Title: The Faithful, The Fearful & The Foolish: Living for God in Troubled Times
Author: Luke Uebelher
Genre: Christian
Sub-genre: Spiritual
Language:English
Pages: 124
Here is a timely word for the Church of
Jesus Christ, for those who have a true desire to know and to be
pleasing to God. The parable of the talents, while not necessarily an
easy word to hear, is a much-needed word for the Church today. Brother
Luke has perfectly captured the word of Jesus in his exposition on the
parable of our Lord.
The Faithful, The Fearful & The Foolish: Living for God in Troubled Timesis available at Amazon.
In 2012, Luke Uebelher
began serving and supporting the needs of sex-trafficking and domestic
violence survivors by working in partnership with ministries that are
led by trafficking and abuse survivors. Under the guidance and
leadership of his pastors, his ministry expanded to also serving and
supporting the needs of homeless Military Veterans, and ministries in
the Philippines. Luke and his wife Maggie were married in 2018 and have a
home in the Philippines. Luke travels between the United States and the
Philippines for business and ministry services.
Title: Feathers of the Phoenix: Under the Norse Star Book 2
Author: Cheryl Carpinello
Genre: Time Travel/Fantasy
Sub-genre: Norse Mythology/Legends/Teens & Young Adult
Language:English
Pages: 132
Paperback ISBN: 978-1804401323
Rosa can hear the dead. That gift has already pulled her into impossible places… and deadly danger.
Now, on the
Autumnal Equinox, Rosa and her cousin Jerome are summoned again. Their
mission: travel to Iceland, the Land of Fire and Ice, and retrieve the
second Golden Red Feather of the Phoenix. Because only when all five
Feathers are united can Atlantis rise from the ocean depths and its lost
people finally return home.
But Iceland isn’t empty.
Ancient
guardians still roam beneath the Norse Star… and something far worse has
arrived first. A shapeshifting Horseman rides the frozen wilderness,
hunting the Feather, and willing to kill for it.
With
earthquakes shaking the land, wicked laughter in the wind, and a
mysterious Ancient One waiting in the ice, Rosa and Jerome must survive
the most dangerous quest yet… before time runs out.
Cheryl Carpinello is a retired high school English teacher. Her Tales and Legends
appeal to readers of all ages, particularly those who have struggled
with reading. Through her 25 years teaching diverse readers, she’s found
that stories from the Ancient Worlds and Arthurian Legend draw in
readers of all abilities.
She writes
Arthurian Legend focused on these cornerstones: Courage, Honor, Loyalty,
& Friendship. Her tales from Egypt & the new series Feathers of the Phoenix meld the ancient/medieval worlds with today. The Atlantean Horse and Under the Norse Star, books 1 &2 of Feathers of the Phoenix, brings the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse out of the Bible & into the modern world.
Her Grandma/Grandpa’s Tales,
short illustrated nature stories, help the youngest readers build their
reading skills. At the 2nd grade reading level, these stories are
suitable for readers aged 4 and up.
She also does classroom & zoom visits where students can create their own Illuminated Poetry.
As retired
teachers, Cheryl and her husband love to travel. They attend college
football games around the US each year and also travel abroad for fun
and research. They’ve been to Egypt, the UK, Iceland, Norway, Mexico
& the Caribbean.
For centuries there had been an
ongoing war between Asalandia, the proud monarchy of the east and
Kastanair the progressive democracy of the west. However, the years of
war would end with the most unlikely turn of events.
Outis Everrett, the disappointment of
his family, a measly poet, is suddenly thrusted into an epic adventure
across the sea, with the King’s blessing. His poem, the poem that
somehow won the first annual Asalandian poetry competition, was meant to
be taken across the seas, to the enemy island of Kastanair, there, it
would be read by the President of Kastanair, the newly elected and very
progressive, Penelope Chinwa and she was supposed stop the war after
reading those so special words.
So Outis set sail aboard the Golden
ship, guided and protected by the Knights of Sunrise and their
adventures began. The Knights are led by Bartholemew Aries, the most
famous soldier in Asalandia, though when their ship drifts off course to
the mysterious island of Aquos Atalantious, the Princess of the island
soon lures him to stay. So, the Knights of Sunrise become distracted by
the beauties of this foreign island. After failing to find the prince,
who had been taken by a monstrous octopus, the Golden ship sails onto
Kastanair, without its leader, who had fallen in love with the Princess.
They then sail to Syanthia, where the worlds’ meat was produced. There
they meet, the young Kastanairian, Gwenia Xiachung, an enthusiastic
vegan on a mission to stop everyone eating meat. Outis is thrown into a
pig saving mission with Gwenia and is intrigued by the young girl. After
saving the pigs and convincing the head of meat production to change
his ways with a beautiful poem about animal empathy, Gwenia falls in
love with Outis. She joins him and the Knights of Sunrise on the voyage
to back to her country, Kastanair. Once they finally reach the shores of
Kastanair, they are attacked on the shores by a small army, led by
Caslian Jesper, the tough captain who worked his soldiers to exhaustion.
The Knights, Outis and Gwenia are rescued by Nastab and his band of
terrorists who take them on horseback through Kastanair to Mount Xian.
Nastab and his men come from a rebel group who had been dwelling on the
plateau of Mount Xian, plotting to overthrow the government of
Kastanair. However, their leader, who had driven their group to crimes
and violence, was hoarding their food and treasure.
Caslian Jesper follows the terrorists
to Mount Xian, in pursuit of two of his enemies at once, the terrorists
and the Asalandians. Outis and Gwenia are suddenly taken off their
horses by huge hawks, who fly them up Mount Xian, to a cave opening.
There Gwenia and Outis meet The Tall Man, a strange man with huge black
eyes who has no name. He takes them into the cave, and they fall more
tall people. There they learn that the tall people had been in the caves
for hundreds of years and they care not for treasures of war. The tall
man collects water from an underground stream and fruits from the cave
roofs and they take Outis and Gwenia up to the top of the mountain.
There they find Caslian’s army had managed to climb to the top of the
mountain in attempt to attack but they were too drained to fight so the
tall man shared his fruit with them. Both sides rested as Outis read a
poem to the leader of the terrorists.
Outis and Gwenia are then taken to the
capital, by an eclectic group including Nastab, The Tall Man and the
Knights of Sunrise, they journey through the planes of Kastanair where
they are attacked by wolves. The Knights and Nastab fight the wolves off
valiantly and they continue. When they finally reach the capital Outis
reads his poem to the President, but it is not the words of his poem
alone that convince her to stop the war, it is the group he brings with
him, a group of once enemies, who had come together with the same goal.
Lee J Mavin
is the author of 11 books. He is also a teacher and father. He has a
Masters in Creative Writing and am solely focused on writing fiction
(fantasy and horror) and poetry. He is now in collaboration the
illustrator Karolina Piotrowski, a Polish artist who has brought many
stories to life. He has worked and studied in China and Japan and
studied with Dr Xiaohuan Zhao (a master of Chinese poetry) to complete
his book Li Bai’s Shadow, at the University of Sydney. He has two
children who are both avid readers, so he is always in the loop with
trends in children’s fiction. He is married and lives in Sydney, where
he teaches English.
His latest book is the YA fantasy, The Wars Between.
When Evan trades his dream of a new
bike for compassion, he discovers the greatest gift of all—helping
others. Perfect for classrooms and families, “Evan’s Gift” celebrates
empathy, courage, and the beauty of giving in a warm, uplifting story
about generosity and the power of choosing kindness.
Karen Charles grew up in West Africa
and traveled to countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Her
rich background and lifetime experiences are reflected in the depth of
her writing. In her stories, she transforms real-life narratives into
gripping fiction thrillers. Her novels intricately weave the threads of
truth into a tapestry of suspense, intrigue, and riveting storytelling.
She is the author of two children’s books, “Freeman Earns a Bike” and
“Evan’s Gifts,” and three thrillers based on true stories. “Fateful
Connections” takes place in the aftermath of 9/11, and “Blazing
Upheaval” takes place during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles and
the Northridge earthquake. “A Glimpse Too Far” offers all the mystery
and heart-pounding suspense of a psychological thriller and is based on a
true story.
Karen Charles has two businesses—a
global company that trains international teachers to teach American
English and an Airbnb on a beautiful bay in Washington State, where she
currently resides with her husband.
Title: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War
Author: Mary Lawlor
Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
Pages: 323
Genre: Memoir
Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War tells
the story of Mary Lawlor’s dramatic, roving life as a warrior’s child. A
family biography and a young woman’s vision of the Cold War, Fighter Pilot’s Daughter narrates
the more than many transfers the family made from Miami to California
to Germany as the Cold War demanded. Each chapter describes the workings
of this traveling household in a different place and time. The book’s
climax takes us to Paris in May ’68, where Mary—until recently a dutiful
military daughter—has joined the legendary student demonstrations
against among other things, the Vietnam War. Meanwhile her father is
flying missions out of Saigon for that very same war. Though they are on
opposite sides of the political divide, a surprising reconciliation
comes years later.
Mary Lawlor is author of Fighter Pilot’s Daughter (Rowman & Littlefield 2013, paper 2015), Public Native America (Rutgers Univ. Press 2006), and Recalling the Wild (Rutgers Univ. Press, 2000). Her short stories and essays have appeared in Big Bridge and Politics/Letters.
She studied the American University in Paris and earned a Ph.D. from
New York University. She divides her time between an old farmhouse in
Easton, Pennsylvania, and a cabin in the mountains of southern Spain.
When Joy wakes up in an alley, she
knows three things: she was brutally murdered, she has somehow come back
to life … and she is not alone. She’s been possessed by an inhuman
presence, a being that has taken over her dying body. That being is
powerful, in pain, and on the run from entities more dangerous than he
is.
Shade, a Fae prince on the run, didn’t
mean to share the body he jumped into. Desperate and afraid, accused of
a murder he didn’t commit, he only sought a place to hide—but if he
leaves Joy now, he faces discovery and a fate worse than death.
Forced to work together to solve
multiple murders, including her own, Joy and Shade discover hidden
strengths and an unlikely friendship. Yet as their souls become
increasingly intertwined, they realize their true danger might come from
each other … and if they don’t find a way to untangle the knot their
souls have become, then even the truth won’t set them free.
Knot of Souls is a stand-alone
buddy love fantasy that forces two very different beings to work
together … and come out stronger on the other side.
Christine Amsden is the author of nine award-winning fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Cassie Scot Series.
Speculative fiction is fun, magical,
and imaginative but Christine believes great speculative fiction is
about real people defining themselves through extraordinary situations.
She writes primarily about people, and it is in this way that she
strives to make science fiction and fantasy meaningful for everyone.
In addition to writing, Christine is a
freelance editor and political activist. Disability advocacy is of
particular interest to her; she has a rare genetic eye condition called
Stargardt Macular Degeneration and has been legally blind since the age
of eighteen. In her free time, she enjoys role playing, board games, and
a good cup of tea. She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband
and two kids.
When they met in the fourth grade, it
was love at first sight for Mitchell Brody and Jessica Ramirez. He was
the freckle-faced kid who stood up for her honor when he silenced the
class bully who’d been teasing her because of her accent. She was the
new kid whose family moved to San Juan Island, Washington, from San
Juan, Puerto Rico, and whom Mitch had thought was the most beautiful
girl in the world.
She was his salvation from a strict
upbringing. He was her knight in shining armor who had always looked out
for her. Through the many years of porch-swinging, cotton-candied
summer nights, autumn harvest festivals, and hand-in-hand walks planning
for the ideal life together, they were inseparable…until 9/11, when the
real world interrupted their Rockwell-esque small town life, and Mitch
had joined the Marine Corps.
This is not just the story of a
wounded warrior finally coming home to search for the love, and the
world he abandoned twenty years before. It is also the story of a man
who is seeking forgiveness and a way to ease the pain caused by every
bad decision he’d ever made. It’s the story of a woman who, with
strength and determination, rose up from the ashes of a shattered dream;
but who never gave up hope that her one true love would return to her.
As she once told an old friend: “Even before we met all those years ago,
we were destined to be together in this life, and we will be together
again, because even today we’re connected in a way that’s very special,
and he needs to know about it before one of us leaves this earth.”
Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea is available at Amazon.
Richard I Levine is a native New
Yorker raised in the shadows of Yankee Stadium. After dabbling in
several occupations and a one-year coast-to-coast wanderlust trip, This
one-time auxiliary police officer, volunteer fireman, bartender, and
store manager returned to school to become a chiropractor.
A twenty-five-year cancer survivor,
he’s a strong advocate for the natural healing arts. In 2006 he wrote,
produced, and was on-air personality of The Dr. Rich Levine Show on
Seattle’s KKNW 1150AM and after a twenty-five-year chiropractic practice
in Bellevue, Washington, he closed up shop at the end of 2016 and moved
to Oahu to pursue a dream of acting and being on Hawaii 5-O.
While briefly working as a
ghostwriter/community liaison for a Honolulu City Councilmember, a
Hawaii State Senator, and volunteering as an advisory board member of
USVETS Barbers Point, he appeared as a background actor in over
twenty-seven 5-Os, Magnum P.I.s, NCIS-Hawaii, and several Hallmark
movies. In 2020, he had a co-star role in the third season episode of
Magnum PI called “Easy Money.”
While he no longer lives in Hawaii, he
says he will always cherish and be grateful for those seven years and
all the wonderful people he’s met. His 5th novel, To Catch the Setting
Sun, was inspired by his time in Hawaii.
Like Driftwood on the Salish Sea is Levine’s first foray into the romance genre.
Marlene
M. Bell brings distant friends together in the rural South only to have
one of them become the victim of a brutal crime of passion.
Once
celebrated for her show-stopping pastries and irresistible desserts,
former celebrity chef Laura Harris is now making headlines for a far
darker reason.
Laura has been accused of murder.
How
could this petite chef have brutally smothered the beloved small-town
matriarch, World War II ferry pilot veteran, Hattie Stenburg? Hattie
wasn’t just a pillar of the community; she was Laura’s confidant and
mentor. The shocking twist? Hattie had made recent changes to her will,
bypassing next-of kin and leaving her entire fortune and historic estate
to Laura.
As
Laura scrambles to clear her name, she uncovers sinister secrets
lurking beneath the town’s idyllic surface. The real murderer is always
one step ahead, leaving taunting clues and threatening Laura to leave
Texas—or face deadly consequences. With time not a luxury, Laura must
untangle the web of deceit before the killer makes her the next victim.
A killer sunset plunged toward the
horizon, casting its tangerine glare on the Stenburg Estate’s green
metal roof and aging bricks. Since her hasty arrival from the Los
Angeles area last year, Laura Harris had sought out the renowned East
Texas skyline for its towering thunderstorm clouds and the
lemonade-pinks at twilight.
The colors gave her a sense of calm
before the inaugural trip to see her elderly mentor and dearest pen pal,
Hattie Stenburg. Laura last visited with her in California—over a
decade ago.
As Laura skirted a large puddle in her
Subaru and stopped along the shoulder of the roadway, she parked the
car, turned off the engine, and exited the driver’s side. She breathed
in air filled with pungent smells of wet pine needles and dampened
leaves. Laura had passed through the April shower a few miles east of
the Stenburg town limits sign. Leave it to the Stenburgs to live in a
town named after themselves.
Snaggled grapevines across the road on
Hattie’s property sat stoic and graying in long horizontal rows from the
oil and gravel highway road to the classic red brick two-story at the
top of the hill. The vines showed no signs of new growth even though
T-posts held the outstretched limbs twisted within wire and sagging
driplines. Gnarled stumps had been left behind from a time when the
Stenburgs had added varietal grapes to their company’s wine processing
vats prior to Warren Stenburg’s death nearly eight years ago—before
Laura’s dad took over as the Texas corporation’s chief executive
officer.
– Excerpted from A Hush at Midnight by Marlene Bell, Ewephoric Publishing, 2024. Reprinted with permission.
Mystery at a killing pace.
Marlene
M. Bell has never met a sheep she didn’t like. As a personal touch, her
fans often find these wooly creatures visiting her international
romantic suspense, thriller, and cozy mystery books as characters or
subject matter.
Marlene’s
multi-award-winning Annalisse series boasts numerous Best Mystery
honors for all installments including the newest IP Best Regional
Australia/New Zealand, and Global Gold Award for the fourth cozy mystery
from down under.
Her
children's picture book, Mia and Nattie: One Great Team! written for
the younger crowd, is based on true events from the Bell’s Texas sheep
ranch. Suitable reading for ages 3 - 7 years and beyond, a Mom's Choice
Gold Award winner, and Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List winner.
