Could falling in love allow a cold, stubborn, and selfish women to open her heart back up to her family? Beatrice Buchanan has spent more years than she can remember distancing herself from everyone close to her. She has no relationship with her grandchildren, and the only time she speaks to her daughter is during her weekly fifteen-minute commute to the nail salon. When Bea meets Walter on a cruise she realizes there may be more to life than designer clothes and impressing the ladies at her … [Read more...] about Plan Bea by Hilary Grossman
The Butterfly That Returned by Serene Martin
The Butterfly That Returned is a collection of 33 heartfelt messages that celebrates that beaded crystal of inspiration that followed you everywhere you went since you were born. Sometimes, it stayed in the background while you busily went about your day. Sometimes, it came out from the shadows and burned so brightly that your heart ached with joy. Very often, it was quickly forgotten. Today, it returns to you and reminds you it is yours to keep Targeted Age Group:: 13 onwards What … [Read more...] about The Butterfly That Returned by Serene Martin
Dogs with Bagels by Maria Elena Sandovici
Liliana is the disappointing daughter of hardworking immigrant parents. She is a girl looking to be rescued from her own insecurities and bad decisions. Unable to afford rent in New York City proper, she is craving a life of luxury that isn’t hers, while subsisting on bagels and coffee. In desperate need of support - emotional and otherwise -, she clings to potential saviors, never bothering to question if the attachments she forms really fit her. In a parallel storyline, her … [Read more...] about Dogs with Bagels by Maria Elena Sandovici
Flames by Ginny L. Yttrup
When betrayal’s flames explode, can Jessica Weaver save what matters most? I preserve legacies. So begins the story of Jessica Weaver—wife, mother, and fire archeologist. Preserving Yosemite National Park’s natural and cultural resources is Jessica’s job. Preserving her family’s legacy is her obsession. But when she discovers her husband’s infidelity, betrayal’s flames threaten her family and all she’s fought to protect. Haley Weaver, a sophomore in high school, is a daddy’s girl. As … [Read more...] about Flames by Ginny L. Yttrup
Chick Lit (And Other Formulas For Life) by Abby Rosmarin
Life isn’t a fairytale – or chick lit. It’s 2005 and Katy Sinclaire is two years out of college. She still lives with her old university roommate and still works at the same bookstore that she’s been with since she was a teenager. She spends her days avoiding customers, making fun of the books in the store, and counting the minutes until she can clock out. It is an increasingly unsatisfying life, but it’s also a life that she does not question. That is, until a chain of events forces Katy to … [Read more...] about Chick Lit (And Other Formulas For Life) by Abby Rosmarin
EVANTHIA’S GIFT by Effie Kammenou
In the year 1956, Anastacia Fotopoulos finds herself pregnant and betrayed, fleeing from a bad marriage. With the love and support of her dear friends Stavros and Soula Papadakis, Ana is able to face the challenges of single motherhood. Left with emotional wounds, she resists her growing affection for Alexandros Giannakos, an old acquaintance. But his persistence and unconditional love for Ana and her child is eventually rewarded and his love is returned. In a misguided, but well-intentioned … [Read more...] about EVANTHIA’S GIFT by Effie Kammenou
Cheers Beers by Lindsey Stuffel
Birdie Beers left home for college and never returned. When the new life she created falls down around her, she must leave it all behind and come back to the place that reminds her of the person she used to be. As she gets used to a new way in her old life she discovers some things never change, real love does last forever, and home is where your grandfather's cane is always by the front door. Targeted Age Group:: Adult 18+ What Inspired You to Write Your Book? I have seen many people in … [Read more...] about Cheers Beers by Lindsey Stuffel
Taking Leaps and Finding Ghosts by Janet DeLee
Dreams aren’t just for the young, and baby boomer Ginny Lawther is happy to prove that she can still brave a leap of faith…she just needs a little prodding from like-minded individuals. Step one: place an ad in the local newspaper inviting other dreamers to form an Ideal Life Club. Step two: see if anyone shows up. When Ginny meets four hopeful strangers at the first club meeting, she thinks they’re off to a great start. Now it's only a matter of time before the sixty-something widow … [Read more...] about Taking Leaps and Finding Ghosts by Janet DeLee
The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris by Evie Gaughan
This is the magical tale of Edith Lane, who sets off to find her fortune in the beautiful city of Paris. Fortune, however, is a fickle thing and Edith ends up working in a vintage bakery in the positively antique town of Compiègne. Escaping heartache and singledom in Ireland, Edith discovers that the bakery on Rue De Paris is not exactly what it seems and that some ghosts from the past are harder to escape than others. A heart-warming story that is sure to appeal to all of the senses, The … [Read more...] about The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris by Evie Gaughan
The Soul Retrieval: A Novel by Ann W. Jarvie
Inspired by a true story, The Soul Retrieval is a suspenseful tale of love, loss and healing which follows traumatized southern beauty Henrietta Clayborn as she moves between her home in a small South Carolina town and the New Mexico Native American reservation whose spontaneous healings keep drawing her physician husband back. Tortured by her awful secrets, Henrietta struggles to thrive in either locale, but it is her unlikely friendship with Joe Loco––an eccentric Native American mystic with … [Read more...] about The Soul Retrieval: A Novel by Ann W. Jarvie
Free to Be Tegan by Mary Grand
‘You are dead to us.’ Tegan’s expulsion from the destructive cult is brutal. Free to Be Tegan tells the story of Tegan’s struggle to heal from past trauma and live a full life in the modern world. On March 1st 2006, Tegan, aged twenty seven, is cast out from the London-based ‘Last Week Community.’ The cult leader, Daniel, uses fear and isolation to control his followers. Tegan is unprepared for the world into which she is thrown and which she has been taught is evil. Tegan journeys to the … [Read more...] about Free to Be Tegan by Mary Grand
The Lying Truth by Philip A. Oldfield
How many lies does it take to tell the truth? In Kate's life, it's one too many. Kate was happily married and madly in love with Niall. When he is kidnapped and then released two weeks later, with no memory of what happened to him, her life is torn apart. Niall forces her to become the consummate actor. At his hands she suffers one humiliation after another. He has changed for the worse. Much worse. Only no one will believe her. Each time she gets closer to finding out … [Read more...] about The Lying Truth by Philip A. Oldfield
