E. Renea Snyder · Clinician • Survivor • Advocate • Author

My Books

Stories that heal. Words that transform.

Trauma-informed memoirs about domestic violence, coercive control, and family court; a guided expressive arts workbook for healing; and a new small-town fantasy series. Each book is a piece of my heart — written to inspire healing, ignite hope, and remind you of the magic that lives within and around you.

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The Healing Canvas Workbook

A guided path toward healing, recovery, and self-discovery through expressive arts and creative practices.

  • 25 structured modules for growth
  • Journaling, coloring, & creative tools
  • For adults and adolescents
A story of survival. A path to freedom.
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Smoke, Mirrors, and Marble Floors

The Smoke & Mirrors Series, Book One

A trauma-informed memoir for survivors of domestic violence, coercive control, and emotional abuse — and for anyone ready to break the cycle and reclaim their life.

  • Understand the tactics of coercive control
  • Find validation, compassion, and clarity
  • Begin your journey of healing and freedom
Coming September 2026
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Where Was God?

An honest book about trauma, faith, and healing — for anyone who has ever felt forgotten, too much, not enough, or just…done. For the late-night overthinkers, the quiet ones, the angry ones, and the ones just trying to make it through. You don't have to have it all together to belong here.

  • Honest conversations about trauma and faith
  • A God who meets you in the real stuff
  • Hope that doesn't ignore your pain
  • Help for you and the people who care about you
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Coming October 2026
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Smoke, Mirrors, and Justice

The Smoke & Mirrors Series, Book Two

Family Court, Coercive Control, and the Illusion of Protection. We left the abuse. He found a bigger stage. A searing look at how survivors and their children are silenced, dismissed, and exposed by the systems meant to protect them.

  • Inside the family court system
  • How coercive control extends post-separation
  • Stories of survivors silenced and dismissed
  • A call for reform and real protection
Coming December 2026
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Letters to Her

Two women wrote to each other for three years. Neither ever sent a word. One was the wife. One was the other woman. Each wrote to a stranger she had never met and could not stop imagining — and neither ever knew the other was writing back. Then they met. And what happened after was not what either of them expected.

  • The wife and the other woman — both sides of the story
  • Three years of unsent letters, and what happened after they met
  • Written for the woman harmed and the woman blamed
  • Coming December 2026
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Coming January 2027
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The Water Witch of Punxsutawney

The Ash and Water Series, Book One

A divorced small-town therapist comes home to bury her grandmother and sell the family farm — and discovers she's the last in a two-hundred-year line of witches sworn to hold shut a door beneath Punxsutawney, with only until Groundhog Day to stop a predatory water company (and something far older and hungrier) from prying it open.

  • Book One of The Ash and Water Series
  • A new story of legacy, power, and hidden doors
  • Where folklore, family secrets, and courage collide
  • Coming January 2027
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Coming July 2027
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Smoke, Mirrors & The System

The Smoke & Mirrors Series, Book Three

Book Three of the memoir series. Truth. Power. Consequences. This isn't the end — it's the reckoning. A story of survival. A fight for truth. A reclaiming of power.

  • The reckoning beyond the courtroom
  • Exposing the systems that failed survivors
  • A story of survival and a fight for truth
  • A reclaiming of power
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Coming December 2027
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Beyond Smoke & Mirrors

The Smoke & Mirrors Series, Book Four

The final book in the Smoke & Mirrors series. The truth revealed. The freedom won. The life reclaimed. A story of vindication, restoration, and stepping fully into the light after the longest night.

  • The final chapter of the Smoke & Mirrors journey
  • Truth, freedom, and the life reclaimed
  • Hope beyond survival — a path to thriving
  • For every survivor ready to walk through the open gate
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May these stories find you when you need them mostand remind you that you are not alone.

You are what you choose to become.

Trauma-informed and survivor-centered

Written with clinical expertise and lived experience

Empowering, validating, and non-judgmental

Resources and support for your healing journey