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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

A Thousand Stars

by Sandra Fox Murphy

In 1665, in Rhode Island, Ann Tallman, wife of Peter, is sentenced to fifteen lashings in Newport’s town square. Her story begins, in 1647, in Barbados where Ann Hill, the daughter of English settlers, meets the dashing German merchant Captain Peter Tallman. After they wed and settle in colonial Rhode Island, after six children, after years of Peter’s absences at sea, abuse, and jealousies, it was Thomas, the English indentured servant, who won Ann’s heart. Refusing to leave behind her children,... more

Surviving the Fatherland: A True Coming-of-age Love Story Set in WWII Germany

by Annette Oppenlander

Spanning thirteen years from 1940 to 1953 and set against the epic panorama of WWII, author Annette Oppenlander's SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND is a sweeping saga of family, love, and betrayal that illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the children's war. SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND tells the true and heart-wrenching stories of Lilly and Günter struggling with the terror-filled reality of life in the Third Reich, each embarking on their own dangerous path toward survival, freedom, and ... more

Escape from the Past: At Witches' End

by Annette Oppenlander

In the conclusion of the ESCAPE FROM THE PAST trilogy, Max 'Nerds' Anderson returns to medieval Germany. It is the year 1473 and two years have passed since his last visit. But two years in the Middle Ages are a long time. When at last Max finagles a way into Castle Hanstein, his old friend, Bero, is less than pleased to see him, Lady Clara is near death and Juliana, his old flame, is not meeting his eyes. Can Max sway his friends, help rescue another gamer and stay out of Schwarzburg's clutch... more

Swim Season

by Marianne Sciucco

Sometimes winning is everything. Champion swimmer Aerin Keane is ready to give up her dreams of college swimming and a shot at the Olympics. As she starts senior year in her third high school, Aerin's determined to leave her family troubles behind and be like all the other girls at Two Rivers. She's got a new image and a new attitude. She doesn’t want to win anymore. She's swimming for fun, no longer the freak who wins every race, every title, only to find herself alone. But when her desire to ... more

The Harlem Renaissance Time Traveler's Diary

by Lashonda Beauregard

West Barrington, a musician from 1926 Harlem, seems to have everything going for him. A job at the most popular nightclub in Harlem, a music career that is taking off, and a girlfriend, Lanna Gold, who's the lead singer of the group Crystal Dream. But when West awakens after falling asleep on the eve of 1927, he realizes that he has been thrown into a world far beyond 1927 after he discovers that he has awakened in 2016 Harlem.

Echoes in the Canyon

by Marco Behrens

Myra Louise, a desert tortoise, and her close friend Minnie Squawking Bird, a cactus wren, live in the Arizona desert with their friends Stinky and Smelly—javelina brothers who have a propensity to seek out adventure…and trouble. The javelinas are schemers and dreamers, and Myra Louise and Minnie Squawking Bird have a full-time job keeping the boys grounded and heading in an appropriate direction. Luckily there is also wise Joe Fox—the law in this part of the desert—and his pals Reynard Fox and ... more

Harold Hardscrabble

by G. D. Dess

Harold Hardscrabble, by G. D. Dess, is a sympathetic novel filled with philosophical musings on the state of society and our place within it. The story captures the feelings of frustration and helplessness that many of us experience in our daily lives. These sentiments are embodied in the contemplative, quietly charming protagonist, Harold, who, like Walter Mitty, lives largely in his own world of thoughts and dreams. We follow Harold’s transformation from a dreamer to a man of action as he stru... more

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