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 […]
Category: fiction
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! […]
Synopsis Two decades after his family suffers trauma, Max, the loving but remorsefully jealous older brother of a musical genius, chronicles the story of his dysfunctional family. In mid-1970’s New York City, Max’s sister, Kayla, vaulted to fame as a piano prodigy, holding both audiences and her family in awe with her […]
Synopsis I’m seven years old and I’ve never had a best mate. Trouble is, no one gets my jokes. And Breaks-it isn’t helping. Ha! You get it, don’t you? Brexit means everyone’s falling out and breaking up. Huxley is growing up in the suburbs of London at a time of community tensions. […]
Synopsis Sometimes, the one you’re saving is really saving you. Harley loses everything when his master dies — his home, his best friend, his reason for living. Day after day, he trudges the streets, trembling from the biting cold, whimpering from the gnawing hunger. Across town, Rachel has an alimony hearing looming and a […]