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White Tombs By Christopher Valen

Detective John Santana knows Minnesota winters can be deadly. If the bullets don’t kill you, the brutal weather might.

When a prominent leader of St. Paul’s close-knit Hispanic community is murdered, Detective John Santana is first on the scene. Colombian-born Santana promises the widow he will bring down the killer. Despite the icy roads and bitter wind chill, the case heats up quickly–suspects are killed before they can be questioned; his alcoholic partner’s trigger finger gains the attention of Internal Affairs; pornographic photos of a murder victim surface in a very unlikely place; a snowplow becomes a deadly weapon; and grandstanding colleagues threaten to pull Santana off the case. A simple vow to a dead man’s wife becomes an oath that could lead to his own destruction, but Detective Santana cannot turn away from the duty he has declared his own.

Author Christopher Valen has survived many Minnesota winters, where he lives with his family and serves as an adjunct associate professor. A teacher and writer for many years, Mr. Valen’s inspiration for Detective John Santana was found during his many visits to Mexico and Colombia. White Tombs is his first novel, but Detective Santana’s further adventures are underway as we speak; readers can learn more at www.christophervalen.com.

When the Crow Sings by Jacqueline Wales

Abandoned children, tattered dreams, silent survivors…

Questions too dangerous to ask…answers too shameful to voice…

One proud Scottish woman crosses the ocean carrying a manuscript that may hold her family’s only hope for redemption. Four generations of women share a heritage entangled with secrets and unspoken sorrow. The unlikely parcel on Agnes ’s lap is the fearless telling of their story that may finally bring forgiveness to this dreadful legacy.

Last Call by J.D. Seamus 

Manhattan newcomer Nathan Melton is looking for a place to connect.

Lucky for him, Jimmie’s is just around the corner--Jimmie Collins is a man with connections!

From beat cops to Mafioso, career women to former linebackers, Jimmie’s patrons take care of each other and their neighborhood barkeep. A beloved priest needs some thugs taught a lesson? No problem!  Trouble with your love life? Let Jimmie apply his matchmaking skills. Need a place to sell some merchandise that might have fallen off a truck? No questions asked. Nathan has found his home away from home.

His ailing wife and disabled daughter nestled in Florida, Jimmie’s bar family is all he’s got. They understand about the children’s charity balancing out the part time smuggling job, that offshore accounts are necessary when medical bills aren’t covered by health insurance. When Jimmie reveals his own terminal diagnosis, his friends vow to help him recover the millions he has in foreign bank accounts. Somewhere between that promise and Jimmie’s death, things go terribly wrong. The money is gone, their friend is dead, and it’s up to this close-knit cadre to track the cash.

STAND by Debbie Williamson

STAND–one courageous woman shatters the chains of abuse that held her hostage for a lifetime.

One woman dared to STAND

to brave the crippling memories of sexual abuse;

to shatter the illusions of denial;

to reveal her family’s  bitter legacy of violence.

She must not fall. This is her time to STAND–

to shatter the sickening pattern of generations;

to grasp wholeness at all costs;

to take her place on a path to forgiveness and peace.

Replacing shame with hope, fear with truth, and shadows with bright sunlight, Ms. Williamson shares her arduous journey to wellness.

Author Debbie Williamson did not choose this journey. At nine years old, she was a victim of sexual abuse. The hidden trauma of childhood rape often maps a life filled with destructive patterns and shame. Such was the case for Ms. Williamson.  As a young woman struggling to repair her dysfunctional family, she finds the courage to take a STAND. In the quest to heal the wounds of her soul, she uncovers the abusive patterns of previous generations. Grasping for health because her life truly depends upon it, she shatters the pattern of her family’s tragic legacy of violence and denial.