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THE NIGHT BRIDE

by WILLIAM CADE

THE NIGHT BRIDE is a scandalous and lurid retelling of our earliest creation stories. The epic tale of LILIT, the first of all women, who flees paradise to escape the brutality of man and searches the ancient world for the love that makes life worth living. But Lilit is seduced and then abandoned by the guile of the demonic Samael. Infected by Evil, the venom of the viper transforms her into a skin-shifter, a bride to the night. Cursed to live by possessing the bodies of other women, Lilit... more

The Infidel Next Door

by Rajat Mitra

The Infidel Next Door is a saga of the undying spirit of a man while facing loss and betrayal in the name of religious persecution. It is set in the period before the seventh and last exodus of Hindus from Kashmir in 1989. When Aditya, a Hindu priest, is asked to go back to a temple in Kashmir where his ancestor was killed for refusing to convert to Islam, he decides he must go. Though the attacks - both on his family and on the temple - occurred three centuries ago, the wounds are yet to heal.... more

The Writer's Bloom

by Neha Katyal

‘The Writer’s Bloom’ is a talent extravaganza showcasing a writing reality competition for the first time in New York. But, the extravaganza ain’t any normal reality competition. Dr. Rodger Anderson, an eminent scientist and writer launches the show to solve the biggest question on earth- ‘How to live?’ And the hunt ain’t a normal one too, but a hunt in parallel worlds, through a mechanism invented by him. Saanvi, the protagonist, along with fifteen other participants sets out on an audaci... more

PILGRIMAGE ON THE PATH OF LOVE

by Barbara Ann Briggs

This work of visionary fiction is the story of a woman of great courage who travels alone to India in search of fulfillment. Her desire for a fulfilling relationship through human love is transmuted into an eternal relationship with God. Living very simply in a Himalayan hill station, she meets people from all over the world who share their wisdom of life. While recuperating from a sprained ankle in a Buddhist monastery, she experiences a deepening of faith in the eternal harmony of creation. Fi... more

The Neanderthal Chronicles

by Oliver Reveere

Book 1 is a work of historical fiction entitled 'Homo Patrius'. The main character, Oliver Brennan, is a university professor who is very motivated to find answers about human origins. Having obtained new information about Neanderthals, he shares this with his students. However powerful members of the Evolution Establishment don't appreciate his views, particularly those showing scientific proofs that Neanderthals had longevities spanning hundreds of years. They make sure he gets fired. Rec... more

Miss Marble's Backyard Critters

by pat brooks

The critters in the backyard are busy foraging, hunting,fighting and playing. Thank goodness for MIss Marble, who makes sure that Lindsey Jo doesn't miss anything! Entertaining yet educational, this work of 'true fiction' explores the wonders of nature through the eyes of a sassy cat and a fun-loving little girl. Grownup kids (adults) are enjoying this book as much as children.

Aunt Sookie & Me: The Sordid Tale of a Scandalous Southern Belle

by Michael Scott Garvin

Young Poppy Wainwright feels much like a deck of cards, shuffled around from a boozing mother to a beloved grandmother. Finally bussed to Savannah, Georgia, to live with her grandmother’s cantankerous sister, Sookie. Through the enlightened eyes of a thirteen-year-old girl, the hilarity and insanity ensues. From the best-selling author of A Faithful Son, this rollicking romp of a ride does not disappoint. Aunt Sookie & Me: The Sordid Tale of a Scandalous Southern Belle is irreverent, hilarious... more

Robert Johnson's Freewheeling Jazz Funeral

by Whit Frazier

The lives of a black power playwright, a white womanist, a newly-sighted scientist working on an uncanny AI project, a mysterious poetess, a Palestinian spiritualist, a soon to be famous ingenue actress, a suburban-bred weed dealer and Robert Johnson himself, the iconic great delta blues guitarist, all converge during the charged atmosphere of the 2008 election cycle in this bizarre, entertaining and challenging anti-novel about the way the future reaches back into the past and changes the way w... more

My Best Friend Is a Secret Agent

by Richard Clark

10-year-old Nort McKrakken is a pint-sized computer genius. 14-year-old Chip Munson is his best friend - and loyal guinea pig. When their beloved town of Vortville is attacked by an army of brain-warping Freaky Fuzzy toys, Nort implants Chip with a microchip that instantly turns him into a real live secret agent! The town is saved!... as long as the microchip doesn't fritz out! If you like the Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants or Zac Power books, you'll love My Best Friend Is a Secret Agent! Hil... more

A Dog of My Own

by Richard Clark

11-year-old Jonas Ridley loves dogs. Unfortunately, his mother won’t let him have one of his own. But one Christmas, Jonas gets the chance to RENT a dog, and not just any dog but Rascal, the famous four-legged star of Jonas’s favorite movie, Canine Commando! Jonas and Rascal have a blast and really bond together, even performing in the school talent show. But when the movie studio has to take Rascal back, Jonas hatches a movie-like plan and becomes a real-life secret agent to rescue Rascal! ... more

A Life Between Us

by Louise Walters

Tina Thornton’s twin sister Meg died in a childhood accident, but for almost forty years Tina has secretly blamed herself for her sister’s death. During a visit to her aging Uncle Edward and his sister Lucia, who both harbour dark secrets of their own, Tina makes a discovery that forces her to finally question her memories of the day her sister died. Who, if anyone, did kill Meg? As Tina finds the courage to face the past, she unravels the tangled family mysteries of her estranged parents, h... more

Called Out: a novel of base ball and America in 1908

by Floyd Sullivan

As 1907 becomes 1908, National Baseball League President Harry Pulliam suspects that the owner of the New York Giants has hired detectives to spy on him and his lover, Ted Russell, with the goal of blackmailing them or having them arrested for sodomy. The pressure tests the strength of Pulliam’s relationship with Ted, and his ability to administer his league duties. His stenographer, Lenore Caylor, falls in love with him and becomes his staunchest champion as he fights to preserve the honor of t... more

Three Best Friends

by Robbin Miller

Max, Sophia and Xavier are three best friends since preschool. Today, the new playground opens up as they are all excited to play in it. After the ribbon is cut, Max's wheelchair gets stuck in the woodchip flooring as Sophia and Xavier offer to help him. Max declines as he struggles to push his own wheelchair to no avail. With sweat running down his face, tears running down his face, and his arms arching badly, Max asks his father to push him out of the playground to go home. Max is determined t... more

Skipper

by Craig Bass

This is a coming of age story about a boy growing up in Central Florida in the 1950’s. The boy seeks to know the truth about God and religion, sexual awakenings, love, friendship, hate and betrayal. His boring and uninteresting life is transported into a magical life of excitement and adventure through explorations of rural ranch life, fishing in remote lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico. A Scout Master provides the opportunity of a life time for these wonderful new experiences, but is there too ... more

Cousins' Club

by Warren Alexander

Cousin’s Club is a satiric novel about the least successful Jewish family in America and their odd solution to change their fortunes. The matriarch consults medieval Sephardic texts and determines that the next child born to the family will have a great mind. And because no one family is smart enough to raise him alone, he will be passed around from household to household, to gain the collected wisdom of the quirky clan. Among the many characters are his birth father who conjures up inventions t... more

The Old Cape House

by Barbara Eppich Struna

Nancy Caldwell relocates to an old sea captain's house on Cape Cod with her husband and four children. When she discovers an abandoned root cellar in her backyard containing a baby's skull and gold coins, she digs up evidence that links her land to the legendary tale of Maria Hallett and her pirate lover, Sam Bellamy. Using alternating chapters between the 18th and 21st centuries, The Old Cape House, a historical fiction, follows two women that are lifetimes apart, to uncover a mystery that has ... more

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