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Indiana Jones in this spicy space opera!
The First Nova I See Tonight
$14.95
Rogue space jockey Dirken Nova is on a mission to couple with every species in the galaxy … and acquire a starship of his own after his was destroyed. With his cyborg sidekick Yiorgos, they accept a risky gig to transport a mysterious item within a locked safe box to another planet in a far corner of the galaxy.
But when the duo runs into the fierce but irresistible Eow, a sexy Ananakian warrior and messenger of the Eridani Mafia, her mixed loyalties turn the mission into a complicated series of life and death intergalactic battles and unintended encounters with space pirates, mafia dons, and a secret cult—all who are also in pursuit of the coveted “heart,” which holds the power to control civilization.
A space opera with libido ... Nonstop action & thrills ... Good not-so-clean fun!
NEW! Cozy Mystery
Quilts of a Feather
$14.95
In this exciting fourteenth installment of the popular Harriet Truman/Loose Threads Mystery series by Arlene Sachitano an innocent birdwatching festival hosted by the parks and recreation department goes terribly sideways when one of the event volunteers is found dead from a fentanyl overdose on the hiking trail. Was it suicide? Murder? Can Harriet Truman and her quilt group, the Loose Threads, solve the mystery?
Ash Valley: The Promise of the Land
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"Ah, life! What a great trip."
James W. Earl, Professor of Literature, University of Oregon.
In this epic final installment of the Risk of Being Ridiculous Trilogy, young newlyweds Ben Tucker and Sarah embark on a year-long journey of communal living in the rugged mountains of Southern Oregon where idealism meets reality as they struggle to live off the land, navigate turbulent relationships, and chart a future together.
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In this electrifying finale in the Time Tourists Trilogy, time-traveling private investigator Imogen Oliver and her out-of-time boyfriend Simon face choppy seas as they navigate a global pandemic, a bitter and disgruntled former time traveler, shifting loyalties, and a universe straining under the pressures wrought by travelers attempts to alter the very fabric of history.
With Simon sequestered within the bureaucratic ultra-secret time travel monitoring society, Imogen, along with her best friend Fletcher get stranded in the past when time travel suddenly and mysteriously shuts down. Simon, with his unique abilities, attempts to save the world and the thousands of people stranded in time. Relationships are tested, secrets revealed, and the mysteries involving both Simon’s and Imogen’s mothers come to light.
Dying for Recipes
Deluxe Hardcover Cookbook with color illustrations!
$16.95
Eleanor's binder filled with all of her super-secret recipes is missing! And everyone is a suspect!
Who did it? Was it an inside job? Could it be one of the eccentric ladies in her coffee group? Dede? Pearl? Cleo? Josephine? Or perhaps her gentleman friend Angus, who adores Eleanor’s cooking? Could her precocious African gray parrot Feathers somehow be involved too?
Follow the clues while enjoying twenty-two of Eleanor’s scrumptious, mouth-watering recipes drawn from the pages of Patricia Brown’s charming Coastal Coffee Club Mysteries series.
Eleanor, Angus, Feathers, and the coffee club friends are back! When sisters Hope and Faith return to the small coastal village to settle their preacher father’s estate, rumors swirl and the truth about a decades-old mystery leads to a fresh wave of murders.
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Trial
The second book in the Risk of Being Ridiculous Trilogy
Guy Maynard's TRIAL: A Long Year from Here to There, picks up where
The Risk of Being Ridiculous leaves off.
Facing serious criminal charges resulting from a 1970 demonstration, Ben Tucker navigates lawyers he doesn’t trust, travels from the streets of Boston to the beaches of California through a country at war with itself, an improbable but passionate love affair, and budding communal ties with a group of college dropout freaks—with a date with a judge and jury in a solemn Massachusetts courtroom always looming in front of him.
15 Powerful Climate Fiction Stories
Check out Oregon Quarterly's featured article on The Fragile Blue Dot!
"Perceptive tales that boast memorable characters and a potent, sweeping, message." ~Kirkus Review
Climate change, food insecurity, carbon footprints, environmental justice, global warming—questions of staggering consequence that inflame emotions, generate fierce debate, and resist quick fixes and easy answers. West tackles these complicated issues through fifteen timely and thought-provoking tales that explore how the problem affects everyone—from businesses and industry to workers, families, and endangered species—in big and small ways.
Although there are no simple or convenient solutions, The Fragile Blue Dot—Stories from Our Imperiled Biosphere presents compelling narratives for change that will stay with you long after you’ve read the final page.
Dragons! Mages & One Malevolent Demon!
Available in paperback & deluxe hardcover
"Fantastic work—some of the best world-building of this generation of writers."
—Goodreads Review
Who can fathom the motives of a demon?
Azartial, demon-dragon, is meddling in the affairs of men. Disguised as a human mage, he conspires with a mysterious cult and the Emerald Dragon to destroy an entire town and its institute of magic. When Torra Com Gidel, a young mage with untapped potential, comes to investigate the destruction of her hometown, the demon seems to side with her and her companions.
Drawn to the energies of the renegade magic used todestroy the town, the Gold Dragon, Ingal Jehai, suspects the sinister Triumvirate Gods are at the root of it. Complicating matters, a cruel general from the Southlands also seeks a powerful artifact that can restore his family to the imperial throne. Azartial schemes to draw them all together.
But to what end?
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The Risk of Being Ridiculous and Trial follow young revolutionary Ben Tucker on a passionate, lyrical ride through confrontations and concerts; courts and cops; parties and politics; school and the streets; Weathermen and women’s liberation; acid and activism; revolution and reaction. And, of course, love—as Ben feverishly pursues the long-shot desire of his life—Sarah Stein.
Ash Valley continues the saga as the newlyweds and their freaky friends embark on a journey to the rugged mountains of Southern Oregon in pursuit of a dream of living off the land in peace and harmony.
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