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Flea Flea Shamboure by Kathy Grentzenberg, Illustrated by Jeremy Wells ISBN 978-1-7333-220-0-3

by Kathy Grentzenberg

Flea Flea Shamboure is part of a world famous flea circus act. She wanted to leave the family business. Her parents aren't thrilled but she ventures out anyway. (As she says, "a flea's got to do what a flea's got to do!) She travels to Europe pondering what she wants to do with her life. Returning to the US she decides to start up a theater group. Her first production, My Fair Flea is a huge success. The book takes you through the adventure of picking th... more

The Sum of All Things

by Nicole Brooks

Homeless and addicted, Wren wants to be alone. But the women chattering in her head insist that she must fulfill her destiny. She knows the ghosts are crazy to think that one small person can finally give voice to women, inciting lasting change in the patriarchy. She would prefer to continue using drugs to silence the voices. But an unwanted pregnancy complicates her plans. Alex has sacrificed having children to forward her career, but as she approaches fifty, she begins to feel that her exi... more

Cake

by Nicole Brooks

Would you give to someone who desperately needed it, that which you could live without? Keely is the epitome of a self-made woman, her ability to make the right choices her superpower. She doesn’t believe in looking back and has the drive, ambition, and financial means to create the exact life she wants to live—regardless of what her kids and her husband, Andrew, want or need. Michelle lives in stark contrast to Keely’s life. She believes she was doomed from the start with a heartbreaking, po... more

Beato Goes To Brazil

by Sucheta Rawal

Beato is a curious cat that explores different countries around the world. On this trip, he sets out on an adventure to Brazil, where he plays different sports, dances at Carnival, and encounters wild animals in the Amazon rainforest.

Love & War

by Ellen Thiede

Coming of age in 1930's Germany, Edmund Wolff is brought up to believe in his own greatness and that of his country. As the world edges closer to total war, he finds himself embroiled in the brutal conflict. Devastated by the horror of war and the behavior of his comrades, Edmund questions his deepest convictions. What is truth? Surrounded by an enemy she despises, Felicity Delvux takes on work as a housekeeper for a distant and bitter German officer. Thrown together in this strange way, Felic... more

Holiday Terror

by Janelle Gresham

SUDDENLY SAFETY AND AWARENESS ARE PARAMOUNT!

Travelling alone was once safe, following the terrorist attacks and increase in drug trafficking, that changed FOREVER!

My holiday of a lifetime became Holiday Terror!

Was I too trustworthy? Was I naive? Was I selfish? Probably all of the above however I was not prepared to cancel my holiday due of the negativity of others and their wish to attempt to destroy our free lifestyle!

My large family were afraid! Was I going to ... more

Banging the Monkey

by Tod A.

Writer Mark O'Kane is in a downward spiral. His last novel tanked. His wife left him. And his drinking is out of control. So when a chance meeting with enigmatic businessman Frank Fochs leads to a cushy job on the tropical island of Madu, it sounds like Mark's salvation: he can finally write his comeback novel and set his life on a brighter path. But when Frank disappears, Mark is left holding the bag for his boss's shady business dealings. And after a corpse washes up in the local lagoon, Mark... more

Catching the Last Tram

by Susan Holt

Beth's commute could lead to love - but something dark is on the tracks.

After moving house, lonely librarian Beth meets Isaac – a handsome man with timeless manners – on her way to work. Sharing the same antiquated tram day after day, the pair become close and Beth suspects she’s falling in love.

But Isaac has a secret that threatens their budding romance. Something dark and as magical as the tram that picks her up every morning and evening.

Why does h... more

ICY ROADS

by J.L. Canfield

Relationships are like stories; there's always two sides. Janet is deeply in love with her husband and after several years of marriage is ready to start their family. Her husband Paul wishes he had thought beyond the wedding night. He believes life should not get dull and boring when you are young and successful. An accident exposes their differing views. Janet must decide what it means to forgive and how to even try to do that when your world has been shattered, your life upended and your faith... more

The John Rowe Show is Coming Out

by robart steel

Coming out? Want the world to know? Got to let it show? The John Rowe Show will be encouraging audiences to reveal their guilty pleasures . The Australian TV personality and his band are heading to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new stage version of his much-loved chat show. And at the heart of it all will be the audience and their secrets – all revealed to the tune of Donna Summer’s classic hit. John himself admits to having a powerful inne... more

Cat and Squirrel

by Jamie R. Gandy

Cat and Squirrel are not friends, in fact they may never be friends. They are mean and sneaky, and want nothing more than to make each other's lives miserable. Every morning Cat stares out of the window and staring back, is Squirrel. Cat wants to make a tasty meal out of the pesky, tricky Squirrel. Squirrel wants to play a marvelous trick on the sneaky, rotten Cat. No matter how hard Cat and Squirrel try to get at each other, it never really works out. Will Cat and Squirrel... more

Fortune's Folly

by Cat Dubie

In 1867, Eden Fitzgerald marries, not for love or money, but to persuade her influential in-laws to obtain her father’s release from a contrived prison sentence. Cleverly evading those who believe she, like her father, is a smuggler and Fenian collaborator, Eden does what she can, what she must to achieve her goal. When legal methods are exhausted, she dons a mask, carries a pistol and, using her wiles, wits, even her seductive beauty, robs wealthy citizens to amass enough money to arrange her f... more

The Ladybug and the Ant: (Ages 3-5, Preschool, Big print kid's books)

by carole st-laurent

Step into an enchanted garden of flowers where friendship blooms and dreams come true. +++ Get a free coloring book to print!!! (details inside) This is a story of two impossible dreams and an unsuspected friendship. Grow wings on the back of your young ones with The Ladybug And The Ant. As one dreams of flying freely like a butterfly, the other, who is orphaned and lonely, wishes she could be a part of a family. Seeing that the friendship grows between the two young strangers, they’ll d... more

The Adventures of B!

by Charlotte Ralph

B! who is a girl loves to go on adventures. The book is all about nature and teaching children how important nature is. the pictures are all painted by me. full of colour teaching children to find their own adventures.

My Memory Told Me a Secret

by Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato

Nothing hurts quite as meticulously as loving someone who doesn’t love you back. Career-driven, sometimes cynical Austin meets Noah, a Muslim man from the other side of town. One man wants it work. The other doesn’t know what he wants, except to find the next high. Set in the months before and after a 30-something discovers his partner has infected him with HIV, this book explores the inexplicable feelings that accompany the disintegration of relationships and the connections between cultu... more

Lies, Myths, & Superstitions

by Norm Wilson

Biology tells us that animals need four elements to exist: air, water, food, and sex. Eliminating any one of those from our "to do" list would make life difficult, if not impossible. Yes, even sex! How long would life continue without sex? Lies, Myths, & Superstitions deals with sex from every aspect and angle in a purely humorous fashion. Other topics of taboo conversation are molested as well; e.g. politics, religion, science, and sports.If you enjoy smiling, chuckling, or laughing you'll like... more

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