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Hunter's Daughter

by Nowick Gray

Northern Quebec, 1964. Corporal Jack McLain, baffled by a series of unsolved murders, knows the latest case will make or break his career. While he faces pressure from headquarters and confronts the usual stonewalling from the locals, his pursuit of a killer leads him to a deeper sense of justice and personal destiny. Meanwhile eighteen-year-old Nilliq, chafing under the sullen power of her father in a remote hunting camp, risks flight to a new identity in the company of a headstrong shaman bent... more

Ring of Fire

by George Keithley

George Keithley's new book, Ring of Fire, is a novel that explores themes of the transitions of life, the predatory nature of man and animal, the all-encompassing finality of death, and the ability of transcendence. The book has many layers; it is complex and resonating, gaining positive reviews from both Joyce Carol Oates and the Washington Post. The story begins with the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, and takes Dick Darwin, an emergency relief specialist, and his wife Linda Pell, a geologist, on... more

Baby Loves Bath Time

by Manon Boudreau

There is no better place than the bathtub to wind down after baby's day. Follow baby as she splishes, splashes, pours and laughs and even gets washed in the process. BABY LOVES BATH TIME is a simple, sweet short book created with babies and young children in mind.

Sudden Secrets

by C. Lee McKenzie

Sudden Secrets explores the power of the human spirit to heal from life-altering events. Cleo Brown keeps her tragic secret bundled inside. When she stumbles onto a decades old mystery, she discovers a tragedy as terrible as hers that changed a young girl’s life in the 1960’s.

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Cleo has struggled to heal after her baby sister’s death, but the flashbacks to the accident won’t go away. With the move, she vows to keep her tragedy a secret and avoid pi... more

From Afar

by Frank Scozzari

For centuries, poets have argued that unrequited love is love in its strongest form. From Afar is a timeless tale of Morgan Stanfield’s search for love in the far northern city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Leaving the warm climate of Santa Barbara, he embarks on a four-day odyssey where he encounters a Russian beauty, a prostitute, a wise old babushka, an American chauvinist, intellectuals, the Russian mafia, and the ‘face’ of love, and comes to know how love from a distance can be more captivat... more

Africa's Heart - The Journey Ends in Kansas

by Mark Wentling

Fascinated by a mysterious novella, aspiring journalist, Robin Fletcher, is determined to discover more about the man described in the book…a man known only as JB. His quest leads him from the small town of Gemini, Kansas to a small, disadvantaged country in Africa. Thousands of miles from Kansas, in the rural village of Ataku, half-caste chief, Letivi, grapples with his village’s problems. The villagers’ main source of income, subsistence cocoa farming, cannot compete with global competition. ... more

Karmafornia

by NC Weil

Karmafornia spins the late 70's Berkeley incarnation of a love triangle: ambitious Laura, her laid-back boyfriend Walt, and arrogant rival Cob vow to "get it right this time" but intention meets karma and loses – again. Laura's choice between the men she loves brings their story to a stunning conclusion.

A p p e t i t e

by Timothy E DeTray

A provocative satire that asks the reader to imagine a world where food cravings, not sexual cravings, are viewed as titillating, where hunger for nourishment, not intercourse, is taboo. This highly imaginative story, set in the author's iconoclastic hometown of Portland, Oregon (well known for its singular views on food, sex, and fashion) follows the life of Buck Perkins and his struggles to operate a public restaurant, where he dreams diners can consume food in public, without shame. Appetite ... more

Rusty & Slasher's Guide to Crime: The Panui Series

by Jenny Harrison

Rusty and Slasher Naills are working at their new career - professional criminals. But things aren't going too well. They console themselves; all careers have to be worked at. You start at the bottom and work your way up the ladder. It's not as if there's a whole lot of competition either. Panui is particularly law-abiding, given a dead body or two. Rusty and Slasher should have the field to themselves - if only they can get going. Laugh out loud funny.

Utopea

by Wynn Mercere

In 1909, newspapers shaped the world, and Hector Browning was a newspaper man. He was a master at wordplay, a king of persuasion with the power of the press. The new century had dawned; it was time to turn a rustic people from their old ways, and more importantly, their homes. His assignment was simple: Get those people out of the hills. But Browning and his league of industrialists were about to run up against a different kind of power, one that didn't rely on ink and intimidation. Words would ... more

The Worst Day Ever! - Dove Family Seal of Approval

by Debbie Reece

James is back in his second adventure. Educators and parents agree “The Worst Day Ever!” presents issues that elementary-aged children face daily; self-control, impulse behavior, adjusting to school rules, and friendships. Even on the worst days, there is someone who will love and hug you. Includes coloring page. BeeBop Books encourages compassion, self-confidence, and family values in illustrated children’s books inspired by actual events. Dove Family Seal of Approval.

The Christmas Pumpkin- Dove Family Seal of Approval

by Debbie Reece

When James decides to decorate a neglected green pumpkin for Christmas, his community and classmates laugh at him. However, his parents support him and he has the self-confidence to carve a star like the star the three wise men follow and let his light shine. Includes an interactive coloring page where readers can decorate their own Christmas Pumpkin. BeeBop Books encourages compassion, self-confidence, and family values in illustrated children’s books inspired by actual events. Dove Fa... more

Home Again

by Michael Kenneth Smith

Two young boys from Eastern Tennessee sign up to go go to battle in the Civil War, one for the Union and the other for the confederacy. They both have special talents and distinguish themselves, however, they go into war for different reasons. They learn war is hell and return home severely damaged.

Hey Boy

by Ben Strouse

A boy struggles to grow up "faster than anybody!" so he can rescue a shelter dog.

The Flax Flower

by Amanda MacLean

A 17th century Scottish 'honour-killing'. The 350-year old ballad Mill o’ Tifty’s Annie is retold in The Flax Flower, which relates not only the tragic true story told in the ballad, but the story of how the song itself came to be. Annie, the daughter of a well-off gentleman, is secretly in love with Andrew Lammie, a man below her station. Her ambitious and overbearing father, a miller, sets great store by his own good name and status. He insists that she must marry a gentleman like himse... more

Milked

by Lisa Doyle

By and large, Amanda Keane makes pretty good decisions. Okay, she might not have the best taste in men, but she’s got great friends, a good job, and an independent spirit. That is, until her 30th birthday ushers in a whirlwind romance with a sexy Irish musician who leaves her, not at the altar as she imagined, but accidentally pregnant. And when he disappears, she’s downsized out of a job, her apartment is robbed, and lapsed health insurance coverage leaves her with a C-section to... more

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