A naïve teen sent out of Cuba to retrieve smuggled family jewels on the eve of the Bay of Pigs invasion comes of age in New York City at the height of the sexual revolution and earns his political and economic freedom. By a twist of fate, he begins to lose his liberty when his oppressive parents arrive and refuse to assimilate into American Society.Take the journey and discover why success isn’t always measured by what one becomes, but often by what one overcomes. $2.99 on Kindle.
Fireflies in the Night
Two sisters and a beautiful mother caught between tradition and love, a family torn apart by tragedy and betrayal. Set against the lush background of wild animals and tea estates of Assam, India, this story weaves through the 50’s and 60’s and the India-China confrontation of 1962. Tragedy and powerful but fraying limitations on women roil an Indian family in this intense historical coming-of-age novel. A finely wrought family drama. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Arbiters
Marcus, an enforcer in Los Angeles’ largest drug cartel, is gravely wounded while on cartel business in Colombia. While recuperating back in LA, Marcus falls in love with Sabrina, the adopted daughter of ex-cartel member, Max Brutus. When Sabrina doesn’t reciprocate Marcus’ overbearing exultations of love, he enlists the guidance of his seemingly shrewd Uncle Sein, the cartel’s second-in-command, to assist him in navigating his feelings. Sein, who also suffers from his own emotional deficiencies, is eager to help his nephew, and concocts a plan to bring Marcus and Sabrina together. With one hasty decision, Sein ignites a series of events that results in colossal misunderstandings, unimaginable jealousy, and deadly consequences. As Marcus and Sein are forced to confront the brutal aftermath, each man embarks upon a personal, enlightening journey. Along the way, they both discover the love that exists in their hearts, and perhaps, how to make peace with their inner demons. Free on Kindle.
Precious Jewels
Dale Martellino blends history, suspense, and romance in this intricate tale. She addresses the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim European communities and modern issues of identity and devotion. The horrors of the Holocaust have left scars that will never be forgotten, but we should also celebrate the heroes who stood up to genocide and tyranny. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Oil Patch Home
A coming-of-age story for the whole family, the novel is written from the viewpoint of a young girl growing up in the post-war central Oklahoma oil fields. For 12-year-old Sharon Miller, her last childhood summer is an eventful one of young love, tragedy and for the first time feeling the pressure of weightier adult issues. The novel addresses early fears and hopes of families when a union organizer comes on board. Struggles with a worker strike and a lost love returned continue throughout the book. In the midst of all the public and personal conflicts and a changing world, the foundation of family becomes stronger than ever. Free on Kindle.
Worst. Superhero. Ever.
Four offbeat tales take you down a winding road of unexpected twists, delivering full-size satisfaction in a bite-sized package. Superheroes with superpower control problems. The best high in the world from a very unlikely source. Futuristic lesbian farmers battling closed-minded neighbors. And a curious amnesiac navigating her world with an unusually talkative parrot. $0.99 on Kindle.
Too Jewish
This is the FIRST book in the Cooper Family Saga. Like Patty Friedmann’s father, young, brainy protagonist Bernie Cooper escapes Nazi Germany and ends up in New Orleans, where he finds an entirely new kind of prejudice against Jews—the kind that comes from other Jews. Sadly, they’re his own in-laws. $0.99 on Kindle.
Through the Cajon Pass
Free: Milkman
Do you wish men could breastfeed? Calder Boyd can. The lactating new father becomes a media darling wanted by all sorts of strange characters while simultaneously trying to repair his strained marriage. The Fourth Estate, sex, art, love, memory, marriage and family converge during the snowiest winter on record in this commentary on contemporary American fatherhood. Free on Kindle.
The Cooper Family Saga (Vol. 1-3)
Free: Inclementia–Gothic Madness and Undead Love
A loveless marriage, a remote crumbling mansion, a man who was not what he seemed and an ‘impossible’ love that would lead Eudora into terrible danger and change her life in ways beyond her imagination. We cannot choose who we love. In life or in death, it will find us. A strange and twisted gothic tale. Free on Kindle.
Between the Levees
For Sam Miller, family is what he wants most in the world. Though with his parents deceased since he was a boy, and with no way of uncovering who they were, finding a sense of family is more than a daunting task—it seems impossible. Until he goes to Louisiana’s Cajun country, with hopes of finding a man who perhaps knew them. After enduring blistering heat, torment from mosquitoes, venturing into eerie, backwater swamps, and fending off alligators, snakes, and a few sinister locals, Sam finds what he had sought all of his life. He’s also given a second chance, one to leave behind a pained past that he would rather forget. But finding what he wants most means that he’ll eventually have to lose it. $0.99 on Kindle.
Journeys of Choice
Raven and Mark embark on journeys they can no longer avoid, crisscrossing the same ancient lands, although thousands of years apart. Strangely enough, a definitive reason for their travels is what happened long ago when a group of Early Modern Humans encountered a band of Neanderthals hunting bison. Journeys of Choice is an intricately woven tale of how the past and present are intertwined! $1.99 on Kindle.
The Darkening
“The Darkening is a promising, spine-chilling debut! Motz is a writer to watch.” Brian Keene – The Rising, Ghoul “The Darkening” is a coming-of-age horror novel that pits everyday characters against an unspeakable evil intent on destroying everything they know and love. Their home is torn apart as their friendship and love are tested in a battle for their very survival! Shocking and terrifying, “The Darkening” will take you to the very edge of sanity, to the dark corners of our world, and to the worlds right next door! $3.99 on Kindle.
Blood Republic
Free: Of Dust and Tides
Hesperia Jack and the Desert Rose
Find out just what challenges faced those brave enough to journey into the American West. Meet Hesperia Jack, the bravest man who ever rode a horse, and his lady love the Desert Rose. Get to know the characters in this story told through poems and then follow their journey in the upcoming Hesperia Jack book series. $4.99 on Kindle.
The Worst Day Of My Life, So Far
Secondhand Smoke
JERUSHA’S POISON ……to just about everyone–particularly her adult children. Fortunately, poison is the very superfood of the satirist. Patty Friedmann, the reigning queen of black comedy, hits one out of the park with her family straight out of Tolstoy–unhappy in its own way, a uniquely twisted Southern way. $0.99 on Kindle.
Billionaries and Bagmen
Are you fed up with politics, payoffs, corporate mega-profits at a cost to taxpayers, immunization of white collar crime, bribes and favors guiding the decisions made by our elected officials? Have you had ENOUGH of politics? There is only one way to fix it – rewrite the rules. It can be done! Midwest Book Review “Highly Recommended” $3.99 on Kindle.
Didn’t Get Frazzled
A rousing, comic novel about four years in the life of an intrepid young medical student, set in the grueling world of an elite NYC medical school. Medical student Seth Levine encounters a student so arrogant he boasts that he’ll eat any cadaver part he can’t name, an instructor so dedicated she tests the student’s ability to perform a gynecological exam on herself, and a woman so captivating that Seth will do whatever it takes to make her laugh, including regale her with a story about a diagnostic squabble over an erection. Didn’t Get Frazzled captures with distressing accuracy the gauntlet idealistic college grads must face to secure an MD and, against the odds, come out of it a better human being. $0.99 on Kindle.
Stress Fractures
This contemporary fiction collection by author Cathleen Maza explores living, loving, and loss through eighteen beautifully written short stories. Delivered in the author’s signature style of unflinching emotional intensity, “Stress Fractures” provides a rare window into the unexpected life experiences that unite us all. $0.99 on Kindle.
























































