Synopsis What holds more secrets in the library: the ancient books shelved in the stacks or the people who preserve them? Liesl Weiss has been (mostly) happy working in the rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look […]
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Synopsis In search of a new life, Reuben and Ardith Rosenfeld and their two children move from Chicago to the small town of Welton, Colorado, looking for all the hope that the burgeoning West has to offer—its abundance of jobs, space, sunshine, prosperity, and the promise of reinvention. Reuben, a former copyeditor […]
Synopsis On Hawaii Island, a volcanic earthquake disrupts an abandoned cemetery—unearthing the body of a woman mutilated by her killer to conceal her identity. The search for her identity leads Hilo, Hawaii’s Chief Detective Koa Kane to a mysterious defense contractor with a politically connected board of directors. Defying his chief of […]
Synopsis From the author of the critically acclaimed Time Box series comes the dramatic conclusion of a story that spans a century. Two years after stealing portable time machines, the Lanes, a family from the present day, stop running and start living. They settle in the seaside town of Coronado, California, in […]
Review – In a Sweet Magnolia Time by Robert Wintner #southernfiction
December 20, 2021
Synopsis When Waties Waring left his wife of 30 years for a “Yankee spitfire” he dropped a turd in the local teacup. Charleston (S.C.) society banished him forever. He, in turn, became the first federal judge in U.S. history to rule that separate but equal is not equal, the hallmark of […]
Title: DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION: A LIFETIME OF UNBROKEN BONDS Author: Maria J. Andrade Publisher: Clara Publishing Pages: 250 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Historical Fiction/Magical Realism Synopsis Based on a true story, Defiance and Redemption, A Lifetime of Unbroken Bonds, brings to life the joys, dramas, and triumphs of two sisters, Eva and […]
Excerpt – The Humble Courier by J.T. Maicke #historical #fiction #PUYB
December 13, 2021
Title: THE HUMBLE COURIER Author: J.T. Maicke Publisher: Dreaming Big Publications Pages: 321 Genre: Historical Fiction Synopsis Father Hartmann Bottger, a Benedictine monk and priest, has confronted bullies his entire life, including pompous clerics, local thugs, and callous and corrupt French Army occupation authorities in the German Rhineland. […]
IF A BUTTERFLY SERIES: BOOK 1 – CHRYSALIS BOOK 2 – EMERGENCE by MICHAEL SIROIS Genre: Mainstream / Literary Fiction Publisher: Flio Widdix Publishing Date of Publication: December 11, 2021 Scroll down for Giveaway! Nine Characters + One Butterfly […]
Synopsis Yuki Hirano, is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.” At first, Yuki […]
GONE TO DALLAS: THE STOREKEEPER 1856 – 1861 by LAURIE MOORE – MOORE Genre: Historical Fiction / Texas Pioneers / Civil War Publisher: Goat Mountain Press Date of Publication: October 4, 2021 Number of Pages: 348 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! […]