Driven from his rural home for insulting the village priest, young Jake Thomas boards a freighter in New Orleans, entering the exotic world of a ship and the sea. As the vessel sails into the sultry Southern Hemisphere, Jake encounters bizarre characters and courageously faces danger, but falters when the voyage turns into a spiritual and emotional odyssey. Under the stern navigational tutelage of the captain and second mate, Jake, a midshipman, struggles to master the three star fix, even as he abandons his moral compass in the back-alleys of the South American ports. In Valparaiso, the mariner's Mecca, Jake follows the wicked sailor Fletcher into an intoxicating labyrinth of pleasure and violence, resulting in heartrending retribution homebound. On Jake's maiden voyage, he delights in the wonders of the wide outer world while navigating a rocky inner passage of beauty, desire and love.

Three Star Fix

Literature & Fiction

Jablonski, Joseph

Literary

Gardenia Press

Secret Games

Jett, Michael

Action & Adventure

The Man? Taught from the cradle that love was nothing more than a betrayal of oneself, Rafe Fahlan locked away his heart behind a wall of contempt and control. Surrounded by his friends, heexisted alone. Alone and encased in ice that nothing could melt. Until she came ? The Woman? Being in charge was something security expert, Montgomery Sinclair excelled at. Staying in control of every situation was a matter of pride. She had learned the hard way the cruel price of desire. A price she had vowed to never pay again. Resolved to live without the heat of passion, she planned her life with ruthless determination. A simple plan that settled in smoldering ashes at her feet the second her eyes met his ? The Fallen Angels? Three men brought together by fate, held together by blood, their lives forever changed by the twisted hungers of a single woman. They exist in shadows, forced to accept a dark gift they never sought, a consuming need they never imagined. Damned to wander eternally, they battle enemies both human and demon alike searching for the things they crave the most . . . revenge ? honor ? absolution ? love.

Fallen Angels/ Rafe's Heart

Cindy Gengler

No Woman Is an Island

Anne, James

Jenestra is a fabled land, shrouded in mystery and guarded by a perpetual storm of deadly proportions. Only one man, Lord Rhen Tahnuil of Ravenia, has the bravery and spirit for adventure to journey across the treacherous Stormpeak Mountains in an attempt to reach Jenestra. If he succeeds, he will be the first in centuries. 
Falkris Vilenti, Rhen’s loyal guard, is bound to follow him into what may be the jaws of death. Owing him her life, she would do anything to protect him, even face the one woman who may be their death or salvation. A woman who wields magic when magic does not exist.

Sword and Song: Book One of the Temple of Virtue Series

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dencklau, Angela

Fantasy

On the world of Darkanth, an ancient evil threatens the land of Kyritia, domain of elves, humans and dwarves, home to the Gods themselves. Shadows are falling where sunlight once shone, and life is being drawn away from the very land where man and beast tread. Forced to face the vampiric wizard, Elidor, or sacrifice their world to darkness, the elven healer Tehan leads a ragtag group of companions on a quest to end the threat. Along the journey, deceit and betrayal surface. Things are discovered to not be who, or what, they seem. As they travel, truths are revealed, some threatening to destroy their individual willpower, others drawing them closer together. Tehan and his friends must find the kinship lost years ago to overcome their battles. From cursed lake to hellish towen, the comrades must overcome ever-increasing odds or lose themselves as well as their world.

For the Rank of Master

Snider, Hollie

Fleeing the starvation of the Potato Famine in Ireland, the Sullivan family ends their journey on a Mississippi plantation. Strong willed and determined, each member travels on a different path of self-discovery. Can they survive the joys, heartaches, secrets and lies threatening to destroy them? And will their strength and love be enough to carry them through the lessons of the heart?

Heart of Stones

Richards, Lanna

June 30, 1905. The hands of the vessel’s clock slowly rise toward midnight. A beautiful, one hundred ton schooner named Olympia makes ready to sail out of the crescent cove of Eastern Harbor, located on a small Caribbean island. The voyage will be one of danger, apprehension and foreboding fear. The dim, quarter moon seems a portent of the terrible things that will take place aboard Captain White Bush’s boat. The weather was agreeable, a medium east wind, a pleasant rolling sea and a happy crew and passengers—eleven in all. The author reconstructs that voyage in detail—the surprises, the struggles, the tears, the prayers—and the ensuing horrors! In the tradition of his English ancestors and their fascination with story telling, he gathers some of the guarded tales recounting the episode he heard as a child, then solidifies them in an interview with an "Old Timer." And The Sea Shall Hide Them will carry you along with those unfortunate passengers and crew. His account will show what horrible and fateful things can befall anyone if they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

And the Sea Shall Hide Them

William., Jackson

Genre Fiction

A Celebration of Freedom depicts a modern day "fairy tale" which broaches the subject that represents the taboo of today's free world - the threat of terrorism. A unique twist of terror turned triumph, this novel proves that happy endings can be delivered from desperate times.

A Celebration of Freedom

Wright, J. Kelly

Former college professor Jay Jarvis has no regrets about the quiet path he chose long ago to follow. Now a veteran middle school teacher in the small town of Still Creek, Pennsylvania, he takes comfort in a life that has become a fixed, safe routine. 
Then, just two weeks before the start of summer, a child he taught the previous year drowns in Still Creek Quarry. In that instant, the life Jay spent so many years cultivating is irrevocably lost. 
As the summer draws on, Jay finds himself caught in the spokes of a runaway, unsubstantiated scandal. The crisis deepening and despair growing, he turns in desperation to the only thing that might save him—his past. A moving, provocative look at regeneration in the face of great adversity, Big Cicadas is the chronicle of a lost man who has one last chance to find himself—and who, in doing so, may help more people than he can possibly imagine.

Big Cicadas

Miller, Gregory

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