Literature & Fiction

A 47-year-old Pittsburgh insurance man and his busted nightclub-singing friend go to Italy in the hopes of finding a bone marrow donor. Danny’s life was mundanely ordinary. He sold insurance in the small neighborhood of Fineview overlooking Pittsburgh. His weekdays...

Motherlands opens with a child drawn early to poetry. “In summer I write. Two lines at a time, two vying souls / running up the wall.” The collection follows this speaker-poet through a childhood in post-Maoist China and an eventual...

“These stories read as genuine experience, created by a writer for whom craft is an instinct. The matter of each is evoked without mishap. For each I came away thoughtful, touched.” —Richard Lyons, author of The Edge of Things and...

This gripping fact-based fictional account, composed of three personal journals written as if by Collins' ancestors nearly two hundred years ago, contains their intimate, emotional stories, firsthand experiences, and traditions of old-world craftsmanship in a world being overtaken by technology....

One of the most haunting mysteries in American history — The Lost Colony of Roanoke — comes roaring back to life in White Seed, with a compelling cast of characters, among them: Maggie Hagger, indentured Irish serving girl, a victim...

The heroine of this novel moves from exhibitionism and sacrilege to sadomasochism, and thence to the unspeakable horrors of prisons in Mussolini's Italy and Franco's Spain. However, she remains haunted by one striking image. Will this lead her to autassassinophilia...

As Emmett and Autumn’s love blossoms, Autumn must search beneath the layers of her heart and determine whether she can love again . . . Embark on Autumn's healing journey... Discover the empowering message woven into Beneath Autumn Leaves and immerse yourself...

Ivy I've harbored a secret crush on Grant ever since that freckle-faced kid first set foot in our yard when I was just six years old. I knew he was special. Grant has always had this uncanny ability to understand...

Gaining knowledge is expected in life - acquiring Wisdom can be a dangerous battle... Wisdom is the fifth book in P.M. Gilbert's Tuatha Legends fantasy series. In this instalment, Cerys Jenkins finds herself pursued by the evil Fomorians who believe...

Paul Derick was a cattle rancher. He spent his life protecting his family and his ranch. He understood the sun and the rain, the wind, and the blizzards that swept across the broad Wyoming plains. Those were enemies he could...

As the flame of her competitive spirit reignites and her feelings for Billy grow, Asher begins to question the motherly advice that has shaped her. Maybe life—and love—isn’t about following rules. But does she dare break them and risk everything,...