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People of the Sun

by Jan Kelly

People of the Sun follows Guy Thornton's adventure-packed horseback journey across Arizona's Mogollon Rim to claim his young son, Trick, who he's never met., at a school near Prescott. The life and stories of Trick's Yavapai mother interweave with the present-time narrative of Trick's rebellion, and recounts how Star, a Sedona-based life coach and healer, helps Guy reconcile with a suddenly altered future.

Lyrical Voices

by Lakella L. Taylor and Frankie L. Fipps

This book is filled with a collection of poems and lyrics about pain, spirituality, love and life's joys. When you are down you can flip to one of the poems or lyrics on spirituality. Most of the lyrics and poems are based upon feelings and emotions we have experienced when going through different situations in our lives. Lyrical Voices speaks to the inner man and ministers to the heart. It is a great book for those who enjoy poetry themes of various genres.

Midwestern Pulp: A Love Letter to Lake Erie

by Mic Fox

The framework and functionality of the modern [male] millennial appears to be based entirely upon narrative. There is no better example of this than in the cumbersome, non-coastal interior of the United States, where without the cultural distractions of a coastal city or the cultural heritage that comes with living somewhere that seasons its food, a Midwesterner can act and react to life's simple variables as they come and go. This pace of living creates a divide where one either submits to the ... more

Bag O' Goodies

by Jolly Walker Bittick

Bag O' Goodies is a collection of short stories and poems, some based on true events, that showcase an array of topics and themes. These pages contain tales of where late nights go wrong, scary neighbors prove their scariness, motorcycles rule, and deep arguments hit deeper topics while in the line of duty. This proverbial bag has quite a scent. Poems are included for added aroma!

The Plagues of Pharaoh ISBN 978-1-64719-554-0

by David Shaw

The Plagues of Pharaoh is a clever and thought-provoking retelling of the story of Passover. Witness the plagues and the tragic results through the eyes of Hannu, a high-ranking minister of Egypt, who watches this seeming war of wills between Pharoah and Moses. As each plague plunges his nation deeper into disaster, Hannu realizes that the arrogant god-king of Egypt cannot help his people against the God of Moses and is led to desperate acts of courage, faith and humility.

The Last Supper According to Martha and Mary

by Tina Beattie

This intriguing book offers a fictional account of the Last Supper as narrated by sisters Martha and Mary. Lyrical, dramatic, strongly rooted in time and place, it imagines what it was like to be among the anarchic group of followers gathered around Jesus on the night before his death. Outside, Jerusalem broods in darkness, but what passions, hopes and fears swirl among the friends gathered in an upper room, as tensions rise and a terrible sense of foreboding creeps through them?

Elly Uncomposed

by Valerie Niemerg

Rehearsal pianist Elizabeth Kirtenpepper loves her cramped, corner studio and the cool, unseen depths of the orchestra pit. But when she's mysteriously transported into a real-life 18th-century opera—The Marriage of Figaro—Elizabeth finds herself in a very different kind of pit: the scullery of the ruthless and domineering Count Almaviva. Stuffed into a corset and forced to wear impractical shoes, Elizabeth meets Figaro, Susanna, and the whole cast of memorable characters. But no one is stick... more

The Twenty-Third Hour

by Joseph Steinagel

A few college friends, one of which is himself a novel novelist, met up one evening as per their usual every-other month custom. They talked with each other for a time but all the while there was an elephant in the room. The novelist, Lucas, had just written and published a novella in under a month and all eyes and ears, for the most part, were caught up in his success. The English major of the group, Avery, however, was not at all impressed as she addressed the fact that Agatha Christie, under ... more

Peyton's Promise

by Susan G Mathis

ABOUT PEYTON’S PROMISE: Summer 1902 Peyton Quinn is tasked with preparing the grand Calumet Castle ballroom for a spectacular two-hundred-guest summer gala. As she works in a male-dominated position of upholsterer and fights for women’s equality, she’s persecuted for her unorthodox ways. But when her pyrotechnics-engineer father is seriously hurt, she takes over the plans for the fireworks display despite being socially ostracized. Patrick Taylor, Calumet’s carpenter and Peyton’s childhood ... more

Between Two Rivers

by Tina Beattie

“Msasa trees provided dappled shade for Jenny’s tea party. April sunshine dribbled through the leaves onto suntanned arms. The frangipanis were in bloom ...” This is the scene that greets Scottish doctor Morag soon after her arrival in Salisbury in the 1950s. Jenny is an English wife and mother trapped in an increasingly violent marriage and secretly in love with another man. Soon, Beatrice will come to work as Jenny’s maid and nanny to her children. Over the next twenty years these three wom... more

The Birth of Adam

by Paul Brown

Laura and her four lovers, in the early 1960s, come to realize that humanity is on a course of self-destruction due to overpopulation, mass extinction, and global warming. Over the decades they are frustrated in their efforts to avert the end of life on Earth. In their letters to Adam, Laura’s son, they recount their lives, loves, and careers, in an effort to restore Adam’s humanity. In the end, their efforts having failed, they leave to Adam a bitter legacy: in his hands rests a faint glimmer o... more

Relative Consequences

by Jody Herpin

Relative Consequences tells the story of a retired teacher who is on a mission to find the truth about her past no matter what the cost. Jessy Tate buries her husband on a chilly day in October 2005. That’s when the nightmares begin again; but this time, the scenery is clear, and the fear is real. However, the puzzle pieces in her head make no sense. These vivid flashbacks reflect what her mind has forgotten—a drama starring a childhood friend and a giant banyan tree set in a time in history ... more

And Go to Innisfree

by Don Eron

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree… I shall have some peace there --W.B. Yeats A cheerleader touches a high school wrestler's face, running her finger along his two-day beard. Thus begins their covert affair, one so understated he can't be certain she's aware of it, from which he will date his sexual life. A cynical greeting card writer, who becomes America's best-selling poet, seeks redemption on tour. Enchanted by a woman at a party, a man at loose ends recalls Call... more

Lost Coast Literary

by Ellie Alexander

Book editor Emily Bryant finds herself unexpectedly in the charming town of Cascata on California’s Lost Coast, holding the keys to her grandmother’s rambling Victorian mansion. While sorting through her grandmother’s things, Emily learns that she must edit old manuscripts to inherit the estate. It’s a strange request from a family member who was basically a stranger. Emily quickly realizes that there’s something different about these manuscripts. Any changes she makes come true. At first, sh... more

The Mommy Clique

by Barbara Altamirano

When Beth Tapia moves back to her hometown to take care of her ailing mother, she hopes to make a few mom friends and have better memories than from her childhood. Little did she know that much like high school, she was entering the lion's den. Beth soon discovers the suburb is ruled by a clique of thirty-something moms who spend their time maintaining their social hierarchy by playing ruthless games dictated by the queen bee. To her horror, after attending a disastrous party, Beth learns she ha... more

South Eight

by Larry Atlas

The emotionally-charged story of South Eight follows a young doctor’s collision with the demands and contradictions of modern acute care medicine, both its power and failings and the moral questions it ultimately provokes. For Dr. Abel Arkin, those questions reach back to his time as the spotter on an Army sniper team in Afghanistan, when the clarity of his training and skills converged with the uncertainty of mission outcomes and personal trauma. The old dilemmas and doubts join those of th... more

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