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The Arrows of Mercy

by Jill MacLean

The year is 1348. Haunted by the blood on his hands, an archer named Edmund returns home from the French wars to a life of serfdom. His brutal elder brother does not want a hero on his doorstep. The priest denounces his mercy killings. The woman he loves yearns for a wider world; the ambitious wise-woman challenges him in ways he deplores; and an abused servant-girl is a thorn to his flesh. Yet, as the days pass, Edmund is impelled to fight for the impossible: love and redemption. Then plague ar... more

Something We Never Imagined

by Andrea Comparato

WON 10 AWARDS in 10 MONTHS!

Although self-published with Westbow, Andrea Comparato, Literary Agent, offered Douglas representation after reading this book.

Introducing Douglas J. Wemple, whose writing style mirrors Nicholas Sparks, with Christian tones of Mitch Albom.

This story is Serendipity meets Do You Believe?

A bitter young man with an ey... more

The Viking Gael

by J.T.T. Ryder

Asgeir joins with Ulf's crew of Vikings and intends to get his revenge, but he strikes an unlikely friendship with the old Viking.

A Gilded Drowning Pool

by Cecelia Tichi

As a girl in the West, Valentine Mackle dodged quicksand along the rivers of the mining camps, but as Mrs. Roderick W. DeVere of New York’s Fifth Avenue, Val is sucked into Society’s own quicksand in spring, 1899, when a weekend at a country estate in the Hudson Valley turns deadly. Val’s “soul sister” drowns on family property, and the host’s best “practical jokes” double as death traps. A Gilded Drowning Pool snarls Val and husband Roddy in a bogus adult health camp, a brothel, a town-and-... more

The Dance of the White Deer

by Rebecca Nieminen

Nineteen-year-old Aaron Harper is instantly smitten the first time he meets sixteen-year-old Limery Clark. Captivated by her beauty and drawn to her sensitivity, Aaron dreams of winning her affections. But Aaron, who comes from a fine, upstanding family, doesn’t comprehend the shameful weight of Limery’s hardscrabble upbringing or the terrible urgency of her present situation. She has become the object of her stepfather’s sexual desires. When Limery finds herself drowning in a web of desperation... more

Theresa et al.

by Jean Hackel

As the story begins, two families face a pregnancy that draws them into a bitter standoff.  The couple expecting a baby are newlyweds. A young wife lives with her family on a farm in the American Midwest while her Alabama-born husband is deployed to Afghanistan. After finding out something is wrong with their baby—-at first she’s not sure what—-the wife considers having an abortion. But her mother and others intervene. Ultimately, a child is born against his mother’s will.

Like Glass

by Sylvia Wilde

As she struggles to move beyond a childhood of religious trauma and chronic abandonment, Trey isn't sure about people. Everywhere she looks, love has failed her. It must not exist. This book artfully unravels the secrets of her past, immersing a reader in the echoes of heartbreak as she attempts to love again and again, proving that while hope may falter, the human spirit sometimes finds a way. But it might not look like what we expect.

ACUTE PAIN- DEFINITION, CAUSES, SYMPTOMS & TREATMENT

by stev smit

Acute pain acts as the body's warning signal and typically goes away once the underlying cause has been treated. Typically, over-the-counter or prescription drugs are used to treat it. Understanding Acute Pain Acute pain is a type of pain that usually only lasts a short while and is acute and rapid in onset (less than 3 months). Injury, surgery, or other physical harm to the body are frequent causes. Intense pain is a signal for the body to defend itself and, if necessary, seek medical assi... more

Demitasse Fiction: One-Minute Reads for Busy People

by Roberta Beach Jacobson

An eclectic collection of contemporary micro stories.

Love Secrets Lies

by Teresa Vale

In the mid-1970s, Teresa’s native land, Mozambique, drowns in violence while the young and sheltered teenager daydreams about perfect love. Driven from her African berth, Teresa flees with her family to a post-revolutionary Portugal where the morals of the past and hopes for the future will soon collide. Raised by her grandparents, two people traumatized by losses that send their protective instincts into overdrive, Teresa can’t have a private conversation on the phone, or even go to a nightclub... more

Homespun (The Silk Trilogy Book 3)

by Sophia Alexander

Trouble lurks in the Lowcountry of South Carolina in the guise of a family feud, forbidden love, and a journalist hell-bent on uncovering corruption. Meet Zingle Caddell, who doesn't regret the destruction left in his wake so much as he is annoyed by it. Figuring no man can continue to have such bad luck, Zingle is waiting for his fortunes to improve. He knows what he likes--alcohol, women, and family, in about that order--and he'll continue on with them as before. That is, until he's surpris... more

Everybody's Special

by Christopher Griffin

“If life was as simple as ‘being the best,’ we’d all just be a bunch of comic book characters.” “The Blackbird” Phoenix Merlo is only a boxer by title, for someone who throws fights for money barely deserves such an honor. For the sake of appeasing his debts, he’s sacrificed his chances at true happiness, all because of one mistake he’s never let go of. What follows is a never-ending cycle of success and failure, rebirth and self-destruction—trapping the Blackbird in an impenetrable cage. ... more

Sugar People

by Oliver Ferrie

Kestrel has a lot to be worried about. His best friend Tala has been struck by a severe mental illness, attempting suicide over the winter break. She has developed an obsession with making little sculptures she will not let anyone touch. Meanwhile, Kestrel is struggling at university. His artwork has his teachers concerned, and he can’t explain any of it. But it’s not just him — all his friends are feeling strange this term, although none of them can place why. After a chance meeting wit... more

Once Upon a Lie

by Rebecca Taylor

Mia Strauss is trying to be a good mother. She’s worked hard to build a stable life since losing her memory at eighteen when an assailant pushed her from the third-story landing of her parents’ gold coast mansion. But lately, Mia is losing control and feels she’s being watched wherever she goes. She is taking more and more of her prescription drugs to quiet the rising panic and anxiety. But when her husband, Alexander, comes home to find her face down on their living room floor, she’s at risk of... more

The Tiny Fireball: A Novel

by Sameer Kochure

The tiny Fireball was like a mother’s embrace, a kiss from a soulmate, the hug of a daughter never born, a dream pined for an eternity, finally realised.

Welcome to a magical, star-hopping adventure of a lifetime.

In the middle of a desolate, liquid landscape, where food, water and hope runs low, an unusual friendship forms.

One can’t see the light, the other is full of sunshine.

Travel with these strange new friends t... more

Swiss Alchemy (Alternate Realms Trilogy Book 1)

by Celeste Johnson

Swiss Alchemy, the first of a series: The Alternate Realm Trilogy, begins with a notion that if all great things involve taking the first step, an invitation is like folding over the spine and turning the first pages of a book opening the mind to a world of possibilities. The testimonial in returning to a place is not the comparison from the previous encounter, but to experience it in the present. An immersion with the essence of it, traversing its steep inclines and encounters with fellow tr... more

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