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  The Valley Iris - A Lost Pharaoh...

  Lauren Lee Merewether

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  A forbidden love within a sacred village haunts her mind and troubles her future. 
  Even the vision granted to her from the goddess Hathor keeps Tey from the man she loves. Tey does not understand why her mother will not fight for her. She cannot see why his family does not accept her, until it is too late. 
  Is Tey doomed to live a life with someone else or with no one at all? Can she pick herself up in the darkness of the starlit night and seek her own happiness? ​ Find out in this coming-of-age drama set in the New Kingdom of Egypt. 
  The Valley Iris is the first prequel of Lauren Lee Merewether's debut series, The Lost Pharaoh Chronicles. The prequel collection continues with Wife of Ay and the series begins in book one, Salvation in the Sun. 
  "The Valley Iris relentlessly pulled me through its pages...truly riveting and mesmerizing!" - Jessica Barbosa for Readers' Favorite (★★★★★) 
  "...a heartwarming tale of struggle, love, deception, and resurrection." - Teresa Syms for Readers' Favorite (★★★★★) 
  "Merewether really captivates audiences in this unique story about coming of age, and what it would mean to do so during this fascinating ancient historical period...highly recommend The Valley Iris for any reader looking to get into this historical fiction period and those who already adore it." - K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite (★★★★★)

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  Restless Sea - A Medieval...

  Marina Pacheco

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  When the Pope calls, can a pious man survive dangerous seas to prove he performed a miracle? 
  Medieval England Spring, 998 AD. Brother Galen of Yarmwick is desperate to return to friend and family. So after the triumphal unveiling of the king’s gem encrusted Book of Hours, he’s ready to rush home. 
  But just as he thinks life will go back to normal, the Bishop of Crowland orders Galen to accompany him to Rome. Galen thought the journey to Lundenburh was gruelling. How will he face an epic voyage of thousands of miles? 
  Fortunately, he has his friend Brother Alcuin to support him. The first step of their journey is just a short voyage across the English Channel. What could possibly go wrong? 
  Will Galen and Alcuin weather the storms of a restless sea and make it safely to the other side? 
  Restless Sea is the fifth book in the compelling Life of Galen historical fiction series. If you like journeying to a distant age, slowly unravelling mysteries, and tales of friendship triumphing over adversity, then you’ll love Marina Pacheco’s immersive novel. 
  Listen to Restless Sea and sail away on an adventure today!

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  Local Honey

  Anonymous

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  Jim Yarrow, a wounded World War II vet, sees his luck change when he finds work as a police officer. He now thrives in his beloved hometown on the Merrimack River. Content with his job, his long-term friendships, and his wife and kids, he never expected the girl he loved in high school to reappear in his life. 
  Becky Bivens fled Riverbend, Massachusetts, in 1941, after her mother’s crimes were exposed. She’s lived a hardscrabble life ever since, and those struggles now help her understand her mother’s troubling choices. 
  In 1951, Becky returns, intent on building a simple produce stand on the land where she once lived. She intends to raise bees, sell honey, and restore her shattered life, while also helping other displaced women. 
  Riverbend, like many small towns, is entering a period of great economic expansion, while still recovering from a war that wreaked death and havoc on soldiers and families. However, the town’s growth comes with strict social rules and crippling class divisions. The war widows and homeless people who find refuge at Becky’s farm become social outcasts who face unsettling choices. Becky turns a blind eye to the "services" some of them offer as they squat on her property. 
  Local Honey is a story of America’s haves vs have-nots. It’s part love triangle, part class struggle, and part dreamy window into the lost New England of the 1950s. The backdrop includes seashore towns, rural farms, the gritty slums of Boston, and brief flashbacks of battlefields. 
  In a community that should be basking in the “winner’s aftermath” of a terrible war, all should be good for everyone. But it isn’t. 
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  Shawn P. McCarthy is a Massachusetts-based author who explores the history of New England’s mountains, lakes, rivers, and seashores.

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  Clarissa Harlowe Volume 3

  Samuel Richardson

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  Clarissa’s plight intensifies as her family’s relentless pressure to marry Mr. Solmes clashes with her growing attachment to Lovelace. Seeking independence, she resists their manipulation, only to find herself increasingly entangled in Lovelace’s deceitful schemes. Richardson delves deeper into themes of virtue, autonomy, and the societal constraints on women, highlighting Clarissa’s resilience amid emotional turmoil. Through her letters, the novel captures her inner struggles, moral fortitude, and the tension between familial duty and personal freedom. This volume builds suspense, emphasizing the fragility of trust and the consequences of unchecked ambition.

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  The Forsaken and the Dead - The...

  Sidney Thompson

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  Books 1 & 2 of the Bass Reeves Trilogy adapted for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves 
   
   
   
  All heroes have fatal flaws and a moment of defining hubris, but few rise from the ashes to achieve greater heights. In 1884 Deputy US Marshal Bass Reeves was arrested for murder and placed among his own prisoners in Hell on the Border, the infamous federal jail in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was the single greatest setback of his illustrious career, but it wouldn't be his last mistake or trial by fire. 
   
   
   
  In The Forsaken and the Dead we meet Reeves again. In the 1890s, past his prime, Reeves proceeds through the valleys and shadows of Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Despite his caution and innovations as a lawman and detective, his nation no longer seems a product of his own making—so much like his children and his marriage to Jennie. While a modern world implodes around him and demons from his past continue to haunt his present, he remains resolute in his faith that he can be a steady rider on a pale horse.

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  Flight of the Wild Swan

  Melissa Pritchard

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  A majestic novel of Florence Nightingale, whose courage, self-confidence, and resilience transformed nursing and the role of women in medicine 
   
   
   
  Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend. From adolescence, Nightingale was determined to fulfill her life's calling to serve the sick and suffering. Overcoming Victorian hierarchies, familial expectations, patriarchal resistance, and her own illness, she used her hard-won acclaim as a battlefield nurse to bring the profession out of its shadowy, disreputable status and elevate nursing to a skilled practice and compassionate art. 
   
   
   
  In lush, lyrical detail, Melissa Pritchard reveals Nightingale as a rebel who wouldn't relent—one whose extraordinary life offers a grand lesson in inspired will.

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