Location: Aspen Colorado The First Season of the year, Spring…..Spring Morrison, widowed 4 years earlier and raising two children, cannot make her mother understand she does not need a Easter Basket this Easter. To satisfy her mother, she finally relents and tells her all she needs...

Joanne Moore lived a very sheltered childhood.  Her love of reading brought her to the library often, where she was befriended by the librarian, Ms. Crittendon.  David, Joanne’s husband was abusive.  Divorce did not stop him from tormenting her.  The divorce did not stop the...

Fourteen-year-old Eddie hated the private Christian school. He hated his four African American classmates even more, Julia, Toya, Cassie, and Terry. Eddie had a crush on pretty Cassie. When Eddie attacked Cassie, the other three girls came to her defense. Each of the...

The DuBois family was dysfunctional.  Harlan was a pompous bore and more than a bit unstable; he looked down his nose at his brother.  He tried to acquire for himself who or what his brother wanted.  Their mother was even worse.  She hated her son...

Jimmy Gleacher offers readers a unique look at the life of a bi-polar female.  Liza Davis was from an extremely dysfunctional home.  Her mother’s focus was on her professional life rather than her children.  Daughter Jamie informed her mother of her plans to go to...

Grace was bright, pretty, and successful.  She worked for a large company in D.C.; she had done well for herself, but she has distanced herself from her family and friends back home.   She hadn't been back home to Cape Cod in eighteen months- not since her brother's wedding...

Anna Matteo was a writer.  She didn't consider her work typing press releases and brochures as serious writing.  She was working on a novel, but after seven years, found herself procrastinating.  She was ordering articles for a project she was working on.  She typed in...

Autumn still mourned the loss of her former fiancé Cory Perkins.  He was in a shark cage when the cable was torn in half by the razor-sharp teeth of one of the large predators.  The crew were helpless in the shark-infested waters as they watched...

Southern Sympathies Andrea Boeshaar Alec Crobett moves to Alabama to get a fresh start after a broken engagement. His new neighbor, Lydia, is a widow who has let her father-in-law, a corrupt preacher, rule her life and her finances. When he realizes Lydia is falling for Alec,...

As a former teacher, I applaud Jack Bender for his book Disregarded.  The atmosphere in one particular school was disheartening.  It was a “me against the world attitude.”  An “I’ll get you before you get me stance.”  Of course it was not all the faculty--just...

It had been two years since her husband's death. Part of her seemed to die along with him. Lynda realized it was time to reclaim her life, time live again. She compassionately assists a young woman through the crowd of protesters in front of an...

Lawyer Charles Tillinghast knew the Beatles well.  He shares behind-the-scenes knowledge with fans.  Much Of Tillinghast’s book is spent revealing the history behind Capitol Records.  He discusses different executives and tidbits concerning their lives.  Capitol Record was the envy of other record companies when they...

Finding Faith In A Skeptical World is author Chet Galaska’s story of how he moved from atheism to Christianity. It was only after much study, attending church, mentoring, and meditation that Chet came to believe in God. Chet takes the questions that plague us...

The wolf is a much-misunderstood animal, perhaps because of fairy tales about the big bad wolf. Russell M. Cera cuts through all the myths and introduces the reader to the real creature called wolf. “There is only one animal on this earth that...

James Rawtenstall is determined to take his deceased son’s child away from his former daughter-in-law.  In a desperate effort to escape her father-in-law, Adelaide Rawtenstall signs on as a mail order bride.  She meets an impetuous young sailor during her voyage to her new home...

Welcome to Jasper Idaho--a small town with one Doctor, Ben Taylor. After a motorcycle accident that put him in a wheel chair for a while, he is waiting for the  new resident  doctor to arrive. Julia Chambers will be there for 3 months finishing part of...

Tracy knew she was wrong for evading taxes on the money she was literally getting under the table for selling an anti-aging cream formula to a major cosmetics producer.  What she didn't know was that another deal was going down in the same coffee shop;...

Lady Catherine betrays her abusive husband by giving information to his sworn enemy Prince Henry. There no thank yous. Her lands are taken from her and given to William FitzAlan. Her options are to marry FitzAlan or go to the Tower....

I recently picked up a copy of Beach Chair Diaries. I was transported back to the first time I saw the ocean. I could feel the power of the waves calling to me. I could not wait; I kicked off my shoes and ran toward...

Elizabeth Mahlou grew up in an abusive home. She tells of her mother stabbing her brother with a knife in the buttocks, and her father throwing a pitchfork and stabbing him with it. Taking an airplane ride had a whole new meaning in...