Wings & Whimsy Books Blog

After decades of surviving physical and narcissistic abuse, loss, and heartbreak, D.M. Muray finally steps out of the ashes and tells her story. The Phoenix Rising Woman: Walking Through Fire to Find My Wings is a raw, intimate memoir of one woman’s journey through betrayal, grief, and the long, painful climb back to self-worth.

Buckie may have wings, but even flying pigs need a partner in adventure. Enter The Cincinnati Kid—a tough, tomboyish girl with a backwards ball cap, and a smirk that says she’s ready for anything.

Thirty years later, the song finally finds them. Luke Bowen has spent a lifetime chasing music and outrunning his own patterns. Emily Murphy learned to keep a house, a secret, and her head high in a town that remembers everything. When a chance Friday night at a riverfront tavern in small-town Indiana brings them face-to-face again, old boundaries and new courage collide.

Buckie the Flying Pig may be small, pink, and full of snorts—but his heart is sky-high with hope and dreams. Every day, Buckie flaps his tiny wings and looks to the sky, remembering the promise his Papaw once made: “If you believe in yourself, anything is possible—even flying.”