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Murder is the Pits    by Mary Clay
Price: $4.99 USD. 79930 words. Published by Inspirational Fiction /IF Mystery on October 18, 2009. .

**Movie/Tv Rights Optioned** The Daffodils® are back and so are dead bodies, mobsters and quirky lovers. Amidst unrelenting hurricanes, the sorority sisters fight hot flashes, cold stiffs and gun toting senior citizens. Ruthie consults her spirit guides, Penny Sue uses her anti-terrorist training, and Leigh tries good old common sense to stay ahead of the local law, hired guns and Mother Nature.
Baiting & Fishing    by Meredith Rae Morgan
Price: $1.10 USD. 96260 words. Published on April 25, 2010. .

A newspaper reporter investigates the circumstances of a corporate scandal, and finds the woman of his dreams. Is she his perfect match or a murderess? Is he a heel or a hero?
Sarasota Bay    by Rushton Woodside
Price: $2.99 USD. 43730 words. Published on August 12, 2010. .

Tyler Polk, Vietnam Vet and early retiree, is fishing in the maze of canals that spiderweb Lido Key, a barrier Island off of Sarasota, Florida. A sounds draws him into an encounter with a tough Guy from South Boston, a street-hood from Detroit, and an ex-wannabe Hollywood Blonde Bombshell. A wild ride through the underbelly of Sarasota ensues, wrought with maritime mayhem & adventure.
Peace River Runaway    by Rushton Woodside
Price: $2.99 USD. 57910 words. Published on August 14, 2010. .

In 2004, not long before the explosive hurricane season, Tyler Polk encounters a trespasser on his expansive estate in south Florida. Willie Taho, a full-blooded Native American, explains the pretense of an archaeological dig but has a secretive reason for his presence. Familiar characters from Sarasota Bay play major roles as the action moves underground to lost treasure, passageways and shrines.
I'll Be Home For Peacemas    by Shannon O'Neil
Price: $2.99 USD. 80850 words. Published on September 23, 2010. .

Bailey Hamilton isn't exactly a recluse, but when it comes to Christmas, she prefers a pair of sweats and quiet time with the television - anything to stay away from her hometown, where things are anything but quiet and painful memories lurk. But after an incident with a homeless man dubs her the "Santa Slugger," Bailey finds herself in the last place she expected - home.
A White Deer And Other Stories    by Patrick Smith
Price: $7.49 USD. 21560 words. Published on December 1, 2010. .

This is a collection of short stories by the author of Florida's most beloved novel, A Land Remembered. These stories were written throughout Smith's writing career, going back as far as the 1960's. Reading them, you can see him developing the literary style for which he later became famous, writing books that would be printed in 46 countries including one, Angel City that was made into a movie.
Magic And Grace: A Novel of Florida, Love, Zen, and the Ghost of John Keats    by Chad Hautmann
Price: $3.99 USD. 56260 words. Published by Fingerpress  on April 16, 2011. .

"Quirky and funny and heartfelt and rich... Compulsively readable... fast-paced plot, subtly deep" A lively and life-affirming tale set against the backdrop of a beachside holiday town in Florida. Naples resident Gibb Chapman moves in across the street from his ex-wife and daughter to try and win them both back. But Gibb's seemingly simple plan is quickly stymied by forces beyond his control.
Driftwood Houses: A Key West Story Sequence    by Jon Michael Miller
Price: $2.99 USD. 71750 words. Published on September 12, 2011. .

"Driftwood Houses" belongs in the Florida Fiction tradition. It exposes and celebrates the daily ironies, heartbreaks and triumphs of ordinary people as they fumble their ways through daily existence. In a Key West setting these struggles are personified in a masterfully sketched array of characters, dramatizing the victories and defeats in a world that seems uncertain and often unjust.