Where the Water Falls

Seeking purpose in life is like finding your way through a dark room, as Hunter Strong finds out the hard way. Although he finds comfort in his routine, he senses a missing piece and becomes determined to find out what that is! With the help from his mentor, Marge, and his new friend, James, Hunter embarks on a bigger life journey than he thought. Along the way, he’d have to face the shadows of his past to find what he seeks.

Where the Water Falls is a narrative highlighting the vagaries of life. Without a set of instructions as a guide, this becomes a life-changing experience. Not only to the people in Hunter’s life but also providing a fresh new perspective to Hunter himself. The experience is in the journey; the destination is merely a junction or transition. Life keeps flowing like a river, even at moments where the water falls.

Saving Hampton Grace

Some wounds bleed beneath the skin. Some desires burn in the dark. Hampton Grace has spent her life teetering on the edge of oblivion, drowning in shadows only she can see. In a world where failure feels inevitable, she hides behind ink and paper, pouring her torment into stories no one will ever read. Then there’s Walker—effortlessly charismatic, dangerously perceptive, and haunted in ways he refuses to admit. He sees the cracks in Hampton’s carefully constructed walls and senses the weight of the darkness she carries. And he isn’t afraid to step into it. Drawn into his world of quiet control and whispered surrender, Hampton finds an unexpected solace in his touch—where pain becomes catharsis, trust is given freely, and pleasure and suffering blur into something she never expected to crave. But the deeper she falls, the more the lines between salvation and destruction begin to blur. Walker vowed to pull her from the abyss. But in doing so, he may have tethered himself to it. Raw, provocative, and unflinchingly honest, Saving Hampton Grace is a darkly seductive tale of love, longing, and the demons that refuse to be silenced.

Will Snow Cover the Past?

The book Will Snow Cover the Past? has deep moral meaning. Love cancels hatred and opens the door to forgiveness.

The novel consists of chapters as if they were short stories, connected by the main character—a woman. Very important background makes dramatic events in the contemporary history of Poland.

The hero of the book, a mature woman, meets in a church the German of more or less the same age. For a moment they are mutually fascinated, but they part and go their way. This provokes Wanda, the Polish woman, to a chain of memories: childhood in Warsaw under German occupation (World War II), the Warsaw insurrection, and displacement to a village.

In the book are shown such dramatic events as the murder of Polish officers in the communistic Russian camp in Katyn (World War II), the genocide of the Polish population in Wolyn (by Ukrainian nationalists), the martial law implemented by General Jaruzelski and everyday life in Poland during the Covid pandemic.

Simultaneously the young, contemporary generation is described in a very colored way. Her grandson and a girl from different, discordant political sides fall in love. In spite of poignant history (murders in Ukrainian Volyn), they go together to Maidan in Kyiv (capital of Ukraine) to support the insurrection against President Yanukovych, who opposed plans to join the European Union.

During a meeting with Pope Francis in Krakow (“World Youth Day”), they make friends with young Germans. It happened that their grandfather was searching for the woman he had met in the church. Maybe Wanda, the grandmother of Polish youths, is associated with him?

Will Snow Cover the Past?

Rich with poetic language and emotional insight, each chapter is introduced by a short poem written by the author—a renowned Polish poet—offering a lyrical prelude to the chapter’s themes.

Glendale County

In Glendale County, enter a close-knit world populated by lovable misfits, united by the irresistible currency of local gossip and the unique geography that binds them. The residents of Glendale County are experts at both pranks and shenanigans, but they also prove that the true glue of any community is more than just sharing juicy tidbits; it’s about knowing how to wield them.

Kabaslot

Life for Allison Johnson, a young girl growing up in the heart of a thriving independent capital city, was good. Part of a well-to-do Krio family, she and her siblings had enjoyed the best of everything, and Allison was quick to share her life with their new adoptive sister, an orphan from the provinces.

Just as she starts to discover love with an unlikely suitor, tragedy strikes. The Republic is in crisis. As events spiral out of control, Allison’s life as she knows it is turned upside down. On the other side of a vicious civil war, she must give up everything she has known as home, to seek safety in the United States.

Navigating the turn of events and her new life as an immigrant, she finds strength and resilience she had only heard about in the stories of her ancestors.

She immerses herself in a quest for spiritual restoration until a sudden shift puts her at the center of a plot to bring the decayed Republic back from the brink. She’s intrigued by the opportunity but must contend with ghosts from a dark past.

Hanííbááz Rising

“Everything teenagers do seems silly when you have a family and a mortgage,” Jen said, “but to us, it’s life or death.”

Aaron has been in love with Jen for eight years. The problem is, he lives on the Navajo Reservation, which means nobody believes he has a future. She’s a popular preppy-turned-alternative girl being courted by several universities, hanging with her boyfriend, and living up the nineties. But when a werewolf disrupts a teenage bonfire, Aaron and Jen bond, and because of that bond, Aaron’s best friend, Mike, is bitten by the wolf.

A beautiful drifter will come to town and promise to prepare Mike for what is coming in four weeks. Jen and Aaron will get closer, much to the dismay of Mike, her boyfriend, and her entire social circle. The two of them must race against the moon to find a cure as innocent people are brutally slaughtered. They will have to face social persecution, Right Said Fred, an amateur werewolf hunter, curfews, a violent ex-boyfriend, and finals. With the help of a witch who calls herself a “goth,” and by “surfing” this thing called the “Information Superhighway,” the cure is within sight, but will they be able to use it in time?

And what if the wolves don’t want to be human again? What if they’re willing to kill to keep that from happening?

Welcome to Gallup.

The Eyes Have It

Carrie Lockhart is a young teacher in rural Australia, yearning for a fresh start after her beloved father dies suddenly. When at her most vulnerable, she finds herself caught up in a seedy and violent coercive-control relationship. When her sense of self-worth has all but crumbled, a mentor helps her find a way out.

Carrie escapes to a small rural community in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. It is a beautiful, peaceful setting, where she has the soothing presence of her horse and dog. It is here that Carrie finally begins to overcome the trauma of her previous life. Will she ever trust another man with her heart?

Carrie’s story is at times brutal and confronting. Share the heartbreak, the pain, and the elation, as she takes on the courageous journey to rebuild her life.

The Shout of the Phoenix

The Shout of the Phoenix is the dramatic unraveling suspense story of Angel, a bisexual man who from the initial frame, dies. Before his death, he was a sexual addict who had it all, fame, power, lovers, prestige, and the expectation of a massive inheritance. After his death, and upon being given a second chance at life he ultimately loses it all, falls from grace, and encounters powerful opponents and adverse difficulties that ultimately force him to undergo an internal as well as an external spiritual journey that takes place in New York, India, Africa, and Greece.

Along the way and as a result of his tragic accident and traumatic HIV diagnosis, he fails to remember a very key piece of this intricate puzzle, whose answers lie in a mysterious book that slowly unravels a big reveal for a story that goes back and forward between the present, past and future. Mixed with the search for his true love, posing philosophical questions with the surrounding beautiful scenarios, and in conjunction with his best friend Kathleen’s similar fate, everything comes full circle in the poetic finale.

The Way It Ought to Be

The Way It Ought to Be is based on the idea that life does not always happen the way we want it to and that the only things that are important are the relationships we experience along the way – those we can’t get away from, those we want but can’t have, and the one we hold with ourselves.

Winifred Simone is in love with the life she had as a young girl and with the people from that life: her lone, childhood friend, Casey, and her ever-present mother, Maggie. Winifred and Casey spend their days in the small, rural town of Hickory in 1940s Pennsylvania; free to roam the nearby woods and isolating themselves from the rest of the world. But what seems idyllic to Winifred was anything but for Casey, a boy who always felt unloved and unlovable, despite Winifred’s boundless adoration.

Neither one could perceive the events that take away their innocent outlook and, without a word, Casey leaves Hickory, shattering their bond. This propels Winifred on a six-year search to find her friend and love far beyond the comfort of her hometown. As the story moves from the canopied safety of the Pennsylvania woods to the exposed rawness of the California desert, Winifred continually relies on the wrong people in an attempt to find the life she is convinced she is supposed to have.

That is, until she meets two very different families, the Hixsons and the Quinns. With their help, she learns to accept and be grateful for the life she is actually living.

The Panacea of Life

A tale of triumph that paradoxically spirals into sorrow, bewilderment, and desolation – not because of the accomplishments, but due to the invaluable losses endured in the chase of a misguided belief that success guarantees joy. Amidst a backdrop of a neglected history, forsaken love, and a fractured spirit, a fortuitous meeting occurs with a family and vineyard that have strayed from their roots. By a stroke of serendipity, their paths intertwine, navigating through a poignant tragedy towards a rediscovery of what is truly precious.

When the Stars Aligned

On a fate-laced evening at 7:30 pm, the three cornerstone figures in Malita’s life found her crossing their minds, yet none were present to shield her from Bruce’s malevolent grasp. Amidst grappling with the void left by her father’s absence, Malita’s world plunges into a deeper abyss when a supposed guardian from her family cruelly betrays her trust. This grave violation leaves her wrestling with shame, betrayal, and a tenuous relationship with her mother, all while battling against the engulfing tides of self-pity.

But Malita, with a spirit unyielding, musters the bravery to face the harsh truth of her fractured family and rejects the dark labels it threatens to affix on her. Embarking on a piecemeal journey, she strives to restore the shards of her destiny. In her quest for healing, the realms of forgiveness and purpose unfold before her, offering a glimpse of hope amidst despair. Malita chooses not merely to exist in the shadows of her past, but to seize the full essence of life’s offerings, demonstrating a resilient pursuit of healing and reclaiming her rightful place in the world. When the Stars Aligned isn’t just a narrative of survival, but a profound testament to the indomitable spirit of recovery and self-redemption.

Undertow

Red grows up in the rarefied world of a privileged Manhattan childhood: a world of uniformed doormen, private schools, and elegant townhouses. This is also the world of the 1960s, when societal conflicts are disrupting previously accepted patterns of American life.

As author John F. Reinus reveals through richly detailed observation, there’s a powerful current beneath the surface, and the presumed advantages of his birthright come at a heavy cost, one that is amplified by the sorrow of an unacknowledged love.

The author weaves a tapestry of minute details, as seen in Red’s journey from childhood to adulthood, inviting us to compare what’s on the surface of our own lives to the hidden forces that shape us.