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2019 Independent Book Publisher's Association-Benjamin Franklin Silver Award
The Artist and the Soldier by Angelle Petta 2017 Reader's Favorite Silver Award Winner White Lake by Susan Amond Todd 2014 Midwest Book Review Honorable Mention Icy Shadows by Rob Robertson |
The prosperous kingdom of Welland has suffered the sudden deaths of King Leonhard and Queen Maeve, and the royal family is recovering from the tragic loss. Eleven years later, the mystery of his brother’s killer remains the unrelenting but private focus of King Armin even as the Masquerade Ball, an annual celebration to usher in the winter season, approaches. Princess Evangeline, grieving her parents in her own way, discovers her uncle’s nocturnal outings as he searches for answers, and follows him despite the risks she must take. The princess and her two brothers, Prince Bernat and Prince Thomas, face danger and adventure as a king is captured, two kingdoms go to war, and the seeds of romance find fertile ground in unexpected places. And amidst the royal family’s dealing with life and death in the moment, a dark secret from the past that lies beneath it all will finally be discovered … and dealt with.
Christmas Abiding: Stories of Blessings Bestowed is a magnificent holiday collection of five short stories about ordinary people touched by the extraordinary. They are of poignant moments and blessings bestowed in the least likely places: in a fox hole, a laundry, a publishing house, a remote cabin, a junkyard... tales of the value of human connection and its life altering possibility; of survival and faith-they are full of nostalgia, longing, glimpses of hope in the unveiling of the Christian heart. They will thrill the reader and rekindle magical Christmas memories ... another stirring book by Dr. James B. Macomson, who gifted us two years ago with his beautiful and eloquent book, Christmas Renaissance: Stories of Grace, Belief, and Spirit.
When an infertile woman finds herself pregnant, it’s a cause for celebration. When that woman is approaching her fifty-fifth birthday, it’s practically a miracle!
Hannah Murrow certainly thinks so in the wake of her (very) belated blessing. But she is disappointed that no one—not her husband, eager for retirement; not her longtime friends from her infertility support group; and least of all her moody, difficult adopted daughter Natty—seems to share her excitement. That all changes when Natty and her boyfriend turn Hannah’s improbable pregnancy into a marketing opportunity, and Hannah into an unlikely social media celebrity. In the process, Hannah reconsiders what it means to be a mother, both to the child she’s expecting and to the one she has already raised.
Something strange is happening at the clinic, but Dr. Tobi Lister has enough to deal with just trying to practice medicine, now that patients have become “customers” and the medical field is dictated by entrepreneurs whose sole objective is profit. And now suddenly, after nearly two decades, the man who broke her heart has resurfaced, but Tobi is determined to ignore his desperate attempts to communicate. Troy abandoned Tobi without any explanation, just after her brother had mysteriously died and she needed Troy most. She has no idea he is trying to warn her about a vicious Russian hacking scheme that is making billions of dollars murdering patients. But if Troy can’t get through to her soon, Tobi will be next.
This medical thriller by debut author Debra E. Blaine, MD emphasizes the loss of humanity felt by both physicians and patients now that medicine has become a consumer-driven industry.
Much to her mother’s dismay, Carolina girl Livie Green has long resisted the Southern débutante lifestyle, opting instead for cheap cigars, Ernest Hemingway novels, and Jimmy Buffett’s early albums. But when her career as a college professor becomes a drudgery of meetings and reports, she realizes that academia might not be for her, either. In a leap of banana-colada fueled faith, she heads to Key West, Florida in search of Buffett and a carefree lifestyle. What she finds instead will reshape and revitalize her life and her heart.
When Ruthena Gentry escapes an abusive marriage and finds herself homeless and alone for the first time in her
life, she realizes she may not be emotionally or financially prepared to care for herself, her adult daughter, or her maturing granddaughter. She, along with many of the women in her rural Georgia book club, faces familial and
financial challenges including elder care, widowhood, college planning, a single-income household,
unplanned guardianship, and minimal retirement resources. After the newest member of Ruthena’s book club learns the women are operating a frivolous rotating savings pool, she suggests they restructure it into a wealth-building trust fund. Ruthena and her friends embark on a quest for financial literacy in hopes of creating a new legacy for their families. As the unexpected arises, the womenlearn that trust runs deeper than dollar signs.
Cynthia Lewis was living a predictable life in suburbia. Big house, daughter in college, son in his last year of high school, career as a nurse at the local hospital, and a successful husband. Life was good. She and her husband Philip were so close ... she knew him so well ... or did she?
After many years of marriage, Cynthia is encountering a doubt all women may have considered unthinkable. Unexpectedly, she is forced down a path to confront that doubt and more, as a secret is exposed and her world unravels in a way she never imagined. This was not the life she dreamed of or planned.
Cynthia’s new life evolves into a mundane safe existence until the good intention of her best friend Purvell stirs things up. In a panic, she runs away to the only place she could go, a destination removed from interference, where she searches for the answers to move on.
After a family tragedy, Cynthia Lewis finds herself on an extended stay in England, with no indication of when she might be able to return to her home on St. Simons Island. How can she leave when she knows her brother’s family needs her? To Cynthia, needing to be in England is a sign—her budding relationship with Daniel Benton isn’t meant to be. After all, her heart is still recovering after the loss of her husband, Philip.
When she finally returns home, Cynthia expects to fall into her same old life—but when you’re out of touch, people and places change. Her family, her best friend Purvell, her friends on the island, and even Daniel have changed—but she hasn’t. Why can’t she move forward? And why does she keep running away? Once again, tragedy lurks at Cynthia’s doorstep when someone from her past returns to darken her world. Suddenly, Cynthia is forced to face her fears—and her future—head on.
Return Home is a heartwarming story of family, friendships, home, and second chances that you won’t want to end.
At twenty-one, Nicole joins the Navy and excels through basic training and the rigors of firefighting school. She even proves herself a real-life G.I. Jane by passing every arduous physical and mental text for qualification into the elite field of Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
All she has to do now is persuade her current command to authorize a transfer into her dream job. But soon trapped aboard a ship and the target of sexual predators, Nicole must find a way to survive, and her survival means ultimately facing the internal demons from a troubled childhood.
Darker Than Navy Blue is the true story of a scandal the Navy kept hidden, until now, and of a young sailor’s remarkable resiliency despite every attempt to dehumanize her.
