Finalist for Best Literary Fiction - (eFestival of Words). Monroe Colson, a successful children's book illustrator living in small-town Texas, baffles family and friends when he unceremoniously announces he's moving to Mexico, ostensibly to paint. In Mexico, the true nature of his mysterious behavior not only comes to light, but takes an unexpected turn when he runs into a vibrant young American woman who has been abandoned, penniless, by her fiance. This emotionally powerful and often humorous story with its controversial resolution is a poignant testament to love and the resilience of the...
Finalist for Best Literary Fiction - (eFestival of Words). Monroe Colson, a successful children's book illustrator living in small-town Texas, baffles...
In this literary noir thriller, former government agent Robert Bohnert has left the life behind-but it won't leave him. Broken by the destruction of his family, he agrees to one last job-this time for the other side. When a "straightforward" diamond smuggling operation goes south-literally-Bohnert finds himself trekking through Mexico, pursued by killers, including, a cross-dressing hit man, a psycho meth addict, and a fellow operative who was once a close friend. An unlikely love story complicates his flight when the woman who defects from his pursuers becomes the one person who might offer...
In this literary noir thriller, former government agent Robert Bohnert has left the life behind-but it won't leave him. Broken by the destruction of h...
The people in these gritty, blue-collar stories lie and cheat; they betray and inflict physical and mental pain, sometimes from simple ignorance, sometimes from bad choices made under duress, sometimes with purely evil intent, always with unfortunate results.
The people in these gritty, blue-collar stories lie and cheat; they betray and inflict physical and mental pain, sometimes from simple ignorance, some...
Asher has produced a persuasive portrait of a young artist's passage to manhood, filled with unobtrusively evocative descriptions and characterizations. -Kirkus Review In this saga marked by discovery and disillusionment, Harley Buchanan wants out of the hardscrabble life of his family, and out of the heartbreaking discovery of his high school sweetheart with another boy. He hitches out of Separation, Texas, headed for art school and the culture of 1960s New York City. But he can't leave his past behind as easily as he left Texas. A shocking discovery ignites a bloodlust that makes him risk...
Asher has produced a persuasive portrait of a young artist's passage to manhood, filled with unobtrusively evocative descriptions and characterization...
