Category: excerpt

Excerpt – While the Getting is Good by Matthew Riordan

  Synopsis Based partly on family lore, Matt Riordan’s follow-up to The North Line is for readers of Jeannette Wall’s Hang the Moon and S.A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed. Eld should’ve known better. Hell, he did know better. But watching lesser men hit big paydays—men who didn’t fight in Europe—grew unbearable. So, when the opportunity arises, he reaches for a little something extra […]

Excerpt – Murder in Retrograde by Greg Hickey

  Synopsis A steadfast private detective. A case that would cover all his debts. When the first body drops, can he catch a killer before he’s cashed out? In a litigious future America, detective Marcus Carver sticks to civil cases. When a space tech CEO wants him to investigate a business rival for illegal hydrocarbon […]

Excerpt – Madman by M.F. Gross

    Some true stories come with sharp edges—stories we try not to remember, and that history quietly lets slip away. Madman by M.F. Gross is one of those stories, and this haunting, immersive account brings it back with startling clarity. Set in postwar Florida, Madman unearths a 1949 murder that once transfixed the Gulf […]

Excerpt – My Twin in Budapest by Kim Cano

  Synopsis An uplifting women’s fiction novel full of romance, intrigue, and a vacation that shapes destiny. After being dumped by her fiancé, heartbroken Morgan spends time with her best friend, Amanda, hoping to forget her troubles. While looking through old family photographs together, Morgan notices a picture of Amanda’s grandmother, Veronika. The woman looks […]

Excerpt – The Housekeeper’s Secret by Sandra Schnakenburg

  Synopsis A powerful memoir of love, secrets, and survival. When Lee Metoyer is hired to be the new housekeeper, she has no idea that she’s about to become the anchor to a family in an abusive patriarch’s home, setting a mystery in motion that will take decades to uncover. At the age of seventy-two, […]

Excerpt& Giveaway – Whistling Women and Crowing Hens by Melora Fern

  Synopsis It’s the 1920s, and Birdie Stauffer is whistling on a train-traveling roadshow. To escape her strait-laced overbearing sister, Birdie auditions for the all-female Versatile Quintet, Chautauqua circuit’s opening act. Through the roadshow she experiences a modern era of shocking flappers and smuggled whiskey, with the camaraderie of newfound friends. Her exceptional gift of […]

New Release & Excerpt – Painted Dreams by Darlene Deluca

  Synopsis Katlyn Andrews is a talented artist on her way to fulfilling a dream—her own show at a New York City gallery. Focused on her career, she’s ditched her hometown of Denver for the bright lights of the Big Apple. When she’s drawn back to check on her beloved grandmother, she finds a surprise—Nick […]

Excerpt – Where the Heart Is and Other Stories by Jim Bates

  Synopsis The uneventful lives of everyday people? Look again. Captivating characters entertain and delight us as we read their stories that are deep, rich and interesting. The reader is introduced to everyday people whose lives are seemingly uneventful on the outside but are captivating and colourful nevertheless. You will certainly find the heart in […]

Excerpt – Red Shadows at Saugatuck by Randy Overbeck

  Synopsis Darrell Henshaw hoped he was past it all. After all, no ghosts had visited him for years. Instead, he learns his five-year-old-son, Leo, has inherited his “gift.” Now, they both can see ghosts. Upon his parents’ insistence, Darrell drives his young family 800 miles to celebrate his aunt Gertrude’s 80th birthday. But, once […]

Excerpt – Deadly Odds 8.0 by Allen Wyler

      Medical innovation has always carried risks, but Deadly Odds 8.0 takes that anxiety and transforms it into a pulse-pounding race against time. I’m always drawn to thrillers that turn science into suspense, and this one delivers. After a sudden death outside a Seattle church, panic spreads when the CEO of a major […]