Historical Fiction, Real-Life Thriller And Lovable Characters To Round Out Your Reading List

Friday, March 1, 2019

Characters To Round OutYour ReadingList back in Gobles, Michigan, living in her “The Ticket” by Karen Schutte (Green Spring Publishing) (NAPSA)—Atouching account of a true American family, filled with ambition, promises,love, loss and a legacy of survival. Destined to a life of servitude, Karl Kessel, a turn-of-the-century German immigrant from Yugoslavia, receives an unex- pected gif ticket to America. Grasp- ing his dream, he dead grandma’trailer. She fears that ~ her new life as a a hotel maid, and as the best friend of a sub-rural call girl, has fulfilled some bleak fate. ButJuniper's preg- nancyalso ignites a will to create. Every hurt that she’s ever suffered begins to emerge as confrontational, public art. “Twine”celebrates a quietly radi- cal view of small-town life, ambition and motherhood. It’s the story of a leaves behindhis wife and twosons. In her debut historical novel, the first of a trilogy, Karen Schutte spins a compelling family story woven with rich historical detail. Her nuanced and unvarnishednarrative exposes the harsh realities oflife in the last century as the Kessels make their journey. Purchaseat young woman whoneeds no hero— “Better Dead Than Divorced” Lars, work with a search team that spe- https://karenschutte.com/product/the-ticket. by Lukas Konandreas (Hard Work Publications) “Better dead than divorced”responds a young wife to those who urge her to divorce her adulterous, manipulative and abusing husband, whoplansto kill her. She knows about his evil intentions andshe is urged to leave him. But her love, devotion and societal prejudice against divorced women make her ot eT) Bo stay. And dead she ends up by a commissioned —_assas- sin. Hercousin, a principled man,fights beyond his modest means in a cor- rupt system to get justice. The author delivers a real page-turner. Purchase at http://betterdeadthandivorced.com. “Twine: A Novel” by Monica Duncan (Wall & Emerson, Inc.) When Juniper Kowalski, a medio- cre artist and graduateofoneofthe best art schools in the country, gets preg- nant by her married lover, she ends up and what she does when he shows up anyway. Purchase at http://bitly/2LxoUHEF. “Pursuits Unknown” byEllen Clary (SparkPress) ‘Amyandher Kelpie-shepherd mix, cializes in findinglost people. Larsis no ordinary dog. He and Amy have a PURSUITS MATT telepathic connection that lets them communicate and increase their suc- cess rate. When the two are tasked with finding a miss- ing scientist, they discover him suf- UOT) fring from an Alzheimer’s-like disorder “disorientation? and quickly realize this is not a typicalcase. Instead, this assignment appears to be an attemptto steal the man’s highly sensitive research on nanotechnology— which, in the wrong hands, could be used to wipe out “undesirables” from their overpopulated world. Forced to go undercover to seek out the truth, Amy will have to confront—and surpass— her ownlimitations. Purchaseat https://amzn.to/2FZJCeX. BookBites is a continuing series bring- ing readers information and ideas for their next read. For more reading ideas, visit BookTrib.com, where readers and writers meet, and subscribe to the weekly newsletter.

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