When fat civil rights activist Gabby Medeiros's supersized boyfriend decides to lose weight, he unwittingly forms a fissure in their relationship. Can their relationship survive? As a fat acceptance warrior, Gabby necessarily rejects dieting as unhealthy and counterproductive. A telephone bill collector by day, she spends two evenings a week doing what she really loves: pontificating from her position at the local radio station about the evils of the diet industry and a society that shames those who don't fill out the proper dimensions. Though people sometimes snicker at the cause she holds so dear, fat acceptance is very serious …

Like Schopenhauer’s porcupines, we rush together because we are chilly and rush apart because we are prickly. It is 20 years since Wanda’s husband threw himself off the top floor landing of their house in Primrose Hill. Hers is a story of abandonment. In 1939, she lost her mother at the railway station as the family fought its way onto the last train out of Warsaw. She has spent her life determined never to let go of anything again. Her husband’s presence has been resurrected in a shrine out on the landing, with his shoes left in the same spot …

This fictional autobiography of a bright, but introverted and slightly insecure Henry Lawson begins at a young age when he hears strange voices, which at first he does not recognize. He attributes one voice to Sable Shadow, a confidant of the devil, and the other to The Presence, possibly a representative of God. His life becomes a "sort of board game" for these powerful contestants. In high school, Henry is introduced to the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre, and he begins to see life in existential terms, though this does not infringe on his rudimentary Christian beliefs. Upon Henry’s entry into …

Maria’s young life is shattered when she finds her boyfriend in the arms of another girl, and then catches her father amorously engaged with a secretary in his office. Devastated, Maria and her mother decide to move away. Beginning fresh in a new town, Maria’s life soon becomes tumultuous and emotional. She quickly meets Jake, a local boy, and a new friend named Conce. Passions develop between Jake and Maria, and for the first time in a long while she believes she has found happiness. Then Maria receives a strange visitor who will shape Maria, Jake and Conce’s lives forever. …

Ruthless people abduct Linda Moreland from a Manhattan street corner in broad daylight. She is the single mother of a five-year-old boy with a liver disorder. They take her to a deserted building and inject her with a powerful drug before interrogating her. Concluding they have the wrong person, Linda’s abductors realize others could make the same mistake and kidnap her son. While her mind is in a vulnerable state, they resort to using a hypnotic suggestion for strengthening her convictions to get her to comply with their demands. When releasing her, she’s informed they have her son, and to …

Lucifer’s Sketchbook is the five-decade-long autobiography of Jennifer Svensen, a troubled child who turns into an angry teenager, provocative and controversial supermodel, and glamorous fashion house owner and designer. She battles lost love, guilt, and remorse due to a regretful past, as she struggles to navigate her life onto safer paths.Jennifer was born in Norway in 1966 to an acclaimed international supermodel and a mediocre musician. The result of a one night stand, her parents tie the knot in an attempt to save face, but soon discover that family and the local media are unforgiving. They escape to America. Raised …

U.S. Senator Tom Graves’s proposal to legalize drugs creates a backlash from the religious right, whose opposition is unwittingly organized and funded by Carlos Renner, one of Washington’s many power brokers.The opposition takes a deadly turn when a zealot detonates an explosive during the first hearing on the proposal and Graves is hospitalized. During his recovery, he meets Dr. Victoria Bennett, a woman with a complicated past. Unaware of her background, they become involved. When tragedy later strikes, Graves resorts to his combat experience in Iraq to track down her murderer, who has fled to Rio.Captured by a drug lord, …

Christine, a lonely, sexually inhibited woman, gets involved in the world of corporate prostitution, where she joins a crusade against a white slaving corporation. All this and more plays out in the stunning new novel What Price Modesty? Ian Stratford, a hotel magnate, becomes her employer. While in Scotland, Christine meets her employer’s family and learns of plans to develop the Kentallen Castle into a tourist hotel. Taken to an old hunting lodge in the Scottish highlands as a companion to a former victim of white slavers, Christine finds herself in danger, as the slavers try to discover if the …

Elliot Major accepts an assignment from the Inex Pharmaceutical Corporation in Dubai to impersonate Robert Sinclair, an incapacitated rogue scientist in their employ. His must find out from Robert’s new friend, Helen Burford in Lausanne, if Robert had given her any information on an Inex Yellowstone program. When Helen meets Elliot, she is unaware he is posing as Robert. She confirms that he previously spoke to her about Yellowstone and that he was getting proof that people died during their experiments. Elliot falls in love with Helen and feels guilty about the deception, but before he can explain the ruse, …

This stunning novel of international mystery and intrigue presents a prime whodunit, as it takes readers on a danger-filled journey around the world. The four main characters are Paris-based freelance journalist Paul Wills, his friend Graham Curtis, girlfriend Mary Rao, and the beautiful mystery woman Kalitza, whom he meets on trips to Hong Kong and in Europe. Who is this woman and why does trouble seem to follow her wherever she goes? Bomb plots, spies, and marriage are in store for the unsuspecting Paul. When Graham’s wife is murdered, he gradually overcomes his grief with the help of his friends. …

Love Beyond War is the sequel to Love Transcends War. Inspired by true stories, this book continues the adventures of three generations of a family torn apart by war. Bob, the hero of the first book, was seriously injured at Pearl Harbor and is still trying to put his life back together. Lingering amnesia still haunts him. He undergoes occasional flashbacks, although most of his life over the last three decades in Hawaii has been fulfilling. He and his beloved late wife, Ming, had four children, who also deal with challenges. With the Vietnam War raging, readers meet Matthew, the …