When sixteen-year-old Jay Thornton’s mother dies leaving him an orphan, he jumps a freight train to get away from being placed in a foster home. Unprepared for his new lifestyle, Jay discovers unexpected dangerous experiences and wonders if he has made a mistake. His life becomes a lonely quest to find a place to stay […]
Tag: Fiction
Beige Girl
Beige Girl is a work about the development of a young lady who is the product of a loving Black mother and loving white father. She experiences many challenges growing up and as an adult. However, this work is not just a book about a young lady of an interracial marriage; it is a work […]
Precious Struggles:The Making of a 21st Century Woman
Precious Struggles: The Making of a 21st Century Woman is a captivating narrative about the author’s life. This is a memoir of Jeanette Toomer. It takes readers through her early years. The close relationship between her mother and family members contributes to her development as a young woman. Readers live with her through her work […]
A Widow’s Sharing and Guide: Forever With Me
This work is about a deep abiding love between two individuals: “Physical reminders are always temporary, but happiness, peace, and contentment he brought to my life just by loving me will always be there” And it shows how a song helps the author cope as she navigates a new journey: “Aptly named ‘Forever With Me,’ […]
Echoes of Our Ancestors
A Civil War–era secret brings modern-day consequences in a novel that asks: How long can the shadows of the past hang over one family? Philip Richards puts little value on his life. He avoids close relationships and blames himself for the sexual abuse his sister suffered at the hands of their grandfather. To drown his […]
ON THE MARCH: A NOVEL OF THE WOMEN’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON
ON THE MARCH is about three women, all strangers, who meet on the bus journeying from Kansas to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. Henrietta Oldham is an elderly woman who runs a failing antique store; Birdie Jackson is a shy African-American teenager who is marching at the insistence of […]
Jay
When sixteen-year-old Jay Thornton’s mother dies leaving him an orphan, he jumps a freight train to get away from being placed in a foster home. Unprepared for his new lifestyle, he discovers unexpected dangerous experiences and wonders if he has made a mistake. Four years have passed; more than can be imagined has changed. Jay, […]
DEATH IN THE ORCHARD: Trudy Genova Mystery #3
The third Trudy Genova mystery from award-winning author M. K. Graff brings Trudy home, leaving her New York City studio consulting job to visit her rural hometown of Schoharie, three hours north. NYPD detective Ned O’Malley accompanies Trudy, primed to meet her family, but with a secret mission to find out what really happened when […]
An Unwanted Alliance
A recipe for intrigue and love:A young woman determined to find her father’s killer.An agent of the Crown who feels obligated to protect her. Miss Marcie Woodforde’s nightmare begins when her father is shot by a traitor. Only moments before he dies, he charges Marcie to find the Earl of Campden and warn him that […]
These Thy Gifts
Be taken on a journey with Father Steven Trimboli in this powerful novel, These Thy Gifts. Follow him through 50 years of his life as a priest–from a storefront church in Brooklyn to the dangers in Vietnam and beyond. With Father Trimboli’s refreshing mix of determination and spirituality, readers will be inspired by his tenacious […]