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  • Lost Seeds: The Legacy

    by Teresa Mosley Sebastian
    Shaped by the ghosts of their parents’ former enslavement, two brothers, Dub and Tim, must decide—confront the past or suffer the consequences forever? In this riveting continuation of the Brisco family saga, brothers Dub and Tim strive to persevere against their early 1900s post-slavery beginnings—clashing with their history of family trauma and their different coping mechanisms for living in a world that doesn’t accept them. While Dub becomes a respected coal miner and finds prosperity for... more

  • Dockyard Dog

    by Lyle Garford
    Antigua, 1784 In 1784 when Lieutenant Evan Ross is badly injured in a fight with British Royal Navy deserters his Captain abandons him in the Royal Navy hospital on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Upon recovering he meets Captain Horatio Nelson, newly appointed to command of the Northern Leeward Islands squadron and the Royal Navy Dockyard at English Harbour in Antigua. Nelson's primary task is stamping out rampant American smuggling activity. But to succeed, Nelson needs information. Lie... more

  • HOMEbound: Book 1

    by Toby Adkins
    What happens when America is suddenly plunged into darkness? Rob and Ann are about to find out. Rob is a middle-aged man in Texas who is self-described as an "avid hunter, outdoorsman, and sometimes hiker." He is married with two teenage daughters. His oldest, Ann, has recently started college. He is on his way for a fall hunting trip when the unimaginable happens. An electromagnetic pulse has just crippled everything and everyone around him. Rob recognizes he cannot stay and wait for someone... more

  • The Bent Tree Path, Book One: A Secret Trail of Tears

    by Joan T Warren
    From two different war-time eras in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Lena, a Scots-Irish-Cherokee farmgirl from a loving family who marries young, and Becca, a lost teen in a large, dysfunctional family, must escape their abusive homes to save themselves and their children, but face larger obstacles that threaten to ensnare them in vicious cycles of shame and secrecy. How do these two lives intersect? What will it take to break the cycle?

  • Dropseed: The Story of Three Sad Women

    by Nettie Magnan
    Intertwining stories bring together three women and the heaviness of choice. In a small prairie town where the landscape is both beautiful and isolating, we meet an artist, a caregiver, and a dying woman, each bonded by their parallel struggles with fulfillment and the inconsistencies of human connection. Confined to monotony and caring for her mother, Sally enlists the curative elements of her art to ease a growing sense of guilt. An elderly Mary, meanwhile, grapples with a loss of independe... more

  • The Foreigners

    by NEWAY ATNAFU
    The Foreigners is a historical/generational fiction that highlights questions about culture, religion, education, relationship, family and origin and the impact of politics on people’s lives. It gives perspectives on African/Ethiopian traditions in contrast to western civilization. It tells the story of childhood friends who started from humble beginnings, the ups and downs they had to go through, their experiences as immigrants in foreign lands and their perspectives as they reflected on their... more

  • Steal Away

    by Lance Levens
    A literate 19 yr. old slave in 1830 Georgia attempts to teach other slaves to read the Bible. If he's caught, the punishment is death. Angels help; demons hinder. Eventually, he is caught and hanghed, but his life becomes a brigfht light for all those who are oppressed and hope fpr a better life.

  • mothers of the projects

    by melissa winston
    Urban housing projects are often thought of as places built by poverty and infested with crime. However, for Jamesetta and her family, the Henry Horner Homes become a beacon of hope, a source of comfort, and a place of refuge. While Jamesetta believes their situation is temporary, she soon becomes part of a tight-knit group of Henry Horner mothers, who are the pillars of the community. It appears Jamesetta has finally found a place she can truly call home, but has she counted all the costs? Will... more

  • Magda Revealed

    by Ursula Werner
    What would Jesus do? This wry, irreverent, fictionalized account of his life and ministry—told from the perspective of disciple Mary Magdalene—will implode everything you thought you knew. Jesus Christ—Yeshua, to his friends—is not happy. Two thousand years after his death, he sees Earth heading toward oblivion. Ever eager to save humanity, he asks Mary Magdalene (Magda) for help. It’s time to tell the real story of our time together, he says. Time to correct all the misinformation, misogyny,... more

  • Darkening of the Light

    by Robert Hays
    Although he misses Melinda, the girl he left behind, after his time as a homeless orphan on the streets of Paducah Jeter thinks being a groom in the White House stables, and life in general in the nation’s capital, is all he’ll ever want. His friend and mentor, Shakespeare-quoting Union Army Captain Joseph Emerson, is an advisor to President Lincoln. With the President just re-elected and the war with the Confederacy won, they all see bright days ahead. But an assassin’s bullet brings their ... more

  • 979-8-9900358-0-5

    by Sharon Curcio
    There’s harrowing tension in being Asayi. But readers will be drawn to those who form Asayi’s circle to oppose a punitive regime. Court intrigues swirl, underbelly characters from different levels of society emerge, deceptions reign, yet truth emerges at the end. This work is not a simple “coming of age” drama. Layers of nuance unfold: the vulnerability of an autistic young woman in a merciless time period; political unrest, physical survival, secret identities, and finding one’s tribe and love... more

  • Child of June

    by Quillen deBruney
    In the summer of 1914, unrest simmers across the Austro-Hungarian empire. Nationalist tensions are on the rise, the imperial parliament has been suspended, and the heir to the throne has been assassinated. While the capital hums with whispers of war, Ilse Eder lives a life apart, secluded on her brother-in-law’s country estate. Headstrong but unworldly, she finds herself entangled in an illicit romance with the aristocratic Junius von Hess. As she plunges into a world of secrets and betrayal, th... more

  • Sonata in Wax

    by Edward Hamlin
    On a sweltering Chicago afternoon, a lost piano masterpiece surfaces on a set of World War I-era wax recording cylinders. The dazzling piece is years ahead of its time, more Coltrane than Debussy—how could it be? Brought low by a painful divorce, renowned classical music producer Ben Weil throws himself into unlocking the sonata’s mysteries. But when a famous pianist stumbles upon the work and takes credit for unearthing it, Ben’s swept into a lie that could shatter his reputation and his privat... more

  • Lost Seeds: The Legacy

    by Teresa Mosley Sebastian
    Shaped by the ghosts of their parents’ former enslavement, two brothers, Dub and Tim, must decide—confront the past or suffer the consequences forever? In this riveting continuation of the Brisco family saga, brothers Dub and Tim strive to persevere against their early 1900s post-slavery beginnings—clashing with their history of family trauma and their different coping mechanisms for living in a world that doesn’t accept them. While Dub becomes a respected coal miner and finds prosperity for... more

  • Cicadas

    by Jenna Putnam
    Cicadas is a coming-of-age story about reinvention, set in a small coastal town in Southern California. Anouk, a twenty-something student from rural France, joins Michael and Marina, a wealthy American couple in an open marriage, at their dream-like home flanking the sea for the summer. As the initial thrill of Anouk and Michael’s affair begins to fade, she navigates the couple’s swinging moods and manipulative efforts to control her. While Anouk enjoys the company of both, she becomes close... more

  • Not Angels But Angels

    by Nino Hoti
    At an all-boys Catholic school in upstate New York, an unorthodox love triangle develops between two teenage boys, Sean and the Algerian-born Jeremiah, and their predatory teacher, Mr. Van Orton. As the prestigious school’s dark past slowly unravels, Sean begins to suspect that Mr. Van Orton, perhaps along with other faculty members, is part of a Satanic cult, and that Jeremiah is being groomed for human sacrifice.
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