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Love Changes

by Eartha Watts Hicks

Mia Love quits college to support her live-in boyfriend, Spider. When she becomes pregnant, her mother, his mother, and Romell, her handsome and flirtatious best friend, all think she has made a bad decision. Now, Mia cares for both her newborn son and Spider. Tethered to a low wage job to pay the bills, she's urging him make a commitment. Spider, himself underemployed, remains resistant. This causes tension between the two, with arguments getting more and more personal. Meanwhile, "good friend"... more

Rosco the Rascal at the St. Patrick's Day Parade (Volume 4)

by Shana Gorian

This time it's not Rosco who's been making mischief - it's the leprechauns! Rosco and Sparks are marching in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, accompanied by Rosco's owners, brother and sister, James and Mandy. But Mandy thinks the leprechauns have jinxed her with bad luck, so when Sparks goes missing, what will it take for Rosco and the kids to find him? And will Mandy be able to restore her good luck, or will the leprechauns ruin her St. Patrick's Day? Find out in this... more

IMPROBABLE CHOICES

by SHIRLEY DAVIES-OWENS

Synopsis: In 1940's London, amid the mayhem of War, young widow, Eleanor Kingsley, must face the task of single-handedly raising her daughter and niece, both 14. Eventually the three leave for the safety of a rural village where they not only befriend Matt Dalman, an American serviceman, but are billeted at a grand country estate. Here, hardships vanish and luxuries abound for Eleanor and the girls, when charming Hugh Beresford, his wife and teen-aged daughter draw them into the heart of their f... more

Pearl of Great Price

by Myra Johnson

An abandoned Arkansas lake resort holds the secrets of a young woman’s past . . . and her future. Raised by her grandfather after her mother died, flea market manager Julie Pearl Stiles promised herself she’d postpone the search for her absentee father until the truth could no longer hurt Grandpa. Then one crazy June day ushers in a series of discoveries that threaten to turn Julie’s peaceful, small-town life upside down. Her encounter with Little Rock socialite Renata Channing seems more than c... more

Amballore Thoma

by Jose Thekkumthala

Monkey's Wedding

by Rossandra White

Adolescents Elizabeth and Tururu—she’s white, he’s black—share an uneasy friendship on a remote sisal plantation in 1953's Zimbabwe. The country has just been declared part of a British Federation. Resentment to white rule erupts throwing them into the crossfire of political change and ancient ritual. Will their friendship survive? The novel's dual viewpoints afford an intimate glimpse into the two faces of a country at a crucial time in its history.

Northwest Passage: The First Three Novels

by John A. Heldt

In John A. Heldt’s celebrated Northwest Passage series, an abandoned mine, a haunted house, and a theater restroom are not just curiosities. They are portals to the past. Step into each portal and see the twentieth century through twenty-first century eyes. In THE MINE, a cavalier college senior explores a dusty adit in 2000 and emerges in 1941 as a world war approaches. In THE JOURNEY, a recent widow tries to reconnect with her past at her thirtieth reunion and finds herself in 1979 and her ... more

Growth and Change Are Highly Overrated

by Tom Starita

Growth and Change Are Highly Overrated is a classic coming-of-age story that takes a unique and comic look at what we all fear— having to grow up and abandon our dreams. For a charismatic man like Lucas James, life is a breeze because everyone else provides the wind. This man-child front man for a mediocre cover band has been mooching off of his fiancée Jackie for years until she finally decides she's had enough. Faced with the reality of having no income to support his carefree lifestyle, Lucas... more

Lost in Time

by L.G. McFerren

Ben is a popular jock in his high school but he wants adventure outside of his small hometown. His life takes a sharp turn when he is whisked back in time to the American Revolution. He must now work to solve the clues in the scavenger hunt that brought him there, if he ever wants to escape the revolution and get back home alive.

Thirst

by Michael Carson

In the year 2045, climate change is killing people. Fifteen-year old Lily Star must use her power over water to save her family and thousands of refugees from dying of thirst in the parched American West. Even though Lily’s a powerful Diviner, and can call water from Everspring, the family’s only source, they must ration every drop to stay alive. The U.S. has split into two unfriendly factions, the United Western Republic and the Eastern Alliance. When the Republic’s Minister of Water, Tanne... more

Confessions Of An Honest Man

by Art Rosch

Aaron Kantro knows that he's an artist. He's felt this since he was a child.. His mother, Esther, is horrified. Artists are unsavory, not respectable. The Kantro family convulses around Esther's cruelty, At sixteen Aaron sets off on a pilgrimage to New York City, the Mecca of Jazz.. Two of the Kantro children are monsters, and two are full of empathy and creativity. Before Aaron can succeed he will need to confront his own demons in the middle of a b... more

WILD CHERRY (Sin City Series Book 1)

by Aliyah Murphy

Cherish "Cherry" Turner was born to a teenage mother whose association with a drug kingpin got her sentenced to a decade in federal prison. Left in the care of her abusive alcoholic grandmother, Cherry plays the bad hand she was dealt and learns to survive on the grimy streets of Las Vegas, where predators wait at every turn to take advantage of young women struggling to find their place in the world and broken family. Lorenzo comes into Cherry's life at a time when she is desperate for love an... more

"Jack's Place" ISBN # 978-1-5144-0209-2

by Phoebe Otis

JACK'S PLACE is a story about people taking care of each other. In Provincetown, community is everything, and it's all brand new to Diana Rice, who has come there for the first time to find a cousin she's never met. She soon finds new and unexpected friends, including a very special dog. The beautiful little town enchants her. However, she discovers a darker side, a side the tourists never see...

George and the Armadillo

by Daniel Ogilvie

After Daniel Ogilvie’s previous book, George and the Rabbit’s flirtation with the New York Times’ Best Seller list (which went unrequited) this book follows George’s travails as he finds himself at odds with today’s society. Fresh from his failed suicide attempt, George decides to start up his own company, bringing him into contact with venture capitalists, estate agents, HR managers and many others who compete at the bottom of George’s personal evolutionary scale. George has found new love an... more

Sister Hope: A Short Story

by Vincent Robert Annunziato

I know you’ve been down that road before. You know. The one that never ends and leads to nowhere. A road you follow for reasons you can't say. A road which, somehow, never fulfills it promises. Yet you stay on hoping it will bring you where you want to go. That was me until I wandered down Interstate 20.

SEAL Catch (The Fearless Trilogy Book 3)

by T. R. Schumer

From the Amazon best-selling author of Death Catch comes T. R. Schumer’s heart-stopping conclusion to The Fearless Trilogy.

"Seal Catch is action packed from sea to desert and as I was deeply immersed in the story, the veteran team became part of my soul and I certainly did not want the book to end." Amazon Customer review

A chance encounter in the Seychelles catches ex-Navy SEAL Alex Moss off guard, but what comes next... more

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