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Just Out of Reach

by Barbara Jeanne Fisher

Just Out of Reach is a tender and heartfelt novel about a man who finally realizes a deep and everlasting love―a love unlike any he has ever known before― after having his heart crushed twice. This well written and heart touching novel blends Don’s “ending too soon” previous loves with Jill’s insecurities from past abuse and a present stalker. They find an all-encompassing relationship, and together are able to put their past behind them and look forward to an exciting future together.

Socrates 2000

by John Anderson

The little book with the big idea. Can a story change the world? The universe? This author answers in the affirmative. This book is his attempt to do so. Dare bare witness?

Fire In the Rain

by Paul Cox

Justin Mabry was looking for a quiet town to recuperate from his divorce and raise his twelve-year-old son. Clark Fork was tucked away in the Rocky Mountains of North Idaho and seemed to offer the simplicity and solitude he desperately needed. But Mabry soon discovered his troubles were far from over.

Tavio's Girls

by L.B. Washington

Tavio's Girls is about loyalty and trust. It reminds us that even though we may have lost much in our lives, there's still so much we have to gain.

Business as Usual

by David Mazzotta

Something is rotten at consulting giant Can-Am, Ltd.

Jake, the junior partner and world-renowned management guru, is busy lamenting his estranged son and playing domestic politics with his socially ambitious wife. Jim, a young corporate golden boy, is busy lamenting his lost, carefree, slacker years and trying to bed the boss's daughter.

wrong all along

by Daisy Jordan

What some readers have to say about Wrong All Along and Spin the Bottle: "Wow...so realistic it's scary!" "Jill and Todd are, like, the best characters ever!" "Literally the best books I ever read...It's everyday life!" "I couldn't stop reading." "I love the first two books, and I can't wait till the next two!"

Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

Fully Annotated from an Oxfordian Perspective

by Richard F. Whalen

With an Essay on “Acting MacBeth"

by Derek Jacobi

This Oxfordian Shakespeare Series presents for the first time fully annotated editions informed by the view that the plays were written by Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford—a view that reveals their true meaning and significance not only for his contemporaries but also for today’s readers and playgoers.

Up Dog Street and

Left on Shadows

by Iris Optaciana

How to justify the madness that takes hold from Raspado de Coco to Agua Dulce, when Jura, Carlo Cristiano’s dog, is rescued by the Coast Guard and ends up in the hands of the boys from Übertown?

Yes, it was a foreseeable tragedy, given South Florida’s isolated evolution. Decades of benevolent Yankee neglect and liberal pandering have fostered a new man—...

Glitz of the Hamptons

by Janet Berg

An aging man on a sentimental journey through the famous Hamptons finds that

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

A parody and short story for readers of all ages!

Paradigm Lost

by Hank Davis

The FBI agent said all she had to do was sign some papers. She let him into her house. He declined the Danish. He declined the coffee. And then he shot her. Several times. Retired Agent Frank Talbot is fighting a receding hairline, former colleagues, a controversial past and an unidentified antagonist who’s leaving a trail of empty wallets and ruined lives across present day South Florida.

Death in Daytona

by Steven Grimes

Doc, a long-haired, tattooed ER doctor, plans on a relaxing week of warm breezes, palm trees and hot women at Daytona Bike Week with his best friend, Bear. But the trip is anything but relaxing. Two brothers, white supremacy fanatics, have come to Florida to commit acts of ghastly domestic terrorism…

Games End

by Vic Sandel

“…a good, fast-paced, catchy mystery…has a special spark…well-written and well-edited…I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.”—Kaye Trout, Midwest Book Review

After their daring rescue of a young girl, while helping to destroy a terrorist plot to take over military and government computers, Greg Norman and Morgan Hilliard settle in for a well-needed rest. A time to resume their lives and define their budding relationship.

The Crusade of the Faithless

by Kyle DePew

Three millennia from now, the people of Earth have been driven out by an unknown race of monsters. Those who have settled the world of Corterra have lived in relative peace for centuries, but now a new adversary has come.

Hombrecito's Search

by W. Michael Farmer

The thrilling, provocative sequel to Hombrecito's War

"...a period western that really gives you the creak of leather and the smell of gunpowder.” —Craig Johnson, author of The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, and Kindness Goes Unpunished

The Anna Journal

by John Robert Dodd

Anna was not much to look at, and she did not read. This last fact disqualified her as a candidate for marriage…or so he thought. When his girlfriend of a year announces she is pregnant, an indecisive young man struggles to reconcile his flight of fancies with reality.

Twilight of One

by Nina R. Schluntz

For centuries, Dragons and Metamorphs tore Dragon Island apart with war, until a sorcerer created a horrible plague to ravage the ‘morphs. But when Dee, a surviving Metamorph child, finds himself free of the island—and the dragons’ imprisonment—he doesn’t know how to control the disease running through his veins.

Masha's Forest by Georg Meri-Akri

It began in World War II. A Ukranian family with two young boys, violently uprooted by soldiers, flees across Europe, struggling to survive and reach America. Aboard a flight to Berlin years later, one of those boys recalls the displaced existence of his family and the unsettling times.

A New Odyssey

By Frank Hughes, Jr.

Meet Ulysses McHugh, the typical twenty-something guy wondering where he’s going in life and how he’s going to get there. Is a purple minivan his best means of travel? He's got his two best friends, a good-paying job, a hopeless infatuation with a nameless beauty from the train station, and a rock in his pocket. So on a long, event-filled journey Ulysses goes to discover who he is and who he wants to be.

Across Time: Mystery of the Great Sphinx

By O.J. Harp III

"Rich with history and imagination, a perfect blend of fact and fiction.", October 16, 2007 —Books2Mention Magazine "Editor" (www.Books2Mention.com)

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U-1706

By Rene D. Egle

November 1944

Germany is losing World War II. In a last, desperate attempt to turn the tide, German High Command send a U-boat loaded with the latest in weapons technology and uranium to meet with the Japanese in the Philippine Sea. U-1706 also carries highly sensitive documents.

A Modern Scop

Tells Beowlf

By Amy Hager

Beowulf: the Ancient Hero

A thousand years ago, a warrior prince sailed to Denmark to battle a monster plaguing the mead hall of the Danish king. For 12 years the Danes endured its nightly attacks, but none could kill the beast. To the fabled hall comes Beowulf.

Beyond Jack Squat

By Pat Frank

Jackie O'Riley never had life handed him on a platter. For one thing, he was born in a time of poverty and uncertainty, when most Americans could barely stay alive and keep a roof over their heads.

The Winding Road

by W. Edmund Hood

During the last century, South Korea transitioned from a shadowy corner of the mysterious orient to the economic powerhouse it is today. The Winding Road tells the story of a man who lived through those times, starting out helping his father in a rice paddy in a sleepy, rural town, living through a vicious war, and finally traveling to the U.S. Ung Ho Chang's story cries out to be heard.

really good friends by Daisy Jordan

For Jill Sherer, high school’s shaping up to be better than she could’ve imagined. From the first week of cheerleading practice, she and her best friends Hillary and Lorylyn are included in a circle of popular girls who open the door to a world of exciting social possibilities. And on the first day of school, Jill meets Todd – hot, smart, athletic, funny, and a flirt – the boy of her dreams.

Article 5

by Isabelle Assante

Death row inmate Mikey Strenton tells his life story, as courtroom scenes unfold and others give testimony — the mother of a victim, the prison chaplain, lawyers, prosecutors, prison guards, and other inmates of death row. Their collective expression of suffering leads to a moving indictment of a method of justice which leaves blood on everyone’s hands.

Uncle Sam's Gal by Colin Peck

It is 1915, World War I is blazing across Europe, and New York socialite Eliza Pearse travels to London in pursuit of her errant fiance, Maxwell. On her odyssey to England, she will survive one of the biggest tragedies of the Great War, encounter Irish terrorists and get herself entangled in the quaint, clandestine world of Enrico Albyvendie of the British secret service.

The Seven Doors by R. Daniel Noyes

THE SEVEN DOORS . . . Brought together under curious circumstances, Berkeley doctoral student Nick Summers is enthusiastically befriended by a mysterious philosophy professor. With the help of a young physicist, Emily, the three discover a secret message hidden within an unusual object found near Stonehenge.

The Sparta Series

by Kristin Kochsmeier

In a small town called Sparta, colorful people live, and strange things happen...

“Murder in Sparta” - a man is unjustly accused of a crime he didn't commit. Will the real killer get away?

Be[(com)ing] Real

by Megan Noelle

“…full of surprises…exceptional…” — Kaye Trout, Midwest Book Review

Best friends, Donna DiSimone and Kenny George, have been out of touch since their first couple years out of college. So a call from Kenny out of the blue thrills Donna so much (especially now that she actually has something exciting to tell him) that she barely has time to realize that this is not a happy, routine catch-up call before blurting out her good news.

Empty Nest - Full Hookups By Debbie Holland

If you’ve ever dreamed of a “someday” life on the road, read the adventures of Grey and Destin Hall, a baby boomer couple who have their happily-ever-after life rudely interrupted by a factory downsizing.

Out of the Darkness By Michael Clinton Oliver

“Shows a pitch-perfect ear for the cadences of the modern, rural South. Fast-paced and well written, Out of the Darkness exposes the nether world of methamphetamine addiction and its effect on a prominent southern family. A thoroughly enjoyable read.” —Inman Majors, author of Wonderdog

“...a compelling read about the harsh realities of drug use in rural life.” —Janice Lynn, award winning author of Jane Millionaire.

Back from Bora Bora

By Sondra Luger

Eve Nelson is thirty, head of sales at the New York money management firm of Williams, Wetcliff, and Snell, and bored with her career. She would consider marriage, which would thrill her insistent, widowed mother, but as a "plain Jane" who gets the respect, but not the eye, of men like handsome Bill Wetcliff, her chances are slim.

The Scrapbook by Peggy Baker

Scrapbooks tell our stories about our girlfriends, our children, our parents, our boyfriends, and our husbands.

This novel celebrates the art of scrap booking and our memories of those who have touched our lives.

Sacred Ground

by Timothy Hollins

Tired of the noisy, fast-paced city life, Telisha Austin, a well-learned and decorated detective in San Diego, California, moves back to her native state in Mississippi, and settles in Arielleville. Soon she’s assigned to the suicide case of Joseph Reed Jr., a local businessman labeled introvert, the son of a prominent family in Arielleville. While trying to tie up the many loose ends in her investigation, Austin is quickly engulfed in a bizarre world of murder, betrayal, kidnapping, and a heated love-triangle that just might jeopardize her case—and her life.

DEMON

by Craig W. Tweedie

Neil has been bullied since as far back as he can remember. One evening, he is beaten near death over an altercation that took place earlier that day in school. In his delusion, he is met by Luharen, a six-hundred-year-old demon that offers Neil unlimited power and vengeance.

A Safe Position by Kathleen M. Burke

Why is there a shortage of teachers in the United States? It’s time for America’s educators to speak out about the obstacles preventing them from achieving their goals.

The First Atheist

by Eric Polfliet

“... one of the most interesting and well-written books I’ve read in sometime. – Sort of like The DaVinci Code and just as disturbing. A ‘must read’ for anyone...”

— Kaye Trout, KAYE TROUT'S BOOK REVIEWS

Charvaka, sweet talker, ladies’ man, godless libertine, was the First Atheist. Many have been disgusted at the mention of his name because he liked to eat, drink, and fornicate. He was also known for questioning the authority of the Brahmin priests.

Azriel - The Angel Chronicles by Mark D. Chevalier

If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out. —Aristotle

What would you do if one day you discovered that you weren’t always human? How would you react, knowing that God had punished you? How would you reconcile yourself with the knowledge that you had been friends with the Devil himself before the Great War in Heaven?

Blood and Bond

by Kae Cheatham

Eddie CloudRunner, rancher and teacher in a small Wyoming community, is bothered by hallucinations that seem to parallel the area's sudden environmental problems.

An Inexact Life by Gerald Warren

It’s been close to three years since Roman's been home, and it probably would have been longer had his good friend not gotten into an accident. Being sick of his perverted uncle, who makes bi-weekly trips to the strip club, is just the beginning.

A Celebration of Love by Saldanha Murphy Ridley

Veronica “Nikki" Jones is a young beautiful sister and soon-to-be college grad. At the age of 16, she ran away from an abusive and alcoholic father, and relocated to Atlanta to begin a new life. However, after the death of her father, she learns of the birth of her baby sister, MiKayla, and prepares to take on the unexpected task of single parenthood.

Young Vampires - Lamia of Akkad by Birde Williams

Long ago...

...in ancient Mesopotamia,

lives a young boy called Uraby, who wants nothing more than to be sixteen at last. His plans are cut short, however, when many complications land him alone and homeless in the distant Akkad...

The Spectre of Death Rode the Land

Lois Glass Webb

When Civil War comes to the wilderness of Southeast Missouri, John Gordon decrees the family will remain neutral, continue raising corn and hogs. Family duty demands that sons, Stuart and Riley, stay at the plow while their friends ride off to find General Price. Frustrated, Stuart leaves in the night to join a local unit. When the Union Army imposes martial law, the independent farmer becomes a partisan ranger out to protect home and hearth.

Night Café

Martin Foster

The Night Café is located in the town of Arles, France. In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh moved to Arles from Paris to paint the beautiful landscape. Some of his well-known works from Arles were Sunflowers and Trees in Bloom.

Showdown at Apache Gold

by Gene Scott Freese

This is the story of two men, a white and an Apache, driven by fate in the modern West. Descendants of famous historical figures General George Crook and Geronimo, the men are as much at odds with their own heritage as they are with each other.

Jaded

by Carla Gibson

A crisscrossed tale of seduction, trickery, hidden plots and powerful emotions, April 7, 2007

Reviewer:

Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) -

Dr. Erin Tyler’s past catches up with her the day her British rock musician boyfriend, Steve, leaves on business to Ireland. Her ex-fiancé, Chris, is in New York City to attend a conference organized by his mentor, Alec Winterhalter, who has decided Erin is perfect marriage material for Chris’ skyrocketing design career.

Geronimo Stone

by Craig Stevens & Michael Moore

In this searing drama, learn the seven attributes of “The Mobile of Excellent Management.” This, the 1st story in the Geronimo Stone Series, takes place at an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee. The once-prosperous company is in chaos when its patriarch, Robert “Geronimo” Stone becomes ill and dies. His family survives the profound personal loss only to face a hostile business war.

Lilly Bunny in Winter

МАСЬКИН ЗИМОЙ Роман-шутка с сарказмом

by Bruce Kriger

Christmas Reunions [Mohamed in Heaven]

by Kelly Moore

Christmas Reunions is the sequel to Christmas Stories from a Dying Man. Michael, the youngest son of the dying man, struggled to overcome the loss of his father at the age of eight.

Law School 101: Mental Masturbation

by Kelly Moore

Forget the Paper Chase—this book captures the true essence of the first year law school experience. —Michael R. Cherba, Editor-in-Chief, Washington University School of Law’s Devil’s Advocate

Moore’s wickedly funny prose led me to consider getting a degree in divinity studies to enable me to better help the tortured students’ souls I deal with every day. —Nicole Kinworthy, Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Student Services, Washington University School of Law in St. Louis

Voices From a Far Field

by Calvin Bowden

Heck Tennel returns after 65 years to small Texas town he fled when 18, leaving behind a destitute family and a girl he loved. Found by girl’s aunt, he is urged to return for critical message. Aunt has died, but message can be found in special place known only to him and Gloria in l934.

King Arthur and His Ribald (K)nights

by Art Banta

King Arthur. Camelot. Might for Right. These are some of best-known, best-loved legends in our culture. Yet, do we really know the tales of King Arthur, as they were first told?

Death in Sturgis

by Steven Grimes

Every year half a million people converge on Sturgis, South Dakota, and the beautiful, historic Black Hills for the largest and most famous motorcycle rally in the world. This year a murderer joins them and carries out his cold-blooded plans in the midst of hard-core bikers as well as good-hearted weekend riders.

Before All Dignity is Lost

by Norman Beaupré

What would you do if you suddenly discovered you had AIDS? What would you think? This is the epistolary story of a young man who suffers through the ignominy of AIDS and dies from it at age 34.

A Reason to Die

by Sal DeStefano

For John Covello, the news couldn't get much worse. John had made his demolitions company the third largest in America, but after an implosion accident killed a six-year-old boy, his life fell apart. So when John learns he has pancreatic cancer, his only regret is knowing his wife and daughters will be left penniless after he dies.

Fairbodys vs the Fanatics

by Alan Neidle

Martin Fairbody, a proper American diplomat, and his wife, Beverly, a woman who is intimidated by no one, blunder into caves under Turkey and discover the world's oldest democracy where there is a unique system for coping with fanaticism. They are blamed for catastrophic rock slides in the caves.

Greek Mischief

by Frank Pialorsi

Opening at the scene of a royal wedding in 1995, Greek Mischief chronicles the military coup d’etat in Greece in the late sixties that resulted in a seven-year dictatorship. Based on true events, this novel grew from the author’s experiences with the Fulbright Foundation in Athens during the period and continued interest in the exiled royal family and other international personalities of the time, some of whom are still making news.

The Unfinished Symphony

by Irene S. Czarnecki

Following on the heels of her book for young readers, The Sleeping Knight, Irene S. Czarnecki's latest book, also set in Poland, will delight those readers who enjoy historical novels with all the pathos of world wars and ill-starred loves. The Unfinished Symphony, a family saga, takes us on an epic journey into the private lives of the Poczatek clan from the early 1800s through to the recent past.

Below the Surface

by Frances R. Kubitz

Two people meet on a mountain in Cinque Terre, Italy, over a stolen cluster of white grapes. He the thief, is an American psychiatrist, and she, is an Italian vintner, the owner of the stolen grapes.

Murder in the Rimocks

by Gladys Smith

Four months have passed since Fred Nighthawk, a ranger for the Bureau of Land Management, vanished in Paiute Valley. Now, vandals have destroyed Indian petroglyphs in the remote area. Marcie Gibbs, an archeologist turned Special Agent for the BLM, is given her first assignment as an officer—look for a possible connection between the vandalism and Fred's disappearance.

Story of a Newark Girl

by Jane Statlander

"...a magnificent discovery ...makes one feel that they have stumbled onto a treasure trove of a life....Stadtlander creates a world that is both carefully observed and beautifully felt....Any fan of Philip Roth's fiction will appreciate this...similar ... yet...female story....Some of the descriptions are so vividly described that one feels they are in her world, watching as the action unfolds - the births of her children, the feel of a slap, the softness of a kiss, the heartbreak of disease and death....an interesting and important book, in which readers will find new layers of meaning at each re-reading." -- Diana Schwaeble, The Hudson Reporter

This bio-fictional novel, picaresque in style, traces the life of a girl born in Newark to Holocaust survivors: birth, childhood, education, marriage, children, divorce, life changes, and lovers.

Words of Mass Destruction

A novel by Edina Gottlieb Frankel & Leo Gottlieb

Too many times in our lives, we have heard of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Wars of Mass Destruction, and now here comes Words of Mass Destruction. All are powerful weapons that need to be eradicated, in order for our world to survive in peace and harmony.

Lords of the Jaguar A Story of the Mayan People

by Greg Stallion

Red Paw Jaguar is a Mayan trader. A noble by birth, he bears the title of Lord. With the confidence of kings, he expands an empire of trade began by his father that encompasses two continents.

Cats in a Chowder

by Fred j Schneider

Schneider has given us a viciously funny book that does to the experiences of manhood, war and 60's Catholicism what blenders do to spirits -- with a resulting cocktail worthy of being served to the likes of Twain, David Foster Wallace, and John Kennedy Toole. A blurb can't hack it -- read this book! —Michael C. Delisa, Author of Cinderella Man

Beyond Anger

by Steve Cooper

Illegally committed to a mental hospital in Boston by her wealthy husband, recently discharged Jenna Masters must now try to put her life back together. But the answers to the puzzle pieces of her life don't come easily.

Cry Watercolors

by Carlos Alvarado

A romantic introspective literary adventure; a coming of age story of a middle age man, whose emotions he has buried by projecting them onto the characters he writes about.

A Thousand Lives

by Bruce Kriger

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Nympholeptic in New York

Carol Kellogg

"Nympholeptic in New York Pretty lady seeks man of any age, height, weight, color, creed, shoe size, ethnic origin, political party affiliation, or tax bracket who can tell her in what room the most important event of Western civilization occurred. Dinner’s on her."

Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky

by Connie Lapallo

Prosperity in Virginia sounded promising. Then Joan learned she would have to leave one daughter behind in England. Even that she could bear. But a hurricane at sea, the Starving Time, Indian wars...

Worse Than a Thief

by J. Tracksler

The charming shores of Kittery, Maine were rocked by the brutal murders of two women. A year later, the crimes have not been solved and Chief Alexander Bridge is pulling out what's left of his hair. Meanwhile, Regina Sabatino Fornier's husband has left her for a younger blonde.

Timshel

by Marcia P. Adams

Anna Christoff Alstrom is the daughter of a prominent Atlanta surgeon, the step-daughter of a respected Atlanta art mentor, and a student at Emory University when she meets and is captivated by the most sought after pianist in the artistic world: Andriano Parenti.

Deathroll

by Ian Brown

In the backwoods of east Texas, a revered member of a close-knit rural community is senselessly killed. As her killer contemplates his fate, a murder charge is the least of his worries.

The Dark Knight of Lancashire

by P.J. Kerti

Deborah McMasters' life was full of misery. She’d lost her beloved father to a war brought about by a half-crazed British tyrant. It was hard not to resent her family, who had fled to the very lands where the tyrant reined supreme.

The Hacker

by Bill Bitetti

Running from the nightmare of losing his wife to ovarian cancer, Donald Giovanni moves to a small town on the east coast of Florida and buys an old country store.

Blood Feud in Golden Sand

by Bill Bitetti

After Antonio Bianco discovers that his ex-wife, Caroline, has kidnapped their only son, Adam, and vanished into the night, he quits his job as vice-president of a high-powered New York advertising firm, sells his palatial home in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and begins a nationwide manhunt for his son.

Desired Haven

by Alan O’Reilly

Through Dangers, Toils and Snares... "Seems like trouble's your middle name, McGrath." It’s easy to understand why Matron said that. Nursing Officer Colleen McGrath, who trained with Anne (n) Linton*, saw plenty of trouble during the war.

Caught in a Hellish Nightmare

Bill Bitetti

Living the good life in a mansion a few blocks from the beach in glamorous Boca Raton, Florida, Bill Roman unsuspectingly takes Louie Lombardo, a Mafioso, as a business partner.

Sworn to Secrecy

Bill Bitetti

Following a four-year stint in the Army Rangers, Mario Amato returns home to discover that nothing has changed, until Tom Hanley, the childhood friend he left behind, persuades Mario to join him in attending the University of Miami.

Mentioned in the Will

Paula Anne Ervin

Meet Dennis Whitehead. He endured a bitter childhood, watched his mother work herself to an early grave, and is determined to "never be poor again." One day, Dennis meets a librarian named Sara. Drawn to her laughter and gentle spirit, he begins to fall in love with her. He reveals his secret fear—that he has inherited his father's alcoholism—and vows to stay away from drinking.