Between the Bench

Between the Bench is bold and essential. It’s spicy, yet never crosses the line into obscenity. The message is crystal clear: something extraordinary is happening. Thoughts venture where people rarely tread, embarking on a spectacular journey into another realm.

Included are three bonus escapades, each distinct yet united by a logbook chronicling these extraordinary events and encounters. It’s a journey into a region of sheer madness – yes, madness! The hook? There’s no telling what one might bring back from such an experience. It’s crucial to return and share this revolutionary knowledge.

Craving something as irresistible as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? This book has all the good stuff. So, buckle up and hold on tight! You’re in for a ride. Something poignant is about to break the seal, and it all begins now. Bon Voyage!

Beyond the Death of Ira Nesbitt

Beyond the Death of Ira Nesbitt is a heart-wrenching tale of love, sacrifice, and redemption. Ira Nesbitt lives in a small town far away from any large city, working at the local mill to support himself and his family. His parents spend their evenings getting drunk at the local bar, leaving Ira to care for his younger sister, Angie. But when Ira’s father starts to suspect that Angie may not be his daughter, he begins to treat her badly, leading Ira to plan her escape to another town.

One fateful night, Ira’s worst fears come true as his father beats Angie mercilessly. In a heroic move, Ira lunges at his father to save his sister, sparking a chain of events that changes the course of their lives forever. As the story unfolds, we witness Ira’s struggles and triumphs as he fights to protect his family and create a better future for Angie.

But amidst the chaos and tragedy, there is a glimmer of hope. In a selfless act, Ira changes the beneficiary on his life insurance policy from his parents’ names to Angie Nesbitt, ensuring that she will be taken care of even after his death. Beyond the Death of Ira Nesbitt is a poignant and powerful novel that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.

Bibles and Cigars

Bibles and Cigars are questions of why: Why Luxury? Why pain? Why Animosity? More importantly, Why Salvation?

We crave and understand what we see. It is the definition of finding ways through life and adjusting through meanings with time, energy, and shadows. With Light comes happiness, and with time comes experiences. With poetry comes self-indulgence with the luxury of life, which explains what we are doing and meant to do. Bibles and Cigars is a pleasure-seeking book that describes our sins, mistakes, and desires in many different ways to understand our growth in life.

Big Sister

A Loving Family

Cecily Mendez, a young Latina woman, lives with her parents and much younger brother, Norman. They are the perfect family, supporting, loving, and fiercely loyal.

An Awful Tragedy

When a tragedy occurs, ripping apart their family, Cecily is left to care for her brother. With a killer on the loose, the police begin an investigation.

A Dead-End Investigation

Detectives Michaels and Andrews have no further leads to follow, so Cecily begins an investigation of her own. Michaels has fallen for Cecily and secretly joins her in her search for justice.

An Act of Vigilantism

A violent act causes a rift between two families. When Norman gets caught in the crossfire and disappears, Cecily begins to unravel.

A Woman Unraveled

Detective Andrews and Michaels are at odds as Michaels tries to protect Cecily. Her friends begin to worry about her when Cecily suddenly goes missing.

A Shocking End

Cecily is on a fast-paced race to avenge her family, elude the authorities, and punish the bullies who have wronged her little brother.

Binding Bloodlines

Dexter Wittaker dreamed of a family dynasty where unity, power, money, and success rule. Through years of hard work and grooming the younger generations, his dreams were finally coming true, but once the eldest children take over no one could imagine what happened next.

They collide with a Russian family and it’s a race to see who will survive. A compelling drama dominated by the Wittaker, Stollenburg, and Gillespie families mixed with thrilling temptations, violent tempers, extreme jealousy, dangerous greed ending with murder, wrapped in a sadistic love affair.

Black Swan Impact

Creative, shocking, and constantly intriguing, Black Swan Impact is a taut geopolitical novel that features a bold but grim vision of a post-World War III future. The thrilling storyline never meanders, instead moving forward with purpose and keeping the reader in eager pursuit of it. Readers will enjoy this captivating, insightful, and detailed crisis that could only be created by an insider with many years of expertise in the subject matter.

A former government employee of the Department of Homeland Security, Helen Hynson Vettori delivers a credible and horrifying tale born from her consternation regarding the United States government’s suboptimal response to SARS CoV-2. Appalled that previous years of planning and preparation for biological incidents, to include pandemics, were overlooked, she wrote this sci-fi political thriller. As a result, readers will find unnerving truths woven throughout this terrifying fiction. Further, with her background as a Senior Medical Intelligence Analyst and paramedic, she provides graphic descriptions with visceral details that compel readers to turn each page with chilling captivation.

Bless Me Father

This is a tantalizing mystery driven by friendships and secrets. Maria-Teresa Rivera has no idea what’s in store for her when she arrives at her childhood church in Mesa, Arizona for a routine planning meeting with the hot new priest. The effect the handsome Brazilian priest has on the congregation of the St. Francis de Sales Catholic church is nothing less than murderous.

When a dead body is discovered at the church, Maria-Teresa fails to convince the police that, despite her blood-smeared appearance, she is innocent of the crime. As the body count rises in the church community, Maria-Teresa’s tenacious trio of multiracial girlfriends embark on a thrilling cat and mouse chase with a killer using wit, wisdom, and humor to absolve their friend of murder charges.

Through shudder-inducing twists and turns, these amateur sleuths uncover deep dark secrets about a plethora of suspicious characters. These ladies combine who-dun-it foundations with a contemporary empowering driven approach to crime solving only to leave one secret yet to be revealed.

Blood Summer 1862

1862 was the second year of the Civil War and a year when hundreds of European immigrants and settlers from the eastern United States were building cabins and clearing farmland in Minnesota.

It was also the year when the Dakota Sioux were starving on their reservation because the annuity from the federal government was late, and the traders refused to sell them food on credit. In August the smoldering firestorm erupted, and the Dakota Sioux went on a rampage that shook the state and the nation.

This is the story  of a newly-arrived Swedish family who suffered through it, of a devout Dakota Sioux man who helped them and many others survive, and of the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, who sought justice for 303 condemned Dakota Sioux prisoners in the midst of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.      

Bloom of the Desert Rose

Marie Bensworth has been married now for 10 long years, living in the Wyoming plains’ beautiful empty spaces with her husband, Lewis. Childless and lonely, it seems her life is faced with replaying the same hot, long days again and again.

That is, until an outcast stranger moves to town. In the weeks to follow, thoughts and feelings arise within her she never knew she had, pushing and guiding her to this new and mysterious man. When their worlds abruptly collide, their attraction, at first ignored, becomes something much more powerful, stirring deeply within each of them.

Now, as the golden band on her left hand sets her life, she must decide if this man is worth the cost of her reputation and marriage. But when Lewis becomes suspicious, Marie will be faced with the choice to stand firm or fall into the strong arms of a man she was destined to love.

Bluejay in the Attic

Bluejay in the Attic is a captivating, thought-provoking, and highly contemporary read. Throughout Andy’s travels, there is a compelling honesty with his reflections on society and its impact on him throughout his journey. The development of Andy’s character creates a fascination and a compulsion that carries the reader to the edge of their seat beyond the final moments. The authorial voice is transfixing, evoking eras of history, and each layer of this evolving journey further engrosses the reader. Supported by a nuanced and complex cast and a layered narrative, Bluejay in the Attic is undoubtedly a well-written and beautifully crafted novel worthy of attention.

Bodotria

Step back into the first century C.E., a time when Caledonia was a windswept frontier on the fringes of Roman rule. Andreas, fleeing Roman persecution, joins the Roman army and embarks on a remarkable journey. Alongside fellow soldiers Isaac and Bergamus, they’re assigned a year-long intelligence mission in Caledonia.

This debut novel launches a trilogy, chronicling their years-long odyssey. Amidst forging friendships, love, and alliances with Caledonian tribes, they must contend with the militant Caledonii tribe of the Western Highlands. Andreas grapples with his faith and soldier’s duty, Isaac finds love in the midst of war, and Bergamus seeks one last mission before retiring from the Roman army.

Bodotria is an epic exploration of faith, duty, and destiny against the backdrop of an evolving land, a story of courage and camaraderie amidst the tumultuous birth of Scotland.

Bogart's Hat

In 1955 Harry Kavanagh’s uncle steals a ringside seat for a championship bout in Madison Square Garden. “Hey kid, out of my seat!” It’s Humphrey Bogart! Rewarding the kid for his moxie, Bogie gives him his fedora.

It’s 2016 and years after the death of his wife, Felicity, Harry is still grieving. When the medical examiner commits suicide, Harry suspects his wife may have been murdered. Harry tenuously re-emerges into the world in an effort to find the truth. Along the way he is roughed up by the brawny brothers he nicknames the Liverwurst Twins, nearly drowns during a Nor’easter, is threatened by a mobster, and is rescued by a shadowy woman who is known to Harry only by the scent of her perfume. Armed with an acerbic tongue and an awakening rage, the once sedentary college professor serves out his sabbatical dishing out easy violence and a lecture to anyone who has the audacity to get in his way.

Harry’s sidekick is his beloved Great Dane, Lolly. They’re assisted by his college-age son training to be a ballet dancer, his girlfriend, and an avenging angel living off the grid. Catching a murderer and donning Bogart’s hat as the ultimate reward are on Harry Kavanagh’s menu and within his grasp.

Robert Honor is a graduate of Moravian College and NYU. He lives in the New York City area with his family and Great Dane, Pink.