16 Top contemporary books like Red Clay, Running Waters by Leslie K. Simmons

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Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• novels
• drama

"What’s “ague?"

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Three Witches and The Master book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• novels

"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

Similar categories in Sheena Billett's From Manchester to the Arctic book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama
• historical fiction

"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

Similar categories in J.B. Lion's The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• novels
• drama
• contemporary

"Monster? Monster, you say?"

-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

"The Order? Here inside such a weak soul?"

-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

"Continue your search for the truth but remember one thing--all things are possible."

-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

"Everyone is so enamored with the puppet; they never notice the man pulling the strings."

-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

Similar categories in Therisa Peimer's Taming Flame book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• novels
• drama

"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

Similar categories in Frank Lambert's Xyz book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama

"Ackx must have owed him big time,"

-Frank Lambert, Xyz

"You were disrespectful to a god I follow,"

-Frank Lambert, Xyz

"The doorways into hell are mostly inside the mind."

-Frank Lambert, Xyz

"You begin to see things differently once you are dead. Isaac Bonnyman"

-Frank Lambert, Xyz

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• drama
• historical fiction

"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• novels
• drama
• contemporary

"Falconers,"

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"Mary tried to look reassuring. “It’s a house party, he said,"

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"We’re so very sorry about this latest murder. Ignore Simon’s levity."

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt."

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

Similar categories in Steven Lomazow's FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama

"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• historical
• contemporary
• historical fiction
• novels
• drama

"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

Similar categories in A.G. Russo's O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• historical
• contemporary
• historical fiction
• novels
• drama

"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

Similar categories in John Rachel's Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama

"Hungry stomachs growl the same tune."

-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

"Violence was a slippery slope, lubricated by a lot of blood, if history had any lessons to teach."

-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

"The spring breeze felt like the warm breath of a child on Kumiko’s face. It played delicately with her hair like tiny fingers, and made the trees whisper a breathless song."

-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

"The optimism was like the sun after a long spell of clouds and rain, a euphoric rush which produced both envy and awe in anyone who had become jaded, resigned, who had given up on their dreams."

-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

Similar categories in Nancy Omeara's The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far] book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• novels
• drama
• contemporary

"It became increasingly common to resolve international tensions by legal means. The chant “Criminal Trials, Not Missiles"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Written twenty years after she held office, this abridged biography is being released now, prior to taking place. Maybe we can learn from history before it happens."

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"I wheeled and dealed with leaders from all over the world on behalf of the American people. In fact, my favorite headline from Washington Speaks magazine was “She Walks, She Talks, She Negotiates"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Educate not Legislate Refusing to pass unnecessary laws requires a converse – encouraging education and understanding. We started by slashing the salaries of legislators (Dubbed “Bloodbath on the Bel…"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

Similar categories in Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• historical
• contemporary
• historical fiction
• novels
• drama

"He was her fire, had always been from the start, his burning, radiant spirit, a beacon worthy of following."

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"I sometimes think with Moliere, Mr. Ridge, that ‘there is no folly equal to he who attempts to mend the world.’"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"Are you saying these Christians believe we will never be good enough to marry their daughters because of our race?"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"I led you here, only to bring you into something I would have spared you. Could I have known we would have what we dreamed of, only to watch it taken away?"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

Similar categories in Molly Arbuthnott's Peanut the Hamster book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama

"But, he duly ate the peanut and whoosh!"

-Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

"If you’re ever stuck for an idea try eating a peanut."

-Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

"Paul’s last grain of hope falling to the ground below him."

-Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

"Paul wasn’t too sure about a half nibbled peanut, quite some parting gift, he thought."

-Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

Similar categories in Todor Bombov's Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama

"While an elderly man in his mid-eighties looks curiously at a porno site, his grandson asks him from afar, “‘What are you reading, grandpa?’"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

"Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you woul…"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

Similar categories in Hope Worthington's Shifting Moon: Shifting Moon Saga, Book 1 book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama

"Yes, Remy, I think I do mind,"

-Hope Worthington, Shifting Moon: Shifting Moon Saga, Book 1

"Girls don’t like being called cute or adorable, so I guess we’re even,"

-Hope Worthington, Shifting Moon: Shifting Moon Saga, Book 1

"Ugh! only she could meet a gorgeous new guy and make a fool of herself. Remy thought."

-Hope Worthington, Shifting Moon: Shifting Moon Saga, Book 1

"Oh, Remy, get off your high horse; everyone knows you have staked your claim on the new guy."

-Hope Worthington, Shifting Moon: Shifting Moon Saga, Book 1

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• historical
• contemporary
• historical fiction
• novels
• drama

"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

Similar categories in Steven Decker's Gods of Another Kind (Another Kind, #3) book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• novels
• drama

Similar categories in A.R. Merrydew's The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2) book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama

"My name is Jenny,’ the prototype curtly informed Theodore, with a stance that advertised her statement to perfection."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’ ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"     ‘And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’ ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"The machines were simple and harmless, developed by a human genius who set in motion something, which ultimately had far reaching consequences."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

Similar categories in Becky Wilde's Bratva Connection: Maxim (Whimsical Words Publishing) book and Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters

• contemporary
• novels
• drama

"She thought he was the worst of the worst."

-Becky Wilde, Bratva Connection: Maxim (Whimsical Words Publishing)

"Show him that it’s not a weakness to love."

-Becky Wilde, Bratva Connection: Maxim (Whimsical Words Publishing)

"What are you going to do? Shoot me. Do it! I dare you. I don’t care,"

-Becky Wilde, Bratva Connection: Maxim (Whimsical Words Publishing)

"Customers don’t usually tip in Australia. That’s an American etiquette,"

-Becky Wilde, Bratva Connection: Maxim (Whimsical Words Publishing)