In the Shadow of Lies: An Oliver Wright Mystery Novel
Honorable Mention,
2014 Hollywood Book Festival

Author: M. A. Adler Richmond, California, WWII. Homicide detective Oliver Wright returns home from Guam with his dog, wounded and afraid his career is over, but when an Italian POW is murdered on Angel Island, the Army asks him to investigate. Oliver provokes an unknown enemy who threatens him and everyone he holds dear.

Singing to the Lions
Honorable Mention,
2014 New York Book Festival

Author: Robert A. Gisclair “In Singing to the Lions, Robert Gisclair takes the reader inside the head of a Vietnam War grunt. Gisclair straps a heavy pack to your back as you step into the Vietnamese jungle, breathing heavily in its claustrophobic, stinking depths and exhaling cautiously as you break through the brush and stand…

A Surgeon’s Story: The Autobiography of Robert T. Morris
Honorable Mention,
2014 New York Book Festival

Authors:Roger G Gosden, Pam Walker The story of a renowned New York doctor who struggled with a reactionary profession to pioneer sterility, small incisions, and better wound-healing in surgery. This is an updated edition of a 1935 classic, brimming with case histories starting from the late Victorian age.

To the Faithless: and the Unbelieving BERTRAM GREY
Runner-up,
2014 Green Book Festival

Author: Kevin Garrett A boy born without faith seeks to become special enough so that God will talk out loud to him and he can know for certain that He is real. To this end he travels from his hometown of Pietyville South Carolina to the rainforests of South America.

Sutton Place
Runner-up,
2014 Beach Book Festival

Author: Louise Gaylord Just When Things Seem to Be Going So Well… …a horrific incident from Julia Fairchild’s past—one she thought had been buried long ago—comes charging back into her life. Then a promising romantic weekend goes bad, which makes staying at Sutton Place more than Julia can handle. So she flees her home, her…

Hunting in a Farmer’s World
Winner,
2014 New York Book Festival

Author: John F. Dini From the ambition that captures an entrepreneur and drives him to take the plunge of starting up, to the unexpected pitfalls of runaway success, Hunting in a Farmer’s World examines why business owners are different from the people who work for them.

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…