About Mary Elizabeth Fricke: Mary Elizabeth Fricke has lived her entire life within five miles of the Missouri River. She and her husband of 37 years have lived 35 of those years on a farm that has been consistently owned and operated by his family for five generations. They have two grown sons married to wonderful women and two beautiful grandchildren. A graduate of the Writer's Institute of America and a member of the Heartland Writers Guild, she has published a number of articles in … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Sweet Pea Box Set by Mary Elizabeth Fricke
Sweet Pea Gift Set: To one man she gave her virginity; to another, she gave her heart. One, she would mourn. With the other, she would share life's triumph and turmoil. With both, she would endure times of love, and passion and complete happiness as well as times of despair, confusion, and sorrow. One day at a time—each day, building unforgettable memories. Sweet Pea I: The Demise of Innocence (1968-70): At seventeen Johnie is no longer a child but still full of virgin innocence—and defiance. … [Read more...]
Time to Deceive (Sweet Pea II) by Mary Elizabeth Fricke
Time to Deceive (Sweet Pea II: 1973-74) Getting married means you’re going to live happily ever after with your true love. Right? Unfortunately, for Johnie, the first thing she learns after marrying Phil is the necessity of deception as she conceals her love for Jake. Fate continues its cruel intervention when members of Johnie’s family meet untimely deaths and Jake returns to mourn the loss of his sister. Jake and Johnie reunite briefly, painfully, in determination to adopt their … [Read more...]
Backwards Into The Future by Bronwyn Elsmore
You can’t go back, her friends say, but Mary has to do it. That’s because of two people from the past. One is pushing her, the other is holding back, and between the two women there’s much to be resolved. The plum tree and the manuka have gone, but a lemon tree thrives. The mystery surrounding the boat with painted eyes may never be solved; but perhaps some things from the past can be recovered. Targeted Age Group:: general What Inspired You to Write Your Book? The story that’s … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Life Rocks On by Laura Pinto
Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nostalgia Three men. Two women. New York City in the Sixties was a place and time when rock music ruled the airwaves and the souls of teenagers forging rebellious paths diverging from those of their conformist parents. Inside of a decade, life in the civilized world had undergone a paradigm shift, evolving from a single-course meal into a veritable buffet ... and the choices were endless. Take four great-looking, talented performers and one gorgeous, … [Read more...]
Buyer’s Guide: Keeping Her Pledge by Dianne Ascroft
Targeted Age Group: Adult women Category: Historical eBook price range: 99 pence ($1.52 US) About Keeping Her Pledge: After the Allied troops arrived, life would never be the same again. June 1942: Pearl Grainger’s life is much more exciting and fun since the Allied troops arrived in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Although she has to steel her nerve to help her brother, Davy, on smuggling runs across the border to the Republic of Ireland, she’s out dancing several times each week … [Read more...]
Narcissus the Sorcerer by Ralph Monday
This is a book about narcissism. Perhaps I am in error, but it seems to me that narcissism has become a staple of postmodern culture. World War II is a dividing point in American history. The Greatest Generation was about service to others, sacrifice, honor, integrity, loyalty, commitment. That generation experienced the Great Depression and saved the Western world from the horrors of fascism. They left their native shores confident in the tenets of modernity and returned to see the world, in … [Read more...]
Empty Houses and American Renditions by Ralph Monday
This is a book about universal human experience that is divided into two parts. Part I, Empty Houses, concerns the theme of loss, the ephemeral experience of life where we all feel something is always missing, something that can sometimes be defined and sometimes not. The loss may be that of loved family members or friends, a spouse or lover, or a loss of place and time. It seems that we all, from the moment of birth, move through an archetypal mythic space that defines us from our inception. … [Read more...]
A Diamond in the Rough by Rich Fogel
Set in the world of minor league baseball in the 1950s, this imaginative retelling of the Snow White story follows eleven-year-old orphan Whitney Snow as she tries to escape from her villainous aunt who is bent on stealing her inheritance. On the road, Whitney encounters a scruffy minor league baseball team that adopts her as their unofficial team mascot. With the help of these good-hearted players, Whitney learns how to handle the curveballs that life has thrown at her. It's a nostalgic and … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Rich Fogel
About Rich Fogel: Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Rich Fogel has worked in television animation for over 30 years. He has written for many popular shows, including The Smurfs, The Flintstones, Muppet Babies, Pinky & the Brain, The New Superman/Batman Adventures, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Transformers: Animated. Over the years, Rich’s writing has won many honors, including two Emmy Awards, a Prism Award and a Genesis Award. In 2005, he was also nominated for a Writers Guild Award … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Judy Nickles
About Judy Nickles: Judy Nickles is a retired teacher, genealogist, traveler, British crime-drama fan, ghost tour- taker, and writer who has been spinning tales since she could hold a #2 pencil in her fat little fist. She writes “vintage romance”, stories spanning the First World War through the 50s, and also contemporary romantic suspense and cozy mysteries. After 5 traditionally-published books, she “went indie” with two series. She is proof that an old dog can learn new tricks—her laptop and … [Read more...]
Audio Book: Feels Like the First Time by Shawn Inmon @shawninmon
Feels Like the First Time is actually two stories, book-ended together. In the first, two young people in the 1970's meet, become friends and fall in love, in a story as old as time. Eventually, the two are separated by forces beyond their control and don't see each other again for many years. The book-end tale shows what happens when those two young lovers meet again, completely by chance, or fate, thirty years later. Does the enduring power of first love last forever, and can it … [Read more...]
