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Lament: A Soviet Woman and Her True Story

by Liz Mackie

Based on remarkable real life events, a modern epic centers on a young Jewish woman struggling to survive the 20th century's most pitiless decades.

Echoes of Nam

by John Morris Benson

Reading the 2017 obituary of Brandon Wosk gives Hacker Lee Goor echoes of Vietnam. Later, after a routine mental health checkup, he briefly meets Adam Brax and his wife Annie whom he’d seen at the VFW memorial. Wosk and Goor shared an ambush at Dak Bla Bridge 4 days after the start of TET-1968. They met again when both were homeless on the streets of Portland, OR. Goor said, “The many times we talked and shared mind and memory altering street product, I probed and gave details, but he couldn’... more

Loving Maria

by T. R. Robinson

Though Maria longed for a family of her own, she was not prepared to allow the conventions and expectations of society to manipulate her into a marriage of convenience. To her an arranged marriage or one without love were anathema. However, will she be able to withstand the pressures, demands and expectations of society and church doctrine? Her natural beauty combined with her caring, loving and intelligent character as well as her marriageable age do not help. While some quietly admire and hope... more

Felina

by T. R. Robinson

Had it been a mistake? Had it been motivated by love? Or had it been lust? For him it had been a marriage with potential. The potential for a happy loving family. For a contented life surrounded by those he would love and who would love him. For her it had been the opportunity for a new life. A life of ease and comfort. A chance to escape the poverty of her own people and land. Had there been anything else? Love? Respect? Attraction? Had it all just been a daydream? Would they... more

Money, Blood and Conscience

by David Steinman

An idealistic American TV producer starts a charity for famine victims amid Ethiopia’s civil war. “You’re not in California here,” Ethiopia’s rebel leader-turned-prime minister reminds him. “This is a different world.”

In 1993, a prince and princess from Ethiopia’s 2,500-year-old Solomonic Dynasty reached out to an international revolutionary who’d played a behind-the-scenes role in the overthrow of Haiti’s notorious &... more

Isabel Is Unhappy

by S Zellinger

Isabel is a little girl who has moved to a new town and will be starting school soon. However, she has trouble reading and her grades are poor. This is a beautiful book with stunning pictures, celebrating the joys of reading. The first in the Isabel Stories series, this book gently explores the stress of school and combines it with warmth, hope and determination. Read on to find out what happens to Isabel and the adventures she encounters.The print version is 38 pages (ebook is 30 pages) due to ... more

Isabel Makes A Wish

by S. Zellinger

Isabel is a little girl who has a birthday wish. However, her parents cannot afford to give Isabel her wish. This is a beautiful book with stunning pictures, celebrating the joys of friendship. The second in the Isabel Stories series, this book gently explores the hope of making a wish and combines it with warmth, hard work and generosity. Read on to find out what happens to Isabel and the adventures she encounters.

The Trumpet Lesson: A Novel

by Dianne Romain

When Callie Quinn became pregnant at seventeen in 1960s rural Missouri, her outraged father, with her mother’s acquiescence, insisted that no one know―and Callie complied. She went away, and she gave up her baby. But not for their reasons. She did it to protect the baby’s father―a black teen―from the era’s racist violence. Decades later, now a translator in Mexico, Callie and her closeted gay friend, Armando, search for his missing dog. Worried that Armando will lose his Paris love, too, if ... more

Rescued (JT Thomas Book 1)

by E. Alan Fleischauer

John Thurgood Thomas wasn't looking for trouble, treasure, or love. But when JT came across a wagon of kidnapped women, his Sharps .50 caliber would put him on a path to all those, along with murder, mayhem, and mystery. From the Colorado plains and mountains of the Old West to the gilded hotels and restaurants of New York, ride with a man who stands up to evil with his guns, fists, brains, and heart. Through it all, JT stays true to his friends and lethal to his enemies.

Trust and Believe

by Richard C. Loban

Charlene Riley is a typical hard working single mom, who's striving for a better life for her and her young son Robert. But it seems like every time she takes one step forward, she falls two steps behind. She's constantly navigating in and out of difficult situations, problems, and relationships, and she drags Robert along with her for the ride. Even though she tries her best to keep him protected, the ill effects of her behavior start to rub off on him, and soon trouble comes knocking at their ... more

The Rain Man Murders

by Nancy E. Brown

Solving crimes in the 1970’s wasn’t an easy task, but Detective Mark Wilder was the heartbeat of the Dallas PD, and murder was his specialty. When a body washes up on the banks of the Trinity River during a torrential rainstorm, all evidence gets washed away. Likewise, when other dead bodies are discovered at two other lakes in Dallas, rain curses the crime scenes. So, what does a clergyman, a drug dealer, a beautiful woman, and the rain have in common? Could it be the Rain Man? Maybe, maybe n... more

Ten Thousand Tongues: secrets of a layered kitchen

by Nandita Godbole

Featured on BBC-Future, Forbes, NBC-News and NBC Asian America, this biographical fiction is based on the authors' family stories of strong matriarchs who inspired "Ten Thousand Tongues."

These are stories of perseverance, and of a deep-rooted appreciation of family legacies that inspire and shape reverence to one’s culinary heritage.

This biographical fiction is about eight women who find refuge, solace, and strength in their constantly evolving relationship t... more

Unfamous Men

by Jeff Gomez

A retelling of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Unfamous Men transports the story of Depression-era friendship to the world of Mexican fruit pickers in post-war Southern California.

Boll Weevil

by James Radford

Boll Weevil is a lyrical portrait of a changing American South. A brash young lawyer returns to his rural South Georgia hometown seeking to gain political foothold by challenging the long-standing County Commissioner for his seat. The young politician soon realizes how little he understands the place and people he seeks to represent. To win, he must first confront his own misapprehensions about a society from which he has long been separated. Second, he must overcome the brutal, desperate means ... more

I'm So Glad You're Here

by Suzanne Rolph-McFalls

A beautiful bedtime story that can be given as a greeting card! Customizable and sweet, this charming little read is illustrated by the author's grandchildren in darling, relatable drawings.

Reviewer Sheree Coulter writes:

"You can NEVER say I love enough; especially to your children! I adore this book!!! This has become a nightly bedtime story in our home! You can NEVER say I love enough; especially to your children! Everyone should have this amazingly heartwa... more

The Edge of America

by Jon Sealy

Bobby West is on the edge. As chief financial officer for a Miami holding company and a CIA front, he has overleveraged his business in the go-go 1980s financial culture. He turns to a deal-with-the-devil money laundering operation with a local gangster, Alexander French—a deal which quickly goes south when $3 million goes missing. Now Mr. French, a group of Cuban exiles, and an Israeli smuggler named Adriana Chekhov are all after Bobby West to pay up. With echoes of Iran-Contra and the Orwellia... more

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