Literary fiction

  • Unfortunately Human by Ryan Haynes

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    A struggling standup comedian wakes up with a lock on his neck. His head is frozen, completely paralyzed. His life spirals out of control as he falls deeper into madness and struggles to stay alive on the harsh streets of Hollywood…

    An entire story written in real-time, the narrator is writing the story as it’s happening, not even he knows what’s going to happen next…

    Unfortunately Human is a fast-paced survival story told with short brutally honest journal entries, a wild journey filled with madness, despair, love, sex, and heartbreak.

    “A stunning, gritty, moving account. This has the ring of truth and a nightmarish reality that stays with the reader long after the last page is read.”

  • The Labyrinth of Passion (a trilogy) by Charles Westmont

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    Steeped in ancient Egyptian myth and legend, this trilogy is the story of a young woman and man’s coming together in a romantic union that angers the Gods with its heavenly passion. As the lovers explore one another and the world around them, taking the reader through war-time France, the Dordogne, Corsica and other exotic locations such as Cyprus and Sydney, we too become enraptured in their journey. Yet what will fate hold for two whose love is so deep that everything may be in peril.

  • Reverb by J. Cafesin

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    James Whren is brilliant, beautiful, rich, and taken—with his genius for creating music. Desired by many, he commits to no one but his muse. On the eve of his brother’s funeral his father shatters his life, and James is left abandoned in hell with no one real to save him.

    Until Elisabeth, and her son, Cameron.

    Reverb is a love story, a psychological thriller paced with romantic suspense. Spun from The Magus (John Fowles), also about a man who learns to love someone other than himself, and way beyond 50 Shades of Gray (E.L. James), Reverb is told like Crime and Punishment, modern, tight, dark, edgy verging on sharp. It’s like nothing you’ve read, guaranteed.

    5/5 Stars / Top Pick! “This is one of those stories that pulls you in immediately and has you frantically turning the pages to see what happens next.”–Diana Coyle, Night Owl Reviews

  • THE WANDERESS by ROMAN PAYNE

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    A gothic mystery novel and story of passion and romance set against the backdrop of a timeless Mediterranean landscape, The Wanderess tells of the notorious adventurer Saul and his passion for the beautiful Saskia, a mysterious young orphan girl whom he meets and vows to protect as his child. When Saul’s pursuit of pleasure and fortune gets tangled with the quest of this “Wanderess” for her long-lost friend and her own fortune, the two find themselves on a picaresque path that leads them through Spain, France, Italy and beyond; their adventures weaving them deeper and deeper into a web of jealous passion, intrigue, betrayal, and finally, murder.

    The Wanderess is a love story, a novel of heroism, friendship and romance, portraying the lives of two unsettled vagabonds led by their own strange desires, mutual obsessions, and one single fortune.

  • For Monks Only by Ralph-Michael Chiaia

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    The dialogue sizzles as “You” travel to Southeast Asia in search of your girlfriend who is having bouts of smuttiness. You want to rescue her and re-unite with her. This book is a quest, a travelogue, a love story, a philosophical treatise, and a swaggering adventure in which to find your unrequited love you’re going to delve into a fragmentary tale inside a tale and find out things normally reserved for monks only. “My fucking god this is brilliant. That sounds so banal. I suck at blurbs. Fuck. This story drew me in immediately with its detailed viscera. I trust this voice because it reeks with reality. Life really fucking lived, love really fucking felt. Singular and vital and never boring.”

    Misti Rainwater-Lites, author of Bullshit Rodeo”Chiaia is a unique, trip-hoppy, visionary of language” Lo Galluccio, author

  • The Ribbon Tier by Garrick McFadden

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    Trees with-not-so-magical fruit make up a secret grove of trees that hold the secrets of the interactions between slave masters and female slaves in the town of Kinslove. A story of slavery and the cruelty that slaves endured, but also the pain that white women encountered watching their husbands take liberties with their female slaves. The story centers on Jeb Hayes, the most successful landowner in the town and his journey to break the Curse of Ham, by abandoning his white wife, and taking a recently purchased slave with grieving green eyes as his wife. Jeb believes that by producing a baby with her he will be able to atone for the sins of his past.

  • Tomorrow by Ethan Bailey

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    Martin and Sarah Hamilton live a charmed life on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, minutes from the Gulf of Mexico. A known author, Martin works on a new novel around their summer schedule of leisure.

    From a hotel visit near the Florida beaches to a lavish party hosted by the unforgettable Evelyn Carradine, this debut from Ethan Bailey demonstrates how love, fiction and reality blend to tell a more truthful story of the world. Tomorrow is an elegant and timeless expression of the modern Deep South, destined to become a classic.

  • Of Moths and Butterflies by V.R. Christensen

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    Archer Hamilton is a collector of rare and beautiful insects. Gina Shaw is a servant in his house. Out of place in so low a position, she becomes a source of fascination. A girl with a blighted past, Gina has lowered herself in order to find escape from her family and their scheming designs. All she wants is the freedom to live her life as she would wish. All her aunts want is the money she has inherited. An arranged marriage might turn out profitable for more parties than one. Mr. Hamilton is about to make the acquisition of a lifetime. But will the price be worth it?