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Commandments of a Mistress

by Lauren Muscarella

In Commandments of a Mistress, Isabel unlocks the secret to getting her married boyfriend to file for divorce but she’s not quite sure she'll keep him after meeting, Ray, the man of every woman's dreams. Isabel and her married man Mark aren’t an obvious match. She lives in Boston. He lives in Minneapolis. He appears eccentric and bookish while she is beautiful and more than a decade younger. It is when he's on camera that his sex appeal is realized. As his producer, Isabel finds herself falli... more

Rubber Match

by Marcus Paul Cootsona

Fifty-nine year-old Atherton tennis teaching pro and family man Wally Wilson won the 2011 U.S. Open behind 250 mph serves and a timely disqualification, and was promptly banned from professional tennis. Two years later, Wally is picked to play Davis Cup, framed for stealing a Dutch masterwork, and hunted by obsessive-compulsive Mounties. There goes his nap.

Daddy 3.0: A Comedy of Errors

by Rob Armstrong

This isn’t where Nick Owen thought he would be by this point in life. He used to be a busy web programmer. Now he spends most of his energy trying to stop his three-year-old twins from playing in a dirty sand pit. Nick thinks of himself as Daddy 3.0, a stay-at-home-dad—but he just wasn’t programmed for this. He must navigate a new world of jungle gyms and playdates while supporting his surgeon wife. He tries his best to be there for the twins, but he can’t stop making a mess of things. He’s j... more

Beyond Derrynane: A Novel of Eighteenth Century Europe (Book One, The Derrynane Saga)

by Kevin O'Connell

Beyond Derrynane traces the largely-fictional lives of several of the O’Connell family of Derrynane in County Kerry, Ireland in the mid-to-late eighteenth century, focusing on that of the Gaelic poet, Eileen O’Connell. Wed at age sixteen, solely for the purpose of protecting and advancing the O’Connell family’s interests, she is widowed before her seventeenth birthday. As resolute as she is beautiful, Eileen refuses to yield to yet another arranged marriage, but rather, through the auspice... more

The Latina President

by Joe Rothstein

“The whole financial system’s rotten and it’s rotting the political system. We’ve got to get control of it before it tears the country apart.” Isabel Aragon Tennyson is heiress to a family fortune built upon the criminality of its Mexican conglomerate. After her election as president of the United States, “Tenny,” as she is popularly known, embarks on a fearless crusade to rein in the financial and political power of her own family’s company and others like it in the U.S. and around the world. B... more

Kakie's Attic: Creakings in the Attic

by AP Wolf

Take an adventure rummaging through Kakie's Attic where thoughts, dreams, and ideas take on a life of their own in this anthology.

Sunflowers in a Hurricane

by Anne Faye

George Ferguson, an elderly gentleman, still misses his beloved wife who died in childbirth many years before. Cheryl Callahan is an angry single mother who left her home and her faith after high school and never looked back. Her teenage daughter Ruth chafes under her mother’s rules and resents having to travel from Ohio to Massachusetts to bury a grandmother she didn’t even know. When Cheryl and Ruth move next door to George, the older man and young girl form an unlikely friendship as all th... more

Light As A Feather

by Lissi Kaplan

Little Feather, a fledgling wren, seeks the meaning of his song with love and care from his spirit guides, who help him find the special message all birds are meant to carry. Illustrated with the author's delicate paintings, "Light as a Feather", evokes what a tender soul may aspire to be.

Nana's Place: There's an Iguana in My Toilet

by Jenniffer Harr

THERE'S AN IGUANA IN MY TOILET is a book inspired by true events at Fort Clayton, Republic of Panama. A girlfriend of mine found an iguana in her outside toilet. She had to call around to find someone to extract the iguana. It is one of many books in a series called NANA'S PLACE. I am Nana and I write books about friends and family favorites. Dogs, cats,birds,dragons, ...well, you get the idea! I love to write and was encouraged by my mother to do so. She passed 4 years ago August and I h... more

9 Days of Summer

by Coby McGuire

9 DAYS of SUMMER is a story inspired by three fifteen-year-old friends who embark on a journey of discovery during the summer of 1987. Told through the eyes of the main character, Tobin O’Hagan, it delineates the magical bond of young friendship, the wonderment and often perplexing nature associated with first love, and the desolating effects of losing someone close – Giving a poignant reminder to never take anything in this world for granted. Through humor, and utter honesty, the characte... more

The Great Landzman: Three Times the King

by Thomas Jewusiak

Struggles of the Women Folk

by TM Brown

Life is extremely hard for young Georgie, and she dreams of a better life, since she ends up experiencing great loss and hardships in her current life. The book is highly relatable and is an excellent read for anyone who wants to curl up with a book on a quiet day. It highlights the struggles of black women, during the early 1900s, and takes you on a captivating journey, which is extremely relatable for every woman. - SeriousReading.com

The Lost Codex of the Christian Heretics

by Kyla Merwin

The Da Vinci Code meets The English Patient in this thrilling new novel by Oregon author, Kyla Merwin.

Unravel the mysteries of early Christianity as three daring friends search the remote and mysterious landscapes of 1947 Egypt--unveiling the most controversial archaeological discovery in 2,000 years.

In their search for the lost Gnostic Gospels, the intrepid adventurers confront religious zealots charged with destroying the manuscripts, a clan of feuding tribes... more

Sleepy in the Savanna

by Nicole Serra-Gonzalez

This is a great bedtime story for your little ones. Mama Giraffe goes to tuck in her calves and learns just how much they all need her, even the older ones. After she finally gets them all settled, Papa Giraffe comes home and wakes everyone up. What will Mama Giraffe do?

Scary, Scary Sasha

by Starr T. Balmer

Creepy, crawly bugs give Sasha goose bumps. First, she found a bug in her favorite food. Second, she saw a bug crawling all over her favorite toy. Then, she dreamt that thousands of bugs invaded the world. And now Sasha has to pick vegetables from her mother’s garden — a dark, eerie place where she believes all of the creepy, crawly bugs live forever and ever. Her mother tries to convince Sasha that everyone is afraid of something, and that many of the bugs in the garden are there to protect the... more

The Washing of Brains

by Johnny Townsend

A world-weary man becomes a widower for the third time. A non-Mormon couple allow their teenage daughter to be baptized but are then shocked when she rejects them and moves in with a more righteous family. A man awakens to celebrate a milestone birthday only to discover that horrifying world events demand his attention instead. A budding feminist tries to make a political statement by giving birth to her “illegitimate” son in church just before Mother’s Day. Missionaries in Rome try to prevent a... more

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