Who Is In Charge??

From USA Today bestselling author Robert I. Katz.

Surgeon Richard Kurtz has recently accepted the position of Chief of the Division of General Surgery at Easton Medical Center, and is not surprised to find himself dealing with a new set of problems. Still, he had been expecting those problems to be professional, not personal, and so he is taken aback when Joanna Levinson, the wife of Peter Levinson, a surgeon, asks Kurtz to speak with her husband.

Peter Levinson is disturbed. He’s not sleeping at night. He’s going out at all hours. He’s visibly distressed.

Levinson, it turns out, has reasons to be distressed. An old friend, lawyer Richie Capaldi, has suffered a traumatic brain injury. Two other old friends have vanished… and then Peter Levinson is given an ultimatum by mobster Leo Berlusconi to pay back money that Berlusconi claims Levinson owes him.

Lew Barent and Harry Moran are investigating the assault on Richie Capaldi and Kurtz has information that might help them solve the case.

Kurtz is not a cop, as his cop friends keep reminding him, and he has no desire to interfere with a police investigation, but Kurtz has never run from a fight, and when the threats against Peter Levinson escalate, Kurtz, Barent and Moran find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy involving prostitution, fraud, blackmail and long-simmering revenge.

The Streaker, winner of the 2025 Molinos De Viento Book Award — “celebrating the author who charges in boldly, lance ready, and brilliantly misses the point” — chronicles the journey of Rye Smyth, a disillusioned (and likely concussed) philosophy professor who inherits a run-down scallop boat and sets off through the Caribbean. A modern-day Diogenes, Rye is determined to live a simple, dog-like existence as he seeks kindred spirits in the tropics. He’s also set on writing an all-important book he is certain will change the world.

Rye somehow successfully recruits his beer-drinkin’, weed-smokin’ childhood friend, Stems, to captain the vessel on this quixotic journey. Things really get interesting when Rye and Stems meet up with surfers Kaia and Nori in the Bahamas. The confident and adventurous couple become de facto guides for Rye and his friend, pulling them into island life, unexpected detours, and a kaleidoscope of memorable characters.

A legal subplot simmers throughout, centered on the true ownership of the scallop boat. It opens the door to some of the book’s most entertaining moments — comical anecdotes about practicing law in a small coastal Virginia community. While The Streaker is Mr. Forelle’s debut novel, he brings over twenty-five years of legal experience in Virginia to the page.

The Streaker is a heartwarming book that offers a lighthearted but thoughtful look at what we’re all searching for in our careers — and, more broadly, in our lives.

Amelia Patel, a resilient young woman, has overcome a difficult past as an orphan and is determined to find her place in the world. Leaving behind the confines of her adopted family’s oppressive treatment, she embarks on a journey to Briarwood to try her luck. However, as she settles into her role as a schoolteacher, she can’t ignore the growing attraction she feels for a mysterious widowed father, Luca Wright. Yet, while confronting her own insecurities, Amelia has a haunting feeling of being watched…

Will she find her rightful place in Briarwood, defying the limitations society has imposed on her?

Haunted by grief and burdened by the weight of being a single father, Luca Wright is a man struggling to rebuild his shattered world. Constantly judged and targeted by a nosy neighbor, Luca’s efforts to be the best father he can always seem to fall short. However, when his son begins attending school under the guidance of the captivating new schoolmistress, Luca finds himself drawn to her in unexpected ways. The path to his son’s happiness may lie in the hands of this intriguing woman who has captured his heart…

Can he navigate the complexities of his newfound feelings while proving to the world that he is indeed a capable and loving father?

Together, Amelia and Luca must confront the challenges of a judgmental society, small-town politics, and the enigmatic figures lurking in the shadows. Can they overcome the obstacles that threaten to tear them apart, or will the consequences of their choices shatter their dreams of love and belonging?

Be the Change is a book to ignite the change within you so that you are empowered to heal and connect back into your inner world with love and back onto your soul path with courage.

It is a soul call to all women who know in their hearts that there is something more to being a woman and something more to this life.

This book is channelled wisdom, filled with practical ways and journal prompts to guide you in the journey of going inside of you and healing.

If you feel you’re going about your day, in the busyness, in the jobs. The humdrum of life with no space or time to go within, this book is for you.
If you feel exhausted, fed up, resentful at the way life has become: an endless stream of obligations and to-dos, then listen then this book is for you.
If you feel disconnected with who you are and what you are here to do, then this book is for you.

Being a woman in this time keeps us small. It keeps us from shining our lights. We are more than this.

This book guides you through stepping into being more than what we have been shackled to.

There’s a battle going on in Bramblett County, Georgia, and Realtor Lily Sprayberry is in the thick of it.

Welcome to my idyllic, small, Southern town, Bramblett County, where even the quietest Monday mornings can take a deadly turn. I never expected to find my feisty and cantankerous older client, Myrtle Redbecker, lying lifeless on her kitchen floor – and with a cast-iron skillet as the weapon, no less.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, I soon realized that Myrtle’s death was just the beginning of a dangerous journey. With the weight of the investigation on my shoulders and my ex-boyfriend – the local sheriff – breathing down my neck, things went quickly from bad to worse.

But Myrtle had entrusted me with a promise: to sell her property to a developer and not an individual buyer. As I began to dig into the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death, I discovered a generations-old battle over the land – and the rumored treasure buried beneath it.

Suddenly, it became clear that some people would stop at nothing to get their hands on that treasure, and I found myself in the crosshairs of a dangerous plot. If I didn’t solve this mystery quickly, I could wind up just like poor Myrtle – six feet under and forgotten.