Just Call Me Gatsby
0$3.99 – $17.99Like the classic American capitalist, Christopher “Gatsby” Brooks believes in the power of illusions. His seemingly deep pockets have made him preeminent in the business world and conspicuously wealthy. But when Shirley Frazier, a management consultant, discovers a substantial portion of Gatsby’s income was derived from selling millions of dollars in unregistered (possibly illegal) securities, her confrontation with Gatsby sets off a dangerous cascade of events that could culminate in Gatsby’s demise-or set the stage for his ultimate success.
With prosecutors pursuing the case, and a dead body connected to his dissembling, Gatsby risks everything on another secretive gamble: a new venture fund that will depend on his raising $100 million before Shirley and the legal “assassins” kill his reputation. As Gatsby puts his plan in motion, several of his major investors demand he repay millions of dollars in securities-money he doesn’t have. And his wife, Miriam (Claire to his Frank Underwood, if you are a House of Cards fan), decides to take matters into her own hands.
Just Call Me Gatsby explores the sometimes-contradictory forms of power that run the world: money, charm, trust, and the betrayal of that trust. The novel will appeal to a wide range of fiction readers including fans of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Norb Vonnegut’s The Trust, Joseph Finder’s Paranoia, and Christina Alger’s The Darlings.
Those who like entrepreneurial or business-related novels such as Louis Auchinclass’ The Embezzler, Philip Roth’s American Pastoral, and Thomas Wolfe’s A Man in Full will also enjoy this suspenseful story about the scheming that blurs the lines between wealth and the illusion thereof.Multiple Shades of Gray: Craig Spence Finds a Killer Hiding Among Retirees
0$3.99 – $9.99This book is a work of fiction. Names of characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental.
Retirement wasn’t easy for Craig Spence. He and Martha moved into A Senior living facility where they planned to finally live a life free of stress and excitement. Craig however is instrumental in saving the life of a person involved in a serious accident, is stalked by a mountain lion, finds the remains while hiking and finds that there is a Killer hiding out in the Senior Manor in which they live. A killer that had committed a gruesome crime ten years ago and was still on the run.
Pharaoh: The Urban Legend
0$3.99 – $17.99Pharaoh had been stuck in Village Green for the last few years. The only option he believed he had for getting money was being a criminal. He would soon find out the background of a girl that suddenly had taken interest in him, and her pain slips into his heart and touches every fiber in his body. He falls in love with her while dealing with hardships and the dope life. Then the two cousins Richie and Draco step to him with a plan. But in the streets of Gainesville Florida somebody always knew somebody. And Rose, his momma, had been in the streets for a while. It wouldn’t be long before the news spread.
Any Way Out
0$3.99 – $14.99A teenage Ashley Ames is painfully growing up in a rural area before the technology boom. Her parents are bitterly divorced and caught up in their own lives, too busy to care about what goes on with Ashley. However, she does find support from her stepmother Ruth.
Ashley bounces back and forth between her parents’ homes, with good reason. Either she moves because it’s gone bad or they throw her out.
Ashley’s behavior is erratic and self-destructive at home and at school. She gets selected to participate in a Scared Straight program, at a prison. It helps for a while.
A young man, Ryan doing a repair job at Ellen’s house, Ashley’s mother, notices Ashley. She has just moved back in with her. As Ashley goes through high school her escapades get her into trouble, while she deals with deep depression leading to a suicide attempt.
She has struggled but eventually finds her way out.
A Reluctant Pioneer
0$3.99 – $12.99Leah Brown, a wife and mother from San Francisco, decides to spend time at a small cabin built in Idaho territory in the late 1860’s by her great, great grandparents, Linnea and Thaddeus Milton. She debates further debilitating treatments for her illness, something that has precluded her being able to spend time with her husband Ned and two sons, away in summer camp. Her memories of childhood and the tragic loss of her father stir her mind, especially when she discovers Linnea’s long-hidden diary. As she reads and rereads it and begins to explore the world around her, she gains perspective on the challenges women have always faced. She honors the pioneer’s words and imagines Linnea’s unwritten thoughts. Leah experiences a surprisingly different time in the old cabin than she expected.
ES BEDARF ZWEI (German Version)
0$3.99 – $25.99Ganz im Sinne des Altruismus ihrer Mutter Louisa Daniel, einer Sozialarbeiterin, engagiert sich Emily Kritisch für gemeinnützige Zwecke. Als sie einen Posten im Vorstand der gemeinnützigen Organisation „Sustain and Shelter” übernimmt, muss Emily sich mit einer Gruppe verängstigter Vorstandsmitglieder und seltsamen Vorgängen auseinandersetzen. Darüber hinaus muss Emily ihren Verpfl ichtungen als Mutter, als Finanzkontrolleurin für das Unternehmen ihres Mannes und in anderen ehrenamtlichen Tätigkeiten nachkommen. Wenn es nur zwei dieser Aktivitäten wären, wäre sie eine Meisterin des Zeitmanagements und der Effi zienz. Als Frau des 21. Jahrhunderts muss Emily jedoch die Aufklärung von drei Todesfällen in ihr multitaskingreiches Leben integrieren. Begleite Emily in „It Takes Two”, dem dritten Buch der Louisa-Daniel-Krimireihe, wie sie mit Hilfe ihrer Mutter Louisa eine rätselhafte Situation in der Freiwilligenarbeit aufklärt.
„Aufmerksamkeitsstarke Details, flüssige Prosa und interessante persönliche Nebenaspekte.”
– Library Journal (über „Social Graces”)
„Halls skurriler zweiter Krimi ist ein reichhaltiges Gericht.”
– Publishers’ Weekly (über „Nowhere Is Somewhere”)
PJ and Friends Say Nighty Night: Spanish Edition
0$3.99 – $20.99Inspirado por sus nietos, el libro de Laura “PJ y Amigos Dicen Buena Noches” lleva a los niños junto con PJ a despedirse de sus amigos en el rancho.
Las personas tienen rutinas para dormir, y si observas de cerca a los animales, verás que ellos también tienen una.
