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What if an alienated 12-year-old girl could reinvent her family and then lead it into the future?In this contemporary novel infused with magical realism, ghosts, and Celtic mythology, the biracial Bonnie is lonely, angry, and confused. Her mother died, her father remarried, and her new school was a disaster. She is sent to live with relatives, who will homeschool her in a haunted house.There, ancestral ghosts befriend her and guide her on a mystical voyage to the Celtic Otherworld. In that quest, Bonnie must overcome grudges, bullies, and an evil shopkeeper.Lured at midnight into the forbidden attic by a spirit dog and touched with a magic potion, she seeks answers to who she is, where she belongs, and why her mother died. Will she accept the challenges presented by her new role in the family, or return to her life as a loser?"e;Young readers will find Ghost Girl a relevant and positive guide for their own lives. Older readers will find Ghost Girl an attractive introduction to the deep and profound mysteries and spiritual precepts of the Irish Celtic tradition."e;Dr. George Cinclair Gibson (Ph.D.), Author, Wake Rites: The Ancient Irish Rituals of Finnegans Wakei

In the fragile balance of life, you have one birth, one death, one time to tell those you love a final farewell. But what if, somehow, you were given one more chance?Victor Gant's life is abundant with blessings. Although his mother was an Osage Indian slave, he is a valuable member of the French and German community of charming of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. As the town blacksmith he is respected, well-liked, and makes a proper living for himself and beloved sister. All Victor's dreams come true when he marries the only woman that had ever caught his eye.But blessings can be fleeting. When the civil war erupts in 1861 Victor will have to make choices. Torn between what's best for his family or following his conscience, between keeping promises or following his heart... to finally bestowing an agonizing blessing of his own.Barbara Sontheimer's sweeping novel Victor's Blessing is a journey from the patent office of Washington DC, to the infamous Andersonville prison, to the Battle of Wilderness, where in order for Victor to keep one promise.... another must be broken.

It was a warm, still, July summer night in 2014, when an 85-year-old woman, a beloved grandmother and neighbor, was viciously murdered by someone who slipped quietly into her bedroom and slit her throat and watched her bleed to death in less than a minute.Who committed this awful murder, how, and why? The perpetrator of this horrible crime was the woman's own grandson, an adored and trusted family member. He was married and also had four children of his own. James W. Marquart walks us through the investigation involving the collection of evidence in Texas and in Illinois, the arrest, trial, conviction, and the punishment of the killer who committed this crime for money and pure lust. Punch your ticket to a front row seat and see how murder cases unfold and murderers are caught and punished.In Unthinkable: Who Kills Their Grandmother? by James W. Marquart we experience a gripping account on why the murder occurred and how this crime by a family member has impacted the lives of other close family members. In a weird twist of fate, the author continues to live in the house that belonged to the killer.

Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Awards, Historical Fiction - Gold AwardTyler R Tichelaar Award for Best Historical Fiction WinnerThe Wishing Shelf Book Awards - Finalist for Adult FictionOutstanding Creator Awards - Best Book Cover, 1st Place Romance, 1st Place Military Fiction, 1st Place Historical Fiction2023 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards - 1st Place Historical Fiction2023 Author Shout Recommended Read Award WinnerReaders' Choice Book Awards - Finalist Best Adult FictionBREW Fiction Book Excellence Award - Military Romance of the Year2023 American Writing Awards - Finalist - Historical Fiction2023 Independent Author Network Awards - Historical Fiction Finalist2023 Firebird Book Awards - First Place, Fiction2023 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite - Historical Fiction2023 Global Ebook Awards in Historical Literature Fiction - Bronze MedalNABE Summer 2023 Pinnacle Book Achievement Best Book Award - FictionThe BookFest Awards Spring 2023 - 1st Place Historical FictionThe Literary Titan Silver AwardThe 2022 CIBAs HEMINGWAY - Long List17th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Military Fiction What Would You Do for Love?An Enemy Like Me, written by award-winning author Teri M Brown, is a powerful novel of love, war, and the complexities of family and identity.How does a man show his love - for country, for heritage, for family - during a war that sets the three at odds? What sets in motion the necessity to choose one over the other? How will this choice change everything and everyone he loves?Jacob Miller, a first-generation American, grew up in New Berlin, a small German immigrant town in Ohio where he endured the Great Depression, met his wife, and started a family. Though his early years were not easy, Jacob believes he is headed toward his 'happily ever after' until a friend is sent to an internment camp for enemy combatants, and the war lands resolutely on his doorstep.In An Enemy Like Me, Teri M Brown uses the backdrop of World War II to show the angst experienced by Jacob, his wife, and his four-year-old son as he left for and fought in a war he did not create. She explores the concepts of xenophobia, intrafamily dynamics, and the recognition that war is not won and lost by nations, but by ordinary men and women and the families who support them.If you are a fan of historical fiction with a love for heartfelt, introspective war stories, then you'll enjoy An Enemy Like Me by award-winning author Teri M Brown. This emotional saga explores war and its impacts in unique ways that few military fiction novels do.This is definitely a novel that deserves to be on a historical fiction lovers' TBR list! Buy the novel today to discover what you would do for love.

Everything had been planned and executed to perfection. Where was the satisfaction, then? Why was happiness always so elusive?Zenon McClow, a businessman with a checkered past, flees the United States, hiding first in Ecuador and then in the tropical paradise of New Caledonia. Plagued by burning existential questions, he begins to write down his life story while on the remote Isle of Pines. After failing to find relief, he turns to penning The Mask, a historical novel set in the mysterious land of ancient Thrace.Zenon's fiction endeavor is inspired by Evmondia, a kind-hearted Bulgarian girl living in New York who introduced him to the colorful world of the Thracians. He bases his story on events from the 4th century BCE, a time when Philip II of Macedonia, the father of Alexander 'the Great,' endangered Thrace. In Zenon's tale, a young Greek scholar, Trysimachus, sets out on a perilous quest to the court of the Thracian king Ketriporis. As Trysimachus is forced to confront his own prejudices and fears, Ketriporis must deal with the increasing threats to his rule...Beset by perils of his own -- amidst ill health -- Zenon re-examines The Mask, convinced it contains clues to help him resolve his troubled past. What will The Mask reveal to Zenon?An epic tale of adventure, battles, and political intrigues -- but also of self-discovery, transformation, and personal healing -- Cracking of the Mask brings together two worlds and two eras that, at first glance, have little in common. Readers will experience the revival of an intriguing ancient culture as they embark on a journey in which they will face the everlasting conflict between our personas and who we are beneath the masks.

How to go gently into that good night? Is there a fifth season?In their advanced years, Honey, Hank and Seth didn't expect to find themselves unattached through divorce, separation and death. They have little else in common except their morning ritual of taking a solitary walk along the same stretch of Florida coastline to behold the sun breaking through the horizon line with equilibrium and serenity, day after day. Each morning draws them closer until they relinquish their solitude and seek one another out. At first, silence is broken by polite conversation, stillness by small gestures. The bond between them slowly sets roots that are deep enough to guide them toward a bold decision that both embraces and defies their solitary condition and their advanced years.Late in the Day is a lucid and sober meditation on the possibility of connection, companionship and renewal in three lives that have narrowed with time. With a keen eye for detail, Shapiro chips away at the crust of aging. Something more complex and delicate emerges with a realism that is simultaneously stark, poetic and deeply felt as Honey, Hank and Seth chart a future that is neither straightforward in their hope nor liberated from their pain.