Fiction

	Title	Editor rating (1-5)	Reader rating
	Homegrown Dandelions - Judith Bronte - Love can thrive in the most ordinary places.... After a tragedy, Beth Carter was left to pick up the pieces and move on with her life. But she hasn't. She's shut herself to the world, and has vowed never to love again. Matt Taylor is looking for work, but nothing more. His...	4	4.1
	Standing in a Cloud - Dennis Thomas - Standing In A Cloud is for the connoisseur of fine poetry. It has Sir Walter Scott’s epic sweep, Arthur Schopenhauer’s Wille zum Leben, and Percy Bysshe Shelley’s fluidity of movement, among other qualities, all distilled with Dennis Thomas’ characteristic aplomb. We...		4.2
	Family Resemblances - Lowry Pei - Fifteen-year-old Karen, upset by the loss of a boyfriend and her parents rocky marriage, spends a hot summer vacation with her Aunt Augusta, an eccentric English teacher, in a small Midwestern town and learns many things about love, life, and growing up. Although set in the 1950s, readers of any...	5	4.2
	Goodmans Hotel - Alan Keslian - WARNING - this is a GAY romance novel; Mills & Boon fans may be disappointed. Mark, a City high-flyer, is irresistibly attracted to Tom, a manual worker from a tough neighbourhood. Both men have been marked by past ordeals. Conflict between powerful...		4.2
	Patterns of the Inner Sea - Dennis Thomas - ‘The Patterns of the Inner Sea’ is a collection of poems that touch various facets of the poet’s life from love to life’s pain to life in the sixties to fading away. His poetry is inspired and influenced by his interest in ancient Chinese, Tibetan and Indian mysticism and philosophy. Dennis’...		4.2
	Abigail's Journey - Judith Bronte - Abigail Johannes wasn't interested in romance. Jake Murphy couldn't stand physical contact. They were perfect for each other. When Jake rents the Johannes' empty yellow house in Three Mile Bay, he struggles to overcome a painful past and begin a new life outside prison walls. Abigail's future is...	5	4.2
	From the Next Room - Lowry Pei - From the Next Room is the sequel to Family Resemblances. The story takes place seven years later and is once again set in the small town of New Franklin, Illinois. For another time Karen comes to visit her somewhat outrageous Aunt Augusta. Almost nothing is as it...	5	4.2
	Night of Knives - Jon Evans - Veronica Kelly came to Africa to start her life over. Still reeling from her divorce, she is grateful when a handsome stranger invites her to join a tour to visit gorillas in Uganda's wild Impenetrable Forest — a trip that goes desperately wrong when their group is captured by brutal gunmen....	5	4.2
	The Little White Cloud - Ron Aaron - This is a story about a Little White Cloud perched on a mountain summit. At the base of the mountain is a small farming village. The village is protected and nourished by the cloud. Until one day a bad wealthy man attempts to take over part of the village and its fields. The man and his...	3	4.3
	The Master Painter of All Our Dreams - Dennis Thomas - Written in Dennis’ unique, inimitable way, ‘The Master Painter of All Our Dreams’ is a collection of poems in which the master painter of all our dreams is God. But Dennis’ adept handling of this big theme throughout the manuscript means that it can be whatever the reader feels comfortable with...		4.3