Category: fiction

New Release – The Best General in the Civil War by Conrad Bibens

  The Best General in the Civil War By Conrad Bibens Historical Fiction Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 256 Publication Date: November 6, 2024     Synopsis The North might have lost the Civil War if not for the heroics of a Southern-born general. The Best General in the Civil War tells the true story […]

Debut Novel & Interview – Pendulum by Kent Lauder

    Synopsis Pendulum is the tale of a family at a crossroads. In this novel, Charles Ellis and his wife, Sally, manage their old family ranch in the semi-arid region of western Nevada. After Charles experiences a health scare, his brother, Sam, returns from living back east to help his aging brother, only to […]

Review – Between the Clouds and the River by Dave Mason

  Synopsis 1943 Twenty-four-year-old Bernhardt Lang is swept along by the currents of war until an unexpected ally helps him live a life of his own making in a place he could never have imagined himself existing. 1965 Twelve-year-old Joseph Holliman is drowning in a life no one should have to endure. When he crosses […]

New Release & Giveaway – The Nine Lives of Tito d’Amelia by Ettore Farrattini Pojani

  The Nine Lives of Tito d’Amelia By Ettore Farrattini Pojani Italian Literature / Historical Fiction Publisher: Bayou City Press Pages: 326 Publication Date: October 11, 2024     Synopsis This is the first (and only) English-language version of the award-winning Italian novel, The Nine Lives of Tito d’Amelia. Nine Lives is a love story […]

Review & Giveaway – Tough Trail Home by Marie W. Watts

    TOUGH TRAIL HOME By Marie W. Watts Women’s Literary / Small Town & Rural / Contemporary Women’s Fiction Publisher: Black Rose Writing Pages: 253 Publication Date: March 27, 2024       Synopsis “Tough Trail Home is a delightful read about a family coming to terms with each other and their new lives.” –Pamela […]

Excerpt & New Release – Late Checkout by Alan Orloff

  Synopsis Motel proprietor Mess Hopkins is more interested in helping others than turning a profit, so he opens the doors of the Fairfax Manor Inn to those seeking refuge from a bad situation. But when his cousin Finn shows up in trouble, his world is rocked, because Mess had thought Finn was dead, having […]

Excerpt – Earth’s Veil by J.F. Bloomfield

    Synopsis In this harrowing tale of humanity well past the brink of insanity, Canadian author J. F. Bloomfield takes the reader on a dangerous adventure through the corpse of a world that went horribly wrong. Starting off unprepared and deathly afraid, the main character, Will, just barely makes it underground with some hiking […]

New Release – Sleeping in the Sun by Joanne Howard

  Synopsis In the last years of the British Raj, an American missionary family stays on in Midnapore, India. Though the Hintons enjoy white privileges, they have never been accepted by British society and instead run a boarding house on the outskirts of town where wayward native Indians come to find relief. Young Gene Hinton […]

Review – Crossing Day by William A. Glass

  Synopsis CROSSING DAY It’s been one hundred and sixty years since the Confederacy won its independence at the Battle of Altamaha Crossing. Slaves of African descent still perform most of the work in the South. This seems normal to Ryan Walters and his friends who attend high school in Huntsville, Alabama. Like teens everywhere, […]

Excerpt – The Stargazer by Jim Bates

  Synopsis In this collection of stories, Jim shares with the reader the lives of ordinary people who each have a unique story to tell. Mitch’s life is enhanced immeasurably when he meets fellow stargazer Loren and his daughter. Doug and Evie form an unlikely friendship while riding the bus to work. Dan and Tim […]