Literary Fiction

The Clock Of Lifeby Nancy Klann-Moren

Best Kindle Book Awards, Finalist, Literary Fiction
Writer’s Digest Self Publishing Award, Second Place for Fiction
2013 Next Generation Book Awards, Finalist.
2013 Readers’ Favorite Book, Finalist
2013 San Francisco Book Festival, Honorable Mention
BRAG Medallion Honoree.
In the small town of Hadlee, Mississippi, during the 1980’s, Jason Lee Rainey struggles to find his way amongst the old, steadfast Southern attitudes about race, while his friendship with a black boy, Samson Johnson, deepens.
By way of stories from others, Jason Lee learns about his larger-than-life father, who was killed in Vietnam. He longs to become that sort of man, but doesn’t believe he has it in him.
In The Clock Of Life he learns lessons from the past, and the realities of inequality. He flourishes with the bond of friendship; endures the pain of senseless death; finds the courage to stand up for what he believes is right; and comes to realize he is his father’s son.
This story explores how two unsettling chapters in American history, the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, affect the fate of a family, a town, and two boyhood friends.

The Bath and Body Book: DIY Bath Bombs, Bath Salts, Body Butter and Body Scrubsby Family Traditions Publishing

The Bath and Body Book

Are you ready to jump in to the delightful world of artisanal home-made body crafts?

Family Tradition Publishing Presents the all-in-one guide for DIY body and bath treats!

Life in Twenty-Something: A Story of Self-Discoveryby Evan Tarver

A modern fiction novel with very nonfiction principles and values. It’s a parable, a guiding story about the struggle we all face when looking for our passion and happiness in life.

If you’ve ever believed that you’re destined for something great, and if you’re constantly searching for your purpose, then this novel is for you. Also, if you enjoy observational stories that are chock full of drugs, sex, high-stakes business, money lost, and love found, then this novel is especially for you.

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David is misunderstood. By everyone, so it seems. The millennial business enthusiast has failed at almost every career he’s tried. Searching for his life’s meaning and enamored by the startup culture in Silicon Valley, David jumps headlong into a job at a small, albeit growing, business.

He soon realizes, however, that while the company is considered a “startup,” it’s as unfulfilling as any corporate job he’s had, and he chooses to pursue his own entrepreneurial venture, believing that if he can become a famous business owner, he’ll find happiness. But not if his previous employer has anything to say about it. In true Silicon Valley fashion, David’s former boss finds out about his new company and sues on the grounds that his former employee is in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a federal crime.

Dave is faced with life-altering penalties, fines, jail time, and a dilemma – stay and fight or turn and run? And ultimately, if entrepreneurship isn’t making him happy, what will?

Project Mnemosyne (When No One Was Looking Book 1)by Kim Frauli

After terrorist attacks reshaped the world in which she lived, an orphaned Julianna Brenner was taken to live in the Scholars Compound. There, she and her best friend Declan work on medical advancements to benefit the world outside. Everything they do is dictated by the rules of the New Regime. When Guardian Costma, the leader of the New Regime, summons them to assign a new project, Julianna has serious objections to the nature of the project.

With Declan’s help, she devises a plan to get them out of the Scholars Compound and live a life of their own making. However, they are blindly entering a world about which they know very little, and Guardian Costma will not let them go without a chase. Will they be able to find freedom they seek? Are their family members still out there waiting for their return? Or will the truths they learn be too much to handle?

Two-Faced: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (Legend of the Treesinger Book 1)by James Hunter

Ancient Demons. A Terrible Curse. Only one woman can save the day … though she’s not really a woman at all.

Winona Treesinger is a Bigfoot–and no, she doesn’t just have large feet. She’s literally an eight-foot tall walking myth, and the last great princess of the People of the Forest.

All she and her people want is to dwell in the deep places of the forest, well away from mankind and the destruction they bring to the land and the world. But when Winona hears about a string of grisly murders in the nearby city of Missoula, she knows in her gut it’s the work of an ancient evil, driven away from their lands long ago.

Against the wishes of her Father, Chief Chankoowashtay, Winona must leave the forest and venture into the world of men, disguised as a frail human, in order to set the balance straight and stop the killings. And with the help of a handsome, slick-talking city detective named Chris Fuller, she might be able to do it. But if Chris finds out what she really is, stopping the creature might be the least of her worries.

From James Hunter (author of the Yancy Lazarus series and the litRPG epic Viridian Gate Online) and eden Hudson (author of the Redneck Apocalypse series) comes a gritty, action-packed urban fantasy adventure with a kick-ass heroine, a savvy street cop, and a twist that you won’t see coming!

Thorne Grey and the City of Darknessby Farrell Keeling

Life in the Spire for Thorne Grey is comfortable… that is until he is sent on a mission across Horizon to destroy a dark portal to the Foglands and had a premature visit from Death.

As ancient dark forces threaten to rise once again from the shadows, the young Warlock must travel alongside a terrifying swordsman and uncover the secrets of the City of Darkness.

The Phoenix is rising.

100 Short Horror Storiesby Steven Havelock

This book is jam packed with loads and loads of short horror stories. Are you brave enough to read these tales of chilling terror? If so draw the bed covers close, light the bedside lamp and prepare for a rare treat of a book.

The Sea Lyonby Hildie McQueen

Welcome to the Pirates of Britannia Connected World. THE SEA LYON is a tale of twists, turns and love on the high seas!

Reputed to be ruthless and feared, pirate Captain Dorian Lyon McAlpin rules over the seas along with his crew of cutthroats aboard his ship, The Mawdelyn. When he chances being caught to see his dying mother, his life takes a drastic turn. Fate brings him face to face the one woman who destroyed his life. It seems the opportunity for revenge is sometimes served on a silver platter.

Running for her life with her infant son, Ileana MacTavish is forced to depend on pirates of all people in order stay alive. With the future uncertain, she demands an audience with the captain of The Mawdelyn. What she doesn’t expect is to find the man who not only hates her, but also is more lethal than the danger she’s running from.

Not Dead Yet…by Peg Herring

This suspense novel has a paranormal element and a surprise that makes it all the more delightful to visit Chicago in the 1960s.

Leo appears to be just another downtown bum, but he and Libby, Memnet, and Roy share a secret that requires constant vigilance. They live off the grid in the basement of an almost forgotten museum and survive mostly by committing petty crimes. Each of them has gifts for surviving; each has weaknesses as well. They make it through each day by working together and trusting each other.

Major changes happen when they meet Jake, an orphan who witnesses a murder. The killers come after the girl, and the four adults see no choice but to take her “home” with them. Soon they are all targets, and Chicago streets are a constant danger. The squatters know should leave the museum and create new lives, but with secrets they can’t reveal, where can they go? How will they live? Suspense and humor result as the “family” lies their way to becoming respectable yet anonymous citizens.
Once they have a new home (and after a stunning plot twist), an uneasy peace settles in. Maybe things will work out.

But peace is fragile, and bad guys don’t just give up. In the end Leo’s little band must face a band of killers in order to save themselves and prevent an American tragedy. If they succeed, it will be partly due to help from a green FBI agent but mostly because of their determination to protect each other. After all, they’re NOT DEAD YET…

Peril, Plots, and Puppiesby Maggie Pill

When a midnight murder comes to Allport, Barb is observed conducting one of her “Correction Events” nearby. The police want to question the Grammar Nazi, and Retta insists the only way to save Barb’s reputation is to solve the crime before her secret activities are revealed to the whole town.

The victim was a newcomer to Allport who was engaged to marry a local businessman’s attractive but spoiled daughter. Retta finds Frannie Habedank particularly irritating, since the younger woman commands the attention of just about any man who comes near her. Perhaps rightly and perhaps not, Retta is convinced Frannie killed her fiancé.

As the Sleuth Sisters probe the mystery, they learn that Frannie’s father wasn’t completely happy with his prospective son-in-law. Many back in his home town considered Steve Deline a “slug,” and even the man’s own brother hasn’t got much good to say about him. It’s difficult to eliminate any suspect, but who would take violent action and end his life with a blunt metal object?

On a different case the sisters uncover a puppy mill, which results in the seizure of two dozen neglected and pitiful dogs. Faye’s whole-hearted plunge into helping with their recovery means she’s distracted from other events.

As Faye re-homes dogs and Barb frets about being exposed as the Grammar Nazi, Retta wrestles with a question of her own. She has a life-changing decision to make by the end of the year, and it’s already December. She’d like some advice, but when everyone she knows is involved, where can a woman get objective input?

Though personal issues get in the way, the sisters know that when the situation takes a perilous turn, they can count on each other. Combine resources. Stand together. Sister power!

My First Loveby Weston Parker

She was my first. My only.

That part never changed.

I ran from a life that should have been mine, joined the military, and became someone for the first time in my life.

The memories of walking my girl down the aisle to another man still haunt me, though, all these years later. I should have fucking said something then.

We both should have.

A surprise attack on my platoon left me wounded and headed back to an old reality. One where she was all I wanted.

Without her ex in the picture, I’m going full throttle. She’s a single mom, and her little one is as precious as she is.

They both should have been mine, and they will be.

My first love. My only love.

Mine.

Every good girl deserves a bad boy ~ Weston

Sweet Toothby Aria Ford

Drew Liston is everything I have to avoid. Sexy, handsome…a billionaire and way out of my league.
He wanted me once, six years ago. I said yes. I let him break my heart. To be honest, I’ve never really gotten over him.
You don’t ever get over a man like Drew.

DREW:

I can’t believe it’s her after all these years.
She’s just as pretty, just as sweet. But she’s shy now. I know why. It’s because I had her once and I let her go. Because maybe, just maybe she can still remember what it felt like when we were together. I made her pant and beg and scream my name.
Now she’s afraid to let me get close. I stop in her bakery all the time, try to be her friend.
It’s not the flavor of her cakes and pies I’m there for. I miss the taste of her.
This is our second chance.
Once she lets me in again, I’m never letting her go.
I’m a man who always gets what he wants, and I’m not giving up until she’s mine, once and for all.