"Everything's bigger in Texas. Even the Secrets." How many family sagas have you read that include a murder mystery in Texas, an epic romance in Japan, tragedy on the cobblestone streets of Paris, and cliff-divers and witchy-women in Mexico? Nicholas Bridwell's debut novel, The Ties That Bind, is about five families who couldn't be more different coming together as a community when tragedy strikes their neighborhood. From there, the story branches out into generations as we explore the … [Read more...] about The Ties That Bind by Nicholas Bridwell
The Little Sentinel of the Sierra Nevada by Paul Williams
The Little Sentinel of the Sierra Nevada follows the harrowing experiences of a small group of pioneers as they journey west to California in 1846. Told through the eyes of thirteen year old Sarah Harlan, the journey is a lesson in strength and endurance, one that will shape Sarah's life forever. Targeted Age Group:: Adult or late teen. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? The American west has fascinated me since my youth. The hardships and tragedies that befell so many nameless … [Read more...] about The Little Sentinel of the Sierra Nevada by Paul Williams
The Little Sentinel of the Sierra Nevada by Paul Williams
It is 1846 and Sarah Harlan is just thirteen when she sets out with her family on the great trek West to California. Confident and assured beyond her years, schooled and shaped by the Father she adores, Sarah believes life has little more to teach her. But this is a journey like no other. In crossing a Continent they must face all that nature can unleash upon them; tempests and floods; raging rivers and scorching deserts; disease and starvation. To face these challenges and overcome them, … [Read more...] about The Little Sentinel of the Sierra Nevada by Paul Williams
I Have Lived Today by Steven Moore
England. 1960s. A cold, harsh autumn. On an isolated island, an abusive man forces his wife to run for her life. Their son Tristan, young and afraid, also flees the island and sets out into the world to escape his demons and find his mother. Hitchhiking beneath the backdrop of a wild and loveless November, Tristan encounters every possible character, from the genuinely kind to the inherently wicked. Beaten, robbed and stripped of even hope, Tristan finds himself on the gritty streets of London’s … [Read more...] about I Have Lived Today by Steven Moore
Approaching Twi-Night by M Thomas Apple
Journeyman relief pitcher Jonathan “Ditch” Klein was all set to be a replacement player during the 1994-1995 baseball strike…until the strike ended. Offered a contract in the minor leagues, playing at the same Upstate NY ballpark he once found success in high school, Ditch has one last chance to prove his worth. But to whom? A manager with an axe to grind, a father second-guessing his pitching decisions, a local sportswriter hailing him as a hometown hero, a decade older than his … [Read more...] about Approaching Twi-Night by M Thomas Apple
Seared by Sandra Gustafsson
Helena is incarcerated. She has crossed the lines, but what has she done? Once a week, Helena see a psychologist and talks with him, and the truth is presented piece by piece. For several years she had a relationship with a man who gave her the courage to live, despite her dark secrets, but she was always "the other woman" and finally Helena's fragile world crashes. We meet Helena in shards: talks with the psychologist interspersed with flashbacks to her childhood and Helena's inner … [Read more...] about Seared by Sandra Gustafsson
You Won’t Remember This by Kate Blackwell
The twelve stories in You Won't Remember This illuminate the lives of men and women who appear as unremarkable as your next-door-neighbor until their lives explode quietly on the page. Kate Blackwell's wry, often darkly funny voice describes the repressed underside of a range of middle-class characters living in the South. Blackwell’s focus is elemental—on marriage, birth, death, and the entanglements of love at all ages—but her gift is to shine a light on these universal situations with such … [Read more...] about You Won’t Remember This by Kate Blackwell
New Sun Rising: Two Stories by Lindsay Edmunds
This "appetizer" book is inexpensive in terms of both money (99 cents) and time (43 pages on the Kindle). The year is 2199; the place, the Reunited States. Kedzie Greer grew up in paradise: a small lakeside community with utopian ideals. But on turning sixteen — the age of legal adulthood in 2199 — Kedzie decides she has had enough of paradise. Story 1, “The Town With Four Names,” is about Kedzie's idyllic hometown, which has survived against all odds for more than three hundred years. … [Read more...] about New Sun Rising: Two Stories by Lindsay Edmunds
Your Smallest Bones by Sean Taylor
Twelve stories- seven previously published and two Pushcart Prize nominations- highlight this collection of short fiction. Empathy is examined as we help push a grand piano onto a frozen lake or read century old lost braille love letters. These stories play the lighthearted adventure of language while taming the overwhelming significance of tiny things. Targeted Age Group:: 16-99 What Inspired You to Write Your Book? The city of San Francisco, the art of minimalism, Raymond Carver, Amy … [Read more...] about Your Smallest Bones by Sean Taylor
Meet Me at the Gates by Kelly Wyre
Outer Banks bookstore owner Hyacinth Silver Fox has a secret millennia in the making: her soul was magically entwined with another, and at night she dreams of every lifetime they've ever spent together. The rules of their magic are simple: Hydee always knows her lover, but he, or she, doesn't remember her. It's up to Hydee to find and make her soulmate see they are destined for each other, and this lifetime is no different, but there's one problem: her soulmate is Theo Monk, heartthrob actor and … [Read more...] about Meet Me at the Gates by Kelly Wyre
The Governess by Noorilhuda
“You make it seem like the cross was yours to bear, alone, do you really think you are brave? Let me tell you, who the brave one is, it’s each and every member of your family who didn’t slap you silly the first time you went awry, the first time you brushed your children aside for merriment. It’s your children, Mr. Lockwood, they are the courageous ones. Not you, you are nothing but a coward. And all for what? For your own selfish needs and whims, your own desire to be alone and free. Free from … [Read more...] about The Governess by Noorilhuda
Things Grak Hates by Peter J Story
Grak hates things. Lots of things. And with a peculiar intensity too. Grak’s contempt is so strong, in fact, that it often leaves his fellow tribesmen bewildered. And when attempting to describe his personality, they find themselves in need of words with greater nuance. “Neurotic” is typically used. “Sociopath” and “narcissist” are also common terms. The most popular descriptor, however, is “pathological.” Grak, on the other hand, sees his situation in a rather different light. He finds … [Read more...] about Things Grak Hates by Peter J Story
