A Savage Kultur
Ava, a Jewish art student at Oxford University in England, receives a heart-wrenching letter from her grandfather after he dies. From the letter, she discovers that her grandfather has left her his London art gallery, which he says will secure her future, as well as provide a place for her to grow her artistic talents and follow her passion for art. The letter also describes his one last wish—that she recover a treasured Vincent van Gogh painting, The Lovers: The Poet’s Garden IV, that belonged to her grandparents and was deemed degenerate and looted by the Nazis in 1937.
Angel of Aleppo
Angel of Aleppo is a story of the Armenian Genocide, including the little-known link between the Genocide and the WW1 Anzac experience. It highlights the cruelty of the Ottoman Young Turks towards their Armenian citizens, but it is ultimately about faith and love and the redemptive power of forgiveness. Angel of Aleppo is set from 1915 – 1919 in Anatolia (southern modern-day Turkey), Aleppo and the Mesopotamian desert, then to Beirut in 1923, and plays out in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1927 – 1966. In May 1915, Anoush, a sixteen-year-old Armenian girl, and fellow villagers are evicted from their Anatolian village by Ottoman soldiers commanded by Ibrahim bey, a young local warlord who is obsessed by her beauty. Anoush survives, but can her heart survive, after her mother is shot before her eyes?
ANNIHILATION
With the death of Lucifer, Queen Lucinda assumes control of Hell, ordering her soldiers to prepare for a doomsday war with Heaven. Craving eternal power, she devours the souls of gifted demonic beings, acquiring their abilities to destroy her perceived political enemies.
Meanwhile, the Black Crows meet with the Knights of Darkness in their hidden headquarters, plotting against Lucinda in their efforts to maintain peace and the balance of power. Consumed by hatred over Crighton Daemonium’s unrequited love, Lucinda is unaware of the secret conspiracy brewing, or that Lucifer’s spirit has returned to Hell inside the body of a soul-trapped demon.
Reclaiming his throne, Lucifer punishes his daughter for her act of treason. However, his obsession with Samara, Crighton’s beautiful daughter, leaves him incapable of controlling his stolen body. After forcing her into submission, he names Samara the new Queen of Hell yet continues his authoritarian rule. When an insurgency breaks out on Earth, he becomes distracted long enough for her to be kidnapped by Nexus rebel forces, believing her to be the prophesied savior of their planet.
Is Samara the Phoenix, destined to destroy Lucifer? Or is she his soulmate and the true Queen of Hell?
Awards: 2021-2022 Reader View bronze medal winner in Erotica and Horror categories; 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite in the category of Horror; 2021 Incipere Awards silver medal winner in Romance category; 2021-2022 Global Library Awards winner
As Thick As Thieves: The Price of Infamy
In medieval Exeter, a daring heist leaves a wedding ruined, the church without its promised relic, and the most dangerous crime boss in the land without his prize. All forces a bent on catching the accused thief, James, dead or alive. The only problem is, James didn’t do it. Now James must find the real thief before one of the offended parties or their many assassins finds and kills him.
Bone Necklace
In the summer of 1877, the bedraggled remains of the Nez Perce Tribe took on the U.S. Army and, despite being badly outnumbered and outgunned, emerged victorious. Inspired by true events, Bone Necklace captures the intensity, violence, and unexpected conclusion of America’s final “Indian War,” told from the perspectives of a Nez Perce warrior, an Idaho militiaman, and an English painter who gets caught up in the violence. Combining heart-thumping action with an unforgettable cast, the novel centers on the relationship between two fi ghters, who are both enemies and allies in this war. Bone Necklace is a tale of survival in which the Nez Perce not only overcome staggering odds but also win the grudging respect of a war-weary nation. While deeply rooted in American history, this remarkable story continues to resonate, illuminating modern debates around institutional racism, journalistic bias, and the call for courage in times of moral crisis.
Born on the Trail of Tears
Kokuma, a tall Watusi teenage girl was captured in 1804 by Arab raiders and taken to the slave market on the island of Zanzibar. From there she was transported across the Atlantic and sold to the owner of Mulberry Grove Plantation in Georgia. Vahali, a young Cherokee man, found Kokuma near death on an isolated riverbank. He treated her gunshot wound, then took her back to his village. She was a runaway slave wanted for murder, barely alive and unable to understand the language of the people around her. How could she escape and continue her trek to the west and freedom? Until she regained her health, she was at the mercy of these strange people.
By the Hand of Dragons: Rook
Sheath has just learned that he is not a boy, but a Chimera, a weapon created by powerful dragon magic to be the perfect warrior and win a war almost no one believes is coming. One of an army of 300 child soldiers, he must master every art of war and become powerful enough to defeat a threat that frightens even the Council of Dragons. Can a boy, no matter how powerful his magic, win against assassins, politicians, giants, the Blood Soldiers of Loria and all the strange creatures, beasts and monsters that call Fuumashon home? He would say yes.
Chasing Diamonds
Thirty-six-year-old Everett Lentry just wants to run away. Rooted to his idealized past, he is struggling to find his way in a world that never listened to his youthful dreams and visions. Trapped within the merry-go-round of a loveless thirteen-year marriage, Everett’s delicate infrastructure is held together only by the unconditional love he has for his two daughters. Fatherhood is his sole companion.
Coalbrookdale: The Bangham Family Story
Coalbrookdale is a work of fiction based on the life of my ancestor Joseph Bangham, who lived in the Severn Gorge three hundred years ago. He worked for the Coalbrookdale ironworks when Abraham Darby was perfecting the use of coal in the production of iron. These developments facilitated the mass production of iron and as the technology spread, industry thrived. This was a pivotal moment in the history of the modern world.
This is a story of an ordinary family living at an extraordinary time and in the district known as the ‘cradle of the Industrial Revolution’. Their lives changed fundamentally as the agricultural evolved into the industrial way of life. The book traces the story of the Bangham family as they move from Banghams Wood where they have been coppicing for decades, across the Gorge to Coalbrookdale and a very different way of life, regulated not by the seasons but by the demands of the furnace.
Daria’s Secrets
A half century after the Holocaust, Daria Abramson, suffering nightmares of the Lodz ghetto and her time with its infamous ruler, Chaim Rumkowski, turns for help to a sensitive but dogged therapist. During their intense sessions, she lays bare buried memories and faces deep feelings of guilt about the war and the death of her husband. Secrets long held by Daria spill out in fierce succession, revelations disclosed to those she loves most – her daughter, granddaughter, and Ruth, a lifelong friend and fellow survivor. In turn, they expose their own shocking surprises. In Daria’s Secrets, by Jeff Ingber, we travel together with a courageous woman as she attempts to overcome the anguish of the heart’s remembrance, in order to finally live.
Elysian Dream
KIM is a kelpie agent from the realm of Elysia tasked to locate a human-fae hybrid with enough latent fae magic in their blood to restore the kelpies to their natural form – an ability snatched away by a vengeful dark fae witch. Her current project, BENJI, may be the unsuspecting donor she’s been looking for. Hapless Edinburgh University student, Benji, has no idea why he keeps having blackouts and weird dreams until he discovers his girlfriend, Kim, has been drugging him, so he flees the flat they have been sharing, and holes up with his psychology teacher, Professor LONG – a wizard incognito. Kim finds Benji and takes him to Elysia where they undertake a perilous journey, pursued by dangerous beings out of myth. Later, when Benji is whisked away by a mysterious winged being, Kim sets out to track him down, but war is coming to Elysia and they are both caught up in the middle of it.
Enough to Make the Angels Weep
An unsolved murder and a 150-year-old diary of an Irish soldier are inextricably linked to the past when scores of U.S. Army soldiers of Irish descent switched sides during the Mexican-American War. They joined the Mexicans knowing full well that if Mexico lost the war, they would be hanged as traitors.
FINDING MY REFLECTION
From the jungles of war to the beautiful Italian countryside, follow five young men on a wild and humorous ride as they dodge the bullets of war, love, and friendship. Marsh, Ed, Matt, Bruno, and Dudley are five cheeky mates who return home from the horrors of the Vietnam War, believing they are invincible. But is their self-assurance short-lived? Are their battle scars too deep for them to find real happiness? What are their chances of fitting back into society, finding jobs, and falling in love? Does amputee Matt still have what it takes to find the woman of his dreams? Can Marshall re-connect with his Italian heritage? “The story focuses on Italian-Australian soldier Marshall Della Casa as he leaves to fight in South-East Asia, where he joins a tight-knit group of young men. After the war, these soldiers find themselves attempting to acclimate to life back home with sex and drugs as they face both depression and withdrawal. When their paths diverge, the focus returns to Marshall as he sojourns to his homeland in Italy. Finally, the story brings all the men back together to determine their fates.”
Give Me Shelter
The dual challenges of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis that threatens the world and the unexplained loss of two parents that threatens a family are the driving forces behind the lives of two boys and their grandfather. Willie, Denny and their grandfather, Pop, have lived together for nine years, ever since the boys’ parents died in an accident that remains a mystery to the boys. Denny reluctantly leaves for college, while Willie enters sixth grade, fearful of the menacing missile crisis and curious about his parents’ fate. Willie’s best friends are Lucy and Preston. Lucy wonders about the ‘man in the suit’ who seems to be everywhere she goes. Her mom, Trish, grapples with unemployment. Preston is burdened by the trauma his father experiences from involvement in two wars. Denny meets his first ever girlfriend at college, Lucy, who has one leg that’s shorter than the other. Good neighbor, Robert is building a bomb shelter in the back year. Muriel, his mother is a shoot-from-the-hip older adult with dementia. Over time, the connections between them create the shelter they need for their common journey. This is a story of human vulnerability, humor, endurance, secrets, truth, loss, resilience, and love. This is a family life novel with a coming-of-age flavor.
Harmony behind Bars
How does it feel to sit in prison at eighteen? In solitary confinement? When at the same time the peers play football, computer games, go dancing, and for the first time fall in love?
Hollow Hearts
Middle-aged widow Edith Cooper walks away from the cemetery along the Green River near Simpson’s Hollow, Utah Territory. Away from the husband buried there this morning. Away from their plans and dreams for their future. Along the way, two men offer their hand in marriage. For her protection, one says. For his children’s sake, says the second. Were any of these reasons enough to marry? She must choose one. But which? Albert Whitt, stationmaster of the Pony Express Station, loves his independent life. Twice stood up by women, he takes the only course that ensures no more rejection: stay clear of them. But when he learns that the stoic Widow Cooper is considering two proposals from men not worthy of lacing her boots, he must do something. But what? Can Edith and Albert find a new beginning in the midst of tragedy, or will they choose the most convenient path—alone?
Hope Knocking
Hope Knocking tells the story of 2020 from three different perspectives: Amantha, an opinionated retired educator who considers herself to be half hillbilly and half flatlander; Matthew, her soft-spoken mountain husband; and Nancy Mae, Amantha’s charismatic elderly mother who has returned to her East Tennessee roots after leaving nearly seventy years ago. The three live in Mavie, a mere speck on a USGS topographical map, on the banks of the Diamond River.
If There’s A Will, There’s A Ghost
Ready To Play Ghost Whisperer? If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost: A Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery. A few months ago, Eden’s sister and brother-in-law were killed in a car accident. Their daughter Maddie is an adult and can live by herself, but they both are the only family each other has left. After months of driving back and forth, Eden is making the move permanent. But then, right after moving to Sycamore Grove, Eden starts having unwanted visitors… She can see ghostly presences. “Taking a deep breath, I convince myself it’s probably nothing. Maybe something fell. Both animals hear it as well and follow me. Chuckling to myself, I know Maddie’s not wrong. It does feel better having someone else in the space with me, even if they’re four-legged. Peering around the corner, everything looks okay, but then I notice both Hank and Shadow pull back. I step further in and groan. Not one, but two men are sitting on the couch in the back room. And I’d be willing to bet that I’m the only human that can see them…” What happens when ghosts start following you around? Readers who loved Tansy and Hank Pet Psychic Cozy Mysteries by Miranda Rose Barker will also enjoy If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost, a totally gripping and entertaining mystery full of twists and turns that will keep you up reading all night.
In Gray
Daisy Carmichael’s life is forever changed after a devastating car crash. Nobody remembers the boy who pulled her from the wreckage, the boy who saved her life. She believed she was crazy. That is, until the dreams started. The dreams that force Daisy into a role she never asked for.
Lady of the Play
Lady of the Play is written in parallel historical and contemporary stories, with focus on the life of Elizabeth Trentham, the other Shakespeare. The contemporary story begins with the finding of an original page from A Midsummer Night’s Dream hidden in the cover of an ancient Book of Common Prayer owned by an elderly woman, Sudie McFadden. She contacts a history teacher, Cynthia Parsons, to help her prove her ancestor, the original owner of the prayer book, was the true playwright. Cynthia, with the help of a librarian friend, and an attorney, conduct extensive research to prove Elizabeth Trentham was the true playwright and poet. There is a smooth transition from the modern chapters to the historical.
Lady of the Play
Parallel contemporary and historical chapters take place in Lady of the Play. The modern story begins with Cynthia Parsons finding an original page from A Midsummer Night’s Dream hidden in an ancient Book of Common Prayer for over 400 years. Based on the book’s original owner, she undertakes the research necessary to prove a woman was the true Shakespeare. With each clue, Cynthia uncovers, the story transitions into the life of Elizabeth Trentham. We learn of her innate genius from her childhood, her continued refusal to marry, the ten years as a maid of honor in Queen Elizabeth I’s court, her collaboration with Edward deVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, and their subsequent marriage. The story continues by answering why they hired an actor, William Shaksper, as their broker and later allowed him to take credit for the plays. Edward died in 1604, and Elizabeth continued with the deception until her death in 1612, the same year Shaksper retired. The modern-day Cynthia faces intrigue, danger, and romance as others try to steal historical documents, thwarting her efforts to reveal the truth. The ending shows compelling evidence that solves this 400-year-old mystery.
LEGENDARY SUITS
Yes, a 500 page novel about boring playing cards. Or, are they just playing cards? Ask the 11 year-old who got them in 1984 and eventually uses them in a poker game at a Brown University fraternity. The mom in Colorado who needs them to distract and calm her Asperger son. How about the assassin in Zurich who leaves a message on them? Or the hundreds of golfers and some caddies at Kiawah Island who enjoyed them after a round. Then there is the pilot, honeymoon couple, Spaniard, high-class Belgian escort, and Vienna cafe owner, and others, who all left their DNA on them in their own unique way. How can they just be boring cards?
Midnight Owl (Joe Leverette Mysteries Book 1)
The dismembered body of a young woman is found, each grisly part discovered separately by a member of the community. Detectives Joe Leverette and Philip Marsden are assigned the case, but the outlook is grim, with eerie dreams and hooting owls putting their witnesses on edge.
When Carole Sage joins the team, the police are eager to use her gift of ‘second sight’ to gain an advantage. Will the young sensitive help crack the case, or will she become the murderer’s next victim?
Misfortune’s Wake
A young American seeking escape from a tragic event, takes a job with an international conservation organization in the foreign port of Retiro de Santos. There, he becomes romantically involved with a local artist, and platonically involved with a young girl pursuing a better life. Soon his environmental group is sabotaged, his coworker dies mysteriously, and his young friend is shanghaied. Finding himself on the wrong side of unjust laws, he must decide whether to act or abdicate responsibility. As he teeters precariously on the edge of a decision, a raging storm barrels ashore to threaten everyone and everything in its path.
My Dearest Miss Fairfax
From Jeanette Watts, a new Regency-set historical fiction novel following a lesser-known character from one of history’s favorite female authors. Miss Jane Fairfax has spent her life—though poor and expecting the eventuality of a governess position—by the side of a Colonel’s daughter, living beyond the means she was born into. When she meets the enigmatic and handsome Frank Churchill in Weymouth, she can’t help but fall for him. Mr Frank Churchill, the heir to his aunt’s fortune and dependent on her goodwill, knows that he cannot marry without Mrs Churchill’s permission. Desperate to marry Jane, he proposes not only marriage but a plan to hide their engagement until his aunt approves of the match. The couple travel separately to their same small hometown of Highbury, where Jane’s ridiculous aunt and the notorious Emma Woodhouse threaten the understanding between them, and as the months pass by, Jane worries that they will be secretly engaged forever, with no happy ending in sight. As their lies and deceits pile up, can their love survive the social pressures that threaten to tear them apart?
Nad of Nadide
A poignant story of love, determination, and political intrigue: Nad of Nadide reveals that love, whether between two of the same ethnicity, or between lovers who never expected to cross ethnic boundaries, is one worth fighting for, at the cost of defying all norms and challenges. When Palestinian Fareed met Turkish Nadide, neither could imagine the course of events that their relationship would trigger. The daughter of a ruling Turkish general, Nadide’s affections are at the center of a tumultuous political landscape in the 1980s. With conflict rising between her suitor and her father, on one side, and her father’s political enemies, on the other, the two targeted her with opposite benefits, albeit each wanting her to abort her yearning to reach her goal, a goal possessed by a wish to follow her heart. Will love and determination win out over personal grudges and political interests?
On the Precipice of the Labyrinth
The novel takes place in the late 1930s and involves William Benning, a young American man who finishes college and has had a strong introduction to the Spanish language. Benning graduates from the University of Virginia in 1937 and has learned about what is happening in Europe in general, and Spain specifically, during that tumultuous decade. His interest in continuing to learn the Spanish language and see for himself what is happening in Spain compel him to begin the improbable journey. His adventure in Spain proves to be captivating and meaningful, but it gradually becomes more intense and precarious. Meanwhile, Spain is experiencing a Civil War that has deeply divided the country and involved unprecedented violence and suffering. Benning travels through northern Spain where he encounters three young Spaniards, and together they embark on a journey that results in life-altering events.
Picasso’s Motorcycle
France, 1940. An unexpected gift of an old motorcycle with a tragically romantic past hurls a young orphan into the thick of things as war breaks out and his life changes forever. Half-French/half-German Daniel must find a way to survive in a world that mercy seems to have abandoned. This book transports the reader to Nazi-occupied France, where Daniel unwittingly and unexpectedly finds himself working for the Resistance, and ultimately to the Russian Front in a twist of fate so startling that no one can see it coming. In turn quirky, heartwarming, beguiling and uncompromising, author Marc Sercomb weaves together many moods and colors to tell young Daniel’s story. Beyond engaging, Picasso’s Motorcycle has been hailed as a genuine “page-turner” by those who have so far encountered it.
Protectors of the Light
The battle between Light and Dark is never fully won. Darkness lurks in the shadows of the world patiently waiting for its opportunity to emerge and take control. It’s only by protecting the Light that we keep it at bay. Hannah has always considered her life as unremarkable even though she had an experience that few ever have. After receiving a journal sharing the stories of several women before her, she learns that no matter how ordinary a person might feel, life holds a purpose – often greater than one could ever imagine. After years of limited communication with her twin brother, Nick, their lives become intertwined as they try to solve the mystery of a lost, ancient artifact. As they battle with the forces of Darkness, they once again come together and learn of the powerful bond that only twins can share and of their joint calling to protect the light. This supernatural mystery shares knowledge of the universe in its quest to overcome Dark’s attempt at control.
Puppet’s Shadow
Madison and Piper were identical twins, mirror images – on the outside. Confident, head-strong Madison Sterling possessed it all – a devoted twin sister, hundreds of male admirers, invitations to swank social events and captivating beauty. Except Madison was never content. Boredom with her mundane life and rebellion to authority led her to make questionable choices steering her down a self-destructive path. Her life spiraled out of control. Brilliant but humble Piper Sterling always succeeded – except with rescuing her sister. Piper’s heart ached as she watched her sister burn bridge after bridge. While distracted with saving her twin, Piper lost sight of her own principles. As the angelic sister, Piper was faced with her own daunting decision. A tragic accident changes everything. Only one twin would survive, but which one? Does anyone really know?
Stone Baby and Other Strange Tales
‘THE UNDISPUTED QUEEN OF THE WARPED AND THE WEIRD,” Paul Bishop, author of LIE CATCHERS. This is a collection of short stories that involve murder, lies, ghosts, and the apologetic thing that lives under your bed.
STORMSEND
A disgraced former constable is forced to travel to the Freewilds in order to unravel the mystery of the Cult of Ebon. In a refugee shanty town on the outskirts of a vast and opulent imperial capital city, an insidious sect of demon worshippers, the Cult of Ebon, began to prey upon the Gathered, a diverse group of refugees chased from their homes after a series of senseless wars waged by a mad tyrant, long ago. Unwilling to overlook these heinous crimes against a vulnerable, underserved populace, Constable Lukarde Alfans began an investigation that brought him far too close to the truth, leading him to become the cult’s next target. In order to derail his investigation, the enigmatic leader of the cult framed Lukarde for the grisly murder of a woman whose psychic gifts had been invaluable in his investigations.
Summers’ Deceit (Hunters Trilogy Book 1)
Jane Callahan is a reclusive, seventeen-year-old high school student dealing with the death of her beloved brother. Her home in Southern California with her mother is a constant reminder of her loss and pain. In hopes of escaping her past she moves to North Bend Oregon to live with her father, where she meets a beautiful boy named Aidan Summers.
Sunflowers Beneath the Snow
A Ukrainian rebel. Three generations of women bearing the consequences. A journey that changes everything. When Ivanna opens the door to uniformed officers, her tranquil life is torn to pieces – leaving behind a broken woman who must learn to endure the cold, starvation, and memories of a man who died in the quintessential act of betrayal. Using her thrift, ingenuity, and a bit of luck, she finds a way to survive in Soviet Ukraine, along with her daughter, Yevtsye. But the question remains, will she be strong enough to withstand her daughter’s deceit and the eventual downfall of the nation she has devoted her life to?
Sunflowers Beneath the Snow
A Ukrainian rebel. Three generations of women bearing the consequences. A journey that changes everything. When Ivanna opens the door to uniformed officers, her tranquil life is torn to pieces – leaving behind a broken woman who must learn to endure the cold, starvation, and memories of a man who died in the quintessential act of betrayal. Using her thrift, ingenuity, and a bit of luck, she finds a way to survive in Soviet Ukraine, along with her daughter, Yevtsye. But the question remains, will she be strong enough to withstand her daughter’s deceit and the eventual downfall of the nation she has devoted her life to? Or will the memories of her late husband act as a shadow haunting everyone and everything she loves, including Ionna, the granddaughter that never knew him? In Sunflowers Beneath the Snow, Teri M Brown explores the tenacity of women, showing that even in grueling circumstances, they can, and do, experience all the good things life has to offer – compassion, joy, love, faith, and wonder.
The Covenant Sacrifice
When the dead return to abduct the living, the living turn into monsters…
Jarod Huntingdon wants more than anything to start a family, yet he’s unable to commit to his girlfriend and isn’t sure why. When the father of his childhood best friend, Scotty, passes away, Jarod takes the opportunity to return home to the remote rural community of Annastasis Creek for a season of soul-searching.
But overnight, a violent rainstorm traps everyone in the valley, blocking roads and severing communication with the outside world. And one by one, the residents of Annastasis Creek go missing.
While helping with the search efforts, Jarod learns of a curse as old as he is, one tied to the reappearance of the cicadas, first placed on the community after five young people perished in a house fire decades before. To temporarily appease the curse, defrocked Pentecostal pastor Uriah Zalmon must find a sinner to sacrifice.
The dead are returning to Annastasis Creek…
Can Jarod break the curse for good, save the innocent from the homophobic Covenant Trustees, and vanquish what the screaming cicadas have awoken?
The Infernal Games
Xlina’s move to Portland, Maine was supposed to be the start of a new life. A normal life. One that didn’t involve her magical-duty-obsessed druid father or her own legacy as a descendant of the Baku: an ancient creature that consumes nightmares.
The Munich Girl
The past may not be done with us. What family secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding? Fifty years after WW2, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante – and Hitler’s lover – and untangles a web of long-buried secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer
The Price of Love
Early in the 1700s, a ship named The Golden Fleece sailing the Caribbean was attacked by pirates. The Golden Fleece won the fight and the Captain took the ship loaded with a treasure trove of gold and jewels. He and his crew decided to share the bounty. But a dying pirate warned them the Incas had cursed anyone who misused the treasure for their own selfish ends. Their prize must also be passed on to their descendants, who must not know from whom they received it. If they did not heed the warning, they would lose it all. In the present day, Jasmine Roberts was shocked and delighted to learn she had inherited a mansion. The incredible gift was a mystery, as she didn’t know her benefactor. But the solicitor was not at liberty to tell her the actual history. Within the mansion lay a treasure waiting to be discovered. A prize that came with a curse.
The Shadow and the Shards
With the creature vanished, tensions rise at the school after it’s revealed that head wizard Almagest’s death may not have been an accident.
Meanwhile having discovered clues to the whereabouts of the feared Firebrand shards, Kuelack sets out to find them together with the disinherited Dragonlord Ramus, whilst Kuelack’s sadistic and power hungry wife Gradine embarks on a campaign to kill and imprison the Bruins and their friends.
The Siren’s Scream
The Thornton Mansion with the giant tide pool in the backyard has terrorized Santa Cruz for over a century. Throughout the years there have been dire and mysterious deaths connected with it. It is now Darcy Wainwrights turn to face the perils of the mansion. The mansion becomes her first sale as a novice realtor and she becomes intricately and inevitably connected to the house and the pool. It is the pool that beckons her, and it is the pool that would decide if she lives or dies.
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
My name is JALEN PENN and I went on a camping trip on the recommendation of my girlfriend STACEY who I made my fiancee` during the trip. She was excited and so was I, but before we could celebrate, nature called. I went into the woods to handle my business and maybe I should have held it, but I really had to go. The forest was dark and cold and naturally at night creepy. I didn’t handle my business on the account I heard twigs snapping and growling. I was attacked by a large furry animal with glowing red eyes and bitten on the arm, but manage to get my pocket knife and stabbed the monster in the neck several times. It released me and ran off. I made it back to camp and Stacey drove me to the hospital. After that night my life change forever: eating habits, appearance, and I even alienated my family. I would find out from the papers and news that something bad had happened after visiting that place.
Things that go bump in the night: Here there be monsters
One city. Two killers. A serial kller who preys on adulterers. A supernatural killer who kills unknowingly once it becomes human again. The city knows bout the serial killer calling himself Sin Killer and leaving a weird poem on his victims. He is blamed for all the murders including the ones he does not commit.
Questions arise throughout the city whether Sin Killer is also capable of cannibalism since his victims are eaten and mutilated.
Poice Captain Frank Penn is under heavy fire. He knows there is more than one killer in his city and one of them is his own nephew.
Tim: The Story of Timothy H. O’Sullivan as a Young Apprentice at Mathew Brady’s Studio
Willy Wonka meets Gangs of New York and Let the Great World Spin
The Story Begins on September 11th, 1850…
Based on the life of Timothy O’Sullivan, Tim is a ten-year-old boy from sleepy Staten Island who is told he must apprentice at Mathew Brady’s daguerreotype studio in 1850.
Tim takes the ferry over to York with his father and rides the omnibus up Broadway to Fulton Street. Across from Brady’s Gallery is Barnum’s American Museum filled with all its relics and wondrous curiosities. As Tim ventures inside, he takes us back into New York’s forgotten past and the history of photography.
The story begins on September 11th, 1850, with Jenny Lind’s premiere concert at Castle Garden near Battery Park — a night that would be remembered for years to come, as the night when the Swedish Nightingale first sang in New York.
All the city is infatuated with Jenny Lind. Great crowds surround her wherever she goes. She is the most sought-after celebrity by all the Broadway photographers, except that her manager, none other than P.T. Barnum himself, will not grant Brady access to Jenny Lind.
Trial and Redemption
SCIENCE MEETS MAGIC… In his latest inspirational and suspenseful novel, Trial and Redemption, Reilly continues the saga of a mystical Janus key and its time-bending influence on 21st-century characters, first introduced in the award-winning Chasing Time. Disgraced scientist Brian Ellis finds an improbable ally in Julie, a college student trying to reset her life after a family tragedy. Guided by a Janus key with magical powers to predict future events, they embark on a crusade to bring a corrupt pharmaceutical executive to justice, prevent a medical tragedy, and restore peace to their shattered lives. However, Brian guards a dark secret that may imperil both their mission and their redemption. Filled with unexpected twists and turns, memorable characters, and heart-stopping suspense, Trial and Redemption is an emotive mix of medical and legal fiction with a touch of fantasy.
Triskele
Triskele is a psychological story about a family torn apart by tragic and unexpected circumstances, portraying the events that will shape a young boy and his little sister being reared by an alcoholic single mother. Each member of the familial group will make choices that influence, or perhaps determine, where their futures will lead them. The story explores the irrational behaviors people embrace and the seemingly antithetical, yet underlying reasons, for their actions. Paul is nearing the final stages of his inner city deaconship. As he approaches ordination circumstances arise that place his assured lifelong road to the priesthood in sudden jeopardy. He is consumed with feelings of guilt, tormented by terrifying nightmares and loses his balance in the face of an abrupt lust for a woman, Lillian who seems unattainable. Beth, a promising art student, acts out in promiscuous and myriad self-destructive ways that threaten her success, not only at the university, but also on the greater art scene of Greenwich Village. Particular works of art illuminate Beth’s psychic demons and desires throughout the story.
Twisted Fate
Twisted Fate Synopsis Linda Boroff lindaboroff2927@gmail.com Set in the late 2020s, the novel follows the struggles of young Silicon Valley worker Zoe Ohrbach and her boyfriend Brian Snyder, amidst an outbreak of a new prion (“Mad Cow”) disease that gradually turns people into psychopaths. Prions, discovered in 1982, are not alive like bacteria or viruses, but are instead twisted bits of protein in the brain. They cause “Mad Cow” or in humans the horrifying variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD). Prion diseases are incurable and have extremely long incubation periods—even decades. There is no vaccine. “Prions are like an enemy within, the alien in some B-movie that transforms people to an evil version,” says prion biologist Edward Hoover of Colorado State University. “The immune system doesn’t see them coming.” This particular prion has been spreading unsuspected for decades.
TWO GOOD MEN
Two Good Men begins as a tragedy when two young fathers are killed within a two-week period. The book quickly becomes a heart-warming and inspirational story as the surviving families become neighbors, and the two young boys, Manny and Kenny, become inseparable best friends. With the love and direction of Manny’s grandfather, a retired Marine, the boys develop a sense of character and personal responsibility well beyond their years. When the boys go off to college together, they become indignant over the deceit of the football coach. After agreeing to leave college, they decide to join the Marine Corps, which everyone has always known was Manny’s life-long dream. After boot camp, Manny and Kenny are assigned to Camp Pendleton, California. During a weekend liberty the boys visit Disneyland where they meet two attractive cousins. Kenny falls hard for Suzy and Manny thinks Lori is very nice. The two couples grow closer but their relationships are cut short when the boys deploy to Vietnam where Kenny is severely wounded.