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When a Stranger Knocks

by Peggy Ann Shumway

After witnessing a stranger murder her father and brother, Joaquina Souza struggles to trust an old hobo, Noah Gabriel, and his young companion, Michael McCallister, who come to the Souza farm looking for work on the heels of the tragedy. Joaquina’s mother is mourning her loss in an unconscious state, while Joaquina and her younger brother Manny battle for power over family and farm. Even Michael, Noah’s handsome apprentice, brings additional concerns to the Souza’s door: a ... more

Hitler Here

by George Thomas Clark

Adolf Hitler and his intimates and his enemies have bylines and thus the opportunity to reveal what they did and how they felt during an era of unparalleled destruction.

Daughters of Green Mountain Gap

by Teri M Brown

Appalachian granny woman. A daughter on a crusade. A granddaughter caught between the two. Maggie McCoury, a generational healer woman, relies on family traditions, folklore, and beliefs gleaned from a local Cherokee tribe. Her daughter, Carrie Ann, believes her university training holds the answers. As they clash over the use of roots, herbs, and a dash of mountain magic versus the medicine available in the town’s apothecary, Josie Mae doesn’t know whom to follow. But what happens when neith... more

American Renaissance; Or Inquiry Concerning Political Justice In The Arts & Its Influence On Morals and Happiness

by Amory Patrick Blaine

Analyzing heinous hidden historical crimes from the recently retrieved declassified documents and diaries of a compromised government informant, American Renaissance traces the sudden rise and tragic ambition of the late artistic and political revolutionary Sean Dorian Knight, a brilliant young American artist whose radical theory of art history at the turn of the millennium attracts a violent religious cult following that threatens to upend - not only world peace and Wall Street - but forever ... more

Where Love Lies

by Greenleaf Book Group

When Ella Davidson’s world is turned upside down, and she is forced to transition from her picture-perfect all-American life to two years of mandatory military service abroad, the last thing on her mind is finding love. Then she meets the officer in charge of her unit, Liam Levine. Mysterious, confident on the verge of cocky, and unbearably gorgeous, Liam is everything Ella never knew she needed. And the spark between them? Magnetic. Undeniable. Dangerous. But as she and Liam navigate their secr... more

The Star Poolroom Boys

by Edwin Charles

This coming-of-age story centers on the bond between a mother and her son--and the son’s world after losing her. After his mother’s death when he was thirteen, Fast Eddie descents into a debilitating depression. His sisters and father fail to deal with the tragedy much better. By the time he’s eighteen, Fast Eddie is experiencing hallucinatory psychotic episodes which force him to see a psychiatrist twice a week. The psychiatrist is sixty miles away over a two-lane highway winding through th... more

The Carbon Credit Crusader

by Monty Nereim

Clayton Shultz became obsessed with Carbon Footprint calculations. The dire threat of Climate Change (formerly Global Warming) dominated his concern, fueling an ambitious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save the planet. The unlikely celebrity stumbled onto the climate crisis bandwagon and devised a money-making scheme that replicated the corporate Carbon Credit/Offset Exchanges, an industry fraught with red flags. He rose in popularity and unexpected wealth relying on customer ho... more

Not The Same River

by W.A. Polf

These stories involve ordinary people confronting extraordinary circumstances. A paperboy's favor for an elderly man on his route faces him with a profound ethical dilemma. A woman cannot decide whether to marry a neighbor who witnessed her husband's tragic fall from the neighbor’s roof.

The central theme these characters face is timeless: Do we shape the future, or does it shape us? On a mountaintop encounter, a man meets a mysterious stranger and must decide whether to f... more

Downriver

by Jennifer M. Lane

It’s 1900. In a Pennsylvania coal town tainted by corruption and pollution, Charlotte's world collapses when her parents meet a tragic end. Sent to a foster family in a Maryland fishing village, she’s fueled by grief and embarks on a relentless quest for justice against the ruthless coal boss, Nels Pritchard. But Charlotte is no ordinary girl. She shares the fiery spirit of her father, whose powerful speeches inspired worker riots. With a burning desire for vengeance, she sets out to uncover ... more

Bird of Paradise

by Emily Hughes Johnson & Marilyn Anne Hughes

It has been 10 years and now it is time. Only she has the power to write her story...but will she have the courage? Seventeen-year-old Arianna Heywood is a hopeless romantic who dreams of one day sipping Bellini’s with her love in Italy and when a trip home to the Island reveals that her innocent childhood crush no longer looks at her as his kid sister, Ari is eager to step into the world of womanhood. But as is so often the case, you cannot always choose what happens in life. Facing immea... more

Starman After Midnight: A Novel-in-stories

by Scott Semegran

In suburban Wells Port, things are not what they seem: wild animals appear unexpectedly in backyards, raised garden beds produce fruit in days, not weeks, and a mysterious figure lurks across sidewalks late at night. The stories in Starman After Midnight weave an often hilarious and sometimes melancholy spell.

Four young boys are terrorized by a wiener dog on their walk to school, but strategize for a safer route. A beer-loving man befriends a likeminded neighbor, only to discover his j... more

The Last Farm: A novel of a farm family in the era of economic development

by J.A. Stein

The Women of Shah's Place

by Yolanda Randolph

Andra, a single mother of two and emotionally stuck in a dead-end relationship, works tirelessly at the local hospital to provide a stable household for her children. But when a devastating secret is exposed involving one of her children, she questions herself as a mother and a woman. The loving mother to three teenagers, River is ready to conceive again but struggles with unexplained infertility. She is happily married with the goal of delivering her husband’s first biological son. But... more

Strange Saga of Zack Tillerman

by NG Rippel

Ralph Jones grew up with music. His talents in music advanced him until they didn’t. For better or worse, Ralph believes in hanging on to things. Even in the quiet shadows of Green Mountain, clashes within cultures, relationships and business can shatter lives. More words, verse and tales from Wannasea Island as Zack, Abe, and the crew from ‘The Place’ continue their journey in Book 3 of the series, Wannasea Tales.

The Set Up

by Carl Edward Jackson

“The Set Up” follows the life of Carl, a Black Gay man from the South were it was morally unacceptable to be Gay. Carl relocates to Atlanta, Georgia, where his life is affected by his sexuality, HIV/AIDS, racial discrimination, sexual assault, incarceration and mental illness. After having a vision to write a book, and through life altering circumstances, Carl manages to tell a riveting story that is certain to magnetize and engage the reader, as you live each moment with him. “Everyone has a te... more

Goshena Book 2: The Curious Always Find Trouble

by Chuck Bright

In this second book in the Goshena series, murder victim Eli Fitzpatrick struggles to comprehend his death while being pursued by Goshena, Queen of the Big In-Betweena, Death Quiz implementer, and chief soul collector. Among other mischievous acts, Goshena slipped Eli the wrong Death Quiz. Goshena denies any foul play. However, if she acquires Eli’s soul she achieves her mandatory soul quota and obtains tenure. Consequently, the Death Quiz judges toss NASA designee (Newly Arrived Soul with an At... more

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