Featured Free Book: Book is free from 11/11/2024 until 11/15/2024 If the dates are the same, book is free one day only. About the Book The year is 1972, Cold War West Germany. The surrounding world, meanwhile, is either on fire with protest and terrorism, or sliding into nuclear confrontation between the two new superpowers. Perhaps the worst time and place for a mind-and-body shattered American soldier to encounter that most mysterious nemesis, as beautiful as she is … [Read more...] about Featured Free Book: Soldier in Germany by James Snyder
Interview with Author – Michael Goodwin Hilton
About Michael Goodwin Hilton: Michael Goodwin Hilton is an award-winning playwright, poet, and short story writer who has had his work developed and produced in festivals across the United States and Europe. He is a two-time recipient of the Governor's Award for Best Play in the State of New Jersey and The Spotlight Award from True Acting Institute, among other honors. His work has been published by Tiny Seed Literary Journal, After Dinner Conversation, as well as several Smith & Kraus … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Michael Goodwin Hilton
Third Wheel by Richard R. Becker
Third Wheel by Richard R. Becker Third Wheel is an exhilarating coming-of-age thriller about belonging, betrayal, and breaking away. It is the story of a boy trying to find his identity without the benefit of clear role models. He takes chances on random and fragile relationships forged in the pre-boom hours of Las Vegas, 1982. Brady Wilks is remarkable as a transformative protagonist. He must make tough decisions as his friends try to navigate a dangerous path selling cartel-supplied … [Read more...] about Third Wheel by Richard R. Becker
Abroad: A Novel of Cross-Cultural Encounters by Greyson Bryan
Abroad: A Novel of Cross-Cultural Encounters by Greyson Bryan Come along for the ride with this “supremely readable" coming-of-age story about clashing cultures and complicated relationships. ABROAD follows Skip, Maddie, and Rex as they travel overseas and navigate romantic loves and friendships during the cultural upheaval and sexual revolution of the 1960s and 70s. Booklife praises ABROAD saying, “In this literary novel centered on travel and the lessons we can learn from crossing borders … [Read more...] about Abroad: A Novel of Cross-Cultural Encounters by Greyson Bryan
The Oldest Word by Johnny Firic
The Oldest Word by Johnny Firic The story opens with the discovery of a mysterious box from the distant past. Its makers are five orphaned friends who hope to help civilizational knowledge survive disruptive climate change centuries in the future: the ending of the Ice Age. The bar is continuously raised as the box traverses more than a dozen settings to the present day. Readers are tacitly encouraged to partner with the author and fill in the blanks by considering their metaphorical boxes, … [Read more...] about The Oldest Word by Johnny Firic
The Ring by Florence Osmund
The Ring by Florence Osmund Paige West is a well-educated, financially stable business owner who mourns the death of her father and misses the closeness she had with him throughout her life. Jessivel Salter is a high school dropout who had a child out of wedlock at sixteen and is now a single mother on the brink of becoming homeless. She also misses her now-deceased father, but for very different reasons. When fate unites them, Paige is drawn to Jessivel from the start and wants to help her. … [Read more...] about The Ring by Florence Osmund
They Called Me Margaret by Florence Osmund
They Called Me Margaret by Florence Osmund Margaret Manning has spent the better part of her life conforming to the expectations of other people—first her father, then her husband. Breaking away from this ruinous tradition, she becomes a cozy mystery writer and decides to open her own bookstore—The Indie Book Nook. But when her husband mimics the behaviors of some of the more unscrupulous characters in her books, she fears that she is losing him, or even worse that she is losing her mind. … [Read more...] about They Called Me Margaret by Florence Osmund
Interview with Author – Peter Sarno
About Peter Sarno: Peter Sarno taught literature and memoir courses at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and has published essays, reviews, and short stories. While a graduate student at UMass, he won the Donald E Cookson prize in nonfiction. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Music World magazine, Sweet Potato, Gannet newspapers, Gatehouse Media, and other outlets. What inspires you to write? Slice of life tales of working class people who sometimes act heroically, mostly … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Peter Sarno
The Oldest Word by Johnny Firic
The Oldest Word by Johnny Firic “Plural identity is where respectful practice begins.” Who are you? Just the one body and mind? Does your story begin with your birth? Or how far back would you go? The Oldest Word spans ten thousand years and more than a dozen settings. Human contradictions are reconciled time and again, with tragedy and humor feeding off each other. From the twin mirror mazes of history and psychology, amid ever-shifting social and natural landscapes, enduring patterns … [Read more...] about The Oldest Word by Johnny Firic
FEATURED BOOK: Nineteen Hundred Days by Florence Osmund
When twelve-year-old Ben’s parents don’t come home from work one day, he doesn’t know what to think—they’ve shown lack of responsibility before, but nothing like this. His six-year-old sister Lucy is more scared than he is and clings to him for support. Unwittingly fearful of the police and Child Protective Services, the children don’t want to end up in foster homes and will do anything to avoid being separated. Their journey—fraught with obstacles and people who may not have their best … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Nineteen Hundred Days by Florence Osmund
Interview with Author – Libby Sternberg
About Libby Sternberg: LIBBY STERNBERG is an Edgar Award finalist, a Launchpad Prose Top 50 finalist, and a BookLife quarter finalist twice, including once for DAISY. She writes historical fiction, contemporary women’s fiction, young adult mysteries, and more, releasing her humorous works under the name Libby Malin, and her romantic comedy Fire Me was bought for film. Her novel Sloane Hall, a retelling of Jane Eyre, was one of only 14 books highlighted in the Huffington Post on the 200th … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Libby Sternberg
Featured Free Book: Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation by Alice McVeigh
Featured Free Book: Book is free from 07/18/2022 until 07/22/2022 If the dates are the same, book is free one day only. About the Book “McVeigh’s plotting and prose are pitch-perfect” (Publishers Weekly) Harriet is an intriguing and original 'take' on Jane Austen's immortal Emma, by Publishers Weekly’s 2021 BookLife Prize quarterfinalist, Alice McVeigh. Emma, a privileged young heiress, decides to mentor Harriet Smith, a pretty boarding-school pupil, and to matchmake her as eligibly as … [Read more...] about Featured Free Book: Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation by Alice McVeigh
