed look every time he’d turn around to find yet another furniture piece not in its familiar place. But at that point, his series of Front Line Essays was published to a chorus of favorable critique; my crew came back and our documentary went into production. Soon, I ran out of furniture to re-arrange, having already feng shue-ed the whole place to death. There was nothing left for me to do but to be bored, between debilitating attacks of nausea, of course.
From there on everything got worse… Paul got a new assignment, of all places, to Africa. I envied him since I was about to begin resembling a small barrel on long, thin legs and in my condition taking on any new assignments was out of the question.
Meanwhile, Paul didn’t feel right leaving me by myself in New York. We need to talk, he said to me one day. Somehow, I didn’t really like the sound of that… Then he started. Didn’t the doctors say I needed a peaceful and restful atmosphere? So, he continued, that must mean the country. It turned out all my assurances that I was fine in New York, and that I had all the fresh air and peace I needed right where I was, fell on deaf ears. Paul was a man of action, coupled with an overactive imagination and a white knight in shining armor syndrome, to boot. I should know, this was the explosive combo I fell for. But now it was turning downright dangerous, as he insisted on treating me as his very own damsel in distress.
So, one fine day, Paul came home and happily announced that he rented me a wonderful cottage in the Berkshires, Massachusetts, a charming community about two and a half hours north of the City. Fresh air, mountain views, peace and quiet – what can be better for a pregnant woman? Paul’s rhetorical question hung in the air next to his smiling face, which stared happily into my mortified one.
He continued his assault. Green grass, birds singing, besides, didn’t I want to start working on my own book? Surely, those gorgeous mountains would provide plenty of inspiration! He was so convincing, I imagine that’s how the infamous snake in the Garden of Eden seduced naïve Eve into trying the forbidden apple.
I certainly saw Paul’s dilemma: what to do with me in my condition when he is so far away, risking his life in some godforsaken Somalia? From his point of view this was a perfect solution and a great way to appease his guilt – mission accomplished! And I… I was too exhausted to argue and somewhere deep down, skillfully implanted by my best friend and confidant, Rachel Weise, a doubt lingered. Who knows, maybe I should, after all, try a change of pace? Perhaps, the country would indeed be better for the baby? Perhaps, I could finally start working on the stories I always wanted to write, but never found the time? Perhaps…
And that’s how I was seduced into moving to the quaint town of Stepford, located in idyllic Berkshire County, MA.
Paul left for Africa two weeks later, after settling me down in our new country home. He gave me a long and passionate kiss, his dark eyes gazing into mine.
…
“Oh, don’t listen to them,” said Anne. “Stepford is a virtual paradise, marvelous for raising a family. Everything will be fine.”
I exhaled, relieved.
The women went back to their knitting, all the while chatting away about this and that, the latest neighborhood news and the freshest bits of gossip. I sat there half-listening and nodding distractedly. Shawna was knitting a baby blanket in cornflower blue and Karen, a baby hat in bright pink. Their fingers moved swiftly, neat rows appearing like magic from under their clicking needles. I better learn to knit like that soon, I thought. The baby sure could use a soft blanket or a prety little hat.
And then another thought slithered into my mind. Congrats Jade, it teased me, you’ve just landed yourself in pregnant housewives’ paradise. But then again, the thought continued, at least I won’t be alone any more. And who knows, perhaps, it’ll even be fun.
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FULL DESCRIPTION
Some conspiracies hide in small towns with perfect façades
The GREEN DESERT Iraq prequel leads to the next, unexpected manifestation of the international journalist turned sleuth, Jade Snow, in the 1st Accidental Spy full-size novel, STEPFORD, USA. She’s now married yet utterly alone, what with absentee world-traveling journalist husband, stay-at-home mom-to-be, who lands in a perfect-façade “Small Town, USA,” located in the Berkshires, Massachusetts.
Stepford is a typical for the US, idyllic backwater paradise, complete with Victorian antiques, historic Blue Peacock Inn, the gossip central knitting club, and the good old boys’ club, to boot. Behind that boring yet presentable exterior hides a hideous coverup conspiracy, an ugly crime for which an innocent man was sent to jail. Amid small-town charm which behind its perfect façade conceals death, danger and buried secrets, Jade must solve the cold case, uncover uncomfortable truths, bring closure to victims and justice to the wrongly accused!
Along the way, she’ll discover her unexpected psychic gift and find predestined relationships she’ll treasure for life.
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FIVE STARS
“Compelling until the very end. This is a very enjoyable book with terrific characters and a clever storyline that conjures truths from the imbedded lies and deceit of the higher echelons of Stepford. In a whirlwind of well crafted storytelling we experience Jade’s paranormal psychic visions and even venture into a virtual reality laboratory to discover that all is not as it seems. This novel makes clever observations on morality, class and perception with wonderful twists and turns that will surprise and intrigue. A purposeful puzzle, compelling until the very end. Looking forward to reading Lada Ray’s other novels.” ~ Mardi Orlando, Author
FIVE STARS
“This exciting page-turner will have you guessing from the very beginning. Lada skillfully weaves many surprises into this psychological thriller. Her exquisite scene setting together with compelling dialogue makes Stepford USA a fascinating, if at times nail-biting, read. I highly recommend Stepford USA. Jade Snow is intelligent, warm and witty. Join her as she puts the pieces together and helps release a town from its dark, hidden past.” ~ Jason Sullivan, Author
CATEGORY: psychological thriller, adventure, cozy mystery, crime, conspiracy, women sleuths, humor, psychic
Suitable for ages: 13 to adult
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December 25, 2022
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December 24, 2022
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December 23, 2022
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS
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~ FROM LADA RAY
May all your wishes come true!
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New holiday post for all my patreons on LADA RAY PATREON:
MERRY YULE and CHRISTMAS! MY AMAZING NEW RITUALS FOR AWESOME 2023! (Open MDU/MHAP special)
An excerpt from this holiday post:
Dear Friends,
This is a very special Holiday post, which I’m making open to aPatreons as part of the New Year gift — from me to you!
Join me in a Positive Celebration for Success, Prosperity and Wish Fulfillment MANIFESTATION!We all celebrate what we love and what our family and tribe tradition calls for. It’s great to have a diversity, in it there exists a special kind of richness. I personally love joyful and uplifting holidays.
Traditionally, I personally celebrate the New Year Dec 31-Jan 1. This is one of my favorite holidays, bringing much joy and warmth once felt as a child. Az indulges me and does his best to tag along. But Az’s family never had this kind of a tradition. They only celebrate Chinese New Year and other Chinese holidays. I happen to love Chinese New Year too, which we celebrate every year together.
But who’s to say we can’t use the best of the existing traditions to create our own, even better ones, custom-tailored to us! Tell you a big secret: that’s what the wise ones and movers and shakers of all times have always done! Created something that would later become a new tradition!
MY NEW WINTER SOLSTICE – NEW YEAR MANIFESTATION TRADITION
In my new, personal tradition I’m combining my personal holistic cosmic spirituality with the positive and inspiring elements of the ancient Feng Shui, witchcraft and Russian Vedic traditions—all blended together!
COMPLETE: MERRY YULE and CHRISTMAS! MY AMAZING NEW RITUALS FOR AWESOME 2023! (Open MDU/MHAP special)
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December 18, 2022
PREVIEW! There’s Always Space for a New Book!
Friends,
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THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THE NEW BOOKSTORE, SIGNED PRINTABLE EBOOKS + UPCOMING ACCIDENTAL SPY OMNIBUS
WILL BE NEXT WEEK: DECEMBER 20-23!
Today,
I just want to tell you real quick about all those great new pages and content I created for the
NEW BOOKS SECTION ON LADARAY.COMPlease check them out, lots to sink your teeth in!
There is a lot to check out there at your leisure: new mega-excerpts, descriptions and best reviews; future books’ info — and more to come! The pages look pretty good, if I may say so myself! 
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and
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I’ll talk to you more next week!
~Lada
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FUTURE GLOBAL MONETARY SYSTEM!
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December 17, 2022
NEW AUTHOR BIO 2023!
Friends,
Published my new Bio 2023!
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Here’s the new author bio you’ll now see on LadaRay.com and in online book stores I work with (Kobo/Rakuten, Barnes&Noble, Apple, Vivlio, Tolino, BorrowBox, Smashwords, Scribd, etc.)
BIOLada Ray is Multidimensional futurist, geopolitical author, creator and psychic counsellor, acclaimed for her uncanny predictions, unique analysis, global forecasts and deeply-revealing personal consultations.
Lada is the creator of breakthrough EARTH SHIFT, QUANTUM CALIBRATION and MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS systems, bridging the gap between 3D reality and higher-consciousness, and allowing us to glimpse beyond the veil.
In addition to being an author of multiple fiction and non-fiction books, Lada Ray authored over two thousand articles, reports, webinars and workshops, published regularly on her main sites: LadaRay.com and Patreon.com/LadaRay.
The recently unveiled new MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNIVERSITY program (ladaray.com/mdu):
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Lada Ray’s free Futurist Trendcast blog has been visited by over 1.3 million readers.
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Lada Ray, M.A., Author
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Known for uncanny predictions
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December 12, 2022
📖Second Wind! EARTH KEEPERS SERIES and CATHARSIS, LEGEND OF THE LEMURIANS! 📚GREAT NEWS, NEW BOOKS!
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CATHARSIS, Legend of the Lemurians has been re-published with slight modification, new crystal graphics added.
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CATHARSIS, Legend of the Lemurians
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**Also, the new EARTH KEEPERS SERIES PAGE has been created! At the end of this piece – SEE SOME GREAT NEWS!
DESCRIPTION
CATHARSIS, Legend of the Lemurians (Earth Keepers #1)
2st edition – with new graphics
“Before recorded history, since times immemorial, the Earth Keepers have been watching over our planet. Marked at birth and endowed with supreme powers, the nine chosen ones are the Earth’s record keepers and moderators, and when the time comes, ultimate decision makers. This is the first of their chronicles.”
Lemuria… Atlantis… Forgotten Origins of Humanity
Karma can be a beautiful maiden or a bitch
~Lada Ray
The population of the red planet Catharsis, on the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy, is exceedingly beautiful. Women wear exquisite gowns and gorgeous hairdos, men look stately and dignified, and children seem adorable angels. Even the old people are beautiful: nice grannies knitting scarves or baking delicious cakes and cheerful grandpas taking morning strolls to discuss the latest news at a nearby café.
But Catharsians harbor a terrible secret, which they are ashamed to admit even to themselves. The thing is, they have to share the planet with another race, which they call the Uglies, although the Uglies themselves prefer to be called Lemurians. Alas, no one on Catharsis cares what the Uglies prefer. Being ugly is considered a contagious disease, and the Uglies are herded into a special reservation, called Camp Ugly, where they live out their drudgery behind a tall electric fence.
Yet they don’t seem to fret as they work the fields, raise children and sing their mesmerizingly beautiful songs to Mother of All, the mysterious Goddess Mu. The Uglies’ Elders watch over their ultimate treasure, an enormous Lemurian Mother Crystal, the crystalline engine believed to be holding the planet Catharsis together.
And so, both races co-exist without much interaction—one in their large and beautiful homes, the other in their tiny huts behind tall electric fence… until the ultimate disaster strikes.
Morf is a young Lemurian, who finds himself in the midst of it all, when one night the shimmering Goddess Mu appears to him and he is fatefully thrust into the leadership position whose big shoes no one else can fill.
The mechanism of the Universal Karma activates as last days of Catharsis loom and impending Armageddon conspires to bring out everyone’s true beauty and ugliness. Will the planet Catharsis survive? What new destiny lies in store for the Lemurians? And what happens to the treasured Lemurian Mother Crystal? We are about to find out…
This is Book 1 of the Earth Keepers Chronicles, a companion-prequel to the prophetic real-life fantasy THE EARTH SHIFTER.
First Earth Keepers ChronicleCompanion prequel to THE EARTH SHIFTERa novelette11,000 words, about 30 print pages, 45 ebook pages2022 ebook ISBN: 9798215550038New EARTH KEEPERS SERIES pageBOOKS – more info
Enjoy an extended excerpt!CATHARSIS
Earth Keepers Chronicle 1
Before recorded history, before Humanity, since times immemorial, the Earth Keepers have been watching over our planet. Marked at birth and endowed with supreme powers, the nine chosen ones are the Earth’s record keepers and moderators, and when the time comes, ultimate decision makers. This is the first of their chronicles.
Legend of the Lemurians
Planet Catharsis was a beautiful red planet located on the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy. Everything on it was a lovely shade of red, orange, or fuchsia. Catharsis had two beautiful moons: the purple moon and the orange moon, which illuminated the nightly sky when its red sun was napping.
Just like the planet itself, its inhabitants were truly beautiful: gorgeous women clad in exquisite gowns and elaborate hairdos, stately men with dignified features, and adorably angelic children. Even the old people were beautiful: nice grannies knitting pretty hats or baking delicious cakes and cheerful grandpas taking lovely morning strolls to discuss the latest news at a nearby café.
Catharsians prided themselves on their large and beautiful houses. In fact, one house was more beautiful than the next. People of Catharsis treated beauty as an art form and a lifelong competition. On this planet, being a beautician was a high honor, but what was even better was to be a plastic surgeon.
Once, the planet of Catharsis possessed a rich animal kingdom, with animals of varying species living in the woods, fields, and waters. Catharsians also kept adorable pets. But at some point, they realized that all these pets were terribly messy, what with chewing on their owners’ stylish shoes, scratching valuable sofas, and leaving fur everywhere—and that was unforgivably ugly. Soon, all the pets were gone, vanished, as if they never existed.
Initially that caused a stir in society, with children crying for their little furry friends and even some adults longing for them. But what wouldn’t one sacrifice for beauty? So, eventually everyone in the Catharsian society adjusted to the absence of pets.
However, there was still the question of all those wild animals, which continued to bother the beauty-oriented Catharsians. One day, all the wild animals were gone, as well. That caused much less of a stir, although the group called Fair Catharsis tried to stage protests. The population at large hardly noticed the disappearance of all of the wild creatures. The truth was, the entire planet was now clean and sterile, and no one could argue that this wasn’t much better.
Next, an ingenious company, called ELPET, introduced the new electronic pet. Catharsians were tripping all over themselves to purchase one for their household, because these pets never ate, never made a mess and were (you guessed it!) beautiful. Before long, every self-respecting Catharsian household had an Elpet, one model more gorgeous than the next. ELPET stock went through the roof, and the population returned to its happy equilibrium. Harmony and beauty were restored.
The whole planet was clearly basking in the rays of its Golden Age, and it seemed nothing, absolutely nothing, could spoil it.
But wait, there was something of which Catharsians were both afraid and ashamed. Something they didn’t even admit to themselves. The thing was, not every inhabitant of the planet was beautiful. Sure, there were degrees of beauty. Not everyone could be strikingly, impossibly beautiful. Some had to be plainer than others were. That was true. Although it was never admitted publicly, some Catharsians were less attractive than was socially acceptable. However, they would become more beautiful with the adept help of plastic surgeons and beauticians.
No, the people we are talking about were not beautiful by any stretch of imagination. In fact, they were truly and exceedingly ugly. As ugly as one could get! The truth was…the beautiful Catharsians had to share their planet with another race, which they called the Uglies. Of course, the Uglies themselves preferred to be called Lemurians. Alas, on beautiful planet Catharsis no one cared what the Uglies preferred.
The Uglies were as different from Catharsians as day was from night. While Catharsians cared very much how exquisite their gowns were, and how well their high-heeled shoes accentuated their meticulously groomed feet, the Uglies ran around in simple, home-made outfits. And, oh horror of horrors, they often walked around barefoot! When asked why they did so, they smiled serenely, explaining that this is how they connected with Goddess Mu, the Sacred Mother of All. ……..
**As is usual with my books, the biggest surprise and revelation comes in the very end!
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The EARTH KEEPERS – GREAT NEWS!
I will be continuing the EARTH KEEPERS SERIES! SECOND BOOK IS COMING IN 2023!There will be a second novelette*** in the series, and hopefully more than one in 2023!
The series will have at least 5-6 novelettes altogether, possibly more, as companion-prequels to THE EARTH SHIFTER!
Each novelette will have its own Multidimensional-Universe topic and focus, but all of them are connected and will flow into each other!
When the series is finished, it’ll become a new, full-size epic novel! That was the original design, which is getting a second wind! I plan at least 1 such novelette installment in 2023 (possibly more than one, time allowing, due to many other projects!)
The second book in the EARTH KEEPERS SERIES will be about a cosmic species, whose story I’m sure you’ll all enjoy tremendously, since many of you frequently ask this question!
But no spoilers! Look for my announcements in 2023!
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***What is a ‘novelette? It’s usually a shorter piece of fiction than a novella or novel. The size varies between 10 and 20 thousand words.
***Catharsis is 11,000 words.
