A moving story of friendship and devotion in the wake of a life-changing traumatic injury Robert Dyer’s poignant debut, A Small Memory delivers on a quietly powerful premise—that a friendship tested by tragedy can emerge as one of the truest forms of love. Set in Ohio in 1975, A Small Memory follows Mike Youngstown, an […]
The French Illusion by John Grisham
For six months a retired teacher in Maryland tells everyone she meets that her son-in-law is in a Paris hospital recovering from a bad batch of bouillabaisse. She repeats it to neighbours, to her daughter’s bridesmaids, to a book group, to people who were at the wedding and want to know when he will be […]
Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon
A nine-year-old girl crouches in a lilac hedge on the night of the Hunter’s Moon, freezing, waiting to find out whether the thing everybody in town leaves cakes and coins for actually exists. Her family has swept the front steps, lit a candle, arranged the offerings on a plate and gone to bed with the […]
A frightened boy in a Rouen hospital house is told a story by the servant who raises him, about a bird whose feathers are made of light and whose name nobody can quite explain. He spends the next fifty years catching glimpses of it, at the edge of fields, above the Nile, in a Paris […]
Way back when Peppermint Magazine could still afford to give their PDF patterns away for free, I learnt about them through a fat sewing blog, Broad in the Seams. Now Peppermint Magazine has a ‘pay what you can afford’ model with a minimum amount that varies by pattern – with some patterns still being free! […]
Now You’re Mine by Morgan Bridges
Now You’re Mine by Morgan Bridges on October 1, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Billionaires, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / New Adult, Fiction / Romance / Suspense Pages: 256 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads The Protector She’s in danger. Just the thought of this threatens my sanity. I’ll do […]
When authors picture a publishing service going wrong, they usually picture a missing payment. A statement arrives, the money does not, and eventually somebody sorts it out. That is the optimistic version. The realistic version is that a failed publishing service takes several things at once, and money is the one you are most likely […]
Mysteries, Dark Romance, & More
Potent Pleasures Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James is $1.99! This was James’ debut historical romance. Many readers really seem to dislike the hero, while others said this was an emotional rollercoaster that left them a bit misty-eyed. During a previous sale, we asked what readers thought of the book and there’s some great conversation in the […]
An atmospheric historical novel where greed and counterfeit silver fuel a forgotten American hoax “…He knew there was a price to be paid, and he was tired of waiting for the bill to be delivered.” History often leaves behind unanswered questions. Fiction gets to imagine the rest. Drawing on the real “Great Bakersville Riot” hoax […]
A centuries-old war captures the attention of an alien behemoth in this thought-provoking political sci-fi adventure. It has been two hundred years since the people of Umoja escaped an increasingly hostile Earth. The planet, ravaged by environmental destruction, had split into those who had the power and those who didn’t. Like countless times before, the […]