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by Kelly Elizabeth Huston

Whoever said you can't go home again didn't know Sadie Jane Klein.

When mechanically-minded Sadie Klein, Ph.D., finds herself poufy dress-deep in a well-meaning scheme gone awry, she escapes from a riverboat casino with the help of Dutch Holland, an old teenage crush she hasn’t seen in fifteen years. Sadie runs to her childhood home intent on settling down in coastal Georgia’s Canaan Cove, where her Jewish grandparents raised th... more

The Star Poolroom Boys

by Edwin Charles

This coming-of-age story centers on the bond between a mother and her son--and the son’s world after losing her. After his mother’s death when he was thirteen, Fast Eddie descents into a debilitating depression. His sisters and father fail to deal with the tragedy much better. By the time he’s eighteen, Fast Eddie is experiencing hallucinatory psychotic episodes which force him to see a psychiatrist twice a week. The psychiatrist is sixty miles away over a two-lane highway winding through th... more

The Carbon Credit Crusader

by Monty Nereim

Clayton Shultz became obsessed with Carbon Footprint calculations. The dire threat of Climate Change (formerly Global Warming) dominated his concern, fueling an ambitious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save the planet. The unlikely celebrity stumbled onto the climate crisis bandwagon and devised a money-making scheme that replicated the corporate Carbon Credit/Offset Exchanges, an industry fraught with red flags. He rose in popularity and unexpected wealth relying on customer ho... more

Not The Same River

by W.A. Polf

These stories involve ordinary people confronting extraordinary circumstances. A paperboy's favor for an elderly man on his route faces him with a profound ethical dilemma. A woman cannot decide whether to marry a neighbor who witnessed her husband's tragic fall from the neighbor’s roof.

The central theme these characters face is timeless: Do we shape the future, or does it shape us? On a mountaintop encounter, a man meets a mysterious stranger and must decide whether to f... more

Downriver

by Jennifer M. Lane

It’s 1900. In a Pennsylvania coal town tainted by corruption and pollution, Charlotte's world collapses when her parents meet a tragic end. Sent to a foster family in a Maryland fishing village, she’s fueled by grief and embarks on a relentless quest for justice against the ruthless coal boss, Nels Pritchard. But Charlotte is no ordinary girl. She shares the fiery spirit of her father, whose powerful speeches inspired worker riots. With a burning desire for vengeance, she sets out to uncover ... more

Bird of Paradise

by Emily Hughes Johnson & Marilyn Anne Hughes

It has been 10 years and now it is time. Only she has the power to write her story...but will she have the courage? Seventeen-year-old Arianna Heywood is a hopeless romantic who dreams of one day sipping Bellini’s with her love in Italy and when a trip home to the Island reveals that her innocent childhood crush no longer looks at her as his kid sister, Ari is eager to step into the world of womanhood. But as is so often the case, you cannot always choose what happens in life. Facing immea... more

Apricot Marmalade and the Sangsuwan Equation

by Lon Orey

Well, those Apricot Marmalade guys are at it again! In this sequel to Apricot Marmalade and the Edmondson Transmittal, Special Agents Reynolds, Bonner, Wilson, Dunn, and Cooper are once again matching wits with Soviet spies and other enemy agents in Vietnam-era Thailand. Ed Reynolds faces new challenges that keep him on his toes but seemingly just one step ahead of a court martial. Irv Bonner gets a new assignment in the northern part of the country that puts his life at risk but also gives... more

Starman After Midnight: A Novel-in-stories

by Scott Semegran

In suburban Wells Port, things are not what they seem: wild animals appear unexpectedly in backyards, raised garden beds produce fruit in days, not weeks, and a mysterious figure lurks across sidewalks late at night. The stories in Starman After Midnight weave an often hilarious and sometimes melancholy spell.

Four young boys are terrorized by a wiener dog on their walk to school, but strategize for a safer route. A beer-loving man befriends a likeminded neighbor, only to discover his j... more

Strange Eden

by Gina Giordano

Nassau, Bahamas, 1791… Eliza Sharpe, recently wed to a mysterious and brooding soldier, departs for the West Indies to begin her new life. Once there, she realizes that she has made a disastrous choice. Charles, the man she finds herself bound to, is nothing short of a monster, and the walls of her new home hide a dark family secret.

The Last Farm: A novel of a farm family in the era of economic development

by J.A. Stein

The Women of Shah's Place

by Yolanda Randolph

Andra, a single mother of two and emotionally stuck in a dead-end relationship, works tirelessly at the local hospital to provide a stable household for her children. But when a devastating secret is exposed involving one of her children, she questions herself as a mother and a woman. The loving mother to three teenagers, River is ready to conceive again but struggles with unexplained infertility. She is happily married with the goal of delivering her husband’s first biological son. But... more

Strange Saga of Zack Tillerman

by NG Rippel

Ralph Jones grew up with music. His talents in music advanced him until they didn’t. For better or worse, Ralph believes in hanging on to things. Even in the quiet shadows of Green Mountain, clashes within cultures, relationships and business can shatter lives. More words, verse and tales from Wannasea Island as Zack, Abe, and the crew from ‘The Place’ continue their journey in Book 3 of the series, Wannasea Tales.

The Set Up

by Carl Edward Jackson

“The Set Up” follows the life of Carl, a Black Gay man from the South were it was morally unacceptable to be Gay. Carl relocates to Atlanta, Georgia, where his life is affected by his sexuality, HIV/AIDS, racial discrimination, sexual assault, incarceration and mental illness. After having a vision to write a book, and through life altering circumstances, Carl manages to tell a riveting story that is certain to magnetize and engage the reader, as you live each moment with him. “Everyone has a te... more

Goshena Book 2: The Curious Always Find Trouble

by Chuck Bright

In this second book in the Goshena series, murder victim Eli Fitzpatrick struggles to comprehend his death while being pursued by Goshena, Queen of the Big In-Betweena, Death Quiz implementer, and chief soul collector. Among other mischievous acts, Goshena slipped Eli the wrong Death Quiz. Goshena denies any foul play. However, if she acquires Eli’s soul she achieves her mandatory soul quota and obtains tenure. Consequently, the Death Quiz judges toss NASA designee (Newly Arrived Soul with an At... more

The Mortal Link

by Guillermo Arbe

After losing his daughter in a senseless act of violence, a bereaved father’s quest for revenge turns into something unexpected when he fosters a relationship with that murderer’s own daughter. What is the link between the two girls? The revenge the bereaved father is seeking may depend on it.

Return to Lerici

by Rachel Dacus

Elinor Greene has been through a divorce, a stalled career, an explosion that nearly killed her. But after all that, life in her cottage in Italy has brought her gifts: a garden where she plants vegetables for the wonderful Tonio’s culinary delights. Seizing her second chance at love, they plan for a small wedding, but family drama decides to descend on them instead. Elinor’s once-estranged sister, Saffron, is coming with her family to support their mother, Betsy, who is arriving to look for ... more

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