There could be no doubt. She read it multiple times. The note had said it all and yet, it said nothing. Never did she think that her heart could feel pain such as this. Plans had been made. He was her rock. He had been there since she was five. Growing up and sharing dreams, […]
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Someplace Like Home, a mother and daughter in Appalachia unpack the traumas of the past in a powerful and reflective novel about family, healing, and moving on.
In October 1979, six years after suffering the loss of Beth, her dear friend and sister-in-law, to enemy mortar fire near the village of Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam, Kat Hunter began to question everything about her traditional life. With a backdrop of the 1970s feminist movement and the final years of the Vietnam War, Kat decides […]
Scissors, Paper, Rock delves into the complexities of human relationships, identity, and the search for self-discovery.
Rooted in Sunrise is a story of learning to change and, in the process, discovering what is most important.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? On my table, I will have copies of RICKY & OTHER LOVE STORIES, copies of my first book BIG BAD (if Joseph-Beth allows me to also feature a previous title), RICKY and BIG BAD postcards, bookmarks, and stickers, as well as some fun “love story” […]
In the fifth book in the "John Ross Boomer Lit" series, John Ross is out of excuses for skipping his 50th high school class reunion that his daughter arranged for him to attend as a gift. So it’s off to Ohio for a gathering of Riley High School seniors from the class of 1968.
Winner of the Etchings Press Book Prize, Pineville Trace follows a former Southern revival preacher and confidence man on his escape from prison eventually confronting his past and seeking redemption amidst the wilderness.
His third book, Once These Hills begins in 1898 on Black Boar Mountain in eastern Kentucky and follows Lydia King from her discovery of an ancient, preserved body, through love and marriage, to her attempts to reverse the curse of the bog body.
Of Fathers & Gods opens a window into the most primal elements of the human condition and shows us how, try as we might, we can never fully escape the bonds of parent and child.
No Better Time is a story of the 6888 Postal Directory Battalion, a unit comprised entirely of women of color and the only unit of its type to serve in Europe during WWII.
Josh Boldt writes crime fiction and mystery novels set in the American South. For fans of his prior novels, Moneymaker offers a glimpse into the early years of a familiar character in Mack Abbott in this gripping tale of intrigue and suspense.