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Evelyn Evolving
At just 4 years old, Evelyn Gundrum’s happy world is turned upside down. Abandoned by her mother, she is shipped to an orphanage run by the terrifying Sister Honora.
Evelyn grows up amidst hardship and heartbreak, plagued by unresolved emotions that follow her into adulthood as she seeks answers in a sea of questions.
Will her uncertain path to self-discovery lead to happiness?
Praise:
Evelyn Evolving is a heartfelt story of one woman’s journey through some of life’s most difficult trials, a coming-of-age that readers won’t soon forget. Maryann Miller captures the spirit of a woman who refuses to be defeated with great tenderness and, what’s more, enduring hope.
Antonia of Venice
Very few knew Antonia, despite her fame as La Stella di Venezia. In decadent 18th century Venice, she develops from Vivaldi’s star pupil into his musical colleague and the pride of Venetian music.
After falling in love with Orlando Sagredo - master planner of the Palio - Antonia recognizes the emotional bondage she has never questioned.
Antonia of Venice is inhabited by brilliant musicians, avaricious politicians and ineffectual rulers of the Republic. Through it all, the people and music Antonia loves take the reader into the depths of revenge and selflessness, as the story advances the timeless, feminine heroic as a powerful and equal partner to the masculine.
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Drama, pathos, love, intrigue, murder... highly recommended."
cancerwords
Poetry is the only way to touch upon the experience of cancer. It is also the only way to find beauty in the beastliness. And for me, it was the only way to express my grief and allow healing into my life.
cancerwords is a record of Glenn Peirson’s three year battle with a rare sinus cancer. Diagnosed at stage 4, Glenn did his elegant utmost to stay here for his wife and children, the joys of his life. As mother of this remarkable man for all seasons, I was seized by a need to write poetry and take photos on my prayer-walks. These media became my prayer forms. For me, they reached through the madness to a silence where pain is transformed into resilience. I was sustained, and enabled to be what Glenn, Mary, Theodora and Henry needed me to be.
Chasing The Wind
When six gifted children vanish around the globe, an investigation reveals genetic experimentation, dubious funding and the disappearance of a research assistant.
Searching for proof of the Exodus, biblical archaeologist Lynne Raven meets enigmatic billionaire heir Connor Mackenzie. As the two grow closer, a disturbing link to the abductions and a past rife with secrets, visions, and voices changes their lives.
In pursuit of the truth, can the two unravel the mystery of a prophecy... or be left chasing the wind?
Merde And Mandarins
A Defense Secretary shooting. The collapse of the Home Office Secretary. London’s high-ranking civil servants are being targeted, and DCI Jack Austin is drawn out of retirement.
When his wife is kidnapped, inept savant DCI Austin leads the rescue mission while trying to solve the recent mystery, and discover the motives of the master conspirator.
Racing towards the chaotic conclusion, can he find solace in a welcome retirement, and uncover the supreme Machiavellian plot?
Benjamin & Rumblechum
enjamin & Rumblechm is a story that will keep your children laughing, gasping and learning from the first page to the last. As Katie and Jacob travel across Canada with their two eccentric aunts in a minivan named Rumblechum, they learn about history and geography. And with them is their stuffed monkey, Benjamin.
Rumblechum transports them through Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the huge province of Ontario, and finally back to their little grey house in Edmonton, Alberta. Their dear calico cat Freedom is at the door to greet them, meowing with excitement and joy, and a mysterious parcel is opened.
This is a fictional chapter book suitable for readers between ages 3 to 6, based on true traveling experiences.
I am Keats as you are
I am Keats as you are: one man’s journey to final enlightenment.
Glenn Peirson died much too soon, stricken by a fast-spreading sinus cancer and leaving our world in November 2009 at 44. Glenn, as a friend described him, was a true Renaissance man, a man of compassion, intellect and deep passion.
His battle with The Beast extended for three torturous, draining years. It killed Glenn Peirson, but it did not defeat him. As he wrote to his friends and family just prior to his death: “We are always open to your questions, concerns, gestures and good-will. We are, as always, allergic to pity and despair...”
Granddad Bracey And The Flight To Seven Seas
When retired captain James Clipper gets his nickname, Granddad Bracey, he little realizes that it will involve them in an epic adventure on a far-away planet called Seven Seas.
There, together with his granddaughter Sally, they have to battle against all odds to save her mother’s life.
Pursuers Unto Death
Gus Ritter is on his way south to avenge his brother’s murder. Facing gun battles with Comancheros and pursued by more than one posse, Ritter must use all his skill to survive.
Death stalks John Wesley Hardin like a wild beast, and an Okinawan's deadly hands have brought him closer to the hangman’s noose.
As the dust settles, who will be the last man standing?
Happenings at Hookwood
When a trusting young rabbit called Startup sets out to help his wildlife friends, he little expects to find himself being enticed by a slinky looking rabbit called Lola.
They end up in a life or death struggle to stop King Freddie, and a horde of brown rats, from taking over their beloved Hookwood.
Gilded Summers
"A lush and evocative novel of the Gilded Age period, brought vibrantly to life in this powerful work." - Anne Girard, author of Madame Picasso
Pearl and Ginevra grow up in the era known as the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. One lives above the stairs, the other below.
Surrounded by Astors and Vanderbilts, Pearl fills her days with teatime and shallow friendships, yearning for something more. A chance meeting with Mary Cassatt sparks her secret desire to be an artist. Meanwhile Ginevra, fresh off the boat from Italy, finds her own dreams out of reach as she joins the unwelcoming household as a servant and seamstress.
Parias (Spanish Edition)
Dos hermanos fueron raptados de sus camas en la mitad de la noche por El Gobierno y fueron transportados a una fortaleza en uno de los rincones más inhóspitos de Siberia.
Para encontrarse forjarán amistades y retarán lealtades, pero la tragedia se asoma dentro de su nuevo hogar y pronto se darán cuenta que los lazos de sangre no siempre significan familia.
Sus destinos se entrelazan y las fes harán colisión en Parias, del aclamado autor de «Moribund Tales».
After The Interlude
After the Interlude explores destiny, the sibling relationship, the impact on destiny of family of origin dynamics, where we were before we were born, where we’re going after we’ve left the planet, thin places, dreams, prayer and the importance of unbending intent.
The book tackles purpose and the most difficult personal question of all personal questions—Why? After the Interlude converses with existence.
After the Interlude is an expression of an Everyperson. All human beings know fear. All human beings lose family members. All human beings question. All human beings are wounded and flawed. And, above all, all human beings come with a destiny to be uncovered and lived and a monumental capacity to love.
A Man Dead
Heading south to find his brother's murderer, Gus Ritter has found other meaning for his life.
On the road to El Paso, attacks from marauding Comanches bring home the violent reality of his journey. Soon, the players of this drama are brought together for the final shootout, and the truth is finally revealed.
But will any one of them come out alive?
Minus Life
As the world faces soaring pollution, overpopulation and rising sea level, the ruling elite comes up with a bold, terrifying plan.
Detective Bremen is tired of crime and politics. All he wants is a safe future for his son, Petie. But during a gruesome murder investigation, he is thrown into a twisted world of corruption and deceit.
Facing enemies from all sides, it is up to Bremen to protect his son, and uncover the lies of the mysterious shadow government that threaten the future of their world.
Of Aztecs and Conquistadors
'Of Aztecs and Conquistadors' is the definitive collection of Juan Pablo Jalisco's poetry. The selection featured within these pages will carry the reader on a journey not only through the vast beauty of the land that is Mexico, but also serves as a journey through the ages that have helped to shape this at times wild and rugged, but always romantic and awesomely beautiful country and its people.
Amazon #1 bestseller in Caribbean & Latin American Poetry
Amazon #1 bestseller in Native American Poetry
The Harrowed Garden
Orphaned after his family dies in an accident, young Sek runs from his abusive foster home.
After he meets The Alston Street Irregulars - a ragtag group of runaways and refugees living beneath the Central Station - strange things begin to happen. Sek learns of the Crying Woman: a spectral force that haunts him like a shadow.
Sek just wants to be free, but when he escapes to the streets of Glasgow, the Crying Woman follows him everywhere. Eventually, his despair leads him towards the mysterious Adocentyn, where Sek may finally find redemption.
But to escape hell, will he have to destroy heaven?
King of the Hoboes
Detective Veronika Heydrich has one mission to complete before she lands her coveted promotion: uncovering the truth behind the "King of the Hoboes", a man who prides himself on helping the homeless people of New York.
Convinced he is more dangerous than helpful, Veronika goes undercover and learns first hand of the trials and tribulations the poverty-stricken must endure. The further underground she goes, the more danger Veronika encounters. The King of the Hoboes turns out to be more vicious and powerful than she ever realized.
Now, it is up to her to save the innocent homeless of New York, and the city itself. But can Veronika find a way to take down the false messiah while saving the people she has come to know and love as her own?
Woman In The Woods
In 1912, a young girl is found dead. In present day, young Jeremy's parents are involved in a murder-suicide. Soon after, he is committed to an insane asylum.
Years later, Jeremy turns eighteen and is released. After he returns home to live with his uncle, old memories begin to emerge, and people around him start to die in rapid succession.
Slowly coming to terms with his parents' deaths, Jeremy realizes that some secrets will not stay buried. What really happened on the night when his parents died, and how is it connected to the young girl's fate?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Has you riveted from the beginning to the end. A phenomenal read."
★★★★★ - "This story has something for everyone."
★★★★★ - "I read this from cover to cover in one night."
Invisible Ink
In spaces where ideas simultaneously crystallize, connect, and unravel in random ways, Invisible Ink by Jen Schneider explores everyday moments through multiple perspectives and experimental forms.
As unanswered messages proliferate and solutions dissipate like invisible ink, the collection entertains and embraces the intersection of randomness and regularity in spontaneous snippets of time.
