PULLING GOD'S TEETH (1882-1886) Twenty-four-year-old Carlo Como goes out fishing one dawn on the wide river near his northern Italian village of Castrubello. The Pirino has provided a living for the Como family for generations, but this morning Carlo hauls in a very different catch: three large white rocks known as "God's Teeth." The valuable stones, coveted by local ceramic-makers, will allow him to marry his love, Tonia Vacci, a worker in the town's dismal silk mill. But the fisherman's good … [Read more...] about Pulling God’s Teeth by Anthony Delstretto
Hearts Unfold–Miracle at Valley Rise Book 1 by Karen Welch
A secret Christmas homecoming, a blinding snowstorm, and in the course of one night two shattered lives will be changed forever. Nineteen-year-old Emily Haynes had lost almost everything she loved. Relying on what seems to be guidance from her invalid father, she returns to her past in hopes of finding some sign toward the future. What begins as a joyous homecoming quickly turns into a nightmare when a badly injured stranger stumbles on the scene, his brief presence threatening to alter … [Read more...] about Hearts Unfold–Miracle at Valley Rise Book 1 by Karen Welch
Interview with Author – M. Billiter
About M. Billiter: M. Billiter is the alter ego of contemporary, award-winning romance author, Mary Billliter. After writing more than a dozen love stories, she is exploring the other side. Best known for her emotional honesty, Mary doesn't write about well-adjusted people, but rather the wounds in life. M. Billiter writes with clarity and raw emotion to explore difficult subjects and issues close to her heart. The Book Trailer for, "A Divided Mind" can be viewed … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – M. Billiter
FEATURED BOOK: Winterbloom by Jessica Rydill
Sophie Vasilyevich is a teenager growing up in Anglond, the child of exiles. Sometimes grass springs up where she walks, and her future holds an unusual fate: she is going to be kidnapped when she is sixteen, and no one can stop it. Taken between worlds to the city of Bath in 1920’s England, Sophie meets a young man called James Carnwallis, once a pilot in the Great War. But even as she falls in love, she learns more about the forces at work – and her fate in their plans. As an alliance of … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Winterbloom by Jessica Rydill
Red Maple Falls Series Bundle: Books 4-6 by Theresa Paolo
Red Maple Falls Series Bundle: Books 4-6 by Theresa Paolo Love blooms in the New Hampshire town of Red Maple Falls in this newest collection of utterly romantic small-town love stories! Join the rest of the Hayes siblings as they each find love in the most unexpected ways. … [Read more...] about Red Maple Falls Series Bundle: Books 4-6 by Theresa Paolo
Featured PermaFree eBook: Can’t Buy Me Love by Martin Humphries
About the Book It’s the sixties, and London might be swinging, but not for our girl, Edith. Raised in a miserable home full of anger and hate, life for poor Edith seems to hold little hope. But she finds plenty when she teams up with her older gay cousin, Ronnie, who makes her his mission with a plan to re-shape her into the fabulous young woman he knows she deserves to be. Once free of her father and her weak, defenseless mother, her transformation is swift and dramatic. Suddenly, life is an … [Read more...] about Featured PermaFree eBook: Can’t Buy Me Love by Martin Humphries
The Catalain Book of Secrets by Jessica Lourey
"The Catalain Book of Secrets opens with a bang and keeps on firing off the unexpected. Think Charles deLint or Alice Hoffman...spell-binding." ―Midwest Book Review Faith Falls is a snug little Minnesota town constructed over a mystery, a place where the most impressive building is a gorgeous Queen Anne with turrets, cantilevered gables, and a wraparound porch. In a concealed room beneath the twisting stairs of the Queen Anne lies the Catalain Book of Secrets, the repository of the wisdom the … [Read more...] about The Catalain Book of Secrets by Jessica Lourey
Refugee by Reece Pocock
Reece Pocock has written an authoritative and intimate story of two families brought together by war and peace; in the process, he creates a fine study of how ordinary people are swept along by political and military events over which they have no control but which continue to colour their daily lives. In North Africa in the 1940s, two men - Bill, an Australian and Rolf, a German - confront each other in a one-to-one fight in the vicious battles around Tobruk. Both are forever scared physically … [Read more...] about Refugee by Reece Pocock
Interview with Author – Christine Simolke
About Christine Simolke: I am a former middle school language arts teacher/group cycling instructor with a master’s degree in English education. I’m married and have two sons, two dogs and two cats. I love to read, run, take group exercise classes, dance with my husband, and cook. When my youngest son entered high school, about 7 years ago, I quit teaching to work on writing full time. What inspires you to write? I am inspired by reading about and talking to interesting people, watching the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Christine Simolke
Interview with Author – Elizabeth Guider
About Elizabeth Guider: I am a longtime entertainment journalist who has worked in Rome, Paris and London as well as in New York and Los Angeles. Born in the South, I hold a doctorate in Renaissance Studies from New York University. During the late 1970’s I was based in Rome where I taught English and American literature and where much of the action of my first novel, The Passionate Palazzo, takes place. While in Europe I worked as an entertainment reporter for the showbiz newspaper Variety, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Elizabeth Guider
