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Saints and Relics    by John Kelly
Price: $7.99 USD. 105550 words. Published on July 23, 2009. .

A casket containing a remarkable relic of a 17th century nun, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, is stolen from a devout society in France by one of its members, a priest from Sydney. The priest, Father James, secretly entrusts the casket to two women in Monterey Creek, a small country town in New South Wales. The Society immediately sends Monsignor Henri Pascal from Paris to recover the casket.
Un baron d'hiver by Jauguet Beo    by L'UrbaineDesArts Editions NovelingPress
Price: $4.99 USD. 73850 words. Published on November 6, 2009. .

Mai 1940, la guerre est au beau fixe Félix Stomp, avocat, espoir du parti radical-socialiste, sous-secrétaire d’état va fêter ses quarante ans. Il a retenu au Bœuf Courônné à Yvers, chez Boussingault, l’une des meilleurs tables de France Et puis la guerre repart, la France éternelle titube et tombe. Félix Stomp,proscrit se retrouve en exil entre les mains du terrible La Boussingue!
Strangers in the Night    by Lidmila Sovakova
Price: $4.00 USD. 48430 words. Published on December 12, 2009. .

In 'Strangers in the Night', the fifth volume of the Jazz Saga, Irene persists in her desperate quest to fill up the gap between longing and belonging.
An Experience in Four Movements    by Lidmila Sovakova
Price: $4.00 USD. 28420 words. Published on December 22, 2009. .

This is an historical puzzle situated in the seventeenth century. Its pieces reconstruct the infatuation of a poet with a princess, culminating in the death of the poet,and the retreat of the princess within the walls of a monastery. It is also the story of a girl who had to rebuild her life after the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta & Claribel Cone    by Mary Gabriel
Price: $9.99 USD. 74520 words. Published by Bancroft Press on March 12, 2010. .

For four and a half decades, Etta and Claribel Cone roamed artists' studios and art galleries in Europe, building one of the largest, most important art collections in the world. In 1949, they awarded all their holdings to the Baltimore Museum of Art. In 2002, that collection was valued at nearly $1 billion, making them two of the most philanthropic art collectors of our age. This is their story.
Make a Move    by Steven Gaskin
Price: $3.99 USD. 104990 words. Published on March 30, 2010. .

Set in a seedy district of Paris, MAKE A MOVE is a slacker-thriller, its reluctant heroes operating with consummate indifference and bleak, occasionally childish humour. Told across six episodes, each a tale in itself, this is a story of beautiful spies and dirty pimps, of petty theft and cinematic history, of strained integrity and callous betrayal. “How can you not love it here?”
Running Into Love    by Melinda Cassidy
Price: $0.99 USD. 910 words. Published on April 2, 2010. .

'“I thought that was you,” he said, once I got off his foot.' And the wonderful thing for Kate is that Robb doesn't mind the paint in her hair, or the way she keeps running into him. It must be love!
Vienna 1934: Betrayal at the Ballplatz    by Paul A. Myers
Price: $2.99 USD. 82120 words. Published on April 29, 2010. .

German-backed Nazis move to overthrow Chancellor Dollfuss’s fascist government and deliver Austria to Hitler’s Reich. Foreign correspondent Geoffrey Ashbrook returns to Vienna to write dispatches for his London paper and secret reports for the British cabinet. But Ashbrook has a second secret mission: to find out why his fiancée Anna Marie Linden has mysteriously broken off their engagement.
It's Time for Your Close-up    by Renee Kohl
Price: $7.99 USD. 42290 words. Published on May 6, 2010. .

This Coming-of-Age fiction novel follows the life of a 9-year-old, street-wise orphan girl from Spanish Harlem. When her parents die,she goes to live with her staunch Christian grandmother in Los Angeles. In L.A. she forms a close relationship with an older boy, an aspiring actor, who becomes a guiding force in her life. Their close relationship gives rise to one of Hollywood’s biggest scandals.
Paris, Moi, and the Gang: A Memoir...of Sorts    by Frances Gendlin
Price: $5.95 USD. 128860 words. Published on May 10, 2010. .

In this entertaining fictional memoir, readers are drawn into the daily adventures of an expat in Paris—a writer working on a new travel guide, while she and her "gang" of friends are living the life so many Americans can only dream of. Fran’s intimate relationship with Paris—both past and present—sings on every page, reminding us why this city stands alone in the world's imagination.