Mark Aherne is a middle-aged, married man living in Chicago. Estranged from his parents in Boston, he escaped from his father who bullied and belittled him throughout his childhood. One Sunday, he receives a desperate phone call from Leslie, his sister, who’s cared for their parents for many years. She needs help: his parents are sick and drinking again. Mark soon finds himself back with his sister dealing with their loss of independence. As he cares for his parents, he remembers the past and … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Your Father has Something to Tell You by David Riese
FEATURED BOOK: Love, Momma D by Darla Noble
Momma D, aka Darla Noble, is all about getting to the heart of parenting from the heart...with unconditional love. Curl up with a cup of coffee or lock yourself in the bathroom for a while and let Momma D share some of her wit, wisdom, and encouragment for raising your children to be the amazing, unique, and perfectly wonderful people they are. Link to buy book … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Love, Momma D by Darla Noble
Interview with Author – Karen A. Wyle
About Karen A. Wyle: Karen A. Wyle was born a Connecticut Yankee, but eventually settled in Bloomington, Indiana, home of Indiana University. She now considers herself a Hoosier. Wyle's childhood ambition was to be the youngest ever published novelist. While writing her first novel at age 10, she was mortified to learn that some British upstart had beaten her to the goal at age 9. Wyle is an appellate attorney, photographer, political junkie, and mother of two daughters. Her voice is … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Karen A. Wyle
Autism Goes to School by Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell
Autism Goes to School by Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell We're thrilled to announce that this Amazon bestseller is also a B.R.A.G. Medallion winner! It's also a Gold Winner in the Realistic Human Relations Fiction Book category of the Human Relations Indie Book Awards. Sixty-six 4.5 star reviews. After suddenly receiving custody of his five year old son, Ben must learn how to be a dad. The fact that he'd even fathered a child was news to him. Not only does this mean restructuring his sixty-hour … [Read more...] about Autism Goes to School by Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell
Interview with Author – Ann Richardson
About Ann Richardson: I am semi-retired, having worked as a researcher concerned with health issues during my working life. I wrote many books for health and social care professionals, but my real passion is writing narrative non-fiction, books using direct quotations from interviews to bring people's views and experiences 'alive' on the page. My most recent book is about what it is like being a grandmother (Celebrating Grandmothers), but I have also written books on people with HIV/AIDS (Wise … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Ann Richardson
Buyer’s Guide: Drum Dance by Bonnie Turner
Targeted Age Group:: Teen - Young Adult Category: Historical Print book price range: $9.21 - $15.35 eBook price range: $2.99 About Drum Dance: "Birchbark canoes are made for rivers and lakes," Per said, "not the icy waters of the Arctic. Fall out of this, you'll freeze before you drown!" Set in the "land of the midnight sun," Drum Dance is filled with adventure, paranormal intrigue, and danger in Canada’s Central Arctic, where Sir John Franklin and his crew froze to death searching … [Read more...] about Buyer’s Guide: Drum Dance by Bonnie Turner
Interview with Author – Linda B. Myers
About Linda B. Myers: Linda B. Myers The Early Years I won my first creative contest in the sixth grade for my Clean Up Fix Up Paint Up Week. This started a career that even a Phi Beta Kappa and BA from Michigan State University could not derail. The Career Years I wrote a non-fiction book entitled The Great Lakes: North America’s Inland Sea published by Outdoor World. The publisher is now defunct, and the book is no longer in print. From this experience I learned how little an … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Linda B. Myers
Interview with Author – Tsipi Sharoor
About Tsipi Sharoor: I published my first book at the age of 20, with the influence of a well known poet who read a few of my poems. My writing is a mixture of imagination and reality, merging of biographical events and fiction. This mix is the best of the genres in my opinion. It can teach the reader about the person behind the book and also to leverage and elevate the reader to the realms of imagination. The best invention is the reality at its best, in my opinion. What inspires you to … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Tsipi Sharoor
12 Tips to Ensure a Successful School Year: Written By a 36-Year Teaching Veteran by Karen D. Webb
Does your child suffer from first day of school jitters? Is the "back to school" time of year stressful for you? Thirty six year teaching veteran Karen D. Webb knows all too well how going back to school can cause stress for children and families. Not only because she has been a school teacher for so many years, but also because she's a mom! Targeted Age Group:: 25 above What Inspired You to Write Your Book? My family. … [Read more...] about 12 Tips to Ensure a Successful School Year: Written By a 36-Year Teaching Veteran by Karen D. Webb
Hoodoo Money by Sharon Cupp Pennington @SCPennington
This book is bargain priced from 09/14/2014 until 09/16/2014 Is it really a hoodoo curse? Or is there something else that can explain the series of tragedies that dog Braeden McKay's every step after her best friend, Angeline St Cyr, takes a nickel from the grave of a hoodoo woman in a New Orleans cemetery? This is an intricate, engrossing romantic suspense. Moving from New Orleans to Galveston it is brilliantly paced with an intriguing, multi-layered plot and a host of well-developed … [Read more...] about Hoodoo Money by Sharon Cupp Pennington @SCPennington
Smoke In Your Eyes by Jennifer D’Angelo
This book is bargain priced from 08/15/2014 until 08/17/2014 From the moment Addy meets Gabe, she knows they will be connected forever. He is her whole world, and without him, life would be intolerable. The two spend years plotting their escape from the small New England town that holds nothing for them but bad memories. But when they are finally free of their miserable childhood homes, Addy finds out in the cruelest possible way, that she and Gabe want entirely different things. Years … [Read more...] about Smoke In Your Eyes by Jennifer D’Angelo
When Good Friends Go Bad by Ellie Campbell
This book is bargain priced from 07/08/2014 until 07/10/2014 All through school, tomboy Jen, snobby Georgina, hippy Meg and gentle Rowan, were inseparable. Until, that is, the unfortunate consequences of a childish prank tore them apart. As adults an attempted reunion went disastrously wrong. Rowan failed to appear. Meg behaved outrageously and ¬¬- sharpest cut of all - Jen discovered just how deeply Georgina had betrayed her. So now, a mother herself, in the midst of divorce, the last thing … [Read more...] about When Good Friends Go Bad by Ellie Campbell
