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The theme is family drama because, hey, we've all got
some, especially through the holidays. Choose from romance, mystery,
YA, paranormal, fantasy, historical fiction, and more (Including my newest book,
The Man in the Yellow Jaguar).
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6.
Sometimes the people who love us best are not family.
Elderly Ino prepares a delicious Italian Christmas feast for her successful CEO
son, but when he's too busy to spend the holiday with his mother she shares her
dinner and gifts with her home health aid. A heartwarming story about giving
and forgiveness.
***
What if the person who knew you best and loved you most
forgot your face, and couldn't remember your name?
A care facility is everyone's solution for what to do about
Sara, but her husband, Jack, can't bear to live without her. He is committed to
saving his marriage, his wife, and their life together from the devastation of
Alzheimer’s disease. He and Sara retired years ago to the house of their
dreams, and operated it as a Cape Cod bed and breakfast named Blue
Hydrangeas.
Jack has made an impossible promise: He and Sara will stay
together in their beautiful home no matter what the disease brings. However, after
nine years of selfless caregiving, complicated by her progressing Alzheimer’s
and his own failing heart, he finally admits he can no longer care for her at
home.
With reluctance, he arranges to admit her to an assisted
living facility. But, on the day of admission, Sara is having one of her few
good days, and he is unable to follow through. Instead, he takes them on an
impulsive journey to confront their past and reclaim their future. In the end,
he realizes that staying together at any cost is what truly matters.
***
Traveling nurse Mercy Mares is up to her eyeballs in
donations for the town's annual holiday celebration. Every nook and cranny of
her house and all of her friend's and neighbor's houses are overflowing with
gifts for ill children in her local hospital. It's all she can do to keep track
of what is what and who is who. On the night that she and her merry band of
helpers are to deliver these gifts, everything, including gifts she bought for
her loved ones, simply disappear without a trace. Now, Mercy has to find the
thief before those who appointed her this year's Mrs. Claus find out that
they're missing and dozens of children are left disappointed. Enlisting the
help of her reluctant loved ones, Mercy has a humdinger of a mystery to solve
in a flash in order to save Christmas. This is Volume 7 of the A Mercy Mares
Cozy Mystery Series. Each book is a standalone.
***
Karin is a woman with a past. About the time she thinks no
one will ever know, it comes back to haunt her. The deeper she tries to push it
away the more prominently it returns. Forgiveness is a word that isn’t in her
vocabulary as far as the people from her past are concerned. She thinks she's
fine until someone from her past shows up unexpectedly forcing her to think
about what happened. With the help of her family and other people around her
she realizes that she must learn to forgive, even if forgiveness wasn't asked
of her.
***
Shelly never saw the need for companionship outside of her
father and Professor Yates. Now her father is gone and Professor Yates is
pushing her to step out her front door, out of her comfort zone. Then there’s
Jay. His comfort zone includes the entire universe and he is bound and
determined to drag Shelly along with him.
In honor of her father’s memory, Shelly picks up one of
their old pastimes, genealogy. She figures it would be nice to know where she
came from. It would be nice to belong. What would it feel like to belong?
Everyone seems to have a place in the world where they
belong. Except Shelly.
***
The United States is a country at war. Andy sees enlistment
as an opportunity to get away from the farm life he so desperately hates.
During his three year enlistment in the army Andy finds out who he really is
and who God is. He learns what it is to have a true relationship with the Lord.
Along with Andy’s spiritual growth is the growth of a nation, a nation that is
stronger as a whole.
***
The Movement of Crowns, First in the Movement of Crownsseries, by Nadine C. Keels, FREE on Amazon
Is it the perfect or the worst time for the kingdom to...change? The nation of
Diachona rejoices as the king's daughter and heir, Constance, turns twenty.
Yet, not everyone approves of Constance’s desire to sit on the National
Council: a Council run solely by men. What’s more, oppressive threats from a
neighboring, powerful empire are rousing the people’s fears. Amid rumors of war
and personal doubts about her future, Constance suspects that her growing love
for one Commander Alexander may be ill-timed. Especially if this is the end of
the kingdom as they know it...
***
She awoke with a gasp, sitting up. "God? Was that
You?"
A pivotal year awaits Bless, a young woman who hides her
passion: her music. She’s not exactly friends with T’meal, a talented athlete
who won’t explain why he’s passed up the chance of a lifetime. Nor is Bless too
close to Lamall, a boisterous playboy with a broken private life that’s
spiraling out of control.
But Bless knows she’s meant to help these two young men. She
can’t deny the Voice that told her so.
A coming of age story of compassion, the awakening of love,
and knowing when it’s time to step out of the shadows and shine.
***
Holly Clarke has lived a life of comfort and privilege
growing up on Le Ciel, her family's luxury resort. But extreme wealth often
comes with strings attached and in Holly's case, it means a loveless marriage
to Brit Anderson, the son of her father's partner. With her wedding day looming
ever closer, Holly's rebellious streak finally wakes up and she realizes she
must find a way out of the engagement, especially when she meets mysterious and
sexy Jordan Fischler. But Jordan has a secret, and loving him could mean the
end of everything Holly knows.
***
Love at first sight may exist in fairy tales, but not
usually from across a parking lot.
When Allison feels drawn to a mysterious man in shades and a baseball cap
driving a yellow Jaguar, she can’t get him off her mind.
But Charles Davison is the only guy around who drives a
yellow Jaguar, and he’s the owner of the resort where Allison works. Charles is
twice Allison’s age and doesn’t share her values. Yet, somehow they connect and
fall in love.
The night Allison accepts his proposal, she meets Charles’
son. What starts as a celebration, ends in a heated argument between father and
son, and the woman who threatens to take the place of C.J.’s deceased mother.
As the wedding date looms closer, Allison’s doubts increase
and the relationships between the men become more and more complicated. Will
they make it to the altar? Or will tensions come to a head when they need each
other most?
***
As a cultural anthropologist, Terra is always outside,
looking in. After studying and recording hundreds of cultures around the world,
she thinks she lives to record the past, to save it for the future. Her winter
reprieve in a tiny village of mixed heritage families should be no different.
Terra expects these life stories of the elders to be simple and routine.
Only. Never before has she been expected to participate in
the village life. Sure. She's rocked a baby, cooked a meal, shared memories. No
more. No true connection to anyone. Not in a village. Not in Boston. Only one
person she calls a friend.
This tiny village of people stuck between cultures is
different. Their fragmented stream of life sweeps her off her feet, and
threatens all she knows of her own past, and future. Some members wish the
whole village to flounder on the border of the only homeland they know. She
must tame the stream back into its banks, and strengthen it for the future.
Terra risks her past, future, and one friendship in the world, to try to rescue
this village. And the children she has begun to call her own.
***
Learning to live gluten free isn't easy in a world that keeps gluten at their fingertips
day in and day out. Gluten is everywhere we turn. In food, on food, in plastic
gloves, between plastic bags, stamps, envelopes, and more than anyone every
dreamed of.
Tammy had been raised since a toddler safe on a farm without access to gluten.
Her mother and Erin kept gluten away, knowing the dangers. At age eighteen,
Tammy wanted to leave the farm. Her first job immersed her in a gluten filled
environment handling fried chicken for six hours a day.
Erin watched not so calmly from the only home she could remember. The place
where the family grew their own vegetables and meat, to safely avoid gluten in
all their foods.When Tammy showed signs of gluten poisoning, Erin had to step
forward again to save them both. To find a hope and a future together, in a
world where people would never understand them. They unearth forgotten family
secrets, and cement the ties that bind them.
Society isn't ready for them. They couldn't join in a potluck at work, or other
events. Too much risk of gluten. Even using a communal microwave could give
them gluten. They'd have to avoid simple activities that no one would think of,
where flour, gluten, pasta, or bread were common ingredients.
Together, they'd find a way to forge a future without gluten in a world bent on
adding it into every known substance.
***
Amber, a trained seismologist, looks forward to a high school dance, and a
summer internship with her mother. Neither occur. She, along with her mother,
and other specialists race to determine the cause of a series of unexpected
large quakes on unknown, and unsuspected faults in New Mexico.
Alex, a trained volcanologist, dreams of a life away from Kilauea. His first
chance to walk on a volcano that hasn't towered over his life under his
father's professorship. Except. He didn't expect a volcano to stir to life
under his feet in the often forgotten volcanic plains of New Mexico.
Fumeroles emerge as the young specialists race to set up monitoring equipment
in places no one thought it would be needed. With the help of their guide, they
struggle through the quakes that begin a split in both the continent and
society.
A large quake dams the formerly flowing Rio Grande. Amber and Alex beg the
military to inform the people so they can evacuate. The military refuses. They
set up road blocks, and curfews to maintain order.
Amber and Alex go to the heart of the one place they don't want to be. The gated
volcanic plain on a military base. What they discover cannot be held back from
the communities.
***
HOPE ARISTOV arrives in Brandon Beach to live in her former
home for three months—just enough time to finish out a residency requirement so
she can sell the house and not pay capital gains taxes. Then she’s going
straight back to Bethesda, Maryland.
IAN MacKAY owns the only grocery store in the
one-square-mile beach town. When Hope blows into his store, he likes her looks,
but not her attitude. As he gets to know her, he begins to like her, far too
much when he finds out she’s only staying until Christmas.
As they spend more time together he fights to keep his feelings in check,
especially when he learns of a job opening that would suit her perfectly. When
he tells her about it, she accuses him of trying to control her life—like
everyone else she’s known.
Can Hope take a risk, and open her heart to what God has in store for her? Can
Ian do what's best for Hope, and let God take control, even if it means giving
her up?
***
From the bestselling collection Falling for You...
Marc Hudson has spent his entire life contently being “the other Hudson
brother.” Always in his younger brother’s sports-hero shadow, he finds himself
suddenly tasked with caring for Mike’s widow and infant son. When he meets
Kendall, he loves that she has no idea who his famous brother is.
Kendall Thornton, RN, is drawn to the quiet man who spends every evening
caring—and praying—for his brother’s family. But this job is only a stepping
stone on the way to bigger challenges, and she can’t get involved here.
Can he convince her she’s already found what she’s searching for? Can she show
him he is special in his own right? Can they both let God show them that He
knows them better than they know themselves, and that what He has planned could
be even better than what they imagined?
***
Middle aged Professor Ollie Stratford's been hounded by a psycho realtor,
outrun by a bunch of grandma’s, taken advice from sock puppets, stuck in a
brimming toilet bowl, and almost run out of college by a drunken professor. How
is that for her first few days in a quiet little Texas town she never wanted to
live in?
Thrust into the middle of a murder mystery with a dwindling pile of cash and
very few leads, Ollie starts digging. Along the way, she teams up with an oddball
reporter, a dreadlocks flashing lawyer, a grandma who teaches mixed martial
arts, and a stray dog named Bodie. Can she discover the identity of the killer
in time or will she end up being the next victim?
If you like cozy mysteries, clever animals, southern charm, and coffee, you'll
love Texas Troubles, the first in a fun series of Ollie Stratford Murder
Mysteries set in a small Texan Hill Country town, with all its quirky
inhabitants.
***
Ollie Stratford isn't comfortable mingling with movie stars
and television celebrities, but that’s exactly where she finds herself when a
mysterious Portuguese film producer hires her event center.
Ollie thinks everything is going to be fun and games... until the brawling and
fisticuffs amongst the Divas break out. When one of the celebrities ends up
dead, and the Sheriff and his deputy leave town for Vegas, Ollie decides justice
can't wait.
But the more Ollie digs, the deeper the confusion. Who didn't want this person
dead?
If you love action-packed cozy mysteries with a feisty protagonist, you'll
love Creek Crisis, the second in a fun series of Ollie Stratford Murder
Mysteries set in a small Texan Hill Country town, with all its quirky
inhabitants.
***
When Alexandria Grace Groaban was a child, she learned she
was very different from other children and adults she encountered. She saw and
heard things that no child should ever bear witness to. She knew details of
things and people long since passed, and she could hear voices and repeat them
in whatever language she heard during the scenes which played out before her
young and impressionable eyes.
Through an encounter with someone she thought to be her guardian angel,
Alexandria was given a reprieve so that she might know some normalcy in her
childhood. But at the age of twenty-one, Alexandria returned home to her
family’s small estate outside Oxford, England for Christmas, and learned the
hard way that her grace period was about to come to an abrupt and vicious end.
Now, whether for better or worse, she will find herself on the edge of a great
precipice. One that will call her into action and into a world that she could
never have fathomed existed. For Alexandria to know who and what she truly is,
she will have to rise to the challenge of a battle that has been waged for
millennia by beings first spoken of in Genesis, and embrace that which has lay
dormant within her since she was a child.
***
Is it too late for second chances when the girl you loved in
your youth comes back into your life?
Gerolt de Warenne became guardian to a child-heiress named Cassandry when he
was only nineteen-years old. As he watched her grow into a lovely young woman,
he found himself falling in love with her, but Cassandry viewed him as an older
brother. So, burying his feelings, he gave permission for her to marry another.
Twenty-four years later, Gerolt and Cassandry meet again. With the loss of
their respective spouses, Gerolt hopes to finally court Cassandry, but she
desires to remain a widow. Instead, they agree to a betrothal of their children.
Matters become complicated as their friendship begins to evolve into the
romance Gerolt has always wanted. But by the law of the medieval Church,
Cassandry and Gerolt can’t marry if their children do.
Can they find a way to be together? Or must they sacrifice
their future for the love of their children?
***
Somewhere Still, a historical fiction book, explores the Roaring Twenties -a
time when the rules were clear & made to be broken - through the eyes
of a young woman coming of age in Kansas City, and offers a unique window into
the history and culture of the city at a turning point in its development. Denitta
Ward, author of the Somewhere series, blends history and fiction to tell the
story of one young woman's transformative journey of love, betrayal, and
redemption.
From the day Jean Ball lands a job at the elegant Empire hotel, modeled on
Kansas City's once-famed Baltimore Hotel, she quickly learns the secrets of the
entitled class. Dazzled by a Roaring Twenties society on the cusp of radical
change, this innocent young woman finds herself dancing, bobbing her hair, and
falling for Elden Whitcomb, the handsome son of the wealthy hotel owner. The
stakes rise when the Whitcombs' powerful secrets are revealed and loving Elden
comes at a price - one that may be too high for Jean to pay.
Shattered and alone, Jean's in the battle of her life in a city alive with romance,
smoky speakeasies, jazz music and scandal, but divided by race and class. With
the help and encouragement of influential women, Jean may find what she has
always needed, though her choices could echo through generations.
Denitta Ward uses historical sites and real events to explore Jean's
transformation from an innocent young girl to a self-assured woman, making her
way in a society in transition.
***
Few people on earth know the location of a mysterious school
where heroes of the past train those who belong to the future. Ben Taylor only
learns of the school’s true purpose when he is called into the Principal’s
office. Miss Templeton gives him a simple test to see if he is a Chosen of the
Guardian. That very day Ben is sent through a portal to a watery world of
mermaids and monsters. “Has a mistake been made?” This is the question on
everyone’s mind, including Ben’s. Ben’s only chance of success depends on
discovering the secret of his own true self in a terrifying world where
nightmares come to life.
***
Grade ten isn’t turning out the way Ben hoped. His best friend is no longer his
roommate, but has been replaced by a strange boy who follows Ben everywhere.
Jealousy awakens the dragon fire within Ben when the girl he likes returns to
school with a boyfriend. That fire and the scales peeking out from under his
shirtsleeves are making it increasingly difficult for Ben to keep his secret.
Ben needs to go to his mother’s home world to learn how to transform into a
dragon. Meanwhile, Ben is changing, and if the training comes too late he is in
danger of becoming something that is neither human nor dragon.
***
To save his world, the dragonborn King captured a demon and
took it to the world of Farne. But the King never returned from that blighted
world. Six are chosen to rescue the King, including a former brownie slave
named Moses who has no reason to love him. Moses goes with the words ‘let my
people go’ singing in his heart. Can the six chosen ones overcome their
differences and a half-crazy Watcher’s reluctance to help them? Find out by
joining Ben and his companions on a quest that will change each one of them and
the world of Farne in this New Adventure of the Dragonborn.
***
A broken mind. A shattered past. A chance to love.
Autumn is not your average twenty-one year old. She often
has trouble just leaving her house. The anxiety is like a curse, threatening to
pull her under at any time. She uses music to help her cope. The music that
helps the most is by one of the worlds top bands – Infusion Deep.
As lead singer of Infusion Deep, Finn should be on top of the world. His band
is one of the hottest on the planet. But for the last two years, he hasn’t been
able to write a thing. The band is depending on him, but inside he feels broken
and alone.
Can a chance meeting help them to heal? Or will their problems lead them both
to heartbreak?
**A clean romance with mild language and themes.***This is a complete story and
can be read as a standalone.*
***
When I Wake: Alora Chronicles Prequel , by Lara Ann, FREEon Amazon
Ash, devastated by the recent death of her mother, is finding it hard to
cope.Things begin to look up when she meets Bentley. He's been through a lot
and together things seem to be improving. Ash has a secret, it has the chance
to make or break her.
She confides in Bentley, but has she made a huge mistake?
This story can be read as a standalone. While this book contains no fantasy
elements, it is a prequel to the contemporary fantasy series the Alora
Chronicles. The first book in the series is Until I Sleep.
***
Everyone seems to know what they want to do in life.
Everyone, that is, except for Heather Hershey.
It's just another tiring and stressful day in the life of
stay at home mom Heather Hershey when she runs into an college friend. Their
simple conversation sparks something deep within Heather and she suddenly finds
a new determination to revisit her old dream that was squashed over a decade
ago.
But juggling two young kids while trying to navigate a world
which is completely new to her turns out to be more of a challenge that Heather
imagined, as she makes one hapless misstep after another. Will she finally
realize her dream of becoming a professional pianist? Or has she missed her
calling and just clutching at straws?
One thing is for sure. Heather Hershey’s life will never be
the same again!
***
Kidnapping. Winged Warriors. Magic.
Elle's desperate to find her kidnapped brother. She teams up
with the winged warriors from the dimension of Fiori to save him, but JJ isn't
the only one in danger. What will Elle sacrifice to bring her brother home? Can
she fulfill the ancient prophecy and restore the magic of the Bronze Pendant?
If you like magical realism you will love this
action-packed fantasy for middle-grade readers. Elle Burton's goal is to rescue
her brother. What she discovers is pure evil. The author provides a female role
model who strives to overcome her flaws and inspire kids everywhere.
"Missing" blends the magic of a fairytale with the
contemporary realities of the world today's youth inhabit. You will discover a
new world order through the journey of a young girl who exhibits both
compassion and jaw-dropping courage in her quest to fulfill an ancient
prophecy. Find yourself caught in the ultimate struggle between good and evil.
"Missing" is the second book in the "Lessons from Fiori"
series.
***
A DIFFERENCE OF PURPOSE is a civil war novel that tells the story of 12 year
old Jonathan Berkeley, a Confederate drummer boy serving with the famous Orphan
Brigade, and his uncle and Godfather, Alexander Wythe, an abolitionist lawyer
and captain serving in the Union army. They wrestle with God and their own
inner demons as they confront devastating personal tragedies and search
desperately for faith, love, and meaning in a torn and tragic world of civil
war. Captain Wythe is forced to question his faith when confronted with the
loss of loved ones, including his wife, Amanda Wythe, and with the human
suffering, inhumanity, cruelty and chaos of the American Civil War. This story
of loss, sorrow, faith and redeeming love takes the reader on a fast paced
journey to the bloody battlefields of Fredericksburg, Stones River, and
Chickamauga, and through a tragic world of division and heartbreak. Also,
featured in this novel of love and war are Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, the
abolition of slavery, the mistreatment of American Indians, and the largest
mass execution in American history.
Landry gets pushed into trying out for the American Ingénue reality show
modeling competition with her two best friends. She doesn’t think she stands a
chance, but she advances to the next level in the competition and her friends
ignore her when they get cut.
Enter the gorgeous Devon, who also makes the first cut and includes Landry in
her clique. Devon becomes the perfect best friend, but can their friendship
survive the competition?
Landry hopes her big break could come at any moment, but soon sees there’s much
more to modeling. She begins missing out on being with friends and has the
chance to have a boyfriend when she meets a boy named Vladi from another
school.
Part of Landry wants to be famous (and have her hair look good for once), but
part of her just wants to be accepted. She learns about friendships, being true
to yourself, and that a good hair conditioner doesn’t hurt.
The friendship of four ladies is tested when Jazmine Abaya, a foundation worker
in Manila struggling to make ends meet, grapples with the consequences of an
unplanned pregnancy and contends with the father, who refuses to take
responsibility. When rich girl Anne Tioleco, a sales executive at a
multinational firm, announces to her friends that she is eloping, tensions
mount; and social classes, jealousies, and regrets threaten to tear the four
ladies apart.
***
The year is 2320.
Andi Lloyd is content with her life as the assistant to her
adoptive father, a starship doctor, but her secure world turns upside down when
she begins uncovering secrets from her past. When her father mysteriously
starts losing his mind, she finds that she can no longer count on him to guide
or help her.
With mutiny breaking out on the ship, and two factions
desperate for a valuable secret she holds, she must race to help her father and
herself before time runs out.
***
For Emily Baxter, life is simple. Her world is made up completely of school,
church, and the community in the small farming town she calls home. All that
changes one fateful Sunday, when a new girl shows up at Pleasanton Baptist—a
girl unlike anyone Emily has ever seen. A girl with long red hair, crystal
green eyes, and style and posture like royalty. A girl named October.
The months that follow are filled with magic—the magic of ordinary things, of
finding pictures in the stars, of imagination and a new sense of beauty. But as
time goes by, Emily begins to sense that her enchanting new friend may have
secrets that could break the spell. Is October really all she seems to be?The
months that follow are filled with magic—the magic of ordinary things, of
finding pictures in the stars, of imagination and a new sense of beauty. But as
time goes by, Emily begins to sense that her enchanting new friend may have
secrets that could break the spell. Is October really all she seems to be?
***
Mystery. Romance. Danger.
Murder.
Not the typical family vacation.
When Julia Lamontaigne arrives in Franklin, New Hampshire, she's looking for an
escape from the tragedies that have taken over her life. Haunted by the legacy
of her beloved sister, and entrusted with her sister's three orphaned children,
Julia hopes for a summer of peaceful healing... And hopefully, bonding.
At first, the small New Hampshire town seems to be the perfect location. They
quickly settle in and make friends with their eccentric neighbors, then begin
work on their summer house – while Julia is drawn into a relationship with
Robert Wilde, the handsome cop next door.
But Franklin is haunted, too - by the decades-old murder of a beautiful young
artist, killed in the house at the end of Julia's street. Even though everyone
says that the case is solved, Julia can't escape the feeling that there's more
to the story than she’s being told.
She's right.
Someone doesn’t want the murder case re-opened. And they’re willing to kill
again to stop it.
The house at the end of the street hasn’t begun to give up its secrets.
***
My name is Madeleine Warwick and I'm a woman under siege.
Several years ago, a treasure hunting reality show
resurrected the long-forgotten tale of Civil War treasure buried on my family's
property. Ever since, amateur treasure hunters have been trespassing, invading
our land. When their negligence cost my uncle his life, I forged a letter to
disprove the treasure's existence. This stopped the hunters – but only for a
time. Now they are coming back and, what’s worse, my secret has been
discovered.
Arrogant Professor Gregory Randall knows about the forged
letter, and he can ruin me with one phone call. But he won’t – as long I let
him stay on the property to search for the treasure himself. It isn't easy
living in the same house as your blackmailer, and there's more to Randall than
meets the eye. He’s convinced there’s something to find, and I’m starting to
think he might be right.
But even as we race to find the treasure first, the
situation is becoming dangerous. Someone is determined to stop us: and they
aren't afraid to use violence to do so. I’m running out of ideas, options, and
time, and what’s worse, my blackmailer is the only one I can rely on.
My first defense is the last man I can trust.
***
His daughter's in a coma. His marriage is on the rocks. Can Detective Michael
Lawrence hold it together long enough to catch a killer?
Beloved music professor Emma Gagnon is dead. It doesn't look like murder...
until someone breaks into Emma's office and another body turns up. Soon
detectives Michael Lawrence and Nicholas Sohm find themselves drawn into a
complex web involving a missing girl, drugs, a popular author, a disappointed
man, a grieving widower, a driven student with a past, a drug ring... and a
killer who will strike again.
***
A Parody Novella with heart...and brains!
Scarlett Eighty-One is a model citizen and she’s never
questioned the perfect world she lives in. Not until the hunky guy in her
Geometry class turns his sunken, lifeless, and downright dreamy eyes on her.
Monsters shouldn't exist, but Scarlett can't deny all the
strange things happening around her. With the unwavering love of her zombie
boyfriend and her amazing intellect, she'll find out the truth and fight for
her destiny, even if it means battling clingy werewolves, skeevy vampires, and
dancing robots in the process.
***
Eve is a mother to us all. Here is her story of longing,
anguish, and hope…
Eve wants nothing more than to fulfill God’s two commandments:
live in absolute obedience and replenish the earth with her children. But the
power of the Destroyer is strong, and when she’s told she has a chance to
fulfill the second commandment by breaking the first… she takes it.
Expelled from a garden paradise into a wild, dangerous
world, Eve learns that her failure to obey will someday cause her to die. With
a limited time to teach Jehovah’s commandments to her children, she’s
devastated when the Destroyer starts to lead them astray. Can Eve overcome evil
to teach her children obedience and happiness?
Eve: First Matriarch is a reimagined story of the
biblical figure of Eden. If you like rich historical fiction, feminine
perspectives, and illuminating stories of motherhood, then you’ll love
Angelique Conger’s debut novel.
***
Sometimes winning is everything.
Champion swimmer Aerin Keane is ready to give up her dreams
of college swimming and a shot at the Olympics. As she starts senior year in
her third high school, Aerin's determined to leave her family troubles behind
and be like all the other girls at Two Rivers. She's got a new image and a new
attitude. She doesn’t want to win anymore. She's swimming for fun, no longer
the freak who wins every race, every title, only to find herself alone.
But when her desire to be just one of the girls collides with her desire to be
the best Two Rivers has ever seen, will Aerin sacrifice her new friendships to
break a longstanding school record that comes with a $50,000 scholarship?
***
When Lady Hester discovers her brother Adam, the Duke of Blackdale, was injured
in the Battle of Waterloo, she rushes from Scotland to Belgium to be by his
side. Her minister, the widowed Reverend Alasdair Gilchrist, escorts her on the
journey. She is determined to keep her brother alive, and to keep her greatest
secret: she’s been in love with Mr. Gilchrist for years.
***
"Follow your dreams, and you’ll never work a day in
your life. Because that field’s not hiring.”
Molly Barda earned her Ph.D. in literature and creative writing from a top-ten
doctoral program. After a year of fruitless job-hunting, she finally
landed a job at remote Mahina State University (“Where Your Future Begins
Tomorrow!”), in rural Hawaii. Teaching resume-writing. In the Business
School.
Molly longs for working air conditioning. She sits on a yoga ball because there
is no budget for office furniture. Her dean, unwilling to lose paying customers,
won’t let her report cheating students.
But Molly’s determined to bloom where she’s planted, enjoy the tropical beauty
of her new home, and stay out of trouble until she gets tenure.
Forced to attend the Student Retention Office’s summer retreat, Professor Molly
brings her game of buzzword bingo to fend off boredom. When a serial harasser
collapses face-first into his haupia cheesecake, the event goes from
dull to disastrous.
Now Molly has to fight to keep her best friend out of the worst kind of trouble
— and herself off the unemployment line.
If you like Dorothy Parker, P.G. Wodehouse, or E.F. Benson’s Mapp and Lucia
stories, you’ll enjoy The Case of the Defunct Adjunct, a tale of passion,
pilferage, and petty politics in the middle of the Pacific.
The End
