Thursday, April 16, 2026

Book Tour ~ Deconstructing America by G. H. Spears

 




Political Nonfiction

Date Published: January 21, 2026

Publisher ‏: ‎ Seacoast Press



In recent decades, most of us have witnessed increasing social and political strife, tearing apart the very fabric of American society. This polarization stems from decades of shifting ideologies, moving from a foundational center-right perspective toward the left. Acknowledging the root causes of this cultural shift and recognizing the depth of the problem is the first step toward addressing it.

The divide we see today is largely driven by ideas that contradict the founding principles of the United States. Deconstructing America explores these forces through a series of interconnected, fact-based narratives, revealing the key moments and influences that have contributed to America's decline.


A nation, any nation that can proclaim national sovereignty has a duty to its citizens to protect them from harm by external forces that threaten their culture, indeed, a national identity, including their laws and constitutional order.

The United States of America was invaded by illegal aliens from all over the world during the presidency of Joe Biden and his counter-part Vice President Kamala Harris (2021-2025) in one of the most cynical and dangerous open-borders policy in world history. The internal corruption this caused is unprecedented: Billions of hard-earned tax payer money at both the state and federal levels further exacerbated political polarization in the American electorate.

As blue-states that are governed entirely by the Democrat Party not only embraced this new illegal alien constituency and reinforced their rhetoric and policy toward sanctuary status for illegal immigrants, it pitted federal law enforcement against federal (ICE, Customs and Border Patrol) law enforcement creating dissention among citizens.

In blue-states, such as Chicago, Los Angelis, New York, Boston and others, rampant criminality and a newer entitlement class became all too evident. Soft on crime policy, a feature that had already been present in these blue-states with the defund police movement, especially after the BLM protests and anarchy in the summer of 2020, after the death of George Floyd further created a new criminality among criminal illegal alien gangs let into the U.S. during the Biden open-borders debacle.

In the meantime, other illegal aliens who were not necessarily criminal actors but came here for a perceived better life, still created downward pressure on the local, state and federal economies. The U.S. at the state level provided housing that was already in crisis, but also includes food, clothing and schooling, all at the expense of U.S. citizens.

Imagine a country that would destroy themselves from within. A country that would degrade its public education system in order to fund its unions who are entirely beholden to one political party—the Democrat Party. Public sector teachers unions did not help create an atmosphere for positive learning outcomes, they instead hindered educational outcomes with decadent progressive policies that harmed children.

Imagine a country that would allow foreign nationals to vote in their elections, thereby cancelling out a citizens vote and creating a situation that that disenfranchises the citizen voting public at-large.

Imagine a country that would allow the marginalization of parental control in favor of the state. A country that would in certain states create laws that would take children away from their parents because the parents didn’t agree to usher their child into sex change surgeries and hormone blockers is truly a country in decline.

Imagine a country, a Western capitalist country, especially the U.S., hell-bent in allowing a culture of anti-American sentiment to thrive.

The United States which is a nation founded on Judeo Christian values that has eroded faith as its foundational and cultural mediator in favor in the omnipotence of MAN. A nation, especially the U.S. is easily led down a path to its own destruction under that kind of leadership. Communism and its precursor socialism are then, in turn, is easily adopted by the failing nation where their leaders eradicate Christian faith. In the United States of America to this point today we are beyond just the slippery slope of decadence. In the U.S. we have reached the point, the precipice, where the confluence of deconstruction is near complete and the following quote from the book is apropos.

       “This newer madness is just the tip of the iceberg if we let it continue. This isn’t just about communism, because communists in Russia or China wouldn’t allow such decadent behavior in their own society. This is purely a far-Left progressivism that has proliferated over the course of generations.

       “Communist leaders are ecstatic at the specter of America’s devolving cultural decadence. While American’s are fighting each other on cultural terms and watch their core institutions that made America great in the first place weaken, communist nations are shoring up their military alliances.” (Introduction, P. xiii)

  

About the Author


After a long career as an entrepreneur working in the cycling and fitness industry managing, owning, and consulting for numerous retail establishments, it became natural to study the people, cultures, and social environments in and around my working life. Once retirement became imminent it afforded me the time and vigor to completely immerse myself in the social sciences, including anthropology, sociology, social psychology, and history in furtherance of understanding and writing about the complex world issues that humanity faces.


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Book Tour ~ Death and Life in the City of Dreams by Nicholas Deitch

 

 


Literary Fiction

Date Published: April 16th

Publisher: Acorn Publishing



Jaded city planner Townsend Meadows looks out across Evermore Valley with the ghost of his dead friend by his side. “Do you ever wonder,” Fen asks, “what this city will look like five hundred years from now?”

Their city is teetering on the brink of collapse, and the mayor’s answer is a gleaming new auto mall at the valley’s edge. For Townsend, it’s the death of everything a city should be. Struggling to regain his passion and forced to choose between compliance and conviction, he must risk his career to fight for a more hopeful and verdant future.
From an architect’s vision at the dawn of the twentieth century, to a rancher’s dynasty scarred by violence and greed, to a city founder’s hidden message of hope, this story about the rise, fall, and reawakening of an American city reaches far beyond the present. A timely, sweeping novel of memory, corruption, and resilience, Death and Life in the City of Dreams asks, “What legacy will we choose to leave for our children?”

 

 Evermore Township, 1868

The Ruin of His Peace

The sun is dropping slowly over the valley’s western rim. Hartford Sloan has been sitting on a bench under a tree near the shed that is the Evermore Trading Company for nearly five hours. He sits with his arms at rest on the hard bones of his thighs, watching an occasional wagon come and go. A goat stands in the seeping shade, munching grass, lifting its head to stare at him with an accusing bleat before bending down to tear another grassy clump free with its yellowed teeth.

In his hands, Hartford holds a pack of letters, the most recent one received some weeks past, the paper creased and worn from the folding and unfolding of so many moments. He reads the lines again and again, words in a delicate script, her imagined voice lyrical and soft inside his head . . .

Dear Mr. Sloan,

I have received your generous advance, and I am in much anticipation of our meeting and our pending union. As agreed, I have purchased passage, and my coach is scheduled to arrive in Evermore on the 26th of April, midday, so I am told. It is a long journey, and there may be delay, but I am so eager to begin this new chapter in my life. While I understand that this is, for both of us, a transaction of some practicality, please know that I am grateful for this opportunity of pending matrimony, and I am certain there will be no regrets.

I shall see you very soon, dear Hartford.

Yours,

Miss Bethany Hale

Hartford retrieves his pocket watch. It’s getting late. The air is beginning to cool, and the sun is hovering over the ridge. A dog barks somewhere in town, and at last, he thinks he can see the dust clouding the road on the distant rise, maybe two miles out. He stands and returns the letters to his pocket. He smooths his hair and tucks his shirt, and he sees his fingers trembling. The thought of his father intrudes, the man belittling him. Straighten yourself, boy. Look at you. You’re weak and pathetic. You wouldn’t fetch half the price of a good strong neg—

“You’re wearing my bench out, Sloan.” A man calls from the open door of the Trading Post. “You sure she’s coming? Maybe ya got the day wrong.”

Hartford shakes himself. “You can mind your own goddamned business, Gamble. It’s the right day, and she’ll be here before that goddamned sun falls.”

“All right, then, Mr. Sloan. Didn’t mean no disrespect. But you know as well as I just how unreliable that stage can be.”

“She’ll be here, goddammit. She’ll be here.”

Hartford takes a breath and looks toward the road. Something there in the distance. He squints to see, a few hundred yards out, a coach. Burnt-red paint and sunbaked leather. He straightens his shirt, sets his bow tie at his neck, and stands stiffly.

At fifty yards, he has the sudden urge to turn and leave. When she sees him, she will change her mind. When she sees him, she will know how worthless he is. She will soon know he is the son of a bastard slave trader named Mosley Sloan, who, given the chance, wouldn’t spend a handful of change to purchase his own worthless son.

The coach comes to a ragged halt in a cloud of dust, the horses panting, coated in sweat and dirt. The driver is down and at the latch of the carriage, reaching in. A laced boot at the threshold, a gloved hand on the coachman’s palm, a woman steps onto the rutted shoulder, the dust still settling around her, clouding the sheen of her ruffled skirt.

Bethany is upright, her hair braided and wrapped into a fine bun, kind eyes in a face that is plain and soft, her skin the color of a ripened peach. Hartford stands before her, trembling invisibly. She is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.

She smiles and steps toward him, and she extends her hand. “Mr. Sloan. Hartford. I am so very pleased to make your acquaintance.”

He is dumbstruck and suddenly quite stupid, and the goat chides him with another stuttered bleat. “Uh, yes, yes, Miss . . . Bethany.” He takes her hand and holds it too tight. She looks at him with nothing less than kindness, and he feels a sudden and unexpected surrender. This woman will take care of him. He knows that this is true. He still has her hand. He is afraid to let go.


About the Author

 

 Nicholas Deitch is a writer, architect, and advocate for social justice whose fiction explores the intersection of cities, history, and human resilience. His passion for storytelling began when a colleague recognized the emotional depth of his nonfiction work. Since then, he has honed his craft, publishing short stories in Litro Magazine, Club Plum, and Santa Barbara Literary Journal. His short story “Grace Eternal” won Best Fiction at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (2019).

Death and Life in the City of Dreams, his debut novel, is deeply influenced by his experiences in nonprofit leadership and the design of inclusive communities and urban places.

Originally from Los Angeles, he now lives in Ventura, California, with his wife and creative partner Diana.

 

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Book Blitz ~ I Love it When We Read Together - Written by Karolyn Wallace & Illustrated by Joey Wall

 



Children's Books / Early Learning Beginner Reader

Date Published: 08-12-2025

Publisher: Mission Point Press



I Love It When We Read Together invites reading partners to create their own special rituals with gentle prompts and endearing illustrations that encourage kids to read along, spot animals, and spark lively conversations. This book is perfect for building fluency and connection. Inspired by the literacy challenges of the pandemic, early childhood educator Karolyn Wallace crafts a cozy experience that helps families bring the joy of reading home.

 


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Karolyn Wallace is a seasoned educator with over twenty years of experience teaching in elementary classrooms across public and private schools in Maryland, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and New York. Before that, she was a broadcast journalist at local news affiliates in Los Angeles and Flint, Michigan. She is currently part of the team at The Children’s Learning Lab, where experienced educators connect with elementary students for online learning. She divides her time between Michigan and California, enjoying the company of her husband, children, and grandchildren.


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Release Blitz ~ Death and Life in the City of Dreams by Nicholas Deitch

 


 


Literary Fiction

Date Published: April 16th

Publisher: Acorn Publishing



Jaded city planner Townsend Meadows looks out across Evermore Valley with the ghost of his dead friend by his side. “Do you ever wonder,” Fen asks, “what this city will look like five hundred years from now?”

Their city is teetering on the brink of collapse, and the mayor’s answer is a gleaming new auto mall at the valley’s edge. For Townsend, it’s the death of everything a city should be. Struggling to regain his passion and forced to choose between compliance and conviction, he must risk his career to fight for a more hopeful and verdant future.
From an architect’s vision at the dawn of the twentieth century, to a rancher’s dynasty scarred by violence and greed, to a city founder’s hidden message of hope, this story about the rise, fall, and reawakening of an American city reaches far beyond the present. A timely, sweeping novel of memory, corruption, and resilience, Death and Life in the City of Dreams asks, “What legacy will we choose to leave for our children?”

 

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 Nicholas Deitch is a writer, architect, and advocate for social justice whose fiction explores the intersection of cities, history, and human resilience. His passion for storytelling began when a colleague recognized the emotional depth of his nonfiction work. Since then, he has honed his craft, publishing short stories in Litro Magazine, Club Plum, and Santa Barbara Literary Journal. His short story “Grace Eternal” won Best Fiction at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (2019).

Death and Life in the City of Dreams, his debut novel, is deeply influenced by his experiences in nonprofit leadership and the design of inclusive communities and urban places.

Originally from Los Angeles, he now lives in Ventura, California, with his wife and creative partner Diana.

 

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Book Tour ~ Tattered Flesh, Resilient Spirit by Craig H. Collison, M. D.

 



Memoir

Date Published: February 14, 2026

 


Tattered Flesh, Resilient Spirit is a powerful and deeply personal medical memoir that chronicles the extraordinary survival of physician Craig H. Collison, M.D., who, at the height of his medical training, was suddenly struck by a devastating case of necrotizing fasciitis-commonly known as "flesh-eating bacteria."

Told through the rare dual lens of doctor and patient, this gripping narrative offers a day-by-day account of emergency surgeries, intensive care, organ failure, and prolonged rehabilitation.

Interwoven throughout the story are intimate bedside journal entries written by Collison's wife, family, and friends-capturing raw fear, unwavering love, and the strength of a community united by hope.

Beyond the medical drama, Tattered Flesh, Resilient Spirit is a testimony to faith, perseverance, and the indomitable human spirit. Biblical reflections accompany the journey, offering spiritual insight and comfort during moments of despair and uncertainty. The book also includes a patient- and family-focused appendix, making it both a compelling memoir and a meaningful resource for those navigating critical illness.

 

 To deal with the problem of my large skin defects, Drs. Fratianne and Yowler made the decision to use pig skin to cover these areas, with two goals in mind. First, it would act as a barrier for infection, even if only temporarily, and secondly, it would give the doctors an idea if my body was to the point to be able to accept skin grafts from my own healthy skin. The pig skin was put in place with staples in the operating room.

Unfortunately, this first application was only about fifty percent successful. The pig skin graft failed to take at all on my back, while it did take on several areas of my front. The pig skin that didn’t take was removed or fell off. With the emotional roller coaster that everyone was riding, this setback was very disheartening for my family. As each hurdle during my illness approached, the anticipation heightened with the stakes. My failure to overcome any of these hurdles could result in complications and ultimately my death, so setbacks of any type were hard to take. The failure of the first pig skin application was a clear sign that I wasn’t ready for my actual skin-grafting. My family knew that I had a small window of time to get grafted, so while this failure wasn’t fatal, the clock was ticking and everyone knew it. The defects needed to be closed before infections of my wounds became overwhelming.

Journal Entry - 5/8/00

Yesterday looked very promising - no fever, all other vitals real good and the nurse said what she could see of the pig skin looked real good. But today my heart is heavy for you again. I haven’t cried in a few days (much at least), but today it all feels like draining out. I still have to keep the faith and hope that this is just a delay and you and the Lord will prevail! Some days are easier than others (you’re well = I’m well and vice-versa). Today Dr. Yowler looked at your pig skin grafts and we had half and half news.

Your back didn’t take at all, but 85% of the front did. Of course, I always hope for things to work out perfectly, and then I get reminded that it is not an easy road we are traveling here there are many bumps on the way. They did say that there is also a fungus on your back, so will be treating you with Nystatin cream beginning tomorrow. They also hope to get you weaned off the vent by Wednesday or Thursday of this week. I would feel better with that endotracheal tube out of you to decrease the chance of infection.

As a bonus, you would be happier and then you could talk to us as well. Oh, one day at a time.

I hope you don’t find this silly or boring to read later, it just is an easier way to remember each day (for you later) and it is the only way I can “tell” you my feelings now. I do tell you verbally - I talk with you, pray with you, play CDs for you and touch your arms, hands, face and hair daily, hoping subconsciously you can feel me here with you. Oh, how I do miss you baby and just pray so hard each day - many, many times that this will all continue to go in a positive direction and we will enjoy one another again and the many dreams in life ahead of us. God is good, I know that, and I know that he is in control of all of this and holds you each day (wish I could!) in his loving arms.

Well, I am going to go back in now and sit with you some more since that is what I am here to do. Love you babe, with all I am and have! M-

 


About the Author

 

 Craig H. Collison, MD grew up in central Pennsylvania, graduating from State College High School. He earned an engineering degree from Penn State University and went on to medical school at Wake Forest University. He then did his Pediatrics training at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, part of Case Western Reserve University. In the last months of his residency training, he had a surgery to remove a lipoma that got super-infected, causing necrotizing fasciitis and myositis (flesh-eating bacteria). The book "Tattered Flesh, Resilient Spirit" chronicles this illness and how faith in God and an incredible health team helped Craig and his family through the most difficult challenge of his life.

After many months in the hospital, he and his family then returned home to central Pennsylvania to work as a general Pediatrician with Centre Medical and Surgical Associates and Mount Nittany Medical Center, now combined as the Mount Nittany Health System. He lives with his wife, Michelle, his children, Taylor, Chase, Caroline and Lydia, and their dogs, Penny and Josie, in “The Simon Pickel House.” This 1833 stone house resides in the small village of Madisonburg, part of the Penns Valley area. He recently moved his practice to Mount Nittany Physician Group - Penns Valley to be closer to home and really take care of children in the Penns Valley area. His interests outside work include football, volleyball, golf, playing guitar and, most importantly, being an involved husband and dad.


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Week Blitz ~ Golfing, Gardens & Ghosts - Katie & Maverick Cozy Mysteries by Mary Seifert

 


Cozy Mystery

Date Published: 01-28-2026

Publisher: Secret Staircase Books, an imprint of Columbine Publishing Group, LLC



School’s out for the summer and math teacher Katie Wilk needs something to occupy her time, something beyond helping to plan Jane Mackey’s upcoming wedding. So, when Jane suggests golf lessons and Katie secures a part-time job at the Shady Oaks Country Club to cover the cost of her golfing gear, it seems like a win-win plan. Unfortunately, the club’s irascible golf pro seems to make enemies wherever he goes, so when his body turns up near the 14th hole, it’s anyone’s guess who might have done him in.

Katie doesn’t really want another murder to investigate, but Officer Ronnie Christianson is back to his old ways, and it looks like he’ll do what it takes to implicate her in the death. And Katie just happens to have seen a potentially incriminating clue, behind a secret garden wall that few know about. Can Katie, Jane, and Ida ask enough questions to find out what really happened before the police come after her?

 

Praise for this amazing cozy series by multiple award-winning author Mary Seifert:

2024 Chanticleer International Book Awards - Semi-Finalist - Mystery & Mayhem category

2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award - Top Pick - Cozy Mysteries

2024 International Impact Awards - Winner - Books in a Series

 

“…. a solid 5 out of 5 stars. For those seeking not just a mystery but an immersive experience, Mary Seifert's debut novel [is] the perfect companion for a cosy night in, a cup of tea, and a journey into the heart of a captivating mystery.” – Maverick, Movies & Murder, Online Book Club.org

 

“...an intricate mystery with plenty of action and suspense. Plus, I like the dog.” David Housewright Edgar Award winning author of Something Wicked

 

“From navigating small town life to solving puzzling murders, Katie and Maverick are a delight.” —Mindy Mejia, international bestseller author

 

“Immediately captivating! Katie and Maverick are destined to become a notable amateur sleuth team in the mystery world.” –Connie Shelton, USA Today bestselling author

 

“I thoroughly enjoyed this debut book by Mary Seifert! This well written and thoughtful story kept me engaged with fun characters, interesting information and mind and math puzzles. Looking forward to book two!” James, 5-star online review

 

“Fun read! The author has an authentic voice and has done her research. The plot covers many topics: dogs, history, the inner workings of hospitals, family dynamics, and more. I especially enjoyed the puzzles and little-known historical facts that were part of the story. Maverick, Movies & Murder kept my interest and left me wanting more. Highly recommend!” Beth, online 5-star review

 

“…very much looking forward to her next!!! I can’t get enough of Ms. Seifert’s books!!” – proudarmymom, 5 stars

 

“…plenty of unanticipated twists and turns. It kept [me] up reading to see what was going to happen next!” RHN, 5 stars online

 

“Maverick, Movies, and Murder isn't merely a cosy mystery; it's a literary embrace, a narrative that unfolds in layers, revealing both the familiar and the unexpected.” OnlineBookClub.org review

 

Excerpt

“I can’t imagine you didn’t inherit my ability to sit still and do absolutely nothing. I’m the king of procrastination.”

I laughed. “This from a man who plans every minute of his day.”

“Yes, but I make certain I plan all my sitting-still time first. I might have some ideas for you.”

Poised to take note of Dad’s constructive contributions, I said, “Do tell.”

He leaned back in the chair and crossed his arms. “You could pick up a new hobby.”

“I could teach you to cook. Maybe. Or you could bike.”

I plopped my elbow on the table and supported my cheek in my hand. “You and Ida have tried to teach me to cook. It’s been practically impossible, and there’s only so much biking I can do.” I shook my head yet listened for something novel.

“You could sleep in.”

“Tried that.” I side-eyed my pup and exhaled.

“You could learn a craft like … crocheting or knitting.”

Two more words made the list. He waited for an enthusiastic response, which didn’t happen, but nuggets of ideas turned over in my head as I chewed my final morsel of bacon. Our landlady, Ida Clemashevski, was a creative whiz not only at cooking, but with her passions of art, acting, music, and probably crafting as well.

“There’s always fishing,” he said, cautiously optimistic. “Or get a part-time job?”

I jotted a few words next to his recommendations and drew a fish.

Dad asked, “What’s that?”

Having confirmed my lack of any artistic talent, my sketch disappeared under scribbles. “I’ll think about taking up a hobby, but meanwhile, it seems I’ll simply have to resign myself to mundane chores …” I hopped up. “Nothing exciting. Something like doing the dishes.” I juggled the serving platters, plates, and silverware and deposited them in the sink, leaving the delicate cups for a second trip.

Soap foamed under the cascade of hot water, and I scrubbed slowly to eat up at least a portion of my free time. Although Dad reached for a towel, I shooed him out of the kitchen, knowing how much he valued his predictable weekday schedule: a hearty first meal of the day, a one-mile walk around the neighborhood—rain or shine, an in-depth read of the newspaper from cover to cartoons, an exercise class at the Y, and his volunteer stint at the library.

“No doubt, by week’s end you’ll have discovered a new and more streamlined method for doing dishes. You know I love you.” He kissed my forehead and headed for the door and a day of sunshine. “But we’ve got to keep you occupied and out of trouble, or you’ll never get rid of the crazy nickname you earned.”

I called to his retreating back, “Just because I’ve been in the wrong places and involved in the resolution of several serious crimes, I really don’t think I deserve the moniker ‘Katie Wilk, the murder magnet.’”

 

About the Author


Mary Seifert is the mastermind behind the captivating Katie and Maverick Cozy Mysteries, a 2024 International IMPACT Award winner for books in a series. If you love a thrilling whodunit with a sprinkle of humor and a dash of charm, her books are for you. Her novel Maverick, Movies & Murder was a finalist for the 2023 American Fiction Award, and Santa, Snowflakes & Strychnine earned a spot as a 2024 Chanticleer Murder and Mayhem finalist. Set in the picturesque landscapes of West Central Minnesota, where the lakes begin, Mary’s stories are as cozy as a warm cup of cocoa on a chilly day.

Mary’s love affair with books began in her grandfather’s secretive basement backroom library, where she read childhood favorites, Heidi, Black Beauty, National Velvet, Charlotte’s Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and devoured works by literary greats such as Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Erle Stanley Gardner, Wouk, Chandler, du Maurier, Ellery Queen, Margaret Mitchell, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Salinger, Bradbury, Tolkien, and Pasternak, to name just a few. These early literary adventures, combined with lively book discussions with her mother and siblings helped shape her love for mysteries and complex narratives. Her father’s gift of outrageous storytelling added exaggeration to her arsenal, lending a playful twist to her writing.

Mary grounded her passion for storytelling when she shared her love of reading with her children, solving puzzles alongside beloved characters like Nancy Drew, the Boxcar Children, and the Hardy Boys, and that passion is growing, watching the next generation learn to read. She proudly believes her kids, their significant others, and her grandchildren are the smartest in the universe, and she’s not shy about letting the world know it!


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Book Blitz ~ Sasq'et by Maxim Langstaff

 

 


Historical Fiction / Mythology

Date Published: ‎April 7, 2026

Publisher: ‎ Manhattan Book Group



IN 1939, A DEADLY CONFRONTATION IN THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS shatters young Albert Pingree's life and leaves him the keeper of a truth so staggering it could tear apart mankind's understanding of itself. Sixty years later, his granddaughter Mallory - a small-town veterinarian in rural New Hampshire, inherits more than his fortune; she inherits his secret. When Albert is found dead behind his remote British Columbia cabin, Mallory is drawn into a world of deception, lost identity, and scientific obsession. Inside a locked candle box, she uncovers a horrific relic - a severed hand too large to be human - and a note that beckons her toward the impossible.

Mallory recruits Dr. George Avery, the world's leading field zoologist to help her identify what she has found. At first, he is reluctant, unaware of the magnitude of what she has brought to him. As the puzzle begins to take shape, he is confronted by what the answers they find, reveal.

Exploring deeper, their growing affection ignites a sense of purpose, even as they face the shadows of the past and the dangers of their pursuit. In the haunting wilds of the Pacific Northwest, nature's grandeur and brutality are ever-present. Tangled forests and untamed rivers, bears, wolves, and the ancient reverence of Indigenous traditions surround them, blurring the lines between myth and reality. Their quest becomes a journey not only to solve a mystery, but to reconcile love, loneliness, and the immortal question of our place in a world still ruled by secrets.


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Maxim Langstaff is a Grammy-and Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and author whose creative and editorial work has reached millions of people worldwide. He is recognized for his innovative vision and exceptional versatility and reach, crafting narratives that reflect powerful insight into the natural world and our relationship to it.

His debut novel, SASQ’ET will be released on April 7, 2026.

Max holds an honorary doctorate from Connecticut College and a degree in Anthropology. He is a member of The Writer’s Guild and past participant at the Breadloaf Writer’s Conference. His editorial and creative writing has been published by The New York Times, Philadelphia Enquirer, Gannett, Wildlife Conservation Magazine, PBS, Disney, and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Max produced the multi-media Making of Sgt. Pepper with Sir George Martin, featuring Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Phil Collins.

He wrote and produced the most complete filmed history of the Beatles through the eyes of Sir George who signed them, produced their work, and played on many of their recordings. A part Max’s film became the award-winning PBS series Soundbreaking.

Many of the greatest pop culture icons of the 20th century have collaborated with Max on projects he has created, written, and produced including Herbie Hancock, Brian Wilson, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, B.B. King, Tony Bennett, Vince Gill, Burt Bacharach, Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gordon Lightfoot, Smokey Robinson, Jack White, Dave Grohl, Run-DMC, and Willie Nelson. A more complete listing of artists he has worked with can be found at: www.maximlangstaff.com

Known for his work with John Denver, Max created and produced the acclaimed television event, the Wildlife Concert, spawning the highest rated music program in cable TV history upon broadcast, two multi-platinum CD sets, and one of the best-selling music video programs ever released by SONY.

Working with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Max helped lead the largest fundraising effort ($100mm) ever undertaken for wildlife conservation, seeding the first integrated global conservation initiative to save endangered tigers.

On any given day you will likely find him on a wilderness river or mountain trail. A three-time Boston Marathoner, he lives in North Carolina. SASQ’ET is his first novel.


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Book Blitz ~ The Man in the Middle - A Tapestry of Tangled Lives by Julie Lee Williams

 




A Tapestry of Tangled Lives


Family Saga / Fiction / Based on True Lived Experiences

Date Published: April 6, 2026

Publisher: Serapis Bey Publishing, Arizona, US www.parulagrawal.com

 


A story of human connection between twins, between lovers, between comrades in war, set against the shadow of the evangelical religion and its judgments."

 

Based on a childhood of shadowy secrets surrounding her parents’ marriage and the rigid judgment of the Evangelical religion, the author attempts to find her truth. A work of historical fiction and romance, it spans the era of WWII and beyond, weaving the story of her father, mother and aunt (her mother’s twin sister). The unexpected twists and turns mirror those of our own lives, and readers can empathize and identify with the characters’ humanity as they struggle with their flaws. The power of religious judgement is explored along with the strength and resilience of individuals challenged by the ethics of life. This is also a fascinating study of the complexities of being twins. With the strongest of bonds that overwhelms their very different personalities, their love for the same man creates a gulf between them that threatens their entire adult relationship. It is also a story of a man and how he navigates his own journey after love and loss. When his WWII experience takes him to countries he has never dreamed of seeing, and opens him to the excitement of new cultures, he finds new meaning. At the same time, his bonds to his comrades in arms and their shared experiences of battlefield traumas leaves him with emotional scars. A story of secrets and the power of love, the themes of self-doubt and second chances are embedded in the narrative, along with the acceptance of one’s actions following painful choices.

A story of human connection between twins, lovers, comrades during World War 11, families, and generational trauma, set across the United States and Europe and against the shadow of the Evangelical religion and its judgments. A family saga of secrets, shadows, and unspoken enduring love, and its impact across three generations, based on a true story of lived experience. A work of romantic, historical fiction, The Man in the Middle; A Tale of Tangled Lives is based on the true story of the author’s parents. It follows their youth in the early 1900s in US, through the years of WWII in Europe, and after, and their lives as friends, lovers, parents, and elderly individuals.

This is a story of love and its many forms. There are no heroes or demons, only people dealing with their humanity. Or maybe there are heroes: Luke, as he navigates his life honourably and responsibly, while harbouring feelings for more than one woman; Anna as she comes to terms with her selfish impulses and attempts to overcome them; Pierrette, who recognizes and accepts that she cannot give Luke the life he wants, and that their love is not enough. Karoline is perhaps the true heroine of the book. A victim of the religious beliefs she is trapped by, she finds it impossible to love herself. Instead, she spends her life feeling inferior to her sister and undeserving of Luke’s love. At Luke’s passing, she finally receives the confirmation of her worth and her place as the love of his life.

 

About the Author


"The author lives half-time in San Diego, CA, and half-time in a small village in Southern France. This is her exploration of the unexplained secrets that shadowed her childhood and the consequences that haunt all our choices."

“I wrote this book to come to terms with my past. I wanted to understand the people who raised me, through the fictional characters of Karoline and Luke, who represent my parents and my mother’s twin sister, Anna, who represents my aunt. My childhood was full of love, but as I watched the individuals around me, I sensed a drama that excluded me. I knew my father had been in WWII and experienced Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge and much more during the four years he spent in Europe. The way he talked about the world he had discovered there intrigued me and I knew there was more to tell, which he never spoke about. My mother adored my father, but there was a tension in the room when my aunt was present. A connection between my father and my aunt was obvious despite their effort to hide it. Through the years, there were inadvertent comments that hinted of a previous relationship between them, but it wasn’t until the end of my father’s life that conversations took place that enlightened me. I didn’t ask, but they each wanted to tell their story, their truth about what happened. This book is my truth, my experience in living with them and loving them. It is my attempt to honor them by exploring their humanness and accepting that we are each a complex entity.”

 

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Teaser ~ The Bric-A Brac of Mickey Mack by Mickey Mack

 




Poetry /Comedy Satire Gift Rhyme Millennial Humor Silverstein Memory

Date Published: 04-15-2026

Publisher: The Tink and Tank Press



A wry poetry collection that captures the jarring sink-or-swim leap into adulthood. This book honors the limbo of exiting youth, a unique period where responsibility suddenly smashes the youthful optimist, crushing it under the crippling weight of adulthood. Twenty-somethings scatter across life's spectrum with some jobless and couch-surfing, while others marry, become parents, and buy a house. Everyone eventually finds themselves old enough to fight in foreign wars but too young to rent a car. It's the fast, brutal shift to an unguarded world, to bowling without bumpers. You've entered a chaotic soup of competing ambitions and subterfuge, where one hand offers help while the other conceals a knife. You're expected to be an adult without ever having been one, like seeing the ocean from afar and suddenly wrestling its waves. This book highlights the inevitable sense of crushing defeat and loss, but reveals the importance of laughing anyway. After all, life is a game of avoiding the consequences of your own actions. The Bric-a-Brac of Mickey Mack will hand you a mirror and dare you to laugh at its reflection.


Excerpt

I sat across from him, he had a twisted distant gaze while he wracked his mind and grappled with a foolish phrase which was written on a note and shuffled in a mess of junk atop a desk ensconced in filth, no doubt the man was drunk. His name was Mickey Mack, both laser focused and aloof, fenced in by Bric-a-Brac unpacked and stacked up to the roof. A product of his times, so wise, yet dumber than a door. A man of vast experience and yet he’s such a bore. He’d traveled ’round the world and been to many foreign lands to simply say he had, to sit and sulk, his only plans. For “that’s what people do,” he’d say, “they travel to enjoy the petty world and what it offers every girl and boy.” Despite the fact that Mr. Mack had traveled far and wide he would do what’s done at home and find a bar to sit inside. And there, while many past him by, bemoaning life itself, it tortured Mickey for he couldn’t help but see himself. He realized now that time is gone, and that’s the way it is, and he, while living other people’s lives, had wasted his. And as a way, as best he could, expel the toxic bile, he has compiled every groan and gripe within a file. And written down, at last, now put together in a book the crying whines of all he heard from all the trips he took. A vapid, superficial twit, he sobered up somehow, and Mickey Mack looked up at me behind a furrowed brow, and as he squinted, leaning closer straining hard to see, He was looking in a mirror, for the hopeless fool was me.

 

 

About the Author


Mickey Mack is a world-weary traveler and obsessive collector of life’s absurd talismans and trinkets. After years of eavesdropping on bar-stool confessions around the globe, he distills the Suffering Olympics of modern adulthood into witty, rhythmic heroic couplets.


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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Book Tour ~ To Die For by Audrey Steidl

 




Young Adult

Date Published: April 10th 2026

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

 


To Die For is a harrowing look into the life of a narcissist who refuses to take accountability for the damage she inflicts.

High school senior Dei Fields appears completely harmless, but she has a keen instinct for manipulation. When she first sets eyes on hot star athlete Mika St. John, she’s determined to have him … and Dei always gets what she wants. There are only three obstacles: Mika’s friends, his family, and his girlfriend. But Dei isn’t afraid to destroy relationships to satisfy her fantasies.

In a matter of weeks, she love-bombs Mika into thinking he has found his soulmate, but when Dei’s plans go awry, everything changes—including her identity. Will Dei get what she wants this time? Or will she finally get what she deserves?


 Delilah Fields had disappeared. There was no body, no evidence pointing to murder, and no trace of a phone call or use of a debit card since September of last year. She owed pretty much everyone in her life either money or an apology. Plenty of people had wanted her gone, but no one had actually wanted her dead.

Or had they?

            When her marriage crumbled after only two months, Delilah pursued a boy that she met 

online -- all the way from San Diego to NAS Pensacola Navy Base. But the romance had fizzled, and the young man in question was now stationed in Japan – and had been since the summer of 2022, a few months before she had fallen off the radar. So that was an air-tight alibi.

.           Delilah’s still-husband, Mika St. John, was in the Army back in the Middle of Nowhere USA. Having discovered her multiple infidelities, he had been trying unsuccessfully to end their marriage. For nearly four years. The police might say that four years was a long time to go on hating someone, but Mika didn’t really hate her. He was just numb to her.

            The not caring might have been worse in her mind than hate. At least a negative emotion would have proved she’d won.

            If she had any mind left… which was problematic if she couldn’t be found.

            Her (former) best friend, Alison, truly hated her. There was plenty of evidence of that – the endless texts, blocked and unblocked phone calls, the TikTok trash talk. Frenemies turned to enemies.

It was sad, really. There was an endless list of suspects, but no evidence of a crime. The only certainty is that Delilah hadn’t offed herself. No way. A malignant narcissist is always a victim; they are never wrong; and they most definitely do not kill themselves. 

            Unless, of course, they are planning on taking the whole world with them.

 

            Mika St. John walked into the first day of his senior Film Production class at McKinley High School, and Delilah knew immediately that she had to have him. She didn’t know how, but she knew that she would do anything -- literally anything -- to make it happen.

            He sat down near the back with an air of cool detachment, his eyes barely scanning the classroom as he pulled down on his athletic shorts, his long hands and muscular legs momentarily distracting her from his face. 

            Mika had the face of a movie star. He was tall and slim with an athletic, muscular build, and his face was chiseled like a sculpture. His ash-blond hair framed his face like Michelangelo’s David, and his eyes were deep-set and blue. 

            Delilah tried not to stare, but her eyes kept coming back to him. There were other eyes on Mika too, but she was new to the school and could see most of those eyes were friendly to him, not predatory. She knew the difference.

            Forcing herself to look at the teacher, she tried to collect herself. She knew that she could not be caught staring at him – that would mark her as a nuisance. She had to be cool.

            People were still shuffling into class. She heard a few voices and a laugh from in back and allowed herself one last glance at him. A couple of other boys had stopped to talk to him, but he was the one that was laughing, with a deep, baritone laugh. So now she knew his voice.

Delilah turned back, assessing in her mind as she stared blankly at the whiteboard. The other boys were broad and muscular, and one of them wore a Steelers football jersey. So he was a football player too….

            The teacher was clearing his throat to get the attention of the class, and Delilah tried her best to look interested. She was a good student in general, and she knew how to make the teachers like her. It was simple, really – just act respectful and make them think that you thought they were smart and had something to say. Really, it was insanely easy to manipulate people if you had half a brain.

            Dimly she became aware that everyone’s name was being called out, and she patiently waited for her turn. She hated her first name – people always made fun of it, so she went by Dei, pronounced like Princess Di, but her real name was Delilah. She had tried Dee to shorten it, but somehow Dei stuck. 

            At last the teacher came to the name she was waiting for, and he answered in that sexy baritone voice. Silently she rolled the name around on her tongue. Meeka, not Mike. Meeka. Mika St. John.

            Well, Mika, she thought, you don’t have a clue what you’re in for.

 

About the Author

 

 Audrey Steidl is the award-winning author of the romantic thriller The Fallen. Her passion for storytelling began at an early age when she wrote scripts and performed them with her neighborhood friends in full costume and makeup. This love blossomed into a career as an actress and as a producer for cable television.

Now, when she’s not writing page-turners, Audrey is a hotel travel executive, a pilates fiend, and a lover of travel and art. A long-time San Diego resident, she shares her home with her husband Jamie and their mischievous Pomeranian Loki. Her latest novel, To Die For, is inspired by those who have the courage to walk away from narcissists and emotionally abusive relationships.


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