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  • Burning Watercolors

    by Jillian Laine
    Burning Watercolors is about a young mother and her little boy who escape an abusive home, and the trials and triumphs they face together. Written in first person from both the mother’s and young son’s point of view, the story gives readers vivid insight into these characters’ hearts and minds. Ethan’s kindergarten year is the year that his life changed. From Ethan’s perspective it just means his dad is gone for now, and at any moment the abuse might happen again. Kate is ready to face life wi... more

  • Soyala: Daughter of the Desert

    by Cindy Burkart Maynard
    Based on the archaeological and anthropological record, this story is a vivid and convincing drama depicting the lives of a small clan of ancient puebloans of northern New Mexico. It is set in the thirteenth century, long before Europeans reached the Southwest. The narrative is fresh, alive and fast-paced. The prose is highly polished and readable. Its strong, finely-drawn characters come to life showing us how they faced the challenges of climate, landscape, and survival. The themes of birth, d... more

  • Josephine's Daughter

    by A.B. Michaels
    In the late nineteenth century, Wealthy and headstrong Kit Firestone chafes under the strictures of the Golden City’s high society, especially the interference of her charming but overbearing mother, Josephine. Kit’s secret rebellion leads to potentially catastrophic results and keeps her from finding true happiness. When her brother nearly dies from a dangerous infection, Kit defies convention and becomes a working nurse. Through her troubled romance with a young doctor and a series of d... more

  • Exploring My Ideas

    by Fida Abbott

    Exploring My Ideas is comprised of ten evocative short stories that were crafted from the authors personal experiences and observations. Every short story is followed by the authors explanation how she got an idea and wrote it into a short story. This book includes a simple and practical guide on how to explore and compose ideas into short stories, as well as publishing tips. This book not only gives readers easy steps to build a story from their point of view but it... more

  • Eat@Zeke's

    by christopher Joseph
    Time; for better or worse, ultimately always begets change.Zeke’s Kitchen, a well known Detroit, Michigan east side Soul Food restaurant has been devastated by the closing of nearby automobile plants that have fueled it’s eatery for decades.The Woods family have owned and operated Zeke’s since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s. Since the passing of Ezekiel S. Woods Sr. his beloved and devoted wife Mrs. Tyla Woods, known simply as ‘Mama’ has run the historic business.Collapsing in front of ... more

  • Eat@Zeke's

    by christopher Joseph
    Time; for better or worse, ultimately always begets change.Zeke’s Kitchen, a well known Detroit, Michigan east side Soul Food restaurant has been devastated by the closing of nearby automobile plants that have fueled it’s eatery for decades.The Woods family have owned and operated Zeke’s since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s. Since the passing of Ezekiel S. Woods Sr. his beloved and devoted wife Mrs. Tyla Woods, known simply as ‘Mama’ has run the historic business.Collapsing in front of ... more

  • The Ride

    by Nancy Demme
    In 1952 El Paso, Diego Ramirez, 15, illiterate, an arsonist, torches the barn where his abusive stepfather is working. Believing he has killed the man, he steals his mother's life savings, dimes and nickels, and flees the ranch. He hitchhikes through Texas, accepting rides from anyone who offers, a bigoted truck driver, a woman who only gives rides to children of crippled spirit, a salesman who feeds Diego's dreams of success, and a lonely widow, who takes him in only to let him go. It is th... more

  • Papaw's Treasure

    by Jessica Madison
    This is the story of a small family farm across several generations. Part historical fiction and part personal memoir, it reminds us of what is most important in life. "The treasure is the land we call home and the people who share it. Papaw's treasure has been beneath our feet all along..." "A wonderful little book, Papaw's Treasure tells the story of life and change in the mountains of Appalachia, but it also raises important questions about the choices we make in modern America. A critic... more

  • Waiting for Amy - a pilgrimage into the mind

    by Michael Small
    Retired teacher, Wade, sets out to walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. It is a pilgrimage of self-discovery, looking back at his life to date, planning for the time that is left and hoping to regain the belief in God he once had as a child. But is there a hidden secret in his past that he doesn't want to face up to? Along the way he meets many other pilgrims, including Angelina, a captivating young woman less than half his age. Wade is fascinated by Angelina, who reawakens his desire f... more

  • Waiting for Amy - a pilgrimage into the mind

    by Michael Small
    Retired teacher, Wade, sets out to walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. It is a pilgrimage of self-discovery, looking back at his life to date, planning for the time that is left and hoping to regain the belief in God he once had as a child. But is there a hidden secret in his past that he doesn't want to face up to? Along the way he meets many other pilgrims, including Angelina, a captivating young woman less than half his age. Wade is fascinated by Angelina, who reawakens his desire f... more
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    Islamic Vashikaran Mantra

    by Islamic Vashikaran Mantra

  • THE NAWAB'S TEARS

    by AJIT MANI
    (https://blog.partridgepublishing.com/india/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/The-Nawabs-Tears-by-Ajit-Mani) My book tells the story of a search for a priceless necklace known as The Nawab’s Tears which belonged to two Nawabs of the Deccan who were defeated and beheaded in serially fought engagements, in battles of the Carnatic Wars (1746-1763 CE). The necklace is believed to bring extreme bad fortune to anyone who wears it. A specialist in Medieval Deccan history locates it with the help of certai... more

  • The Point of Light (Historical Fiction Book 1)

    by John Ellsworth
    May 1940 - Paris. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Claire hears the devastating news: the German army has invaded her homeland, and her beloved Paris has fallen. Within months, her life is turned upside-down. She takes in an orphaned Jewish toddler only days before her beloved German-born husband Remy is forcibly conscripted into the Nazi army. In desperation she connects with other young members of the French Resistance, determined to fight back in whatever way she can. Armed only with he... more

  • Keeper of Slaves

    by Dickie Erman
    "Keeper of Slaves" is Book Two of the "Antebellum Struggles" series, and continues the moving drama of plantations and slavery in the Deep South 1850s. The characters' lives unfold as the Underground Railroad and Fugitive Slave Act impact their entire society.
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    The Doctor Decides

    by Robert Underhill
    Dr. Tom Leckrone is a parachutist and while serving in battles overseas his unfaithful wife bears a child. Leckrone learns of his wife's infidelity and adamantly refuses to raise a child not his own. However, he meets Kathie Herrick who is tending the infant, and Kathie convinces him to forgive and forget transgresses of others. Moreover, a child should not be made to suffer for acts committed by parents. Kathie's attractiveness and forgiving nature wins Leckrone, and she accepts his propo... more

  • Keep Your Songs In Your Heart: A Novel of Friendship & Hope During World War II

    by Carolyn Summer Quinn
    Boisterous 11-year-old aspiring singer Ruby Carol Rafferty's happy life in Seattle is turned upside-down after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Suddenly America is at war, Ruby's longed-for Christmas trip is cancelled, her father wants to join the Army, and her Japanese American best friend is getting shipped away to an internment camp just because of her heritage. A new friend's family fled from the Nazis in Europe and can't find out what happened to the relatives they left be... more

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