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  • Defining Me

    by LM Berthiaume
    A "The One That Got Away" Love Story With A Twist Picture a moment when everything you hold dear shatters into a million pieces—your spirit crushed, your ambitions shattered, and your heart left in ruins. Isabelle Connelley knows this pain all too well. Not content to sit still and wait for things to get better, she runs away from her troubles, sprinting towards a chance encounter that could change everything— straight into the arms of her first love. Alex Hastings, Isabelle’s “The One Tha... more

  • The King's Fuzilier

    by Loarn D. Robertson
    The book is divided into eight parts providing a linear account of the action between 1775-1776 when British Fuziliers, guarding a British fort were captured by American rebels and made prisoners of war. The protagonist is Lieutenant John Despard and the story follows his life as he endures the hardships and indignities heaped upon him during his captivity and his attempt to gain his freedom. Endnotes give additional historical background including a synopsis of the lifespan of John Despard toge... more

  • A Sporting Life

    by Robert E. Kearns
    Sarah and Thomas Woodford travel west in search of a better life. En route Thomas takes ill and dies leaving Sarah to look after herself. Remaining for a time with the wagon train, a man she befriended betrays her and she soon discovers she's alone in the frontier town of Parish without much except for her meagre savings. Lodging at Parish's sole hotel, Sarah must eke out a living to survive, hoping all the while she'll save enough money to pay for her passage home. When things don't work out as... more

  • The Reclusive Life of Rita Reilly

    by Robert E. Kearns
    Born into a pre-war and middle class Irish family, Rita Reilly enjoys a comfortable upbringing. Her family live above their newsagent and grocery store which prospers because of a terrific location and regular traffic. Rita has every reason to expect she'll complete secondary school, gain a university education, and continue on a path of her own choosing. However, when a death in the family occurs, Rita offers to stay behind while her parents and brother travel for the funeral. What happens whi... more

  • Ossuary

    by Robert E. Kearns
    In ancient Judea, to the objections of an overbearing parent, a young couple fall in love. When Maria becomes pregnant, they must elope. However, the girl's father wants his revenge and hatches a plot to return them to their home town. In this epic novel, the author takes us on a sweeping journey of love, tragedy and the human condition. Ossuary by Robert E. Kearns is a superlative re-imagining of the greatest story ever told.

  • Embers

    by Robert E. Kearns
    Proctor is a youth with ambitions beyond his station. Quick witted and with an uncanny knack for mimicry, he can impersonate anyone. Spotting an opportunity for financial gain, and an improvement in his social standing, he accepts the position as an understudy to a puritan minister. But, living in the home of his benefactor, he meets and falls in love with a girl he shouldn't. That's where matters take a turn. After a duel with the girl's uncle, he moves away from London, and then on to the Am... more

  • Company of Foos

    by Paul Davidson
    Cameron Murphy just landed the ultimate dream job. Unfortunately, working at one of the world's largest tech companies is a bit of a nightmare. Now, stuck in the Pacific Northwest with his family in tow, he must sidestep corporate politics, avoid the certifiably-insane and develop a product that will change the world of entertainment forever. Easy, right? But with his wife, Jess, struggling to find her own identity in a wasteland of suburban frigidity, and the corporate algorithm out to get him ... more

  • LAST DREAM STANDING: A Welsh mining family finds its heart in WWI.

    by Jill P. Anderson
    LAST DREAM STANDING Instead of their prayers being answered, a Welsh coal mining family in the early 1900’s has their dreams shattered by the birth of their second child. The story eddies around a forced unthinkable choice, a secret too big to contain, and a tragedy of their own creation. This is a tale, both intimate and epic, of dreams—lost, found, and sacrificed—pulling the Ross family forward and into WWI when the truth will reshape them—not to who they used to... more

  • Agent 00: Volume I

    by Ramona Lee Soo-Jun
    During the reign of the Dragon Emperor, an ancient curse falls over the princess. Two generals and a young thief sacrifice everything to escort her to safety, but time is running out. In a parallel universe 2000 years later, three agents and a pickpocket are tasked with infiltrating the treacherous underworld of the Triads. As they delve deeper, they unknowingly follow the path of their Boss's tragic past. Martial arts, action, comedy and destiny collide in a high-stakes battle against an ... more

  • There Are No Rules For This

    by JJ Elliott
    United in friendship for over a decade, four women have weathered multiple challenges. When one makes a fateful choice, it forces the other three to redefine their relationships and question everything. There Are No Rules For This packs an emotional wallop. Author JJ Elliott skillfully delves into the complexity of friendship and explores what happens when tragedy strikes.

  • Hot Berry Punch

    by Bradford Tatum
    Emma May Shinnecock grew up wild on the remote Western prairies in the 1820s. Left free to roam and learn from the nature surrounding her, Emma’s hunger for life drives her to flaunt formal conventions as she discovers the world around her. After embracing her first romantic liaison with a mysterious stranger, she is left with far more than a confusing introduction to love. She is now a Beguiler, a “blood thirster” with exciting new abilities and a deeper lust for life. But her condition come... more

  • Lelya Dorche and the Coney Island Cure

    by David Rothman
    In April 2020, at the height of the pandemic in New York City, Andrew, the assistant director of a funeral home one mile from Elmhurst Hospital, the “epicenter of the epicenter,” meets a legendary Coney Island witch doctor (Lelya Dorche), who makes him an offer that could better his chances of keeping his COVID-positive elderly parents and his severely asthmatic 13-year-old son, Miro, off the ever-expanding list of virus mortalities. To keep up his end of the bargain, Andrew will have to find h... more

  • The Kafka Studies Department

    by Francis Levy
    A highly original, quirky collection of short, parable-like stories infused with dark humor, intellect and insight about the human condition. A prism of interconnected and intertwined takes, inspired by Franz Kafka, the stories examine feckless central characters who are far from likable but always recognizable and wildly human. Booklife in an Editor's Pick review described the book as "sharp, incisive miniature fictions that pin down contemporary anxieties."

  • A Brand New Day

    by E O Elliott
    A BRAND NEW DAY continues the tale of Dahlia Ringo as she navigates her new status as a rich, single woman of distinction. There's the city-wide board appointments, her seventeen years as president of the exclusive Jefferson Park neighborhood association, an exciting new career in interior design and of course, 12.5 million dollars! Life for Dahlia looks great on the outside. But behind those beautiful doors on Bennett Street lies a different story.

  • A River Divided

    by George Paxinos
    A River Divided follows Evelyn, a geneticist and amateur archeologist, who discovers a tomb while vacationing in Israel. Believing she has found the remains of Christ, she attempts to revive the DNA found preserved at the site so that she can clone Him. But with human cloning being both illegal and unprecedented, she takes the risk of carrying the embryo herself. Though more a scientist than a zealot, she wants to do everything to bring Him back to the world. If her experiment were successful, t... more

  • I, Christine

    by Marcia Maxwell

    In the year of grace 1396, Christine de Pizan is a young widow living in a tower overlooking the Seine.  Hers is a daily struggle, however, to support her aged mother and two small children.  Meanwhile, the cursed English threaten invasion as rumors swirl about the state of the French king’s sanity.  Seeking to ease her loneliness and sorrow, Christine begins to write poetry in a delicate dance of form and emotion.

    Christine begins reading her verses at court, where... more

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