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Intriguing Women

by Lakshmi Raj Sharma

The stories in Intriguing Women have international and Indian settings. We visit Europe, we travel to Afghanistan and we celebrate the rich variety of the Indian continent. These are women who may seem superficially normal, but might not be, and women who strive for normality at all costs. Sharma also raises questions; can a woman reconcile herself to terrorism? How do we react to a woman who kills several of her husbands? Definitions of femininity are examined and magnified through the prism of... more

Smiling Deep

by Robb Thomson

general poetry

The Gnomes in the Trees

by C.L. Collyer

At Jacky Foster s eighth birthday party, he is surprised when a statue of a gnome suddenly comes alive. The gnome asks Jacky to help his family who live in a faraway place called Gnomia. Jacky and his dog Sparky go off to help. When he returns home he discovers that the gnome statue suddenly runs off into the woods. But is it all just fanciful dreaming, or did his discovery really happen? Only Jacky Foster knows for certain. The Gnomes in the Trees picture book is highly suitable for childre... more

978-1632876911

by Richard Corey

My book, The Bloodline: The Doberman Family, is for children and adults who love pets. This is a thrilling, adventure tale which follows Lily, a brave Doberman mother dog who sets out to rescue her family of cute puppies from a life of drudgery and danger, a life of hate and fear as junkyard dogs. The mother dog’s first challenge is to convince her mate, Buck, to give up what he thinks is a noble profession (junkyard dog) and to recognize that he has been programed to hate and fear with ... more

YANAPOP

by John T. Cullen writing as John Argo

Newly in love, 21 years old, head over heels, Martin Brown and Chloë Setreal need each other with total hunger and passion. But Chloë, a production assistant at a media conglomerate (YANAPOP in Los Angeles) is laid up with a broken leg and needs Martin to come hold her hand. Martin, in San Diego for the summer (two hours down the coast from LA) hops in his car and heads north like the dashing hero he is. What should be a simple, two-hour drive on the freeway turns into a nightmarish adventure th... more

Apple the racing Cow

by Erik Shein

This Galloping Guernsey takes on the special challenge of competing against several sanctuary animals—a field of zebras and stallions. She ignores the strangeness of being a "racing cow," as this Valentine's Day story emphasizes using the talents that we possess, and accepting the valentines from appreciating admirers. The valentines of the Sanctuary are the gratitude and love they show Apple for her bravery and tenacity—not for winning.

The Forgotten Ornament

by Erik Shein

This Christmas tale tells the the story of Willie Bear, a broken ornament who can't participate in a magical event where all of the intact ornaments acquire the ability to speak at midnight on Christmas Eve.

Perfectly you

by Samantha Mosharaf

Perfectly you story starts off with “why do I look like this?” and allows you to become part of your child’s story book, with beautiful illustrations and rhyming words, this book allows you to reinforce your child's self confidence by telling a magical story about how perfect they are in a creative and exciting way. You will tell your child how you went on an adventure to make them who they are! Along the way you will meet pirates, dragons and many more wonderful characters, all of whom will giv... more

A Tea Drinker's Novel: Chilverton Park

by Susan Russell Thompson

Suppose there could be a girl in Victorian England who did not want to be married. And suppose such a girl had a gay, bachelor friend who also wished to forgo marriage. Such is the case of the unusual attachment between the confirmed bachelor about London, Sir Erskine Wald, and his childhood friend, the winsome but delicate daughter of the Earl of Chilverton, Lady Caroline Downey. Avoiding marriage in Victorian England is an admittedly tricky business. How can this unlikely pair withstand th... more

Mind F^^k

by Renee Miller

Someone is killing the nutters. Four deaths in as many months isn’t anything new for Detective Milo Smalls, but these corpses have too many similarities. Milo barely scratches the surface of the investigation before his boss, Captain Cunt (Captain Maines in the office) orders Milo to take a break. Get some psychiatric help. Milo doesn’t think his shit is a problem. So he’s a little neurotic. He likes order and mistrusts anything that isn’t divisible by three. So he writes everything down and... more

Closer Together

by Juliet Aharoni

In this remarkable sequel to Together They Overcame, Eyal and Rosalind piece their lives together as a married couple after the tragic accident that left Rosalind fighting for her life. Struggling to find herself as she slowly recovers, Rosalind returns home with a deeper awareness of what has been troubling her for so long. While Eyal does his best to nurse his wife back to health amid the tension still present from a mother who disapproves of Rosalind’s German Catholic heritage, his transfer... more

Together They Overcame

by Juliet Aharoni

Eighteen-year-old Rosalind, a German Catholic descendant, left South Africa for Israel with her doctor boyfriend, Foxy, so they could pursue their dream of helping the wounded soldiers together. But when his jealous temper again gets the better of him, she decides to end their relationship, but still continue her nursing studies. When she’s assigned to Ward 21, Rosalind finds herself inexplicably drawn to Eyal, the bearded soldier with the sparkling brown eyes who, even laid up in a full-bod... more

The Road to Santiago

by Alison McMahan

The Road to Santiago, (98,587 words), features Ibi El Moro, a converted Moor in medieval Spain who joins the first Crusade because he suspects one of the Crusaders killed his wife. First in a planned series.

A Slippery Land

by Rick Conti

Poverty was the only life Fania knew with her family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, but she was happy and her days were peaceful. All that changed in less than a minute on a January afternoon in 2010 when a horrific earthquake hit, uprooting her entire world. The quake propels Fania on a five year odyssey from an oppressive orphanage to life as a squatter in La Saline, one of Haiti's most desperate slums. A feisty and resilient old widow helps Fania, teaching her the skills she needs to survive in th... more

Out of the Garden

by Kristen Reed

The Miracle of Life. The Agony of Sin. Created from a rib by God's powerful hands, she awakens in paradise with a song of praise on her lips and jubilation in her heart. In the breathtaking Garden of Eden, she lives a joyful, contented life working alongside her devoted husband, Adam, and resting contentedly in her creator's presence. Charged with the responsibility of collecting fruit for their meals, she spends her mornings strolling through the aromatic greenery with chirping, roaring, an... more

Letting Go by Maria Thompson Corley

by Maria Thompson Corley

Even though she lives hundreds of miles away, when Langston, who dreams of being a chef, meets Cecile, a Juilliard-trained pianist, he is sure that his history of being a sidekick, instead of a love interest, is finally over. Their connection is real and full of potential for a deeper bond, but the obstacles between them turn out to be greater than distance. Can these busy, complicated people be ready for each other at the same time? Does it even matter? Before they can answer these questions, e... more

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