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My Killer, My Love    by Mona Karel
Price: $2.99 USD. 81630 words. Published by Black Opal Books  on May 22, 2011. .

Kendra Weiss likes her unexciting life. Especially now, when all she wants is to heal her body and mourn her beloved grandmother. She doesn’t want or need to be embroiled in an eternal struggle for power. But Mykhael Alastor calls to her in ways she barely recognizes, and she discovers a strength she didn’t know she possessed.
Sweet Farm of Mine    by Candace Hennekens
Price: $2.99 USD. 53420 words. Published on June 22, 2011. .

Ruth returns to the American Midwest when she discovers she wants her life to mean more. The road she chooses with her father Arlan, to buy and farm Old Charlie's place, gives her plenty of challenges to test her mettle. She also discovers a way of life that is in harmony with nature, where life is lived by the seasons, where food comes from soil, and where no good thing is easy.
Bones In the Tree    by Tim Greaton
Price: $0.99 USD. 30870 words. Published by Focus House Publishing  on July 5, 2011. .

Her parents dead and marriage over, Karen returns to Maine to rebuild her life. An irritating furry neighbor and tombstones in her backyard play surprising roles as she endures one disastrous date after another.
Warm Stanchions and Red Barns With Blue Roofs    by Candace Hennekens
Price: $2.99 USD. 3840 words. Published on July 17, 2011. .

A chapbook of poetry celebrating rural life. If you believe rural American life is a poem, enjoy this collection of twenty-three poems, many of which have been published elsewhere. The collection winds through the seasons and tells the story of "The Last Happy Woman in America," the closing poem in the collection. Poems are free verse. Cover is an original sketch by the author.
Twin Flames    by Debbie Christiana
Price: $2.99 USD. 98630 words. Published by Black Opal Books  on July 19, 2011. .

She’d never met him before...or had she? Forty-year old Natalia Santagario didn’t expect to sit on a Manhattan barstool ogling a man she’s never met, but swears she knows. He didn’t know her at all...or did he? The mysterious woman at the end of the bar stops twenty-eight year old Marc Tremonti in his tracks. His head assures him she’s a stranger, but his heart tells him otherwise.
Ain't Life Peachy    by Mike Vines
Price: $2.99 USD. 7650 words. Published on July 20, 2011. .

“Ain’t Life Peachy,” is a compilation of five essays illustrating that both Fate, and his cousin Irony, do have a sense of humor.
This Never Happened    by Lee Dodson
Price: $6.93 USD. 179260 words. Published on August 15, 2011. .

The investigation of a mysterious death on the Navajo Reservation in 1960 leads a young stock manager to discover the reasons the Ancient Ones disappeared. The adventure reveals the reason he had to come the first time and why he returned again and again.
HOW NOT TO MAKE MILLIONS - but still enjoy a rich rural life    by Alan McDonald
Price: $0.99 USD. 140160 words. Published on August 26, 2011. .

A synopsis of 60 years farming and gardening in several countries is the base for suggestions that can be used by those with less experience - meat or non-meat eaters, organic or conventional systems, large or small scale. Particularly useful for first time owners and novice food growers. 140k words.
Sweet Land of Mine    by Candace Hennekens
Price: $2.99 USD. 49150 words. Published on September 29, 2011. .

Ruth's story from "Sweet Farm of Mine" continues. As her father Arlan's distraction with the lively widow and neighbor Gretta continues, Ruth finds plenty of challenge in managing their farm on her own and teaching. But Gretta is like a breath of fresh air, making Ruth aware of changes she needs to make. Moua and Sting, Hmong wanting to become farmers, become a big help to Ruth and Arlan.
Simple Green: Confessions of a Former Earthchild    by Deborah J. Lightfoot
Price: Free! 3510 words. Published by Seven Rivers Publishing  on October 1, 2011. .

"Simple Green," by a semi-lapsed environmentalist, is a rumination on keepsakes and mementos and how best to Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle them after somebody dies and leaves all their stuff behind -- a life's residue, inevitably destined for the landfill, unless a sentimental collector intervenes. A personal essay/memoir by Deborah J. Lightfoot, author of the "Waterspell" fantasy trilogy.