Category: Literature & Fiction

Free: As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back

Two classics, The Lovely Bones and The Beach, meet in this girl-and-her-backpack story—except this teenager, Carlie, isn’t merely traveling. Carlie steals ten thousand dollars from her parents to get as far from them as possible: Southeast Asia. There, the Lonely Planet path of hooks, heat, alcohol and drugs takes on a terrifying reality. Landing in Tokyo in the late 1980s, teaching English and practicing tai chi, Carlie has the chance at a journey she didn’t plan for: one to find the sel... [Read More...]

Free: Every Which Way But Home: Prequel to Mutt to Megastar Series

Getting lost was his own fault – and there’s nothing worse for a dog than feeling sheepish! Locked up in the Dog Pound can the mutt learn to use the system under the guidance of Charlie, an ancient scarred Blue Heeler? Or will it be “Bye bye Cruel World” with the vet’s final needle? The humorous, yet touching, prequel to Reality Barks in the Mutt to Megastar series. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

It Happened On Our Watch

This is a personal story. It follows along from childhood to parenthood, school girl to career woman, with many hellos and goodbyes along the way. In it the reader will be hit with the cold, cold water of the insidious racism faced by many. Asked to consider the examples of suspicious eyes while shopping, being passed over for promotion or being limited to living in only certain parts of town all with the backdrop of notable events that inspired the political movement and the many events of the... [Read More...]

Xerxes: Sailing the Wings of Morning

Spies, forbidden romance, and Mideast intrigue converge in this novel of high seas adventure and cyber sabotage. Two determined women and the men they love are caught in an international espionage manhunt. It begins with deceit and daring and ends with the dueling of three intelligence services culminating in a climactic offshore encounter. $4.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Do You Hear What I Sing

Once upon a time dinosaurs ruled the universe with loud, commanding voices. Now, humans rule the world with even louder cacophony. Today, I think, birds choose to speak softly to balance human clamor on this planet. In this book, the author hides behind these birds to amplify their voices, pride, meditations, thoughts, avowals and feelings to silence human noises. The speakers in each poem are these noble birds themselves: seagull, dove, hummingbird, nightingale, canary, woodpecker, cuckoo, vul... [Read More...]

Burning and Dodging

Tina Gabler, nearing 60, wants to pursue her own creative goals. She gets a job as Peter Bright’s research assistant, a former news anchor working on a book about staged photos in journalism. As she helps Peter track down a photo’s provenance and his estranged Cree daughter, Tina reflects on her own relationship with her father and the balance between personal and collective achievement. “Burning and Dodging” is a funny, thoughtful exploration of how we construct stories... [Read More...]

In Common

“In Common” is a novel about the sacrifices women make for love, following the intertwined lives of Lillian and Velma as they navigate relationships and career aspirations. Lillian, a successful hotelier, longs for a husband, while Velma leaves a struggling farm for the city and finds success in her career before meeting the most beautiful man she’s ever seen. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]