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Eddie Hest vs. Suburbia

by Catherine Castoro

It takes someone different to make a change. Eddie's new suburban town is far from normal. She thinks it's her purple hair and tattoos that make her and her 9-year-old daughter outcasts. What else could it be? She tries to be a good mom, but gets sucked into what the town is hiding, even though she knows it's wrong. She's finally had enough, and now she's in the fight of her life. It's up to Eddie to battle the status quo, but can she beat the Psycho Soccer Mom who controls suburbia? She has to ... more

Less Than

by A.D. Long

When he reached into the medicine cabinet for that first dose of OxyContin, Evann hadn’t thought about everything the drug might take; all he could see was the escape it might offer. Hoping to prove himself as an artist, Evann moves to the city, only to discover that physical distance from his family can’t sever the emotional ties binding him to a past fraught with pain and rejection. Desperate to silence his anxious thoughts and his mother's relentless criticisms, he enters an insidious spiral ... more

La Belle Famille

by A.M. Vergara

It’s 1759, and the French are at war with the British over the Great Lakes Region. When the British besiege Fort Niagara, three reluctant allies—a French marine deserter, the wife of a British Army translator, and the survivor of a brutal French attack—must brave the unforgiving wilderness to warn the British of advancing French reinforcements. The success or failure of their mission will decide the war and the fate of a continent.

The Faeries of Fable Island

by Alicia Cahalane Lewis

Truth and storytelling collide in this modern-day adventure when sixteen-year-old Megan Elida Fay, the great-great-granddaughter of Wendy Darling, must learn to embrace the possibility that forgotten Fable Island exists and that Peter Pan and the Faerie Queen are real. But Meg, living in the attic of her aunt’s weather-beaten house on the Maine coast, alongside the nursery toys and memories of her ancestors’ past, is haunted by her mother’s death and her father’s sudden disappearance. Will... more

Adam Driver and the Million Dollar Haircut

by R.M. Usatinsky

R.M. Usatinsky's debut novel, "Adam Driver and the Million Dollar Haircut" takes readers on a whimsical journey into the world of one man's improbable dream. Meet our protagonist, Charlie, a charming yet eccentric barber, who sets out on a daring quest to pen a Broadway musical that will serve as the ultimate bait for his favorite actor. As the tale unfolds, the author seamlessly weaves semi-biographical and fictional threads, blurring the lines between... more

The Music of What Happens

by Greenleaf Book Group

Irish Americans in turbulent times In The Music of What Happens, author Charles Fanning relates what it felt like to be a member of an Irish working-class community in a dynamic, expanding American city in the late nineteenth century. Irish immigrants John and Eileen O’Malley Farrell live in the Chicago South-Side neighborhood of Bridgeport with their three children: Jimmy, twelve, Mary, ten, and Margaret, five. Their family experiences turmoil and tragedy and responds with unrelenting enduranc... more

A Beautiful Noise

by Sam Collins

In the Quietest Village in England, where sound is a weapon and truth is silenced, who will have the courage to show that it’s not what you hear it’s how you listen that really counts?

Accidental Earl, Matthew Wolstenholme, is used to keeping things quiet. His bankruptcy, his hearing loss, his unopened post down the back of the furniture. All he needs now to save his home and heritage is to quietly stage a music festival.

Super-hearing sound ... more

The First Lights of Eventide: A Mystical Journey Through Time

by Jaye Burke

Can an old Southern legend be discovered without mystical intervention?

Enter the enchanted world of the ‘mystical eventide,’ where an esteemed historian will prove that fiction can become fact and will confirm something theoretically impossible.

Alabama 2016

For Dr. Neely Shaw, countryside outings just might pay off one day—not monetarily, but historically. As the senior project reviewer for the Alabama Commission of Majo... more

Why Ruin Another Life

by Anthony Weathers

Anthony Weathers was told a story years ago. Upon hearing it, he felt compelled to write a novel based on the true events. This novel delves into themes of domestic abuse and violence, shedding light on the social taboos and inequalities of the time. Step into the haunting world of Why Ruin Another Life, a riveting tale that transports you to 1950s Black Mississippi.

Brace yourself for a captivating generational odyssey where a single event had the power to reshape destinies. Witn... more

In the Day of Trouble

by Taj Magruder

On the night of March 17, 1934, in a small town in rural Pennsylvania, a man crept to a window and shot a woman through her heart. Her name was Susan Mummey, but she was better known as the Witch of Ringtown Valley. The shocking true story of her life and murder has never been told…until now. The cold-blooded shooting of a woman in her home would have been news on its own. But the victim who lay on her sitting room floor wasn’t just any woman. For years, the people of Schuylkill County whispe... more

Celia's Room

by Kevin Booth

When the freedom of the night turns to deadly obsession ... 1990. Two young artists in Barcelona – one gay, the other straight, both addicted to a nightlife that thwarts their ambitions to create – fall under the aura of the enigmatic Celia. The games they are learning to play, against the backdrop of a city that is also rehearsing a new identity, draw all three into conflict, leading them inexorably towards the truth of Celia’s Room. “successfully captures the Barcelona zeitgeist”

Shadows Fade

by J. Bella M.

Seventeen-year-old Ruby arrives home to find that her father has fallen down a flight of stairs. After he dies, Ruby tries to hold the pieces of her life together, while her mother Cristina recalls her marriage and compares it to her mother Lina’s. \tJ. Bella M. explores the impact of intergenerational trauma on this family, revealing a web of disfunction and violence. Shadows Fade is a bittersweet tale which gives voice to three women and their life choices as defined by cultural demands, ... more

No Stranger Christmas

by Roger Leslie PH.D

While trying to save Christmas for his financially struggling family, 14-year-old Frankie Lincoln finds the courage to explore his artistry, stand up to gay discrimination, and pursue first love.

Pipeliner

by Shawn Hartje

Falling in love isn't what seventeen-year-old Jason Krabb imagines when he meets Betsy, an alluring girl from a different background. Struggling to distinguish himself from his prominent family, Jason's quest to leave his mark on the 90s grunge scene gets hilariously sidetracked by Betsy and a rag-tag crew of pipeliners who are bringing gas lines through the Idaho desert to keep the lights on in Portland and Seattle. Pipeliner is at once a coming-of-age love story and a comical timestamp of earl... more

Tempest North

by Rodger Carlyle

It’s 1820 and the American Revolution is breaking down the old European order and culture. Captain Chad Grittenburg, a wounded veteran of the War of 1812 is driven by duty and chivalry. He fears dishonor more than death. When a duel goes horribly wrong and his fiancé is killed, his world collapses.

Escape from his troubled mind comes in the form of a journey from Boston to Russian America. The peaceful trading voyage should be a remedy, but his emotional crisis tears at his... more

The Dream Collector, Book I

by R.w. Meek

In 1885 Julie Forette comes to Paris, determined to work at the infamous Salpêtrière Asylum for women. Drawn to help the seemingly disturbed Sabrine (‘Princess of the Hysterics’), Julie enlists the aid of the young intern Dr. Freud and together pursue the hidden potential of hypnotism and dream interpretation. Julie becomes the ‘Dream Collector’ collecting from Freud and many of the major 19th Century artists, including, Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh their one unforgettable, soul-defining dream.... more

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