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joni-rodgers's picture
Aug.24.2011
In the cramped bar car lavatory on a westbound train, Tulsa Bitters faces the mirror, chubby and freshly heartbroken. She scrubs the makeup from her face, chucks her padded bra in the trash and makes the conscious decision to become herself. Six months later, in the cab of his road-weary pickup...
julia-e-antoine's picture
Mar.07.2011
All the stories in this collection have a strong human element, hence the title: Share in the joy and pain of first love with Millie and Craig as they discover the thrills of love at first sight in, A Wonderful Piece of Dark Mahogany. Feel the power of human goodness in, A Mother's Miracle, when...
christopher-w-gortner's picture
Feb.24.2010
Review"The notorious Catherine de Medici emerges as a flesh-and-blood woman in this masterful recounting of her life.  C.W. Gortner has an uncanny ability to delve into the intense humanness of his characters." —Margaret George, author of The Autobiography of Henry VIII   "Powerful...
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Dec.17.2009
Makenna Grace Gold is just your average twelve-year-old girl, who just happens to have been recruited by three faeries to protect the future of the world. Makenna must now battle the forces of Evil who seek to destroy her baby twin brother and sister. The twins are a gift from above who will...
debbie-bishop's picture
Jul.14.2009
Just prior to WWII, a publicly-humiliated Air Force test pilot, court-martialed for a stunt that endangered President Roosevelt, takesthe only job he can get: flying an experimental plane from the South to North poles. When his plane is attacked and crashes in the Artic, he finds himself in an...
diane-chamberlain's picture
Mar.28.2009
Eight-year-old Sophie Donohue wanted to be like every other little girl, which is why her mother, Janine, reluctantly agreed to let her go on a camping trip with her Brownie troop. But when Janine arrives to pick up Sophie after the trip, her daughter is not among the others. Somehow, along the...
carol-i-hoenig's picture
Mar.21.2009
After the death of her grandmother, Vicky Finley is left to create a place for herself in a houseful of men and becomes consumed by the notion of finding Grace, the mother who abandoned her family when Vicky was just a baby. Vicky’s devoted and protective older brother Kevin does his best to look...