The Devil's Grapevine

A young woman in the late 1930s became the mother of an illegitimate child. She was living in a small, pious town, which was very judgemental. The conception of her child was by an infamous rapist. Interpol had been chasing him across three continents. There had been hundreds of rapes. His crimes made headlines around the world, and he was soon captured, sentenced to death, and electrocuted. Only the girl, her mother, and the authorities were aware of who impregnated her.

When the boy was three, she and her mother decided she must become anonymous for fear that Roddy may find out that the blood of this monster runs through his veins. Changing her name, she and Roddy leave the past behind and end up in California.

Roddy, now ten, ends up working in an out-of-the-way truck stop in Grapevine Village. Many adventures and complexities lay before them. Love, death, a boy’s fantasies, the FBI. and warring trucking companies transporting Mexican farm workers without proper papers, who are fighting over who controls the rights to use the highway called “The Devil’s Grapevine.”

Roddy and his mother are caught between the FBI and the warring truckers, which ends in a gunfight that ends up burning much of the village to cinders. All works out in the end with the mother, the son, and a truck driver who rescues them from the gunfire and flames.

Alphabet Fruit Around the World

What if learning your ABCs could take you around the world? From Anna’s apple orchards in America to Zuri’s Ziziphus trees in Zimbabwe, Alphabet Fruit Around the World introduces little learners to fruits and friends from every corner of the globe. With lively watercolor illustrations and simple, joyful text, this alphabet journey is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Kids will giggle, point, and imagine as they discover new fruits and cultures—and perhaps find a new favorite snack!

Rowan Reads Her Way

Rowan loves stories—but reading them doesn’t always love her back. Letters twist, tumble, and flip until the page feels more like a puzzle than a story. Sometimes Rowan worries she’s “bad at reading.” But Rowan’s imagination is brighter and braver than any jumble of words. She sees adventures bursting with pirates, dinosaurs, and donut-eating dogs just waiting to be shared.

Rowan Reads Her Way is a celebration of creativity, courage, and the many ways kids can tell their stories. It reminds young readers that brains work differently—and that’s something to cheer about. Rowan’s journey helps children who struggle with reading know they are not alone, while also teaching classmates, parents, and teachers how to value the unique strengths that come with dyslexia.

This heartwarming story is part of the Brains That Shine series, which highlights the brilliance of neurodivergent kids. With humor, imagination, and hope, each book encourages empathy and inclusion, showing that every child’s way of learning is worth celebrating.

Perfect for bedtime reading, classrooms, or anyone who has ever felt “different,” Rowan’s story invites readers to see the world not just through words, but through wonder.

Zach Zooms Through Life

Zach has two speeds: fast and faster. His ideas come in flashes, his feet can’t stop bouncing, and his imagination runs wild. To Zach, the world is one big adventure waiting to happen—if only everyone else could keep up.

Sometimes Zach’s quick brain gets him into trouble. Teachers ask him to sit still. Friends tell him to slow down. Even Zach wonders if maybe he’s “too much.” But when a big classroom challenge arrives, Zach discovers that the very thing that makes him different is also what makes him shine.

Zach Zooms Through Life is more than a story about one energetic boy. It’s a celebration of kids who think, move, and dream differently. With humor, heart, and vibrant illustrations, Zach shows readers that ADHD is not a flaw—it’s a unique way of experiencing the world.

This uplifting picture book is perfect for:

• Kids who feel “too busy” or “too different”

• Parents and teachers looking for stories that build empathy and inclusion

• Families who want to celebrate the strengths of neurodivergent children

Because every child deserves to see their brilliance on the page.

Come zoom with Zach—and discover the superpower of a fast brain!

The Complainer's Blood

A flea complains about the quality of the blood she drains. A man believes his saliva sanctifies ice cream. A woman drives past suffering in an air-conditioned SUV while dreaming she is the one who suffers. A predator quotes scripture as his hands do their damage.

These stories don’t ask you to witness horror from a safe distance. They ask what it means that the distance was never safe to begin with—that you’ve been participating all along.

Written from positions of uncomfortable intimacy—parasites on skin, insects behind walls, children beside cooling bodies—The Complainer’s Blood occupies the space between observer and accomplice.

The question isn’t whether you’ll look away. It’s whether you’ll recognize what you’re looking away from.

The Zen of IT

The Zen of IT offers a calm, clear-headed philosophy for navigating the modern IT workplace—an environment increasingly defined by complexity, constant change, and outdated ways of working. Rather than promoting yet another rigid framework or recycled methodology, this book challenges the assumptions that have shaped IT culture since the 1990s and asks a more fundamental question: is the way we work still serving us?

Drawing on decades of real-world experience, The Zen of IT argues that popular process-driven approaches have often become barriers to flow, innovation, and accountability. In their place, it proposes a mindset rooted in collective responsibility, simplicity, and professional craft—one that empowers individuals and teams to think collectively, adapt intelligently, and act with purpose.

Through thoughtful reflection, this book explores concepts such as flow as the natural life of a problem, growth through struggle, and awareness of one’s environment as a means of anticipating change. These principles are not presented as abstract theory but as practical ways of staying effective—and sane—amid pressure, uncertainty, and relentless demand.

Whether you are a CEO, an experienced technologist, a project manager, or someone feeling worn down by the modern IT machine, The Zen of IT offers a refreshing perspective: less noise, more clarity, and a sustainable way to work with calm, resilience, and intent.

Read this book to understand what an alien knocking on your door really means.

Bea the One

Bea didn’t choose the chaos—chaos circled her name, underlined it twice, and showed up early. In this brutally funny, sharp-tongued memoir, she drags you through the beautiful wreckage of a life that refused to behave. With wit as dark as her luck and humor sharp enough to perform its own surgery, Bea turns trauma into punchlines and catastrophe into confession.

This isn’t a story you read politely.

It’s one you inhale.

One that grabs you by the collar, laughs in your face, and whispers, “Trust me—my disasters are more entertaining than your therapy.”

Step inside. Bea’s got stories. And they bite.

Mirror Never Lies

Mirror Never Lies is not a memoir that explains. It reveals. Through intimate reflections and sharply observed emotional truths, this book invites the reader into the private space where identity is negotiated, desire is examined, and survival quietly rewires the soul. It is about the versions of ourselves we build to be loved, the masks we polish to be safe, and the cost of carrying them for too long. So, tune in to see this first-generation immigrant gay story.

Written with restraint, precision, and unexpected tenderness, Mirror Never Lies resists easy answers and performative healing. Instead, it lingers in the in-between: the pause before honesty, the ache beneath success, and the moment you realize you’ve outgrown the life that once protected you. These pages explore ambition and loneliness, intimacy and control, and memory and reinvention—without nostalgia and without apology.

Long Green

This book is about a New Yorker, Kob Hansen, whose parents were both born in Kentucky, though he had only visited as a child with his grandmother to bury them both after a tragic murder suicide. Yet, while teaching part-time at Columbia, he falls for a graduate student who is from Kentucky. They fall in love and decide to get married, and she talks him into returning to her hometown for the wedding and to live. There, things go awry as he learns about his own family and hers—his family poor Norwegian miners while hers rich Bluegrass elite.Meanwhile, Kob encounters a man known simply as Long Green, an old hermit who did twenty years for murder who, after his release, is shunned by the people of the county. The man he murdered thirty years before, Kob soon comes to believe to be his own grandfather, or so he thinks, until he begins to believe Long Green (Labe Cornett) may be his real grandfather.This changes his entire picture of his life and upbringing, all among the Southern culture and mindset of native Kentuckians.

Penelope and the LMNOPs

Penelope is happy to meet you; she had so much trouble in early school that she wants to share it with you. She had one particular challenge and a huge imagination, and together it made her learn a great lesson.

One of many great imaginative stories by Professor Goodheart, who inspires young hearts all over the world to play, to imagine, and to learn with fun hearts.

Prudence the Brave

Meet Prudence, a small Yorkie with a very big heart. When she feels scared or unsure, Prudence learns that being brave doesn’t mean never being afraid—it means trying anyway. With the help of love, kindness, and a little courage, Prudence discovers her own special way to make a difference in the world. Prudence the Brave is a heartwarming story about confidence, compassion, and believing in yourself, even when things feel hard. Perfect for young readers, this inspiring tale reminds us that even the smallest heroes can have the biggest impact.

Paper Roses and Paranormal Romance

He has been hiding for centuries. She has been hiding from herself.

Their worlds are about to collide.

William is no ordinary immortal. A hybrid vampire-djinn, he possesses all the power of both lineages and none of their weaknesses. Hunted, feared, and endlessly reinventing himself, he moves through the world behind carefully crafted illusions. But beneath every facade is the truth he has never dared to share.

Cici has survived the unthinkable: a devastating accident, a shattered engagement, and the abandonment of almost everyone she trusted. After eighteen months tucked away in the safety of a psychiatric institution, she’s terrified to begin again… until a stranger with swagger, charm, and entrancing emerald eyes steps into her life.

Their connection is immediate. Their loneliness, mirrored. Their fate is inevitable.

An intoxicating blend of romance, danger, and supernatural intrigue where nothing is as it seems

… especially the man telling the story.