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EDEN: A Novel : W. A. Schwartz
Dark secrets and psychological suspense unfold over a half-century in the lives of a deeply troubled yet tightly woven Louisiana family.
It’s been thirty years since Evelyn Yates’s sister disappeared mysteriously from their home in tiny rural Eden, Louisiana, and twenty since Evelyn fled Louisiana to escape the demons of her past. When a body is discovered on the grounds of her childhood home, Evelyn is forced to make an impossible choice. Returning to Eden means facing her fears that something sinister awaits, perhaps something she is unable to remember. Her fragile internal world is suddenly threatened with collapse by this discovery and the pressure to return home to help identify the remains.
The discovery of the body sets in motion a series of events leading inevitably to the uncovering of secrets dating back multiple generations; terrible events that may involve the entire town of Eden. As Evelyn pursues the answers to the mysteries presented she finds her sanity, her life, and the life of her daughter threatened. She must face truths more terrible than she could have imagined. Ultimately she must peel back the layers of her own consciousness, face her memories, and delve deeper into painful questions about her sister, and finally herself.
Set against a background thick and sensuous with Southern beauty and imagery—the live oak and Spanish moss and cypress swamps play roles nearly as big as the characters themselves—the book explores the devastating nature of secrets as a silent conspiracy between generations and the ultimate power of love to overcome. Told in W.A. Schwartz’s elegant, witty prose, EDEN is at once a sweeping family saga, a compelling mystery, and the story of one woman’s heart-breaking and yet triumphant personal journey.
What readers are saying about EDEN: A Novel
Mesmerizing tale…gripping throughout! As a native of Louisiana, I found this author described the commonplace, unexceptional view of my world as a magical, mysterious place. A treasure trove of characters, some too familiar. Goodreads Reviewer Five Stars
An intelligent, fast-paced thriller with well-drawn sympathetic, flawed characters and authentic southern Louisiana atmosphere. A great read-into-late night novel. Goodreads Reviewer Five Stars
The characters are well written, their misery and fears overwhelming. Lots of surprises and twists. Well done! Goodreads Reviewer Five Stars
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Cadre Kids: Larceny : Mary Mulligan
An action-adventure where the decision to defend the right to homeschool children thrusts carefree-ghost-hunting teens into national headlines.
As plot twists ensue, the question remains: is public school prison?
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Daemon Rising : John William
Ramfiram: Imlod Nir is a young man caught up in a resurging conflict between primordial forces. Apprenticed to his sister – the self-styled Queen of Earth – in the dark art of necromancy, he hunts the wilds beyond the city of Ramfiram for those who would deny her rule. But with each passing day, he becomes less sure of his role and more unable to cope with his past deeds. Is he destined to play the pawn in his sister’s game until the end, or does fate have something else in store?
DoomBringer: Dragan Saedus is a bastard prince who cares nothing for thrones, desiring only glorious battle. As a peerless warrior and famed slayer of supernatural foes, he laughs at danger and answers to no one except his mother: a fanatical witch plotting to crush the West beneath her heel. Yet as the cost of retaining his dreadful power grows steeper than ever before, the DoomBringer has a decision to make. Will he stay on the path that shaped him into a living legend, or might he be drawn to another calling?
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The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol : Mark M. Even
What if you could escape reality and venture into a world to live out your own fantasy?
Three young cousins discover they descend from a powerful wizard, and activate an enchanted parasol that transports them to a fantasy world where they discover their magical abilities.
When one of the cousins inadvertently releases an evil lizard sorceress from a magical prison, the cousins must band together and battle the sorceress to save the parasol, their wizard ancestor, and their own families.
Mom’s Choice Award Recipient.
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After Yoga : EJ Carlucci
For a young barista struggling with student loans, with little hope of ever paying them off, an offer of a huge amount of money for a few hours work is too tempting, even though she cannot know exactly what the gig will entail.
But suddenly, it becomes a forcibly compelled, unavoidable and surprising voyage of discovery, penetrating the depths of her own potential for profound pleasure, passion, and desire, that she couldn’t possibly have previously imagined.
Completely helpless throughout her unexpected sensual and physical ordeal, come along with her, as her initial humiliation and terror gradually but ultimately transform into a new-found lust for life and love, gifting her with new friends and opening up vast new possibilities of a brighter future.
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Belial’s Teachings : Vlad Tudosie
Living alone and forgotten by almost all those he loved, life does not seem to have much in store for a depressed writer. That, until one day when a mysterious entity from outside the physical world decides to show him new ways of thinking, through intelligent and sometimes humorous observations that challenge the status quo, which will bring change to his life forever. A change that, as he will soon learn, comes first and foremost from within himself.
The Arc of Dacicus : Charles Edward Williams
Years of provocation and deception have incited the Emperor Trajan to restore the honour of Rome on the eastern frontiers of the empire.
Shameful memories of past humiliations from broken treaties and the dishonourable losses of Roman legions compels the emperor to subdue the frontier territories and to impose Roman hegemony.
Senior Tribune Cletus steadily elevated by battlefield actions of bravery and courage through the Legion Gemina ranks finds his allegiances tested as he climbs the ladder of power during the arc of the expansionary campaign.
The Dacian Enigma by Charles Edward Williams is also on Whizbuzz Books.
Snowchute : NH Bruce
London biographer, Harry Holden, has never found love. As a book clerk writing biographies of famous naval officers, his sporadic quests for love are epic failures. But now he confronts the mysteries of romance when stranded in a remote Colorado ski town, working on the biography of Columbian pop star, Ricki Heart.
Ricki’s natural magnetism and insatiable love of women lands him in hot water, and poor Harry attempts to unravel the tangles of love gone awry with a man too chivalrous for his own good. After surviving avalanches, overzealous resort workers, and paparazzi, surely he can navigate a simple case of love at first sight.
Will Harry rescue his employer from the prison of fame, or will he fall victim to the drama permeating the mountain town of Snowchute?
Fear Me Now: The War Annex : Christopher Williams
This is a special edition of Fear Me Now. It includes a bonus additional chapter at the end entitled “The War Annex”.
“We were just little kids on our way to school that morning, ‘Why were they trying to kill us?’ I thought as the bullets continued to ricochet off the side of the bus. Then the glass shattered…
Set during the black conscious era of the early 90’s, in historic West End, Atlanta, the story depicts a Morehouse College student’s struggle with the painful reflections of the racism he’s faced in his youth, the daily challenges of manhood, and a new sense of enlightenment, power, and divine destiny. Raw, dark, and written from the eyes of a rebellious young black male, this story is unforgettable and provokes feelings of fear and anger…
Forget about the Black Lives Matter Movement. The African-American community has a new hero: Crenshaw Dimes.
Fear Me Now, The Devil’s Eclipse and The Bounty: A Poet on the Run by Christopher Williams are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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Between Heaven & Hell: Genesis : Brandon M Davis
In this fantasy sci-fi story, a group of men and women known as the Guardians have been charged with protecting humanity as heaven and hell clash on earth.
Being assigned with this dangerous and stressful task, we see how these warriors deal with the horrid nature of their job all while balancing their life with their teammates and managing the trauma that shapes them. Shockingly, this time it’s not just demons that threaten mankind but angels lead by the arch Michael.
How can the Guardians protect humanity from the denizens of Hell and the sword of God himself?
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