Folklore, medicine, and superstition in the Georgia mountains. Dr. Waycross knows bleeding and blistering, the best scientific medicine of 1822. He arrives in the Georgia mountains to bring his modern methods to the superstitious masses. The local healers, the Winter sisters, claim to treat yellow fever, consumption, and the hell-roarin’ trots just as well as he can. Some folks call the sisters herb women; some call them witches. Waycross calls them quacks. But when the threat of rabies – incurable and fatal – comes to town, Dr. Waycross and the Winter sisters must combine their science and superstition in a desperate search for a remedy. Can they find a miracle cure, or has the age of miracles passed? $0.99 on Kindle.
The Winter Sisters: A Novel
Free: Perfect New World
Free: The White Piano
Coming back to his childhood home after years of absence, Ben is unprepared for the secret, which is now revealed to him: his mother, Natasha, who used to be a brilliant pianist, is losing herself to a mysterious disease, which turns the way her mind works into a riddle. His father’s new wife, Anita, looks remarkably similar to her—only much younger. Feeling isolated, being apart from love, how will Ben react to these marital affairs, when it is so tempting to resort to blame and guilt? “In our family, forgiveness is something you pray for, something you yearn to receive—but so seldom do you give it to others.” Free on Kindle.
The White Piano
Coming back to his childhood home after years of absence, Ben is unprepared for the secret, which is now revealed to him: his mother, Natasha, who used to be a brilliant pianist, is losing herself to a mysterious disease, which turns the way her mind works into a riddle. His father’s new wife, Anita, looks remarkably similar to her—only much younger. Feeling isolated, being apart from love, how will Ben react to these marital affairs, when it is so tempting to resort to blame and guilt? “In our family, forgiveness is something you pray for, something you yearn to receive—but so seldom do you give it to others.” See price on Kindle.
Raw Kingdom
Raw Kingdom is a five-issue series that follows Khadir Daher. A young yet close-minded boy who gets himself placed in a world he wanted no part of and trouble he could’ve had never imagined. Khadir will be partaking in a journey where his morals and character will not only be put to the test but will be integral to his survival. $2.99 on Kindle.
Uncommon Relations
Be careful what you wish for…Terry, 28, longing for a more exciting life than marriage or job provide, is amazed to encounter a doppelganger on his daily commute to the pharmaceutical company. This is to turn his life upside down.
His shadowy wife, Gudrun, is strangely avoidant of his exciting news. Soon he realizes she has secrets of her own. What is she hiding, and why?
A cast of complex characters inhabits this psychological mystery of hidden and mistaken identities, dark secrets and guilt. If you loved Girl on a Train, this is for you. $1.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Arctic Circle: Part One
The Gentle Art Of Forgetting
What you don’t remember can’t hurt you.
A thirty-year-old woman called Jane Dawn wakes in a hut surrounded by a snow-covered forest.
She remembers nothing apart from her name, but strange echoes flicker about her mind; that once she flew, time was out of joint, and how she may be responsible for something terrible.
Jane is not alone, and the person with her knows far more than they are letting on.
The answers to the mystery of Jane’s curious life will be found over many decades in this story of love, loss, memories, and mortality. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
With all his family and friends gone, one-hundred-year-old Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a ten-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Together, they race against the limited time each has left, ticking off wishes one by one. Along the way, Murray remembers what it’s like to be young, and Jason fights for the opportunity to grow old. But when tragedy strikes, their worlds are turned upside-down, and an unexpected gift is the only thing that can make Jason’s final wish come true. Free on Kindle.
Free: Car Heroin Train
Adapted from an Award-Winning screenplay, and inspired by real-life events, CAR HEROIN TRAIN is a love story set against a backdrop of addiction and loss. It’s a love story between two mismatched souls. It’s a story that will leave you questioning whether all of us collide into each other by destiny or mere accident. Free on Kindle.
Living in the Doctor’s Nest
“Ready?” the obstetrician asked as he turned his head towards me, his body still facing the mother. He was looking directly at me at that point, so I just nodded, and with his arm in position, he entered the mother and pierced the membranes to expedite the delivery.”
This is a collection of short stories about the life of a doctor who cares for extremely premature infants. As the stories unfold, we learn about the challenges that she faced as she began to practice in her field and how she ultimately fulfilled her goal of developing specialized units for the extremely premature newborn. Along the way, we get to know more about her family, lovers, and friends. We meet the nurses and respiratory therapists that provided the care, and we learn about the “scorpions,” the obstacles that lay in wait to derail the process along the way. $4.50 on Kindle.
A Scarcity of Condors
Juleón “Jude” Tholet has survival in his DNA. His father lived through imprisonment and torture during Pinochet’s coup in Chile. His mother risked everything to gain her husband’s freedom and flee the country with their newborn son. As a closeted gay teenager growing up in Vancouver, Jude is targeted by a neighborhood bully, culminating in a vicious hate crime that forces the Tholets to flee their country again.
Jude cautiously rebuilds his life in Seattle, becoming an accomplished pianist, but his his wings have been clipped and he cannot seem to soar in his relationships. Only family remains a constant source of strength and joy, until a DNA test reveals something that shocks all the Tholets: Jude is not their child.
Suanne Laqueur’s third book in the Venery series explores the desperate acts of love made in times of war, and the many ways family can be defined. $5.99 on Kindle.
A Shark in the Bath and Other Stories
The hotel manager was horrified. Well, he would be, wouldn’t he? There’s a shark in a guest’s bath.
How did it get there? Only author John Reid Young knows. He also knows he’s in deep trouble.
Hotel sharks aren’t the only surprise in this charming collection of short stories set in Spain’s Canary Islands…$0.99 on Kindle.
Off-Ramp to the Void
Betrayal. Few experiences are as painful, disorienting, and devastating. Reality is shattered and the void stretches ahead: black, unfathomable, and deep. Trust is broken. The women in these seven short stories are subject to different types of betrayal. They respond in distinctive ways, but all face wounds, losses, and life-altering setbacks. $0.99 on Kindle.
None Such as She
11th century, North Africa. Zaynab is the famous queen consort of Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of the Moorish Almoravid army, which defeated El Cid, conquering all of North Africa and most of Spain. But her life is full of unanswered questions. She claimed she would marry the man who would rule all of North Africa, but it took four marriages before this prophecy came true. She was Yusuf’s right hand, an undisputed beauty and gave him many children, yet Yusuf chose as his heir the son of a Christian slave girl. A gripping story of love and jealousy, rivalries and empire building.
Part of a series (but can be read as a standalone). $0.99 on Kindle.
Of Dust and Tides
One choice can change the course of a life. In this short story collection, featuring different genres, the young adult characters make the best decisions they can at a given moment in time. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t. Don’t we all face this dilemma at different points in our lives? We do the best we can and hope for few regrets. $0.99 on Kindle.
After December
Tony is dead. He killed himself Monday night. Three thousand miles away. Brian Listo is going home.
Five days. Four best friends who don’t forgive him. Three women who can’t stand him. Two parents who don’t trust him. One unforgivable sin he can’t hide from anymore. Brian is back in Virginia despite the craters he left at New Year’s. Back to eat crow. To beg forgiveness. To explain himself to anyone who will listen. Except for the one person who can no longer hear him. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Yeah, Ben
Josh Marshall is on trial for his life, but he doesn’t care. He has already lost more than he can bear, his brother, Ben. With no identification and no will to live, even his name he will not reveal. The secret that might free him is locked in his impenetrable will. Chains and bars or lethal injection will not dislodge his awful truth. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Three Christmases of William Spencer
Christmas is always special, but even more so if your birthday falls on the same day. As William Spencer celebrates his birthday each year on December 25–first as a child in rural America in the 1930s, and then as a World War II veteran, husband, and father–he learns that, no matter what his circumstances, happiness is an attitude, not a condition. But as a solitary old man living in a one-bedroom apartment, William Spencer expects this Christmas birthday to be his last. His holiday is one of solitude and reflection, dominated by the echoes of the past and by a single, simple wish. When an unexpected turn of events reminds William of a lesson learned many years ago, he’s faced with a choice. Can he find the strength to imagine a new future? Hailed as a “truly beautiful book”, you will want to revisit The Three Christmases of William Spencer every holiday season. Free on Kindle.
The Sirens of Oak Creek
A hidden, sacred canyon. Eight women. Twelve centuries. And a mystical song that connects them all. This is the layout of Robert DeMayo’s new novel, “The Sirens of Oak Creek”, a gripping tale that intertwines local myths with historical facts and the author’s vibrant imagination.
The story is populated by vastly different people who passed through Arizona’s magical Oak Creek Canyon over the centuries: Ancient hunter-gatherers, Mayan visitors, Spanish conquistadors, early American settlers and modern-day seekers of bliss. They all will have to face their truth in this remote high-desert canyon. “The Sirens of Oak Creek” is a meditation on the power of immaterial realms, and of nature itself, as perceived through the eyes of these women. $0.99 on Kindle.
Rebellion
It is 1643.
England is engulfed in civil war, the bloodiest period in its history.
It is a conflict that will lead to the downfall of a king, the creation of a republic, an explosion in religious freedoms – and two decades of fear, retribution, betrayal and slaughter.
And it is a time for heroes, for men and women to prove their worth to their country – and the God they serve.
Francis Hacker, a leading Parliamentarian soldier, is one such hero.
Hacker lives in the heart of England, where he is a Captain of Horse in the Leicestershire Militia and a notable commander and a trusted friend and supporter of Oliver Cromwell.
His desire to support Parliament against the tyrant King, Charles the First, throws Hacker into a world of deceit and danger – pitting him against a cruel and formidable adversary.
And putting everything he holds most dear at risk. $2.99 on Kindle.
Rebellion
It is 1643.
England is engulfed in civil war, the bloodiest period in its history.
It is a conflict that will lead to the downfall of a king, the creation of a republic, an explosion in religious freedoms – and two decades of fear, retribution, betrayal and slaughter.
And it is a time for heroes, for men and women to prove their worth to their country – and the God they serve.
Francis Hacker, a leading Parliamentarian soldier, is one such hero.
Hacker lives in the heart of England, where he is a Captain of Horse in the Leicestershire Militia and a notable commander and a trusted friend and supporter of Oliver Cromwell.
His desire to support Parliament against the tyrant King, Charles the First, throws Hacker into a world of deceit and danger – pitting him against a cruel and formidable adversary.
And putting everything he holds most dear at risk. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: A Perfect Confluence
A recovering addict slips up and enrages a local crime family. He opts to flee from them in his canoe on a local river. Along the way, he meets a mysterious pregnant teenager, who has as shady a past as his own. Together, they flee from their troubles and fall in love. In the end, he must decide if she is an angel of redemption or an agent of his death. Free on Kindle.
Uncommon Relations
“Be careful what you wish for!”
When Terry encounters his double, shadowy wife Gudrun avoids hearing the amazing news. What is she hiding, and why? Soon both have some awkward secrets. Terry’s search traps him into increasingly bizarre situations. Bizarre can be funny, sad, alarming or thought-provoking and this novel offers all, as well as a large caste of complex characters and a gripping mystery.
Will Terry ever discover what he really needs to know? Is Gudrun a heroine, a victim or a packet of trouble? $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: A Greek Cat (Life Journey Novel)
“A Greek Cat artfully unfurls the incredible story of the son of a once wealthy, now impoverished Jewish family living on one of the Greek Islands. Karasso offers readers a glimpse into the lives of fishermen and their families, and, later in the novel, into the everyday culture of German Nazis both inside and outside their homes. All of these are recounted in the first person by a remarkably resourceful narrator who eventually loses his sanity. Free on Kindle.