Mostly Fiction, Stories by a Second Generation Holocaust Survivor is a collection of eighteen fiction and two non-fiction pieces written during the last five years. Although about half of the collection includes stories without direct references to the Holocaust, all the stories are written through the lens of an individual who was one step removed from the historical trauma but who had a front row seat on how that calamity impacted his parents and family. Authored by a ps...

Two decades after a sudden departure severed her from her first love, Kai, and the vibrant artist's community they built in the ancient courtyard of "The Inkstone House," Lin receives cryptic, water-stained letter. Kai is gone. The home that once pulsed with creativity, debates under wisteria vines, and the heady scent of wet ink is to be demolished. Its remaining guardian, the reclusive painter Old Chen, has asked for her.

The former owner/proprietor of the beloved appetizing store on Manhattan’s Lower East Side tells the delightful, mouthwatering story of an immigrant family’s journey from a pushcart in 1907 to “New York’s most hallowed shrine to the miracle of caviar, smoked salmon, ethereal herring, and silken chopped liver” (The New York Times Magazine).When Joel Russ started peddling herring from a barrel shortly after his arrival in America from Poland, he could not have imagined that ...

A father; a husband; a lover; a friend; a rabbi. This is the story about the making of a modern rabbi, his coming of age, and how he finds his place in in a confused and confusing world.Michael Kind is raised in the Jewish cauldron of 1920s New York, familiar with the stresses and materialism of metropolitan life. Turning to the ancient set of ethics of his Orthodox grandfather, with a modern twist, he becomes a Reform rabbi. As insecure and sexually needy...

This joint memoir details one mother's childhood struggle to escape the Holocaust and the effect it has on her daughter."A memoir that takes us through many worlds, through heartache and noble hopes, through the mysteries of family love . . . Read Bending Toward the Sun and enrich your life."—Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith MattersA miraculous lesson in courage and recovery, Bending Toward the Sun tells the s...

New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns in a blaze of glory with a gripping, action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell,who is leading the search for a serial arsonist whose crimes threaten Maggie dangerously close to home.When a building bursts into flames on a cold winter night in D.C., investigators see a resemblance to a string of recent fires in the area. There is one difference, however: This one has a human casualty. Th...

A story of three women, linked by blood and diamonds. The first, a Ph.D. who loves her research more than any living thing. The second, a Montreal woman who knows her bulging, aching abdomen must conceal a terrible secret. The third, resident doctor Hope Sze, who, in struggling to save her patient, stumbles across a crime.“Sharply etched, emotionally haunting.” –Kenneth Wishnia, Edgar and Anthony Award finalist; editor of Jewish Noir‘The true man wants ...

From the author of Feels Like Family, a Netflix Book Club Pick!THE ROGUEHe was wild, sexy, too hot to handle—the guy all the girls in school whispered about …and secretly longed for. Now, all grown up, this rogue was even more intriguing to Ashley Wilde. Did she dare to tame Dillon Ford and make him hers for keeps?THE LADYShe was prim, proper and by-the-books—the priss miss who had every advantage growing up. Now she'd returned to her...

'The best short story writer in the world' Susan Hill'This book is a spectacular literary revelation' Sunday TimesThe collected stories of an award-winning, modern classic American writer who has been compared to Alice Munro, John Updike - and even Anton ChekhovTenderly, incisively, Edith Pearlman captured life on the page like no one else. Spanning forty years of writing, moving from tsarist Russia to the ...

The delightful and entertaining new holiday novel from the legendary author of dozens of treasured romances! This Christmas, visit the small town of Branding Iron, Texas, where it’s time for the Cowboy Christmas Ball and one irritable sheriff is about to get in the spirit of the season…and find love along the way.Sheriff Sam Delaney is shouldering a lot as the lone lawman in the small Texas town of Branding Iron—and the widowed single father of six-year-ol...

An inspiring seasonal readPerfect for reflective moments throughout the holidaysMakes a thoughtful Christmas gift

She’d hurt him deeply, but he couldn’t stay away, especially if she was in trouble. Detective Walker Myers’ heart skipped a beat when he saw the name on the incident list. He hadn’t seen her in over a year, but the thought of Amy Rossi still affected him more than he liked or wanted to admit. He’d thought she was “the one”, but she’d killed any chance of a future when she’d betrayed him in such an fundamental way.So why was he on her doorstep? Why was he giving up his free time to ...