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Teaching Christ's Children About Feeling Angry

by Corine Hyman

Does your child have trouble expressing their anger? Do they call names when angry or hit when mad? Teaching Christ’s Children about Feeling Angry helps children understand and manage the difficult emotion of anger from a biblical perspective. Once again, Corine Hyman breaks down what the Bible says in a way that children can understand. Like all of Corine’s books, Teaching Christ’s Children About Feeling Angry is designed to speak directly to the child, and acts as a discussion starter for chil... more

The Sound in the Basement

by John Micklos, Jr.

Share young David's adventures as he attempts to overcome his fear of going into the basement and discover the source of the

The Little Summer of St. Luke

by Doris Dix Caruso

Maggie McBain at age four is sent to live with her godparents on the Isle of Skye, Scotland where she is imbued with mysterious ways and mystical beliefs:the 'Beasties' and the Green Fairy Dog among others. At sixteen she is reunited with her widowed mother in Glasgow. and after a yea rof working there in a grand food establishment, mother and daughter leave Scotland for her studies in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Here she meets the man of her destiny, a sea captain of a whaling ship out of New Bedf... more

Sunset In April

by Louisa Brown

* COMING IN OCTOBER* Sunset In April is a time where one loses her nana that practically raised her as a child and the u just watch the life fizzle out of her just like that. You feel alone. You start to think, why ? And when ones question isnt answered. One turns insane and hurts everyone around them. A psychopath. No one believes that she can see her nana in her outer body experiences and everywhere she turns. She is alone. She self harms. Until she dies of the infection but mainly the ... more

The Violet Shawl

by Doris Dix Caruso

An innkeeper in one of the loveliest small towns in Italy told me a story one evening of an American honeymoon couple and of how the artist bride was stolen from her professor groom during their month long stay. I asked what occurred then and she said she did not know! What could I do but write this story to complete this fateful couples journey and to finally release it from my tortured brain. The Violet Shawl plays an important part in this love/mystery story that takes place in Florence, It... more

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A Defect of Character

by Pamela Kay Hawkins

In 1920s Arkansas, prominent yet self-centered attorney, Jake Witherspoon, returns to his hometown with this family to care for his widowed mother. But soon, a tragic accident occurs robbing him of five years of his life. When he finally resumes the life he knew, Jake ends up in the middle of a shocking web of lies, deceit, and murder that forces him to confront a painful past. As the truth unfolds with the help of some unlikely characters, Jake discovers the man he was, as well as... more

The Rad Misfits

by Marlina Williams

Storms have destroyed the world. Radiation wreaked havoc with survivors causing everyone except pregnant women and animals to perish. Now a group of mutant teens, horses, and a neurotic dog must go on a journey to save their people. They live life in a protected valley, but will not live long if they cannot find a cure for the sickness that is killing them. Along the way they will meet animals they’ve only seen in books, make new friends, and learn the truth about a secret one of them has been k... more

The Truth About Caroline

by Randi M Sherman

THE TRUTH ABOUT CAROLINE by Randi M Sherman offers a funny, quirky alternative novel featuring Caroline Matthews as she navigates to, through and around honesty, life and her sexuality. After being acquitted for arranging the long-distance, cross-country assassination of her husband, Caroline attempts to rebuild her life. Without skills of any kind and with no work experience to speak of, she has a challenge ahead of her. Then she remembers she has one supreme talent… she’s a natural liar. Using... more

GOOD-BYE RUSSIA, HELLO AMERCA

by Janet Kleinman

GOOD-BYE RUSSIA, HELLO AMERICA RECOUNTS THE SAGA OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY THAT ARRIVES IN AMERICA IN 1923. JACK AND RUBIN FIND JOBS, DATE GIRLS, GET INTRODUCED TO BURLESQUE AND BAGELS WHILE MAMA IDA BEMOANS THE FATE OF HER ELDEST WHO STAYED BEHIND IN RUSSIA. AFTER DECADES OF ROMANCE AND PROSPERITY, DEPRESSION FOLLOWED BY WWII CHANGES EVERYTHING. JACK IS DRAFTED, PARACHUTED INTO EUROPE, ENCOUNTERS DYING CAMP SURVIVORS YET CONTINUES HIS SEARCH FOR HIS MISSING SIBLING. ... more

Stars Melt to Milk

by Brittany Touris

Nineteen-year-old Janis has just started renting out her first studio for her dance school, Roc Ballet. Despite her troubled past, she’s beginning her adult life and things look promising. Charlie is her nineteen-year-old boyfriend of two years. He’s always been supportive of Janis, telling her, “[you] need to do something that would get [your] blood pumping and make [you] raise [your] voice a little.” But as Janis’ future materializes, Charlie realizes just how lost he is. Charlie is infatuated... more

The FunGkins

by C. Raymond Gray

Nine-year-old Clara Gooday sits under a starry sky on the back porch of her family's bed & breakfast. Her eyes widen with excitement as she listens to her Aunt Tilly's tall tale of the foggy morning when Tilly first saw these magical little people. But when Clara meets the Jacks, she is awed by the fact that Fun-G- kins really do exist. Clara and Tilly aide the Jacks in getting back their magic mushroom? So the Jacks reward them by shrinking them down to size. Then they are whisk... more

We Met on a Tuesday Morning

by Amina

We Met on a Tuesday Morning is based on the true story of the successful adoption of my younger son, Vincent. I begin the story by sharing the reason why Vincent’s birth mother placed him for adoption and explain that they both miss each other very much. I also explain that Vincent’s life is much like other children’s – his adoption doesn’t change his life too much.

The Spirit Post

by Amelia Cardenas

Children team up with Santa and his army of snowy owls to spread kindness and Christmas Spirit.

Sudden Hope

by Daniele Lanzarotta

Alec is a seventeen-year-old who has endured more in life than anyone should have to. Seeing his neighbor and ex-bestfriend, Skylar, struggle after a tragic loss, Alec makes it his mission to show her that life is worth living. Little does he know that he will learn that same lesson.

The Butcher's Daughter

by Mark McMillin

In an age ruled by iron men, in a world of new discovery and Spanish gold, a young Irishwoman named Mary rises from the ashes of her broken childhood with ships and men-at-arms under her command. She and her loyal crew prowl the Caribbean and prosper in the New World for a time until the ugly past Mary has fled from in the old one finds her. Across the great ocean to the east, war is coming. The King of Spain is assembling the most powerful armada the world has ever seen - an enormous beast ... more

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