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Driving Toward Destiny

by Stuart Scott

It's 1971, and Jack Higgins has just graduated from college. For him, it means the beginning of his adult life, but it also means he's eligible for the Vietnam draft. Jack is certain he will die if sent overseas but feels he has little control over the course of his life. His parents want him to interview for career-oriented jobs, just like his father, but this is not the life Jack seeks. In order to ﬁnd his way-his own way-he must get away from his family and land on his own two feet. Jack l... more

Arms Wide Asunder

by S. Jay Bose

In 1774, renowned British general Robert Clive is found dead with his throat cut. His hasty and secretive burial in an unmarked grave marks the end of a life defined by ambition, cunning, and greed in the name of building an empire. Two decades earlier, Clive is a promising young general facing insurmountable odds. Locked in a gruelling power struggle against Diwan Mohan Roy of Bengal, Clive’s mere 6000 troops face an army of 30,000 men. But with the help of the powerful—and treacherous—banker ... more

Swimming to Jerusalem

by Seth Bornstein

Bram Goodman was the coolest, most confident and self-assured guy in New York City – or so he thought. A few years later he is anything but. The story opens on the French Riviera where he is finishing up a summer gig as a swimming instructor. It is six-thirty in the morning and his roommate is singing off key to the Clash. Pulling the sheet over his head he ponders what comes next. Thirty-two years later the “next” has happened. Despite any grand plan, Bram’s life took its course. He met Liz ... more

The Darker Shades of Night

by Burt Freiman

This is the story of a multi-faceted struggle, a young woman’s campaign against the strictures imposed upon her by her nation, culture, village and faith, each an epitome of male domination. Is she devout, a searcher, standing her ground, a smaller cyclone, careening within the greater, twisting in opposition to its Coriolis motion, lost in the wrong hemisphere? What befalls the characters happened to real people. The historical accuracy is backed by 400+ footnotes. A recent reader ca... more

Life by Pumpkin

by Leslie Popp

Life by Pumpkin chronicles the heartwarming adventures of Pumpkin, an orange tabby with determined curiosity, a desire for undivided attention, and dreams of world dominance. He provides instruction on how to train your human and an analysis of their odd rituals, such as standing under falling water in the morning, changing their fur daily, and being obsessed with portable, lighted rectangles that periodically make annoying noises. Pumpkin offers his views on everything, including how to handle ... more

Dunne's Landing

by kl kiefer

As a young woman, Jonna Dunne's fast track to a successful future is decimated with the sudden absence of her powerful father. She and her mother, who is also left without a shred of security, struggle to survive by moving from big city luxury and status into rural obscurity. Jonna's identity, exclusively formed by association with her important father, is nullified as she spends her days staring out the window at a soybean field. On a whim, she saunters into the world of ne'er do... more

House on Fire

by D. Liebhart

How far would you go to keep a promise?

Bernadette Rogers swore she’d never put her father in a nursing home. Does that include euthanizing him to keep her word? Her mother thinks it does. Bernadette isn’t so sure. And even if she were, it’s not like you can walk into a drug store and buy Nembutal.

As an ICU nurse Bernadette's no stranger to the blunt realities of death, but her mother’s request to help her father—who’s disappear... more

American Strays

by Douglas Richardson

A PERSISTENT ECHO

by Brian Kaufman

1897. August Simms—explorer, soldier, world traveler—returns to Rhome, Texas to chase one last adventure. Hundreds of UFO sightings have been reported, seven years before the Wright brother’s flight, and August intends to solve the mystery. Instead, the past comes calling. A murder, a lynching, and the death of his wife fifteen years earlier are inextricably tied to the present. The adventure August finds will not be the one he expects…

New Normal

by Michelle Paris

After the sudden death of her husband, Emilie Russell just wants to feel normal. But being a middle-aged widow doesn’t come with a how-to manual. Her well-meaning friend, Viv, believes the cure to all that ails is simple: a new man. So, she sets Emilie up with her handsome and charming new neighbor, widower Colin. There’s only one problem with the plan—Colin is gay. Emilie embarks on a rollicking journey of self-discovery with Colin as her mentor and best friend. From learning to swipe right... more

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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

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