Dakota: A Novel

Review\n"Meet Dakota. She's in love... or thinks she is... or hopes to be. Will she find it? That's the big question in Sarah Patt's lively new novel of young love and old manners in the twenty-first century. You will stay up late to find the answer, and you'll leave Dakota and her friends only reluctantly, because they are a very lively group to spend time with. Enjoy!" 
William Martin, New York Times Bestselling Author of "Cape Cod" and "Bound For Gold"\n"Sophisticated, sweet, and full of energy, this is a romance with real intrigue." 
JoeAnn Hart, author of 'Stamford '76, A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s', 'Float', and 'Addled'\n"This splendid book by Sarah Patt is a captivating story of love, loss, and friendships. Her characters are vividly brought to life through tumultuous relationships and ultimate redemption. Readers will be thrilled to see another book by this accomplished writer." 
Ruth Klein, author of Surviving the Survivors: A Memoir\nEighteen-year-old Dakota Buchannan is determined not to be the messed-up, orphaned teenager with an over the top imagination the media describes her as. After her father’s accidental death at Jennings oil refinery, she finds out that she has a much older half-brother and moves to Houston, Texas, to live with him and his young daughter, Savannah. It doesn’t take long for Dakota to settle in and capture the heart of a young man. Life seems to be going quasi-normal until CEO Jake Jennings breaks into Dakota’s home to confront her. In his narcotized state, he assaults her while incoherently apologizing for something his late father did to her, of which she has no recollection.\nShe eventually escapes, and Jake is charged. Released on bail, he returns to his penthouse, and Dakota’s boyfriend takes her away for the weekend to clear her mind, but on their return, the front page of the local newspaper confirms ‘Jake Jennings plummets to his death.’ Dakota’s half relieved the man is dead, but the other half replays in her mind what he was trying to tell her that terrifying night and whether or not he actually killed himself or did someone push him off his balcony.\nFeisty and determined, Dakota never loses sight of hope or the importance of family and friendships. She navigates her new life with her moral compass –– reconciling the past and seeking answers while discovering secrets and lies.\nSarah Patt graduated from Wheelock College in 1991 and taught for five years before becoming a mother in 1996. It wasn’t until 2008 when she returned to the classroom. While maintaining a full-time teaching position at The Landmark School, Sarah earned a master’s degree in Special Education from Simmons College in 2012. She is enormously grateful for her devoted and loving husband and their three children, who support her writing endeavor wholeheartedly with words of encouragement and expressions of pride. Dakota is her second published novel.

Patt, Sarah

Teen & Young Adult

Addison & Highsmith Publishers

This is the FIRST NOVEL written about the Marquis de La Fayette. This story is an Adventure-Romance Docu-Drama-Biographical romp through the 1770's of France's nobility. This novel will ask of the reader to decide: is the young Lafayette a Romantic Adventurer or an Ambitious Cad? In June 1777 the 19 year old Marquis de La Fayette landed in the American colonies to fight in their revolution, and the rest, as they say is history. But over time many truths have been stretched, most recently including a singing role in a Broadway hit musical. Still, the great historical mystery remains: how did the character of the young Gilbert de la Fayette develop? Much of Lafayette’s own words about his early life were written when he was an elder statesman serving in the French Chamber of Deputies, and such writings were shaded to both the heroic as well as the political climate of the day. Author S.P. Grogan writes a fascinating fictional narrative about Gilbert Lafayette and his coming-of-age in the mid 1770’s within the decadence of Queen Marie Antoinette’s French court. The story begins with the child Gilbert sworn to avenge his military father’s death against the English. The reader will track how a country boy of Auvergne becomes the richest orphan in France, and how forces behind the throne after control over his fortune seek to marry him off to a 12 year old girl to support one of the most powerful military castes in France. Here is where you learn the rebellious and obstinate behavior of Gilbert Lafayette, with women and his desire to become a glorious military hero. Lafayette – the novel-- Courtier to Crown Fugitive is an ‘action’ story of highway robbers, spies, and a 'romance' story of first love and mistresses in court intrigues. The reader can see the developing psychological make-up of Lafayette; his futile search for a father-figure, his need for supportive love, and his blind passion for glory and fame. What is revealed is a young boy in the throes of transformation under the influences of Queen Marie Antoinette’s life style of spoiled privilege, his attitude towards his young wife in a forced marriage, the secrets within the Masonic fraternity, the writings of Voltaire, the Encyclopédistes, and the voice of the anti-slavery Abbot Raynal. All come together to transform his mind-set as Gilbert, blinded by class liberté idealism, seeks to run away to join the American revolutionary army. In doing so, he becomes a fugitive from the King’s edicts, and his ensuing flight and pursuit climax in a showdown on the beaches of Spain. Author S.P. Grogan spent four years researching the life of the Marquis de La Fayette, here in the U.S. as well as travels across France, and visits to libraries, museums, and the homes of Gilbert de La Fayette. Enjoy! Let us know what you think.

Lafayette--the novel: Courtier to Crown Fugitive, 1757-1777

Literature & Fiction

Grogan, S. P.

Genre Fiction

Vegas Die: A Quest Murder Mystery

SOMEONE IS KILLING OFF THE OLD MOBSTERS OF LAS VEGAS AND THE MAYOR IS THE #1 SUSPECTWhen Casino Executive Owen McCombs discovers a dead gangster in the trunk of the Mayor's car, he needs to find answers quick - not only to save the Mayor's political career, but to keep his own freedom since Metro Homicide Detective Chastity Tempest Taggart, already pumped up from throwing her ex-husband into jail, is motivated to prove McCombs and the Mayor guilty!In Vegas Die, the best stereotypical Sin City characters and events pop up: the imploding casino, the buxom stripper, the nerdy card counter, super star twins, the Elvis impersonator, the Graffiti Vigilante, and associated corpses, immolated, shot, sliced, and diced. In deadly play is also the desperate hunt for $7 million in twice stolen jewelry.Vegas Die won an award for Best Regional Fiction and was selected by the Las Vegas Review Journal as one of the best selections for summertime reading. This newly revised and updated edition of this classic novel includes a hidden mystery for readers to solve. S.P. Grogan is an award-winning author, his books include Lafayette, Courtier to Crown Fugitive.***"I don't know if Mayor Goodfella is believable. After all, I'm quiet and unassuming and I know for fact we never had mobsters in Las Vegas." Snarky comment from former Las Vegas Mayor, Oscar B. Goodman and board director of The Mob Museum"Vegas Die is the ultimate Sin City mystery." - author Brian Rouff

SOMEONE IS KILLING OFF THE OLD MOBSTERS OF LAS VEGAS 
AND THE MAYOR IS THE #1 SUSPECT 
When Casino Executive Owen McCombs discovers a dead gangster in the trunk of the Mayor’s car, he needs to find answers quick. In Vegas Die, the best stereotypical Sin City characters and events pop up: the imploding casino, the buxom stripper, the nerdy card counter, superstar twins, the Elvis impersonator, the Graffiti Vigilante, and associated corpses, immolated, shot, sliced, and diced. In deadly play is also the desperate hunt for $7 million in twice stolen jewelry. 
Vegas Die won an award for Best Regional Fiction and was selected by the Las Vegas Review Journal as one of the best selections for summertime reading. This newly revised and updated edition of this classic novel includes a hidden mystery for readers to solve. S.P. Grogan is an award-winning author, his books include Lafayette, Courtier to Crown Fugitive.

The Crossing is a powerful and haunting love story of surprising discovery set in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen during Prohibition. Its mission seeks to reconcile love and guilt, grief and promise. Set apart from other stories, it combines history, fact, surrealism, and reality into an ever-recycling boost of the human spirit.\nIrish-born Johnny Flynn, a former British soldier, is banished from his homeland and sent to America on a ship so riddled with disease that he realizes the voyage was meant to murder him. When he survives the trip, the captain forces him to walk the plank into the Hudson River. Miraculously, Johnny is rescued by a rumrunning Irish gang, the Swamp Angels, and given a job running whisky in Hell’s Kitchen just as Prohibition makes liquor a hugely profitable, dangerous business.\nFighting for his life and livelihood amid the denizens of the Manhattan piers, Johnny is plagued by the memory of his lost lover, Nora, whose father, the famed Irish revolutionary, James Connolly, met his death through a firing squad that included a reluctant gunman named Johnny Flynn. Nora’s last words to him, when she learned of his betrayal and left him, “I love you, Johnny Flynn”, echo in his heart, leaving him pulsing with guilt, yearning, and the hope that she might yet forgive him.\nJohnny drinks hard. One night, drunk on the floor of Hailey’s speakeasy, he encounters a seeming apparition on stage, the ghostly Esme, an Irish singer who suffered unspeakable horrors at the hands of the British Black and Tans. Johnny is dazzled by her. She is not only a singer but a healer, teaching poor and afflicted children to sing and gather hope at an old theater called The Woebegone. From Esme Johnny learns how to overcome the desire for revenge, only to discover that she, too, clings to her own dark dream of retribution.\nHell’s Kitchen, Johnny discovers, is thronged with people whose damaged hearts ache for revenge, repentance and love. As he grapples with taking responsibility to help others resolve this overwhelming dilemma, he learns that Nora is coming to New York to advocate for Irish independence. As he confronts her and soon thereafter receives a piercing love letter from Esme, the story comes to a turbulent climax.

Crossing

Biographies & Memoirs

Jones, Ashby

Community & Culture

Olympia: The Birth of the Games

Martino, John

Gettysburg by Morning

Product Description 
It’s July 4, 1860, and the featured speaker at this year’s Independence Day celebration at Concord, MA, is high-spirited and fiercely patriotic Eloise Edwards. She rails against the South’s attack on Fort Sumter and the injustice of slavery. A newspaper article recounting the speech inspires her brother Edward to enlist. The siblings’ father, a War of Independence veteran, dies, and Edward decides he doesn’t want to join the Union army after all and runs away. Heartbroken, Eloise returns to the family telegraph office, committed to a life of boredom and servitude. The disappointment in her brother devastates Eloise.\nIn a dramatic moment, she decides that she will take her brother’s place and fight for the honor of her family and the country. She joins the Massachusetts 20th and lives through several horrific battles, including the most devastating conflict in U.S. history, Gettysburg. General George Custer discovers her talent as a telegraph operator, and she soon rises through the ranks and to the war room at the White House, where she works daily with President Abraham Lincoln. One night, as Eloise sleeps at her post, Lincoln sees a copy of the newspaper article featuring Eloise’s speech. He reads it, is inspired by it, and borrows key phrases for the most famous speech in American history, The Gettysburg Address.\nThere are over two hundred documented cases of women dressing as men to fight in the Civil War. 
Gettysburg by Morning places you on the battlefield with a patriotic young woman fighting arm-in-arm with her fellow soldiers. Historical characters like Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, George Custer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others make reading this story like walking hand-in-hand with history. 
 About the Author 
An award-winning radio journalist and book reviewer, Randy O'Brien has a B.S. degree from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, majoring in English and minoring in History and Secondary education. He was the News Director of WMOT-FM for three decades, reporting hard news and features, proudly mentoring dozens of now successful graduates. He was an adjunct writing instructor at MTSU and Watkins School of Art and Design and former President of the Tennessee Screenwriting Association.

O'Brien, Randy

Brandy, You're a Fine Girl

Review\n"This book was an absolutely wild adventure telling the highly entertaining story of a woman doing what she can to have the best life possible." —K.C. Finn, Readers Favorite\n"It’s a story that carries a flame, one that will resonate until the very last page with these three words: Vengeance is mine. This novel has the realism that fan fiction lovers are likely to devour." —Vincent Dublado, Readers Favorite\n"Author Dee DeTarsio brought Brandy to life and did justice to her character. As iconic as the song, Brandy was a force to be reckoned with in this story." —Rabia Tanveer, Readers Favorite\n"Dee DeTarsio has written a very funny book with characters that just jump off the page. The language can be a bit coarse but I promise, you’ll never hear the song, Brandy, You’re A Fine Girl the same again!"--Cindy Roesel, Chick Lit Central\n"A purely fun read from first page to last, "Brandy, You're a Fine Girl" is an enduringly popular song that has now inspired what will be an equally popular historical romance novel by Dee DeTarsio." —Midwest Book Review\n"Dee DeTarsio wrote a great book with descriptions that brought the story, the characters, and the setting to life. Whether you are familiar with the song or not, pick up your own copy of the book." —Charlotte Lynn, A Soccer Mom's Book Blog\nIf you know the song, you know Brandy’s sailor loved the sea more than her. (The bastard.) Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl is historical fan fiction, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1972 hit song. Brandy’s story doesn’t end when the music stops— her destiny is filled with adventure! 
Crum, England, mid-1800s: 
“‘Brandy,’ he told me, ‘you’re a fine girl,’ he said. ‘You’d make a good wife.’” 
Barmaid Brandy seizes on a plan to become that good wife and escape her life of drudgery. A pregnancy would be just the thing to get him to marry her. When that doesn’t work, she crosses paths with Elliot, a nobleman in need of a wife and heir by his fast-approaching 30th birthday, or else his inheritance will go to his scheming cousin Clarence. 
Once married, Elliot’s problems appear solved, and Brandy has a kind husband and a warm and comfy new home, even if it is full of Elliot’s odd band of friends. Everyone tries to get along and put up with Brandy’s strange cravings and profanity-laden drama, until they discover she was never really pregnant. 
She fears she’ll be kicked out, but not to worry—there’s still time for Elliot to fulfill his husbandly duty and save the day. Or is he... up to the task? When Elliot’s handsome — and virile — best friend Beau shows up, Brandy promptly falls head over heels. She becomes pregnant, but will it be too late? Swearing she can live on love, Brandy dreams of running o? with Beau, until she discovers a shocking secret about her husband and his best friend. 
Will the baby arrive before Elliot’s 30th birthday? Will it even be a son and therefore true heir? And who is the mysterious one-armed carpenter from Brandy’s past? Fear not — Brandy always has a back-up plan. From the tarnished silver locket (that turned her neck green, but may hold a pirate’s map), to a secret passageway containing hidden treasure, Brandy is determined to get by on her wits and her tits. 
The #1 hit song, Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl, was written and composed by Elliot Lurie and recorded by his band, Looking Glass. Dee DeTarsio is an award-winning writer living in southern California. She hopes Elliot Lurie enjoys Brandy living her best life and enjoying fine adventures

DeTarsio, Dee

The Wingless Pigeon

Children's Books

J K, Bella

Animals

Taking Care

WHITE, ED N.

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Dakota: A Novel

Lafayette--the novel: Courtier to Crown Fugitive, 1757-1777

Vegas Die: A Quest Murder Mystery

Vegas Die: A Quest Murder Mystery

Crossing

Olympia: The Birth of the Games

Gettysburg by Morning

Brandy, You're a Fine Girl

The Wingless Pigeon

Taking Care