Books tagged: contemporary fiction

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EyeLeash: A Blog Novel (teenage memoir, coming of age, internet romance, sexting)    by Jess C Scott
Price: $4.99 USD. 65700 words. Published on July 14, 2009. .

Jade Ashton is a sassy virgin. In her blog, she vents about "fitting in" a superficial world. Suddenly all logic flies out the window when she meets Novan: the former geek, who's morphed into a delicious songwriter-musician. EyeLeash captures self-discovery in the 2000s, and showcases the intricate drama in two youths' relentless search for themselves--and what's really in their hearts.
Alone in the Company of Others: A Novel    by Kelly Huddleston
Price: $4.99 USD. 124700 words. Published by Open Books on October 19, 2009. .

With a cast of eccentrics that rivals "The Royal Tenenbaums", ALONE IN THE COMPANY OF OTHERS is about people and their treasured possessions, and the distinctive role that each of us plays as part of a group dynamic. The book questions where each of us essentially exists — within the singular, the plural, or both.
The Roman and the Runaway    by A. J. Braithwaite
Price: Free! 42010 words. Published on October 19, 2009. .

Having a good family friend as your headmaster might sound ideal, but for Luke Brownlow it just makes life even more complicated...
ZombieStop Parade    by Richard Buzzell
Price: $4.99 USD. 43280 words. Published on February 9, 2010. .

This story has nothing to do with zombies. It portrays the humor and the drama of the struggle against Wall Street. The characters conduct an online campaign of ridicule against the cash-grab mentality. Their street-savvy satire wins them supporters, but also create enemies in the media. It's a story that challenges but also offers to entertain.
Southern Man    by Connie Chastain
Price: $2.99 USD. 120140 words. Published on April 25, 2010. .

A corporate executive must confront the family secret that underlies his nascent alcohol abuse or he may lose the wife, son and daughter he deeply loves. But his struggle encourages a co-worker's dangerous romantic obsession and she attempts to seduce him. Humiliated by his emphatic rejection, she files a sexual harassment claim against him, with harrowing consequences for him and his family.
The Box    by H. Lovelyn Bettison
Price: $2.99 USD. 51980 words. Published on May 13, 2010. .

What’s in the box? Indy would sure like to know. When Tom offers Indy two thousand dollars to transport a mysterious box across the country, she reluctantly agrees to do it. She doesn’t really need the money, but could use some adventure in her life. Accompanied by her ex-boyfriend, Koji, and flower child friend, Eve, Indy embarks on a journey that is bound to be anything but ordinary.
Executive Retention    by Maria E. Schneider
Price: $2.99 USD. 80620 words. Published on May 27, 2010. .

After solving one case of corporate crime, Sedona expected to get her peaceful life back. Problem: She is still a manager at Strandfrost, and there is still rampant jealousy over her promotion. Is the danger of being railroaded by her not-so-illustrious colleagues worse than taking a new undercover job from Steve Huntington? Book 2 in the Sedona O'Hala series. "Executive Lunch" is the first.
Porcelain    by Jess C Scott
Price: $2.99 USD. 40370 words. Published on June 21, 2010. .

A collection of both new and previously published short stories, poems, and essays, by author/artist/non-conformist, Jess C Scott. Porcelain offers a personal draft of the author’s navigation through a world that is fantastical, offbeat, ironic, unexpected, and true.
The Appetizer When You're Not His Main Course    by Ni'cola 
Price: $1.99 USD. 39840 words. Published by NCM Publishing on July 6, 2010. .

Three girlfriends with three totally different lives, or they think. They all have one thing in common; they are really their man’s chick on the side. What happens when a woman find’s out that she is not her man’s main course, she is only the appetizer…..
The Thirteenth Chime    by Bokheim Publishing
Price: $0.99 USD. 55520 words. Published on August 10, 2010. .

Destiny has finally found the life that she has always wanted. But her world is turned upside down when an antique clock mysteriously chimes thirteen times and she and her friend are attacked. Alone, Destiny has no choice but to turn to the one man she had left behind a year ago - her ex-boyfriend, David. As they face their own past and hearts, a horrific trap over half a century old is waiting.