Fantasies, dreams and reality swirl together in this time when humankind and our beautiful blue planet face terrible social and environmental crises. And just at this moment we see a significant movement to empower women. We are already seeing the benefits for families, communities and even nations. For this author it was a siren call to build a story where women were central to preserving the future. And so the Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy was born to explore the possibilities. What if our Earth … [Read more...] about Gaia’s Majesty-Challenge: The Chosen Rise by Roger B. Burt
Interview with Author – Roger B. Burt
About Roger B. Burt: I'm supposed to tell you about me. The problem is I'm still trying to figure out who I am even as I move into advanced years. I'll try. One essential part of my life has been to explore the "what if". I don't believe much of anything is to be taken for granted. Early in life I thought I would go into nuclear physics because all this strange stuff was being discovered. But I ended up getting a doctorate in clinical psychology at Duke … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Roger B. Burt
Maggie: A Journey of Love, Loss and Survival by Vicki Tapia
** Solo Medalist: New Apple Literary Awards for Historical Fiction 2018 ** Finalist, Historical Fiction: Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2019 Mt. Clemens, Michigan, 1887. Seventeen and headstrong, with marriage on her mind, Maggie is sure she has found her one true love. But when she collides head-on with betrayal, overwhelming loss and ill-treatment, her life unravels. In a time when women had few rights, Maggie rises above adversity through rare determination and grit, becoming an … [Read more...] about Maggie: A Journey of Love, Loss and Survival by Vicki Tapia
Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Diane Greenwood Muir
The Kindle Version of the Boxed set containing the first three books in the Bellingwood series is free right now. “Delightful … charming … captivating … addictive.” Meet Polly Giller, a young woman who comes home to Iowa after living in Boston, to renovate and restore an old school building and start a new life. She meets extraordinary people in Bellingwood. While it seems impossible to many that these wonderful folks actually exist, that’s only because they haven’t spent enough time in small … [Read more...] about Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Diane Greenwood Muir
Interview with Author – Lily Iona MacKenzie
About Lily Iona MacKenzie: About me? A Canadian by birth, a high school dropout, and a mother at 17, in my early years, I supported myself as a stock girl in the Hudson’s Bay Company, as a long-distance operator for the former Alberta Government Telephones, and as a secretary (Bechtel Corp sponsored me into the States). I also was a cocktail waitress at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, briefly broke into the male-dominated world of the docks as a longshoreman (I was the first woman to work … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Lily Iona MacKenzie
Interview with Author – Rachel Veznaian
About Rachel Veznaian: Born and raised in Massachusetts, Rachel Veznaian attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she majored in English. After school, she returned to Boston, where she now lives, works, and writes. Her works include Ballardvale Blues and A Life Stage Soundcheck. What inspires you to write? I find that events in my life are generally what sparks an idea and that usually centers around an interpersonal relationship. Both novels I've written are … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Rachel Veznaian
Indian Summer by Suzanne D. Williams
Ona Privett accepted the marriage proposal of a man, sight unseen. But when she arrives at the edge of the Florida wilderness, the man she thought she'd come to marry, young John Cole, knows nothing about any correspondence. Nor is he interested in being tied down, relying on his mother's Native American ancestry to survive. That ancestry forms poisonous bigotry in the local townspeople, powerful hatred that, despite their growing feelings for each other, might be too strong to overcome without … [Read more...] about Indian Summer by Suzanne D. Williams
A Divided Mind by M. Billiter
What if the only friend you have isn’t real? When the voices in his head begin to make sense, high school senior Branson Kovac turns to the one friend he’s still got… only to discover he’s not really there. Targeted Age Group:: Young Adult and Up What Inspired You to Write Your Book? “A Divided Mind,” started with a phone call. It was the day before a major college kickoff event I had helped plan for more than a year. I was crazily finalizing last-minute details when my son, Kyle, … [Read more...] about A Divided Mind by M. Billiter
Interview with Author – Susan Welch
About Susan Welch: SUSAN WELCH grew up in Minnesota and Wisconsin with either her nose in a book or her toes in the water. She earned a Masters in International Management and built an international career in the brewing industry, and now works for a company focused on regional agriculture, new technologies, and craft brewing. When not traveling for work or pleasure, she spends her time either on the family houseboat in Seattle or in a cabin in the woods of Lummi Island, preferably with her … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Susan Welch
FEATURED BOOK: The Perils of Autumn by Rusty Blackwood
"From Popular Canadian best-selling author of the riveting romantic fiction drama, Passions in Paris: Revelations of a Lost Diary, and the celebrated, 5-star award-winning romantic fiction drama, Willow's Walk, comes the intense romantic drama, now comes, The Perils of Autumn." Set in beautiful Kentucky Horse Country, this page-turner and story set in the early 1970s center on a young Kentucky woman, Autumn Leeves, born in 1946 to Abigail Leeves, an unwed mother who struggles to make ends meet. … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: The Perils of Autumn by Rusty Blackwood
