No Such Thing
It was supposed to be a routine parent-teacher meeting on an unremarkable day. It turned into years of pain and disability. It also turned into years of learning, day after day, that there is no such… Read More »No Such Thing
The Shadow Decade
In the booming 1950s more people than ever can afford cars not to mention houses packed with the latest labour-saving appliances. But there’s a dark side to the decade. While serving with the U.N. forces… Read More »The Shadow Decade
Stalking Ava
Ava Mondragon loves her career as a fashion buyer for a high-end Colorado retailer. She’s married to the love of her life, Benjamin, a detective with the local police force. Together, they have one child,… Read More »Stalking Ava
The Kilminster Diaries
Just when everyone thought it was safe to return to the hospital wards at Kilminster Hospital in the west of England, misanthropist and curmudgeon Dr. Brian Standish is in prison for suspected homicide. Earlier, Brian,… Read More »The Kilminster Diaries
muddled, meager & messy
Marketing doesn’t fail because you’re bad it. It fails because it’s muddled, meager, messy and drowned in noise. After 40 years in marketing, Wendy Beth Moore has seen the same pattern derail businesses again and… Read More »muddled, meager & messy
Where Is My Sparkle?
Every child has a sparkle – a quiet, powerful light that shines in their own way. For some, it sparkles brightly through laughter, movement, or creativity. For others, it glows more softly – in patience,… Read More »Where Is My Sparkle?
The Ambassador’s Word
The central story of The Ambassador’s Word revolves around the courageous role played by the Canadian Ambassador to Peru, Anthony Vincent during a brazen well-coordinated and executed hostage taking at the Japanese Ambassador’s Residence in… Read More »The Ambassador’s Word
Shivers
Shivers is an outstanding collection of sixteen Canadian stories of the supernatural and the unexplained. Some of Canada’s best-loved authors have contributed to this compilation of classic and original tales. Some, like L.M. Montgomery’s “House… Read More »Shivers
Dementia Widow
The medical system took twelve years to reluctantly agree with Fay Martin that her husband was sliding into dementia. Even after he died three years later, people still questioned the diagnosis. This is a book… Read More »Dementia Widow
Out of Wedlock
In OUT OF WEDLOCK, Jess Freeman, a facial plastic surgeon who refashions the identities of others, knows little of his own identity. Who are his biological parents and could they be the source of his… Read More »Out of Wedlock
The Woman in Green
The narrator of THE WOMAN IN GREEN repeatedly insults his readers of 2050 and wishes he were instead addressing readers of 2025, when somewhat fewer were boneheads. Born under a curse at the exact moment… Read More »The Woman in Green
A Playbook for the Future of Work
There comes a time in every career when a change is required. Making this change can be challenging and confusing. This book is for people who are grappling with the challenges of staying employed, staying… Read More »A Playbook for the Future of Work
The Hardware
The Hardware: Leadership Tools and Tales is a memoir-like leadership fable envisioned by Michael Cloutier, a retired pharmaceuticals executive, and co-written by Randi Madonik Skurka. It addresses contemporary challenges by incorporating fictionalized personal anecdotes in… Read More »The Hardware
Persons Who Are Poems from High School
In Persons Who Are Poems from High School, linked narratives explore today’s ethics problems; problems that existed but seemed less important when I was in high school. I include as an ethics problem lack of… Read More »Persons Who Are Poems from High School
Holodomor
Imagine crime in a society where the biggest criminal is the state attempting to murder its citizens… 1930 Soviet Ukraine: Katya Karina Kharsova, secretary (and mistress) to Kreil Gromeko, commissar of Commerce and Industry in… Read More »Holodomor
Burdens to Bury
In a small college town in northern Alberta, there can be burdens to bury. What are the chances: two missing persons in a single day. And evidence of foul play – at least in one case…… Read More »Burdens to Bury
The Man with the Notable Face
June 1939: Hitler betrays Stalin and invades the Soviet Union. The “man of steel” falls apart and is incapable of issuing coherent orders. Appalled, the top generals decide that Stalin’s dereliction of duty is tantamount to treason. He is to be… Read More »The Man with the Notable Face
Finding the Right Words
“Finding the right words is a challenge. Over five decades I’ve tried to illuminate our struggle as Canadians to find ourselves in words we could feel were our own, from colonial doggerel to postmodern discourse.… Read More »Finding the Right Words
Shadows of Deceit
A romantic tropical getaway turns deadly when Private Investigator Hamilton St. James gets drawn into a real estate scam gone violently wrong• Teaming up with Costa Rica’s elite investigative unit, St. James uncovers a criminal… Read More »Shadows of Deceit
In the Frame
When the art world’s egos collide, no frame can contain the fallout When a high-profile gala fundraiser goes hilariously awry, the long-suffering staff of a Toronto art gallery scramble to save what remains of their… Read More »In the Frame
The Darkest Green
Ramona Baillie’s The Darkest Green is a dark, richly layered crime drama that explores the corrupt legacies of power, the consequences of moral compromise, and the fragile hope for redemption. Set in Houston, Texas, the novel interweaves… Read More »The Darkest Green
Banker’s Friend
“An accessible international whodunit with plenty of heart…. Readers will appreciate the straightforward prose and commuter-friendly pace as the narrative moves through varied landscapes, from rain-soaked Canadian streets to sun-drenched casino floors in Macau.” –… Read More »Banker’s Friend
Pixie, the Philosopher’s Cat
In Pixie, the Philosopher’s Cat, our Philosopher dialogues with her precious cat about one of her favorite books, which she has decided to read again to help enhance her own understanding of our complicated world.… Read More »Pixie, the Philosopher’s Cat
If It’s Shreveport, It Must Be Tuesday
It’s 2001 and technology startups are melting down faster than the polar ice caps, including the telecom company where Marilyn Carr had been employed for barely four months. With an eye-watering mortgage on her fixer-upper… Read More »If It’s Shreveport, It Must Be Tuesday
Becoming Janice
Newly arrived in London, bereft Janice is looking to fill the void left by her first lover, Ariel, and cautiously makes friends with Kobus. When he ruins their friendship, she escapes the tragic consequences by running… Read More »Becoming Janice
Take Off the Bubble Wrap
Take Off the Bubble Wrap is a powerful, eye-opening guide for parents, educators, and caregivers who want to raise strong, confident, and resilient children in a world that too often prioritizes comfort and safety over growth… Read More »Take Off the Bubble Wrap
Mending Broken Hearts
Infidelity is an issue that’s both complex and thorny. It can be painful to navigate and hard to resolve. Without resolution, couples may break up, or remain together, frozen in a pattern of blame, recrimination,… Read More »Mending Broken Hearts
Mia
As the beloved, hard-working general manager of a Major League Baseball team in California, “Baseball Wizard” Joe Ciotola has given his life to the sport but lost too much in the bargain. Single, childless, disillusioned… Read More »Mia
The Parisian Professor
It’s late winter, 2020, and Nick has been pulled out of the CIA’s Kabul office and sent to Paris for what sounds like a simple assignment. Posing as a graduate student at a local polytechnical… Read More »The Parisian Professor
Mr. Laurence, I Presume…
Inspired by Emily Brontë’s classic novel, Wuthering Heights, and the subsequent movie starring Sir Laurence Oliver, Mr. Laurence tells a story of perpetual romance, torture, acceptance, and the power of forgiveness. Eighteen-year-old Joe has taken a serious bump… Read More »Mr. Laurence, I Presume…
The Ninth Sphere
Native New Yorker Joe Caggiano moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s with a dream to make it big in the movie business. Instead, like millions of young hopefuls, he spent 30 years working in… Read More »The Ninth Sphere
Targeted Demographics
Joe Rossetti is a marketing guru, the very best in the business, and he has made a lot of money. But one night, standing at the bar at the Smokehouse Restaurant in Burbank, California, he… Read More »Targeted Demographics
Per Verse Vengeance
Hollywood. Las Vegas. Beverly Hills. A world of corrupt movie moguls, heartless kidnappers, and innocent girls sold into slavery by their own families. When wounded Kentucky-born beauty Nicole Tyler ditches her handlers in Las Vegas… Read More »Per Verse Vengeance
Hollywood Riptide
A seismic shift in Hollywood’s power structure occurred during the 1980s. Gone were the moguls and founding fathers of the motion picture industry — Jack L. Warner, Louis B. Mayer, Carl Laemmle, Samuel Goldwyn, and… Read More »Hollywood Riptide
Sofia
Joe is the successful screenwriter behind a series of blockbuster movies, but his personal life is in shambles. He hasn’t had a date in over eighteen years, and his relationship with the daughter he raised… Read More »Sofia
Miracle of the Rising Sun
Joseph Sciuto’s ninth novel, MIRACLE OF THE RISING SUN, is a riveting portrayal of a diverse group of individuals who have experienced life-changing trauma.Nick, a wartime reporter who, after ten years of covering wars, only… Read More »Miracle of the Rising Sun
Four of Our Finest
Joseph Fall was a survivor. He survived a horrific accident at age fourteen and the brain surgery that followed. He survived the Great War as a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service. He survived… Read More »Four of Our Finest
Head on Fire
Head on Fire explains why we need profound, urgent change – individually and collectively – and how we can achieve it. It is a life-changing book! As both Einstein and Gandhi recognized, fundamental change in attitude, aspirations,… Read More »Head on Fire
Rockin with the Bolders Books 1, 2 & 3
Journey with the AXE OF GOD as it fiercely battles to save ROCK MUSIC from impending extinction! Come ROCKIN with Albert Rowntree, Eddy & Raven Bolder and all their friends as they help save the… Read More »Rockin with the Bolders Books 1, 2 & 3
Rockin with the Bolders 3
Having saved ROCK MUSIC from its impending extinction and being the first band to perform on MARS, AXE OF GOD has returned to take on and devour rock music’s first AI band, THE DREAM MACHINE…… Read More »Rockin with the Bolders 3
A Death Most Cold
A small town college in northern Alberta can be chilling. One crisp winter morning the college’s domineering president, Vanessa Dworking, is found frozen behind the wheel of her Oldsmobile. Now to be sure, Ms. Dworking… Read More »A Death Most Cold