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Angelina's Secret

by Diane Merrill Wigginton

Angelina Stewart is a beautiful, bold, independent woman hiding a terrible secret. After returning home from a sea voyage, she is touted as a hero for saving her family’s ship and crew from a band of ruthless pirates, but Angelina feels like such a fraud. At the same time her psychic abilities are becoming more pronounced as she attempts to unravel the mystery of London’s gruesome murders before she becomes the killers next victim. Captain Jude Deveraux is leading a double life as well. He and... more

TRIO; a Novel Biography of the Schumanns and Brahms

by Boman Desai

The trio comprises three musical geniuses: Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Clara married Robert with whom she fell in love when she was just sixteen, though it meant challenging the iron will of her father who wished her to marry an earl or a count, certainly not an impoverished composer. The Schumanns had eight children and Robert's greatness as a composer was never in doubt, but he was also mentally ill, attempted suicide, and finally incarcerated himself in an asylum where he d... more

The Memory of Loss

by Dana K. Haffar

Reeling from a devastating loss she believes she has caused, nineteen-year-old Nadine Hall has lived an illusion rather than face an unbearable reality. When she’s given the chance to make a fresh start, she lands a job as a carer for an archaeologist in Mougins, near Cannes, the perfect location for the movie buff that she is. She settles happily with her charge, Lilly Somerville, Lilly’s sister Viv who suffers from dementia, and Agnes, the housekeeper. But Nadine’s blissful existence is shatte... more

Kitty Kat Kitty Goes to the Circus

by Jay Reeves

Unless Kitty Kat Kitty steps in to help, they will be forced to cancel the tightrope act, and Diamond and her mistress will lose their jobs as the stars of the circus. Diamond is to watch over her kittens along with Mr. Squeaks, while a reluctant Kitty Kat Kitty performs in her place, but Mr. Squeaks goes on a fried food feeding frenzy that leads to disaster, and he nearly destroys the circus over a cheeseburger.

The Journal of Francis Darling

by K. D. Bradshaw

With his heart and soul in turmoil, Frank Darling returns to Nicaragua seven years after serving as a U.S. military advisor during the Contrarrevolucion in 1985, seeking penitence for his role in several sanctioned killings, unaware that he himself is the target of a murder plot by his former handler. A living example of traditional Appalachian culture, his blood-guilt cannot be assuaged by religion, counselors, or family. With a sense of atonement finally within reach, the confrontation pitting... more

Life Indigo, Book One: Kasper Mützenmacher's Cursed Hat

by Keith R Fentonmiller

Kasper Mützenmacher keeps a divine "wishing hat" locked in the wall safe of his Berlin hat shop. The Mützenmacher family has been cursed to sell hats ever since their Greek ancestor stole Hermes' teleportation hat in the fourth century. Kasper, however, doesn't mind making hats, and he loves Berlin's whiskey-fueled cabaret scene even more. But his carefree life of jazz and booze comes to a screeching halt when he must use the wishing hat to rescue his flapper girlfriend from the shadowy Klau... more

Who's Your Daddy?

by Craig Seymour

Providence-based photographer Michael Allen, a gay man on the cusp of 40, thinks he's found love with a 19-year-old, mohawk-sporting artist named Ziggy, only to discover that the two may already share a bond that neither can imagine. This plays out as Michael's best friends-Sidney, a 50-ish art dealer and Bruce, a cop in his 30s-deal with their own sexual trysts and romantic travails with dramatically younger guys. The result is a novel that explores the fragile yet enduring ties of sex, love, a... more

Second-Class Sailors

by LANCE GARLAND

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Cash joins the Navy to become a US Navy SEAL. During training he meets Danny Stone, and they embark on an epic odyssey across the globe. In Thailand, Danny is raped by a fellow shipmate, and makes Cash swear to never tell anyone. Torn between loyalty to Danny and a blind quest for justice, Cash ultimately testifies and becomes the key witness in the criminal trial of the accused. During the journey to the Court Martial, Cash and Danny's sexualities bec... more

STUCK

by Steven L. Hawk

Ben Watkins has a gift. His dreams drop him into other people's bodies… for five minutes. When Ben is dropped into Billy Shoe, drummer for the world's most popular rock band, all bets are suddenly off. The needle in his arm, the tattoos on his hands, and the loud pounding on the other side of the stall door are just the beginning. He wakes up after a drug-induced slumber, sick and in dire need of another fix. The five-minute rule has been kicked to the curb. Somehow he's gotten. . . STUCK.

Missing Tyler

by Tamara Palmer

Summer break has just begun and Kit Carlin is on her way to a funeral: to bury her twin brother. Kit has to find a way to put the broken puzzle of her life back together following Tyler’s death. She navigates through grief and family trauma by finding support in unexpected places and a growing understanding of what comes after life. There are laughter and tears, summer beach time on the Jersey shore, and the complicated “rollercoaster” of young love, jealousy, and sex. The joys and pains of Kit’... more

Thirty Days Has September: First Ten Days

by Chuck Bartok

This novel is set in the very center of the time of most difficult combat experienced by a United States Marine Corps rifle company. A second lieutenant, only days from training back in the states is ordered, under fire, to assume command of a company of cast off Marines, all out in the brutal bloody jungle because of the either the worst of luck or the most minor of offenses or infringement. The outnumbered and little supported company is at constant war with vicious units of the North Vietna... more

The Root of Scarcity

by Kaye Freemartin

Dancing on Daddy's Shoes

by Gabriel Dietsch

Follow a father's journey of love for his daughter Ella. See as he sets up a beautiful dance that has it's drawbacks when dad couldn't find a way to bring Ella to the dance. He later goes into a whimsical world to find out that sometimes one must wait for the perfect time and not give up hope! Knowing how to talk to your children about In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) may be awkward, but this book allows you to share a beautiful story of how Ella came to be and hopefully open dialogue among your... more

Next Earth

by Ken Sharpe

A global pandemic has brought humanity close to extinction. All has been lost − philosophy, religion, art, science, technology, and the culture that took millennia to build has been forgotten. Coupled with an environmental calamity that has eradicated most species and destabilized Earth’s atmosphere, humanity struggles to survive. Tens of thousands of years pass. The earth slowly recovers its balance, and humanity begins to prosper. Evolution reoccupies niches with new creatures and starting wit... more

Laboratory (Lab) Lizards

by Bob Richardson

This exciting make-believe story takes the reader from a failed attempt at a new and unusual kind of food source, to a funny and unique family friendship. This tale is both edgy and heartwarming and has characters that are lots of fun.

Chinestory - Learning Chinese Through Pictures and Stories (Storybook 1): In the Beginning

by Haiyan Fan

Yi (literally meaning ONE), (whom the readers later discovers is a teenage boy) awakes from a deep sleep and finds himself alone in a mountain surrounded by bamboo trees, deep woods, chirping birds, and furry friends. As his senses are awakened by the nature around him, his mind is ignited and is expressed through the creation of Chinese characters. Yi's journey through the Chinestory series will take you to the origins of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, the cradle of Han civilization; to the m... more

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