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Seasons    by Rebecca Forster
Price: $0.99 USD. 95860 words. Published on December 2, 2009. .

Elizabeth MacMillan's husband has disappeared, quitting his job and taking his last paycheck. Left with a ten year old son, a mortgage and no job, Elizabeth struggles to hold things together. When Max Marino comes into her life, he offers Elizabeth trust and love. But a change of seasons and circumstance pits her son's happiness against her own a it is Max who gets caught in the crossfire.
Playing the 'Son' Card    by Wilson James
Price: Free! 31530 words. Published on December 12, 2009. .

Troy lost his father at age 9. Ever since then, he’s been steadily losing confidence in himself and his ability to make his way in the world. Troy is increasingly the target of bullies at school and he’s just hanging on. He hates school and socializing has become torture. Now age 12, he has one chance to change his life and start new. Will he meet the challenge or will he remain a victim?
The Miss Dennis School of Writing and Other Lessons from A Woman's Life    by Alice Steinbach
Price: $9.99 USD. 83790 words. Published by Bancroft Press on January 1, 2010. .

The first book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Alice Steinbach is an intimate, personal collection of essays, remembrances, and columns that follows in the creative nonfiction tradition of Anna Quindlen and May Sarton. While it recounts the experiences and observations of a divorced, working mother, it expresses hopes and fears universal to all women. Steinbach is a Baltimore Sun columnist.
My #1 Thug    by The M.A.D. Poet (aka Melissa A. Dean)
Price: $0.99 USD. 740 words. Published on September 25, 2010. .

Thugs need love, too!
You'll See!    by Dai Alanye
Price: Free! 101380 words. Published on October 5, 2010. .

She's a dropout and single mother with a dead-end job. He's been divorced by an ambitious wife and fired by his employer. Brought together by circumstance, they battle in the eternal war between the sexes. Two losers at the game of love--they've no intention of going through that again.
When Danger Calls    by Terry Odell
Price: $0.99 USD. 103420 words. Published on October 19, 2010. .

If someone asks single mother Frankie Castor to clear a room, she'll smile and find a vacuum cleaner. Ryan Harper uses a gun. Can they work together when their lives depend on it? When Danger Calls was previously published in hard cover by Five Star Expressions.
A Father for Brodie    by Terri Darling
Price: $1.49 USD. 1670 words. Published by Fiero Publishing  on November 13, 2010. .

Every boy needs a father and Marianne, finally adapting to her life as a widow and single mother, is cautiously optimistic she’s found one in Ryan Ward. Until Ryan begs off on spending the weekend with them and Marianne realizes she’s missed something basic and could lose everything...
Duckbill Soup    by Jane Palmer
Price: $2.99 USD. 47110 words. Published by Dodo Books on November 22, 2010. .

A sequel to The Planet Dweller and Moving Moosevan. Human civilisation has been moved to Titan. It is now in a synchronous orbit on the opposite side of the Sun to the Earth. Titan has no oceans, so when the atmosphere starts to deteriorate, the two shape-changing super-beings who caused the problem in the first place are sent back to rectify things. Can they make matters even worse? Read on …
Get in Control! Feel Emotions, Choose Behavior    by Julie Prescott
Price: $3.99 USD. 16190 words. Published on February 4, 2011. .

Our behavior is chosen by how we interpret the emotion of the situation. “Get in Control!” helps parents keep expectations reasonable, reduce annoying behavior and handle sibling rivalry. Our tips on anger management benefit parents as well as children. Feelings are natural responses to emotion. Let’s take control of our responses to that emotion.
Not My Kid    by Mary Billiter
Price: $4.95 USD. 68740 words. Published by camelpress on May 2, 2011. .

Megan Reilly is a single mom raising two sons--also a journalist reporting on bomb threats at her son’s middle school. When 13-year-old Cameron is arrested for shoplifting and becomes the prime suspect in her big story, Megan’s response is, “Not my kid.” Everyone thinks Cam deserves to be put away. But the authorities haven’t bargained on the fierce power of Megan’s maternal devotion.