Category: Literature & Fiction

They can’t trust him with their shoes, but they can trust him with their hearts. Since Nick Marshall’s wife died, he’s been struggling to keep a lid on his PTSD and raise his stepdaughter Chloe and her younger half-sister, Abby. He’s always run a tight ship, but when he learns that Chloe’s flunking out, he becomes even more rigid and controlling: no extracurricular activities, just chores and schoolwork until she brings her grades up. It’s only after she gets into a fight at scho... [Read More...]

The year is 1961. America has a new president, named John F. Kennedy, and a new era the newspapers are calling the Dawn of Camelot. But for ten-year-old Paul Brett, dealing with an abusive father and the immigrant gangs roaming his slum neighborhood of China Slough, America is only a small, dead-end place he is struggling to survive. That is, until the night a mysterious stranger comes out of the darkness to his rescue, and initiates a journey—an unforgettable odyssey—beyond his wildest ima... [Read More...]

Suanne Laqueur’s eighth novel takes readers on a journey through World War II, and the events that shape an American family’s weakest moments and finest hours. A Small Hotel illuminates the experience of ordinary people thrown into extraordinary circumstances, and their once-in-a-generation camaraderie, courage and resiliency. $2.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Imagine you go to a party with someone you think you know, but really don’t. You have a good time; maybe drink a little too much. At the end of the evening your friend takes you back to your place where that night the unthinkable happens to you. The next morning the police are at your door. They arrest you because a dead body was found in your alleyway. Not so hard to imagine, right? It could happen to anyone. It happened to Finnbar 250 years ago. Martin Atwater has vowed to leave his old way... [Read More...]

They’ve all been touched by his name. But he’s the one who ends up moved by the journey… 1976. Jack Sampson’s faith is spent. Grieving the tragic loss of his father, the ten-year-old sees no reason to agree with the sentiment on his hardworking mother’s tip money – “In God We Trust.” And as he ponders the phrase, he decides to make his own mark by signing his name on both a $1 and a $100 bill… changing the lives of everybody who would touch them next. Sparking imaginations with... [Read More...]

A collection of short poems that are reflective of life, love, society, circumstances, and understanding. The concept of the book is that every page is like walking up to a new reflection in a wall of mirrors. Each reflection is different from the last, showing a person a different view of themselves. Most these poems were written with deeper meaning and subtext, although, many are straightforward and on the nose. To provide that similar feeling of being in a hall of mirrors, there is no order ... [Read More...]

A burdened old widow. A reclusive young bachelor. A lonely neighbor girl. A collision of fates that transform their lives forever. After tragically losing her only child, then facing her husband’s death two years ago from Alzheimer’s, 72-year-old Mazie questions why God doesn’t take her too. Her grief leaves her aching to join her husband and son in the grave. When Brian, a reserved young bachelor, moves next door, Mazie attempts to set him up with her young friend, Claire. Then,... [Read More...]