Modern and contemporary fiction Books

Katy Cross thought she had enough on her plate as Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse and leader of her band, The Moonlighters. But when a body is found in the high school auditorium during practice for the town's yearly Battle of the Bands...

A man finds himself in a strange new place.  Being pretty sure that he is dead, he is informed that this is so, and the afterlife is a bit different than anticipated.  He finds himself pitted against everybody else, in a strange, very long...

Počuj, mesto! Počuj hlas obyčajných ľudí! Kto to volá? Biblický prorok Micheáš? Alebo dnešný Jeremiáš, ktorý ťažko nesie šikanovanie súčasných byrokratov a...

Dave only ever wanted to make video games.He learned to code. He got the degree. He ended up programming webpages for local realtors and dentists.Then the Great Pandemic hit, and his lousy boss fired him.What's a guy to do? When a girl walks through...

Drake was left for dead but he survived, unfortunately the same couldn t be said for his fiancé and newborn son. With the help of Cindy he has rebuilt his life but the taste of revenge is still what he craves. But will Drake s quest for retribution be...

Aaliyah Mills Carter sits in jail facing 1st Degree-Murder charges. As she waits for her day in court her fate becomes more uncertain. Precious is struggling to keep her marriage intact and prove her daughter's innocence but when a drug war erupts she...

Alex and Deion were born in the projects of Atlanta. Their mutual determination to escape their poverty stricken existence fueled a friendship that was unbreakable. But as they grew from to boys to men, the trappings of the streets introduced them to a...

In the conclusion of Power, the best of friends may become the worse of enemies. Alex is determined to seek revenge for the death of his fiance but can a new love heal the pain from losing his first love? Deion continues on his path of destruction but...

August Applegate is sixteen years old, and he's known he's gay for eleven of them. But in 1963, life in a small Appalachian hamlet doesn't offer many opportunities to learn what that truly means.That is, not until August spends one magical-if...

Rejected by an overbearing, merciless, homophobic father with no compassion and unprotected by her hapless, spineless, weak mother, a teenage Summer fled to escape acrid disdain and the onslaught of physical brutality. Born a male turned transgendered,...

SAMIR and SELENA were happy and in love as they built a union together that was supposed to last a lifetime. But as it's often been said, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Will Samir's repeated infidelities lead their marriage into the...

Autumn Leaves Falling by J. R. Reynolds: A story of two brothers with a very special bond that will melt the coldest of hearts. Heading Home-A Prisoner of War at Christmas by Robert Robeson: An account of a Vietnam veteran returning from that...

Discover the power of second chances through a simple act of kindness. Mike Hatfield's life takes a devastating turn when he loses his job, family, and home in an unexpected upheaval. Plunged into the depths of despair, he finds himself living in a...

A fiction yet factual book series to help overcome the maze of the mind. TIED to the negative consequences of a life changing decision made out of fear. Internally DESTROYED by self-sabotage in response to an out of control situation. Emotionally &...

"A literary page-turner. . . . Part Cormac McCarthy, part Tom Drury and Raymond Chandler, Kapcala has created a voice all his own." --Brian CastleberryOne October night in the depressed steel town of Lodi, Ohio, two police officers respond to a call...

PRENTICE seeks to destroy KEISHA in a way that ensures she will never be able to recover. When he does the unthinkable, it launches an all-out war within the CARTEL KILLAZ. Lines are drawn in the sand, and loyalties are shattered. Friends become deadly...

TABATHA GREENE is a young, talented and sexy federal agent who's playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Her rise in the ranks of the Feds puts her on a collision course with the most conniving, ruthless and deadly criminals. Tabatha has neither...

ROMAN is more homicidal than ever after his girl, BINKEY, gets arrested for murder, and he's out to make the world feel his pain. If the love of his life goes down, the body count in the city will explode!Binkey just wants her man to settle down and...

While vying for power in the streets of Milwaukee, DIAMOND faces herds of enemies who want to see him in a coffin. Despite his good looks and grandeur, his fast cars and diamond-encrusted jewelry or even his propensity for showering cash on the ladies,...

BLAQUE BARBEE is every hustler's desire. Her beauty is captivating and her body is to die for. Most men want to sex her, many want to wife her. But it's not about what they want, Blacque Barbee plays by her own rules. Robbing dope boys and living...

He who has a “Why” to live for, can bear almost any “How” - Friedrich NietzscheBeautiful young Amina, in a town where girls were meant to be married at age 16, refused to conform to the culture and continued her education...

In his second collection, Poussin lyrically explores "an ongoing line of lives, seeking their well-earned peace," using poetry as story-telling to explore the thoughts of ghosts, butterflies, old men and little children. The varied perspectives unite in...

   This collection of poems is the third collection in the DOUBLE TROUBLE series-a new kind of experimental, off-kilter, off-key but very in tune poetry. It will stretch your imagination past the point of breaking and then take it a couple...

Grayson, the main character from The Gallery, moves into the next realm as Grace-Son. His voyage is one of deep introspection. The journey beckons readers to recognize the Holy Spirit within themselves and then take account of their personal actions...

What would you do if you were trapped? Trapped by the vicious control of systemic racism. Trapped in the ghetto where your head is on a swivel, like it's World War III. Trapped because you're an endangered species hunted by the boys in blue and by people...

Liam is a handsome young man with family and friends. However, Liam suffers from a condition called social anxiety disorder. Refusing to get any help for his condition, Liam's sister sets him up on a blind date with the beautiful Elizabeth Anderson...

The grace of God functions subtly and often through very simple human actions. For one who will listen for God's voice, the result can be miraculous.Grace Across the River is about God's grace and how He uses people to reach out and draw us to Him...

Set in modern China, the main characters are a pair of brothers, Zhang Mengda and Zhang Xida, and two women, Zhu Liang and Qi Ye.The main story in The Seat on the Veranda and Other Short Works tells about land reformation. It displays the bloody and...

It is 1952, and in the opening pages of "Little Gangster," Joey D'Angelo our young Sicilian protagonist and his friend, Johnny Marino, are called late at night to First Street park where their gangster employer, Pepi Savino, is in the middle of an...

Attorney Bastien Philogene and his lovely wife, schoolteacher Sylvia Jean-Philogene recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia, from Baltimore, Maryland. The successful Haitian-American couple has been going through a rough time...

When tragedy strikes, Rachel Byrne thinks her chance for a happily ever after has ended. Picking up the shattered pieces and moving across the country, Rachel is determined to start over all while uncovering long kept secrets, finding a new faith,...

When two estranged sisters reunite for their parents' 50th anniversary, a family tragedy brings unexpected lessons of hope and healing amid the flowers of their mother's perennial garden.

King and his mother, Jasmine, moves to the worst housing project in the city of Richmond after his grandmother dies. He is forced into an environment where he has to learn fast to survive where life changes forever. His mother is attacked in her bedroom...

What makes Mumbai "MUMBAI" is its people. With a diverse population influx each minute, every person here is a story by themselves. Along with being a personal account, each of them belongs to a collective narrative, falling into the compartments of the...

Climate change. Water shortages. Crowded cities. Economic inequality. Limited opportunity. Unemployment. Politicians who only care about the 1%. People are angry and the world is on edge. Millions of people are ready to fight for the change they want...

Mikeela Rye has been shot, and her life hangs in the balance. What will the Rye sisters do? Author Anitra Ferguson continues the saga of betrayal, love, and pain as members of the Rye family try to recover along with staying alive. When the dust finally...

In the mean streets of Philadelphia, everyone is not cut out for living that cold, calculating thug life. Drake, a man who believes he has the game all figured out, has to learn the hard way, that no matter how much money you're making, the takers can...

When it comes to getting a bag, CASCI, RENIYA and ARIEL are definitely up on their game. When money is the motive, these three girls get it how they live. But Casci moves in a way that is to be admired. PRETTY GIRLS DO NASTY THINGS for the bread, but...

.Blood spills when JAH is shot down in front of an apartment building on Drake. In the aftermath, WAYNO and JUICE can't calm the streets. As the two men try to keep a cool head, RELL and the crew are ready to paint the city red.Meanwhile, SHAWNNA is...

CORREY and QUICK have revenge on their minds, but with the odds stacked against them, they must put together a plan to outsmart KILO and his squad of killas. With a solid connect and a team of hustlas, gangstas and savages, Correy quickly puts his mark...

A young girl dies. Four lives converge as doctors blame each other, parents seek revenge, and lawyers want money.Daughter, Mother, Father, and Doctor provide subjective, alternative, and even contradictory versions of the same incident. Each is unable to...

With many men wishing death upon him over anything else, RICH now understands that power is measured in enemies. Following the futile hit he managed to survive, he feels the need to get revenge on everyone that has it out for his spot. Will he succeed in...

Orphaned at a young age, YAYO had the world's foot on his neck. But these will change drastically when he meets HAN and they get deep into the dope game. Yayo goes from rags to riches, but his ascension is rife with turmoil and tragedy. When a big drug...

After PYT is kidnapped, her life is in the hands of two of the country's most deadly people. Will she ever see her loved ones again? When Pyt disappears, RUGAR seems to have lost his soul and when he discovers that someone close to the GANGLAND CARTEL...

Most men who cheat can't take being cheated on, and SWERVE epitomizes that type of man. Although he provides for his wife, RHAPSODEE, and loves her in his disloyal way, Swerve does the same for his side chick, YOSHI.Fed up with her husband's lies and...

The death of the loveable, hood legend, KEYNO, has crushed the hearts of many in the ghettos of Sacramento, California. The team he built is on a mission to carry on Keyno's vision by making Sac-Town the City of Kingz. JABARI has taken control of the...