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Secrets My Mothers Kept Rebecca Tucker Austin Nobel is preparing for a summer trip to France, which includes obtaining a passport. However, when she receives her birth certificate in the mail with the wrong name on it, she uncovers that she was adopted, something her parents had kept secret from everyone. Austin pursues more information about her... |
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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 Stone Thread: First Chronicle In 1980, Dr. Elizabeth Wellstrom is a researcher of historic words. She discovers the word Skotoma, which transcends centuries. While trying to understand how this could possibly happen, she and her boyfriend co-worker become detectives in solving the mystery. Then things begin to unravel as her... |
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The Mourning Report Caitlin Garvey Two years after her mother's death from breast cancer, Caitlin, then 20 years old, was admitted to a psychiatric facility after a suicide attempt. There, a therapist diagnosed her with major depression and anxiety, and she spent time as an inpatient. Years later, still suffering from grief and depression, Caitlin decided to embark on... |
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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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First Responder James Summers Centrally located between Malibu Creek and Topanga state parks is a lonely stretch of road the locals refer to as the Mulholland Dieway. Here first responders frequently rally to save those unfortunate enough to find themselves stranded and in need of assistance. For years Karen thought that section of road was... |
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Love Has Many Faces Denise Turney Discover this page turning murder mystery, rich with romantic love, celebrity appearances, music, sexual energy and a haunting family secret. This attention grabbing book is a show stopper, a real adrenaline ride. Love Has Many Faces showcases the best classic 1980s culture... |
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Louisburg Square A. Dudley Johnson, Jr. How does a woman divorce her husband in a time when only men had the right to "grant divorces?" It’s the Gilded Age and Anna Tattersall has taken her two boys and left her husband who was seen in the embrace of one of her closest friends. She’s now staying with her true love, a wealthy... |
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Million Dollar Heartache T. Renee Not all of the best love stories end in happily ever after, but the true ones, the epic life changing ones-they never die. True love comes with a cost, whether it be a love between friends or lovers; love is a universal, transcendent debt that demands payment in full from its borrowers. Million... |
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Dog Girl Gabi Justice A video of Kendall's harrowing rescue of an abused pit bull from the path of an oncoming train goes viral. Suddenly, everyone wants a piece of Kendall, making her social anxiety worse. But this is an opportunity to put the rescue in the spotlight and secure the donations needed to save it. Delray Dog Rescue doesn't just... |
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Elly Uncomposed Valerie Niemerg Rehearsal pianist Elizabeth Kirtenpepper loves her cramped, corner studio and the cool, unseen depths of the orchestra pit. But when she's mysteriously transported into a real-life 18th-century opera—The Marriage of Figaro—Elizabeth finds herself in a very different kind of pit: the scullery of the ruthless and domineering Count... |
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I Pass as White William Tex Pointer This book was written in the 1950s by our dad. The manuscript was found after he passed away. This is his story of what hate, ignorance, poverty, and racism can do to a nation. What if you could change the direction of your life? Would you have the strength to make sacrifices to get there? Bill Pointer had that strength. In these... |
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A Necessary Explosion Dan Burns A Necessary Explosion is an act Dan Burns performs daily to expel the stories pressing on his mind. Only by getting words down onto the page can he make room for all that comes next. Exploring the themes of life, love, family, writing, music, travel, history, and humanity's future, this collection artfully conveys the words of... |
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Mother Mother Jessica O'Dwyer Contemporary art museum curator Julie Cowan achieves her dream of motherhood through adoption, but her life is far from perfect. Her pathologist husband, Mark, is distracted at work, while her hotshot new museum director boss doubts Julie's curatorial chops. And Julie's young son, Juan, may never recover from trauma... |
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Impressions Ameya Pandit The short letters in this book are the narration of many things felt. All the letters curated here are an extension of all those things that were naturally felt. In today’s time and age, as the world divides itself, these letters attempt to unify it, portray the commonality in each of us, and provides any thoughtful reader, an elevation, an escape... |
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Made, Laid and Betrayed in Hong Kong Victor Blair Need cheering up? How about a nostalgic trip back to the 1970s with a different perspective? Follow the true story of two young yet disparate Brits as they venture east to Hong Kong to join the colonial police out there. Initially bought-in to the adventure, bright lights and the hedonistic... |
