Echo from Mount Royal by Dave Riese Montreal, 1951. Rebecca Wiseman, 18 years old, from a Catholic-Jewish family, lives with her working-class parents. At a local dance, she briefly meets a handsome young man, but has little hope of seeing him again. When Sol Gottesman tracks her down and asks her on a date, her […]
Boxes For Beds by Maryann Miller
Boxes For Beds by Maryann Miller In 1961 the mob still ruled Hot Springs, Arkansas and had Sheriff Bates under their thumb. When babies are being kidnapped in nearby Pine Hollow, Bates has to put this case to bed before the bosses come down from Chicago. They don’t need the heat of a major investigation […]
Twin Time by Olga Werby
Twin Time by Olga Werby Alex and Sasha are twin sisters, physically identical down to their freckles. But the resemblance is only skin deep—Sasha is profoundly autistic, while Alex is not. Sasha can’t communicate and acts bizarrely, and the family revolves around her and her intense needs. Yet the aged, wealthy, and mysterious Aunt Nana […]
A Master Passion by Juliet Waldron
A Master Passion by Juliet Waldron A MASTER PASSION is the story of the marriage of our brilliant first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler. It begins with a whirlwind Revolutionary War courtship at Washington’s headquarters. Conflict, however, is built into this marriage. “…And hence one Master Passion in the […]
Buyer’s Guide: The Stronghold by Albrecht Behmel
Targeted Age Group: 15+ Category: Action & Adventure Print book price range: $10-$12 eBook price range: $0.50-$1 About The Stronghold: A compelling reinvention of the William Tell legend blends myth and fact to craft a compelling historical page-turner full of love, honor, adventure, and revenge Altdorf, November 1307 and Gessler would have obedience. He hung his […]
Buyer’s Guide: Artful Architecture: A Coloring Book of Buildings by Emily M Morgan
Targeted Age Group: 18-95 Category: Coloring Books For Adults Print book price range: 8.99 About Artful Architecture: A Coloring Book of Buildings: Using mindfulness techniques and coloring therapy, this adult coloring book gives you the space to be creative by coloring simple line drawings of magnificent architecture in graceful settings. Inspired by ancient history and modern […]
Buyer’s Guide: Waiting for Dusk by Nancy Pennick
Targeted Age Group:: 12-18 years Category: Children and Young Adult Books Print book price range: $14.95 eBook price range: $5.99 About Waiting for Dusk: Waiting for Dusk by author Nancy Pennick is about Katie, a normal teenager, and her adventures into the spectacular world of time traveling and surreal dreams. The story opens with us […]
