Like We Care Tom Matthews What if they just stopped? What if in a grand, scruffy stab at corporate disobedience, teenagers en masse simply stopped spending their money on the cynical crap that’s relentlessly mainlined to them: the addictive and deadly cigarettes, the hateful music, the crude and desensitizing videos and movies?What if they stopped… Continue reading Like We Care
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The Deadly Trade
The Deadly Trade Ken Morris Tim Mack is a financial analyst running from a past full of death and drink. But when he leaves the Wall Street rat race hoping to slow down his life in San Diego, he finds that a calm and peaceful existence is just not in the cards. While researching a… Continue reading The Deadly Trade
Butterflies in May
Butterflies in May Karen Hart Ali Parker, a high school senior, is in love for the first time in her seventeen-year life. Her Mr. Perfect boyfriend, Matt Ryan, is a talented artist who hopes to attend Pratt Institute in New York, and Ali plans to major in journalism at a prestigious college. Both Ali and… Continue reading Butterflies in May
Thanksgiving at the Inn
Thanksgiving at the Inn Tim Whitney Ever since his mother left, life hasn’t been easy for Heath Wellington, III. Between his father’s (Junior’s) bouts with alcoholism and literary rejection, and Heath’s own wrongful suspension from school, there hasn’t been all that much to be thankful for. But following the tragic death of estranged grandfather Senior,… Continue reading Thanksgiving at the Inn
A Farewell to Legs
A Farewell to Legs Jeffrey Cohen An Aaron Tucker Mystery Work-at-home dad, devoted husband, hustling freelance writer, aspiring screenwriter—all ways to describe the unwilling sleuth Aaron Tucker, whom one reviewer dubbed a combination of “Bart Simpson and James Bond.” In A Farewell to Legs, the second installment of the Aaron Tucker Mystery Series, Aaron is… Continue reading A Farewell to Legs
In the Wake of the Boatman
In the Wake of the Boatman J. Scott Faqua Puttnam Douglas Steward isn’t having an identity crisis—he is one. To his father Carl, he’s a disappointment, and has been since the day he came home from the hospital. To his mother, he’s “Mama’s Boy,” and will forever be nothing less and nothing more. The Army… Continue reading In the Wake of the Boatman
The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns
The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns Elizabeth Leiknes Lucy Burns wants a normal life: friends, love, and a family of her own. And she could have it all if only she could break free from the job she hates. That job? Facilitator to hell. And her boss is a real devil. At the age of… Continue reading The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns
Mia the Melodramatic
Mia the Melodramatic Eileen Boggess Summary Order here
Back Creek
Back Creek Leslie Goetsch It’s the summer of 1975. Eighteen-year-old Grace Barnett knows she should be preparing to leave for college in September. But a strange Memorial Day boating accident on the creek near her Virginia home—she’s the only witness to the apparent suicide—kicks off a series of events that will define her family’s future… Continue reading Back Creek
Hume’s Fork
Hume’s Fork: A Novel Ron Cooper Barely adequate philosophy professor Legare Hume has a mind-body problem. No matter how far he goes, no matter how hard he thinks, he can’t escape the world he lives in. On the run from his wife Tally, Legare joins brilliant but exceptionally awkward colleague Saul Grossman to attend the… Continue reading Hume’s Fork