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LOVE TAG by Peter Shianna - A Short Excerpt

They met often for lunch at out-of-the-way cafes in the Cities and in nearby towns like Shakopee, Stillwater, Anoka and Lakeville. Nora knew an endless number of delightful rendezvous that served good food and were unlikely to be frequented by his friends and clients. They had met today on short notice at Figlio’s in Calhoun Square. Hardly a chic place, or discreet, but convenient, and they could pass for business associates, which, in fact, they were. From their window table, they had a perfect view of the noon crowd at the intersection of Lake and Hennepin.

“You’ve got to stop sending me so many cards,” Phil said. “I love them, they make my day, but you send too many.”

The cards—humorous, teasing, erotic—arrived in brown envelopes with typed personal and confidential mailing labels. Once in a while she sent a love poem. On one occasion she enclosed the smallest imaginable pair of bikini panties, another time a condom.

“I like sending them. I see them and I think of you.”

“Two came yesterday. My secretary is getting suspicious.”

“I’ll send only two a week.”

“One.”

“Once in a while two?”

The teasing, expectant look on her face, aided and abetted by the sheer white blouse she wore, brought a wave of arousal. He covered her hand with his.

“What a work of art you are. Save the second one and give it to me when we meet. Now tell me everything you’ve done since I saw you.”

Nora shook her head. “Time out. You know my life story. What about yours? Born in South Milwaukee. Then what? You’re so guarded about yourself and your family.”

“Actually, I was born in Gary, Indiana. My father worked in a steel mill there. Didn’t want me to grow up and work in the mill, so he moved to South Milwaukee for a job with Bucyrus Erie. Work just as tough as the mill for less pay. Must be a Polish joke in there somewhere.”

“Polish?”

“It wasn’t always Tag. That’s only short for Taglowski. My father was more American than apple pie and Chevrolet, but he wasn’t born here. Came over when he was five. Loved music and played a trombone in a band to raise extra cash. He’d planned to name me after James C. Petrillo, a long-time president of the American Federation of Musicians. But in the hospital when I was born he bumped into Phil Cavaretta, a first baseman for the Cubs back in the forties. So just like that I became Phillip James Tag. Not too emotional, my dad.”

“He sounds delightfully impetuous. Does he still live in South Milwaukee?”

“Both my parents are gone.”

“I’m sorry. So, Phillip James Tag, what came after that leadoff home run?”

If she knew I raised her child, how would she react? Wouldn’t it violate something between her and David? Between her and me? David and me?

“Hello? Anyone home? You have a habit of leaving me.”

The Long Night Moon

Orphaned and pregnant at 17, Darcie's brother moves her to the mountains to avoid "talk." Darcie integrates into Cherokee beliefs and finds her new self.

By Elizabeth Towles
Multicultural Love Story
275 pages - US$15.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-00-9
Available also on KINDLE.
Fireside Book # 8084

Love Tag

Ambition, adoption and adultery lace this passionate, fast-paced novel from word one. But Love Tag also celebrates love, courage and hope.

By Peter Shianna
Romantic Thriller
282 pages - US$14.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-50-4
Available also on KINDLE.
Fireside Book # 2205

The Find

A reporter sent to cover events at the Grand Canyon uncovers several dead archeologists. As the facts unfold, he learns that we have been visited before.

By James J. Valko
Future Fiction
300 pages - US$14.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-03-0
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Fireside Book # 8087

The Crystal Angel

Romantic suspense takes Kemble on a terrifying journey from Miami to exotic Barbados. Love, murder, intrigue, and the glitter of wealth follow her footsteps.
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By Olivia Claire High
Romantic Thriller
254 pages - US$13.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-51-1
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Fireside Book # 2204

Above Honor:
Rachel's Story

Donald Himelstein takes his readers on a whirlwind tour from Nazi Germany to the Caribbean, in his tale of romantic intrigue and powerful men grappling for control and revenge.

By Donald Himelstein
Fiction: Romance
311 pages - US$14.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-06-1
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Fireside Book # 8091

The Furax Connection

The last thing Louis Rosen expected of his son, Billy, was that he would volunteer for the draft after graduating from Harvard in 1949 with highest honors; and the last thing Billy expected of his father was that he would become a partner in a criminal enterprise known as Furax Unlimited.

The Furax Connection chronicles Billy's struggle for survival during his inital weeks in uniform when, unwitingly, he becomes entanbled in a web of deceit and intrigue from which he must either extricate himself or suffer the shame and disgrace of a dishonorable discharge.

By Steve Kanne
Historical Fiction/Thriller
377 pages - US$16.95
ISBN 978-0-9814672-6-1
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Fireside Book # 8085

Blessed

"You need sex!"

"That would solve your whole problem."

I was stunned. This couldn’t be happening to me, Sister Leah Patrice, a Catholic nun of the order of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Humiliated, I stood in the doctor’s examining room, partially disrobed and feeling vulnerable.

My health problems continued. Mother Leonella thought that if I gained weight, my problems would be solved. Five-feet-five-inches tall and weighing in at one hundred pounds was thin. Gaining weight would definitely be a sign of happiness and belonging and should make me feel better, she thought. Eating more at mealtimes was an impossible task for me, so Mother Leonella had a medication prescribed for me to take one hour prior to meals. Unfortunately, rather than increasing my appetite, it made me so nauseous, I couldn’t eat at all.

By Mary J. Stevens
Autobiography
149 pages - US$9.95
ISBN 978-0-9814672-2-1
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Fireside Book # 2202

Texas Justice

To save her 19-year old son from a murder conviction, a mother battles an ambitious prosecutor, an experienced detective and her former husband.

By Judith Groudine Finkel
Thriller
268 pages - US$13.95
ISBN 978-0-9814672-9-0
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Fireside Book # 8083

The Cost of Justice

Attorney Mike Gedgoudas provides an inside look at the challenges faced when justices are selected along party lines. Blackmail, murder, and a real thriller.

By Mike Gedgoudas
Thriller
304 pages - US$15.95
ISBN 978-0-9814672-9-0
Available alson on KINDLE.
Fireside Book # 8082

Engelhardt

From peaceful childhood, through war torn Germany, immigration to America, this true story of a courageous woman will touch your heart.

By Gisela Engelhardt
Autobiography
112 pages - US$9.95
ISBN 978-0-0914672-4-5
Fireside Book # 2203

The Blood of Cain

Teagan Dacre loves fast cars, loud music, beautiful women, but carries a secret that keeps him isolated. He has silver eyes, heals rapidly and hasn't aged... in over a hundred years.

By T. L. Gray
Romantic Thriller
193 pages - US$14.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-01-6
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Fireside Book # 8098

Beyond Forever

Shari confounds adults with her talk of reincarnation as a child and works with a hypnotist to validate it as an adult. She visits several previous lifetimes.

By Taylor Shaye
Paranormal Fiction
270 pages - US$11.95
ISBN 978-0-9814672-3-8
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Fireside Book # 8081

An Agent Speaks

How to avoid the marks of an amateur when submitting your manuscript. Also covers formatting, small presses, self-publishing, and hints from professionals.

By Joan P. West
Reference
83 pages - US$9.95
ISBN 987-1-9814672-1-4
Fireside Book # 2201

The Cleansing

Criminals worldwide are vanishing by "the blue" until crime is non-existent. Officials receive warning that they have just 2 years to bring total peace to the world.

By B. F. Eller
Science Fiction
300 pages - US$14.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-02-3
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Fireside Book # 8086

The Long Walk

Out of a Nazi concentration camp, Rutka embarks on a harrowing journey back to Poland, where among the tattered remnants of her childhood, she begins a journey to a new life.

By Ruth Treeson
Young Adult
286 pages - US$14.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-52-8
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Fireside Book # 2207

Amanda's Voice

During the aftermath of a true family massacre, the singular voice that rang out against injustice, in the final analysis, suffered the most heartbreak.

By Eileen Bennett
Non-fiction, true event
219 Pages - US$14.95
Available also on KINDLE.
Fireside Book # 8088

Independence DayPlague

Lone survivor of BioLab-4 seeks revenge against military leaders who murdered his family. Now D.C. police must stop him before he releases a deadly plague during our 250th Independence Day celebration.

By Carla Lee Suson
Fiction: Bio Terror
254 pages - US$15.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-05-4
Available also on KINDLE.
Fireside Book # 8089

18 Days in September

A government scientist and his friend, a leading psychologist, are called in to thwart a terrorist before he unleashes the world's next smallpox pandemic.

By Allen N. Hunt Ph.D.
Fiction: Bio Terror
280 pages - US$15.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-04-7
Available also on KINDLE.
Fireside Book # 8090

Faces In The Mirror:

The duel biography of Oscar Micheaux and Spike Lee
A riviting and informative comparison of the difficulties faced by two motion picture makers, each attempting to make films of note during his own time in history.

By John R. Howard
Non-fiction/Dual Biography
354 pages - US$18.95
ISBN 978-1-935517-51-1
Fireside Book # 2208

KING of a SOVEREIGN NATION:
In Defense of Complete Selfishness

Tracing the path of success
and happiness always leads back to having acted in one’s own best interest. Consider the possibilities if a person took a different approach to reach the same goal. Would that person have attained the same levels of success? Would that success equate to complete happiness?

By Justin Rhodes
Pages: 200
Genre: Self Development
Price: $16.95
ISBN #: 978-1-935517-09-2
Available also on KINDLE
Fireside Book #: 8092

East Wind

The fate of the world is at stake when a band of terrorists threaten nuclear attacks against U.S. cities. A crack counter-terrorist team is pitted against a group of Hezbollah-based operatives. FBI agent Lara Edmond joins up with Mossad veteran, Uri Levin, on a desperate cross-country chase.

By Jack Winnick
Thriller
260 pages-US $13.95
ISBN: 978-1-935517-55-9
Fireside Book #2211

Rose Cottage

A page turning novel of paranormal romantic suspense.
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By Oliva Claire High
Paranormal Romantic suspense
258 Pages-US $13.95
ISBN: 978-1-935517-53-5
Fireside Book #2212

Essays On Living with Alzheimer’s Disease:
The First Twelve Months

Has Alzheimer’s disease touched your life yet? If not, it will be near impossible to escape its affect on family, friends or even yourself, as it reaches epidemic proportions in the near future. Every 70 seconds, someone develops AD. By mid-century, scientists predict the incidence will increase to one every 33 seconds. The clock is ticking unless we find a cure.

By Lois Wilmoth-Bennett, Ph.D
Psychological / Patient Memoir
153 Pages-US $15.98
ISBN: 978-1-935517-07-8
Fireside Book # 8094

Ice Rose

An explosion at Christopher Morris’ recording studio leaves his teenage daughter Elissa’s life in turmoil with Christopher missing, and Elissa’s mobility taken away ; even worse, it exposes her parents’ lives as secret agents. No longer able to fit into her old world, Elissa embarks on a journey far away from the rock star daughter and dancer existence she knew. Acceptance to Madisyn Academy takes her out of her comfort zone and into danger – into the relentless world of the Sunglass Man, a stalker and a link to her dad’s mission.

By Alison Neuman
Juvenile Fiction
Law and Crime
Love and Romance
Mysteries and Detective
307 pages, US $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-935517-11-5
Fireside Book #8095

CALL OF THE LOON

Tired of spending 24/7 in her
office or in court, attorney
Megan Kearney leaves a
successful law career in
Philadelphia to return to her
hometown on the St. Lawrence
River...to the friends and family
of her childhood. Charlie
welcomes her back into his law
firm and when she sees that
wealthy widow, Ellen Foster has
her hooks into Megan's old
beau, college professor Eric
Waterman, she turns to Steve
for love , but is Steve the best
choice? Love, suspense, and
passion weave their way
through the pages.

By Joan West
A woman's novel of love
and suspense
183 pages US $12.95
ISBN: 978-1-935517-56-6
Available also on Kindle

Where Danger Lurks

Camille Lutz’s life is going along smoothly – devoted husband Brad, precious daughter Desiree, a fulfilling career as an attorney. Then Desiree’s best friend, seven-year-old Amber, accuses Brad of sexually molesting her.

As Camille battles to prove her husband’s innocence, events challenge her trust in him and expose the fault lines in their marriage. If Brad is innocent, how will they repair the damage? If he’s guilty, how will she protect her child?

This book contains a list of thought-provoking discussion questions for bookclub who wish to use it as one of their selections..

By: Judith Groudine Finkel
Pages: 220
Price $13.95
ISBN#:978-1-935517-15-3 Fireside Book# 8096

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