It's 1939. Carl and his sister Helen, farm kids in the midwest with a taboo secret, have a birthday party. Blossoming romance leads to bloody consequences and guilty souls. You'll hate to love them. This edgy American literary epic of adventure, romance, humor, and human tragedy will keep you up late and then sit in the back of your brain forever, guaranteed. |
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Book two, the immediate sequal to Straws. The sheriff is on to Carl and Helen. Even so, the show goes on. Slowly they realize something must change. Is redemption even possible? Or will their secrets completely destroy them? Can they escape? And lastly, escape how and from what - the law, or themselves? |
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Meet WWII vet Milo. Kicked out of New Mexico, he meets Pandora, starving to death in the Nebraska mud and snow. He makes the mistake of doing her a favor. What else should a gentleman have done, after all? |
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Milo by James R. Muri  |
Tacoma Skipper Randy 'Hoot'n' Haller needed crew to help him deliver a high-tech yacht to American Samoa. What he got was Cherry, her son, and mostly Makah Palemoons Swenson. Piracy, sea chases, storms, mal-de-mer, personality clashes, romance, destruction and death. A read suitable for young teens and sailing adults. |
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The first manned mission to Mars is probably suicide, so the crew is all volunteers. They can each bring a companion, so long as the companion understands. But Jesse doesn't have anyone. Meet Mary. She wants to end it all, and for good reason. Jesse intervenes: You want out? he asks. Come with me. Why not go in style? |
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