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.
The Mocha Skin That Shattered The Mirror
0$3.99 – $13.99The Mocha Skin that Shattered the Mirror, is an inspiring children’s book that interrupts the thinking-that dark skin is ugly. It teaches mocha girls that loving oneself is the way to unravel true beauty! Self-esteem, image, confidence, and uniqueness are all the attributes that a mocha girl will need to love herself despite what the world thinks!
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.
Saving The Karamazovs
0$3.99 – $15.99Set in the unstable business world of the 1990 Gulf War, Saving the Karamazovs tells the story of three brothers whose good intentions and dysfunctions pull their family into an ugly war of its own. Twenty years after a heroic but bloody tour in Vietnam, Jeff Bascomb fails to protect the people who depend on him. A financial scandal puts his company in jeopardy, he and his wife stand to lose millions, his parents may lose their retirement, and his employees will lose their livelihoods. His dependable older brother, Kevin, is now mired in poor health and depression, and his only advice is to call their youngest brother Jerry away from a lucrative Wall Street job, back to L.A. to become the company’s interim CEO. Jeff and Jerry have warred their entire lives for Kevin’s affection, but agree to a truce for the family’s sake. Jerry is a diplomatic negotiator, keen money expert, and a brilliant manager, the perfect man for the job, until he falls in love with Jeff’s mistress, Helen. The secrets Helen reveals about their family places the company on the front lines of a battle that could hurt each and every one of them beyond repair.
The Singing Princess
0$3.99 – $16.99The Singing Princess is a book about a young and beautiful princess named Polly. Polly loves to sing and lives in a castle with her mother. She had such a beautiful voice that she decided to enter a competition in Sturton. On the way to the competition, she runs into a lot of new friends. She meets a toad, an owl, and a boy. She also must escape the wicked witch of the forest. Polly and her new friends travel through the forest and must overcome many obstacles along the way. Polly is confident that with their help, she can defeat the witch and win the competition.
