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GENERAL FICTION:
SNOW BALL by April L. Hamilton
Cinder Torley is an intelligent young woman who yearns to escape the stifling yoke imposed by her small town upbringing and unhappy marriage, but that doesn't mean she killed her husband. When he goes missing one night, Cinder quickly learns who---and how few---her friends really are in this darkly comic tale of dueling schemers and incompetents.
The sheriff thinks this might be his only ticket out of back-country law enforcement. Coffee house barista Clark Norris knows a sordid, true-crime story could jumpstart his stalled writing career. Glamorous correspondent Bailey Weems sees a ratings bonanza that can make her a cable news star. And as for Velma and Naomi, who may or may not be part of the notorious Manitoba Six Canadian crime ring, they're only in it for the black market Phen-Fen. The surprising truth about what happened to Cinder's husband will lay waste to all these agendas, but will it prove Cinder's innocence? Download Excerpt
ADELAIDE EINSTEIN by April L. Hamilton
In this comic novel, fortysomething wife and mother Adelaide Binchley feels certain her best years and opportunities are all behind her, that she can no longer contribute anything of value or meaning. When she meets Physics professor Jakob Pankowicz, Addie finds that knowing just one person who can see the greater potential in her, and believe in her even when she doesn't believe in herself, is all she needs to overcome that feeling of being so small and unimportant. As Adelaide learns through the course of her misadventures with her teenage-feminist daughter, borderline delinquent son, philandering husband and the friends in her embroidery circle, when one person selflessly reaches out to help another, that gesture has the power to change the world. Download Excerpt
I AM MARJAN by Tom Maremaa
I Am Marjan is an enchanting tale of magic realism about the life of an extraordinary lion. Based on the true story of Marjan, the lion in the Kabul zoo who was almost blown up by a crazed Taliban soldier and who came to symbolize, over time, the incredible suffering of the Afghan people under the tyranny of that demented regime, it is a fable about the son, also named Marjan, now living in the Cologne, Germany zoo, young and healthy, yet with strong memories of his father and an equally strong desire to avenge his father's death. In Part II of the story, Marjan is sent to Marine boot camp, where he struggles to fit in, is later dismissed, but then enticed to join a Special Forces alpha detachment. The mission will take him to Afghanistan as part of the hunt for bin Laden. Danger lies ahead. In Part III, he is greeted by the Afghan people as a hero and worthy successor to his father. The story is told in the first person from Marjan's point of view. Download Excerpt
THE LOTTERY TICKET by Tom Maremaa
The Lottery Ticket, set in the sleepy yet vibrant town of Palo Alto, California, takes the conventional murder mystery and turns it flat on its head. One day Luke Cherry finds his mother hanging from the living room rafters, an apparent suicide, but this is far from the truth. When Luke's father, the Ur-Geek of Silicon Valley, is arrested and charged with assisting in his wife's suicide, all hell breaks loose in the Cherry family. A stormy trial ensues, shaking up the community. Dad looks sure to be convicted, until Luke, his wily, loving son, is able to connect with Dad's motley crew of friends, including a tribe of Afghan refugees who challenge the natural order of things and come heroically to his rescue. The story is told in the cool, unflappable voice of its youthful narrator.
SNOW BALL by April L. Hamilton
Cinder Torley is an intelligent young woman who yearns to escape the stifling yoke imposed by her small town upbringing and unhappy marriage, but that doesn't mean she killed her husband. When he goes missing one night, Cinder quickly learns who---and how few---her friends really are in this darkly comic tale of dueling schemers and incompetents.
The sheriff thinks this might be his only ticket out of back-country law enforcement. Coffee house barista Clark Norris knows a sordid, true-crime story could jumpstart his stalled writing career. Glamorous correspondent Bailey Weems sees a ratings bonanza that can make her a cable news star. And as for Velma and Naomi, who may or may not be part of the notorious Manitoba Six Canadian crime ring, they're only in it for the black market Phen-Fen. The surprising truth about what happened to Cinder's husband will lay waste to all these agendas, but will it prove Cinder's innocence? Download Excerpt
ADELAIDE EINSTEIN by April L. Hamilton
In this comic novel, fortysomething wife and mother Adelaide Binchley feels certain her best years and opportunities are all behind her, that she can no longer contribute anything of value or meaning. When she meets Physics professor Jakob Pankowicz, Addie finds that knowing just one person who can see the greater potential in her, and believe in her even when she doesn't believe in herself, is all she needs to overcome that feeling of being so small and unimportant. As Adelaide learns through the course of her misadventures with her teenage-feminist daughter, borderline delinquent son, philandering husband and the friends in her embroidery circle, when one person selflessly reaches out to help another, that gesture has the power to change the world. Download Excerpt
I AM MARJAN by Tom Maremaa
I Am Marjan is an enchanting tale of magic realism about the life of an extraordinary lion. Based on the true story of Marjan, the lion in the Kabul zoo who was almost blown up by a crazed Taliban soldier and who came to symbolize, over time, the incredible suffering of the Afghan people under the tyranny of that demented regime, it is a fable about the son, also named Marjan, now living in the Cologne, Germany zoo, young and healthy, yet with strong memories of his father and an equally strong desire to avenge his father's death. In Part II of the story, Marjan is sent to Marine boot camp, where he struggles to fit in, is later dismissed, but then enticed to join a Special Forces alpha detachment. The mission will take him to Afghanistan as part of the hunt for bin Laden. Danger lies ahead. In Part III, he is greeted by the Afghan people as a hero and worthy successor to his father. The story is told in the first person from Marjan's point of view. Download Excerpt
THE LOTTERY TICKET by Tom Maremaa
The Lottery Ticket, set in the sleepy yet vibrant town of Palo Alto, California, takes the conventional murder mystery and turns it flat on its head. One day Luke Cherry finds his mother hanging from the living room rafters, an apparent suicide, but this is far from the truth. When Luke's father, the Ur-Geek of Silicon Valley, is arrested and charged with assisting in his wife's suicide, all hell breaks loose in the Cherry family. A stormy trial ensues, shaking up the community. Dad looks sure to be convicted, until Luke, his wily, loving son, is able to connect with Dad's motley crew of friends, including a tribe of Afghan refugees who challenge the natural order of things and come heroically to his rescue. The story is told in the cool, unflappable voice of its youthful narrator.
DESSERT ISLAND by M. Margaret Neil
Personal assistant to a rising-star actress, Kee Boone is a plump woman in a thin world, observing celebrity from the sidelines. Jack Conway, movie star and notorious bachelor, secretly longs for anonymity. Kee and Jack were discontent with their lives, until the night they ended up floating in the middle of the ocean together. Stranded on a pathetic excuse for an island, the unlikely couple must learn to get along to survive. But the island harbors a dangerous secret, one that sends them spinning from mishap to mayhem all the way up the coast of Baja California.
Dessert Island is a wild and fun read. You''ll laugh your way through to the end and find yourself turning pages faster and faster to find out what happens next. M. Margaret Neil has produced a satisfying tale that is full of real life issues and fantasy fun.
JEN-ZEN AND THE ONE SHOE DIARIES by Julie Ann Shapiro
Brad Lynberry, a successful photographer is haunted by the memory of Jen-Zen. He finds himself first fascinated then obsessed with shoes ? But only lost shoes! Is Brad driven by artistic inspiration or is he going off the deep end like his sister fears? The answer comes through encounters with his Grandma who loves birds? A shaman named Red Hawk who tells him to look in the shadows, and Jonathan the art collector who leads him to Swansea where lost shoes keep popping up in a display of whimsy. Time is running out. Brad must unravel Jen-Zen's poetic riddles or go mad trying.
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY:
THE MILKMAN by Ian Thomas Healy
One question has plagued UFO researchers for sixty years: What's the deal with aliens and anal probes?
Blake, a milkman with a penchant for sword fighting, and Liza, a reporter who needs a hot story, discover the answer to this question when they are abducted: aliens are clouds of sentient gas that require a specific intestinal environment in which to live. Blake and Liza are the first humans ever found to possess the correct qualities.
An alien rebel helps them to escape their imprisonment before their bodies become the tools for the conquest of Earth. They have to recruit an army of genius bikers, led by the aptly named Big Al, and build a spaceship to take the fight back to the aliens, all while avoiding recapture.
They will have only one chance to save the world, their friends, and themselves...
FORWARD TO CAMELOT by Susan Sloate and Kevin Finn
Where were you the day Kennedy was saved? History CAN be altered ...
Actress Cady Cuyler is recruited to time travel back to Dallas in November 1963 and recover President John F. Kennedy's personal Bible. It was used to swear in Lyndon Johnson as president aboard Air Force One after Kennedy's assassination, and later disappeared. Now it is a priceless historic artifact. But Cady has another, more personal mission as well: To change the fate of her beloved father, who disappeared without a trace on the day JFK died. The startling truths she uncovers and the terrifying dangers she faces lead her to the most perilous mission of all: To somehow save JFK's life, with the help of one unlikely ally: A courageous ex-Marine named Lee Harvey Oswald.
At its heart, FORWARD TO CAMELOT is the story of two exceptional men, and a message of hope for all of us. It is a rare opportunity to re-visit an era that once was, and dream of an America that might have been.