Prodigious Savant by JJ White will be lowered from $3.99 down to $0.99 on Amazon and Barnes and Noble for a limited promotion, tomorrow, 6/14/2016.
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NEW RELEASE!!! The Mama Tree by Trisha O’Keefe is the third in the Southwest Georgia series. A mystery/thriller set in a small town with big issues, stretching like branches…
The Mama Tree lives in the Thicket, a place so wild it hides all kinds of creatures who don’t want to be seen. Prayer bundles and gris-gris bags dangle from its matronly branches like ornaments on a mother goddess. It has hidden Kenya and her disfigured face until, healed by the loving care of her grandmother, she emerges again, morphed into Chantal West, the sexy R&B Princess of Memphis.
Her triumph is shattered when the body of her childhood friend Holly Simpson is found in a dumpster. Could the fresh tattoo on the body possibly lead them to her killer? Kenya has hit many bumps on the road of life, and even some ditches, but there are no air bags for this ride.
Detective Grover Moss knows in one millisecond that this crazy, beautiful woman is the love he’s been looking for, and that she will be the next victim unless he finds him first.
The first was Hanahatchee, Deer Hawk Publications, 2012
The second, Lovesong of the Chinaberry Man, Black Opal Books, 2015.
As an anthropology student many years ago, Trisha O’Keefe became aware of the past’s potential for mystery. “Until an instructor remarked that some of my student papers sounded more like novels,” O’Keefe says. In response to her mother’s question, “All that’s interesting but what are you going to do for a living?” the author taught school. “Or they taught me,” she says. “I’m a perfect example of history repeating itself. As one of those exasperating children always asking ‘why?’ I ‘m faced with an entire classroom full of them every day.” O’Keefe lives in Georgia where she teaches and, of course, writes mysteries.
Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency Published by Black Opal Books
The Avignon Legacy, Daniel C. Lorti Midwest Book Review /The Fiction Shelf/ Small Press Bookwatch: June 2016
The Avignon Legacy
Daniel C. Lorti
W & B Publishers Inc.
www.a-argusbooks.com
www.danielclorti.com
9781942981459, $17.99
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Synopsis: When Pope Gregory XI abruptly decides to move the Papacy back to Rome in 1377, chaos and rebellion descends upon both Avignon and the Papal States in Italy. The Rome-based Pope’s foes and critics are everywhere and any shipment of the papal treasury from Avignon to the Vatican is at risk. An ingenious location is devised by Sir Jean Termonde, a heroic knight, to secure the treasure from discovery until it can be transferred to Rome. The papal treasure never arrived at the Vatican, and the legend of the lost gold and jewels has grown over the centuries.
Rare book dealer Jim Pierce’s expertise is in tracking down and retrieving old volumes coveted by well-heeled clients. He has little interest in the French Middle Ages until two armed thugs enter his bookstore demanding an ancient 14th-century volume on the Avignon Papacy that mentions the Church’s treasury. They are killed thanks to Pierce’s precautionary measures. When he receives an offer of $5 million from the legendary billionaire recluse John W. Baxter, to steal a 14thcentury volume from the Vatican Secret Archives, his interest is piqued leading him to wonder if Baxter wants the volume or if the contents are related to the treasure. So Pierce sets out to attempt two thefts: the volume from the Vatican, and the treasure from Avignon. That’s when he discovers the French and the British police are on Baxter’s heels who is, in turn, after him.
Critique: An extraordinary and original novel, The Avignon Legacy documents author Daniel C. Lorti as an exceptionally gifted author with an impressive set of storytelling skills. A compelling and consistently entertaining read from beginning to end, The Avignon Legacy is the stuff from which block-buster Hollywood movies are made. While very highly recommended for community library General Fiction collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that it is also available in a Kindle edition ($3.99).
A 5 Star review for The Avignon Legacy by Daniel C. Lorti
A fascinating tale – from the 14th century to present day. http://jaquo.com/the-avignon-legacy/
Argus authors featured in the NYT June 5, NY Times Book Review, p. 19
Caroline Giammanco’s Bank Notes: The True Story of the Boonie Hat Bandit
Robert Hirsch’s Promise of the Black Monks
The shadow of Abe Lincoln disappears in the catastrophic race riot shattering the Springfield, Illinois community in 1908. Despite the model of a harmonious community, a labor strike in the mines pitted blacks against whites. A lone man seeking revenge seizes the moment, raging a war against the Carter family. The cauldron of racial hatred leads to the destruction of two black communities, claiming seven lives. Hollis Carter escapes. He begins a journey of social justice; one that continues on in his children and grandchildren.
The Carter legacy becomes an organization, covert and lethal, in 1956 Chicago. The Amos family uses the organization to save a young black man from murder, as they fight injustices not tackled in courtrooms. It is this same organization that saves four black voter registration workers and a lone white freedom rider who fall into a deadly KKK ambush in 1969 Mississippi.
Amos Carter’s great-granddaughter and her husband, two survivors of the bloody Mississippi Voter Registration Drive, recall the pain and celebrate the victory during the historic inauguration of the first African-American president of the United States.
Joan Early developed a love of books while growing up in rural Mississippi. Reading was her prime entertainment throughout childhood. Later, she chronicled her family’s history in stories told by ethnically diverse ancestors and expressed her feelings through song lyrics and poetry.
Early’s professional writing career began in 2003 when her short story entry won first place in Ebony Magazine’s literary contest. She continued writing historical fiction and family sagas, but changed to contemporary romance. Her published works include: Sara’s Reward (New Concepts Publishing, 2007), Look Both Ways and Fireflies (Genesis Press, 2009), Oak Bluffs and Friends in Need (Genesis Press, 2010) and Separate Dreams (Genesis Press, 2011). Joan’s first novel, Legacy (First Books, 2002) remains a favorite with book clubs, and was followed by: Night Sweats (New Concepts Publishing, 2012), A Tangled Web and Heartstrings (New Concepts Publishing, 2015). She returns to her first love of historic fiction and family saga in The Other Two-Fifths. Joan and her husband live outside of Beaumont, Texas, where she continues writing, attends writer’s conferences, and enjoys entering literary contests.
Published by Argus Publishing
Stephen Doster’s documentary about St. Simons, Saint Simons 360, is now available in DVD and streaming format on Amazon, and at the following St. Simons outlets: GJ Ford, the Coastal Historical Society by the lighthouse, and One of a Kind in the village. Overview
Here are the links for Saint Simons 360: Amazon DVD Amazon Streaming
Although we did not place in the wins this year, all the LLA authors nominated were superstars!
Buzz Bernard’s four books and John House’s Trail of Deceit Linda Case’ The Fugitive’s Sister
Linda Case, Jeanie Loiacono, Shannon Gober Linda holding her memoir
Linda Case and Jeanie Loiacono Laura Pantelakis, Jeanie’s daughter/graphic artist
John House, Jeanie Loiacono, Pam House Chris and Buzz Bernard
John and Pam House Holly McClure and Jack Gonzales
Atlanta Writer’s Club members
Robert Hirsch, author of Contrition and Promise of the Black Monks series, on WXXV 25
http://www.wxxv25.com/2016/06/06/promise-black-monks/
