Synopsis In the summer of 1914, 16-year-old Evan Sinclair leaves home to join the Great War for Civilization. Little does he know that, despite the war raging in Europe, the true source of conflict will emerge in Ottoman Palestine, since it’s from Jerusalem where the German Kaiser dreams to rule as Holy […]
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Synopsis Michelle Alger flees when her secretly recorded tryst winds up on the internet. She has no option but to hide. Her one-night stand—the son of a powerful US senator—was murdered. Learning she’s the prime suspect is traumatizing. Already a member of witness protection thanks to a Colombian drug lord kidnapping her […]
Excerpt – Periodic Stories by Jim Bates #shortstories #fiction
November 27, 2023
Synopsis The first thirty-one elements of the periodic table are each used in the thirty-one stories in this unique collection. Will Warren always be lonely? Why does Lonny’s grandfather like balloons so much? How come Derek’s new fishing rod is so important to him? Why is Paul excited to learn how to […]
Excerpt – Resilience by Jim Bates #shortstories #family #fiction
November 25, 2023
Synopsis “Reading the 27 stories in Resilience, the collection of short stories by Jim Bates is like listening to one heartfelt tune after another being sung by 27 singers and never hearing an off-note. This is writing at its finest, where fiction is so well hidden in the life-affirming stories – a […]
Synopsis For fifty years, Ebar, an alien from planet Rykos, has lived in human form on Earth as Kyle Johnson. When Ebar gets into a fight at the sewage treatment plant where he works, he is put into jail. A jailer overhears Ebar trying to contact his home planet and tells the […]
Excerpt – The Fairie King by James Lipson #fantasy #TexasAuthor
November 16, 2023
Synopsis Dive into the heart of a fantastical crossover family adventure with ‘The Fairie King’, a spellbinding, fast-paced fantasy tale that promises to captivate your imagination and keep you turning the pages. When five personal guards of the Fairie King arrive at Charlie’s doorstep, exhausted and near death, his family learns that […]
Synopsis A sharp-edged, supremely twisty thriller about three women who find themselves trapped inside stories they know aren’t their own, from the author of Alice and Near the Bone. Celia wakes up in a house that’s supposed to be hers. There’s a little girl who claims to be her daughter and a […]
A Seaside Bookshop Christmas: A Single Dad, Friends to Lovers Small Town Romance (The Turner Family of Bluestar Island) Small Town Romance 3rd in Series Setting – Bluestar Island (a fictional island off the coast of Massachusetts) Lazy Dazy Press (November 3, 2023) Number of Pages 260 Synopsis Twelve […]
Realm of Ice and Shadow Young Adult Fantasy 1st in Series Level Best Books, Level Elevate (November 7, 2023) Number of Pages 210 Synopsis Seventeen year old Ryleigh Donnovan is certain her life is cursed. Nothing ever goes smoothly, and her first job interview is no exception. An earthquake […]
Synopsis 15-year-old Emma Chan is an aspiring musician with her eyes aimed at the stars. Sure, she might not have won any notable competitions, but she isn’t “bad” by any means—unless you’ve met her easygoing and charming best friend, Naomi Lin, who seems to have the unique ability to accelerate Emma’s heartbeat. […]