Category: excerpt

Excerpt – Something Better by Jim Bates

    Synopsis   For Quinn and his young family, life in 2220 in the aftermath of global warming was a depressing dead-end existence with no future past the mandatory forty-year life span at which point you were unceremoniously put to death and turned into compost. But only if you lived that long. One day […]

Excerpt & #Giveaway – Keeping Pepper by Scott Brody

      Synopsis   Beneath the weight of four long years in confinement, a story of liberation unfolds, igniting a whirlwind of love, fear, and even hope. When Ed and Stacey go to Las Vegas to visit their friend Pepper, they realize his dementia has gotten worse. They decide to take him with them […]

Excerpt – The Powell Expeditions by Tim Piper

    Synopsis   After his mother’s death, seventeen-year-old Jubilee Walker asks to join a scientific expedition led by Major John Wesley Powell, a family friend. Powell initially refuses, but Jubil’s persistence and resourcefulness eventually win him a place on Powell’s crew. However, Jubil’s plans for a life of adventure are complicated by his deepening […]

Review – Overflow with Hope by E.C. Jackson #romance #excerpt #PUYB

          Synopsis   Two men. One wrong choice. Tempia Wade’s life had jumped the rails. One fateful night, she believed a stranger’s lie rather than the assurance of a trusted friend. For her lapse in judgment, she paid an agonizing price. Her now-bankrupt life featured shattered dreams, ruined friendships, and the […]

Review – The Confident Hope by E. C. Jackson #inspirational #romance #excerpt #PUYB

          Synopsis   Is there hope for this love between friends? Pamela Hayes is a smart, successful business owner with a supportive family and a thriving bakery. She should be the happiest girl in the world. But she can’t shake the melancholy that accompanies every conversation she has with her best […]

Excerpt – The Honey Tree by Jo Sparkes

    Synopsis   An unforgettable tale of courage, compassion, and the pursuit of freedom. Maggie has always accepted life’s constraints: that is, until she witnesses a breathtaking moment of liberation as a butterfly breaks free from a spider’s web. And this small, defiant act sparks a fire within her soul. That’s a dangerous thing […]

Interview & Excerpt – Echoes of a Voice for Justice by Anita Hackley Lambert #PUYB #trailer

          Echoes of a Voice for Justice: The Story of Barry A. Murray by Anita Hackley Lambert Publisher: HLE Publishing Pages: 296 Genre: Historical Biography   Synopsis   Experience the extraordinary life of Barry Antonio Murray, an unwavering champion for the progressive Black movement of the post-Reconstruction era. Ms. Lambert masterfully […]

Excerpt – The Metaphysics of Now by Jim Bates #poetry

    Synopsis   The mysteries found in the night sky. The joy of welcoming Spring after a long, cold winter. The simple pleasure of enjoying birds singing, swinging on a swing with a grandchild, or walking the woods amid the oranges and reds of autumn colors. These are gentle poems, and this collection captures […]

Excerpt – Periodic Stories Volume IV by Jim Bates #fiction #shortstories

    Synopsis   Elements seventy-eight through one-hundred on the periodic table serve as inspiration for this fourth and final volume in Jim’s Periodic Stories series. In it, two materialistic millennials get hooked on their platinum credit card with disastrous results. Do they learn a lesson? A young girl discovers there’s more to life than […]

Excerpt – In Royal Ruins by Serena Clarke #fairytale #retelling #fantasy

    Synopsis   Appalled by his daughter’s vain and impertinent attitude, the king forces her to marry a peasant, hoping to teach her a lesson. Feeling devastated by this decree, Alora loses everything she knows and is thrust into a world she is not prepared for. The skills she learned to help her rule […]