Category: Literature & Fiction

Free: Mr. Pizza

Most people make at least one really off-the-wall decision in their life. Tony Piza is no exception. Deciding he needs a “paid vacation” for a year after college, Tony lands a job teaching at a Catholic elementary school. Talk about the Moby Dick of miscalculations. His pathetic effort is making him look bad, crimping his love life, and leaving him feeling guilty. A new approach, fueled by his irreverent humor, makes him a hit with his students. But it riles the powers that be. A showdown s... [Read More...]

Free: Angel of Mercy

She had her entire life planned until the Great War began and everything changed. April 1914. Barrie, Ontario. Hettie Steward is feisty, educated, ambitious and stubborn. Her fiancé, Geoffrey Bartlette, the love of her life since childhood, has been a patient man. He waited while she attended nursing school and worked a year, but now it is time to wed. While Hettie is thrilled to be starting her life with Geoffrey, she laments that marriage means sacrificing her beloved nursing career, and dom... [Read More...]

The Skyland Chronicles: The First Expedition

This book follows a young mercenary that has grown up on an isolated monolithic floating island in the ocean. The world was destroyed centuries ago in a storm of Wild Magic and the survivors of the Skyland believe that they are alone. On fateful night the Skylands are invaded by the grey dragonflight and manages to drive them off. The revelation that there are living beings outside of the Great Barrier trigger the First Expedition, a group of scouting mercenaries sent to find the resources the ... [Read More...]

The Chef’s Secret

A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, and the nephew who sets out to discover his late uncle’s secrets—including the identity of the noblewoman Bartolomeo loved until he died. When Bartolomeo Scappi dies in 1577, he leaves his vast estate—properties, money, and his position—to his nephew and apprentice Giovanni. He also gives Giovanni the... [Read More...]

I am not the Messiah!

“I am not the Messiah!” is the intriguing memoir of James Sinclaire, otherwise known as Mr Zootherapy. In his own words, Sinclaire tells us for the first time about the Gorillagram that started it all off, his brief marriage, and his life in New Zealand, culminating in, and going beyond, the dramatic shooting that ended his career. But the real star of this book is Zootherapy. This book tells us how it started and evolved, and how it became the force that it is today. Most of the ac... [Read More...]

Free: One Sin Follows Another

Loosely taking the Seven Deadly Sins as the inspiration for this book, travel through seven interwoven chapters that explore the motivations for people’s actions as you journey through the contemporary stories. The book starts with a tale of Pride and ends with one of Wrath. Events in the former chapter cause the main character in the last one to have murderous intent. Between times you will discover a thought-provoking read which has a clearly tongue-in-cheek aspect. We begin with two friend... [Read More...]

Pledge to the Wind, the Legend of Everett Ruess

Pledge to the Wind, the Legend of Everett Ruess follows the adventures of the young vagabond from his appearance in the southwest in 1931 when he was only seventeen, until he seemingly disappeared in 1934, shortly before he turned 21. In this compelling narrative, Robert Louis DeMayo has taken journal excerpts and the letters Everett sent to family and friends, and turned them into scenes, and given us a glimpse of the young artist as he lived with Navajo and Hopi, and explored the southwest wi... [Read More...]

Trying to Live Happily Ever After

If you were Cinderella, how would you deal with your stepsisters and the horrors of home life? Old folk tales are about how to handle evil siblings and handsome princes. And big bad wolves. There are lessons to be learned! “Trying to Live Happily Ever After” is a collection of 17 adaptations of classic stories in which Cinderella and others face today’s problems. How do they deal with it all? $0.99 on Kindle ... [Read More...]