Lynn watched her dad deteriorate from Miami undercover narcotics agent to drug smuggler, from protective father to monster—a charming monster. By the time she was in high school, he was in prison for smuggling 12,000 pounds of marijuana. There, he made a connection with a powerful Colombian drug lord. Within months of being paroled, Lynn’s dad waltzed back into her life, dishing out pure Colombian cocaine to her and launching her brother’s coke-dealing career. After a few years of abusing coke … [Read more...] about Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler’s Daughter by Lynn Walker
How to Grow an Addict. a novel by J.A. Wright
HOW TO GROW AN ADDICT: a novel, is a coming-of-age story that traces Randall’s life from neglected child to adult drug addict. Set in the Northern California in the 1980s and 90s, the novel opens with twenty-three-year-old Randall Grange in The Facility, a 30-day rehab program for drug addicts and alcoholics. A social worker has convinced her to seek help for her troubled life after Randall arrived in the hospital following a night of drinking and waking up to discover she’d been drugged and … [Read more...] about How to Grow an Addict. a novel by J.A. Wright
Interview with Author – Charisse Tyson
About Charisse Tyson: I was a self-confessed, enabling, co-dependent. With God’s help I am enjoying a transformed life with my husband Tommy. We have been together for more than twenty six years and he just celebrated ten years of sobriety. I have owned and operated the famous biker bar Johnny’s Bar & Grill in Hollister, California for almost twenty years. I hope to one day sell the bar and pursue my writing career full time. In the meantime the bar continues to supply me with plenty of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Charisse Tyson
Stricken by Marcia Colette
Personal tragedy convinces half-werewolf Alexa York to get away to the town of McCormick, Pennsylvania where she’s charged with protecting Dr. Aiden Joss, physician to the supernatural community. Not only does she need the money, she needs the distraction. Unfortunately, she gets it in spades when Joss’s personal issues and a myriad of dangerously sick patients make her new job nearly impossible. A mysterious disease is running its way through the New York Order of the Amazons and leaving … [Read more...] about Stricken by Marcia Colette
Interview with Author – Michael Rossi
About Michael Rossi: Michael Rossi's new memoir, Off The Reservation: Stories I Almost Took to the Grave and Probably Should Have, is his debut book. Equal parts moving and shocking, these stranger than fiction stories are an honest account of an incredible life--not an incredibly good life, but an extremely unlikely one, and at times an utterly disastrous existence. Michael is the father of two wonderful children, and currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his girlfriend and her … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Michael Rossi
As Is by Wendy Stenzel Oleston @WendyOleston
This book is bargain priced from 08/06/2014 until 08/22/2019 Life is hard for alcoholic-in-denial Mara Shaw. One bad relationship after another has left her a single mother with no faith in anything. She is unable to trust in anyone . . . including herself. After a humiliating suicide attempt, she decides to start afresh, and never allow herself to be hurt again. Graydon Davidson walks into her life and begins to show her the truth. While the truth is hard to accept, it is also the key to … [Read more...] about As Is by Wendy Stenzel Oleston @WendyOleston
Someone Always Loved You by Brooke Williams
His first day on the job, ambulance driver Jay has a horrible accident. The victim of the crash is thrown into a coma and Jay keeps vigil by her side. As their lives, past and present intertwine; a story of love through time unfolds. An intricate drama including adoption, love, suspense, and plenty of questions, Someone Always Loved You is a novel that keeps the mind churning and the soul alive. Targeted Age Group:: 35-60 What Inspired You to Write Your Book? My grandmother was in a coma … [Read more...] about Someone Always Loved You by Brooke Williams
A Winter Dandelion by Amy Steiner
After enduring a violent childhood, Cammie O'Malley has built a safe, happy life with her young family. But when her mother, Delos, develops dementia and Cammie moves her in, dark memories from her past come back to haunt her. Relying on her resilient spirit and wry humor, Cammie works to rise above her past while still caring for her mother. But then Bobby Joe McAllister, Delos' disgusting boyfriend arrives from Florida and whisks Delos away to parts unknown. While the family searches … [Read more...] about A Winter Dandelion by Amy Steiner
Interview with Author – Java Davis @JavaDavis
Author Bio: Fifteen years in the printing and marketing fields as type designer and editor. Currently retired/disabled, writing independent author books that are self-published. What inspires you to write? I've moved around quite a bit and had a variety of jobs. I have many places and situations to draw upon. I wouldn't call it inspiration. Just another day at the office that happens to be my living room. Tell us about your writing process. I start out with a good idea and some … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Java Davis @JavaDavis
Audio Book with Sample: Some Are Sicker Than Others by Andrew Seaward @aaseaward
ADDICTION: CUNNING, BAFFLING, & POWERFUL In this gripping debut novel by Andrew Seaward, the lives of three addicts converge following an accidental and horrific death. Monty Miller, a self-destructive, codependent alcoholic, is wracked by an obsession to drink himself to death as punishment for a fatal car accident he didn't cause. Dave Bell, a former all-American track star turned washed-up high school volleyball coach, routinely chauffeurs his bus full of teens on a belly … [Read more...] about Audio Book with Sample: Some Are Sicker Than Others by Andrew Seaward @aaseaward
The Courage to Surrender by John W.
The Courage to Surrender By John W. Unlike the memoir of a famous person, my story lives with the millions of baby boomers who passed me a joint and a beer in college and again at the corporate picnic. My memoir is rough around the edges, and so was I, as you will see throughout my life. My daydreams of the ’50s were interrupted by Dad’s paradigm for manhood, and my first beers at eight, those experiences came together to establish a lifetime of doing things I knew wrong. Having grown up in … [Read more...] about The Courage to Surrender by John W.
