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Hana-lani

by Jill Allen

Christine Sunderland deftly illustrates universal truths about love, healing, culture, and family as she whisks readers away to the exotic setting of Hana, Hawaii, in her poignant new novel, "Hana-lani", her fourth book from OakTara.... Read More

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The Fourth Law

by Jill Allen

Paul Stein’s first novel, "The Fourth Law", encompasses blood rivalry, physics, high-tech robbery, villains with schemes worthy of James Bond, and the power of family, love, God, and forgiveness. University scientist Jarrod Conrad... Read More

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Everyone Loves Raymond

by Jill Allen

Raymond Reininger, New Jersey Senior Poet Laureate and author of the verse anthology Silhouettes in White, serves up a second delicious compilation called Everyone Loves Raymond. In his acknowledgements, the author asserts his writing... Read More

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Within the Wind

by Jill Allen

Hurricanes, ancient spirits, psychic powers, ghostly possession, paramedics, and gang members swirl together in Floridian David W. Stewart’s sequel to his novel Psychic Redemption. Within the Wind finds paramedic Bonnie rid of her... Read More

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The Savannah Project

by Jill Allen

Terrorism, duty, and personal safety collide when National Transportation Safety Board investigator, Jake Pendleton, is called to the scene of a suspicious airplane crash in Savannah, Georgia, on Saint Patrick’s Day. He, his coworkers,... Read More

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Broken Under Interrogation

by Jill Allen

Jeffrey M. Hopkins, a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, questions who is evil and the operations of the US military in his debut novel, Broken Under Interrogation. This sprawling epic achieves its twin aims by examining the past and... Read More

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Displaced

by Jill Allen

"Displaced" chronicles Dragoslav “Lali” Jurisich’s life as he moves from his war-torn homeland of Communist Serbia, to South America, and then to Canada. Although the book’s primary purpose is to fulfill a promise to one of... Read More

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Battle of Wills

by Jill Allen

In her second novel, Alabama-born-and-bred Sue Curran offers up a fast-paced compelling story with Southern flair. The title is a play on words: the strong-willed, single-mother protagonist, Sue Backman, battles against her intransigent... Read More

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