By Allison Whitmore Theodora “Teddi” Donovan and Calvin Wynne have always hated each other. They didn't have a choice after Teddi's bootlegger father killed Calvin's and left them both orphaned. The scandal has fueled gossip in quiet, quaint Brookhurst, New York, for over a decade. When a friendship develops between them as teenagers, they are ridiculed and shunned by the strict society that dictates life in their town. As they grow older, friendship turns into love, and Teddi and Calvin have to choose between their future and the specter of their past. Spanning continents and decades, Forget Me Not is a coming-of-age story about truth, self-reliance, and the freeing power of love. Order your copy from Amazon by clicking here! By Scott Green When Mark Templeton, restaurant manager, entered Le Chop gastronomic restaurant in Birmingham for his normal evening shift, he did not expect to find the 3 Michelin-starred chef and patron of Le Chop, Louis Bonnaire, murdered. Carlos Sanchez, the kitchen porter was arrested immediately, by a police detective who happened to be in the ‘little kitchen’ at the time of the murder. Carlos was stood over the corpse with a meat cleaver in hand, £500 in his pocket along with the restaurant safe key. However, the murder was not the only thing that was bad and strange news of late at Le Chop: Donna Knock, the recently appointed sommelier, had better English language skills than restaurant skills; the sous chef Alfonso Charbonneau was glad Louis was dead; Tabitha, the owner, had a secret crush on someone and the food of late at Le Chop had been bad bordering on the shocking. Mark Templeton, helped solve the case of murder at Le Chop, where everything beneath face-value was not what it seemed... Order this book from Amazon today by clicking here! By Nick Totem What if to sleep means to die? A disease, the Death Sleep, has seized humanity. The Death Sleep struck slowly at first, but then it suddenly accelerated. Everyone succumbed to its devastating effects–violence, loss of reason, intermittent sleep, and finally death. Inevitably, everyone fell asleep, except Art Sand, a doctor specializing in Alzheimer's Disease. Art Sand finds that an experimental drug can stave off the Death Sleep. Once fully awake, Art is horrified to discover a world ending as though Armageddon has arrived. As the chaos yields to quietude, Art discovers another survivor, a young girl named Maya who doesn’t need the drug to live. As Art and Maya search for answers, they encounter unexpected dangers. And they discover many more survivors. But are they a hostile, new race of human beings? A lyrical literary novel, A M M powerfully captures the stark landscape of a post–apocalyptic world, and the hope and nightmare of a survivor. Click here to order your copy from Amazon! By Margareta Ackerman, PhD Combining prose with powerful imagery, Running from Giants follows a young boy's struggle to survive in Nazi occupied Europe, from the forests where he and his brothers once happily played, to the horrors of the ghetto. While the narrative propels us through Srulik's gripping true story, the black-and-white art reveals his journey through the imagination of a child caught in a land of giants. The story opens with Srulik Ackerman enjoying a peaceful childhood in the Polish town of Nowosiolki, until the Nazi whirlwind blows in leaving ten-year-old Srulik suddenly and brutally alone. An eyewitness to the horrors of the Holocaust, Srulik narrowly escapes death several times, only to make a final desperate bid for freedom during a fiery revolt in the ghetto. Margareta Ackerman was astonished when she learned that her grandfather, Srulik, was a Holocaust survivor. How had he overcome the past with his cheerful attitude and timeless smile intact? In Running from Giants, she retells his amazing story, with its profound message about the incredible strength of the human spirit. Order this book from Amazon by clicking here! By Terry don Foley Fascinating author and storyteller, Terry don Foley, is sure to capture reader’s imagination with his just released novel, We Mortal Men. Inspired by the author’s own family history dating back to a south Texas cotton plantation in the 1800’s, the book showcases how a family’s heritage was divided into two races – one black and one white, and how love bridged the gap over time. This moving novel of family, racism, bigotry, and forgiveness, examines how one family’s heritage, rooted in love, transcends generations to come. Not your typical plantation owner, Lee Washington Greene saw beyond the color of a man’s skin. Both devoted and deeply flawed, Greene’s life sets the stage for breaking down present day barriers of bigotry. Told through the eyes of an elderly black woman, with the help of her newfound friend and journalist, the timeless story finds the way into the heart of readers. Regardless of one’s skin color, Terry don Foley’s We Mortal Men will find its way into your heart, melts away any remnants of bigotry, and encourage love for your fellow man. Order this book in paperback or in Kindle form from Amazon by clicking here! Meet Author- Terry don FoleyTerry don Foley is a Littlefield, Texas native having grown up on a working farm raising cattle, cotton, alfalfa hay, and sorghum. It was here that his love of life and adventure began, surrounded by a strong foundation of family and friends before he entered the oil fields of West Texas. It was in the oil patch that Terry found his calling, honing his skills as a drilling consultant, overseeing oil and gas exploration and development in North, Central and South America for a host of major oil and gas companies. Terry has three children and a growing number of grandchildren. Tragically, a fourth child named Leigha Rose, died of cancer in 1996 following her courageous battle with cancer. Mourning the loss of his beloved daughter and with alcohol as a crutch, Terry's world began to crumble. Soon he would find his 'drink of choice' was a diversion from reality. In 2009, Terry was convicted of a felony and would serve four years in a federal prison. While incarcerated Terry wrote several short stories and a novel. By combining his imagination, experiences as a young man, knowledge of the jungle and love for Mayan history, his own unique style of writing was birthed. He published his first book in the fall of 2013, titled Ah Cacaw and the Demon Piri Aji, a short historical tale. The novel, Taste of Poison, was expanded to a three book series in June of 2015. Today, Terry lives in his home town where he writes fiction and sees to the needs of his family. He is surrounded by a loving and forgiving community who knew him as a farm boy and one of their own. His life is simple - he lives to love and writes with a passion. Find out more about Terry don Foley by visiting his website: www.TerrydonFoley.com or visit his author page on Amazon By G.W. Pomichter A case nobody wants, a friend nobody believes and a dame to die for all lead Will "Lucky" Marks on a perilous journey of self discovery he will never forget. Get started with your copy today. Click here to purchase from Amazon! Meet Author- G.W. PomichterG.W. Pomichter was born Garrett W. Pomichter-Murray in upstate NY in 1970. G.W. Pomichter is a graduate of Florida Air Academy and Eastern Florida State College. The U.S. Army Infantry veteran began writing at an early age and published poems in anthologies in his early 20s. His poem, “Coming of Age,” was featured in the anthology, “An Eternity of Beauty.” Following a college internship with The Florida Today newspaper, G.W. Pomichter joined the writing staff at The Hometown News, read along Florida’s Central East coast, where he penned more than 400 byline stories. In his early 40s, G.W. Pomichter began his career as a full-time author. His first published work, a handbook on political campaigning, was a long-time labor of love. Having spent much of his early years politically active, the writer chose to author a collections of common tactical and strategic elements to successful political campaigns, and released “Mapping the Road Less Traveled,” as his inaugural work. Although his background was firmly entrenched in the familiar non-fiction, and technical news reporting style, G.W. Pomichter chose to flex his writing muscles to enter the fiction writing universe with another long-time project that was near to his heart. “Lucky,” a short homage to the classic Detective Noir novels of the 1930s and 1940s, was a project that was born out of his love of the genre and a lamenting of a lack of modest “escapist” stories that simply entertain audiences. He followed his success with Lucky with a sequel, “Lot 28: A Lucky Marks Mystery” and is currently working on several projects. At present G.W. Pomichter is working to further develop his web-series, “Hangin With Authors,” and writing on 3 projects. The first is a short story anthology to compliment the “Lucky Marks Mysteries” called “Case Files,” the second is a paranormal “monster-mashup” series that reinvents the classic monster mythos using historical and theological lore, and the third, which is near complete is a political thriller titled “Yesterday’s Tomorrow,” in which an Electro Magnetic Pulse cripples the poer along the U.S. Eastern Sea board. Pomichter credits his success to some advice he was given as a younger man: “Find something you love to do. Find something you would and will do for free. Then, find someone to pay you for it,” He said he was told. He has never looked back. “Words do have power. They can change the shape of the world in which we live. But another power that words have is to transport us briefly to a place where, for just a few hours, we can escape our busy lives and enjoy an adventurous journey through the imagination. That is what we call a straight read. It’s a place to set aside the complications of real life. It’s a place where the good guys might still wear white hats and the bad guys, black hats, and where for one fleeting moment all is right, and you return home to pick up the daunting tasks of daily life rested and with a little more enthusiasm.” G.W. Pomichter Find our more, click here! |
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