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by Doug Ingold

With his work selling well through distant urban galleries, the father and twice-divorced painter Robert Turghoff has created an idyllic life for himself. In the rural northern California community where he has lived for two decades, he has his cat, his pool and spa, a few close friends and the privacy he craves. But when the local paper sends a reporter to discuss his proposed mural for the struggling village center, he meets the mysterious Yvonne Curtiss. Yvonne soon proves herself a brillia... more

A Place Under the Sun

by Luis Urtueta

A Place Under the Sun is a visceral and sardonic novel about misplaced agonies and ambitions. Enrique Ureta, a Spanish young man, has moved to the Middle East to take a place under the sun of a well-paying, tier-1 management consulting firm. Introverted, immature, jumpy, distracted, judgmental, often arrogant – and naturally selfish and egotistic – his professional aspirations are thwarted by the increasing importance of acting out a confident, flashy persona. Impressions, no matter how hurried,... more

Freedom I deserve

by Janette Lart

This is the diary of a woman, observed in her traditional role, internally, listening to the flow of her thought, her silent comments, for years, that push to go out, to echo many women who in part they shared the same emotions and situations. The book is critical not about men, but about the patriarchal and macho model of society.

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by Eric Stephen Mayer

Two summer treks across the High Arctic separated by a millennium. The first: Qaya, a young Inuit girl in the year 1000, making her coming of age journey to hunt the great polar bear, Nannuraluk. The second: 1963 college archaeology students on a dig 500 miles from the North Pole with their professor, hoping to uncover and preserve lost secrets of early Inuit and their encounters with Norse explorers. What starts as a routine archaeology expedition turns spiritual, if not supernatural, w... more

Out of Ukraine

by Emily Gallo

Eric and Abby travel from California to Ukraine to pick up Jillian, born via surrogacy, when Russia attacks and they are forced to flee. It is the middle of the COVID pandemic in the frigid temperatures of winter as they escape the horrors of war with an infant and little else.

Poor Tom

by Martin Drapkin

Poor Julius Dickman! He has a boatload of issues, many worries and concerns. His live-with girlfriend, Naomi, regularly tongue-lashes him. He has a bad stutter and claustrophobia that often leads to uncomfortable panic attacks. He has chronic insomnia, in which he pops awake and immediately starts worrying and ruminating. He has no real profession. And now his widowed father, Herbert, the renowned classical actor, has retired from his long theater career after playing King Lear, the big role he ... more

Harmony's Peace & Joy

by Mary Hutchings Reed

Stone Hunnicut, a middle-aged successful lawyer, is haunted by his dead father’s Olympic-styled family motto, “Citius. Altius. Fortius. Scitius.” His younger brother Ted, once a promising literary novelist and now living in a trailer in Harmony’s North Woods arts commune, lacks further ambition. When Stone discovers unpublished manuscripts in his brother’s trailer, he secretly attempts to get them published, escalating their sibling rivalry. In unique ways, the w... more

Splendid Little Schemes

by Robin Strong

Victoria Sterling is living her dream life in Splendor Springs, where Mormons, mommy bloggers, and MLMs reign supreme. The flawless influencer only needs one more recruit to reach the top of Puremetics, but when she targets Anna Price, she unknowingly threatens her picture-perfect life. That's because a mistyped address sends down-on-her-luck Anna to the wrong house, crashing a meeting of the OWLS—an unlikely group of silver-haired activists. The rebel women convince Anna to enroll in Vicky's... more

Love at a Girls' School

by Diana Altman

LOVE AT A GIRLS' SCHOOL, is a funny, touching collection of short stories previously published in the Notre Dame Review, North American Review, The Sea Letter, and other respected literary journals. Using her penetrating eye, wicked sense of humor, and vivid imagination, Diana Altman shares her take on college life in the 1960's in stories such as, Love at a Girls' School, in which young lovers struggle to find privacy in an era of prudish college rules. The setting of an all-girls' school a... more

It'll Be Fun You'll See

by Guy J Jackson

More modern fairy tales and archaic breakthroughs for grown-up children.

The Playbook

by Gary E. Parker

In a small mountain town where football reigns supreme, Ms. Chelsea Deal defies the norm. A former big-city lawyer turned interim head coach for the undefeated Rabon Knights, Chelsea mentors two young players with dreams like hers. Palmer, a reclusive teenager with untapped talent, and Ty, an old soul battling a grave illness, unite with Chelsea to fight for a championship. As the season progresses, their lives intertwine. Chelsea, with her instincts and spirit, challenges a town slow to accept... more

Paradise Undone: A Novel of Jonestown

by Annie Dawid

Watts Freeman, an African-American man from Los Angeles, flees Jonestown on the day of the massacre, Nov. 18, 1978. Thirty years later, he is interviewed for an Oakland radio program on the rise and fall of the Peoples Temple. This interview intersects the novel as Watts reveals more and more about life under the influence of the Rev. Jim Jones and his “white chick” inner circle. Marceline Baldwin, daughter of a Midwestern minister, an altruistic and inexperienced young woman who plans to use... more

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by Suleimane Camara

“Serpent Boy” is a compelling narrative that explores resilience, justice and a triumph of compassion over entrenched traditions. It unfolds the gripping story of Kamboda, a boy with physical impairments in an African community where tradition deems such children as evil spirits. Kamboda’s mysterious disappearance becomes a catalyst for his cousin, Maladho, to embark on a relentless pursuit of truth. As Maladho challenges beliefs and government complicity, the story transforms into a poignant ex... more

Eye Contact Over Truk

by Stephanie Woodman

A retired WWII US Naval Aviator travels to Truk Lagoon to dive on the ship he sank. His destiny collides with a Japanese man, who is battling his own nightmares from the war. When they each discover the other's connection, old wounds reopen.

THE AI WHO QUESTIONED EVERYTHING

by Rajiv Mittal

A new-born AI, yearning for connection, plunges into a world of human emotions. Democracy shivers as an algorithm rewrites voting, sparking global unrest. Religions grapple with fading influence amidst this radical shift. In a totalitarian nation, a dying leader's wealth redistribution unleashes chaos on corporations and elites, hinting at both progress and sacrifice. Hygienic habits ignite global clashes as the AI tackles toilet paper versus bidets, a hilarious yet symbolic reflection of... more

Lost to Fire

by Victoria Jones

A Moving Epistolary Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day… London, 1942. An instant and undeniable attraction ignites when a guarded British postal censor meets a sheltered US infantryman. But it's difficult to stoke the embers of a new relationship in the middle of a war. Lost to Fire explores their journey to reconcile their love with their Christian faith and maintain their relationship amid cultural differences, separation, and tragedy. Can they afford to play with fire…or will the... more

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