Featured Free Book: Book is free from 06/16/2025 until 06/20/2025 If the dates are the same, book is free one day only. About the Book A Kind of Love by Ida Subaran is a powerful exploration of love, resilience, and survival set in a vibrant but unforgiving tropical village. The story centers on Doris, a mother fighting to raise her children, Sarah and Kanut, amid poverty and societal pressures. Through richly drawn scenes of daily life, the novel reveals the emotional depths of maternal … [Read more...] about Featured Free Book: A Kind of Love: Love and Resilience in a Harsh Paradise by Ida Subaran
Featured Free Book: Lester Ludlow, Private Eye by Robert R Randall
Featured Free Book: Book is free from 06/16/2025 until 06/20/2025 If the dates are the same, book is free one day only. About the Book What are we to make of Lester Ludlow? Trapped somewhere between adolescence and Hollywood fantasy, he is, nevertheless, a competent, if klutzy, private detective. Obsessed with 1940s style private eyes and ‘blonds with big bazookas,’ ludicrous Lester somehow solves crimes with an efficiency that would have made Sam Spade envious. He is abducted and roughed … [Read more...] about Featured Free Book: Lester Ludlow, Private Eye by Robert R Randall
Interview with Author – Mariela Dabbah
About Mariela Dabbah: Born and raised in Argentina, Mariela Dabbah is an international speaker, award-winning, best-selling author of 6 non-fiction books, two novels in Spanish and a book of short stories, also in Spanish, and one of the most respected voices in leadership and inclusion. As the founder and CEO of the Red Shoe Movement, a global career and leadership development company, Mariela empowers women and diverse professionals to lead with confidence and authenticity. The Postcard is … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Mariela Dabbah
Littlethumb Sneezed by Truant Memphis
What would happen if everything in the world froze but you? Littlethumb Sneezed is the tale of prolific artist and renowned philanthropist Littlethumb Brooks. From the discovery of his creative genius as a child to his rise to fame, join Littlethumb on a satirical journey through the world of American pop culture. It is a life filled with love, laughter, charity, art, disguises, magic tricks, international intrigue, and unfortunately, horrible tragedy. There’s also a punk rocker named Tommy … [Read more...] about Littlethumb Sneezed by Truant Memphis
Interview with Author – Aengie Scevity
About Aengie Scevity: I'm an author based in Melbourne Australia with a PhD from the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences of my alma mater. I write the stories I like to read and what I like to read is ambitious novels that push expectations. Sometimes it's literary fiction with a focus on the big questions of the day, and sometimes it's exploring tropes in a new light. That's the basis of my debut "The Owlbear and the Omens", I wanted to play the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Aengie Scevity
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
