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Rose House (The La Rosaleda Collection Book 2)

by Tina Ann Forkner

Still mourning the loss of her family in a tragic accident, Lillian Diamon finds herself drawn back to the Rose House, a quiet cottage where four years earlier she poured out her anguish among its fragrant blossoms. She returns to the rolling hills and lush vineyards of the Sonoma Valley in search of something she can’t quite name. But then Lillian stumbles onto an unexpected discovery: displayed in the La Rosaleda Gallery is a painting that captures every detail of her most private moment of... more

2023: World War III

by Carl Berryman

In 2023: World War III, the Peoples's Republic of China explodes out of its borders. This book presents China's political, social, and economic rationale, military preparations, and grand strategy for such a disaster. It discusses the lack of political and military preparations by the West, the consequences for China's neighbors, and how the world, in general, and the United States, in particular, will respond. Events in today's world make it all possible. The only way to prevent World War III i... more

Almost Heaven

by Linda Rettstatt

Annie Crawford hasn't given life, death, or the afterlife all that much thought until she's hit by a garbage truck and wakes up in a strange place that's so perfectly the life she has imagined. The problem is, she can't stay there. And how does she explain--without sounding crazy--what she saw when she comes back to this life? She visits a place that’s a lot like heaven—almost. Some things are bound to change, because her near-death experience has changed Annie.

The Redemption of Mattie Silks

by Kimberly Burns

Old West madam, Mattie Silks runs the finest parlor house in a town filled with corrupt police, righteous politicians, morality committees, and a crime boss named Soapy Smith. Mattie’s lover witnesses Soapy shoot a man and escape justice. When a young girl is murdered, Mattie’s convinced Soapy did it. This time she is determined to see justice done. Based on a true story.

Scottish Roots

by Bill Thesken

When wayward son Callum Maclean’s mega-rich father passes away, the old man leaves the entire family fortune to charity. The only thing he leaves his son is the ancient family home on the west coast of Scotland that Callum last saw when he was three years old. The last time in fact that he was in the old country, twenty years ago. With his last few dollars in his pocket Callum travels halfway across the world to Argyll, the Highlands, with the intent to sell the house, be done with the past, an... more

Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

by Nadine Bjursten

Resonating with tenderness, HALF A CUP OF SKY is a moving portrait of one woman’s search for love and belonging cast against a nuanced backdrop of political turmoil.

Aila's Journal: A Tale of Reconstruction

by Charles M. Clemmons

In 1863, two thirteen-year-old girl laborers meet on a farm south of Wilmington, North Carolina. Aila MacKenzie is a White indentured servant, and Mary Jane Sanders is a Black slave. As the story unfolds, both suffer similar hardship and abuse that over time will spawn mutual empathy and friendship. With historical events as a backdrop, the story depicts the struggle of White and Black families in rural North Carolina during and following the Civil War, 1863-1919. For the Black families, it is ... more

Life at the Precipice

by R.F. Vincent

In 1959 an earthquake in central Vancouver Island devastated the lakeside community of Pyrite Ridge. The seismic event triggered landslides that isolated the town and killed sixteen people, while a geological phenomenon known as a segue caused the lake to drop an astonishing 150 meters. Perched on the precipice of a yawning abyss and cut off from the world by tons of rubble, Pyrite Ridge became a place of myth and lore. After finding a newspaper attached to a red balloon that supposedly came fro... more

The Private Misadventures of Nell Nobody

by Jennifer Newbold

In 1793, a young woman in a desperate situation dons waistcoat and breeches and recreates herself as a man. Ned joins the British Army, which is fighting the French in the Mediterranean. Ned's officers second him to a naval captain who they consider a thorn in their side -- his name is Horatio Nelson. Over the course of three years, Captain Nelson becomes Ned's mentor, helping Ned to realise that a person cannot be defined by what other people say or believe about them. But even as Ned witnesses... more

Glimmer

by Sam Aleks

Onra Kang didn’t start the fire that left her with debilitating burns, even if giving that young boy a box of her precious matches was the catalyst. 20-something, alexithymic, and still haunted by her younger brother’s untimely death, Onra leaves the hospital determined to reevaluate her destructive outlet by expanding her emotional intelligence. When her sociopathic ex-best friend connects her with a benefactor, Onra has the opportunity to channel her emotions into a new creative... more

The Textile Trilogy: Burning Silk 2010, Linen Shroud 2017, Oil & Water 2024.

by Destiny Kinal

The Textile Trilogy covers all the 19th century and presents the craft village as a compelling model for us to emulate, while we are looking around to retrieve elements of our recent past before the Petroleum Age jettisoned our future on this planet. Milan Kundera has said that the place of history in novels is the take us back to contemplate what we abandoned in the past, "in that vast cemetery of forgetting." Industry moved forward with wind and water Now we have solar! The agricultural c... more

The Santa Claus Girl

by Patricia P Goodin

When the polio epidemic of 1952 hits New York City, a young WWII veteran must race against time, public fear of the disease, and demons from his past, to help save the life of a little girl.

Children in the City of Czars: A Novel

by Irmgarde Brown

Orphaned in 2000, the Lebedev siblings are alone in the underbelly of the most beautiful city in the world, St. Petersburg. Fedya is nearly thirteen and tries his best to keep them together but fails. He surrenders his two sisters to the orphanage system and joins a ring of thieves. It’s not long before the gang has a run-in with the Russian mafia and Fedya becomes the focal point of a madman’s revenge, and a race across Russia into Latvija. His sister, Elena, is brutally bullied at the orphanag... more

Chasing Sevens

by Liberty Lane

Good-natured yet naïve Tobi Stone has always been dealt an unfair hand. Tobi dreams of becoming a successful musician but finds creative spirits are silenced in forgotten "fly-over" towns. When his closest friend goes missing, a streak of luck leads him on a journey to find her. Losing love and innocence in the chaos of the music industry, Tobi finds himself. A heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Chasing Sevens follows Tobi as he grapples with the harsh real... more

Bardo

by Emily Gallo

After twenty years in prison, an exonerated Luther finds himself once again accused of a murder he did not commit. He flees to New York City where Finn, an old Irish author, teaches him that life is not a predictable, straight path. They embark on a food and drink fueled, cross-country trip where Luther learns to embrace the idea that “life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.”

A Day for Shadows

by Jason L Melendez

An allegorical look at modern society and our shared human experience/struggle from the perspectives of a civilization that is a shadowy mirror of our own and characters who are our very inverse.

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