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 by John T. Hourihan, Jr.

Moving was a constant, and often necessary, way of life for John. By the age of thirteen, his family had moved ten times. And now, as a freshman in high school, they would move again. To a place called Hopedale, a predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant town, a place where he was looked at as nothing more than an Irish punk.

He promised his mother he’d try, really try, to make things right with the kids at school. And the teachers. But some promises are harder to keep than others.

When his family loses faith in his ability to turn over a new leaf, John realizes things had to change. The year was 1965 and religion had turned its back on him, his friends suddenly declared themselves mortal enemies of all law enforcement, and Hopedale High School had shown itself to be nothing more than a place that existed in order to determine who would succeed in life, who would succeed in business, and who would work in the inferno known as Draper’s foundry. After graduation, John has one thing left in front of him that might help him find out who he was, where he came from, and where he would be going. 

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 by John T. Hourihan, Jr.

When readers first met John as a young boy in the book Baltimore Catechism: Clean Slate, he attended Catholic school and spent much of his time trying to discern exactly what the nuns were teaching him and what it really meant to follow the rules.

Now, John and his family face major life obstacles: housing, health and finances. When John’s parents decide their only option is to move West, John has no choice but to go. But the Arizona desert is very different from the Irish-Catholic Massachusetts town he came from, and he soon learns what it means to survive in the barren land he is forced to call home.

At times flippant but always thoughtful, this coming-of-age novel defines a year’s journey that takes John from crime to confirmation.

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 by John T. Hourihan, Jr.

“My entry into concentrated Catholicism, a forced alteration in my DNA, was to take place today.” So begins John’s parochial education in this enchanting, semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy ready to learn the mysteries of the Universe. 

First-grader John has an interesting perspective on life, much to the dismay of the nuns at the Catholic school he attends. To them, boys who ask too many questions are dangerous and poised to enter the ultimate fiery pit. As he struggles to figure out the lessons the nuns are trying to teach him, John does his best to puzzle out the religious teachings and how they apply to his place is in this world.

This tale focuses on John and the complexities of his family, who do what they need to do in order to scrape by in a blue-collar town. Dominating the landscape of his life is his Irish culture, which informs every part of what he knows about family and the world around him. 

At times touching and often very funny, readers will identify with a young boy’s confusion over the contradiction between what he is told is right and what his heart tells him is right.

 by Patti Gaustad Procopi

This heartfelt story about  sisters, family and the tenuous connections we forge in life will stay  with you long after you turn the last page. 

Rose was a child when  the worst possible thing happened-her sister Lily drowned. While Rose  was supposed to be watching her. From that moment, Rose knew it was all  her fault. After all, that's what her mother told her. But life must go  on, no matter what, and Rose and her sister, Ivy, grow up in a family  without their little sister. In a family where alcoholism and arguing  defines their parents. In a family that personifies dysfunction. In a  family where anger forces their brother away. Was it any wonder that  Rose was so excited to get to college? Was it any wonder she sometimes  had a date with Mr. Merlot, the wine bottle she hid to help her get  through life's tougher moments?

At times whimsical, always  genuine, this story looks at the bonds of sisters and how family can  become our foundation even when we don't expect it.

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 by Karen Cavalli

What must be in all of time cannot be avoided. 

Dace Banks knows how to read the stars. She knows latitude and longitude, and she knows how to keep from getting lost. But when she encounters a basement lab hidden in a nunnery where she can cross worlds and time, everything shifts. Her abilities bring her into contact with Beatt, who is trying to enter her world from another. But who is he really, and can she trust that he will do no harm?

Faced with a decision that can alter the known reality, Dace must choose. Can she break free from the constraints of this world and become the being she is meant to be? Will she decide to cross into another state of being? Or will she instead explore the option of love with a mysterious business partner?

In this second of the series, connections are made from an era of divine feminine power to another century, where whispered voices carry secrets that unlock hidden truths.

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 by Karen Cavalli  

Life as Mave knew it is over. Her mother, who acted as star counsel, has disappeared. A new race of beings has taken over her home. Everything around her changes as the people known as the Gigante tear apart the goddesses. Girls and women, formerly revered stand-ins for the Goddess and her creator—the cave-dwelling Ssha—either go underground with their beliefs or find a way to fit in with the new culture.

She finds unlikely allies along her journey, like Tear, the semi-divine being and Inna, a former holy prostitute kicked out of her communal home. But can she change what is happening and keep her spirituality a secret? Can she rescue the feminine spirit from the encroaching new order of the Sun God? 

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 by Peter Stipe

A whimsical story about facing  our deepest fears and greatest loves, and what we all must do to grow  into the life we were meant to experience.

Elizabeth's  secret began when she was five years old, a secret she held close her  entire life. As far as she knew, she was the only person who could see  the fairies living in her grandfather's garden. They play with her and  show her their world, and as she grows older, they guide her through the  important moments of her life. The fairies, and especially Olivia, were  her closest friends.

But where were they when  everything fell apart? Why didn't they save her grandfather when he  needed help, and why didn't they warn her about the things she had to  endure? Surely the fairies, who seemed to have a prescience about the  future, knew what Elizabeth would have to tolerate. 

After the  death of her grandfather, Elizabeth moves into his house to begin the  process of healing. But when her daughter begins to see and play with  the fairies, Elizabeth has a choice to make. Will she accept her  daughter's new friends or will she find a way to banish them from her  life forever? 

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  by Christian Pascale

Within these pages are nineteen stories of a life. Stories of events  such as a first dance, reluctantly, between friends. Of Elliott, a good  friend who lost his way. Travel through Paris and experience the sights  and sounds of the city of love before journeying to a foreign land where  crime is rampant and safety is tenuous.

This collection traverses  time and far-off places and weaves together a life of friendships lost  and found. Within these nineteen stories, we witness the complex pattern  of living in a different era to the present day and the transition  between childhood and adulthood.

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by Peter Stipe 

Finding Our Way is a collection of stories that explores the human spirit in its quest for knowledge, its propensity for endurance and capacity for love. 

Meet the runner who is passionate about the world around him. And the obstetrician who faces the most difficult delivery of his career. Gain insight into the boy whose vision quest illuminated the soul of the world. And race the marathon with the college student who may someday find his way home.

These eight stories contain an in-depth look into the world of the unknown and our ability to navigate the choices we face in order to create a better future. Buy now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play and wherever books are sold.

by Peter Stipe

Patrick drew. He painted. As an artist, he looked at the world around him and translated his feelings onto canvas. 

Mary was a graduate student studying French. She was deeply tied to her faith and everything that entailed being a devout Catholic.

When they meet outside the gates of the Rhode Island School of Design, the chemistry is immediate. But as they fall in love, their differences—and their friends and family’s differences—threaten to consume them.

Can they navigate the complexities of a relationship from such disparate places while sustaining their love for each other?

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 by Christian Pascale

The year is 2050, and the earth does not look the same. Surge Saturday, the day the tsunamis hit, devastated thousands of cities. Governments were toppled and lives were lost. For siblings Tom and Helene, everything changed. They didn't have the luxury of staying in their family home and learning to navigate this strange new world. A new government has taken hold, and people are being forced into intellectual subservience. Anyone who disagrees with the new leadership is sent to their death. 

Tom and Helene know they have to run, but where can they go? There aren't many safe places, and even those are at risk. They decide to find their way to Blacksburg, Virginia, and are soon befriended by others who are on a mission to make things right again. But can this ragtag group of philosophers and healers and everyday people actually save the world, or will the newly formed dark forces triumph?

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by Narielle Living

Christmas in Virginia…

Where magic happens.

Where angels come to earth to help us 

on our path.

Where even the future has a home in Christmas.

Where people find each other, even if they didn’t know they were looking. 

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