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The Heron Legacy Leona Francombe The ancient Ardennes Forest holds more than just the beauty of nature for Charles Fontaine. When he returns to this land of sinuous rivers and lonely ridges to sell his ancestral domain, he stumbles upon a twelfth-century legend woven into the complex tapestry of his heritage. Driven by unresolved questions, Charles delves into the tale of... |
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Like Printing Money R.A. Cramblitt It seemed like a routine surveillance gig for private investigator Charlaine Pennington. Except that she didn’t know who the client was or why she was following a chief financial officer with nothing but sterling achievements on her resume. In the course of 48 hours, a series of events unravels the perception of normality: A baffling abduction of... |
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The Spa at Lavender Lane Phyllis Melhado From her elegant atelier office, Nadia Demidova discreetly monitors the arrival of her latest guests. Legendary doyenne of the fabled Palm Springs getaway, she can always tell from the moment the women arrive, which ones will be problems. This group will not disappoint: a burned-out Fifth Avenue retail executive, a... |
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a girl with five ties Chloe is a Ph.D. student struggling to survive in a ruthless environment of academic bullying and exploitation. We accompany her through a deepening crisis of mental and physical health and slowly uncover the traumas which lead her to develop a severe eating disorder. Her world is dominated by the tyrannical Dr. Rein, her... |
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The Politzer Saga Linda A. Broenniman A housefire in 2011. The contents of a box that survives become the catalyst for a quest whose seeds were planted in 1983 - the day Linda Ambrus Broenniman learned that her Catholic father was Jewish and what little family history she knew was a lie. Searching for truth, Linda pieces together the astonishing story of her Jewish... |
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Here on Moon Edward M. Krauss Betrayal, divorce, recovery. Here On Moon is the story of Carole, a wife and mother with a successful career who, in her mid-30s, is devastated by her husband Ken's infidelity and humiliated by his refusal to be forgiven. She has no choice but divorce, and we follow her through the... |
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Digesting Foods and Fads Judi Nath It is time to tease sense out of the nonsense when it comes to eating smartly. This book offers advice on how to eat nutritiously every day without all the guilt, money, and discomfort wasted on the latest, greatest fad. Using the best scientific nutrition research available, this book will show how to navigate the... |
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How I Escaped From Bloody Hell Mary LaForge Escaped shines a light on cosmically unanswered questions, and offers a perspective that outlines phases of reality from birth to deaths. Escaped is written with flowing words, without fluff, and with insights about the nature of reality that you can adopt and apply simply by journaling. Upon the death of her... |
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Congo From the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu's brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, Congo traces the history of one of the most devastated nations in the world. Esteemed... |
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How the Deer Moon Hungers Susan Wingate For people who enjoy books like Where the Crawdads Sing and My Sister's Keeper. Mackenzie Fraser witnesses a drunk driver mow down her seven-year-old sister and her mother blames her. Then she ends up in juvie on a trumped-up drug charge. Now she’s in the fight of her life... |
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Wonderkid Robert Scott Ross Keith Ferguson is a scout for a middling Italian soccer club. He and his boss are in jeopardy of losing their jobs when Keith discovers Remigio, a once-promising Brazilian player who mysteriously refuses to play for his Russian League club. Watching Remigio in practice, Keith is astounded by his abilities. Remigio strikes a deal with Keith... |
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Solomon the Accountant Edward M. Krauss A Jewish love story. Solomon the Accountant is set in Toledo, Ohio, in the 1950s. Solomon falls in love with the beautiful, newly widowed Molly. He is painfully aware of her recent loss, yet she becomes the focal point of his life. He hopes that someday - regardless of how long... |
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The Violence of Reason Pete Planisek As spring returns to Norway in 1942, Norill Haugen, a spy in the Norwegian resistance movement, barely recognizes her once quiet life. Two years of Nazi occupation, aided by the collusion of those loyal to the illegitimate government of Vidkun Quisling, a German sympathizer, has divided her country and... |
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Religion Delusion John Carlshausen It is foolish to believe there is an invisible friend in the sky called God, who is watching over you and seven billion other people who reside here on Earth. He is watching over us twenty four hours a day and has been doing this for centuries. Anyone who believes this nonsense is being... |
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Clarice Lispector Born in the nightmarish landscape of post-World War I Ukraine, Clarice became, virtually from adolescence, a person whose beauty, genius, and eccentricity intrigued Brazil. Moser tells how this precocious girl, through long exile abroad and difficult personal struggles, matured into a great... |
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What She's Hiding Art Bell The day Henry Gladstone, a lawyer at a white-shoe Manhattan law firm, met Leslie Dunlop, he knew she was trouble—but he couldn't say no. Their steamy affair became a marriage filled with secrets and lies that collapsed as spectacularly as it began. Cut to today: Leslie, who Henry hasn't heard from since their... |
