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  • Calm the F**k Down! A Covid Bedtime Story

    by Ivana B. Dunne
    In our politically polarized era, at least we can all agree that Covid sucks. This politically incorrect bedtime book is for everyone living in the time of COVID. Absolutely profane and funny, it embraces the familiar and paranoid woes of making it through a day so you're able to go to bed for the night. Fall-on-the-floor funny (from a safe social distance), this book is a great gift for adults of all ages to help them take a deep breath of fresh (COVID-free) air, share a huge belly la... more

  • Wyandotte Bound

    by George T. Arnold

    Bound, like many other strong words, finds its meaning in the perceptions of those it affects. To the Van Sheltons, it is positive and deep-rooted, defining their ties to a vast amount of land abundant in the timber, cattle, and silver that make them the wealthiest and the most powerful family in the town of Wyandotte and influential throughout the state of Nevada.

    To J.D. Rohr, who has no money and few prospects, bound is a hopeful force, driving him to Wyandotte, where he assumes the ... more

  • These Scars Called Home

    by Milan Gupta
    Meet Cassie Martinez – intelligent, fierce, and independent. Her life, and her heart, are a strict no-enter zone for others. Mastering the art of survival at a young age, Cassie keeps her secrets close, and everyone else at bay. Looking out for herself, no matter what the cost. But then enters Ronnie Service. An introverted, socially-awkward man who gets nervous riding elevators alone. Asking Cassie to join him for an elevator ride, their journey begins. Cassie and Ronnie come from entirely ... more

  • Bear Woman Rising: Two Women, One Journey

    by Dorothy Staley

    In 1976 Yukon Territory, two very different women join forces. Jesse–a lone female scientist at an arctic outpost, single and pregnant–now on the run. Kara– an earth mother song writer–heading to the remote northern wilderness for the Alaskan winter, her daughter on her lap and gold-mining husband at the wheel. Join them at Whitey’s Roadhouse, where they first meet. Journey with them as they head their own ways, connected by the empowering forged bond of female f... more

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    Luz at Midnight

    by Marisol Cortez
    Deeply embedded in the landscapes of South Texas, Luz at Midnight tells the story of an ill-timed love that unfolds in the time of climate change. Booksmart but naïve, Citlali Sanchez-O'Connor has just been hired to organize a San Antonio campaign against “gleaning,” a controversial new mining practice that promises a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. Soon she encounters Joel Champlain, a journalist struggling to hide his manic-depression as he uncovers the scandals that surround gleaning... more

  • Searching

    by Robin Merrill
    Nora hasn't seen her son in three days, and no one seems to care. His friends say they haven't seen him, but Nora thinks they're lying. The police say he's just run off, but Nora knows this isn't true. He might be a troublemaker, but he wouldn't do this to her. She will not rest until she finds him, but she's in it alone. Then one day, crippled by fatigue and fear, Nora finds her way to a weird little church. And suddenly, she's not alone anymore.

  • Dreaming Sophia: Because Dreaming is an art

    by Melissa Muldoon
    Dreaming Sophia is a magical look into Italy and Art History as seen through the eyes of a young American artist. Sophia is the daughter of a beautiful free-spirited artist, who studied in Italy in the 1960s during a time when the Mud Angels saved Florence. She is brought up in the Sonoma Valley in California, in a home full of love, laughter, art and Italian dreams. When tragedy strikes she finds herself alone in the world with only her Italian muses for company. Through dream-like encounters s... more

  • Waking Isabella: Because beauty can't sleep forever (Edition)

    by Melissa Muldoon
    Waking Isabella is a story about uncovering hidden beauty that, over time, has been lost, erased, or suppressed. It also weaves together several love stories as well as a few mysteries. Nora, an assistant researcher, is a catalyst for resolving the puzzle of a painting that has been missing for decades. Set in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town, the plot unfolds against the backdrop of the city’s antique trade and the fanfare and pageantry of its medieval jousting festival. While filming a documentary ... more

  • Eternally Artemisia: Some Loves, Like Some Women, Are Timeless.

    by Melissa Muldoon
    They say some loves travel through time and are fated to meet over and over again. For Maddie, an art therapist, who wrestles with the “peculiar feeling” she has lived previous lives and is being called to Italy by voices that have left imprints on her soul, this idea is intriguing. Despite her best efforts, however, proof of this has always eluded her. That is, until one illuminating summer in Italy when Maddie’s previous existences start to bleed through into her current reality. When she is i... more

  • The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola—the most famous woman you've never heard of

    by Melissa Muldoon
    Set in the sixteenth-century, The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola tells the story of a woman’s passion for painting and adventure. In a world where women painters had little to no acknowledgment, she was singled out by Michelangelo and Vasari who recognized and praised her talent. Gaining the Milanese elite’s acclaim, she went on to become court painter to Spanish King Philip II and taught his queen to paint. One can’t live such an extraordinary life without having stories to tell, and tell ... more

  • The Rose Keeper

    by Jennifer Lamont Leo
    When a lively young mother and her precocious child befriend a gruff and lonely spinster, emotional wounds from a decades-old tragedy begin to heal. Readers will be drawn to this poignant story about love, loss, and the redemptive power of friendship.

  • 9781736334102

    by Kevin Revolinski
    A high-school runaway; two orphans with a battered canteen and a dead dog in the Mexican desert; a bookkeeper obsessed with a murder photo; a man haunted by a childhood tragedy. Whether returning to small-town homes or getting lost in the souks of Syria, the characters in these twelve stories struggle to find purpose and choose between escape and making peace with their lots. Several of these stories have appeared in various literary publications.

  • SISTER CITY

    by Ian Woollen
    Welcome to Cave City, Indiana and Ciudad de la Gruta in the Yucatán, Mexico. It’s the countdown to Election Day and the annual Sister City soccer game. Per their original Sister City agreement in 1999, the accord must be re-approved every twenty years via referendum. What should be a friendly, rubber-stamp matter is a political hot-potato in 2019. Anything can happen in the heartland. A bit of backstory: Cave City and Ciudad de la Gruta already had a trade relationship a thousand years ago,... more

  • Morning Star: A Play

    by M.J. Lopergolo
    He was the Morning Star, Jehovah’s beloved Angel--but then, some unavoidable circumstances changed everything. Morning Star is a theatrical adaptation of the Biblical story of Satan and his interaction with Almighty. It covers every miniscule detail relating to Lucifer’s origins, his relationship with Jehovah,his betrayal and his vow to destroy humanity as a revenge against Jehovah. While we interpret the story of Lucifer as a classic tale of loyalty and treachery, we fail to realize that... more

  • Masking the Truth

    by Max Parker
    A VICIOUS KILLER Join East India Company Agent Andrew Green and Bow Street Runner Scarlett Pembridge as they hunt down a brutal murderer in 1840's London. The opening chapter of the Green & Scarlett series arrives with MASKING THE TRUTH, a shocking tale of murder, corruption and revenge. A SPY AT HOME The Opium War has just broken out, and Agent Green is no longer required in China. Reassigned to a post inside of London's burgeoning Metropolitan Police force, Green finds that many of th... more

  • Falling into the Silence

    by Margaret Seven Wellman

    In Margaret Seven Wellman’s poetic collection of short stories “Falling into the Silence” we ride along with the author straight into a child's unfettered experience. Each piece revolves around the mystery that is childhood, populated with voices from a rainbow of characters that explore the universal themes of family, memory, heartbreak and moving on. 

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