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
Bride Without a Groom by Amy Lynch
Single, coupled-up or married, this laugh-out-loud summer read is the perfect anecdote for the wedding season! Rebecca has chosen the most luscious, five tiered, wedding cake. The engagement ring that she has selected is celebrity inspired. The wedding singer is on speed dial. He doesn’t usually do Michael Bolton, but as it’s for a first dance he’ll make an exception. Father Maguire is checking dates for the parish church as we speak. The deposit on the white sand honeymoon is paid for in full … [Read more...] about Bride Without a Groom by Amy Lynch
You Won’t Remember This by Kate Blackwell
The twelve stories in You Won't Remember This illuminate the lives of men and women who appear as unremarkable as your next-door-neighbor until their lives explode quietly on the page. Kate Blackwell's wry, often darkly funny voice describes the repressed underside of a range of middle-class characters living in the South. Blackwell’s focus is elemental—on marriage, birth, death, and the entanglements of love at all ages—but her gift is to shine a light on these universal situations with such … [Read more...] about You Won’t Remember This by Kate Blackwell
Loving Keera by Ambro’Zia
Everyone's patience with Keera has dissolved from the size of an ocean into that of a small rain drop. The lesbian community in the college-town of Eatonton, North Carolina is even smaller. Six years. Crashed and burned into a crisp. Ja'Keera Thomas is a romantic con-artist whose time is running short. But who has the time to own up to their mistakes when they're such a hot commodity? When Alexis Hughes realizes that she'll have to take the first step out before being swept back … [Read more...] about Loving Keera by Ambro’Zia
Getting It Right the Second Time Around by Jennifer Frank
Alison is a 28 year old living in Boston who is more-or-less happy in her somewhat boring life. She is challenged by the terms of her eccentric aunt’s will to fix a big mistake she made as a college senior - turning down law school for love. While having everything from her job to her apartment disrupted, she has to decide if she’s willing to re-do things the right way around this time, or if she’s courageous enough to find her own path. Having been burned by love before, she is hesitant in … [Read more...] about Getting It Right the Second Time Around by Jennifer Frank
Buyer’s Guide: Woman of Substance by Annette Bower
Targeted Age Group:: 18-70 Category: Women's Fiction Print book price range: $12.99 US - $19.78 CD eBook price range: $2.48 US -$3.79 CD About Woman of Substance: Woman of Substance is a blend of Women’s fiction and Romance. Women’s fiction includes subjects and themes that range beyond romance. Woman of Substance is a contemporary story where Robbie is the star of the story and her growth and emotional development is foremost. Woman of Substance is a story that centers on … [Read more...] about Buyer’s Guide: Woman of Substance by Annette Bower
Buyer’s Guide: Breaking The Silence by Diamante Lavendar
Targeted Age Group:: 20-50 Category: Women's Fiction Print book price range: 12.99 eBook price range: 2.99 About Breaking The Silence: Based on a true story, a new novel from Diamante Lavendar. Joan Eastman was born like any other girl. However her life would prove to be a life of great pain… Growing up, she was treated differently by family members, powerless to defend herself against their sexual and psychological abuse. Feeling she had been dealt a wicked hand by the “powers that … [Read more...] about Buyer’s Guide: Breaking The Silence by Diamante Lavendar
