Fiction - Sagas

In the Age of Discovery, there were three identical crosses. Portugal's King Manuel I had bestowed one on Vasco da Gama, who discovered the sea route to India. The second he had bestowed on Pedro Álvares Cabral, who discovered Brazil, and the third on...

"I fell in love with the author. A great mix of action, character development, dialogue and setting, and yes ... a bit of very painless history!" -Vision Quest"A well-crafted western adventure" -Gojan Nikolich, author of The Gopher KingAfter losing everything he held dear to...

In the early years of the colony of South Australia the Debney, Woodward, Bell, and Southernwood families struggled and adapted in their own ways to survive the environmental and economic hardships. The families were connected by circumstance, the migration to Adelaide in 1838 on...

Jennie O'Malley may seem like she has it all together, but her orderly and stylish life in Florence starts to fall apart when she is unexpectedly called home to Monterey, California to say her final goodbyes to her beloved father, Shaun. A warm and...

HUAC returns to Hollywood to take names and make headlines for the committee. Successful producer, Michael McGuire is in their cross-hairs. Declared uncooperative, McGuire's successful career is now in dire jeopardy. Los Angeles city fathers dream of bringing a professional ballclub to the city...

Nowadays, most of us and not only Englishmen, often talk about the weather and our climate. We sit at night in front of our TV sets, and various meteorologists and environmental experts tell us that our planet is rapidly heating up and drying up,...

Nowadays, most of us and not only Englishmen, often talk about the weather and our climate. We sit at night in front of our TV sets, and various meteorologists and environmental experts tell us that our planet is rapidly heating up and drying up,...

In This Is Always, the author explores and challenges some prevailing ideas and notions about how Blacks in America now live and have always lived life. As he sees it, life as lived by Blacks in particular and other minorities in general is different...

"Rebecca, Ruth, Deborah, and me, Rachel: the Joyce girls. No, we are not Jewish, but rather Irish. Our Mom, yes, Sarah-what else?-was the oldest offspring of a stern fundamentalist Presbyterian preacher, our grandfather, Isaiah Cummings." So opens this wonderful family saga. Narrated by the...

On Nov. 9, 1989, the notorious Berlin Wall came tumbling down and the world celebrated freedom. Just weeks later a young Canadian family experienced a tragedy that shrunk their world, and for them, eclipsed the recent news! Three sister, Victoria (15), Noelle-Collette (13) and...

Myra Martin escaped a criminal husband and multiple addictions with the help of her brother Tommy and her childhood friend, Katherine Brooks. Bound together by family ties and dangerous secrets, the three friends operate a guest ranch in northwestern Wyoming. When Katherine's daughter brings...

Two sisters, Amelia and Simona Lillostra, share a secret. One so distressing to them it is never to be revealed. They didn't count on a young Russian man entering their lives, a man related to Amelia's Russian lover from WWII. When TV anchor Larissa...

FOR BETTER OR WORSE is the fourth in the Liza Marchant series in which her journey in life continues through the words of modern-day writer, Ellie Fuller who, with her brother Eddy, own the old offices of the Marchant & Fuller company in Belfast.The...

Opening a used bookstore, newly arrived Amanda Stimpson begins her quest to discover the answers to the mysteries of her name and ancestry. The stories she is told are fascinating, heartwarming, mysterious and shocking. The characters in the village are varied in bravery, loyalty,...

"...the right amount of romance and action all rolled up into one. I can't wait to dive into book three. 5-stars!" Fallen Over Books ReviewsPresent Day, Copper River, WyomingGrowing up as an honorary Taggart, Eric Patterson has the family he's always wanted. Almost. Somehow,...

Texas dairy farmer, Alton Kemper, has a life changing experience following the death of his son Jim, a soldier in World War II, when he decides he has to live again for his grandson. Alton's grandson, Jimmy, grows up in the shadow of his...

Author: Heidi SprouseISBN-10: 1644370034ISBN-13: 9781644370032Publisher: Black Opal BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/22/2018Pages: 308Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.65d

Due to unusual circumstances, when Misee Sue makes a "miracle" catch, allowing her high school baseball team to win the state championship, no one sees it. Everyone thinks she's lying--there was no way she could have caught it. The title goes to the other...

The Barrett brothers share three things: problems with women, problems with each other, and the deep wounds of having been abandoned by their father at a young age. When a letter with a mysterious request arrives along with the news of their father's passing,...

"A lively, exciting and funny novel, which is told with great energy and momentum. A completely convincing picture of the bizarre fantasy world of a lonely adolescent." ―Dutch Foundation for LiteratureInventive, dreamy Gieles lives with his father and a flock of geese on a...

Hari, enjoying the sunset of his fulfilling life in the picturesque small town of Almora, decides to do the unthinkable. When everything was moving on smoothly, an abrupt discussion with his grandson opens up the old wound, forcing him to take a trip all...

The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a second chance romance sure to tug at your heartstrings.When men in uniform showed up on Elisa Wilder-Strong's doorstep, she knew her life would be irrevocably altered. She not only lost...

Hundreds of years ago, the Goddess Ilmatar fell from the sky to Santara, a magical and enchanting world. But then one day an evil wizard kidnaps her newborn baby, a baby who is a sea goddess. Forced to take a human form, Ilmatar discovers...

The year 1908 has America experiencing a litany of social, economic and political uncertainties. Yet in the middle of this confusion has arisen the automotive industry and its nearly 300 manufacturers. Needless to say, the recipe to fail for any number of these firms...

Five women are on a quest to survive a present that comes on the heels of a past that killed them all. Members of a sacred sisterhood, they are hunted for their gifts, and magical essence. Once again, their existence is threatened. This time...

When This War Is Over is the sequel to No White Flowers, Please. Rhoda Pritchard, 19 years old, has moved from Bath to Salisbury, where she becomes a nurse in a small private psychiatric hospital.There are two men in Rhoda's life: Harold, a struggling...

A novel about an older Manhattan magazine executive's pursuit of a young, brown girl. Together they initiate a quest for Scott Joplin's lost operas and the identity of a black model from the Gilded Age whose statuary images represent America.Author: Gerald F. SweeneyISBN-10: 1601458282ISBN-13:...

The Power of the WaFT...humanity's salvation, or so they thought... In the 22nd century, humanity was the master of its domain. Governments were redundant as corporations took over resource management. At the center was the Sorensen Conglomerate, spread out beneath its great dome on...

At the turn of the twentieth century in a brothel on the shores of Lake Superior, two Finnish immigrants, brothers Carl and Juhani Jarvinen, find great comfort in the generous bosom of one woman. For one man she is the end, for the other...

Dangerous Compulsion is the story of four generations of the Devereaux family that encompassed the years between the civil war and 1977. The story was told from a different perspective.Author: Gene GrantISBN-10: 1588209571ISBN-13: 9781588209573Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2001Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 7.72h x...

Author: Elaine de RegnierISBN-10: 1587216000ISBN-13: 9781587216008Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2000Pages: 700Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 8.03h x 5.12w x 1.75d

Zoe Waringi-Quinn is unique--half Australian aborigine and half Irish Australian, a PhD expert in venomous sea life, and she assassinates bad people. But her dual life is turned upside down when she meets the last living kadaitcha (aborigine mystic) man and his totem a...

The new millennium begins for the Union Jack partners and families with both joy and tragedy. Storm and Beckett have started a family that grows unexpectedly due to Hurricane Katrina. Aislinn is a doctor and happily married to Munch. Alex is a psychologist who...

Liverpool, 1942. As the threat of war draws closer, Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart, Rory. Their love for one another has never been stronger, but Isla struggles to ignore doubts surrounding her beau's tainted past. So when Rory unexpectedly comes face-to-face with...

BATTLING FEAR ... EMBRACING FAITH ...Peasants from across the land of Zurkia are disappearing by scores. When Princess Raja discovers that they have been abducted, she convinces Lord Viktor to allow her - along with her friend Pavel and cousin Hannah - to get...

As the brainy leader of the Sprite guild, Phalyn Hasting has always had the answers, but those answers elude her for the first time in her life. Desperate to prove Nhova Black is up to no good, she forges a questionable alliance with a...

When the planets Theia and Earth collide. Only those who make it to Paradise will survive. The now legendary status Clave. The stronghearted Lana. The ever-vigilant Vin. The young prodigy Anul. The increasingly ambitious Gaidon. The hopelessly desperate Abel and the alloy enhanced enigma...

'Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.' Rudyard Kipling. Four women from four generations who all have one thing in common - when they meet the love of their life turmoil and chaos ensues: - Jessica -...

Meet Belle. She's got a Southern accent thick enough to clog a drain and a "bless your heart" ready for any occasion. But instead of chasing slow-lived dreams in the land of magnolias, she's just been dropped into the middle of Manhattan-the city where...

Peculiar Relationships is a fictional and semi-autobiographical novel based on the evolving relationships and interactions between black women and white women from slavery, to current day. A series of first person narratives describe how shared gender, close proximity, dual tasks, positions of power, or...

Author: Margaret KeyteISBN-10: 1483688941ISBN-13: 9781483688947Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2013Pages: 248Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d

Author: Anthony S. FarahISBN-10: 1483669114ISBN-13: 9781483669113Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/27/2013Pages: 730Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.68lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.75d

Author: B. J. NewingISBN-10: 1483615227ISBN-13: 9781483615226Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2013Pages: 318Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Garland Summers is a musical prodigy. When his coming-of-age journey leads him to receive his first guitar, it is not long before he is entertaining not just his parents, but also those he loves. Garland naturally feels the music, and it feels him. As...

Robert Evan Husting Jr. is heir to a family business and sprawling estate in the Delaware Valley. When he loses his wife in childbirth, Robert's life is destroyed, and he follows his beloved into the abyss, leaving behind their daughter, Veronica. As she grows,...

In 1928, the Barre families of Texas and rural Louisiana are all that remain of the once aristocratic and wealthy La Barre family of Louisiana plantation owners. The constantly changing modern world makes it a struggle to retain their family legacy, although they still...

Author: Gabriel KealeyISBN-10: 1479748854ISBN-13: 9781479748853Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/30/2012Pages: 368Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.53lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

RALPH'S JOURNEY, a fascinating and riveting adventure novel that offers social commentary and political opinions while dispensing philosophical advice, is written in the tradition of "Oklahoma Tough" by Ron Padgett and "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. It chronicles the life of Angel Raphael Johnson...

The Pink Rose is a modern day version of the mythical tale of the creation of the pink rose by Aphrodite in Ancient Greece. The Pink Rose, the first of three books of the Aphrodite Chronicles' series, is a romantic novel set in the...

A new world. A new existence. Victoria is learning. Learning that she must let go of what she was to become what she will be.For James, centuries have passed without thought to his beginning. His decision, the irrational act of that Saturday, brought with...