Howard Reiss

• Dec-2011
• / General Fiction
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Based on an event from the author's life, this is a story about an unusual mid-life crisis triggered by the discovery of an aunt who was mistreated for mental illness in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Coming to terms with his own family history leads to...

• Nov-2012
• / Contemporary Romance
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At the age of 30, Tess has had three jobs and three significant relationships with two men and one woman â€" each lasting three years. Drifting through life, confused about her sexuality, Tess decides to live a life of celibacy and to open up a resta...

• Oct-2014
• / General Fiction
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At 88-years old Ben Everett is killed by a loose truck tire that smashes into his windshield and his grieving family soon discovers that he has left his multi-million dollar estate to his new 24-year old wife, Susannah McCreedy. When the marriage and...

• Nov-2015
• / Contemporary Romance
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Mara, a New York City street musician, has had horrible luck with men, including the death of her college boyfriend. Horton, a young fisherman in Truro, is troubled by an incident in his past. Randy, a retired New York City school teacher, has recent...

• Dec-2016
• / General Fiction
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They say you can't go home again, but sometimes you can't help trying. When Mitch's father dies, his New York City law firm collapses, and his marriage to Sandi starts to crack under the strain, he is forced to return to the small, upstate town of Ni...

• Feb-2018
• / Literary
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On the 50th anniversary of Nabokov’s Lolita, Howard Reiss decided to reverse the story. In The Texture of Love, Molly, a young woman graduating college shows up at the door of Eric, a 65-year old family friend and recent widower. Her obsession, per...

• Feb-2019
• / Romantic Suspense
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When Azu finds her high school sweetheart, Michael . . . the one she was sure she would marry . . . 50 years later on Facebook and shortly thereafter he is found dead, Azu uses her journalistic skills to investigate what happened and in the process i...

• Oct-2020
• / General Fiction
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Accidental Lives weaves together the lives of two strangers. Cole is a young man paralyzed in a motorcycle accident when a ninety-year old driver turns in front of him. Lou is an older attorney retained to represent Cole who was emotionally paralyzed...

• Mar-2021
• / Women's Fiction
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Rose was born at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 1950. On her tenth birthday, her mother gave her The '60s Diary which she used to chronicle those pivotal years of her life in the 1960s as she aged from ten to twenty years old. She finds the dia...

• Jun-2022
• / Science Fiction
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Starlight Shines Far is from a Chinese proverb suggesting that a single spark can start a big fire which can be seen from a great distance. In other words, seemingly small actions can have far-reaching consequences. This is the story of Alex and Alul...

• Dec-2022
• / Police Procedural
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Nyack's existence as a sleepy little town on the Hudson River is jeopardized by a local businessman's plan to build the largest mall in the world in the shape of a pyramid on top of Hook Mountain. The skeleton of a young woman is uncovered on the fir...

• Aug-2023
• / Cozy Mystery
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Jeff has taught English for twenty years at the same high school he attended in the small town of Bali, located in the heart of the Adirondacks. His wife, who owns the local coffee shop, is a folk artist, and his daughter and son both attend high sch...

• Apr-2024
• / General Fiction
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Phineas and Bruce, both 75, have been neighbors in Florida for ten years. Phineas never married and Bruce is a widower. They are at opposite ends of the political spectrum, but still enjoy sharing drinks and watching the sunset most every night, whic...

• Oct-2024
• / General Fiction
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Jack and Bryan have been best friends since the age of two. In high school Jack talked about getting his doctorate in math and computer technology and creating the first android robot. Bryan dreamed about becoming a big-time lawyer with a penthouse i...