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The Evil Inclination, a novel

by Daniel Victor

Lev Livitski, devoted son and upright young man, walks the path of Jewish observance without giving it a second thought. But one day in college, Lev encounters Angela Pizatto, a dark-haired knockout, and suddenly, what used to mean everything to him is no longer enough. Angela pulls Lev from a prudish existence into a passionate romance that must remain a secret because she is Catholic and he is Jewish. As the young lovers gallivant throughout Brooklyn, and as their devotion to each other build... more

The Misadventures of an Imperfect Woman

by Bela Gary

A spiritual journey that reminds us that within the tapestry of life, we are all woven together by threads of divine possibility and infinite magic.

She looks for him in every man she meets, but no one can compare to her former love. Just as she begins to accept that she will spend the rest of her life alone, she receives life-changing news. She devises a plan and sets out on an unexpected quest for the "perfect man.”

Simultaneously heartbreaking and humorous, ... more

Best of Timothy Gager: Poems, Essays, and Stories

by Timothy Gager

350 pages of poems, fictions, essays, novel exerpts, ranging from 2002-2033 with over 150 pages of new material

Mushroom Cloud: Book I of the First Strike Series

by Thomas Joseph Yeggy

Caleb Young ,chief Science Officer for the CIA must falsify National intelligence estimates to forestall a First Strike by the US military during the Early years of the Cold War. It becomes increasingly difficult when the US creates intercontinental bombers like the B-36.

The Path to God's Promise

by Ahuva Batya Scharff

One of the last things Elinor Simentov wants is to be a prophet of God, but God has other plans. A Jewish woman of no particular renown, Elinor is asked by God to give a warning to all who will listen. Will she serve as a prophet, sacrificing her goals for herself, self-image, and reputation in order to do something that may be completely useless? God’s message is simple. Humankind must radically change course or face extinction. To give warning, God uses prophecy to urge humans to change... more

Extended Capacity

by Elena Graf

A small town in Maine wakes up thinking it’s just another winter day, but a tragedy has been set in motion by dark secrets from the past and an unfortunate series of recent events. The horror that every town fears is about to come to Hobbs. Dr. Liz Stolz is preparing to teach a gun safety class. Police Chief Brenda Harrison is heading to present her new conceal carry requirements to town manager, Olivia Enright. The principal of Hobbs Elementary, Courtney Barnes, and the new teacher, Susan Ge... more

Pleasant Bay

by Emily Wakeman Cyr

In alternating point-of-view and timelines, PLEASANT BAY follows Sarah in 2002, who is falling in love with Luke, a charming baseball player on Cape Cod, and her teenage daughter Madelyn in 2019, who is struggling to understand why her father has never been a part of her life, and why her mother won’t tell her anything about him. While on Cape Cod for the summer with her grandmother, Madelyn stumbles upon clues to her father’s identity and decides to invite him into her life against her mother’s... more

The Sum of All Parts

by Sara Sheeran

The Sum of all Parts is a shattered story of life, love, pain, memories, betrayal, and hope. Told through the eyes of six women, it reflects on how our thoughts create feelings, our feelings create behaviour, and our behaviour creates feelings: the endless cycle that drives life.

American Pied Piper

by Sam Foster

At the dawn of the 20th century, Beardstown, Illinois, is a city of contradiction. A town of river rats, gamblers, and rail-yard workers, it’s also filled with the accoutrements and refinements that accompany wealth . . . whatever its provenance. In Beardstown, the God-fearing don’t just live side-by-side with the sinners—they often are the sinners. Throughout the first half of the century, the state’s attorney is the formidable James McHugh, who makes his home in Beardstown and has spent his... more

Take Me Back to Cairo

by Pamela Paterson and Tarek Hussein

Yousef's aspiration to fit into his new country of Canada is upended by the lies he hears from both sides-his traditional family trying to keep him entrenched in Egyptian Muslim culture and his new motorcycle-riding girlfriend Janelle, who disguises her fear of commitment as a freewheeling lifestyle. Yoga-pant-and-flipflop-wearing Janelle is the living embodiment of the adventurous life that camel-hair-coat-and-shiny-shoes Yousef has long craved. Yet his desire to enjoy life with her can only be... more

Spots In Your Love Feasts

by Dawn N. Evans

Plowman: Harvest of Grain and Innocence

by Charles Bruckerhoff

At 12, Stella Young and Hana Sanada enrolled in the Stanton Academy for Humanity, where learning was hard, imparted truth, justice, morality, and built character. Students retitled the school Sustainable Farming on Steroids. One day, the girls discovered the wartime journals of their two great-grandfathers, who served in WWII. And a wartime journal of Stella’s grandfather, who served in Vietnam. Now, many years after the wars ended, the girls began turning the journals into a book-lengt... more

Alice's War

by WILLIAM MCCLAIN

Weymouth, England 1939

War changes everything. For grandson Martin, coming of age under the backdrop of World War II. For Sonja, the Jewish refugee he’s drawn to, who left her family in Germany only to face new dangers in England. And for Martin’s friend, Ellis, confronting a war similar to the one that drove his father to alcoholism. Recently widowed, Alice must set aside her long-awaited chance to recreate her life on her own terms when the war places her two grandchildren... more

The End of Everything

by Jimi Fritz

It is midnight at the Winterbourne Psychiatric Institution. The only sound is the staccato hammering of a Smith-Corona Silent-Super typewriter. The crack of its Bakelite keys ricochet through the corridors like six-inch nails pounded into a solid mahogany plank. Known only as Fritz, the man at the typewriter rails against the world while plotting his own suicide. So begins a dark, comedic romp through the complex mind of a man on the edge. \tFritz takes great pleasure in his above-average IQ an... more

EIFFEL TOWER, PRIDE OF HAITI

by gerard germain

This is a summary of pertinent information in the author's previous publication that the New York Times echoed. It is also an uplifting book for the desperate and forgotten Haitian people.

Ralph & Murray

by Rick Glaze

Growing up in a small southern town in the late 1950s, this autobiographical tale is told with punch and humor by my four-legged companion, Ralph. This low-to-the-ground, canine perspective of my story was somewhat news to me, but who can question the poignant truth of the matter from Ralph's own lips. Why do pencils have erasers, and who eats alligators for lunch? Ralph and Murray have the answers. Travel along with Ralph and his sidekick as they narrate the story of the author's fic... more

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