Amelia Was Here by Arlene Westermeyer<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unexpectedly forced to land her aeroplane in a small southern town, Amelia Earhart quickly discovers that most folks admire her, but a few <\/span>people<\/span> want to hold her for ransom! (Due to severe weather, Amelia Earhart landed her aeroplane in my hometown of Gaffney, SC, in July 1930. The rest of the story is fiction.) I have obtained a license to use Miss Earhart’s name from CMG Worldwide, which handles the intellectual property rights for her family.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Song Unsung by Elise Free<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

When Charlie’s dad left her life at the tender age of five, her love of singing country music went with him. And when he walks into her honky tonk 20 years later, she’s determined to find out how a dad could leave his daughter. With her identity a secret, Charlie joins her father’s band and goes on the road to manage their motley crew and uncover the mystery behind his absence. But she finds something else she lost all those years ago: her own voice:<\/span><\/p>\n

In Wonderland by Summer Starrs<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

14-year-old Alice experiences Wonderland Junior High School for the first time through the eyes of a long-time home-schooled girl, only to learn about a secret order to the chaos that runs the school. Alice struggles to understand this outside world away from her sheltered home but soon realizes the inevitable actions she must take that would force her to lose her innocence to survive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lil Surfer Girl by Lena Rudnick<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

A horrendously embarrassing viral video gives Jo, an overweight teenage girl, the opportunity to attend TV idol Terry Bethesda’s Camp Focus and transform herself into a butterfly with all of the World watching pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Magnus by Ayesha Nizhoni<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Set in 1983, MAGNUS is the story of frustrated TV reporter Gloria Magnus, whose life is upended when she receives a mysterious letter, setting off a chain of events that find her on a quest for justice in the face of overwhelming police corruption and gang brutality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Motivation by Sonya Davis<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Two former friends become arch-rivals after one succumbs to corruption in a city jail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pilot Whale Fog by Bonnie Carini<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Two broken families, one from Hawaii and the other from the Faroe Islands, where most of the story occurs, are brought together by tragedy and music. Still, their cultural beliefs keep them in conflict until a pilot whale unifies them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Path to Virtue by Catherine Friday<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Maddy Baker is stuck in her personal and professional lives. In addition, the mysterious song she’s had stuck in her head since she can remember is on a loop and driving her crazy. One day, her BFF Liz invites her to the opera, and lo and behold, she hears “her” song. It triggers a journey back to another lifetime, to Revolutionary France. At first, she thinks she’s in some weird dream, as most people she knows in the present also exist in the past. She doesn’t count on meeting Jean-Loup, a romantic painter in an increasingly chaotic world, as the Reign of Terror is established against the “enemies” of the fledging Republic. Maddy realizes she is getting a second chance to redeem herself from this life as a frivolous courtesan and finds herself on a hazardous journey where she encounters true love and self-fulfilment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thirst by Mary Wescott and Zeke Anders<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

After war and famine, an orphan discovers the artificial sky island created to protect life is draining Earth’s remaining water for the elite; now, she must salvage what little remains to save all of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Walk With Me by Isabel del Rosal<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

As a young mother faces the heart-wrenching difficulty of leaving her husband, she falls in love with another woman.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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