Deep into Dusk
Winner,
2014 Beach Book Festival

Author: Laurie Stevens This book is the second in the bestselling Gabriel McRay psychological suspense series. First named to Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011, the series has also garnered a 2014 IPPY Award and multiple wins in other book festivals. “Frighteningly great Indie title… Be sure to leave a light on!” The Huffington Post

The King of Casinos: Willie Martello and the El Rey Club
Winner,
2014 International Book Awards

Author: Andy Martello After a horrific blaze destroyed Willie Martello’s El Rey Club in 1962, fifty years would pass before anyone knew of how that casino and one-time brothel provided a template for future gambling resorts, upset the Las Vegas mob, and inadvertently launched the career of Francis Ford Coppola. Features 140 photos.

Jackie
Honorable Mention,
2014 New York Book Festival

Author: Samuel C. Newsome Bullied, abused and judged autistic and uneducable, Jackie’s future was dim. Then he experiences an unexpected friendship that along with luck, and the discovery of a special talent provide him with the opportunity to fulfill his destiny.

Think Like Your Dog and Enjoy the Rewards
Honorable Mention,
2014 New York Book Festival

Author: Dianna M. Young with Robert H. Mottram This award-winning book explains how dogs and people think differently because they re wired to think differently. Dogs cannot learn to think like people, however, so we must learn to think like dogs. In many U.S. households, canines are held in such high regard that they re…

Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen
Winner,
2013 London Book Festival

Author: Judith Newton Organized by decade and by the cookbooks that shaped the author’s life, Tasting Home takes readers on a journey through the cuisines, cultural spirit, and politics of the 1940s through the 2000s.

A Healing Heart
Honorable Mention,
2014 New York Book Festival

Author: Melissa A. Hanson “A Healing Heart” has reached out and touched lives, both young and old alike. It’s a clean read with no sex, fast paced and full of ups and downs. A story about first love, life’s unexpected tragedies, and the miracles that make it possible to move forward.

Mall Pirates A New Beginning
Honorable Mention,
2014 New York Book Festival

Author: Anthony James Ancient calendars predicted the world would end in 2012. It hasn’t ended. It has begun! Timmy Barnes and his group of travelers uncover a crystal which has the power to transcend worlds. They enter a world of pirates and plunderer’s. Can Timmy harness his inner power and become the Time-Master?

The Bridge Club
Honorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival

Author: H. M. Edwards The Bridge Club talks about their lives, loves, and current affairs while keeping a multi-generational secret. A member tells the club’s secret and murder, verbal, and physical assaults abound to see who will be the last one holding the money and cards. unlocks the door to her own future.

The Phoenix
Honorable Mention,
2014 San Francisco Book Festival

Author: Sharyl Bales Four women from vastly different backgrounds – an English heiress, the French madam of one of the most respectable brothels in San Francisco, an Irish scullery maid and the quiet daughter of an American merchant – are drawn together in 1906 by one of the most devastating natural disasters of the 20th…

The Cemetery of Hearts
Winner,
2014 Green Book Festival

R. David Fulcher Using his signature style of intense imagery and eerie atmosphere, R. David Fulcher returns to the realm of the macabre, the strange, and the fantastic with his new collection of short stories, The Cemetery of Hearts.