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Our Promise

We know how many books you have to choose from, and how little time you likely have to enjoy all your selections. That’s why we strive to—promise to—publish books that are good reads, that have appeal—each in its own way for the compelling stories, characters you can relate to or learn from, and narratives that make you relish the act of reading. All our titles are readily available at fine bookstores across the country—or can be ordered through them—so look for them on the shelves or put in a request! And do let us know what you think!

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First Chapters


Want a taste of our good reads? Just click on the titles below for PDF versions of the first two chapters!

Marc Estrin's The Lamentations of Julius Marantz

Stephen Evans' The Marriage of True Minds

Margaret Cezair-Thompson's The Pirate's Daughter

Jack Fuller's Abbeville

Michael Pritchett's The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis

Pamela Thompson's Every Past Thing

Tara Yellen's After Hours at the Almost Home

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Reading Guides

Elise Blackwell's The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish

Margaret Cezair-Thompson's The Pirate's Daughter

William Cobb’s Goodnight, Texas

Susann Cokal’s Breath and Bones

M. Allen Cunningham’s The Green Age of Asher Witherow

Marc Estrin’s The Education of Arnold Hitler

Marc Estrin’s Golem Song

Marc Estrin’s Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa

Marc Estrin's The Lamentations of Julius Marantz

Stephen Evans' The Marriage of True Minds

Edward Falco’s Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha: New and Selected Stories

Edward Falco’s Wolf Point

Jack Fuller's Abbeville

Lise Haines’ small acts of sex and electricity

Masha Hamilton’s The Distance Between Us

Lamar Herrin’s House of the Deaf

Lamar Herrin’s Romancing Spain

Candida Lawrence’s Fear Itself

Layne Maheu’s Song of the Crow

Mireille Marokvia’s Sins of the Innocent

Michael Mewshaw’s If You Could See Me Now

Deborah Noyes’ Angel and Apostle

Andrea Portes' HICK

Michael Pritchett's The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis

Elisabeth Payne Rosen's Hallam's War

Frederick Reuss’s Mohr: A Novel

Timothy Schaffert's Devils in the Sugar Shop

Timothy Schaffert’s The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God

Pamela Thompson's Every Past Thing

Carolyn Turgeon’s Rain Village

Tara Yellen's After Hours at the Almost Home

Nancy Zafris’s Lucky Strike

Lloyd Zimpel’s A Season of Fire and Ice

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Newsletter


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