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FEATURED AUTHOR: GRAY BASNIGHT

 

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An innocent math professor runs for his life as teams of hitmen try to prevent publication of their government’s dark history…

College professor Sam Teagarden stumbles upon a decades-old government cover-up when an encoded document mysteriously lands in his in-box, followed by a cluster of mini-drones programmed to kill him.

That begins a terrifying flight from upstate New York, to Washington, to Key West as Teagarden must outfox teams of hitmen equipped with highly sophist...

FEATURED AUTHOR: G.P. GOTTLIEB

 

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Alene Baron doesn’t go looking for mysteries, they find her. When the highly disliked owner of a business neighboring the Whipped and Sipped Cafe turns up dead, the list of potential suspects is pretty long, including all of the members of his quarrelsome family. Missing wills, convenient accidents, and enough red herring to feed the lunch crowd spice up this tantalizing tale. As always, while pondering the evidence, Alene also comes up with creative vegan dishes to serve her cust...

FEATURED AUTHOR: BOBBY JOHNSTON

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Sinners, saints and saviors collide in Bobby Johnston's stories, which chronicle the savagery and poetry of oppressive Catholic upbringing in 1970s Rust-Belt America. Johnston weaves landscapes of transgression and absolution, humor and resilience into his sharp-eyed tapestry of recall.

Book Details

Title: The Saint I Ain’t: Stories from Sycamore Street

Author: Bobby Johnston

Genre: literary fiction, short story, coming of age, Americana, poetry

Publisher: Fomite Press (January ...

FEATURED AUTHOR: KARYNE. E. MESSINA Ed.D

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Donald Trump’s behavior is encouraging the development of a generation of people inclined to hateful identity politics and bigotry, while also dismantling our country’s institutions and natural resources. Aftermath is a guide on how we can heal, with ideas on how each of us can help bridge the divide that has only grown deeper since Election Day in November 2016, due in part to the way Trump constantly shifts blame. This behavior is known in psychoanalytic circles as projective i...

FEATURED AUTHOR: GABRIEL VALJAN

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Trouble comes in threes for Shane Cleary, a former police officer and now, a PI.



Arson. A Missing Person. A cold case.



Two of his clients whom he shouldn’t trust, he does, and the third, whom he should, he can’t.



Shane is up against crooked cops, a notorious slumlord and a mafia boss who want what they want, and then there’s the good guys who may or may not be what they seem.




Praise for Symphony Road:
"The second installment in this noir series takes us on a gritty journey thr...

FEATURED AUTHOR: JONETTE BLAKE

 

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Retiring to this town could be fatal.



Delia Frost loves her job at the bank. She loves her customers, most of whom are elderly. She doesn’t love the idea of quitting her job to travel around Australia in a motor home with her husband who is recovering from a heart attack. And she can’t bring herself to tell him that she doesn’t want to go.



Days before quitting her job, she is invited to a book club meeting, run by a local celebrity. This seems like a beacon of hope, one last ch...

FEATURED AUTHOR: TODD STOTTLEMYRE

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Many people know Todd Stottlemyre as an American former professional baseball player, most notably as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. However, Todd Stottlemyre is also an author with a highly personal, transformative story to tell through his new book. The Observer, far from being a fiction novel, is the fable of Todd Stottlemyre’s life. He rose to superstardom winning two World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays but had yet to reach his true “peak” until the journey that began ...

FEATURED AUTHOR: SHARLENE ALMOND

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Two men from two different generations, both initiated into a powerful organization that throughout history has sought control and uses their power for destruction. They leave behind a wake of murder, manipulation and ancient secrets. The first man wreaks havoc in and around the Whitechapel district of London, England in the 19th century. While the other stalks his victims in the cosmopolitan city of Seville, Spain in the 21st century; knowing that only he could uncover the true m...

FEATURED AUTHOR: JESS LEDERMAN

 

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2020 TopShelf Book Award First Place Winner for Religious Fiction

Foreword Reviews 2019 Silver Award Winner for Religious Fiction


Seven Lives Inexorably Intertwined. Over Eighty-Six Years. 

That Will Bring a Revelation Beyond What Any of Them Could Imagine.

The Alaska Territory, 1925. When Yura Noongwook’s husband abandons her and her thirteen-year-old son, she vows to win him back and destroy the woman who stole his heart. They embark on an epic cross-country quest that leads the...

FEATURED AUTHOR: AMBER ROYER

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Felicity Koerber has had a rough year. She's moving back to Galveston Island and opening a bean to bar chocolate factory, fulfilling a dream she and her late husband, Kevin, had shared. Craft chocolate means a chance to travel the world, meeting with farmers and bringing back beans she can turn into little blocks of happiness, right close to home and family. She thinks trouble has walked into her carefully re-built world when puddle-jump pilot Logan Hanlon shows up at her grand ope...