Contemporary

[close] In this heart-pounding psychological thriller, a newlywed's unusual obsession surfaces while on honeymoon.

Young newlyweds Todd and Bridget met at a two-hour seminar and took an immediate liking to each other. Smart, caring, and quick-thinking individuals, very much in love, they've been devoted to each other and like two peas in a pod right from the start. But, when Bridget learns bizarre and alarming things about Todd, things that he's kept hidden from her until their honeymoon, their idyllic romance begins careening out of control.

Todd has high hopes and wants nothing more than for Bridget to understand and be part of his world. As Bridget struggles to understand things, and the situation escalates, the events that unfold will put their sanity and love for each other to the test.

"Into the Arms of Madness" is a perilous tale that will keep you locked in its embrace until the last page.

In a struggle between love and madness, which one will prevail? [close]

[close] LITERARY FICTION / AMERICAN LITERATURE

A throwback to the novels of Balzac, Proust, Wolfe, Fitzgerald—set in the computer age

The Internet is everywhere now, but Ray Valentine saw it first explode.

Circuits of the Wind, an ambitious literary coming-of-age novel in three volumes, is the very human story of Ray's quest to find himself as he grows up online, wandering the computer underground of the 80s and early 90s—the wild, global outback that existed before the net went mainstream. How else does an end-of-century slacker reach out to the world from Sohola, that northern state that's a little more Midwest than it is New England? The net holds the key to what he's after—but even as he pioneers this virtual world, the veneer of his real life begins to crack.

Preview the book on Amazon here.

Released in a new digital edition containing the complete and unabridged contents of all three paperback volumes,
the winner of this giveaway will receive an inscribed copy of the complete novel in all three paperbacks. [close]

[close] “Some books you read, put down, and forget all about, but I promise you this won't be one of them.”
— Kindle Fire Department

“...fearless truthfulness...”
— Publishers Weekly

She could be your sister, best friend, wife, daughter, neighbor. An overwhelmed stay-at-home mom whose husband is too preoccupied with work to spend time with his family. A PR executive scared to death she waited too long to have the baby she has always wanted. When they meet through a Classics Book Club, each thinks the other one's life is so much better than her own. But, is the grass truly greener on the other side of the fence?

A vivid portrayal of contemporary marriage and its problems, "A Whisper to a Scream" speaks to a longing in all of us, a yearning that might start as a vague notion, but eventually grows into an unbearable, vociferous cry.

Unlike most series that follow one character through various adventures, the Bibliophiles novels are a little different. Each member of the classics book club will star in his or her book. For example, "A Whisper to a Scream," centers on Sarah, a stay-at-home mother of two, and Annie, a PR executive with fertility issues, each of whom thinks the other’s life is far superior to her own. The second book, "Until My Soul Gets It Right," chronicles Catherine Elbert’s journey as she bounces from coast to coast in search of her true self.
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