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Trump-a-Lincoln-a-Lago

by Brian Josepher

Welcome to Trump-a-Lincoln-a-Lago. The story, set in the final year of the Trump administration, hinges on a groundbreaking find. A writer, doing research in a Richmond archive, discovers a dossier, hidden for more than 150 years. The reports within document the friendship between President Abraham Lincoln and a journalist for the Richmond Daily Whig, one of the leading newspapers of the Confederacy. Despite being a “rebel” in Lincoln’s vernacular, the Southern reporter becomes a trusted Lin... more

Discerning Grace (The White Sails Series, Book 1)

by Emma Lombard

As the first full-length novel in The White Sails Series, DISCERNING GRACE captures the spirit of an independent woman whose feminine lens blows the ordered patriarchal decks of a 19th century tall ship to smithereens. Wilful Grace Baxter, will not marry old Lord Silverton with his salivary incontinence and dead-mouse stink. Refusing this fate, she resolves to stow away. Heading to the docks, disguised as a lad to ease her escape, she encounters smooth-talking naval recruiter, Gilly, who lures ... more

Roman Identity

by J.U. Scribe

Prince Troy lived a life his peers envied. But they didn’t know he was still haunted by memories from the Quake. They didn’t know he was living in the shadows of his older brothers. Nor did they know his father was ashamed of him for being different. After being humiliated by his brothers for sticking up for a new slave, this underdog now has something to prove to his father and himself: that he is strong, confident, and fearless. He’s no longer competing with his brothers at home but a class... more

West of the River, North of the Bridge: Stories from Michigan's U.P.

by Richard Hill

In trying to define Michigan's Upper Peninsula (the U.P.) and its people, words like grit, solitude, and resiliency come to mind. Enjoying brilliant summers and enduring inescapably long winters, the hardy souls who live here have much in common. In "West of the River," Richard Hill reflects on issues from personal relationships and family traditions to hoarding and compulsive gambling. From the wild ideas and rebellion of youth to the regrets and hard-earned wisdom of old age, this c... more

Wild Ride at the Dude Ranch

by Sherry Walraven

A group of merrymaking cousins travel to Texas to spend their annual vacation at the Dude Ranch for a week of trail rides, BBQs, barn dances, roping, and other fun activities. They enjoyed meeting new people, and they were not disappointed at the colorful characters they met while on this vacation. They became friends with the Dude brothers, a pregnant lady, and an extra tall ball-bat-toting woman named Tinker Bell. Last year's vacation to Missouri had more adventure than they ever could have im... more

Sex and the American Male

by Jay Williams

Once upon a time, Zack Hardiman, a typical American male, attempted to find a shirt for jogging that contained absolutely no advertising. This became the first step in his descent into insanity. When he recovered, he slowly began a more extensive trip along the winding road we call American Culture. Although SEX and the AMERICAN MALE is not a fairy tale, it does include a happy ending with a married couple, a white picket fence and 2.5 children. SEX and the AMERICAN MALE is a satirical jab at... more

Finding Ching Ha

by Maya Fleischmann

A Russian Jewish couple, living in British-ruled Hong Kong of the 1970s, adopts Ching Ha, a three-year-old Chinese girl. As Ching Ha navigates family, history and heritage, she learns the complexities of discovering, creating and embracing multi-layered nuances that shape an identity.

What's My Superpower

by Delanda Coleman

In this children’s book, Deshaun Prime longs to join in his daring family’s superhero feats. But while Dad is really strong, Mom is lightning-fast, and Sister can fly, he has no idea what his abilities could be. And though he’s tried to copy their amazing skills… nothing seems to work! Sad he doesn’t have a special gift, Deshaun takes his parents’ advice to do whatever comes naturally. And when he focuses on this natural talent for reading, math, and building, he begins to build a mighty robo... more

The Tocks on the Clock

by Jozef K. Richards

Desi journeys through a fantasy land with her dog, Lola, and her cat, Jack, to visit twelve legendary monsters known as the Tocks.

Sissie Klein is Perfectly Normal

by Kris Clink

One mistake can steal your innocence. One promise can threaten a friendship. One secret can tear apart a family. Sissie Klein barely remembers the night that tore her from the carefree life she knew. Not long after the shocked teen is pushed into marriage, she’s rushed to the hospital where a catastrophic delivery seals her destiny.

Sissie is determined to give her daughter the opportunities she forfeited, but some fates can’t be avoided. Tragedy strikes, leaving behind... more

Harper's Donelson: A Novel of Grant's First Campaign, 2nd edition

by Sean Kevin Gabhann

The lives of a deputy U.S. marshal, a Quaker farm boy, and a teenaged farm girl collide in a way that changes the lives of each in western Kentucky during the winter of 1862.

LIEUTENANT JAMES HARPER, 31, a former US deputy marshal to the Dakota Territory has served with the First Iowa Volunteers since the war began and now seeks to command a company in the battalion.

KATHERINE (KATIE) MALLOY, 15, a down-state Illinois farm girl works as a saloon-girl, sold into that life by her dr... more

There's an Elephant in My Room!

by Steven Haggard

What Would You Do If You Had an Elephant for a Friend?

Nicole is a creative and playful little girl with a big imagination. She loves to play with her toys every day, but she never remembers to put them away. Her mess grows and grows with each adventure. One night, Nicole stumbles upon a colossal surprise… Amid all of that mess, Nicole discovers that there is an elephant in her room! After a fun-packed day full of elephant games, Nicole learns that having an elep... more

The Secrets I Keep

by Mary R Jones

The secrets I keep is a poetry collection about some of the things we keep to ourselves, through betrayal and heartache, from childhood leading into adulthood. Learning to let go of the bitterness through poetry and learning about yourself through it. Finding calm amidst the chaos, being vulnerable with yourself about hard truths. Sometimes when facing your shadows you learn that you are more than what other people have pushed you to be.

The Main Dish

by Victoria Kimble

16-year-old Scarlet Williams enjoys the attention that comes with being a violin prodigy. She auditions for a chair in the Summerset Festival Orchestra, the well-attended local event in her hometown. She is the youngest person to ever get a chair in the orchestra, and she is so excited that they are playing John Williams’s American Journey that year. She blasts the news on social media and enjoys the attention that Finn O’Neal gives her about it. Her best friend Jillian is excited for her and pr... more

Libertas

by Danuta Pfeiffer

Libertas is a love story rising from the despair of slavery. Fredericka is the daughter of a White plantation owner and his Black house slave. Horace is a literate slave-companion to the son of a New York hotel baron. The first book in the Pocket Full of Seeds Trilogy follows their flight for freedom through nineteenth-century America. It was a time when runaway slaves were hunted, steamships sailed around the Horn to San Francisco, horse-tugged boats navigated the Erie Canal, a midnight tsunami... more

Twisted Silver Spoons

by Karen Wicks

The silver spoon lodged in George's throat was choking the life out of him. The obsessive need for power and control of a global empire overshadows the Leibnitz family. Favored heir George struggles to reconcile the person he could become with the ruthless leader he is expected to be. A new world emerges when he meets the captivating M. On his journey, we find intrigue, betrayal, and mortal danger lurking behind the most unlikely doors. In Twisted Silver Spoons by Karen Wicks, we experienc... more

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