April: 780 books

This book is very personal to me. Some of these poems are about things that Ive experienced, and encountered in my life. I decided to put it on paper, share it for the world to read, and to follow my dream. I hope that my poem touches readers out there. God bless April Mitchell Gatewood

Hands aren't supposed to disappear. Or other body parts for that matter. If this keeps up, elves will disappear entirely. Well, I can't let that happen, can I? There's only one thing for it. To brave the ancient wisdom and hope I'll find what I need without destroying my life entirely. This short story is about 1500 words, or approximately 6 average book pages.

From a truly distinctive voice brimming with wicked humor, tales of the little disasters that befall and befuddle us April Wilder’s characters (some normal, some less so) have this in common: they are spiraling (or inching) toward self-destruction. An almost poetic range of disasters are...

With the exception of rejecting salacious requests for vanity license plates, Claire Montrose leads a monotonous life. Then she inherits a beautiful painting hidden for decades in an old suitcase. Claire takes it to New York, but an expert deems it a forgery. But is it really? Unable to trust anyone, Claire tries to stay alive long enough to find out.

A fiery chain-reaction accident leaves Free Meeker with someone else’s bag and the hitchhiker she picked up dead. Nineteen-year-old Free discovers the bag contains nearly a million dollars-and that the hitchhiker’s body has been identified as hers. Fate seems to be handing her the chance to start over-or is it? Originally from St. Martins, named to Library Journal best books of 2002.

Claire Montrose discovers an engagement ring that has gone missing for 50 years. Did the young woman who owned it really commit suicide? One of Claire's elderly neighbors harbors an old secret—and will kill to keep it hidden. Past and present grow more entangled when neo-Nazis target Claire's Jewish roommate.

When a friend urgently needs her help, Claire Montrose agrees to do a little sleuthing. Years ago, Lori gave up her child to a secretive adoption agency. Now Lori's young son is ill, and the doctors say his only hope is a bone marrow transplant from a sibling. The closer Claire gets to the truth, the more peril she is in. Previously from HarperCollins.

A killer is on the loose, and only one girl has the power to find him. But in this genre-bending YA thriller, she must first manage to avoid becoming a target herself. For Adele, the dead aren’t really dead. She can see them and even talk to them. But she’s spent years denying her gift....

While backpacking through Florence, Italy, during the summer before she heads off to college, Lucy Sommersworth finds herself falling in love with the culture, the architecture, the food...and Jesse Palladino, a handsome street musician. After a whirlwind romance, Lucy returns home, determined to...

11 year-old Winnie Turner is thrown into a real-life adventure of her own when her gangster father is unexpectedly released from prison and she discovers the quilt her late mother left her is an Underground Railroad to keep her one step ahead of his henchmen. Each square in the quilt is a character...

Pair 1, Book 2: Volcano Time: Modern, 1 month later POV characters: Amber, Alex, Livia, Corbo Earthquakes continue. More volcanoes erupt across the world. Water pushes at the blockage in the Rio Grande. Oceans heave as the Ring of Fire bursts with increased activity. Communication is limited...

Pair 2, Book 1: Tales Time: 200 years in the future POV Characters: Tanna and Zella Klapit mine, the gift of their ancestors, has been sifted and sorted for generations. Only fragments remain.  Those tossed aside by former dig leaders in favor of more useable items. Zella has slipped to the...

Pair 2, Book 2: Mines Time: 210 years in the future POV characters: Ambrena, Rusty, and Corandra Klapit, an empty mine of the ancestors, has been abandoned as empty. Only scraps remained. The new Shelpit, discovered by Rusty, seems to be nearly empty after less than a gen. Rusty fears for her...

Pair 1, Book 1: Fault Lines Pair 1, Book 2: Volcano Time: Modern, and 1 month later POV characters: Amber, Alex, Livia, Corbo An earthquake cascade on forgotten fault lines in New Mexico threaten to send the state into chaos. Fumeroles awaken along ancient volcanic plains. Amber and Alex struggle...