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Grandmother Carried Her Pearls

by PatricIa Carney

Set in the last 1970s, Trudy finds herself abandoned at a truck stop by Harold Faust, the attorney who counseled her through a private adoption. The unlikely hero of the story, Mac, a trucker, offers to take Trudy back to Milson, a midwestern city where they both live. The plot doubles back to the prior year finding Trudy full of hope with plans to enroll at the local university.

My Genes Don't Fit

by Amy Jarecki

A deeply poignant novel about the resilience of the human spirit when two women face unforeseen catastrophes. Jane is at the height of her career, confident, fearless, and commanding. Her daughter Meg is loyal, hardworking, and a tad eccentric. Both women consider their lives to be perfectly on-target. Jane will become her company’s CEO. Meg will marry and own a quaint house in a picturesque Midwest town. Perhaps Mr. Right will be the doctor Meg meets on her birthday cruise? Yes. Everythin... more

Great Again

by Bill Day

Jack O’Mally despises liberal elites, fake news media, and everything else that has made America less than what it was. He also harbors a deep-seated prejudice against people of color and foreign immigrants. But this doesn’t mean Jack is a bad guy. Like old Scrooge, he just needs to have his eyes opened to the better side of himself. And who better for the job than Sofia Rivera, a 16-year-old undocumented immigrant drop out with a bad case of “failure to assimilate.” From the sparks of their une... more

Something About Lizzy

by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

Derbyshire, England, Summer 1826. In this highly immersive sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Sofia-Elisabete, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Colonel Fitzwilliam, is initiated into the idyllic, genteel world of her cousin-in-law, Elizabeth Darcy, mistress of Pemberley and mother of five. Lizzy, as she prefers to be called by her intimates, seems happily established in domestic country life and, naturally, still in love with Mr. Darcy. With beguiling candor,... more

Killing the Bordens

by C. Cree

Did Lizzie Borden really murder her parents? On the morning of August 4, 1892, Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered in their home just a few steps from passersby on busy Second Street. No trace of the killer or killers was found. There were suspects, though. The daughters, Emma and Lizzie Borden, were suddenly wealthy women. Lizzie and the Borden family maid, Bridget, had both been home at the time of the murders but swore they saw nothing. Uncle John had stayed, unexpectedly, ... more

Dojo Dilemmas

by Joseph Cucci

“Where’s your loyalty?” By the time Nolan was twenty-three he had given over a decade of his life to the martial arts. He exists in a world where he is forced to grapple with the day-to-day trials of moving from adolescence to adulthood and his certifiable karate instructor, who looks to control his life both inside and outside the dojo.

Venator: Roman Equestrian I

by A.M. Swink

Britannia, AD 59. Decimus is a long-serving senior centurion who dreams of retirement in Rome. Luciana is a Cornovii princess devoted to the freedom and survival of her tribe. Connected only by a passion for horsemanship, the pair could not be more ill-matched. After a deadly conflict thrusts these enemies together, each is determined to fight their desires and triumph over the other. Who will ultimately control the other's heart? But Decimus and Luciana are not the only ones on the hunt f... more

Destiny Rides Shotgun

by Duane Eastman

Synopsis of Destiny Rides Shotgun by Duane Eastman

Duane [20], an aspiring traveler, embraces the flow of freakish events that deliver him to Europe in the early 1970s. He meets Scott [23], the adult in the room, and Dave [20], the silent type, in Amsterdam. The events that occur during their journey from Amsterdam to Kabul, Afghanistan are too remarkable to be exp... more

In His Own Image

by Jeremiah Cobra

An aspiring artist seeks fortune as a sculptor but must hide his true identity as an escaped slave. To realize his dream, he must risk exposing his identity to those who hunt him, the anti-abolitionists, the bounty hunters, and his former master-–who is also his father.

Subcortical

by Laurel Saoirse

Woven with melancholy, 'Subcortical' is a magical, whimsical and heartbreaking story that embarks the reader on an epic journey meant to inspire wonder out of the every day and collected life experiences of it's narrator, Elisabeth. Fantastical dream sequences punctuate reality until the edges of perception begin to blur as we witness Elisabeth's waking and dreaming life melding together. In this series of snapshots, the remarkable senses that simultaneously ignite Elisabeth's universe, while st... more

Ojo

by Donald Mengay

To run for your life and be naked, literally and figuratively; to be pursued by your past, eyed and tracked by those you left behind; to be in a foreign environment, penniless and stripped of privilege; to be queer and working class; to feel the burden of loss keenly; and to know that somehow you have to start over, create a new life, connect with others and construct a home for yourself, from scratch, never mind you're completely clueless as to how––finding refuge in that storm is what Ojo is a... more

The Looney Bin

by Stan Kapuchinski

A gripping, character-driven, dialog-rich psychological drama of healers of the mind, their own psyches grappling with inner stability and the lengths they'll go to to maintain it. Rich in themes of hope, complex relationships, disillusionment, self-duplicity, transformation, empowerment and resilience, the book is set in a mental health clinic.

Mother's Day: A War Story

by William P. Singley

Mother's Day is not a panorama of the decades-long effort, but a brief moment, a close-up of a long and tragic conflict that reveals the immediate in five soldiers' existence; staying alive, staying dry, getting through the day, the night, the next day, the next night-and the boring and rare terrifying events during a year in-country. The reader experiences adapting to life in a free-fire zone among caustic veterans, the fear produced by baptism of fire, and the terrifying incident of a deadly a... more

Poetry in Motion

by Raymond Quattlebaum

So here it is, the book called Poetry In Motion. Poetry is life in Motion, Motion is the Poetry of Life, spinning at a vibration so magnificent, a vision for the world to see. Here, at last, is a book, the Chapters of Poetry In Motion, as we express ourselves through life. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what can you say for a mental visualization? Yes, life is a stage, and we all play a part, but what part do you play in the great scheme of life? As we know, to be a part, you must play ... more

Bertie's Place

by Edie Goodwin

Bertie's Place, published by Westbow Press, is the heartfelt story of a young teacher, Molly Parsons, as she attempts to navigate her first year out of college. Along the way, she finds herself wading through love, loss, heartache, and betrayal. Twenty-two-year-old Molly Parsons has just graduated from college when she lands a job teaching fifth grade in Winslow, a small farming community in northeastern Ohio. Just as she and her friend Eva are preparing to move into their new apartment, Eva ... more

Neighbourly Mischief

by Cristina Mirzoi

In this peculiar story, we follow the lives of a few distinctive individuals living in an old apartment building, ranging from angsty youth to middle-aged couples and senior citizens. Sorrows, insecurities, longings, frustrations, and, above all, secrets are concealed within each of these characters in an intricate maze of dysfunctional yet humorous relationships. The intrusion of an outsider on a serene night unexpectedly impacts the building and its inhabitants, forever altering their lives... more

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