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Operation DFC

by Ashley Fontainne

I came to rescue my imprisoned brothers, but now I’m one. Arriving in Thailand for my first black-op, Operation DFC, as part of an elite team ready to act on recent intel that over a thousand men and/or their remains are still behind enemy lines, Bangkok is our last stopping point before slipping into Vietnam and extracting as many American prisoners as possible. For me, this is personal. From 1971 to 1973, I was a POW; and now, ten years later, I work for the CIA under the fake identity of ... more

MADAME POMMERY, a Champagne Widows Novel

by Rebecca Rosenberg

Madame Pommery (March, 2023) A Champagne Widows novel Champagne, France, 1860. With the surprise of a newborn at forty years old, Madame Pommery is suddenly widowed and must support her family. With no experience, she starts a champagne house and invents brut champagne, breaking society and patriarchal rules. Wanting a winery to host customers, she takes over the city dump and builds the most spectacular castle winery in the world with eighteen kilometers of underground caves to store champa... more

Blue Billy's Rogue Lexicon

by David Lawrence

William Dempsey was a wonder among wonders. By 18, he had risen from a gang of London street rogues to be the personal plaything of the Marquess of Argyll. Maintained in splendour, celebrated at masquerades – with everything he could wish for. Now all has come crashing down. He is put out in the rain without patronage, his West End apartment, or a place among the ton. So on a stormy night, he arrives at a house in Southwark. Marathon Moll’s in the Mint – the bawdyhouse he worked in during ... more

Hugh: A Hero without a Novel

by David Lawrence

This romp through 18th century England is like nothing told in the era of Tom Jones – a sparkling, humorous, and poetical coming-of-age 242 years in the making. From an old family trunk comes a manuscript which never saw the light of day. Its pages tell of the life, times, and blackmail of a young queer aristocrat stepping into 1768 Society… A time of wig powder and heeled slippers. Duels and social climbers, when the most popular member of the government is declared an outlaw. Hugh Entwi... more

Beyond The Headlights

by allan davis

SYNOPSIS: BEYOND THE HEADLIGHTS Seven-year-old learning-disabled Aiyana, who lives with her mother, Mona, in the northern Ontario Broken Deer Double Wide Trailer Park, spends her time playing Chopin on the church piano. The why and the how of “Chopin" she can’t explain, other than to say she feels like two people, him and her Realizing Aiyana is a musical savant with the gift of acausal parallelism, Broken Deer parish priest, Father Clark, contacts Dr. Jerry McCoy at the Faculty of Music,... more

Hope for the Worst

by Kate Brandt

Ellie is twenty-four years old, stuck in a dead-end job, and questioning the meaning of life when she meets the much older Calvin. It’s as if her deepest wish has been granted. Star of the Buddhist teaching circuit in New York’s Greenwich Village, his wisdom is exactly what she’s been seeking. When she becomes the center of his attention, it’s almost pure bliss… until it becomes clear that Calvin expects sex as part of the bargain. At first reluctant, Ellie gradually falls ever more deeply in... more

Montraville, Episodes in an Early Appalachian Life

by Ron Griswold

While this book is not a history, neither is it a complete fiction. There are lots of facts which, tied together with the fiction, tell the story of the goodness and accomplishments, as well as the shortcomings and frailties, in other words the humanity, of the founder of Weaverville, North Carolina. But in a larger sense the facts and the fiction paint a picture of the period from the latter part of the 18th century through the late 19th century in Western North Carolina. And, by extension, the... more

The Journal

by Tiffany Joans

Cadence Anderson promises to fulfill her mother’s last wish by leaving her husband, Dan, and moving back into her childhood home with her eight-year-old daughter, Madelyn. After returning to her hometown in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, Cadence develops two bonds that shape her future: a friendship with Will, a Vietnam Vet, who is discovering his purpose in life after his wife is killed in a tragic accident, and Michael, a drifter who comes into her life unexpectedly looking for a place to call hom... more

Aurumia

by Robert Millon

Three travelers discover a modern lost civilization in the Amazon. Will they make it out alive to tell about it? In the vein of Gulliver's Travels, Aurumia is a social satire. It satirizes modern capitalism with its corporate greed, social and economic inequities, political corruption, and dysfunctional health care system.

Because of Mercy

by PD Dawn

Set in New Zealand in the early twentieth century against the backdrop of a small rural town and WW1, this is a story of hope, faith and love, and a merciful God whose ways are not ours.

THE DELCO YEARS

by Bill Owens

In Bill Owens’ novel THE DELCO YEARS a disillusioned evangelical Christian unwittingly sets loose a lethal virus after colluding with post-Soviet scientists from the dark web. The virus quickly spreads, and due to the Saccharomyces yeast strain, only craft beer drinkers are left to piece together some semblance of civilization.

Knightess (Eleanor's Tale Book 1)

by J.A. Stein

“He must not find me,” she whispered to herself. Her thoughts moved through a hundred terrifying memories and the work she had done to hide. The struggles she had been through. The humiliation. “Ah, really now? And how much is not finding you worth?” Sir Alec Earnblaec has discovered Ella’s secret. She isn’t a commoner as she so pretends. Her name isn’t even Ella. She is Lady Eleanor de Levan, wife of the disreputable Sir Lezay, and he wants her back. Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately ... more

Decanted

by Linda Sheehan

From author Linda Sheehan, who's part of a Napa winemaking family, comes a story of grapes, wine, first crushes, and juicy redemption. Dreading the desk job that awaits her after high school, eighteen-year-old Vivian Goodyear takes off for pre-World War II Paris, where she supports herself as an artist's model. Flash forward to modern day Manhattan where, inspired by Vivian's courage, her grand-niece Samantha leaves her pressure cooker career to work the grape harvest in France. There, betw... more

Heaven & Earth

by Joshua Senter

Ruth Christianson is at an unfathomable crossroads in her life. Her husband, the esteemed Pastor Sam Christianson, has just been outed for having an affair with a male prostitute, and they have been exiled from the megachurch they built together in Charleston, South Carolina. With their three children in tow Ruth and Sam attempt to escape the condemnation that follows the very public scandal by disappearing to the small, Missouri farm where Sam grew up. Once there, Ruth must decide whether to ma... more

One Soul's Journey: Second Collection of Short Stories (The Soul Series)

by Barbara Daniels Dena

One Soul's Journey is an eclectic and extraordinary collection of short stories. The ingredients: imagination, a dash of real life, inspiration, and lots of love. If you've read and loved her first collection, “For the Soul,” this book will delight you. Two Short Stories Excerpts: “Stop talking to me. You know owls don’t talk. Do you want someone to hear you? People will think I am nuts, talking to you.” “Tracy knew a man was there. She felt his eyes on her, watching her. Feeling her flut... more

'Just Looking'

by Matthew Tree

In the near future, four very different people meet on a cruise ship off the French coast. Over time, all four will get involved in very different ways with a network of avowedly neo-Fascist parties that are expanding throughout Europe. Eventually, the four main characters will end up discovering the horrific hidden agenda of this network. 'Just Looking' is a black comedy.

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