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Peter & Lisa

by Charles Katz & Linda Baron Katz

Peter & Lisa: A Mental Illness Story is a story about two people affected with mental illness, in particular depression and mania, and how they got better and recovered through the proper medication and support by family and friends. This book manifests the true essence of love and support to help anyone overcome any storm that may pass.

Steele Resolve (The Jasmine Steele Mystery Series Book 1)

by Kimberly Amato

"Don't think you're untouchable…you or your son." Then a dial tone..

Shrewd, hardened New York homicide detective Jasmine (“Jazz") Steele’s just come back from a grisly crime scene involving the body of a brutally-beaten young girl, the second she's investigated this week. That was horrendous, but with these eight words, ending ominously in “your son,” Jazz’s immediate fear is for her vulnerable nephew, Chase, who’s a... more

Ethan Blecher Braves a Bully

by Chris Pedersen

Ethan finds himself the focus of a bully in his new school. His parents decide to send him to spring camp hoping he’ll make some friends, but the outlook turns terrifying when his nemesis shows up. Will Ethan's fearful attitude and shy nature get the best of him or will he muster some courage and stand-up to the bully? The Appendix contains bullying resources for parents and teachers, a glossary of words and phrases, a word search puzzle, and a link to download free CCSS-aligned curriculum.

Mary Crane and a Pompey Hollow Book Club Seance with Sherlock!

by Jerome Mark Antil

They’re teens now – and in the last novel - The Book of Charlie - their club president, Mary Crane, decided to follow a teacher’s suggestion of getting a Pen Pal for the summer. She wrote a boy her mother had read about in the newspaper – a Pennsylvania lad. He writes back. As the summer unfolded one of the teens is witness to a crime in progress. Innocently the young Pen Pal to the club’s president unwittingly helps them not only solve the mystery of just who the crooks actually are but the... more

The Pompey Hollow Book Club

by Jerome Mark Antil

This is the beginning of the series. Jerry is a city boy who moves to the country following the War. His new friends - nine and ten year old kids who spent half of their lives in WWII - create a club of valor - catching thieves who are breaking into local businesses - and saving poultry from the Thanksgiving table. Lighthearted nostalgia of what it was like growing up in the shadow of WWII.

The First Supper: a tale of two hours

by Karen Schiff

Smart and sassy, The First Supper tells a touchingly funny story of first-borns in love and family get-togethers gone awry.

In this delicious new take on the classic film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, two sets of oh-so-different parents duke it out for the hearts, minds, and pocketbooks of their newly engaged college kids.

Who will win -- the very rich Worthingtons or the very religious Graces? There's only one w... more

The Soul Retrieval: A Novel

by Ann W. Jarvie

Inspired by a true story, The Soul Retrieval is a suspenseful tale of love, loss and healing which follows traumatized southern beauty Henrietta Clayborn as she moves between her home in a small South Carolina town and the New Mexico Native American reservation whose spontaneous healings keep drawing her physician husband back. Tortured by her awful secrets, Henrietta struggles to thrive in either locale, but it is her unlikely friendship with Joe Loco––a... more

The Circle Island Short Story Collection

by Janet Kitto

A terrifying sacrifice lays ahead for Maureen, Helena must make a new start after a transforming experience, and Matthew is on a quest to find something he buried long ago. The Circle Island Short Story Collection introduces characters and settings from the first three novels in the Circle Island Series. Discover the beauty of the Pacific Northwest and explore love and loss on Circle Island.

The Medic: Miracle on Hacksaw Ridge

by Adam Palmer

During WWII, a young man from Lynchburg, Virginia was drafted into the Army and sent to the 77th Infantry Division. When he arrived at camp for basic training, he promptly made it known that he was a pacifist and would be unwilling to take a life or even so much as touch a weapon. He did however say that he would be proud to serve his country as a medic, if they would let him. No matter how much pressure the Army applied, the medic was unwilling to compromise his convictions. The other soldiers... more

The Big Picture: A Camera, a Young Woman, an Uncompromising Ethic

by Rod Raglin

Freyja is a young. ambitious photographer who by chance takes pictures of demonstration that turns deadly. Powerful people try to suppress her photos with threats and bribes but she perseveres. People close to her are compromised. Freyja is not. The pictures influence the outcome of an election but things don’t change. Freyja leaves the country on assignment to photograph the Mexican drug war. Her lover is murdered by the cartels. She discovers that the cartels have a connection back home. ... more

Time Sailors of Pizzolungo

by Scott Abrams

Guillermo Infante always dreamed of sailing the high seas. As would any 6th grader whose father captained a ship out of the Sicilian village of Pizzolungo. But while that much could be expected, nobody could foresee what was about to happen to Guillermo, his younger sister and their friends when his dream finally came true. Time Sailors of Pizzolungo follows the adventures of a group of young friends as they accidentally embark on an extraordinary voyage back in time to the Age of Exploration.

Elizabeth's Landing

by Katy Pye

Port Winston—home to sun, sand, and shopping. What’s not to like? Everything, to 14 year-old Elizabeth Barker, uprooted mid-school year to the Texas coast. When Grandpa, with more judgments than the Old Testament, pronounces her 10¢ shy of worthless and headed for trouble, Elizabeth bolts for Wayward Landing beach—the county’s last wild haven. A chance encounter with an endangered, nesting sea turtle ignites new purpose, friendships, and Texas-sized trouble even Grandpa couldn’t predict. Her... more

Skylark: a novel

by Ruthie Morgan

“When he asked me to forgive him for everything I thought I could. I said yes and I meant it. But I didn't realize that night, everything was what he’d take away.” When Billie May Worthington falls for Evan Skylark she believes she’ll do anything, be anything and give everything for him. But can she forgive him when he asks for her world? Set on Saint Cloud, a timeless sub-tropical island, lush and isolated, and as far away from their pasts as they can go, everything Billie knows about love, b... more

The Little Unicorn That Had No Horn

by James McDonald

"I promise that you'll grow up, so treasure each and every day. Never wish one second of your precious time away." An impatient little unicorn can't wait to grow up and get its horn, but wise Mother Unicorn lovingly guides her little one to appreciate time and not wish it away. This is a heart-warming story of a mother's love and guidance in helping her child see beyond the uncertainties of childhood and cherish each and every moment.

Spider Woman's Loom

by Lorie Adair

Spider Woman’s Loom is an exquisitely woven tale by debut novelist Lorie Adair. Set on the vast and starkly beautiful Navajo reservation in the aftermath of Indian agents exploiting the land and sending children to faraway boarding schools for assimilation, Spider Woman’s Loom is narrated by Noni Lee, an old Navajo weaver whose instinct for survival and fierce resistance drives away even those she loves most. When her estranged niece Shi’yazhi returns to Sweet Canyon pregnant and utterly alon... more

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

by Tabitha Vohn

Cal Morrison is a Midwestern farmboy who was thrust into fame during the Old Hollywood era. Now, at eighty-five, he sees his life as wreckage. At the mere age of twenty-four, Eileen has seemingly little in common with Cal, except that she fell in love with him on screen. When Cal and Eileen meet by chance, she discovers that her feelings for him are not without merit, and he sees in her a chance for true love and, more importantly, for redemption. A controversial experiment offers the key... more

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