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My (Fictional) Home

October 20, 2014 After college, I moved a dozen times—from Indiana to New Jersey, Wyoming, Vermont, Connecticut, and Tennessee—before settling in Chicago. Each of these places etched themselves on my psyche, but Nashville, with its fruit tea, tangy barbeque, and hot chicken, was the place where I learned to be a writer.

River of Glass

River of Glass

River of Glass

Jaden Terrell

The Permanent Press
288 pages
$29

”In Terrell’s solid third Jared McKean mystery, the Nashville PI takes on a case with an unexpected family connection. When Khanh, a scarred Vietnamese woman around his age, shows up one day at his door, claiming to be his half-sister, Jared is forced to concede that his soldier father may have had a second family overseas . . . In addition to the story’s emotional rewards, Terrell offers insights into the mechanics of domination and submission.”

–Publishers Weekly

Each Shining Hour

Each Shining Hour

Each Shining Hour

Jeff High

NAL Trade
432 pages
$15

“A young doctor, marking time until he can leave a somnolent farm town for the bustle of a big city, finds more excitement in Watervalley than he bargained for…Each Shining Hour kept me reading far into the night hours!”

–Ann B. Ross, author of the Miss Julia Novels

Prosperity

Prosperity

Prosperity

B.J. Leggett

Livingston Pr
212 pages
$18.95

“Police Lieutenant Robert O’Brian takes early retirement after being shot in a drug raid. His plans–to return to his home town Prosperity in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee to work on a second novel–are disrupted when he becomes involved in the investigation of the death of a high school friend.”

–From the Publisher

Scout’s Honor

Scout’s Honor

Scout’s Honor

Blake Fontenay

Second Wind Publishing, LLC
228 pages
$12.95

“Sam and Eddie must rely on their scouting skills to protect themselves and the younger boys as they try to make their way back to civilization and warn authorities about the planned terrorist attack. They get encouragement along the way from a strange hermit who claims to live in the woods. But the terrorists have an ally, too—an American sleeper agent who knows the bombing is only the first phase of a much deadlier attack…”

–From the Publisher

Isabella’s Libretto

Isabella’s Libretto

Isabella’s Libretto

Kimberly Cross Teter

Excalibur Press
258 pages
$14.95

“Isabella’s Libretto is the tale of one orphan seeking her dream in Venice, Italy, in 1715-a time when music permeated the canals and lanes of the floating city. Abandoned as a baby at the Ospedale della Pietà, Isabella dal Cello has spent her entire life wondering why her mother deserted her. Now she is an ambitious teen who has worked hard to earn a place playing her cello in the orphanage’s prestigious orchestra.”

–From the Publisher

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