Fiction

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A Haunting Fog

Heidi Martin Washburn of Union, Maine

Madelyn Davis, a journalist for a small-town newspaper, falls into a slump and misses one too many deadlines. Placed on leave, she becomes a caregiver for an elderly summer resident with a tragic past. Her promise to search for the truth in a decades-old mystery uncovers more questions than answers. Madelyn learns that truth is not always what it seems.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 270 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-256-7 $16.95

Heidi Martin Washburn is a retired elementary school teacher whose ancestors were Maine’s earliest settlers. After forty years away, she came home and jumped into the “deep end” of fiction writing one winter when the days were cold and the nights were long. She lives in Union with her husband, Terry, and their rescue dog, Kasey.

Household

Deborah Gould of Brunswick & Mt. Vernon, Maine

“The first time it happened,” I said, “I nearly choked on my surprise.” So begins Margaret Wilson’s telling of a relationship gone awry. Combine domestic danger (present) and safety (past) with a rich description of the landscape they share—an old farmhouse in Maine—and Household becomes a narrative of tension and sweetness, a balance of abuse and refuge.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 253 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-257-4 $17.95

Deborah Gould has volunteered for two domestic violence agencies in Maine, facilitated support groups for women in abusive relationships, and served on the Board of Directors of the Family Violence Project. A founding member of the Cumberland Street Writers, she also belongs to a small, unprogrammed Quaker meeting.

Gould is a three-season resident of Brunswick and summers on Flying Pond in Mount Vernon.

The Eastern, Book One: The Early Years is available on page 26. The Eastern, Book Two: Later On is available on page 26.

“Rec’d Your Card…Thot You Was Dead” is available on page 30.

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Last Will & Punishment

Bruce A. Fleming of Medway, Maine

The lives of the Nolan family were rocked with the sudden death of one of their own. Now the reading of a will throws their world into even more chaos. Will it tear them apart for good or bring them closer together? Find out with the second book of the Milliken Mills series.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 244 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-251-2 $16.95

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Bruce A. Fleming grew up in the Katahdin Region of Maine without cable television and before the time of the internet. Needing a way to entertain himself, Bruce became a fan of continuing television dramas and cites the crazy, over-the-top stories of Dallas and Melrose Place as his favorites.

Pressing Matters is available on page 28.

Narrownook

Another Maine Mystery

Jane Harvey Meade of Bucksport, Maine

Twenty-five years after her classmate’s disappearance, Lanie Warren returns to Narrownook, Maine, and finds festering suspicions have splintered the close-knit coastal community. Soon after her arrival, a vicious murder, which has stayed hidden for a quarter of a century, becomes painfully exposed. Is Lanie the catalyst who causes the truth to unravel, or is it the new cop in town, Tyke Robinson, who has just arrived under false pretenses?

Hardcover with dust jacket, 6" x 9", 237 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-258-1 $29.95

In her “first life,” Jane Harvey Meade was an educator for 38 years, teaching in the states of Maine, New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Since retiring, she has published books in a variety of genres, which include a biography, two mystery novels, two spiritual memoirs, a dramatic novel about a woman’s struggle against abuse, and a book of poetry. Her eighth book, Narrownook, is her third mystery novel.

Glimpses is available on page 29. Piper’s Song is available on page 30.

The Season in Between is available on page 28. Something About the House is available on page 28.

The Summer of the Disco King is available on page 28. Whispers is available on page 29.

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We Demand

The Suffrage Road Trip

Anne B. Gass of Gray, Maine

In September 1915, four women leave San Francisco in an open car on a desperate and dangerous cross-country journey to Washington, DC, to demand an amendment to the United States Constitution enfranchising women.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 337 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-259-8 $15.95

Hardcover with dust jacket, 6" x 9", 337 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-261-1 $29.95

Anne B. Gass is the author of Voting Down the Rose: Florence Brooks Whitehouse and Maine’s Fight for Woman Suffrage, published in 2014, a book about her great-grandmother. She speaks regularly on women’s rights history at libraries, museums, senior colleges, high schools, and other venues. She retraced the 1915 road trip in 2015, blogging about it at www.suffrageroadtrip.blogspot.com.

Voting Down the Rose is available on page 26.

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Beyond Words

Rick Hobbs of Waterville, Maine

In Beyond Words, one of our greatest fears comes to pass. An environmental terrorist group, the Earth Prophets, gets its hands on a nuclear weapon. An untenable demand is made: Either the world eliminates carbon-based energy sources, or an unspecified American city will be destroyed. The race is on to find the device, and the key lies in improbable hands….

The Realm of Colliding Spirits is available on page 28.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 367 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-226-0 $22.95

Daughters of Long Reach

Irene M. Drago of Bath, Maine

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Drawn to its rich maritime history, Ellie and Ty Malone purchase a grand home in Bath, Maine, and discover the story of a prominent shipbuilding family who lived there in the 1800s. Daughters of Long Reach explores love and loss through the lens of families who are separated by time but connected by the rolling tides of the Kennebec River.

2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Winner, First NovelThe Maine Point is available on page 9.

Paperback, 5.5" x 8.5", 215 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-118-8 $16.95

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Forever

Geoffrey M. Cooper of Ogunquit, Maine

Brad Parker’s sabbatical in one of Harvard’s leading genomics laboratories is interrupted by a request from the FBI. Can he help them find a Chinese spy who’s stealing the lab’s secrets? The hunt takes Brad down a trail of treachery and murder that leads from Boston to the coast of southern Maine, where a killer lies in wait.

Bad Medicine is available on page 5.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 367 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-226-0 $22.95

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Hermit

The Mysterious Life of Jim Whyte

Jeffrey H. Ryan of South Portland, Maine

When Jim Whyte settled outside of Monson, Maine, in 1895, people were puzzled. A world traveler who spoke six languages fluently, Whyte arrived with sacks full of money and a fierce desire to keep to himself. Based on the true story, Hermit follows one man’s quest to discover the truth about Whyte’s incredible secret life before it’s too late.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 153 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-188-1 $17.95

Islands of Time

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Barbara Kent Lawrence of Camden, Maine

In 1958, fourteen-year-old summer visitor Rebecca Granger falls in love with Ben Bunker, the son of a fisherman, in Downeast Maine. After her father dies, she commits a sin (terrible at the time) that nearly destroys her. She hides in fantasies until, returning to Maine decades later, she struggles to come to terms with that past.

The Other Island: Ben’s Story is available on page 28.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 224 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-071-6 $16.95

The Maine Point

Irene M. Drago of Bath, Maine

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Anna Malone, a Maine screenwriter, meets a New York editor, Dan Leone, and discovers they’re related. Their grandmothers were cousins who left Bath in the 1930s to work in midtown Manhattan until their paths diverged—one became a Navy nurse and the other the owner of an iconic movie theater. The Maine Point illuminates their family’s journey home.

Daughters of Long Reach is available on page 8.

Paperback, 5.5" x 8.5", 310 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-213-0 $18.95

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Murder in the Maple Woods

Can a Riddle Be Solved in the Remote Sugar Camps of Maine?

Claire Ackroyd of Orono, Maine

A boy dies in the Maine woods. His death is judged an accident, but suspicions are raised.

Set in the remote maple sugar camps of northwestern Maine, the story unfolds around the maple syrup industry and its producers.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 181 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-230-7 $15.95

On Harbor’s Edge

Book One: 1912–1913

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Kate Hotchkiss of North Haven, Maine

When an unsuspecting bride gets into a boat one stormy day in 1912, Thaddeus takes her far out to sea to the end of Popplestone Isle. Harbor folk welcome Mildred with hopeful joy, but she discovers she must save the tiny fishing community from a near certain end. In her efforts to rescue the treasured harbor, Mildred risks losing everything.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 289 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-227-7 $18.95

Rookie Warden

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Kim Camery Millick of Falmouth, Maine

Catherine is one of the first women game wardens in the U.S. Her first year is fraught with danger, pinching poachers and working with wardens who aren’t thrilled to partner with her. Cat uses her wit and good judgment when firepower and brawn are not available, winning the hearts of those who put her to the test.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 217 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-165-2 $17.95

Secrets Haunt the Lobsters’ Sea

Charlene D’Avanzo of Yarmouth, Maine

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When a lobsterman’s body is found under his aquaculture raft, Maine oceanographer Mara Tusconi’s cousin Gordy is suspect number one. To investigate, Mara must visit isolated Macomek Island—Maine’s wild, wild west—where lobstermen practice their own rule of law.

2019 IPPY Awards, Silver Medalist

Demon Spirit, Devil Sea is available on page 28. Glass Eels, Shattered Sea is available on page 28.

Paperback, 5.25" x 8", 248 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-136-2 $16.95

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Sinking Dixie

J. G. Breerwood of Topsham, Maine

A hurricane destroys New Orleans in 2060 due to coastal erosion, and developers seek to rebuild it as a resort destination. Ridge and other defiant residents attempt to restore the city ruins, which are overrun by pirates, mercenaries, gangs, and packs of wild animals. Mira, a teacher, also struggles to revive Mardi Gras and other traditions.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 375 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-241-3 $23.95

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Tales from a Tuscan Mountainside

Elizabeth Heminway of Damariscotta, Maine

Written from an isolated mountain farmhouse, these diverse stories derive from a wide span of living experiences abroad. Attitudes, perspectives, and impressions reflect Elizabeth’s years spent in Florence, the Tuscan Apennines, and Munich. Realistic settings and characters do not eliminate fantasy, and the author’s passion for opera, lieder, and theater also reveals its influence.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 263 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-228-4 $16.95

To Touch the Earth Again

Rowland Creitz of Stow, Maine

Possum Run, Tennessee, is an exceptional coal mining town in 1933. Miners and management are in harmony. It is a fine place to raise a family. But trouble is brewing in paradise…and new town doctor Philip Springer has no idea that Possum Run will soon face death from a danger far beyond anyone’s wildest imagination.

A Debt Too Dear is available on page 5.

Paperback, 6" x 9", 270 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-239-0 $18.95

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