Synopsis In the Lebanese village of Bhamdoun in 1931, Joseph Friedmann is born to a 15-year-old Syrian-Jewish girl hastily married off to a Belgian businessman thirty years her senior. After his parents divorce, Joseph’s new Christian step-father refuses to rear a Jewish child. At the age of eight, Joseph is banished to a Catholic […]
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Synopsis In 1968 Bangkok, Thailand, 17-year-old Piper Lewis’ world is changing in unsettling ways. The U.S. Military’s expansion into Thailand in support of the Vietnam War is reshaping the city she loves. Her USAID Official father’s mysterious absences fray their once-close relationship. Her stepmother’s obsession with appearances suffocates her. Worse, she can’t summon the […]
Review – The Roaring Ridleys by K.M. Colley
Synopsis In the glittering world of 1920s New York, the seven Ridley heirs seem to have it all: wealth, status, and protection as the city’s most powerful family. But when notorious gossip columnist Dale Caimen is found dead during their family’s renowned summer soiree, their carefully constructed world begins to crack. Behind the champagne […]
Review – The Golden Hearts Club by Cinda K. Swalley
Synopsis The cross-country road trip began innocently enough–but unexpected detours lead them down a road that will change their lives. Megan and Katie Summers are leaving on their long-planned road trip and are thrilled when the departure day finally arrives. But Katie is apprehensive because her dreams are confusing; a mysterious fire, two sisters […]
Excerpt – Primal Suspect by Rochelle Sangabriel
Synopsis FBI Special Agent Renee Wells has built her life on rules, discipline, and a relentless pursuit of justice—but after losing her partner, her career is in a tailspin, and she’s forced to confront a past she thought she’d left behind. Returning to her hometown of Boerne, Texas, Renee finds herself drawn into a […]
New Release & Excerpt – Parallel Peril by Maria Lynn Barrs
Synopsis Every year, thousands of women disappear—and too many are never found. Dallas TV journalist Vicky Robeson is determined her missing sister will not be one of them. Separated during a childhood tragedy that killed their parents, she has spent a lifetime searching for her. She learns there’s a possible clue in a long-hidden […]
New Release & Excerpt – Don’t Stop by Bonnie Friedman
Synopsis A daring, erotically charged novel about ambition, desire, and the dangerous pursuit of self-knowledge. Ina is a 41-year-old literary scholar on the cusp of professional success. With a coveted university job, a kind husband, and a book on Eugene O’Neill due in months, her life appears enviably stable. But when an impulsive kiss […]
Synopsis He promised to help her reclaim the memories she lost—no matter what they found. Until she remembered another man. Cornwall, 1913 For three years, Merryn has lived without a past—no family, no history, no home that’s truly hers. When the threat of being locked away for her own “protection” looms, she takes a […]
Excerpt – The Hearing Voices series by Charles Porter
Most people don’t question whether what they’re experiencing is reliable. It’s something taken for granted in everyday life. For Aubrey Shallcross, that certainty has never been there. The voices he hears have always shaped how he understands the world around him in The Hearing Voices Series by Charles Porter. Aubrey Shallcross has learned to […]
Review – Little Miss Petty by Sally Kilpatrick
Synopsis An empowered PI parlays her talent for petty revenge into lucrative karmic justice in a sharp and funny novel full of surprises by a USA Today bestselling author. When Stella Stark discovers that her boyfriend is cheating, she also discovers that thirty-nine isn’t too old for petty revenge. Can we say…glitter bomb? She’s […]