by Cynthia Hamilton

4.8 stars – 35 reviews

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A WRITER TURNS DETECTIVE TO LEARN WHAT HER MOTHER’S LIFE HAD BEEN LIKE BEFORE ALZHEIMER’S STOLE HER MEMORIES. A TRUE STORY OF FORGIVENESS AND HEALING.

As fiercely independent Ruth struggles to stay self-reliant at the age of 86, each day brings her closer to an event that will alter her life forever. While her author daughter shifts through Ruth’s possessions prior to her move into a skilled nursing facility, she discovers a previously unseen photo from 1949 and realizes how little she knows of her mother’s life.

As Alzheimer’s continues to warp Ruth’s once sharp mind, she can no longer shed any light on the past. Yearning to know who her mother was as a person in her own right, the author painstakingly reconstructs Ruth’s life from photos, letters, public records and firsthand memories.

What emerges is a portrait of a bright, beautiful woman who is propelled through decades of broken promises and heartache, bouncing from one ill-fated relationship to the next, but always staying strong, always surviving. Through a timeline going back sixty years, the author gleans a much better understanding of the woman she had known only as Mom.

“SOUL-BEARING AND HEART-WARMING.” K. ANSBRO

by Doug Goodman

5.0 stars – 1 review

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If you can train a chicken, you can train a dinosaur.

Or so Oak Jones thought. He’s wanted on the Police Dinosaur Unit all his life. Now that he’s in, he’s discovered that training a Police Working Velociraptor is a lot harder than he ever imagined. And if he thought training would be difficult, living with a Velociraptor is a whole new level of fun. Banshee can clear a six-foot fence like it was nothing, and he has a love for eating the neighborhood cats, which is putting Oak on the outs with his next-door neighbor, Christy Dao.

But there is a reason for everything, and when Oak discovers why Banshee struggles, it breaks his heart.

Terrible Lizard is a funny and endearing look at life with Banshee, a great working dinosaur, but one terrible lizard.

by Dominica Lumazar

4.8 stars – 13 reviews

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Has your business hit a plateau? Learn how to take your company to new heights with empowering leadership strategies.

Are you too caught up in the day-to-day tasks of your venture? Do you struggle to concentrate on the big picture? Are you wondering how to strategically position your products or services? Author, entrepreneur, and business consultant Dominica Lumazar has spent more than a decade helping a variety of clients collectively generate over a billion dollars in revenue. Now this successful and sought-after businesswoman is sharing her most valuable advice, so you can supercharge your bottom line.

Empowered is a detailed guide to building key leadership skills to steer your organization toward even greater success. Using scenarios from Lumazar’s own client projects, as well as targeted action steps, you’ll learn how to increase customer retention and create marketing plans to outshine the competition. Whether you’re a seasoned owner or an aspiring entrepreneur, by taking the time to prioritize your business and marketing education, you’ll soon be enjoying a new level of profitability.

by Kelly Running

4.2 stars – 6 reviews

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At a razzle-dazzle gala at the historic Pittock Mansion, a woman is found murdered. Emerging psychic Lizzy O’Malley works for the nonprofit Portland mansion and is determined to find the culprit. As more people from the night of the event wind up in the crosshairs of the killer, Lizzy turns to her alien-chasing friend, Peace Jones, and a Scottish battlefield ghost to solve the crime in this fast-paced paranormal mystery.

by Thomas Hollyday

4.1 stars – 222 reviews

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An expensive real estate development is halted when contractors find an ancient relic. The State of Maryland insists archeologists must determine the historical value of the site before construction proceeds.

Frank Light, a famous archeologist, is sent by his university to study the site, a mudflat on an old farm. The relic appears to be part of an old ship but a local black pastor insists the site covers a graveyard for slaves.

As he works, Light changes from a stuffy well contented professor into a man searching for his honor. He and a fellow historian, a female former student, fight for the right to uncover and preserve a terrible mystery she considers “amazing.” When financial and racial interests terrorize them, they realize once the age old lesson in life, truth comes with a very high price in murder.

Slave Graves is the first book of the acclaimed River Sunday Romance Mystery series by Thomas Hollyday. The author’s unique Chesapeake voice once again gives us an exciting read about the people, their beliefs and legends, the animals and the grasping mud and black water wetlands of this mysterious American region. His other critically acclaimed novels include Magnolia Gods, Powerboat Racer, Gold, Terror Flower, China Jewel, and Easter Sunday.

Each book, introducing new memorable characters, retains the simple and beautiful lifestyle, history and beauty of the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Powerful subjects such as freedom, atomic war, racism, religion, terror, sailing, and family love, are approached. Stories are insightful and well researched with technical expertise, humor, and fast moving action.

River Sunday Romance Mysteries are suitable for teen and older readers. They have no strong language and romantic descriptions are clean and suitable for family reading, discussion and enjoyment.

Thomas Hollyday has spent years working for animals rights. Part of the proceeds of his books goes to financing the research and maintenance of fresh drinking water resources for wildlife.