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We Live for Half-Moons

by Weasel

Derrick, a Dalmatian in his mid-thirties, is reeling after the death of his boyfriend Nick. Even with Nick's murderer thrown in jail, Derrick wallows in remorse and loneliness, a sorrow he buries in his sexual desires and appetites. Prowling through the night streets, Derrick discovers peace—or something like peace—when he discovers Ely, a local prostitute. Pinned against a money-hungry wolf pimp, the ghost of his former lover, and the conservative agenda, Derrick seeks more than just a place in... more

The Golden Rule

by Sherrill S Cannon

- What if you treated others the way you’d like to be treated? What if everyone did that? What kind of world could there be? Robert and Kait decide to look for a golden ruler that their Mom has told them about, only to find out that she had meant Rule instead of ruler. What is this “Golden Rule”, and what does it mean? Please join in the children’s quest to discover how to follow The Golden Rule and meet many of the classroom friends you have met in previous books!

Choosing Grace

by Susan Stark Hilt

From high above on the mountain pass, Mt. Auburn looks like any other town. Divided by the railway shipping yard at its center and the Reservation on its eastern edge, a tenuous balance exists between its inhabitants and what comes and goes through town in open-topped freighters. To best friends Gin and Wayne, the rugged wilderness of northwest Montana is a place long on scenery and short on excitement. Only Grace, the local beauty, manages to capture their competing attentions. One hot,... more

Veil of Silence

by K'Anne Meinel

Five years ago, Lieutenant Marsha Gagliano disappeared when her helicopter crashed in Afghanistan. Her wife held out hope for her return, but with no word from the army after all that time, she begins to realize she may have to move on without her. At the embassy in Kabul, a burqa-clad woman arrives at the gate with two young children in tow. The black-haired, brown-eyed woman looks like an Afghan native, but her American accent belies this. She identifies herself as Lieutenant Marsha Gagl... more

The Red Balloon

by Susan Stark Hilt

In a close-knit lakeside community, two families are separated by only the narrowest of dirt roads. It's the 1970's, a time of gin-soaked barbecues and carefree summer crushes and the families share a seemingly idyllic life amidst plush green lawns and soft breezes blowing in off the lake, relatively untouched by the outside world. Margaret and Dar share motherhood the way mothers do, carrying secrets of favored children and husbands' impossible expectations. Until one day. While busy tend... more

The Journey

by N. V. Maresca

In this humorous, touching, and heartwarming tale, an American couple embarks on an unforgettable journey of self-discovery while on a bus tour of Italy.

Part comedy, part love story, part spiritual quest, The Journey follows the adventures of Nick and Laura Lobono as they and their fellow tourists cause mayhem from one end of Italy to the other.

You are invited to ride along as the tour bus careens through Italy, sharing in the fun as Nick and Laura fend off an irate security gua... more

The Pearl and the Carnelian

by Annabel Fielding

Britain, 1934. Hester Blake, an ambitious girl from an industrial Northern town, finds a job as a lady's maid in a small aristocratic household. Despite their impressive title and glorious past, the Fitzmartins are crumbling under the tribulations of the new century. In the cold isolation of these new surroundings, Hester ends up hopelessly besotted with her young mistress, Lady Lucy. Fragile and enthralling, Lucy can weave fascinating stories like a spider weaves her web. Armed with shre... more

Betrayed by a Butterfly

by Jamie Elizabeth Tingen

At fifty-eight, Magnolia Gardner Winston needs to find answers to a lifetime of questions. Before his death, Ashton, her lost love, contacted her with an enigmatic phone call that continues to haunt her. Ashton's twin brother Franklin has the answers Magnolia needs, but he's being infuriatingly obtuse.At the same time, Magnolia discovers a secret that shakes her entire life. The daughter she once thought dead is alive and now a woman in her forties.What connection, if any, does Ashton's final me... more

Butterfly Messages

by Jamie Elizabeth Tingen

We've all wished for it: THE CHANCE FOR A DO-OVER IN SOME PART OF OUR LIFE- THE GIFT OF MAKING THE MOST OF A SECOND CHANCE. Have you ever longed to reconnect with a long lost love and wondered, 'WHAT IF?" This is the dilemma facing Magnolia Gardner Winston after she stumbles upon an old photo of her first love, Ashton Lee Johnson, while packing for her 40th high school reunion. His reappearance into her life forces her to revisit heartbreak and relive the painful and bizarre events from that fat... more

Botticelli's Muse

by Dorah Blume

Relegated to an obscure Medici villa and the whims of an annoying patron half his age, Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli falls into a quagmire of indecision, insecurities, and depression. Once he meets Floriana, however, a Jewish weaver held prisoner at a nearby convent under the control of Sandro's estranged older sister Oslavia, everything changes. Although the Medicis hold the purse strings, Floriana—the inspiration behind his painting Primavera—holds his heart strings. ... more

In the Name of the Father

by Allyson Olivia

"In The Name Of The Father" is an inspirational novel about faith, family, and the power of forgiveness. As a man of God, husband and father, Lester was supposed to be his daughter's hero, instead he became the man she despised, and she could not move on until she forgave him.

“This is a story I had to tell because I know we have difficulties throughout life that shape how we love ourselves and others. It is so important that we stop pretending life is perfect and sh... more

Saga of a Princess

by Judith Martin

Lana is a curious Jamaican princess who travels the world to learn about its people and cultures. While visiting Novgorod a Russian city, Lana learns about the saga of Efanda a brave Viking princess who once lived there. Princess Efanda was at home with her husband Prince Rurik when a group of men arrived from Novgorod a troubled city across the sea. Rurik is offered and accepts the throne of Novgorod but wants Princess Efanda to remain at home until he returns for her. Efanda insists on traveli... more

The Goddess of Beauty

by Judith Martin

The Goddess of Beauty is an exciting new children's book that takes you on a journey to ancient Africa where Goddess Oshun is loved and admired by everyone for her inner and outer beauty. When a young insecure girl on the island of Trinidad runs away from her village, she is approached by a Princess from Jamaica who tells her tales about Goddess Oshun. After hearing about Oshun, the young girl is no longer insecure, she accepts Oshun as a beauty icon and aspires to be like her.

The Growing Sweater

by Jason J. Marchi

GRANNY QUIGLEY has knitted a very unique sweater. To her surprise, every time she washes and dries the purple sweater with the white lace collar it grows . . . one size larger! What can she possibly do with a sweater that keeps growing? And will it ever stop growing? Ashley and Morgan, Granny s granddaughters, take charge of the situation in attempt to solve Granny s dilemma. The three travel the countryside looking for a home for the growing sweater. As the sweater grows unexpectedly for each n... more

Tough Mauve

by Ashley Atkins

Lulu never expected to lose her mom and Joe, but at least she still has a father. Except... he doesn't want anything to do with her. When she finds an unlikely home with her stepfather's sister, Lulu creates a simple, if transitory, existence for herself. Soon she is falling for Shane Devine, who may or may not have a thing for Madison Everly. But then local reporter Miranda Brooks goes missing, setting off a sequence of events that bring Lulu's father to town, whether she likes it or n... more

The Rebel's Wrath

by Christopher Morin

In a time when the nation is torn asunder, and north is pitted against south in a ferocious struggle, a young Union soldier finds himself in combat for the first time—during the largest battle ever fought on the North American continent. When the smoke clears, Private Sherman Jackson of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment is alive and unharmed. He has clashed with staunch warriors of the Confederacy and survived the deadly battle of Gettysburg. \tHis luck continues to the end of the wa... more

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