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A tortured soul spends a lifetime struggling to make sense of a senseless world. Mortimer Post is the quintessential product of late 1960's America. A college-bound physics major from a good family, he is engaged to his high-school sweetheart and is at the forefront of the American dream. That is, until twelve short minutes mark the end of his living and the beginning of his dying. But some deaths are slower than others, and Mortimer's takes a lifetime to complete. Spanning four of America's m... more info>>

Olivia Atwell was born and raised in the quaint but prestigious town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her childhood was dull and mundane until she met Emmett Stanton, a neighbor boy of the same age. From age five until college, the two are best friends. While Olivia journeys to Haiti to assist in a shelter, Emmett aims toward climbing the political ladder. A twist of fate changes these childhood friends' lives forever, and both of them learn the lesson of a lifetime.

When it comes to crazy everything is relative. Unfortunately for Wanda Jo, they're all hers... On her fortieth birthday housewife Wanda Jo Ashton is expecting her husband's standard gift of an E an E from T--that being Elegant and Expensive from Tiffany's. However, what she gets is the news that her formerly successful, dependable, corporate attorney husband is leaving her to pursue the rich life of a kept man. Left with nothing, she has no choice but to escape the San Francisco area, with her ... more info>>

Lucas Brokaw is an incredibly wealthy man. But though he has amassed one of the greatest fortunes in the world, he is without an heir. Looking death in the face, he decides to leave his money to whoever can prove to be his reincarnated self. He has set up a foundation to oversee his assets until someone steps forward as the reincarnation of Lucas Brokaw -- and can prove it. Hundreds of candidates emerge, each claiming to be the millionaire returned to collect his fortune. But all of them fail to... more info>>

Fear has a face? Orphaned at eighteen, Leanne's life is adrift in a sea of grief and drug use. She washes up on the shore of estranged relatives, the Carver family, struggling with loss of their own. The transition from her South London council estate to her new home in the Surrey middle-class suburbs is difficult for Leanne. But beneath the respectable veneer of the quiet neighborhood, something terrifying lurks. Displaced and troubled teenagers are disappearing. Leanne recruits her cousin Si... more info>>

Daniel Hunter is one lucky man. His whirlwind marriage to Bunny Dingwerth, sole heiress to the Dingwerth fortune, unlocked the door to a world of wealth and privilege. His life is a dream come true. Then, the glamorous Leila Bolivar enters the exclusive Cinnabar Club--and changes his Plan. Dan becomes obsessed and hopelessly smitten. He is not alone. Dan's father-in-law, Giles Dingwerth met Leila twelve years ago. They're crazy for her. Love at first sight-- poison or candy? How much would you p... more info>>

What would you do with $1 million?That's a question Darcy Nightengale never thought she'd need to answer. But a sudden inheritance of just over $1 million begs a more immediate response. And when Darcy learns of her father's last request that she "give it all away," she discovers just how quickly big money makes big problems.Her husband believes that charity begins at home. His home. And her children are sure it's only a matter of time before the presents start rolling in. Right? Darcy wants to ... more info>>

Moving to San Francisco offers Kate Madison a fresh start--just what Kate and her two daughters need after her firefighter husband's tragic death. A move out of Oklahoma City's tornado zone and snakes and...wait. Earthquakes? San Francisco has earthquakes!Kate arrives to find not earthquakes but friends ready to help, from fun-loving neighbor Mazi to Lee, the advice-giving mailman. Maybe Lee's tips can help Kate with her mother-in-law, whose agenda seems to be less to support Kate than to take o... more info>>

Teaching Sunday school at her brother's church in the Bay area was supposed to help former champion athlete Esther "Essie" Walker understand boys--the better to raise her newborn son as a stellar example of manhood. Fat chance! Enter the eight-year-old male psyche: awful jokes, disrespectful behavior and general mayhem. Essie, the queen of control, finds herself in a brand-new world of chaos.The pressure builds on all fronts--Sunday school class, husband's job, church pageant, aging parents, fin... more info>>

"Christmas in My Heart" by Catherine PalmerWhen Claire Ross visited her reclusive aunt, she never expected the holiday wreath she'd brought to sail after her as she left. Nor did she suspect her aunt of harboring secrets. But the greatest surprise was rediscovering her teenage crush, a sheriff eager to teach her aunt the true meaning of Christmas...and show Claire the true meaning of love."Christmas Moon" by Gail Gaymer MartinCaring for widower Paul Stewart's precocious twins heightened nanny Ro... more info>>

Novelist Cassandra Latham is determined to cling to her forties, that final hurrah before a woman slips over the abyss into fifty. But holding on isn't going to be easy, not with mourning her mother's recent death and trying to kick-start her literary career after a two-year spell of writer's block. As Cassie edges toward the bottomless pit of mid-life angst, a journal written by her Revolutionary War ancestor may just help her connect the past to the present and make peace with her future. Wit... more info>>

Graham Samson is one of the greatest looking guys in his class and though he's no big brain, he's still able to get not only what he needs, but what he wants. To Graham, high school means hanging out with the crowd that sticks close to Bob Chan. Bob Chan is richer than Graham, smarter, crazier, and more popular. It's Bob Chan who is the life of the party, who sets the styles and who always has the car to cruise around in. And it's Bob Chan who suggests that the cop buy some crystal meth at "Poss... more info>>

When Evan Jordan's 14-year old daughter dies of cancer, he goes on a quest to find a place where children don't die, and where life is still good. The search is inspired by an interest his dying daughter expressed in the Garden of Eden. Could it be that such a place still exists somewhere? Using a small inheritance, he goes searching for that mythical garden, hoping thereby to rediscover the goodness and innocence he lost with the young girl's death. Evan's story intersects with those of a beaut... more info>>

Successful yet emotionally stifled artist Kate Flaherty stands at the deathbed of her estranged father, conflicted by his morphine-induced confession of his part in her mother's death. While racing home, Kate's car mishap leads her to a soul-searching discussion with a lone diner employee, prompting Kate to confront the true reasons her marriage hangs in the balance. When her night takes an expected turn, however, she flees for her life, a life desperate for faith that can only be found through ... more info>>

A young man's search for evidence of an afterlife drives him to the very brink of insanity. Amateur ghost hunter Ethan Harrison's life is filled with tragedy. After losing his parents and baby sister in a car accident, his quest to discover what lies beyond the grave grows into an obsession. Were his loved ones somewhere nearby, on the other side? The hand of fate guides him from the graveyard into a funeral home, where he teams up with a sickly old mortician. Perhaps together they can find the ... more info>>

Harvey-467 is a typical 25th century android--blond, blue-eyed, and perfect in every way. Except he's constrained by his programming. He yearns to be creative, but it's impossible. Everything in his life is planned, deliberate, precise. One day he concludes that it's time to get married, to have a soul mate with which to share his life. So he custom-orders a bride from a catalog: beautiful, talented, and equally perfect. And that's when everything goes terribly wrong.

What have green eyes, green socks, and a run away opera star have to do with a widow getting back her groove?

What do you get with a former wild man who's committed his path to the Lord and a woman who has absolutely nothing to lose? It's either a match made in heaven...or a sure-fire heartache. Gregg Stevens has spent a lifetime making bad decisions, never knowing true love. Stormie Knight, a new Christian, beguiles him with her eccentricities and well-kept secrets. Extracting those secrets could shatter both of their hearts, along with the newborn faith of a wayward angel not yet ready to spread her ... more info>>

With the precision of a surgeon, Peter Stamm cuts to the heart of the fragile and revealing moments of everyday life. They are bankers, students, mothers, or retirees. They live in New York City or somewhere in Switzerland, they work in London or Riga, they cross paths in a Fado bar in Lisbon. They breathe the banal routine of daily life. It is to these ordinary people that Peter Stamm grants center stage in his latest collection of short stories. Henry, a cowherd turned stuntman, crisscrosse... more info>>

A new novel of artful understatement about mortality, estrangement, and the absurdity of life from the acclaimed author of Unformed Landscape and In Strange Gardens On a day like any other, Andreas changes his life. When a routine doctor�s visit leads to an unexpected prognosis, a great yearning takes hold of him�but who can tell if it is homesickness or wanderlust? Andreas leaves everything behind, sells his Paris apartment; cuts off all social ties; quits his teaching job; and waves goo... more info>>

Blake Williams is a widower trying to raise three children. He has been careful to open his heart to another woman, fearful of the pain he might suffer again. His attention is focused on providing a loving home for his kids. Carla Reeves is involved in an abusive relationship. She doesn't know who to turn to for advice. She meets Blake by chance on several occasions and the relationship evolves into much than casual interest in each other.

In 1969, a young girl makes a trip from Coney Island to the swampy coastland on the rural outskirts of Helsinki, Finland. There, her death will immediately become part of local mythology, furnishing boys and girls with fodder for endless romantic imaginings. Everyone who lives near the swamp dreams about Eddie de Wire, the lost American girl. . . . For both Sandra and Doris, two lonely, dreaming girls abandoned in different ways by their parents, this myth will propel them into their coming-of-a... more info>>

Facing possible death forces Emmie Steele to examine her life. She had plenty she could regret--like her choice in a husband. She is surprised to discover her greatest regret is that she never learned to dance. Now, as she undergoes a second mastectomy and treatment, Emmie learns to dance--with her feet and with her heart.

Kev Richardson unveils more intrigue in distant lands?all true dramas! Three distinctive true tales are, in Brogan Abroad, threaded into a single adventure. Brogan plans none--all three are thrust upon him and all three are life-threatening. Each destines his future to having his throat slit in some dark alley? Yet what can a man do, he laments, when to accomplish one I must fail at another? While hiding out in Thailand from a Sydney cocaine cartel, he becomes involved in smuggling high-profile ... more info>>

Catalina is the one Reyes sister who has always resisted her Hispanic roots. She refused to learn Spanish...she refuses to fall in love. She is always in control; no man can resist her sexy appearance that promises to fulfill their every dream. What happens when she is assigned to interview a blind man who can't see her reliable attributes?