About London for immigrant suckers; so long Yugoslavia:
Yugoslavia was happily breezing along with the one-party system when the dark cloud of democracy came and suffocated it in its deadly embrace. Can anyone contain this new breed of democracy now when it has tasted blood? Who is next? Having just escaped one, Peter Kovach, an immigrant without a cause, was heading to face another in London, but one thing stood in his way—a German strip joint.
About Regarding Anna:
After recovering from the shock of her parents perishing in the basement of their home, Grace Lindroth discovers a box in their attic that contains enough suspicious items to cause her to believe that the people she had called Mom and Dad her whole life may not have been her real parents. Tormented by the uncertainty of her identity, Grace searches for answers, and when certain clues draw her to a boardinghouse once owned by Anna Vargas, she becomes convinced that Anna was her real mother. Grace believes the boardinghouse walls have been harboring vital secrets over the years that could help her in her quest for the truth, but when she meets up with the cantankerous old woman who had bought the place after Anna’s death, she questions whether she’ll ever be able to peel back the layers surrounding her parentage. But she does, and no one is more stupefied by the truth than Grace.
About The Coming:
It had been a long day, and the drive home proved to be even longer as freezing rain and subsequent black ice quickly turned into wet, heavy snow. Snow on black ice is treacherous, but going slowly, I made progress. As I approached my turn, I looked across the valley; a car spinning out of control crashed into the guardrail and stopped! Flames flickered from under the car as it hung precariously over the cliff.
Throwing caution to the wind, I raced up the hill, slid to a stop, jumped out of my truck, and as I ran to the woman standing there, another woman was slumped over the wheel, eyes open but not moving, and both of them, pregnant! Immediately, I knew them, Mareilene and Dareilene, twins from high school. As I grabbed the door handle, Mareilene yanked me back, looked at me, almost insanely, with blood dripping down her face, screamed,
“Dareilene and baby are dead, and ‘He’ doesn’t know that she was traveling with me. Damn it, Joe, help me! I need to push the car off the cliff and let it explode with them in it.”
I yelled,
“What the fuck! You can’t do that!”
Mareilene, scared to death, yelled,
“He’s coming, Joe, and the only way we live is to let him think it’s me and my baby that are dead at the bottom of this cliff. Damn it, Joe, decide! Both my baby and I live, or we all will die! Dareilene and her baby are dead, and Joe, I now know that God sent you here to save me and my baby!”
Her eyes told me the truth, and then, with one shove, the car with Dareilene and her unborn baby plunged off the cliff and exploded in flames. We climbed into my truck, and as I hit the gas, Mareilene, rapidly going into shock, cried,
“Drive like the Devil is on your heels, Joe because He is!”
The Coming . . . God and man, versus the Devil and his minions.
About The Coming:
It had been a long day, and the drive home proved to be even longer as freezing rain and subsequent black ice quickly turned into wet, heavy snow. Snow on black ice is treacherous, but going slowly, I made progress. As I approached my turn, I looked across the valley; a car spinning out of control crashed into the guardrail and stopped! Flames flickered from under the car as it hung precariously over the cliff.
Throwing caution to the wind, I raced up the hill, slid to a stop, jumped out of my truck, and as I ran to the woman standing there, another woman was slumped over the wheel, eyes open but not moving, and both of them, pregnant! Immediately, I knew them, Mareilene and Dareilene, twins from high school. As I grabbed the door handle, Mareilene yanked me back, looked at me, almost insanely, with blood dripping down her face, screamed,
“Dareilene and baby are dead, and ‘He’ doesn’t know that she was traveling with me. Damn it, Joe, help me! I need to push the car off the cliff and let it explode with them in it.”
I yelled,
“What the fuck! You can’t do that!”
Mareilene, scared to death, yelled,
“He’s coming, Joe, and the only way we live is to let him think it’s me and my baby that are dead at the bottom of this cliff. Damn it, Joe, decide! Both my baby and I live, or we all will die! Dareilene and her baby are dead, and Joe, I now know that God sent you here to save me and my baby!”
Her eyes told me the truth, and then, with one shove, the car with Dareilene and her unborn baby plunged off the cliff and exploded in flames. We climbed into my truck, and as I hit the gas, Mareilene, rapidly going into shock, cried,
“Drive like the Devil is on your heels, Joe because He is!”
The Coming . . . God and man, versus the Devil and his minions.
About Under the Northern Lights:
In the heart of a small, secluded town nestled in the vast wilderness of northern Norway, the Northern Lights dance across the night sky, casting an ethereal glow over snow-covered landscapes. This remote town, known for its stark beauty and tight-knit community, becomes the backdrop for a transformative journey of love, healing, and self-discovery in Under the Northern Lights.
Anna Carter, a New York City native and renowned travel photographer, is at a pivotal point in her life. Reeling from a painful breakup and facing unexpected career setbacks, she yearns for a change of scenery and a chance to rediscover her passion. On a whim, Anna embarks on a trip to Norway, tasked with capturing the awe-inspiring Northern Lights for a magazine feature. What she imagines as a brief escape soon turns into something much more profound when she meets Erik Anderson, a rugged local guide with his own emotional scars.
Erik, a lifelong resident of the town, runs a wilderness tour company, sharing the untamed beauty of the region with visitors from around the world. Beneath his calm, reserved demeanor lies the burden of a tragic loss that has kept him emotionally distant and rooted in solitude. When Anna arrives, her curiosity and free spirit awaken long-buried feelings in Erik, forcing him to confront the ghosts of his past.
As Anna and Erik spend time together, exploring the wild, breathtaking landscapes of Norway, they discover that the beauty surrounding them mirrors the potential for healing within themselves. The majestic aurora borealis becomes more than just a natural wonder—it becomes a symbol of hope, renewal, and the possibility of new beginnings. But as Anna’s time in Norway draws to a close, both are faced with difficult choices: Will Anna return to her fast-paced life in New York, leaving behind the peace she’s found in this remote town? And can Erik overcome his fears and allow himself to embrace love once again?
Under the Northern Lights is a poignant, heartwarming romance that takes readers on a journey through the serene, icy landscapes of Norway, exploring the depths of love, loss, and the resilience of the human heart. With unforgettable characters, a breathtaking setting, and a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever sought healing from the past, Henry Nwaneshiudu weaves a tale as beautiful and timeless as the Northern Lights themselves.
Perfect for fans of emotional, atmospheric romances, Under the Northern Lights is a story about finding light in the darkest of times and discovering that sometimes, love can guide you home.
About Why in Paris?:
In the late summer of 1936, Anders is a budding young photographer from Vienna who travels to pre-war Paris. His mother sends him ostensibly to attend art school… and to survive as a Jew. But Anders is ready to explore his other secret: his sexuality. Anders soon falls for Jean, and captures Jean’s beauty with his camera, selling the photos by the Seine. A wealthy American socialite, David, sees the work and presents Anders with a scandalous new venture.
With David’s movie camera, they set up a secret film studio, capturing incriminating reels of the rich and powerful committing all manner of compromising acts. As Paris falls to Hitler and the occupation takes hold, senior Nazis commandeer David’s mansion as their personal brothel. Anders and David begin secretly filming the Nazis’ trysts, scattering the evidence across Paris. Anders’s old flame, Eilas, returns as an SS officer. Jean hatches a plot with the Resistance to assassinate Eilas’s superior, the head of the SS in Paris, where blackmail and betrayal, love and survival are all part of the answer to the question, Why in Paris?
About Abundantly Clear: Secrets And Lies Disguised As A Perfect Couple (Midlife Secrets):
On the surface, Beatrice has it all—three angelic children, her ideal job, the house of her dreams and an even dreamier husband.
But when poor communication at work causes professional problems, she discovers such issues with communication extend to her personal life too. With that, she embarks on a journey of self-improvement and sets off from Dublin to the windy west coast of Ireland.
However, the Atlantic sea air seems to play tricks with her mind, as does a local friendly fisherman who delights in charming her. And the more time she spends with him, the more her career and once solid marriage begin to suffer.
Beatrice battles to hold on to her job, save her marriage and avoid spiralling further into a midlife crisis. And when she’s faced with the prospect of losing everything, can she find the strength within to communicate and make her true feelings abundantly clear?
About HOBOMAN – THE HIGHMAN CUT:
“Isn’t that the superhero code? ‘Help everyone, including the douchebags’?”
Hobart Mann didn’t ask for the superhero life. In fact, it was thrust upon him by a woman who may or may not be the physical manifestation of his conscience. But when his trolley is stolen, Hobart must take on the alias of ‘Hoboman’ and definitely needs to engage in beating people up and damaging property in order to retrieve it. Really, there’s no other way.
Hoboman is joined on his epic quest to save his trolley – when he remembers to focus for more than two minutes – by his long-lost Irish relative, an American country singer, and a potato-human abomination. Hoboman is about to learn that when your parents rob an ASIS agent’s house and accidentally make a covenant with God for your child to save Heaven, sometimes you have to pull up your big-boy trousers and go to the pub instead.
About Featured Book: A Cowboy’s Fortune by E. Joe Brown
The cutthroat world of big oil is very different from the life of a humble cowboy, but if anyone can succeed among all the treachery and danger, KELLY CAN!
It’s 1919 and Charlie Kelly has married the love of his life, Susan, and together the newlyweds hope to grow the business empire that Susan’s father, Walter Kramer, built. Charlie’s dream of starting his own oil company becomes a reality, and Susan takes over the leadership of the Kramer Group, but tragedy soon follows triumph. Charlie discovers that the trail to becoming the best oil man in Oklahoma is not as easy as becoming a top hand at the 101 Ranch. It will take more than just financial backing to be a success in the Oklahoma oil fields, especially when family, competitors, business opportunities, and sabotage all compete for Charlie’s attention. When the success of Kelly Oil puts Susan’s life at risk, Charlie will take the bull by the horns and find a way to save Susan as only a cowboy can.
This Fiction book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print
About Featured Book: Southpaw by Dennis Sweeney
There seemed to be a huge gaping hole inside of me. I wanted some answers but didn’t know where to look. I felt like there was a huge worldwide conspiracy afoot to keep me in a state of utter confusion, making me so numb that I had no choice but to give up and let the experts get on with it. What a wonderful thing democracy is. You can say what you want as long as you do as you’re told. It all seemed so superficial, so inadequate. Where would it all lead? Lying in some hospital bed in thirty years’ time, dying of some ‘disease of civilization’; up to my neck in debt, alcoholism, depression, loneliness and insanity.
There had to be more to life than this.I am talking about liberation here. Freedom from the bondage of self. Freedom from our blinkered, prejudiced, opinionated thoughts. If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got. The more stoned I got, the more abstract yet somehow meaningful it all became. We were one and the same. I was he. He was me. That bald little Chinese monk on TV was beckoning me to follow the path, the way of the warrior, the way of the Grasshopper. The monk was right; change was the natural way of the universe. Things were not always as they appeared to be. A young Scottish boxer breaks away from the shackles of his environment, only to find himself mixed up with heroin smuggling in Asia. A story of violence, prison, fear and desperation, which leads to inner reflection and finally redemption.
This Fiction book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print, Audiobook
About Martine by Kimolisa Mings:
Martine Carter has the perfect life but Martine has a secret.
The Knack by Will Astrike
Frank Bass is a U.S. Deputy Marshal on leave from his district in El Paso, Texas, when he’s asked by an old friend in Cheyenne to investigate the brutal rape and beating of a young girl in Torrington, Wyoming. Bass agrees to travel from Cheyenne to Torrington with the girl’s beautiful Aunt Sally Bloom, and during that trip, their friendship becomes romantic, and eventually, a loving relationship develops. During the story, Bass explains the origin of the Buffalo Robe he carries with him and how it symbolizes his notoriety. Colorful characters come and go, adding humor and insights into prairie life of the 1880s. (see attached)
A crooked lawman and a particularly villainous rancher round out the cast of The Knack. The conclusion is unexpected, satisfying, and a lead-in to the next story in the Buffalo Robe Bass series.
Surviving Jane by Rodolfo Del Toro
From the author of “Chasing Rabbits.”
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Dr. David is looking for a career change. He’s burnt out and is planning a year-long sabbatical to travel and reset before beginning his ophthalmology residency. Counting down the days to his much-needed break, David must contend with all the complications of working at a busy hospital: unruly patients, frustrating senior staff, and growing fatigue.
During these last weeks, David is given a tough patient: young Jane Doe, a heroin addict, is brought in with severe injuries. Jane does not want to be in the hospital. Belligerent, aggressive, and demanding, Jane tests the boundaries of all the medical staff who attend her.
As David grows increasingly disgruntled, a surprising source reminds him why he entered the medical field in the first place: to help people.
An emotional journey featuring addiction, recovery, and hope, Surviving Jane is a richly detailed medical drama that provides an intimate look into life in a busy hospital.
About They Called Me Margaret:
Cozy mystery writer Margaret Manning fears her husband is mimicking the behavior of some of her book’s shadier characters, even though he claims to have never read any of them. When several pieces of her jewelry go missing, she wonders if he’s responsible for it, he’s trying to make it look like she’s losing her mind, or she’s losing her mind all on her own. Disturbing actions of friends and family coupled with bizarre health issues complicate things and cause her life to go into a downward spiral.
About Perfectly Reasonable: When Little White Lies Lose Their Innocence (Midlife Secrets, #1):
When an overworked and over-opinionated Irish mother gets some time off work, she decides to milk it.
Cara thrives in a more frivolous routine and it’s not long before she forgets the break was only supposed to be temporary. Desperate to maintain her expensive lifestyle, she goes to jaw-dropping lengths to get what she wants.
When her desires aren’t met, her secret scheming spirals out of control. It gets increasingly difficult to cover her tracks, as the little white lies turn a shade darker. Her devoted husband is left questioning his wife’s motives, but the more he discovers the less he understands.
What starts off as a midlife crisis culminates in the realisation that if Cara doesn’t change her calculating ways, she’s in danger of losing everything she holds dear. The question is, will she come to her senses in time to claw back the part of her life that’s actually real?
Find out just how far this neurotic Irish woman will go to convince herself and the world that her actions are ‘Perfectly Reasonable’.
About The Successor:
THE SUCCESSOR AND OTHER ODD STORIES, the latest offering from award-winning author Carlos Rubio, proves once again that he possesses a wide range of narrative scope. In this volume he has gone beyond historical fiction (Forgotten Objects), romantic fiction (Italian Tilt), satirical fiction (The Neophyte), to take a new direction. Each of the ten stories in this collection, all told in the first person, contains an element of the unexplainable, and every one captures the interest of the reader from the opening sentence. Echoes of Teotihuacán, one of the stories, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2022.
About Inn Love with the Latin Nerd: A best-friend’s brother, sweet with heat romantic comedy (Sunny Beach Bed and Breakfast Book 2):
Christy’s got big dreams and bigger Miami hair. Christy’s colorful, dedicated and laser focused on success. But building her dream business in a historic house with her four meddling Latina besties is already a telenovela in the making.
Enter Jason, her best friend’s brother and awkward sexy nerd with accounting skills that set her heart racing faster than a conga line, not to mention, a smile that melts mojitos. The problem? He’s got a plane ticket to another city, leaving Christy with a choice: stick to her “never leave Miami” rule or risk it all for love.
Will Christy be able to survive the chaos and resist temptation or will she break her strictest rule for love?
This close-proximity, best-friend’s brother romcom is “sweet with heat” —the sex is implied, the swearing is real, and the shenanigans are laugh-out-loud funny. This story originally appeared in the anthology “Love Languages.”
About The Gilded Age Promise: Kopp Chronicles:
The promise of the Gilded Age evokes a worldwide exhilarating time of technological advancement and economic expansion. American society is transforming from focusing on small rural farms to an urban one dominated by large corporations resulting in even more inequality between the wealthy and middle-class. Discriminatory segregation and immigration laws enacted by misguided and corrupt political leaders threaten to tarnish the American dream. Nevertheless, charismatic American women activists are generating a renewed impetus for women’s rights through the alcohol temperance and women’s suffragette movements.
Meanwhile, turmoil in the Middle East forces the dashing British military intelligence agent, Richard Cordwell, to come out of retirement and embark on a secret mission for Her Majesty’s government. He encounters the beautiful French spy who stole his heart, and makes an astounding personal revelation!
Buffeted by these Gilded Age events, an immigrant American family is determined to stand firm in their belief in the hope, freedom, and opportunity, of their adopted country. The words written by poet Emma Lazarus on the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty express this belief:
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Enjoy the next volume in the sweeping Kopp Chronicles saga!
Victor’s Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer
Meticulously researched love story of the Civil War from the neglected northern point of view. Victor’s Blessing offers a unique perspective of a half Osage blacksmith who journeys to the patent office of Washington, D.C, battle of Wilderness, to the Andersonville prison. For Victor to keep one promise, another must be broken.
About Uncle Henry’s Hacienda:
Throughout his life, Henry Anderson, born in 1891, had one dream: to own a cattle ranch in Mexico with a beautiful hacienda. Initially, he faced obstacles, but he fought furiously to win a speed typing competition in record time. With perseverance and a cool head, Henry used his prize money to invest in the oil business.
From a small farm in rural South Texas to a dusty border town in Arizona, Henry then moved to California, his finances affluent. He experienced the glitz and glamour of Hollywood in the 1920s; however, high life soon came crashing down. No wife, no child, no money and no status. Everything was gone! His only option was the uncertain life of a prospector in the mountains of Northern Mexico.
Henry’s story includes periods of great success and abject failure as he continued to follow his dream, from mining gold, getting caught up in a Marxist revolt and suffering torture by the Mexican Federales, to rekindling his past in South Texas, where the most unexpected revelation occurred. No matter the financial or psychological torment, even in his old age, he never faltered in his search for that elusive hacienda.