Perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell, Elizabeth Strout, Patrick McGrath and Nathan Filer. Would your life unravel if someone you knew committed suicide? Theirs did. Faye's heart still belongs to her first love, Jack. She knows he might have moved on, but when she decides to track him down, nothing prepares her for the news that he's taken his own life. Faye is left wondering how to move forward, and whether or not Ethan will let her down again. And when she tells her friends, the news … [Read more...] about The Second Cup by Sarah Marie Graye
Interview with Author – Kelly Wilson
About Kelly Wilson: Kelly Wilson is a Portland author and comedian who entertains and inspires with stories of humor, healing, and hope. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Kelly writes and speaks about finding hope in the process of recovery. Through both stand-up and improv comedy, she brings laughter to audiences of all ages using a wide range of subject matter, including silly songs, parenting stories, and jokes and anecdotes revolving around mental health issues. Kelly Wilson is … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kelly Wilson
Interview with Author – Sara Baker
About Sara Baker: Sara Baker's fiction has been published in Cleaver, Confrontation, H.O.W. Journal, The China Grove Journal, TheIntima.org, The Examined Life Journal, The New Quarterly, The Lullwater Review and other venues and has been shortlisted for the Bridport and Fish contests. Her poetry has been published in Stone, River, Sky: the Negative Capability Press Anthology of Georgia Poetry, The 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, The Apalachee Review, The Healing Muse, Ars … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sara Baker
Interview with Author – Kristina Widener
About Kristina Widener: Widener, who loves to read, cook, crochet and resides in Ohio with her two children, the love of her life and his three children, is a writer and an editor who is passionate about her family and her cause. She aims to break the silence of child, infant and pregnancy loss to give angel parents a voice and to teach the rest of the world how to handle it when someone they love loses a child. What inspires you to write? My children inspire me in everything I do, but in … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kristina Widener
Surviving Anna by Hazel Buchanan
Surviving Anna tells the story of Laura Vine as she embarks on the most important journey of her life. Outwardly, Laura is devoted to her career and embraces her independent Sydney lifestyle. But a childhood tragedy has left its mark and Laura has a secret she has never dared to share. Her grief lies deeply buried, unexplored and unresolved. Meeting businessman Adam Moretti shakes Laura's composure and disrupts the status quo, triggering the return of her recurring childhood nightmare. Adam … [Read more...] about Surviving Anna by Hazel Buchanan
Tragedy at Silver Creek by Belinda G. Buchanan
Guilt is a powerful thing, and former deputy Jack Collins is mired in it. Unable to forget the events that have taken place in the town he was sworn to protect, he feels as if he is slowly drowning as he tries to cope with the aftermath of a serial killer's reign of terror, as well as his new--and unwanted--job as chief of police. When the body of a young woman, having the same puncture wounds as the serial killer's previous victims, is discovered, Jack must determine if this is a copycat … [Read more...] about Tragedy at Silver Creek by Belinda G. Buchanan
Falling Water- Stories & Poetry by Blaine Coleman
This is a collection of short stories and poetry that take an incisive look at both the suffering and grief we all face in life and the renewal of faith, the personal and spiritual growth that suffering confers on us, even when we don’t recognize it ourselves. Most of the works collected here examine life in all of its highs and its lows, its joys and grief, and find the underlying good that permeates all of life. The poems were compiled especially for this book from handwritten journals I’ve … [Read more...] about Falling Water- Stories & Poetry by Blaine Coleman
Remembering Will by Jim Yackel
Memory is pain, but there are some things he’ll never forget… At thirty-nine years of age, Will Gailey is an “over the hill” singer-songwriter who leads a rock band that the music business doesn't consider to have the “now” sound. A trauma has rocked his world, and as a result his memory of events has been severely affected. Will can remember the lyrics and chord changes to his songs, but there are other things that seemingly he’s forgotten. Will has always enjoyed fishing, but even that … [Read more...] about Remembering Will by Jim Yackel
Interview with Author – Shirley Enebrad
About Shirley Enebrad: I am a mother who was lucky enough to have a little boy who filled my life and my heart for 9 years. Cory was 3 when diagnosed with leukemia. We spent five and a half years living each moment as best we could. Cory's courage, short life and subsequent death made me the person I am today. I write books, conduct grief workshops, assist grievers via my website, blog and articles-- just as Cory told me to. I am a retired TV producer/writer who loves to volunteer, play with my … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Shirley Enebrad
Interview with Author – Jennifer T Webb
About Jennifer T Webb: Jennifer T Webb was born in the deep South to a family who moved each year, when she was a child. As an adult she naturally became a traveler. Eventually, she went to Puerto Rico, a United States island commonwealth located in the Atlantic Ocean, with the Caribbean Sea at it's Southern borders. For her, it was the most beautiful place she had ever seen. There, she had a near-death experience, that transformed her life completely and left her with 'fatal longing' (an NDE … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jennifer T Webb
Hitting Fear Head On by Biff and Laurie Boggs @Laurieboggs
'Hitting Fear Head On’ is a powerful, chilling, true story of child abuse and neglect, the illness of alcoholism spanning generations, years of infertility issues, all culminating in a miracle child that is called back home to Heaven at the age of eight. Ironically, he along with 4 others, are killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver. His parents, broken in body and spirit, survive, and are guided daily with his presence from heaven. –Linda Warrick, Editor "Laurie Boggs has been … [Read more...] about Hitting Fear Head On by Biff and Laurie Boggs @Laurieboggs
Rising Dark by A. D. Koboah @adkoboah
When the newly married Reverend Avery Wentworth embarks on a journey to the Americas to begin a new life, he foresees only joy ahead of him. But along with the shocking evils prevalent in a world of slavery, he comes against a much older, darker evil that steals his soul and turns him into a creature of the night. Cut off from humanity, he wanders through a wilderness of despair. A nameless, faceless creature forced to exist in the shadows, his only hope for salvation is the vision of a … [Read more...] about Rising Dark by A. D. Koboah @adkoboah