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Fiction
Blood Lily
Spencer Stephens of Belfast, Maine
Norah Saud is a compassionate, self-aware Saudi woman— grandniece to the Saudi king—and must battle violent authoritarians in her own family who have planted her in America and coerced her into terrorism. She confronts a network of powerful oppressors, as well as the fears they’ve embedded within her.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 306 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-270-3 $17.95
Spencer Stephens enjoyed careers in journalism, publishing, and law before devoting himself to writing the kind of books that people enjoy.
Faraway Love
Nancy Arey Cohen of Scarborough, Maine
She dreamed of West Point and a career as a psychologist, going wherever the army sent her. He knew he would attend Harvard and take his place in his father’s Boston law firm. How can their love survive when they are forced to live apart? Amy and Charlie make faraway love work for a time—but love alone may not be enough.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 265 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-274-1 $16.95 Hardcover, 6" x 9", 265 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-273-4 $26.95
Nancy Arey Cohen grew up in Maine. She lived in six states but is now happily back in Maine—proof that you can go home again. She lives in a small coastal town and enjoys writing, reading, teaching classes at OLLI, and strolling on the beach with her miniature labradoodle. Faraway Love is her debut novel, the first of many.
A Flash Fiction Exchange Between Methuselah and the Maiden
Sixty Stories to While Away the Hours David Treadwell of Brunswick, Maine, and Anneka Williams
David Treadwell, a 78-year-old Maine writer, and Anneka Williams, a 21-year-old Bowdoin College senior from Vermont, spent some of their cooped-up pandemic time writing flash fiction together. They each wrote 30 stories to 30 different prompts. They had a blast writing them, and now they want to share them. Enjoy the fruits of their labors!
Paperback, 5" x 8", 257 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-265-9 $17.95
David Treadwell, a graduate of Bowdoin College and the Harvard Business School, spent his career writing admissions and fundraising materials for schools and colleges around the U.S. When not exchanging stories with David, Anneka Williams loves reading, adventuring outdoors, writing, woodworking, listening to audiobooks, and getting up early to watch the sunrise.
Life in the Backwoods
Norman R. Kalloch, Jr., of Carrying Place Town Township, Maine
David Cooper leaves urban life behind and buys a run-down set of cabins. Carol wants nothing to do with her husband’s dream of running a sporting camp for hunters and fishermen. As the Coopers struggle to make a living in the Maine backwoods, trouble erupts in nearby Dead River Plantation and quickly spirals out of control. Unbeknownst to the Coopers, the conflict is moving their way.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 269 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-280-2 $18.95
Norm Kalloch worked for thirty-four years in natural resource conservation. Retired, he and his wife, Audrey, live eight months off the grid at a pond in Somerset County and winter in St. George, Maine. Kalloch has also written A Long Way to Walk and 45th Parallel.
45th Parallel is available on page 27. A Long Way to Walk is available on page 27.
PARALLEL
The Red Boat and Other Stories
Sally Murdock MacVane of Port Clyde, Maine
On a small island off the coast of Maine, the author captures the essence and uniqueness of island life. Through interwoven stories that span generations, the characters in the book cross paths with lives that are filled with human drama amid the inspiring beauty of the island.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 119 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-279-6 $14.95
Sally Murdock MacVane is the former editor of the Camden Herald and has been the owner-operator of an art gallery for fifteen years. She is retired and lives with her husband in midcoast Maine. This book is the culmination of many years of writing short stories, which she began while studying for her BA in English.
The Shark, the Girl & the Sea
Charlene D’Avanzo of Yarmouth, Maine
Kayaking along the Maine coast, oceanographer Mara Tusconi watches in horror as a shark attacks and kills a young female swimmer. Since great whites usually avoid such shallow water, Mara suspects foul play. To investigate, Mara teams up with a shark expert who soon becomes more than Mara’s colleague.
Paperback, 5.25" x 8", 199 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-287-1 $16.95
Marine ecologist and award-winning environmental educator Charlene D’Avanzo studied the New England coast for over thirty years. Her Mara Tusconi Mystery Series takes readers into the stunning beauty of marine waters and the grave threats facing them. An avid sea kayaker like her protagonist, D’Avanzo lives in Yarmouth, Maine.
Demon Spirit, Devil Sea is available on page 27. Glass Eels, Shattered Sea is available on page 27. Secrets Haunt the Lobsters’ Sea is available on page 25.
Travelers Dispossessed
Mary-Michael Billings of Orrington, Maine
Travelers Dispossessed is a story of love, fate, and migration. Many such stories have played out since the beginning of time. The characters in this story are based upon real people, some famous and others barely known. The story takes place in Ireland and France during the turbulent years of the early Irish independence movement and the Franco-Prussian War.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 287 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-288-8 $19.95
Mary-Michael Billings is an artist and writer from Maine. In 2019, she retired from teaching gifted and talented students to focus on her first novel. She is a proud mother of three and grandmother to five wonderful children. She lives on a small farm in Orrington, where she and her husband raise sheep, chickens, blueberries, and garden vegetables.
Bad Medicine
A Medical Thriller
Geoffrey M. Cooper of Ogunquit, Maine
When Professor Brad Parker agrees to serve as director of the Maine Translational Research Institute, he anticipates dealing with faculty conflict. But he doesn’t plan on the mysterious deaths of patients in a clinical trial. Nor does he expect that his race to unravel a murderous conspiracy will land him at the top of a hired killer’s list of targets. 2021 Readers’ Favorite Book Award, Silver Medal
Forever is available on page 9.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 249 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-248-2 $15.95
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 Novel
The Maine Point is available on page 10.
Paperback, 5.5" x 8.5", 215 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-118-8 $16.95
A Novel of Action and Suspense
Rowland Creitz of Stow, Maine
A sunny summer’s day…a casual hike on a beautiful Maine island…old comrades in attendance…what could possibly go wrong? A lot, if Death also exists about the island. Major Victor Remington, the owner of Morgan’s Island and philanthropist extraordinaire, has a unique plan to help his cash-desperate friends—a plan, however, with unforeseen flaws and deadly consequences.
To Touch the Earth Again is available on page 28.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 199 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-260-4 $18.95
Forever
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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.
2020 Readers’ Favorite Book Award, Gold Medal National Indie Excellence Award, Finalist IndieReader Discovery Award, Winner
Bad Medicine is available on page 8.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 265 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-223-9 $15.95
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
Hermit
Top Se 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
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.
The Eastern, Book One: The Early Years is available on page 25. The Eastern, Book Two: Later On is available on page 25. “Rec’d Your Card…Thot You Was Dead” is available on page 30.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 253 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-257-4 $17.95
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.
Pressing Matters is available on page 27.
Paperback, 6" x 9", 244 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-251-2 $16.95
The Maine Point
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Irene M. Drago of Bath, Maine
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
Murder in the Maple Woods
Claire Ackroyd of Orono, Maine
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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. 2021 Maine Literary Award Finalist, Fiction
Paperback, 6" x 9", 181 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-230-7 $15.95
Narrownook
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?
Glimpses is available on page 29. Piper’s Song is available on page 30. The Season in Between is available on page 27. Something About the House is available on page 27. The Summer of the Disco King is available on page 27. Whispers is available on page 29.
Hardcover with dust jacket, 6" x 9", 237 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-258-1 $29.95
On Harbor’s Edge
Book One: 1912–1913 Top Se
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 Hardcover with dust jacket, 6" x 9", 295 pages ISBN 978-1-63381-286-4 $26.95
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
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 crosscountry journey to Washington, DC, to demand an amendment to the United States Constitution enfranchising women.
Voting Down the Rose is available on page 25.
