Showing results for "The Book of Summers" in Literature & Fiction

It came as no surprise to anyone in Yorktide when glamorous Carol Ascher fled the little Maine town for NYC. While Carol found success as an interior designer, her younger sister, Bonnie, stayed behind, embracing marriage and motherhood. She even agreed to take in Carol's teenage daughter during a tumultuous patch. Now both their girls are grown and Bonnie, recently widowed, is anticipating the day she'll retire to Ferndean House, the 19th-century family home on the rocky Maine coast. But 45 years after leaving Yorktide, Carol suddenly announces that she's moving back - into Ferndean.

After a winter spent writing her latest novel, Annie looks forward to a summer with friends who have become like the family she never had. But then her landlord announces that his grandson will be moving into her cozy Chappaquiddick cottage - and she'll be moving out. Year-round island housing is tough to find. Shaken by the thought of being forced to leave the people and the community she's grown to love, Annie seeks distraction in the July 4th celebrations - and stumbles upon a young woman who's unconscious on her front lawn...and barely alive....

Métis journalist Leo Desroches has just been released from jail. Fortunately for him, he is re-hired at the paper to write a popular column about crime. It’s summer; the city is hot and buzzing with mosquitoes, and it’s on track for a record number of homicides. Called to the scene of an apparent overdose of a young Native man in the inner city, Leo witnesses some rocks falling out of the body bag, and he picks them up. At first he believes they are crack cocaine but discovers that the rocks are really rough diamonds.

Boys in the band meets La Cage in an Indiana gay bar. A joyous dance of song, drag queens, laughs, lies, friends, and a touch of tawdry, grabs you, shakes...stirs, then sets you down with a smile and a kiss. Set in 2007, A.S.S. is a kaleidoscope of weird jobs, loves, hopes, dreams, rage, loss, music, and more. It's a book for anyone who has ever felt different and the friends we find on our trip through this funny little life. Every Sunday evening, TiaRa del Fuego’s "Parade of Gowns and Songs" drag show presents the best entertainment in our small, Indiana college town.

Magena's a captive in the real world. Daniel's a captive in the virtual world - and if his captor discovers the secret to passing between worlds, her satanic powers will be unleashed in reality. When Yasmeen orders Daniel's execution by her Baal worshipers, he delays her death decree. But how long can he prevail against the self-proclaimed Queen Jezebel?

In The Jewels of Jezebel, thousands of years ago, Queen Jezebel, a Baal worshiper, brought in 800 Baal prophets and ordered the slaughter of Israel's faithful prophets. After King Ahab was killed in battle, and Jehu became king, Jezebel was murdered while wearing her jewels. Now, psychology graduate Daniel DiBenedetto and historian Magena Nightcloud seek those jewels. Their quest begins with a trip to the ruins of Samaria, where the Temple of Baal may have been located. They obtain a cryptic poem that may lead them to the jewels - or on a wild chase to death.

In The Shroud of Turin, more than 2000 years ago, the body of Christ was wrapped in cloth after the Crucifixion...and the imprint of his body's wounds left physical evidence on the cloth, including DNA. Now, when Daniel DiBenedetto, psychology graduate, is financially cut off by his parents, he visits Dr. Alan Cranston, assistant to the president of a university.

The Harvest Moon is a harbinger of the end of days for Christians. As they prepare for the last days, Solomon Dancer believes that if not for Eric's prophetic dreams and sacrifice in the Middle East, the world would not still exist. When Solomon is hired as a lunar research expert by Project Interstellar, he is the only Christian employee. On his first day, there is a break-in at the facility. He chases the intruder and his courage is hailed as heroic. Now Jeremy Ingram, project head, assigns Solomon to find and stop the saboteurs.

Eric has a gift - a gift of premonition and a supernatural connection to the blood moon. As well as the physical signs of the times - extreme weather, violent earthquakes and more - what Eric sees in his prophetic dreams may be warnings that God's plans for Israel are coming to fruition.

Thousands of years ago, a young warrior slew a Nephilim with a sling, some stones...and God's help. In modern day, Achava is the warrior. The avenger. And now, a wife. When Achava, supernatural guardian of Israel, marries Professor Sam Godfrey, she loses some powers. Becoming more human by the hour, Achava can no longer Soul Merge and must rely on her half-sister, Anthea, for such travels. Sam doubts Achava can battle evil without her supernatural abilities.

Thousands of years ago, just before God flooded the Earth, a man of faith took his family and many animals onto an ark he built in order to survive the coming deluge. Fast forward to modern day where Achava, spiritual guardian of Israel, leads the team on a time travel quest for Noah's ark. Achava is joined by Sam Godfrey, an archaeologist; Anthea, Achava's archrival half-sister; and the newest member of the team, Khassima, a royal dancer who is haunted by her past. Together, the intrepid team uses supernatural forces to travel back to the time of Noah.

Two thousand years ago, when the Romans came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciple Peter cut off the ear of an innocent man. Jesus rebuked Peter and quickly healed the servant's ear - and the Sword of Peter took on supernatural powers. Fast forward to modern day where a Biblical archaeology quest for the Sword of Peter is imperative to both Israel and to the Christian world.

God has a lot to lose after keeping his wife a secret from Reese all this time. He's in love with the beautiful, charismatic, highly educated doctor but once his skeletons jump out of the closet, he might just lose her forever. However, he's not willing to let her go so easily. But with someone out to destroy him and his empire, he might have no other choice but to surrender his love. Unbeknownst to Nas, he's in the middle of it all. The key to figuring out who's on a mission to take out the Taliban Gang is with him.

Kristen Woodward has moved back home to run her family Christmas tree farm. Everything is great...except her mother and brother seem to be keeping a secret from her. Not only that, but the new guy across the street, Mason, owns a store that sells artificial trees. Will artificial trees cut into her farm’s Christmas tree sales? Even worse, she has to compete with Mason to win the coveted job of decorating the skating pond.

Join our host, Summer Nilsson, creator and author of the Loodor Tales Series, as she talks with Gen Z and Gen Alpha, experts, and industry leaders about what connection means in a modern world, and the importance of self-worth and kindness at any age, in our podcast, “HOO Are You”? The “Hoo Are You” series is inspired by the Loodor Tales, an Amazon bestselling book series that targets youth with storylines to support mental health. Hailed by Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, InStyle, and CultureMap, the ongoing series launched with The Land of the Pines, and sequel, The Land of the Strays.

"My life is over," Piper DeWitt thinks to herself, awaiting departure in the overcrowded International Terminal of the Philadelphia airport for an overseas business trip, to romantic Paris no less. She watched as her husband, Tosh, put his own suitcase into the trunk of a taxi the day before.

The town of Willow Creek is seemingly free after Remy's sacrifice set off a life-altering chain of events that resulted in the demise of most of the world's vampire population. Sabine flees to her home afterward, except her family has disappeared and a "For Sale" sign is planted in her front yard. Just when she thinks she's lost it all, she's summoned back to Willow Creek Manor.

A young princess raised in seclusion. A seductive angel with a secret agenda. The world before the Great Flood - a world speeding rapidly towards its own destruction - unless one family rises up and confronts a devastating enemy. Now, as worlds collide and the forces of good and evil meet in a final epic battle, two people will discover just how far they will go for true love.

A bold Mesopotamian prince. An incredible, supernatural enemy. Two beautiful women torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in an extraordinary saga of a time and a place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, love, and the struggle for justice, peace and power… Millenias ago, when the giants of the Bible, the Nephilim, terrorized the earth, the Royal Family ruled Mesopotamia. Led by King Asher, he accepted the great responsibility to protect his subjects from the bloodthirsty offspring of Fallen Angels.

Betrayed by her mother, 18-year-old Kenana is sold into marriage to the elderly Prince Jubal of Mesopotamia. Dutiful Kenana determines to make the best of the situation, honoring her wedding vows and fulfilling her wifely responsibilities to the elderly prince. However, she cannot help but wish for what might have been - especially when her strikingly handsome Guardian Angel, Malluch, returns to her life in a very corporeal form, serving as no small distraction.