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The Munich Girl Phyllis Edgerly Ring Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a... |
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What Matters Most Helen Bea Kirk Meagan Morris has lost everything. Her family is dead, and all that remains of them, all that was endowed to her, has been stolen.Desperate to retrieve her legacy, Meagan disguises herself and attempts to rob King of her grandmother’s pearls at gunpoint. When Officer Dell arrives at the scene, King doesn’t... |
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Hermit Jeffrey H. Ryan When Jim Whyte settled outside the slate mining town of Monson, Maine in 1895, people hardly knew what to make of him. And almost 130 years later, we still don't. A world traveler that spoke six languages fluently, Whyte came to town with sacks full of money and a fierce desire to keep to... |
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Discovery Leslie Schweitzer Miller Discovery intertwines one of the most notorious historical intrigues of the last century with a contemporary romance of sweeping emotional intensity, illuminating the frailties of human relationships, the impact of the past—and the power of love. Abbé François Bérenger... |
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Welcome to Saint Angel William Luvaas After his wife dies in a plane crash, iconoclastic inventor Al Sharpe moves to Saint Angel Valley in SoCal's high desert to rebuild his life on beloved "Second Chance Acres," building his young daughter a tree house in a giant oak tree and inventing the Sharpe Smoke... |
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Night Rhythms Shalanda R. Sims Zora can't go back to sleep. Her brain keeps thinking about the bad dream she had and her heart feels as though it’s beating out of her pajamas. That’s when her mother, Mrs. Johnson, gives her a unique blanket called a quilt. Before Zora can figure out what makes the quilt special, it... |
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Shadow's Way Barbara Frances Prepare to be spellbound. Barbara Frances' long-awaited third novel, "Shadow's Way," takes you to the coastal, deep South, where the past and the present mingle in a gothic tale of insanity, murder, and sexual intrigue. You'll meet the beautiful Elaine Chauvier, former... |
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The Smart Norwood Kid John Mario Cavuoto John Mario Cavuoto was born the child of a migrant family, growing up in Australia in the 1960s. Having been the victim of the cane at a strict convent school for asking too many questions, he now takes us on an interesting and humorous journey through the reasoning... |
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You Call This Living? Bill Kingsley Can humanity continue on the present course of environmental destruction and over population? Or is the ship of state foundering under the weight of primitive delusions and beyond salvage? Be advised: This is a controversial, insightful and humorous account of the human... |
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Behind Closed Doors Daniella DeChristopher This story is about an Italian Catholic family that came to America on vacation and never returned to their homeland. When their youngest unwed daughter became pregnant, her family disowned her. It was 1949. Abortions were illegal. She was seventeen when she... |
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Done Running Helen Bea Kirk Porsha Lemere is quick with a knife and ready to defend what is hers. When handsome college senior, Parker, steals a kiss and her purse at a Kansas fraternity party, he finds himself on the wrong side of Porsha's blade. Porsha escapes their encounter with her life and her last dime, but now Parker is on... |
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The Chef's Secret Crystal King A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, and the nephew who sets out to discover his late uncle’s secrets — including the identity of the noblewoman... |
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Pearls Dot Nuechterlein What's it like to grow older? More than 80 American women from across the country, aged middle 50s through late 90s, offer thoughtful insights on many aspects of advancing in years—the ups as well as some downs, joys along with sorrows, happy memories from the past plus... |
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Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955 C.A. Hartnell "Fire it up" for friendship, fun, adventure, mystery, and courage that fill the pages of Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955. Like the Indian-head hood ornament on Aunt Jean's Pontiac Chieftain car that leads the way down dark and scary streets, Pete leads his... |
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Yellow Dog Chronicle R. M. Smith When my great grandparents started up the Oregon Trail in 1875, two hundred thousand people had gone before them. Part of the story is that my great grandparents never got to Oregon. Neither did the twenty thousand who ended up in unmarked graves. Our story begins with... |
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The Chosen Maiden Eva Stachniak The lush, sweeping story of a remarkable dancer who charts her own course through the tumultuous years of early twentieth-century Europe. Beautifully blending fiction with fact, The Chosen Maiden plunges readers into an artistic world upended by modernity, immersing them in the... |
