“Well,
hello,
stranger.
This
is
a
nice
surprise.
I
have
been
thinking
about
you.”
She
smiled
her
brilliant
smile and kissed him lightly on his lips.
“We
have
to
talk,”
said
Tyler
taking
her
by
her
arm
and
pushing
her
back
into
her
office.
“What
in
the
world were you thinking?”
“What’s wrong with you? I don’t know what you are talking about.”
The expression on her face told him that she did. “You plagiarized
THEN THERE WAS LIGHT
.
I read the synopsis, so don’t deny it.”
“Now, listen, Tyler…”
ISBN-13: 978-1595071361 Placed in nomination for: PULITZER AWARD.
Novel
PUBLISHER: ArcheBooks Publishing
Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery
Shyla
tries
to
cheerfully
accept
the
responsibilities
that
come
with
a
new
marriage
and
the
inevitable
adjustments,
but
the
stress
from
it
is
leaving
her
with
constant
migraines,
a
lack
of
energy,
and,
worst
of
all,
an
inability
to
write.
While
she
is
in
Naples,
Florida,
teaching
a
creative
writing
course,
Shyla
becomes
intrigued
with
a
student’s
manuscript,
THE
IMMIGRANT,
about
Cuban
refugees
who
bring
the
ancient
beliefs
of
Regla
de
Ocha
to
America.
Then
the
ideas
in
the
manuscript
start
influencing
her
life.
Will Shyla need to lose her life to regain her self?
ISBN-13: 978-1890109783
2013 IPPY Book Award - BEST NOVEL. Novel
PUBLISHER: Crossquarter Publishing
Contemporary Suspense,
Paranormal, Gothic Romance
Bowls
had
been
emptied,
boxes
poured
out,
everything
had
been
taken
out
of
the
refrigerator
and
dumped on the floor.
I
felt
cereal
crunch
beneath
my
feet.
All
the
cabinet
doors
were
open
and
cans
of
food
were
everywhere. In the middle of it all was Grandma.
"I
was
looking
for
the
Jello,"
she
said
cheerfully.
I
opened
the
refrigerator
door.
One
dish
remained.
It
was the Jello.
ISBN-13: 978-1555234065
Young Adult Novel
PUBLISHER: James C Winston Publishing Co.
Contemporary Suspense, Family Life
Alexandra
Britt
has
recently
moved
from
Virginia
to
Hawaii
where
her
father
is
stationed
in
the
Marine
Corps.
She
hates
the
heat,
the
bugs,
and
the
students,
with
the
exception
of
her
one
friend,
Judy.
After
the
tragedy
of
a
classmate
involves
Zan,
she
becomes
determined
to
adjust
to
her
school
and
surroundings.
Leilani
Zan
is
a
tender
and
humorous
story
of
a
young
girl
who
learns
to
work
through
the
difficulties and challenges found with life in a military family.
ISBN-13: 978-1555234058
Young Adult Novel
PUBLISHER: James C Winston Publishing Co.
Contemporary Suspense, Family Life
All
in
one
day,
thirty-five-year-old
Hallie
Marsh
learns
that
the
man
she
loves,
works
for,
and
is
living
with
has
found
someone
else—and
that
she
no
longer
has
a
job,
a
place
to
live,
or
a
car
since
she
crashed
it
into
a
hedge.
Her
feelings
of
rage
and
desire
for
revenge
are
soon
replaced
by
a
fascination
with
her
new
neighbors—four
peculiar,
elderly
people
who
decide
to
buy
an
old
run-down
estate,
fix
it
up, and live in it “just like family.”
ISBN-13: 978-193330740
Novel
PUBLISHER: Wandering Sage Publishing Group
Contemporary Suspense, Family Life
The
Gospel
According
to
Prissy
is
a
fascinating
story
populated
with
memorable
characters.
Three
Army
veteran
misfits,
a
college
dropout,
an
unmotivated
high
school
graduate
accused
of
murder,
a
controversial
warden
of
a
women's
prison,
and
a
little
girl
with
the
gift
of
prophesy
-
these
are
the
people
31-year-old
Lara
Kruger
invites
into
her
life
after
suffering
a
miscarriage,
a
divorce
from
an
abusive
husband,
and
unemployment.
The
Gospel
According
to
Prissy
will
make
you
laugh
and
cry
and
you will no doubt be entertained
2013 IPPY Book Award -
BEST REGIONAL FICTION
.
Placed in nomination for
PULITZER AWARD.
ISBN #: 970-985244026
Novel
PUBLISHER: Strategic Media Books
Contemporary Suspense, Family Life
Kathryn
Kelly:
The
Moll
Behind
Machine
Gun
Kelly
is
a
biography
of
the
woman
who
made
a
career
of
crime.
With
a
lust
for
danger,
she
masterminded
the
crimes
that
took
her
and
her
husband,
and
others
who
included
her
own
mother
and
stepfather,
on
a
spree
across
Minnesota,
Tennessee,
Oklahoma,
and
Texas.
Starting
with
smaller
crimes
that
included
bootlegging,
smuggling
liquor
onto
an
Oklahoma
Indian
reservation,
and
other
petty
crimes,
she
encouraged
her
husband,
George
Barnes
aka
George
Kelly,
toward
a
life
of
more
serious
criminal
activity
that
eventually
escalated
into
bank
robberies,
kidnapping
and
extortion.
Many
believe
that
it
was
Kathryn,
after
giving
him
a
machine
gun,
who
developed
George's
feared
persona
and
the
name
of
Machine
Gun
Kelly.
FBI
Director
J.
Edgar
Hoover
was
even
convinced
that
the
two
were
somehow
connected
in
the
Lindbergh
kidnapping.
Kathryn
and
Machine
Gun
Kelly
were
eventually
captured
after
kidnapping
Charles
Urschel,
a
wealthy
Oklahoma
City
oilman,
and
collecting
a
$200,000
ransom
the
largest
ransom
ever
paid
at
that
time.
Eventually,
the two were captured in Memphis, where Kelly had grown up as a boy.
ISBN-13: 978-1939521491
True Crime
PUBLISHER: Strategic Media Books.
Biography
Selected by Amazon
Seventeen-year-old
Dara
Roux
and
her
two
best
friends,
Mackenzie
Yarborough
and
Jennifer
Torres,
the
three
collectively
referred
to
as
the
F.I.G.'s
(Females
of
Intellectual
Genius)
because
each
has
an
intelligence
quotient
in
the
genius
range,
have
just
returned
from
Frascati,
Italy.
It
was
there
that
their
much
loved
teacher
and
mentor,
Carolina
Lovel,
discovered
that
her
birth
parents
were
gypsies,
and
that
she
had
a
connection
to
the
Voynich
Manuscript,
the
most
mysterious
document
in
the
world.
Now,
with
graduation
from
Wood
Rose
Orphanage
and
Academy
for
Young
Women
behind
them,
Dara
asks
her
friends
to
help
her
locate
her
birth
mother
when
she
learns
that
she
might
be
living
in
New
York
City.
ISBN 13: 978-942314288
PUBLISHER: Gauthier Publications
Novel, Young Adult
Adventure/Suspense
In
1977,
after
numerous
trials
for
murder,
attempted
murder,
armed
robbery,
bank
robbery,
and
kidnapping—all
eventually
leading
to
acquittals
or
dismissals—Assata
Shakur
aka
JoAnne
Deborah
Chesimard
was
found
guilty
of
the
murder
of
New
Jersey
State
Trooper
Werner
Foerster
and
the
grievous
assault
of
Trooper
James
Harper.
Convicted
to
life
plus
33
years,
Shakur
escaped
two
years
later
from
the
Clinton
Facility
for
Women
and
fled
to
Cuba
where
she
has
lived
in
exile
ever
since.
Assata
Shakur:
A
20
th
Century
Escaped
Slave
is
the
story
of
one
of
FBI’s
“Most
Wanted
Terrorists”
before she became a fugitive and since.
ISBN-13: 978-1939521606
PUBLISHER: Strategic Media Books
True Crime
Biography
After
returning
from
New
York
City
where
with
the
help
of
their
mentor
and
teacher,
Carolina,
they
located
Dara’s
mother,
the
three
FIGs
as
they
are
called—Females
of
Intellectual
Genius—have
graduated
from
Wood
Rose
Orphanage
and
Academy
for
Young
Women.
Now
they
are
going
their
separate
ways
for
the
first
time
in
their
lives
to
further
their
education
and
try
to
exist
in
a
world
that
doesn’t include the protective stone walls of Wood Rose.
Mackenzie
also
wants
to
try
to
locate
her
parents.
Once
at
MIT,
because
of
her
genius
at
problem-
solving,
she
is
personally
chosen
by
a
U.S.
Senator
to
get
involved
in
a
mysterious,
secret
research
project
involving
immortality
that
is
being
conducted
in
a
small
village
in
China—not
too
far
from
where
Dara
is
involved
with
the
archaeological
site
as
part
of
a
special
Yale
University
project.
Once
there,
however,
Mackenzie
finds
herself
facing
a
terrifying
death
from
the
blood-dripping
teeth
of
an
ancient
evil
dragon.
Her
best
friends,
the
FIGs
and
Carolina,
rely
on
their
own
unique
genius
and
special
talents
to save her as she discovers the truth of her birth parents.
Novel, Young Adult, Adventure/Suspense
ISBN-13: 978-1939521743
PUBLISHER: Strategic Media Books
Velvalee
Dickinson:
The
“Doll
Woman”
Spy
is
a
carefully
researched
glimpse
into
the
“Doll
Woman’s”
life
as
a
collector
of
dolls,
and
as
the
highest
paid
American
woman
who
spied
for
the
Imperial
Japanese Government during World War II.
The
FBI
arrested
her
and
charged
her
with
espionage
and
violation
of
censorship
laws.
She
became
the first American woman to face the death penalty on charges of spying for a wartime enemy.
ISBN-13: 978-1942314776 Book Excellence Award: FINALIST 2018
Jennifer
Torres,
one
of
the
three
FIGs
(Females
of
Intellectual
Genius)
who
is
a
genius
in
both
music
and
art,
is
the
last
to
leave
the
closed
rehearsal
for
her
upcoming
performance
over
Thanksgiving
break
at
Carnegie
Hall
when
she
hears
something
in
the
darkened
Hall.
Recognizing
the
tilt
of
the
woman’s
head
and
the
slight
limp
of
the
man
as
they
hurry
out
an
exit
door,
she
realizes
it
is
her
parents
who
were
supposedly
killed
in
a
terrible
car
accident
when
she
was
15
years
old.
Devastated
and
feeling
betrayed,
she
sends
a
text
to
Carolina
and
the
other
two
FIGs—THURGOOD.
It
is
the
code
word
they
all
agreed
to
use
if
ever
one
of
them
got
into
trouble
or
something
happened
that
was
too
difficult
to
handle.
They
would
all
meet
back
at
Carolina’s
bungalow
at
Wood
Rose
Orphanage and Academy for Young Women to figure it out.
As
soon
as
they
receive
the
text,
because
of
their
genius,
Dara
starts
thinking
of
words
in
ancient
Hebrew,
German,
and
Yiddish,
while
Mackenzie’s
visions
of
unique
math
formulae
keep
bring
-
ing
up
the
date
October
11,
1943.
That
is
the
date
during
World
War
II
when
the
Nazis—the
Kunstschutz—looted the paintings of targeted wealthy Jewish families and hid them away.
Novel, Young Adult, Adventure/Suspense
ISBN-13: 978-1942314691
Last book in
in the series
True Crime
Biography
Book Excellence Award: FINALIST 2020
Book Excellence Award: FINALIST 2017
