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Storm of Infinite Beauty, A

Fiction Inspired By Alaska's Great Earthquake of 1964 Author: Julianne MacLean What really goes on in the lives of Hollywood royalty? In A Storm of Infinite Beauty, Julianne MacLean goes behind the curtain, into the life of legendary actress and singer Scarlett Fontaine. The story she weaves is one of mysteries and secrets, love and loss, and the very human side of those who seem larger than life. MacLean tells her story in two time periods. Gwen is the main protagonist in the present, heir to Scarlett’s fortune and curator of her museum and legacy. As invested as she is [...]

2023-08-25T10:34:38-07:00August 25th, 2023|Tags: |

One Friday in Napa

Parallel Loves, Unforgotten Grief Author: Jennifer Hamm Death is the great divider, and the great evener too. Vene has run out of chances to reconcile with her mother, Olivia, who is an austere, judgmental, cold woman. Now Olivia is dying of cancer, sequestered in their Napa Valley home, no longer able to care for her vineyard, to hold soirees, to be the cold and efficient hostess. She is dying mostly as she lived: alone. But Vene is her daughter, and as such, duty calls. Plus, Vene still has questions. Why did her mother never love her? Why has she refused to [...]

2023-08-06T11:15:43-07:00August 5th, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Spread: The Hill

The Beginning of the End Author: Iain Rob Wright Ryan wants to evoke the past, to go back to the glory days one last time. He’s rented a remote cabin in the Scottish Highlands for his bachelor party. There will be no strippers, no strangers. Just him, the close buddies from his teenage years, and his younger brother. It’s not the party his friends expected – or wanted – but it’s Ryan’s last chance to say goodbye to a part of his life. A part he is not so secretly terrified to lose. The bachelor party blues soon get worse as [...]

2023-09-19T13:54:47-07:00August 5th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |
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