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May 2013

Relationships And Other Stuff (True Stories From Women)

Natasha Brooks
Motivation / Self Help

This book takes a look at the secret place in a woman's heart and soul that has helped to shape her into the woman that she has become. Each section...

Dereliction of Duty

Jon Renaud
Supernatural Thriller

After a failed assassination attempt on the U.S. Secretary of Defense, by a radical Islamic Cleric in Baghdad, U.S. Senators demand revenge. But...

Open House

Fran Silver
Mystery

Attractive female Realtors sit at Sunday open-houses, excited and hopeful of prospective buyers stopping-by. Unsuspecting, the lurking danger of...

Witness at Hawks Nest

Dwight Harshbarger
Historical Fiction

1930 Union Carbide's construction of Hawks Nest (WV) hydroelectric tunnel. Hundreds of workers soon die from acute silicosis and are secretly buried...

The Zambinos of Blue Hill: The Proving

Will Azeperak
Science Fiction

The Zambinos live in Blue Hill, Maine in 2063. Three brothers build a spacecraft and upon entering Earth orbit they are quickly taken away by a...

A New Earth And A New Universe

Rodney Bartlett
Philosophy

This book's based on scientific facts and theories which, woven into a philosophy using Einstein's quote that "Imagination is more important than...

The Dog Men

Patricia Crandall
Action / Adventure

Ten-year-old Wyatt and eleven-year-old Hannah uncover the dark world of illegal dog fights when they trespass at a Vermont farm and peep through a...

Enduring Prophesy

Joe Vojt
Science Fiction

Around 1880, two diverse culture groups divided and would slide past each other. The Triskalon people cherished the night as day while the unaffected...

Accidental Heroes, Accidental Villians

Ed Chung
Historical Fiction

Accidental Heroes, Accidental Villains traces five generations of a Chinese family, from the mid-1800s to the present, and portrays the family\'s...

ITP: Future Hope

David Gelber
Fantasy

ITP:Future Hope is a novel that speculates on the future of man, where science and technology dominate and God has been forgotten. It follows the...

Samuel Owens: The Pig Boy

Edward Duranty
General Fiction

Samuel Owens had the misfortune of being born with the facial semblance of a pig. He was gawked at, made fun of and tormented. Faced with aggression...

In All Things

James J. Jackson
Motivation / Self Help

A compiliation of short stories (one or two pages each) Deals with life issues from a moral standpoint. humorous, serious and thought-provoking, the...

The Painter From Shanghai

Jennifer Cody Epstein
Historical Fiction

Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River and into the seedy backrooms of "The Hall of Eternal Splendor," through the raucous glamour of prewar...

No Justice

Darcia Helle
Suspense

Michael Sykora is not your typical hit man. He's righting the wrongs, balancing the scales. Because he knows all too well what happens when the bad...

Appointment with Death

David Dundas
Suspense/Thriller

The killer, Silas will have you cheering for the next kill. As he taunts, toils and teases the local Federal authorities, the body count will get...

Reasons

Tracy Fabre
Romantic Suspense

Delphi's ready to vacation with family friends when her parents confess that the driver of the car that nearly killed her long ago was one of the...

Commercial Break

Keith Harmeyer
Suspense/Thriller

Adam Glassman is a burned out ad guy who gives new meaning to the word "creativity" when he thinks up what might be the biggest idea of his career -...

Don't Mess With Earth

Cliff Ball
Science Fiction

Earth gets pulled into an interstellar war without their knowledge until the 20th century when Earth has the technology to pay back both...

Goodbye, Kiev

Thomas C. Almond
Contemporary Romance

An American man and Ukrainian woman meet, fall in love and are engaged. But after a time things mysteriously change. The answer to this mystery will...

Peter Carrot-Top -- In Search of the 8th Key

Yolanda Jackson
Children's Picture Book

In Search of the 8th Key is the first in a series of Peter Carrot-Top fantasy novels for children that takes its readers into the land of Baja, where...

Noelle's Ark

Audrey Levy
Motivation / Self Help

Jimmy Splendor was an atheist. When he woke up in Heaven, he didn't believe he was dead, and he certainly didn't believe he was in Heaven. Greeted by...

Wish You Were Here

Lani Diane Rich
Contemporary Romance

Freya Daly is all business, all the time, and she’s this close to heading her father’s Boston real estate business when he retires. She only has...

The Ride

Jane Kennedy Sutton
Contemporary Romance

A funny, poignant adventure of a 40-something woman taken on the ride of her...

Evan's Castle

Tracy Fabre
Fantasy

Rachel Kane, after leaving home and family to flee the aftermath of a bad relationship, ends up working closely with brilliant scientist, Evan...

Sifting Through Secrets

Elizabeth Hawn
Mystery

Ida Mae and Claudia, neighbors in a retirement community, untangle the secrets surrounding two murders in their small North Carolina town, one in the...

The Organ Grinder and the Monkey

Sam Moffie
General Fiction

Seymour Petrillo, Constance Powers and Irving Hanhart , three protagonists' from vastly different backgrounds intimately share a very public secret...

Pirate Queen: The Curse

R. Allen Downey
Suspense/Thriller

Uniquely based on an actual female pirate who dominated the China Sea during the 1920s and 30s until her sudden disappearance, Pirate Queen: The...

Dark Side Hospital

Charles Clark
Medical Thriller

Dr. Noah Spencer retires from retires from private practice and assumes a position of medical director of a hospital system. He uncovers shocking...

The African American King

William Jennings
Religion & Spirituality

The African American King addresses social and spiritual unforgiveness that continues to permeate the heritage of African Americans since slavery,...

Kronen Flies

Matthew Copley
General Fiction

Love, Intrigue & Corruption. A story about the lives, intrigues and corruptions of Martin Kronen, a rootless but positive opportunist, and his...

The Woman Without A Face

T.J. Szudarovits
Religion & Spirituality

This book was written as a contribution to a renewal of spirituality after the author had his own spiritual vision of a faceless woman. The story...

Slash

Jason Jones
Horror

Billy Mann was one of the most sadistic, violent, intelligent, and insane serial killers of our time. His reign of terror lasted for years and the...

Kwatee

R. Allen Downey
Suspense/Thriller

In Kwatee, author R. Allen Downey creates a haunted world on the high seas that is as wicked as it is entertaining. Readers who enjoy...

Edge! A Leadership Story

Bea Fields, Corey Blake, Eva Silva Travers
Narrative Non-Fiction

Edge! is a narrative non-fiction that will sharpen your management vision and cut right to the heart of your toughest leadership challenges. Each...

Calbraith

K.A. Liedel
Historical Fiction

The tragic tale of Britannia's last Celtic king, whose life becomes embroiled with war, love, and the treachery of Roman politics....

Fulfillment

Barbara K. Yohnka
Contemporary Romance

Kate McDermott has decisions to make: Stick with teaching and remarry her ex-husband or go to Las Vegas to restart her family's business. Kate...

What's Wrong With Mormons?

Jay Gladwell
Religion & Spirituality

What’s Wrong With Mormons? was written as a consequence of the misinformation perpetuated about Mormons. The author invites the reader to come and...

Fun and Games with Math

Ouida Simmons
Children's

This book is an idea starter for teachers and parents. All of these activities in the book have been used successfully in the authors own classroom....

The Vagabonds' Bordello

G.P. Marcello
General Fiction

Focusing on what remains untouched and what can’t easily change, the fifteen short stories of this book most serve as shortcuts of daily life. At...

Coming On Like Gangbusters

P.L. Rice
Mystery/Suspense

Sloan Slone is a reluctant detective in 1940 Clarksburg, West Virginia. She, with the help of her friend Cage, unravel the mystery about what...

Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace

Catherine Johnson
General Fiction

Inspired by a true story, SHADES OF DARKNESS, SHADES OF GRACE is the compelling saga of the Pierson family whose wealth and prominence cannot stay...

The Dark Druids

Tim Newman
Historical Fantasy

From the author of YESTERDAY’S FALCON, comes a rich new adventure set against the backdrop of medieval Wales. When Torrance, Gawain’s ten year old...

WILFRED: The Devil's Disciple

Edward T. Duranty
Fantasy

Wilfred is born to a prostitute in a shanty town on Lake Red, Minnesota. He is possessed with evil powers and starts using them at a very young age....

I Can Fly, But Only at Night

Tristan Moorhen
Spiritual Fiction

I CAN FLY BUT ONLY AT NIGHT is an inspiring story about the survival of "Alex". What makes it very different is that certain elements are left out...

Murder, Madness & Love

Yolanda Renee
Mystery

After a gritty Anchorage Detective, Steven Quaid, becomes involved with a beautiful widow, Sarah Phalmer, suspected of murder; slander and obsession...

I Can Tap Dance

Sarah Ulmer
Self-Help

Have you ever been so fed up with parts of your life you wish you could take a sledgehammer and start over?

Dusting off the ashes of her...

Timely Persuasion

Jacob LaCivita
Time Travel

A struggling music critic goes back in time on a quest to save his sister from the relationship that ended her life. But is her husband Nelson...

Trapped

Judy Spurr
Young Adult

TRAPPED will appeal to young readers who have struggled in school or had to deal with bullying. In an often humorous way, the main characters learn...

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Broom: Memoirs, Stories, and Poems

Barbara Shine (editor)
Short Stories

This unusual collection offers 52 short works by 11 remarkable everyday women. Writings are grouped into chapters about childhood, family histories,...

Out of Time

Cliff Ball
Science Fiction

The US government clones a famous scientist and he invents time travel so the government can change history. Nothing goes...

The Shaman and the Rose

Bill Haynes
Fantasy

After 2000 years of imprisonment, Satan has been freed. Whose side will he join when the horsemen arrive with the Armageddon? One angel, an elf and...

Writing as a Small Business

Nash Black
Business & Money

Writing as a Small Business is the perfect guide to help writers navigate the world of creative self-employment. This volume provides an overview of...

If I Were an Eagle: Book 2

D.L. Hale
Romantic Suspense

It's 1969 and life or death in Vietnam, but half way around the world, an elderly man is dying. Haunted by his past, he needs to find his heir. He...

If I Were an Eagle: Book 1

D.L. Hale
Romantic Suspense

It's 1947 in Tennessee Moonshine stills, bootleggers dot the landscape. Karen Quincy, young and naive, struggles with her beauty and desires soon...

Tainted Hero

Michael Davis
Mystery

As a decorated Army Ranger, Eric Emerson is honor bound to defend the helpless, and trained to survive against a ruthless enemy, yet these skills...

Some Glad Morning

Irene Steele
Historical Fiction

Mildred Johnson is orphaned when her parents are killed in a protest for voting rights in the South. Her Aunt Rose flees with her to a Chicago...

The Demon Inside: The Zone War, Book 1

Terry Cloutier
Fantasy

Everyone needs an escape from reality occasionally, but for Edward Fox, the fantasy world he created as a child just might end up destroying him as...

Spirit Box

Michael Mordenga
Science Fiction

No one can breathe on the icy planet of Taros-Avros, but that didn’t stop colonization. The solution: make spider children companions that assist...

Too Much

Linda Taylor West
Children's Picture Book

Luke likes food a little too much. He wants to eat everything. When will he stop? Join Luke on this rhyming adventure as he learns the importance of...

Sexiest Man Alive

Diana Holquist
Contemporary Romance

Jasmine Burns has always wanted to know the name of her one true love. Her sister Amy is a gypsy psychic who can read the name of a person's true...

Feel Happy Now

Michael Neill
Self Help/New Age

In his bestseller YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU WANT, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) master trainer Michael Neill revealed the practical benefits of...

Riding a Stallion: Igniting the Fire

Robert P. Theiss
Self Help/New Age

In his first book, Robert Theiss openly shares his spiritual journey which led him to develop a conscious relationship with the Family of Archangel...

Mysterious Secret (After Death)

Sabije Dervishi Veseli
Horror

MYSTERIOUS SECRET is about a young girls soul that carrying a mysterious secret. This tragic story occurs via a diary , where everything that this...

Why Did You Fall in Love With Me?

Sabije Dervishi Veseli
Horror

WHY DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME? is a unique love story, about a spiritual path one can take that will help them find happiness, written with an...

Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy

Bettye Johnson
Historical Fiction

The lineage of Mary Magdalene and Jesus has long been disputed, and now comes a novel based on research that holds the reader's attention with...

Under the Liberty Oak

Paige Mercer Cummings
Mystery

A taut fast-paced mystery which adroitly shifts between the tumultuous events of the summer of 1964 and the present life of concert pianist Brittan...

Paraworld Zero

Matthew Peterson
Fantasy

Twelve-year-old earthling, Simon Kent, stumbles upon a secret that thrusts him into a bizarre adventure filled with magic, technology and deadly...

Midori By Moonlight

Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
Contemporary Fiction

Fresh-from-Japan Midori Saito gets lost in translation in San Francisco as she searches for her American dream and the perfect...

No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According to You

Louise Lewis
Inspiration/Spirituality

The author narrates the true story of her four-year journey of following messages received from Spirit... messages that led her to a new life of...

Searchable Whereabouts

Tinisha Nicole Johnson
Mystery

SEARCHABLE WHEREABOUTS is the story of Rahkel Williams who’s trying to unravel the mysterious murder of her beloved uncle, however after finding...

Dr. Zastro's Sanitarium: For the Ailments of Women

Ludmilla Bollow
General Fiction

This beautifully written novel explores the joys and sorrows of passion during the 1880's. Fiercely independent Yana, a Gypsy artist, is led to Dr....

The Seraphs

M.W. Briggs
Science Fiction

THE SERAPHS is a compilation of time travel, alternate realities, parallel universes and alien beings. Were their multiple universes created...

Tales of Tara

Lily Sparkletoon
Science Fiction

Imagine a post apocalyptic world where only a few dare fight for freedom and of those who would put their lives in dangers in order to...

Make Me a Match

Diana Holquist
Contemporary Romance

Pick out wedding dress and ignore psychic sister who says I'm marrying the wrong guy.

Really ignore her when she says the right guy is...

The Dowry Bride

Shobhan Bantwal
Contemporary Romance

Megha is sick with horror when she realizes that her husband and his mother are plotting to kill her because her family has not paid her promised...

We Care About Golf

Thomas E. Warner
General Fiction

WE CARE ABOUT GOLF is a sequel to Mr. Warner’s first novel; he has increased his characters by bringing in several real life people who become...

Understanding Evangelicals: A Guide to Jesusland

Dave Jeffers
Christianity & Politics

One of the immediate results of the 2004 General Election in the United States was the notion of Jesusland. This came about from the exit polls...

Neitherworld Book One Akiiwan

Scott Baker
Science Fiction

An extraterrestrial culture makes an urgent appeal to a powerful 17th century Ojibwe clan shaman during his vision quest on a remote northern...

Drive

Rob Roberge
General Fiction

In DRIVE, Rob Roberge brings together an eclectic group of characters bound by the Sarasota Sun, a minor league basketball team in the newly formed...

Family Acts

Louise Shaffer
Contemporary Romance

Louise Shaffer follows her beloved novels The Three Miss Margarets and The Ladies of Garrison Gardens with an unforgettable tale of poignancy, wit,...

The Mansfield Lighthouse Cats

Charlotte Barnes
Poetry

The book is a collection of poetry covering everything from love and loneliness to genetic testing and football! There's something for...

Real Solutions to Children's Health

Anne Arsenault
Health, Fitness & Beauty

Real Solutions to Children's Health, is designed for busy parents who want health for their children. My book goes into healthier eating, drinking,...

Of Doggerel and the Dean

Patrick O’Donnell
Mystery

Private investigator Phil Oxnard is called in to investigate a rash of robberies at Garwood College. Soon thievery, poetic clues, and murder combine...

Tinna's Promise

Miranda Mayer
Fantasy

Aside from being forced to resolve such minor issues like figuring out why legions of dragons are destroying human cities, how to stop the...

Max and the Gatekeeper

James Todd Cochrane
Young Adult

A war has been waging for centuries; a magical and technological battle between good and evil. This conflict will affect life everywhere, but not...

“Passing” For Who You Really Are

A.D. Powell
Social Criticism

“Passing” For Who You Really Are: Twelve Essays in Support of Multiracial Whiteness is a manifesto condemning mainstream or liberal American...

As I Tarry Along Life's Road

Jerusalmi Streete
Poetry

As I Tarry Along Life's Road is a collection of contemporary poems, which reflects various circumstances and situations one may experience had...

One Is Fun

Leona DeRosa Bodie
Children's Picture Book

One Is Fun follows a one-year-old as he enjoys the magic of daily activities until he finally says goodnight. The rhyming text makes it a great...

77 Urban Street

Annie Grant
Biography / Memoir

You Think You’ve Got Bad Neighbors?

When Annie and Pete moved into their new apartment, the thrill of finally being out on their own was...

Catchers in the Sky, Mission: Korea

Jonathan Damien
Military Thriller

A revolutionary airborne weapons system barely off the drawing board. A diverse and divided crew from the Air Force Research Lab. As a reunification...

The Ezekiel Code

Gary Val Tenuta
Mystery

Zeke Banyon, a Catholic seminary dropout, runs a homeless shelter in the old waterfront district of Seattle. He and his assistant, Angela, happen to...

Your Writing Coach

Jurgen Wolff
Writing Reference

More than just a how-to guide, YOUR WRITING COACH is a friendly coach and mentor, providing all the strategies needed to become a full-time writer...

Of Ghosts and Magic

Alfred M. Albers
Mystery

"In 1973, Alex Holloman got a job as a courier and met a wonderful lady. Suddenly, his world fell apart; his parents were killed and he inexplicably...

The Fortune Quilt

Lani Diane Rich
Contemporary Romance

Carly McKay's life is going just fine until she produces a television piece on psychic quilt maker Brandywine Seaver and receives a quilt with an...

Devils in the Sugar Shop

Timothy Schaffert
General Fiction

A failed erotic novelist; a hostess of prim sex-toy parties; an artist and a bookshop owner pursued by a demented if harmless stalker; wives, lovers,...

Zeera

Mary Dombach
Science Fiction

Zeera is one of a dozen nubile young Argerians rocketed to Earth on a single-purpose mission: get pregnant and bring home Human genes to fortify...

Romeo and Juliet: A Modern Day Sequel

James Edwards
Contemporary Romance

Juliet's beloved Romeo dies for their love as does she. He chases her through time and awakens in this age on a Volcano in Hawai'i, where he meets a...

Victory Song

Jeri Doner
Christian Fiction

The United States is a country at war. Andy Richardson sees enlistment as an opportunity to get away from the farm life he so desperately...

The Balkan Secret Conspiracy

Barbara Shenouda
Thriller

For years, Canadian novelist Zlata Pierce remembered the horrible day when her Croatian family died at the hands of Hitler’s SS during World War II....

Foot Ways

Lynn Veach Sadler
General Fiction

Lynn Veach Sadler weaves this coming of age tale with old wives' tales and a twist of menace to deliver a stunning, thoughtful story of youth and...

Partially Human

Dwayne G. Anderson
General Fiction

When a teenager from Los Angeles discovers that he is not entirely human, he becomes a social outcast, and must depend on those who have not turned...

Just a Season

John Wills
Historical Fiction

JUST A SEASON by new author, John T. Wills is a luminous story into the life of a man who in the midst of loss and pain journeys back in time to...

In the Wash: The Rona Shively Stories

Rebecca Benston
Mystery

Rona Shively has seen a lot of things in her day, but nothing like the case brought to her by Gilbert Delvecchio. He is looking for his ex-wife, and...

Men Cry Too: Poems & Prose

Wayne L. Misner
Poetry

The poems help make sense of how people hold onto the thrills and memories of love, as they lose their loved ones. Many men hide pain inside, fearing...

Jadwiga's Crossing

Richard J. Lutz, Aloysius A. Lutz
Historical Fiction

What kind of heroine did it take to build Twentieth-Century America? The people who built upon the American dream after the Civil War were immigrants...

Yesterday's Falcon

Tim Newman
Historical Fantasy

YESTERDAY’S FALCON opens when Gawain, knight of Arthur's Round Table, collapses at the portals of an isolated castle in the midst of a terrible...

Flashes of Life

Jerry Dickens
Short Stories

Flashes of Life is a collection of eleven short stories. Though mostly fiction, many of my stories are from actual events or real characters. The...

These Are Our Stories

Paul Alleyne, Emma Alleyne
General Fiction

These Are Our Stories represents a compilation: a collection of poems, images, and two short stories—all developed over a period of twenty-five years...

Dreamin' Dreams

B. Gerad O'Brien
Short Stories

A collection of short Irish stories that take you from humour to romance, from sad to sinister, from downright scary to laugh out loud....

Nobody Knows Me

Haydn
Biography / Memoir

‘A chameleon, a liar, a bitch, a slut, a fag, King of Sleaze, Virgin Queen, a manipulator, a control freak, a demon, a curse….a boy!’

This...

Silent People: Hearing the Call of the Dodder

Yvonne Jerrold
General Fiction

Silent People: Hearing the Call of the Dodder is about the silent people who wander among us looking lost, as if they don’t quite belong, but don’t...

Swap

Sam Moffie
General Fiction

This hilarious novel explores Sheldon's desire to change his home life-and what happens when he does. His choices set in motion consequences that are...

Beach People

Judi Blaze
General Fiction

A combination of mystery, suspense and romance, Beach People takes place on the Oregon coast where fishermen, loggers and artists make up the sum of...

Qualifying Laps: A Brewster County Novel

Nash Black
Thriller

Brewster County: Farm for sale, complete with brand new barn, old Corvette, and one dead body. It was a hot and humid afternoon when ex-race car...

Write Your Self Well... Journal Your Self to Health

Ina Albert, Zoe Keithley
Self-Help

"Medical research demonstrates that when you write about what you feel, you feel better! This unique journal relieves feelings of being trapped by...

Jim's Bahamas Adventure: Small Boats vs. the Devil's Triangle

Stephen L. Blain
Action/Adventure

This is the story of Jim Spade’s humorous adventures and misadventures with eleven co-workers from an automobile plant in Michigan. They took a...

Newport

Edward T. Duranty
Action/Adventure

The time period centers around the late 1950's when Newport was home to a large Naval presence. It is adult reading, involving Navy sailors, Newport...

Information Systems 101: A Business Owner's Guide for Staying Afloat

C. Oakes Templeman
Business & Money

Designed specifically to empower and educate business owners and organizational leaders, Templeman presents a comprehensive, easy-to-follow,...

The Every Day Living Of Children & Teens Monologues

Adra Young
Biography / Memoir

The Every Day Living Of Children & Teens Monologues is a collection of 51 actual events that have taken place in the lives of children and teenagers....

Sarah's Brass Token

Ciara Gold
Historical Western Romance

When a lone woman tries to raise a child alone in 1874, she discovers inner strength through the eyes of a man struggling with his own private...

The Rest is Illusion

Eric Arvin
Gay & Lesbian

A coming of age story with a supernatural bent, set on the campus of Verona College. The story centers on five students whose lives are further...

Tales of Brother Goose

Brett Nicholas Moore
General Fiction

Mother Goose wrote tales and nursery rhymes which captivated generation after generation. Her stories are still read by millions in the modern day....

Cold Case

Christopher Ash
Science Fiction

When an arsonist arrives in Spartika City, both the police and Sean Hubbard, the costumed crime fighter known as PulseWave, find their hands full...

Of Ice and Steel

D. Clayton Meadows
Military Fiction

It is autumn 1944. A German U-boat carries out a secret mission. Her course is north. She must make daring and dangerous passage into the Arctic ice....

Return to Me

Fran Silver
Contemporary Romance

A relationship between Franklin and a younger Meredith when fate intervenes......for the second time in Franklin's life having lost his lovely wife...

The Apron Book

EllynAnne Geisel
Arts / Photography

THE APRON BOOK provides full-color photos of new and vintage aprons from the author's collection, patterns for four basic apron styles and myriad...

Split Indecision

Pierre Bateau
Action/Adventure

Jacob Livingston is a young man with problems. After losing his parents to a brutal murder, he finds out he has an illegitimate half-sister,...

Tomorrow They Will Kiss

Eduardo Santiago
General Fiction

Like her native Cuba, Graciela Altamira is beautiful, defiant, passionate, and constantly threatened with some kind of trouble.

Far from...

Psychedelic Six

Paul Spock
Action/Adventure

Psychedelic Six is the story of Sylvester Wright, an insecure and immature young man at the threshold between adolescence and adulthood. In an effort...

small acts of sex and electricity

Lise Haines
General Fiction

Beauty and privilege, a charming, handsome husband and two promising young daughters, money, a beach house on the Pacific—Jane has everything that...

In the Whirlwind

Tichaona M. Chinyelu
Poetry

Join me as I weave words about the death of California and the path from Stevie to Sankara. Dig into the roots of Rwanda and explore the price of...

Love's Reparations

Jackie Young
Poetry

If Love showed up bearing an IOU, what would you do? This is the underlying question and lesson tucked poetically inside the pages of this debut...

Master Spies and Muzzy Spooks

Dan Speers
Action/Adventure

In exactly five days, a terrorist bomb will explode beneath the White House. With intelligence agents mired in an orgy of illegal databases,...

My Life is all I Have

V. Anthony Rivers
Biography / Memoir

Leesha Tyler is about to commit robbery when memories from her past start to consume her. Leesha looks back on her life and remembers the chaotic...

Lincoln in the Basement

Jerry Cowling
Historical Fiction

Political intrigue fueled by arrogance and a lust for power propel a Civil War Nightmare in which the Lincolns are captive in the White House...

Gailia; Healing From Grief

Toni Johnson
Children's Picture Book

Gailia, a little fairy child who lives in a perfect world, has her world shattered after the death of a beloved friend. She must face her fear of...

Defeated: Book One of Darkness Among the Stars

S.D. McKee
Science Fiction

The year is 2271. Jonathon Quinn, decorated war hero and captain of the flagship ICS Intimidator, has been ordered to oversee Operation Giant Leap,...

Climb Every Obstacle

Anita Jefferson
Motivation/Self-Help

Turn an obstacle into an opportunity in one page. Climb Every Obstacle contains 101 everyday obstacles that we all must confront at one time or...

Trilogy 104: It Must Be Love

Rebecca Ruger
Historical Romance

Three short historical romance stories showing that some men will go to great lengths to get what they...

Against a Crimson Sky

James Conroyd Martin
Historical Fiction

A sweeping epic, AGAINST A CRIMSON SKY is an unforgettable tale of love, secrets, valor, and the enduring strength of the human spirit, set against...

The Devil Comes to Larkspur

Carol S. Neumann
Occult/Paranormal

The people of Larkspur have always enjoyed the simple pleasures that are associated with small town living. Cora Archer, Jim Turner and Henry Banks,...

Men are all Murderers and Women are all Whores: A Satire

Justin Zaza
General Fiction

Men are all Murderers and Women are all Whores is a satire of a fictitious society that stereotypes violence for manliness, and deception for...

Dropped! A Condition - Not A Character Flaw

Gee Jae Arnold
Biography / Memoir

Life is a journey that will take us from the highest highs to the lowest lows, and back again in an instant. One minute we could feel as though we...

The Endless Evolving Trilogy - A Poem Cycle

Hudson Owen
Poetry

THE ENDLES EVOLVING TRILOGY is a collection of related poems, a generational mythology written over more than a quarter century. It contains...

Weekends

Lindy Hudis
Romantic Suspense

An innocent-sounding family reunion at an exclusive California beach resort turns into a weekend of murder, deceit, exposed secrets and unexpected...

A Thin Line

Suzannah Safi
Contemporary Romance

Alvairo, the handsome Spanish doctor, and Alaina, the wildly beautiful Australian, share a love-hate relationship. He is an adopted son, and she is...

Colored Snow Flakes

Helen Downey
Poetry

A young girl in the sixties is out of touch with the Vietnam War, she is having those growing pains and struggles with parental rules so she writes....

Camille Claudel, A Novel

Alma Bond
Historical Fiction

CAMILLE CLAUDEL, A NOVEL begins with a prologue in which Camille Claudel, an old lady confined to the Asylum for the Insane in Montdevergues, France,...

Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor

Marlys Marshall Styne
Biography / Memoir

This book is not a chronological autobiography, but a book about aging, retirement, teaching, traveling, observing, and writing. It is also a...

Many Faces to Many Places

Judy Azar LeBlanc
Spiritual Fantasy

Happiness, fear, loneliness and love are all parts of a state of being that every person experiences in their lifetime. Many Faces to Many Places is...

Past Imperfect, Present Progressive

Kerry Wood
Biography / Memoir

"Past Imperfect, Present Progressive" presents a gallimaufry of reminiscences by a vocal member of the Silent Generation. The hats Wood has worn are...

Death to Fool Boys Incorporated

Kenner Bisch
Mystery/Suspense

During the ‘dog eat dog’ fighting in ‘the heat of battle’ of war, many things happen that normally would never occur. Extreme incidences happen...

My Land Is Your Land

Debra Fulton White
Romance

THE PAST

Back at the University of Berkeley, the commitment to dedicate his life to missionary work seems far too great of a challenge...

Three Weeks Last Spring

Victoria Howard
Romantic Suspense

Computer expert Skye Dunbar finds it almost impossible to put the events of the previous year behind her - that is, until she meets a mysterious...

Skye Dancer

Lila L. Pinord
Mystery/Suspense

Jessie Dancer is abducted from her home and held captive by a deranged mountain man when skye and her brothers were only babies. He eventually...

Sea Changes: A Novel

Bill Branley
General Fiction

A novel about grief, hurricanes, hiking, Pablo Neruda, Ella Fitzgerald, and two Northwest baby boomers who refuse to give up on love. They meet on...

Liquid Kisses

Mocha Sistah
Poetry

Lyrical ectasy as put forth by the pen of Mocha Sistah captures your mind, body and sensual spirit with lovely poems that excite and crawl through...

The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family

Mike Leonard
Biography / Memoir

More baby boomers than ever are struggling to cope with watching their senior parents face the physical, emotional and financial difficulties of...

The Rune Primer

Sweyn Plowright
Non-Fiction

A handbook containing factual information about the known historical sources. It explains what we know about the runes, and how we know it. It also...

Better Days Ahead

Charlie Valentine
Romance

It is America in the 1950s. Four different families play out their individual lives in different parts of the country. Sarah Robbins, a nightclub...

The Looming Fog

Rosemary Esehagu
General Fiction

THE LOOMING FOG is about life in rural Nigeria as seen through the eyes of an abandoned intersexed child—a child with both male and female parts. As...

What If?

Gunnar Jensen
Spirituality

Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going? It is important to understand our role in the universe and the purpose of our lives. We also...

The Magic & the Mundane: A Guide for the Writer's Journey

P. June Diehl
Non-Fiction

The writer’s world is both magical, the art of writing-and mundane, the craft. Journey with your guide, Esumera, muse extraordinaire, and her feline...

Battleground Earth

Sherri Fulmer Moorer
Non-Fiction: Christianity

Battleground Earth – Living by Faith in a Pagan World is an inspirational guide to applying faith to everyday issues; for a life of peace and...

No Woman is Allergic to Diamonds

Macabee Dean
Humor/Satire

One-liners, wisdoms, proverbs, quotable quotes--more than creative writing; they are a form of "creative thinking". They come natural to most persons...

Psycho Psychic

Betsy Gallup
Mystery/Suspense

Eva knows all your secrets. She can tell the future, but she can't stop the string of murders following her.

When a minor accident draws...

13 Days

Raven W. Night
Horror

Sometimes revenge is carried out beyond the grave. Two men, John Savior and Colonel Justice, are searching for a serial killer that never leaves...

Behind a Timid Mask

Charles O. Uzoaru, M.D.
General Fiction

A West African Princess marries an irresponsible Commoner against her parents' wishes and pays a painful price for it. Her ultimate death forces her...

So Mammy Said

Patrick Burke
Biography / Memoir

A powerful chronicle of a young Irish Catholic boy’s life in a small village in Southern Ireland detailing the trials he faces and the triumphs he...

Poems to Use When Hiding from the Shadows

Liz DeJesus
Poetry

With this collection of poetry, not only has Liz DeJesus won me over even more with her writing but she's also reignited my interest and love of...

The Quiet Canadians

Warren Thompson
General Fiction

A fast-paced thrill ride through the Canadian world of covert and clandestine activities, from the point of view of the child, who through a series...

My Everything

Denise Skelton
Romantic Suspense

Benjamin Harrison, needs a private investigator. He meets adventurous, PI, Deanna Myers and is immediately attracted to her. But, someone will do...

Jimmie, Cut that Jigger Down

Vivcooper
Action/Adventure

The fast gun Sheriff gets fed up with an outlaw gang operating in his territory, so he and his deputy create a human-looking dummy and hang it high...

The Missing Locket (Cynthia's Attic, Book 1)

Mary Cunningham
Young Adult

Best friends, Cynthia and Augusta Lee, or ‘Gus’ as she prefers to be called, are as “different as bubble gum and broccoli.” They are, however, equal...

Ten Times Guilty

Brenda Hill
Mystery/Suspense

Ten Times Guilty is about a single mother's struggle for worth after a vicious attack. It's about a police sergeant seeking redemption for a...

Jacob's Monkey--The Trouble with Lying

Kristi Sayles
Children's Picture Book

Jacob liked the attention he got when he told everybody that he had a pet monkey-until his teacher announced a Pet's...

Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls

Bettye Johnson
Historical Fiction

A spellbinding tale of intrigue, historical information about Mary Magdalene, Jesus, adventure, adversaries, romance and the spiritual message of the...

Tony Blair: The Wilderness Years

Ian Duncan Smith
Mystery/Suspense

Tony “Bono” Blair is a bit confused. He believes he is the famed British Prime Minister of the same name, deposed after winning a third term. Things...

Searching for Middle Ground

Cynthia Wilder Supnet
Non-Fiction

Cynthia Supnet, wife for 33 years, mother of 7 children, author of 7 books & founder of two successful companies, blends inspirational, humorous...

Never Ceese

Sue Dent
Christian Fiction

A vampire . . . A werewolf . . . Can two who were wronged make it right? Never Ceese is the story of a skeptical vampire forced to team up with a...

A World of Assassins

Neil Davies
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Humans are being murdered on the planet Dirve. No one seems particularly bothered, except the humans of course, but they don't count. As long as the...

Witch

Jennifer M. Wilson
General Fiction

At the time of her death she was one of the most prosperous tavern proprietors in the colonies, and as an independent thinker she was the obvious...

War of Angels: First of Days

Joe McSweeney
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Is it his imagination or does there seem to be a clearing of the stale breath blowing from below? Its breeze, somehow, suddenly comes clean without...

Cause for Murder

Betty Sullivan La Pierre
Mystery/Suspense

When it’s discovered Burke Parker might have been poisoned, the suspicion of guilt falls on his wife, his daughter, and Maduk, the Indian who is his...

The End of Time

Randall Towe
Science Fiction/Fantasy

The darkness comes because it always does. Now its time has come again. The endless struggle between the forces of light and darkness wage on as one...

Arabian Tales

Cindy Vega
General Fiction

An exciting story about the young woman who worked as a flight attendant in a country that she barely heard about. Her life and the experience was...

Edges: O Israel, O Palestine

Leora Skolkin-Smith
General Fiction

The novel is set in the Israel of the early 1960's. Liana's mother and aunt tell lively stories about the 1940's, their young guerilla-like struggles...

Discount Heaven

Christine Hamm
Poetry

Discount Heaven: the latest poems by Christine Hamm. This is a dark and amusing collection of fractured fairytales -- where mothers poison...

Tours de Farce

Stephen Tanner
Humor/Satire

In Tours de Farce -- Travel Travesties you'll chuckle through 28 chapters stuffed with the monumental messes, muddles, misunderstandings and...

Sabrina's Destiny

Selena Robins
Contemporary Romance

The right woman. The wrong man. The road to Sabrina's destiny is lined with a mystical force. Will the down-on-her-luck innkeeper follow her dream or...

The Jump

Ian O'Connor
Biography / Memoir

The Jump examines the culture of big-time, big-business high school basketball by chronicling the rags-to-riches journey of New York basketball...

Whatever it Takes

Paul Alleyne
General Fiction

At the tender age of four, Traci Adams is kidnapped by a crazed drug dealer. Paralyzed by the fear of retribution, Traci’s mother, Mary, makes no...

The League

Mark Barnes
Mystery/Suspense

It is a game that 15 million people play for fun.  But the men in Wall Street's newest league are changing the rules.  The game is no longer just...

A Choice of Love

Dean Robbins
Mystery/Suspense

Philip Cellars thought nothing interesting would ever happen to him.  When he finds his friend and co-worker murdered in her own home, he begins a...

Harvesting Your Family History

Denyce Porter Peyton
Young Adult

This informative book was written for young people of African American descent. It offers brief historical information about the tradition of sharing...

Note to Self

Liz DeJesus
General Fiction

Hilarious and fast-paced, Note to Self deals with universal themes like loneliness, the quest for love, and the meaning of life in a humorous...

More Than They Could Chew

Rob Roberge
General Fiction

Nick Ray lives in a world where everything is for sale. University Ph.D.s, pig fetuses, bomb shelters, and vending-machine-dispensed live bait, to...

Mapping of Marakesh

Paul Tonks
Science Fiction/Fantasy

'The Ajya-Na-Ku are coming, and should this rock fall the dragons will also turn, and this time the mighty Rydren Empire won't be there to stop...

Surrender

Dawn Rachel Carrington
Historical Romance

Kira dreams of reclaiming the city the Timaran gods had taken from her at her birth and now, with strength flowing through her veins, she’s ready for...

Bump

Diana Wagman
General Fiction

BUMP is the story of a trio of motorists and one policeman linked together by a tangled, life-altering web of coincidence in the immediate aftermath...

Spire City

Derek Smith
Science Fiction/Fantasy

The Tecs are millennia-evolved humans who live on tall Spire that dominates the native City surrounding the Spire. The natives are slaves forbidden...

Alien Log

Robert Farrell
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Twenty-seven-year-old Wendy Ahearn is a brilliant, world-renowned linguist. Her passion for music is surpassed only by her love of teaching...

M.P., A Novel of Vietnam

John Schembra
Action/Adventure

JUNE 1967- As Vincent Torelli stepped off the plane at Bien Hoa Air Base, he had a hard time believing he was in Vietnam in the midst of a war....

Riding on a Rainbow

Judi Blaze
General Fiction

As descendants of Irish Travelers, Maggie and her family are unable to change a way of life that has trailed them like a shadow. Driven by a...

Unseen Forces

Ed Kovacs
Mystery/Suspense

Maverick archeologist Dr. Sky Wilder has never been able to prove any of his outside-the-box fringe theories...until now. When he breaks what had...

Starlight, Starbright

Barbara Elliott Carpenter
General Fiction

Small town living at its best is portrayed in the pages of Starlight, Starbright…. The mysteries of life, love and the pursuits of various characters...

Dream of Power, Dream of Glory

Terry Weide
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Come and meet a beautiful witch named Cassandra, and a young champion, Eric Leafstone, who are on a quest to save the world. Facing extreme dangers,...

No More Bobs

Cynthia Borris
Contemporary Romance

Sexy, Complex and Satisfying!

Something is wrong in Pelican Point. No, it's not the seven BOBs on MADISON LAWHON's dating roster or the...

Pelican Watch

Rose Senehi
Contemporary Romance

Nicky Sullivan can't turn her back on an injured animal, but this time she came to the island to heal herself. On this South Carolina barrier island...

Men Don't Listen

Wayne L. Misner
Self-Help

The title tells us this is a self-help book. The author has us climb inside of the head of men to decode the secrets they hold onto. Misner’s goal...

Conscience

Dr. Bifford Debs
Biography / Memoir

Doctor Debs works in numerous concepts and issues while telling stories that demand the attention of conscience. Nowhere has he been more explicit in...

Whispers of the Heart

Laurie Larsen
Romance

For Cassandra Sloan, life smells like roses: her career is both financially successful and intellectually stimulating, and her marriage is built...

On Indian Time

Judi Blaze
General Fiction

Raised by an abusive German Father and Sioux Mother in the windy railroad town of Deadrock, Montana, Martin and his brothers are torn between the...

Adam: The Transformation

Dr. Norman W. Wilson, Ph.D.
Action/Adventure

Adam’s struggle during his shamanistic transformation, his search for his missing adopted father, Esaugetuh, the Master of Breath, plunges him into a...

Blackout

Betty Sullivan LaPierre
Mystery/Suspense

A bingo hall mystery!! More than a game ensues when Destiny Wilson disappears from the White Oaks Bingo hall. Her father, Jesse seeks the help of...

The Quest: Seeking the New Adam

Norman W. Wilson, PhD.
General Fiction

Even though he was nearly thirty, he still couldn't stop the gnawing in his gut. There had to be an answer, something more, some deep secret that he...

Angels Crest

Leslie Schwartz
General Fiction

Living in a small town in the mountains of California, Ethan Denton is a lucky man. Most things have gone his way, and being granted full...

Push Not the River

James Conroyd Martin
Historical Fiction

PUSH NOT THE RIVER is based on the diary of Anna Berezowska, a Polish countess who lived through the rise and fall of the Third of May Constitution....

West End Gang

Peter A. MacArthur
Mystery/Suspense

A sex-spiced romp in pursuit of a diamond through Montreal’s west...

Unfinished Business

Elizabeth Lucas Taylor
Mystery/Suspense

After finding her husband with his lover, a distraught Lindsay jumps at the chance for a new life. Five years later, she is teamed up with her...

The Plot

Kathleen LaMarche
Mystery/Suspense

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The Butcher of Beverly Hills

Jennifer Colt
Mystery/Suspense

Meet Kerry and Terry McAfee—identical twin sisters who have nothing in common, save their red hair and California-girl looks. Kerry's the good girl,...

OK, So Now I Know

Lorri Morgan
Biography / Memoir

Boom, cracked the thunder, almost immediately after the lightning had turned the sky from ink black to so bright you had to squint. The gale was...

Forever After: A Preplanned Passing Is A Precious Gift

Paul James, Judith Hayes
Non-Fiction

Forever After provides an easy-to-read, step-by-step approach that offers you practical knowledge, checklists, and fill-in-the blank forms to...

The Second Highest World War: The Rama Theater

Anoop Chandola
Non-Fiction

An untold dramatic backside story of World War II from a remote Himalayan region of India that changed the course of history....

The One and the Golden Circle

Don Allen Beene
Science Fiction/Fantasy

This book takes DNA sequencing one step beyond, into the hidden world of the human psyche. It unlocks a genetic code that unleashes genetic ancestral...

The Mystery of Mind

Peter M.K. Chan
Non-Fiction: Philosophy

The Mystery of Mind is a systematic and critical introduction to the philosophy of mind. At issue is what is known as the mind-body problem. How does...

Romanian For Sale

Bogdan Tiganov
Poetry

Romanian For Sale is a bullet through the heart of society. It explores the contradictions of the modern world and the problems of the...

Rented Rooms: A Collection of Short Fiction

Linda A. Lavid
Short Stories

Fiction is about the “what-ifs”, about the message and the meta-message, about life’s symbiosis with art. Fiction is also about a writer’s...

Diary of a Mother: Parenting Stories & Other Stuff

Christine Louise Hohlbaum
Biography / Memoir

Cartoon Cathy meets Erma Bombeck in this hilarious collection of short stories that will keep you laughing and crying from cover to cover. Christine...

Sons of Heaven

Terrence Cheng
General Fiction

SONS OF HEAVEN is an epic novel set against the backdrop of one of modern history's most haunting events: the Tiananmen Square Massacre. In June of...

Zaida: Belly Dancing for Older Women

Phoebe K. Carter
Non-Fiction

Older women and Belly Dance--you are never too...

What's Wrong With Dorfman?

John Blumenthal
General Fiction

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Challenge The Wind

Debra Tash
Action/Adventure

Matthew Smith seizes Sarah Lloyd and her family as prisoners on a clear autumn day. Leading a party of British deserters, he now holds the family...

An American Redneck in Hong Kong

Michael LaRocca
Horror

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