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WINNER OF BEST COZY AT KILLER NASHVILLE! Who knew solving a crime could be so much fun? ~Reader Views Readers will laugh out loud as they try to keep up with Mel Tower’s witty comebacks, Cousin Lou’s wild antics, and amusing Dairyland customs. ~Laurie Scheer, writing mentor and media goddess MODEL WAVE begins with a […] [Read More]

The Backyard Model Mysteries are laugh-out-loud mysteries; who knew solving crime could be so much fun! ~Readers’ Favorites A frugal fashion model hangs up her second-hand stilettos and returns to her small town to open a business—but then she’s forced into the role of amateur sleuth after becoming a suspect in a murder.   Melanie […] [Read More]

Upmarket, contemporary, general fiction of about 122,000 words, it will appeal to teen and adult readers who enjoy stories with captivating prose, themes with substance, and settings and characters they will care about. The story happens in 2005 in central Iowa. The woman, and a young man who grew up on a swine farm near […] [Read More]

Family man and FBI agent Jack Jurlik has gone through life on cruise control. Now that his wife and infant son have mysteriously disappeared, he is driving as fast as he can to find Gloriann and Martin while protecting his other children, Emma and Will. He soon discovers that the road ahead is taking him […] [Read More]

Tales of Koehler Hollow tells the story of Amy Finney and her descendants. Amy, a formerly enslaved Black woman, gained her freedom and established a homestead in the Appalachian mountains during a time in American history when she was dehumanized for the color of her skin and devalued for being female. Naomi Hodge-Muse, working with […] [Read More]

What would you do if you found a dragon egg at your bus stop? Ichabod Surname never imagined he’d be spending a Friday afternoon cross-country skiing with a grandma dragon—but that’s exactly what happens when he finds a giant egg on the way to school. For as long as he can remember, he has been […] [Read More]

Midwest goodbyes are tricky. They last forever and when you think you have escaped, there’s always one last hug, one last quick story, and one more family member your dad wants to talk to.  [Read More]

For two centuries, Syljians have been hunted by the Sorcerers’ Guild. Desperate to procure life-sustaining resources for his people, Syljian Alar Fellman uses his psionic powers to infiltrate the Guild’s ranks as a student of magic. The Guild’s star prodigy, Daeya McVen, cherishes her friendship with the new student. But Daeya’s secrets far surpass Alar’s […] [Read More]