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The Gap: Fort Indiantown

by John Witherow

To fly. A childhood fantasy fulfilled, a lifelong goal accomplished. Fresh from rotary-wing flight school, 22-year-old Lieutenant Mark Ashford arrives for his first duty assignment at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, wanting nothing more than to master the art of flight. But he learns quickly that he’s in the awkward position of overseeing pilots with vastly superior skills and experience. Mark is persistently thwarted by one of these men―Vietnam veteran Nick Trent―who displays no regard for... more

The Judge Merit Golfing Club

by Matt Hargrove

"The toe of his right boot was twisted into the black earth as he stared into the distance and had no thoughts about anything. Not the past, not the future, not the trouble behind him, not where he was at, and certainly not his next destination." - Sam Stallings was a young man growing up at the end of the nineteenth century... with no place to call home and a vision that most people would consider foolish and unattainable, especially for someone of his age and background. An array ... more

To Hold the Throne

by Joni Okun

Historical figures and events meet page-turning fiction in Joni Okun's compelling debut novel. To Hold the Throne breathes life into the extraordinary story of King Herod the Great and Mariamne, the last Maccabee Princess, told in alternating points of view. Fueled by shifting political tides in Rome, the Triumvir Marc Antony disrupts the longstanding Maccabee Dynasty of Judea when he crowns Mariamne's new husband, Herod the Great, as King, setting off a firestorm of power-grabbing, betrayal... more

Christmas Voices

by John Callas

John Daily’s hard-sighted focus on his success has blinded him to the bigger picture. In spite of all the successful things he has done in business, in spite of all the wealth and prestige he has accumulated for himself, there is a gaping void at the center of his existence. John Daily knows the proverbial price of everything and the value of nothing. He buys the package because of the way it looks, not because of what’s inside. He has a loving wife and picture-book kids, but he’s incapable o... more

Sepp Rehab: Restoration

by helmut s.

In Rehab & Restoration Sepp is surviving yet another meeting with 'the end of life as he understands it' with the help of his 'Guardian Angel." He works hard but struggles. After several attempts to get a grip on life, he realizes that he has no control and therefore gives up to win. When everything is going Sepp's way, and a good friend needs a favor, Sepp agrees to skipper the 72foot MY-Seefahrt down south to Puerto Vallarta. Coming back Sepp has to start over, and he does.

A Long Time Gone

by Charles Souby

What happens to an Ivy League grad who’s slated to go to work for his father as a Washington mining lobbyist, only to find his life’s values chipped away by an unrequited love and a growing fascination with spirituality and the environment? Before returning home to greet his father on his deathbed, Jeffrey Woodward hopes to face gnawing fears and figure out what matters in his life by traveling to the Yukon Territory of 1982 with only a backpack, guitar and his thumb. What he discovers on his jo... more

Cedric the Bulge

by Neal Wooten

Cedric DeBurr is a senior in high school and the smartest in his class. The star of the football team and the math team, he loves literature and poetry, both reading and writing. But he has a noticeable flaw: an incredibly large belly, which earns him the nickname, Cedric the Bulge. This is only whispered in private since any reference to it earns a prompt beating from this teen behemoth. Secretly in love with a cheerleader named Roxy, he finds a way to finally express his feelings by helping th... more

The Furies

by Corey Croft

The city of Fury is a mother that eats its young. It is a working class melting-pot found at the end of the line on the Quad-City Express. It is a place with where the predators are equal to the number of those preyed upon. Living in the city is tough, and growing up there is even harder. Cava, Luc, and Sally each face their own demons trying to make it through their final year of high school. Surrounded by fiends, thieves, prostitutes, and gangs, the crew must find their own path to overcome... more

Mississippi Dreams: Living Life on the Edge: The Street Life to getting to know Christ

by Dr. Jeremiah Barnett

How do you deal with adversity in poverty? Jeremiah’s parents sent him to Lexington, MS to live with his grandmother. He went from a life of crime to a life of racism. This book elaborates on a young man from Chicago, IL that lived in a crime infested neighborhood. He was faced with racism, gang violence, and the loss of several love ones. He had to make some drastic life changes to survive the streets of Chicago. Jeremiah found God and peace on his journey to receiving a Doctoral degree. ... more

Quite Possibly Without Doubt the Best Story Book in the World Ever, Maybe: (A Bumper Book of Bite-Sized Bedtime Tales)

by Neil McFarlane

With a host of animal and human characters, these humorous and imaginative tales feature space-faring puppies, Kung Fu Grasshoppers, time-traveling slugs, undersea bee explorers, Viking goats, boogie woogie monkeys, disco-dancing Romans, and tiddlywinking cockroaches, to name a few.

Winter's Child: a novel

by RJ Hervey

Set against the colorful backdrop of 15th century Florence, Winter's Child tells the stunning tale of Amadora Trovatelli, a workshop apprentice who, after miraculously escaping from a horrific fire, swears to kill the nobleman who took everything from her.

With nothing but her harp, Amadora dives headfirst into the charged political landscape of Florence. Caught with the Medici on one side, the Salviati on the other, and the constant reminder that higher powers are in contr... more

ALL BECAUSE OF HER : A poignant love story and an intense thriller.: ( THE FULL STORY (Contains Books 1 and 2 together)

by Gretta Curran Browne

Spanning two generations, moving back and forth from London to America, a story that will knock your emotional socks off! This is a real page-turner" - IRISH NEWS PROLOGUE - 1940 - PARIS Book 1 & 2 -- From the summer of 1963, infused with the glorious music and various world events of the period, to the summer of 1995 - an unforgettable story of the true and unrelenting love of a young couple, darkened at its edges by the determination of one unique woman who always must have her way. ... more

Metaphysical Island: Dimensional Detective Manny Levels Investigates Reality

by Tony Giovia

A hard-boiled dimensional detective, a Princess and a robot embark on a curious adventure in search of Reality and The Meaning of Life. Manny Levels knew trouble when he saw it, and he saw it when Princess Tierra De Arcana sashayed into his Dimensional Thinking Detective Agency. Drawn by her beauty, he took the job when she asked him to find answers to two questions: "What is Reality? And what is my place in it?" The investigation forces Manny, Tierra and their robot guide Lowenbee Hold to solve... more

Sunshine Through the Rain

by C.A. Collins

Sunshine through the Rain follows Christie Ann Cook, a cynical, wise-beyond-her-years, truth-telling young girl who is coming of age in the Deep South during the civil rights movement, women’s rights, and Roe v. Wade. Christie narrates her story mixing equal measures of drama and humor. She is trying to determine who she is in a home where her mother’s main goal is to turn her into a Southern belle while her father tries to turn her into the boy he always wanted. Guided by Ernestine, the family’... more

Firstborn: A Novel of Leonardo da Vinci

by J.A. Burton

In 15th century Tuscany, Leonardo da Vinci is a boy snared by the past and caught between two families. His first taste of a father’s authority comes when he is seized from his mother and taken to Vinci by a stranger, a man named Ser Piero, his father. Leonardo tries to run away only to realize he must accept the conditions set forth by the man who has the power to decide his fate. An unexpected day arrives when Leonardo must choose between his parents: He can return to live with his beloved mo... more

A Bucket of Whitewash

by David J. Diamond

This story takes place in 1963 in Mississippi before legal segregation in the South was ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The characters are fictional, but the attitudes and actions of the whites in Mississippi at that time are not a fiction.The story centers on Angie Pennington, a black research assistant to Professor Craig Harris of the University of Chicago. Angie has romantic designs on her white boss and when she is rebuffed she returns to her home in Mississippi after an absence of ... more

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