Modern and contemporary fiction Books

After two months of streaking through space, the spaceship Newton is finally closing in on the Red Planet. Experienced spacefarers, as well as complete novices, make up a diverse crew who have boldly chosen to trust the newly developed fusion vehicle...

It was Easter of 1994, and the congregation of Plains Community Baptist Church was celebrating the completion of the new temple, this sixty-one-member rural church had sacrificed twenty years to build. During their worship service, amid a storm, a man...

Sometimes, the unlikeliest friendship is the one that changes everything."Nixon Bliss thought I couldn't speak without borrowed words, that my useless legs dangled because I was made of wood. It makes sense to me now, the way his eyes fixed on me when my...

Have you ever been in a gym working out next to someone and wondered what kind of lifestyle that person leads? In the normal way of life, the gym is for people trying to lose weight and stay healthy. But what about the intimate side of the gym like the...

Jelanai Carpenter is a 34 year old author/publisher who lives in St. Louis, MO. Nanette Brown, 35, an I.T. technician out of New York, NY and Eric Morgan, 32, a Private Investigator and Entrepreneur out of Atlanta, GA have been her best friends since the...

A dark fantasy with a tragic ending and a hint of horror, "Of Thorns and Hexes" redefines gothic fantasy and offers a fresh take on the fantasy novels of old.In the town of Yardenfeld, Elyse Allium lives a miserable life. Residing with her...

Guardian Angel Charity has to help a young woman, Maddie Jacob, find the answers she needs to finally gain closure for her past. Dr. Nicholas (Nick) Stavros helps Maddie get past her grief. Charity oversees the couple's interactions with one...

Parthiban Kanavu (Parthiban's Dream) was a novel Kalki R. Krishnamurthy penned as a weekly serial beginning 1941 in Kalki, the magazine that he had founded. Written in simple and elegant prose, Parthiban Kanavu is a breezy fictional historical romance in...

Step into a world of rogue screen readers, Braille in fantasy worlds, a friend meeting an acquaintance after several years, and more.This #OwnVoices anthology features fiction by Blind and visually impaired authors showing readers how they thrive, hurt,...

ALEXUS COSTILLA was raised by her father, a ruthless Mexican drug cartel boss, and her mother, a strong-spirited black woman with an MBA from Harvard. So, it's no surprise that when Alexus forgoes academia for the dope game, she quickly becomes one of...

When DON went to prison, the streets in Bad News, VA changed dramatically with the fall of the area's biggest money maker. Now that he's back home, the game is primed for a reboot. But money and renewed power isn't all that awaits him. The problems and...

VELLI is smooth, ruthless and calculating, with two things on his mental: Finding the whereabouts of the man who sent him to prison and filling the cracks of DC's grimiest streets with that man's blood. Will he fulfill those deadly vows? Or will he be...

It's the holiday season and ARIA has no reason to be jolly. She's in a dead end relationship with her boyfriend, JAHEIM, who has a hard time with commitment. Repeatedly, he has proven to be untrustworthy. Fed up, Aria takes a chance with her social media...

It's been awhile since Mexican Cartel boss, ALEXUS COSTILLA had a firm grip on Chicago's illicit drug trade. She knows that despite the spike in gang-relate homicides, the Windy City is the land of opportunity for a drug-dealing queenpin like herself...

After spending more than a decade behind bars, ATKISON TEAGUE is finally free. Will his return to the hood set off gunfire and murder? J.L. is already dead, leaving many to mourn his death while others celebrate it. And now J.L. 's nephew is king.There's...

Now that BILLY LO has resurfaced and vowed revenge, it's G season on Charm City! Billy Lo will stop at nothing to avenge what's been done to him. But CALVIN "CHARM" JOHNSON is trained to go, too, and he refuses to bow to a threat.​​​​​​​As the pressure...

Caregiving, whether as paid staff or for a family member, can be hard work. Too often, elder care is a thankless endeavor.If you've ever questioned whether or not you make a difference, read Assignments for a Season.Join Sara, Katie, Kristin, and Jerri...

Trevon Harrison returns in the climactic ending of the Miami Nights series. He has to face the demanding life of fatherhood with two different baby mothers, LaToria, known as Kandi, and Jurnee. His life in front of the camera continues, dripping with...

Sixteen-year-old Rosalie has had a crush on celebrity, A-list actor Sam Urban for as long as she can remember. So, when Sam visits the diner where Rosalie works as a waitress and sits at one of her tables, she can hardly believe her luck and barely...

The 80's and 90's Bk could never be duplicated. A time when real dudes did real things and everything in between. A crazy time full of crazy stuff. But what can I say but Welcome to BK.Young man from Flatbush Brooklyn that has seen and been through a lot...

When TAZ gets linked up with the leader of the Mexican Cartel, he and his crew are primed to take over the city. No other drug clique can compete with their product, prices or murder game. Money is about to rain down on them in a torrent. But the game is...

A sisterhood that had been tighter than a whore's dress has been completely destroyed. After discovering that her husband has fathered a child with her best friend, SASHA, in an extreme state of emotional vulnerability, falls for NASIR, a man who is...

Following the bloody demise of the KINGZ OF THE GAME, a daring group of women emerged as the successors, only to suffer the same fate as their male predecessors. Out of the ashes, one of each squad survived, and while KING RAY and QUEEN SHEILA are...

After his death, SUPREME haunts MAHOGANY from his grave. When a woman from his past appears on the scene vowing to stop at nothing to avenge his death, things become ten times worse. Meanwhile, the Baller Babies have lost three important members of...

NIKKI BUNZ badly wanted to be a cover girl but she gets caught up in the life of a stripper, where her bodacious body and insatiable appetite for sex serves her well. Men and women crave this freaky, nasty SNOW BUNNY, whose prowess in bed becomes...

When JOAQUIN is released from jail, he pays a visit to GOD with every intention of silencing him forever. But the pleas of a loved one tug on his heart strings and he allows his formidable adversary to live. A decision he will undoubtedly regret in the...

At the Husavík Research Institute, a paradise of Nordic perfection where the blemished are banished and the pretty are promoted, acne-ridden Magnus is sent on a bogus anthropological fact-finding mission to visit every village, town, and city in Wales to...

Charlie Dawson is a co-owner of a successful design-build firm in his historic hometown of Plymouth, Massachusetts. More important to him is his happy marriage to Juliette, the girl he fell in love with in tenth-grade French class ... the one he married...

Aaron Poochigian’s prizewinning second collection of poetry, Manhattanite, is by turns frenzied and focused. It examines New York’s juxtaposed symbols of towering achievement and monumental desolation, and then traverses the country to...

Six people. Six events. Six lives destroyed. What is the connection? Detective Sergeant Melissa (Mel) Cooper has two major investigations on the go. The first involves six apparently unrelated individuals who all suffer inexplicable life-altering...

A fantastic novel with astonishing scenic color photos.This fiction is based on true stories from year 2012 to 2014. Those stories are about Chinese international students in America: their studies, life, love, and adventure.During universities, some of...

Every day millions of people live their stories. Every moment is a story in itself. Their sorrow, fear, anxiety, love, heartbreak, fights, duties, achievements, failures are nothing but pieces of un-narrated stories. I have just tried to narrate a little...

Vivienne Nolan, lovingly referred to by family and friends as Mama Vee, is a God conduit. Whenever prayer is needed, call Mama Vee, and she calls on the Lord. Always understanding, nonjudgmental, and comforting, she offers loving support to all who need...

Set in the 1960s, this intriguing novel portrays the struggle of a young North Indian couple who want to marry, but are denied the support of family and friends. The conflict stems from the traditional belief that marriage partners should belong to the...

Minnesota Book Awards 2022 -- Finalist in Novel & Short StoryNortheastern Minnesota Book Awards (NEMBA) 2022 -- Winner in Fiction "Fluid in time and place, Carnival Lights flows between one past and another, offering a heartbreaking portrait of...

"A rollicking good yarn." -R. Bruce Logan, author of Finding LienSet in working-class Northeast Philadelphia and told in urban voices, Equal And Opposite Reactions tells of the chain of events that unwinds when Sally Miller, a newly divorced,...

Nikki Hansen is a typical Midwestern girl with big dreams; she looks forward to moving to New York City and making a name for herself.Three days after her sixteenth birthday, her world collapses when her mother dies. Nikki moves in with her Aunt Sheila...

Take a journey with the intelligent, outgoing, and sassy Passion. Follow her through her ups and downs as she tries to make sense of the tragic story of her life. She soon realizes that where there is joy, there is also pain; and her pain is the kind...

Inspired by the poem Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, two young sisters face the trials and tribulations of the hood in this coming-of-age story about the harshness of living in South Central Los Angeles.

Eve of Mayhem is a Coming of Age saga that follows Evelyn Edgars aka Eve, throughout her life and times in Chicago, IL. But when Caleb, Eve's father and leader of the family business is murdered by his archrival, Cobra, Eve has to step up...

Aggy is torn between doing what society terms is right and following her heart. Tragedy strikes and that one chance she had before, fades away as her best friend changes to be what she has always wanted. Indifferent.Ethan has always loved Aggy yet she...

The story of a Goon and his Daughter in Mafia Princess Part 1 of the 5 Part Series.Semaj Richardson was raised by the streets, and her ambition was to own them. Changing foreign whips as she hustles one major drug dealer after another is just a day in...

Diamond, Kennedy and Blair are back in Baller Bitches The Reunion. Diamond's life seems idyllic. She has two beautiful children. Is married to NBA Superstar, Cameron Robinson and the love they share seems to have no limits. But when their relationship is...