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Forks, Knives, and Spoons

by Leah DeCesare

There are three kinds of guys: forks, knives, and spoons. That is the final lesson that Amy York’s father sends her off to college with, never suspecting just how far his daughter will take it. Clinging to the Utensil Classification System as her guide, Amy tries to convince her skeptical roommate, Veronica Warren, of its usefulness as they navigate the heartbreaks and soul mates of college and beyond. Beginning in 1988, their freshman year at Syracuse University, Amy and Veronica meet an assor... more

My Life as an Extra

by Ruth Kaufman

Chicagoan Marla Goldberg must rebuild her life at forty-one after an unexpected divorce. While adjusting to singlehood, trying to improve conditions at the radio station where she's an account executive and fit in with her successful family, she dips her toes into the daunting dating pool. Marla yearns to fulfill her dream of being a working actor, yet can't quite believe, "Leap and the net will appear." Being a movie and TV show extra teaches her meaningful lessons, but she must learn what for ... more

Bun in the Oven

by Isla Wright

Bun in the Oven is a no holds barred, realistic fiction that uses comedy and satire to discuss the pregnancy experience. "...Every walk in the park is not just a walk in the park..." Just a couple months after she confirmed that she was pregnant, the protagonist, Isla, discovers that she was absolutely unprepared for pregnancy. Her journey to motherhood, supported by her husband Steve, is hilarious at times as she candidly expresses her insecurities and minor triumphs. Isla shares her... more

Ava's First Day of Kindergarten

by Kristen Weber

Ava’s First Day of Kindergarten is an enchanting story where the school experience is expressed with poetry and energetic illustrations that brighten every page. Ava shares her adventures to sing, dance, and play showing readers how school is really fun through her busy, happy day. Follow her journey as she makes new friends and develops love for learning.

Granny’s Cobbler

by Rhonda K. Gatlin

Granny’s Cobbler is a delightful story for children and adults. The author will pull at your heart strings and take you back to your childhood memories as you read about Granny and Aggie. Granny and Aggie have a deep affection for one another and love spending time together picking fruits and vegetables from Granny’s garden. When the blackberries are in season, Aggie and Granny go blackberry picking. They wash, dry and put the blackberries in a container until they have enough for a cobbler. Agg... more

The Book of Moon

by George Crowder

It coulda been worse. That’s the “working epitaph” of 15-year-old Moon Landing. Not that Moon’s death is imminent—far from it—but his thoughts have turned to gallows humor, as his world disintegrates along with his parents’ marriage. His older brother skateboards through life with ease, but Moon is deeply troubled. Just as he is solving for romantic unknowns with a gorgeous older girl, Moon must contend with his dad’s sudden absence, his mom-gone-wild’s sexcapades, and his best friends’ cu... more

The Noble Rebellion

by Joshua G Fensterstock

Freshman Congressman Max Noble gave up his career as a magazine publisher to pursue a life of public service. A botched assassination attempt may have changed his mind. Excused from the arrogant President Cole’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Max’s life is spared the murderous rage of a terrorist who declares himself the new “Sultan.” Armed with the United States’ military facilities, Sultan begins to govern the former democracy in a Taliban-like manner. Despite havin... more

Longbow (The Saga of Roland Inness) (Volume 1)

by Wayne Grant

Roland Inness desperately needs meat for his starving family, but he takes the wrong deer on the wrong nobleman’s land. Worse yet, he uses his longbow, a weapon outlawed and suppressed by the Norman overlords of England. Now they are coming for him. With one shot the 14 year old peasant boy is launched on a desperate flight that takes him from the mountains of Derbyshire to the wild frontier of Wales and on to the court of Richard the Lionheart. Along the way he is hunted by a paid killer, aided... more

The Timekeeper's Son

by Sara Baker

A small Southern town. A restless boy. An embittered father. And late one night, a careless mistake.

Aspiring teenage filmmaker Josh Lovejoy, uncharacteristically high one night, hits a jogger. It is not any jogger, but David Masters, a popular local activist in the small town of Milledge, Georgia. The accident puts Masters in the hospital in a coma, and shatters the fragile equilibrium of the Lovejoy family. Josh's father, Hal, a clockmaker who keeps timepieces running with a passi... more

Postcards From Tokyo

by Wendy Tokunaga

These six stories are all inspired by Tokyo, a magical place that writer Wendy Nelson Tokunaga has observed both first-hand and from afar. A Tokyo teenager obsessed with becoming an idol singer despite her mother’s trepidations. An American bar hostess searching for solace yet unable to escape her own demons. An unlikely cross-cultural friendship that is deepened through the way of tea. A Japanese single woman stuck in a rut who finds joy in a cluttered life. A pop star who makes a fatal mistake... more

FAITH - Hometown of Jesus Christ

by Virginia Austin

Comedy, jealousy and intrigue take center stage as a small town prepares for an ACLU lawsuit over a sign that reads FAITH, Hometown of Jesus Christ. A lightning-fast read, the turn of the last page will have you wishing your stay in Faith could have lasted just a few more days, or at least that you had picked up a Jesus-in-the-Box or a poster of the town's super-hot mechanic Johnny Cain.

The town of Faith has found religion, and no one is happier than Father O'Brien, who was dow... more

We Are Joined at the Heart

by Yonette Belinda

Children need that reassurance that they are loved even when parents have to go away. When parents are gone for work or separated because of a divorce or sadly even death, their love continue unendingly. This book delivers a message of that unconditional and unfailing love. Not only is it a story of the love between a parent and a child, but It also sets the foundation for an open conversation about the depth of love. No matter what the circumstance, that child will always be found by love. The... more

RADICAL NEW ME

by PK Hrezo

When college funds fall through for twenty-three-year-old Calliope Crown, she's forced to move to ritzy Boca Raton for the summer to work at her snobby aunt's upscale bakery. There, she will face the same delectable temptations that put her in the overweight body Calliope so desperately wants to forget. She may be armed with a new identity, but old self-images don't die fast, and true self-esteem isn't something you can buy online with a credit card, even t... more

Eden's Bride

by Daniel Phalen

Under the watchful eye of a deadly cobra, a temple empath consorts with a renegade lion hunter to secure a clairvoyant breakthrough before a power-mad priest deposes the ruling matriarchy and plunges civilized humanity into chaos.

Waddle's Big Adventure

by R W Thompson

Waddle the Penguin was not your usual penguin. He was born at a different time of the year than the other penguins, he did not like the cold, and he really enjoyed exploring by himself. He liked to surf on ice floes, dive deep in the water to fish, and go for long swims. He always wondered what was going on outside of his world. \tThen, one day, his life changed. A sudden summer storm hits Waddle’s home as he and a friend are riding an ice floe. They are separated and when the storm clea... more

That Beautiful Season

by Sandra Fox Murphy

When the Civil War is at last over, a young girl called Sylvie is unaware of the turmoil of her past and the Reconstruction all around her. She knows only farm animals and crop cycles and the love of her family. Growing into a lovely young woman in rural Maryland, she finds happiness in the farming life and, over time, runs smack into love. But she soon will discover that life is filled not only with joy, but loss, and secrets that will topple all she thought she knew. That Beautiful Season d... more

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