SHOWCASE 15: Eight Indie Books Waiting To Be Read

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SHOWCASE 15: Eight Indie Books Waiting To Be Read

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DAUGHTERS by Florence Osmund

Imagine growing up thinking you are white and then finding out your real father is not.

It is the year 1949, and twenty-four-year-old Marie Marchetti has just discovered the identity of her multiracial father, Jonathan Brooks, the father she never knew. Marie grew up in Chicago, the only child of a single mother, having had very little contact with people of other races, making her current situation more than just a little daunting.

Marie hopes the invitation from Jonathan to spend two weeks with her newfound family over Thanksgiving will help uncover vital truths about herself that her now deceased mother had never shared with her. But the visit has potential for being disastrous, since Jonathan had only recently acknowledged Marieʾs existence to his wife of thirty-one years and their three grown sons.

Florence Osmund grew up in an old Victorian home in Libertyville, Illinois, complete with a coach house, the same house she used as inspiration for her first two books. She earned her master’s degree from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and has obtained more than three decades of experience working in corporate America. In an effort to help others with a wide array of writing advice, Florence maintains a website dedicated to new authors. Osmund currently resides in Chicago where she is working on her third novel.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

INCOMPLETE PASSES: Reflections on Life, Love and Football by Linda Lang

Linda Lange turned twelve in 1959, the year Vince Lombardi arrived in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and changed everything. To say that Linda embraced Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers would be an understatement. Her new passion transformed the way she viewed her hometown, the world, and herself.

But Incomplete Passes is more than a simple coming-of-age story. It also recounts Linda’s “midlife crisis that turned into a musical comedy.” And the reader comes to know the four women as they are today, facing advancing age with courage and humor as they reunite in Wisconsin each fall.Football led Linda to Pam, Del, and Carla. The young women formed a bond that would survive distance, marriage, divorce, careers, and motherhood.

But Incomplete Passes is more than a simple coming-of-age story. It also recounts Linda’s “midlife crisis that turned into a musical comedy.” And the reader comes to know the four women as they are today, facing advancing age with courage and humor as they reunite in Wisconsin each fall.

Linda Lange has never forgotten what it was like to be a teenager living in Green Bay, WI, during the 1960s when the legendary Vince Lombardi coached the Packers to five National Football League championships. She shares her memories in Incomplete Passes: Reflections on Life, Love, and Football.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

THORNS OF GLASS by Kelly Samarah

Sam Jude was a typical teen growing up in the 1980′s. He loved his little family-his mom, Cheryl and kid brother, James. But when Cheryl brings home her new boyfriend, Ray, Sam’s life is turned upside down. Ray is abusive, but more than that. He has secrets. Sam knows he has to find out what they are-they could be the key to saving his family from Ray’s grip. Sam comes close to revealing Ray’s dark past, but everything changes for him when he wakes up dead. Now he is lost, and his family doesn’t know what happened. Trapped within the walls he was murdered in, Sam is befriended by another spirit, Dahli, who has secrets of her own. Together, Dahli and Sam must find a way to help Cheryl and James before it’s too late.

Kelly Samarah lives in a small town in Oregon with her two children, her dog, and her cat. When she isn’t writing she enjoys painting, reading, cooking, and music. Thorns Of Glass is her first published novel.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

THE HARD SWIM by Keith Dixon

FEBRUARY 1942: The Struma, a broken-down steamer, explodes and sinks in the Black Sea, drowning 658 Rumanian Jews fleeing the Nazis and heading for Palestine, and safety.

JUNE 1944: Thirty-one SAS soldiers are captured behind enemy lines and are forced to dig their own graves before being shot and buried in a forest in the heart of France.

SEVENTY YEARS LATER: A young woman is attacked in the grounds of Edinburgh Zoo – the attacker seeking the document that might link these two wartime events.

Private Investigator Sam Dyke rescues the woman, Chantal Bressette, and embarks on a quest to find out why the document she carries is being sought by a high-ranking Government official and his team of ex-Army thugs. They follow a series of clues that lead them eventually to an isolated village in central France, tracked by the thugs and government minister Gideon Blake, who becomes obsessed with uncovering what the document reveals because he believes it implicates his father – and thus himself and his family – in an obscene war-crime.

Recently Keith Dixon worked as a management consultant in leadership training and at the same time edited novel manuscripts for publication. He also writes an occasional blog where he analyses and critiques crime writing. This is the third book in a series about Sam Dyke.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

A DELICATE TRUTH by Zoe McNight

Blair and Vaughn have put their past behind them, renewed their vows, and embarked on a new chapter of their lives. They appear to have it all. Wealth, devotion, and now, a little girl. But, there’s something Vaughn doesn’t know. Something that would devastate him and bring Blair’s walls crumbling down around her—their child, his precious, long-awaited daughter, is not his.

A Delicate Truth is a powerful story about a woman desperately clinging to the life she’s worked so hard to build, and contending with the mistakes of her past so they don’t destroy her future.

Zoe McKnight was born and raised in New York. After graduating from Hofstra University with a degree in business, she launched a career in marketing and public relations. Author of Living in Glass Houses and the sequel, A Delicate Truth, she currently lives in New York City.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW? by Lorna Lee

Lorna is like everyone you’ve ever known. She’s also like no one you’ll ever meet again. She’s just an ordinary person trying to make the best of the predicament du jour. What makes her different? The answers are revealed in this, her first, book. Here’s a hint: Lorna finds herself in more knotty predicaments than a novice knitter yet she tells her often grim life story with a frisky grin.

Lorna’s story is one of decisions and their consequences born out of ignorance, or innocence. Information was withheld; secrets were kept. Looking back, she asks, “How was I supposed to know?” And then she laughs, because what else can she do?

Lorna currently lives with the man of her dreams and the dog of her dreams in the home of her dreams: a cozy, finished, and decidedly unbroken home. She keeps herself busy writing, quilting, walking, and blogging.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

THE UP-COUNTRY MAN by Kenneth C. Ryland

In April 1967, a young British engineer arrives in Nigeria to take up his new job. The country is seven years into a volatile independence and Ken Ryeland struggles to come to terms with the culture shock and the endemic tribalism that pervades every level of society. On being transferred to Enugu, capital of the troubles Eastern Region, he is further challenged when the Regional Military Government rebels against the Federal Military Government in Lagos. An act of secession quickly follows and the short-lived Republic of Biafra is born. Almost immediately, the new republic is plunged into a bloody and bitter war of survival with the Lagos Government and Ryeland finds himself trapped in the rebel enclave as federal troops close in for the kill.

The Up-Country Man is a personal account of the events leading to secession and the conditions inside Biafra during the early days of the Nigerian civil war.

After 20 years working in Africa, the Far East and the Middle East, the author returned to the UK and occupied various senior engineering posts in the motor and insurance industries before retiring in 2004. He is a widower with three grown children and likes writing, gardening, cross-country walking, classic British motorcycles and fine red wines.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

LUCKY by Craig Inglis

“Lucky” is an easy-read children’s picture book by Craig Inglis and beautiful illustrations by Richard Kinsey. This uplifting,enlightening book shows children that they can overcome even the most challenging of problems with the love of friends and with plenty of determination. Positive and joyful, this highly original book shows children the power of positive thinking in difficult times through the triumphant story of a lovable, plucky dog named Lucky.

Craig has been writing all his life. He has had articles published in the L.A. Times and has written over 75 songs. He studied Cultural Anthropology and Children’s Literature in college. He worked in the early childhood area as a teacher. He has always had a connection with the disabled. Their courage and determination in overcoming their disabilities inspired this story.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

I hope you’ve enjoyed this Showcase, and I look forward to publishing another one soon, with books from Ed Heikell, D.M. Ryan, Tyler Roberts, Charlton Daines, Bailey Ardisone, Jan Hawkins, Tom Lucas, Curran Geist and Phil Taylor.

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