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  Elfin Hill The (Story Time...

  Hans Christian Andersen

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  A few large lizards were running nimbly about in the clefts of an old tree; they could understand one another very well, for they spoke the lizard language.
  “What a buzzing and a rumbling there is in the elfin hill,” said one of the lizards; “I have not been able to close my eyes for two nights on account of the noise; I might just as well have had the toothache, for that always keeps me awake.”

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  The Sport of the Gods

  Paul Laurence Dunbar

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  The Sport of the Gods is a novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1902, centered around urban black life. Forced to leave the South, a family falls apart amid the harsh realities of Northern inner city life in this 1902 examination of the forces that extinguish the dreams of African Americans. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  Billion Dollar Lie

  Linnea May

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  My ultimate goal is within reach—but first I need to make her mine. 
   
   
   
  I made it to the top, among the richest of the rich. But I have one more goal in my sights . . . to become a member of the illustrious Vanguard Society. Being a billionaire is not enough to join their ranks. I just need one thing to win their trust: A fiancée. 
   
   
   
  When Kat stumbles into me at an elite nightclub, I know that she is perfect for the job. She's beautiful, smart, and feisty—and totally off limits. But she's desperate. She needs me just as much as I need her. 
   
   
   
  One million dollars is all it takes to make her play along. She agrees to become my fake fiancée. My partner in crime. My plaything. The moment I'm alone with her, the urge to break her becomes overwhelming. 
   
   
   
  It's all a lie, a contract between us, just for as long as I need her. Hell will freeze over before I tie myself down to one woman. No matter how enticing my name sounds as it drips from her lips when she moans. 
   
   
   
  But Kat is not who I thought she was. And when things take a dangerous turn, I find myself in the risk of losing everything—including her. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  N O K - Next of Kin

  Bruce Ballister

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  Jason Saylor has returned to his hometown on the northern coast of Florida. Dubbed the Forgotten Coast by its developers and realtors, Jason has forgotten and left behind most of his past. The past, he learns, can catch up to you as old relationships and friendships are re-evaluated and tested. He’s been involuntarily furloughed from a successful career in investigative journalism, a career that threatened too many of Houston’s power elite. 
  Now that he’s home, he finds himself embroiled as a prime suspect in the case of missing coed, Lindsey Lawrence. His intention of spending the furlough writing a new series of euro-spy novels is interrupted, as he puts his skills to the test to clear his name against the advice of the Sheriff and his former best friend, now a local policeman. 
  Part of a foursome of friends from his high school days, he finds now that rekindling those friendships can be both helpful and hazardous to his freedom as he searches for either the missing girl’s abductor or worse, her corpse. Upon the recent death of her mother, Lindsey is an orphan and Saylor’s best hope is finding her next of kin, the only person who might have a claim on her considerable estate. Aiding Jason's search is Belle, Lindsey's roommate and the clerk at the family store. She soon becomes more than just a friend in need.

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  Will Poole's Island

  Tim Weed

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  New England, 1643. In a walled English village crouched at the edge of a wilderness believed to be haunted by monsters and devil-worshipping savages, Will Poole chafes against the constraints of Puritan society and is visited by strange hallucinations that fill him with unease. Hunting in the forest, he encounters Squamiset, an enigmatic native elder whose influence will open the door to possibilities well beyond the narrow existence his upbringing led him to expect. The meeting leads to a dangerous collision of worldviews, an epic sea voyage, and the making of an unforgettable friendship. Green Writers Press is thrilled to present new paperback and audio editions of Will Poole's Island, a novel of literary adventure, mystery, and wonder that offers readers of all ages an experience of early America that feels fresh and entirely relevant to our own times.

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  The Great Gatsby

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  The Great Gatsby is a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran who rents a house next to Gatsby's mansion and becomes friends with him. 
  The novel explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. Gatsby's lavish parties, his mysterious past, and his unrelenting desire to rekindle his romance with Daisy are central elements of the story. The novel critically examines the American society of the time, revealing the disparity between the rich and the poor, and the moral decay hidden beneath the glittering surface of wealth and glamour.

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