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  • Useless

    by Gerald Hansen
    While desperately cramming to appear on the TV quiz show Useless, Fionnuala Flood discovers many things about the world she had never cared to know. The most alarming to her is what scientists are up to in an underground tunnel in Switzerland: smashing atoms together at close to the speed of light. She’s heard that toying with these things will lead to all manner of unmentionable catastrophes, such as portals into other universes, black holes, maybe even Armageddon. It’s like a knife in Fio... more

  • Static Cling (The Derry Women Series Book 5)

    by Gerald Hansen
    When an armed robbery at Final Spinz, the dry cleaners where hardened matriarch Fionnuala Flood works, leads to the death of beloved pensioner Mrs. Ming, the ensuing investigation unleashes dark secrets that promise to bring Fionnuala closer to her husband Paddy, her mother Maureen, and the four children of her brood still in town. Or tear them apart forever. Throw into the mix the return of a contestant from Safari Millionaire, some shocking DNA results, and Fionnuala's plan to save the world ... more

  • Best Served Frozen (The Derry Women Series Book 4)

    by Gerald Hansen
    Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but hardened mother of seven Fionnuala Flood plans on serving hers up frozen. Or so she thinks. The bells are ringing out in Derry, Northern Ireland, as the dirt-poor Floods and the rich and entitled Riddells prepare for the pairing in matrimony of their families and a bridging of the gap between the two sniping communities. But some are not best pleased, and it might be more a case of For Whom The Bell Tolls. What is the price to be paid for a mothe... more

  • Fleeing The Jurisdiction (The Derry Women Series Book 3)

    by Gerald Hansen
    It's danger on the high seas for the Barnetts, but will it come from the authorities, Mother Nature or family Flood? In Wisconsin six years ago, Ursula Barnett accidentally committed a shocking crime. The statute of limitations is inching closer, and the police are circling in. Panicked, Ursula books herself and her American family passage on a budget centennial Titanic cruise, hoping to ride out the investigation and embark a woman redeemed. But lurking amongst the leaky walls of the Queen o... more

  • Hand In The Till (The Derry Women Series Book 2)

    by Gerald Hansen

    Desperate mother of seven, Fionnuala Flood, thinks her new get-rich-quick scheme will pay all the bills, but instead it threatens to tear the family apart.
    The case of bargain bin canned vegetables she bought for the scam contains not spuds but explosives. A wilting branch of the defunct IRA will stop at nothing to get them back. Adding to the Fionnuala woes, her two oldest sons are in prison, her husband's hands are fondling more than frozen fish at the packing plant, and her lesbia... more

  • An Embarrassment of Riches (The Derry Women Series Book 1)

    by Gerald Hansen

    When Ursula Barnett and her husband Jed win the Irish lottery, they think their troubles are over. But they are just beginning.
    Ursula coerces her Yank husband to retire in her hometown of Derry, Northern Ireland, hoping to atone for her youthful sins as a collaborator with the IRA in the 1970s. At the first sniff of Ursula s lotto win, however, her chronically greedy sister-in-law Fionnuala Flood rallies the family against Ursula.
    Fionnuala's life is a misery. She is married to... more

  • Marissa Dike

    by Magdalene
    Some people live only once. Others have The Gift. All over the world, there are people who live, die, then come back and live again. They have no memory of their past lives, only the slightest feeling that maybe — just maybe —they’ve done it all before. One of The Gifted has made it his mission in his current lifetime to find others in the world like him, believing that once they are made fully aware of their gift, they can harness their wisdom, knowledge, and experience from living hundreds of ... more

  • Becoming Nora

    by Margaret Farrell Kirby
    Becoming Nora explores how unexamined pasts and repressed emotions can simmer beneath a seemingly ordinary and happy marriage. Until the day her husband shattered her world with the news that he was unhappy and wanted a separation, Nora Stanton had been sure her life was settled, perfect in fact. At age forty, they had everything: good careers, a nice house, and two children-just as planned. Nora is forced to face her misconceptions and uncover parts of herself that had gotten buried in the d... more

  • The Owner & The Wife

    by Sarah Arcuri
    The Owner & The Wife follows the story of a young woman embarking out on her own for the first time and starting anew—a new job, new friends, new love, and new family. Along the way, Scarlett finds she must navigate a cast of dynamic, deeply human characters and their complex relationships. As Scarlett learns to balance plates and mix drinks while working her way up the ranks, she also uncovers what it means to be Italian, to be loved, and to be a woman who stands on her own. Set in a nostal... more

  • The Serpent Underneath

    by Julie A. Fragoules
    Twenty years after the collapse, a new government offers safety in return for compliance. Taken from the outskirts as a youth, Haven will risk everything to save those closest to her from an elite leadership intent on their elimination. Her pack leader, Adrien, hides a dark intellect behind a mask of conformity, manipulating people and circumstances towards his own subversive ends. This dystopian thriller weaves engaging characters through an allegorical tale that plays American political theor... more

  • Let Us Begin

    by Julia Amante
    Salvador arrives in the United States from Argentina with one big, unfocused goal, to become successful at something. He knows that America is the land of opportunity and if he works hard, he will triumph. Together with his childhood sweetheart, he settles in the Big Apple where dreams come true. But this ambitious young immigrant soon learns that it takes more than hard work and charisma to succeed and is changed by the harsh realities of living in New York. Everyone has advice for Sal... more

  • Sonder: Janie's Story

    by Maureen Morrissey
    Downtown New York City in the 1970’s and 80’s is a dark and dangerous place for Janie Thompson. A young woman unequipped to make her way through the temptations and pitfalls that littered cold days and mean nights, she is in and out of danger at every turn. She has left behind the family and neighborhood that almost destroyed her to search for her lost brother and herself. The journey takes her deep into rabbit holes as she tries to navigate a path through before it is too late. A ... more

  • The Untold Stories of Madison Avenue

    by Guy Who Knows
    There is an old question which is, can money buy you happiness? The short answer is No, the longer answer is my book called ‘The Untold Stories of Madison Avenue’. I am the Guy Who knows, your modern day, ‘gossip -girl’ only real. I arrived in New York City over a decade ago and landed a key position as salon manager in a Madison Avenue upscale hair salon, home to socialites and tastemakers of New York. With my irresistible charm and bitchy attitude, the ladies of the Upper East side couldn’t r... more

  • What She Didn't Know

    by Dorothea Anna
    Growing up with an alcoholic abusive father, Michaela, Gloria, and Seraphima carry deep internal wounds into adulthood that taint their relationships. When a tragic event shatters their world and a long-held family secret is discovered, will they find a way to repair their broken ties and heal from the past?

  • Shelter in hostile World

    by Mack Little
    Badu Obosi is haunted. As an enslaved Igbo man on the island of Barbados, he is all too familiar with violence and heartache, and wants nothing more than to protect his family. When his daughter’s safety was threatened, he had no choice but to lead a revolt against the slavers to help her escape. Now hunted by the militia, Badu and his wife, an Irish indentured servant, must flee the island. As Badu treks through dangerous territory to secure their passage, he finds that he is pursued by much... more

  • True Criminals

    by Robert Bryce Milburn
    Dax and Daryl, two small-time crooks, concocted an ambitious plan to retire—frame themselves for kidnapping and murdering a rap superstar's trophy wife in an unsolved missing person case! To guarantee their capture, they broke into the crime scene and left behind some incriminating evidence—their blood, saliva and... *wink, wink* more intimate organic material—in the hope that the notoriety it gained would attract Hollywood producers and land themselves a movie deal! Their plan worked—and then i... more
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