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The Marriage Box

by Corie Adjmi

Forced to return to her parent’s roots in the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, Casey Cohen faces two opposing worlds as she explores the unfamiliar culture and finds love.

Give My Regards to Nowhere: A Director's Tale

by Richard Engling

Chicago director Dwayne Finnegan has a long shot at the big time and only two obstacles: himself and everyone he knows. Dwayne's got an idea of how to direct Shakespeare's least-favorite play that could set him on the road to Broadway. We're talking Bob Fosse choreography, Jimi Hendrix guitars, and the hottest cast in the city of Chicago. But when the show's producer cuts out with the cash, Dwayne decides to produce the show himself, putting his marriage and his meager finances at risk. What ... more

New Leaves In Winter

by C. Gary Johnston

Dan Pierce and Joan Schneider are key management employees of Starlingers Gourmet Food Markets until suddently they both find their careers in jeopardy, each for different reasons. As Dan and Joan deal with the apprehension and anguish with what they are sure is facing them, they are unaware of their real status as pawns in the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of a situation much larger than either of their jobs.

The Golden Hour

by Fayla Ott

An Epic Saga of Two Families Living on Opposite Sides of Slavery in Pre-civil War South It’s 1852 in the Delta of Mississippi, and the choice to sell one slave sets in motion a series of tragic events for two families on a cotton plantation. What if the nightmare you feared your entire life became a reality in one day? Without notice, Thomas is snatched from all he knows and placed in an unjust world of cruelty. Back at Arledge Hall plantation, his parents, Joe and Lucy, grieve his absence, bu... more

Reinventing Ruthie

by Kate Lloyd

When Ruth Ann Templeton’s husband, Drew, leaves her for another woman Ruthie is devastated. She seeks solace at their beach cabin in Puget Sound where she meets Victor, a neurologist who has marital problems of his own. Their relationship blossoms just as Ruthie’s husband moves home asking for forgiveness. But can Ruthie trust and forgive him or any man?

Asphalt & Water

by Ted Bernal Guevara

California. 1955. AMARA SIP is sanguine, determined, and skillful on the road. For a living, he drives an ambulance in the Cholame Hills area. One day he receives a dispatch to aid in a car crash. At first glimpse, Amara is taken by the sleekness of the Porsche 550 out in the tundra. He is unaware of the driver lodged in the car, fighting his last breaths. The EMT puts forth his best effort to save the dying James Dean.

Darcy Lane

by James T. Graham

Darcy Lane tells the story of a young girl, who at the tender of age of 7, witnesses the murder of her mother. The book explores the girl's trauma, efforts to move on, and how the legacy of the murder persists in her life.

What She Takes Away

by Adele Annesi

The weaver's shuttle turns after the death of Gia Falcini's mother, when Gia's estranged father in Italy sends a scarf whose unusual qualities could revive Gia’s ailing fabric shop in Boston’s North End. Goaded by deadlines and conflicting desires, Gia leaves Boston for Italy's style capital, her father’s hillside village and the stepfamily she has never met, and a vibrant local fabric mill in a venture that could shred Gia's ambitions or offer a legacy worth taking away.

Uncontrollable

by Sara Staggs

Casey Scott is an attorney who seems to have it all in place: a booming career, a loving husband, and two young children. But, she also has epilepsy, and when her doctor tells her she might die if she doesn't get her seizures under control, she is at a crossroads: does she choose her career, dreams, and lifelong ambitions, or her family and health? She undergoes brain surgery, which changes the trajectory of her life in a way she could never expect, and the life she toiled to build begins to unr... more

The Lifestyle and Adventure of Ace McDice, Stretch Deed & moonshine Melody

by doug mcphillips

The lifestyle and Adventure of Ace McDice, Stretch Deed & Moonshine Melody tells a fictitious tale of three devil-may-care wild men of the Australian bush during the last days of the era of the Bushrangers and the Gold rush at the end of the 19th century. It tells of each character's lifestyle and their united bent as wild men of Australia's west who set upon a plan to rob the Sugar and Tea Express. How the plan manifested and what drove them to an apparent reckless course in gaining the never ... more

Little Toy Car

by Gabe Oliver

★★★★★ NOW, AN AWARD WINNING STORY! ★★★★★ Follow Gene through this psychological coming of age novel on his journey to discover the meaning of it all, while maneuvering through the unexpected trials of life. From the hardship of a broken home, through the mental struggles of a religious sect. The unexpected twists and turns in this book will command the attention of its readers. The highs and lows of this inspiring story will make it hard to put down. Discover the significance of the LITTLE TOY ... more

In the Night

by Taylor Wright

How do you make peace with the dead? Daniel Sawyer has grappled with this question ever since his brother Jake was murdered. At university, Daniel feels displaced and directionless, and is trying to come to terms with Jake’s death. He questions what led his brother to drug dealing and addiction, where did it all go wrong between them? Daniel, however, is coming dangerously close to drug addiction himself, unable to cope with school and social anxiety, resorting to pain killers on nights... more

Cooperative Living

by Jeff Namian

Love thy neighbor? If you live in New York, think twice. I know the guy who dusts in the nude across the street better than 5G. (I’m 5F) We waived. In the city, that constitutes a date. Cooperative Living explores survival techniques and situations unique to life in New York City.

McCann

by John Benacre

This collection of short stories is the first of three such volumes which compliment the novel “Easter, Smoke and Mirrors” and its sequel, “Shape, Shine and Shadow”. It concerns the life, times and upbringing of Michael McCann, the central character of the novels, who becomes a totally unknown and untraceable deep-cover Irish terrorist living and working in the heart of London. It spans the years from 1968 and the earliest rumblings of the ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, to 2015 and a resurg... more

THE MYTHOLOGIQUES

by Ned Claflin

It was an old man’s last request. An international cadre of seers is dying out. Their informal leader Farid, close to death, has advice for one of them, Adele LaRoche, the modern-day Sibyl of Cumae living in Paris. She should seek the help of Brownie, a retired antique dealer in Los Angeles and current Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Adele only manages to write Brownie a letter requesting help, just before vanishing without a trace. The seers’ fate will lead them from a Mediterranean island... more

The Bequest: The Enhanced Edition

by Nicolette Linden

Upon turning thirty, a woman receives a package containing two documents forbidden to her since her teens-her foretold bequest. Stunned by what she reads, she gives up her career to pursue getting this material published! She must. Now she is tasked with devising a narrative arc to bridge these documents but, to frame them properly, she finds it necessary to create a spiral lattice of interwoven perspectives. Emotionally riveting, The Bequest is also an intellectual feast, filled with quiet li... more

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