They Called Me Margaret

Margaret Manning has spent the better part of her life conforming to the expectations of other people–her father, then her husband. Breaking away from this ruinous tradition, she becomes a cozy mystery writer and decides to open her own bookstore “Thn’e Indie Book Nook.” But when her husband mimics the behaviors of some of the more unscrupulous characters in her books, she fears that she is losing him, or even worse that she is losing her mind. While abandonment is nothi... [Read More...]

Free: The Death of a 10-Year-Old Boy

The Death of a 10-Year-Old Boy is a heartbreaking, once-in-a-generation novel about a man who takes his dying son on a hunt for a bear that’s killed two people. The man wants the boy to see something in life beyond school and sports, beyond everything he’s ever known. Ultimately the book is about what’s left when we’re facing the end: what are we and what does it mean to be alive? Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Picasso’s Motorcycle

An unexpected gift of an old motorcycle with a tragically romantic past hurls a young orphan into the thick of things as war breaks out and his life changes forever. Half-French/half-German Daniel must find a way to survive in a world that mercy seems to have abandoned. This book transports the reader to Nazi-occupied France, where Daniel unwittingly and unexpectedly finds himself working for the Resistance, and ultimately to the Russian Front in a twist of fate so startling that no one can see... [Read More...]

Free: The Final Frame

He sacrificed his family for ambition — but now they’re all he has left. Cameron Parrish became Hollywood’s #1 action director by refusing to use AI-assist technology. Every film is a box office success, but neither fame nor fortune makes up for the fact that Cameron’s dying to make real cinema — an Oscar-worthy movie that will show the world he’s an auteur, not the clever hack that the critics make him out to be. But mere hours after being greenlit for the film he knows he was bo... [Read More...]

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...]