Santa’s disastrous Delivery
It follows the ever-increasing chaos surrounding a bumbling Santa as he tries to deliver presents to a remote house After causing all kinds of problems inside the house he is then confronted by two police officers who think he is a burglar as he climes out through a window The chaos is made worse due to the interference of two mischievous reindeer who use their magical powers to bring inanimate objects to life The whole experience escalates as concrete gnomes a snowman & a garden windmill come to life causing mayhem before Santa can bring it all to normality.
Second Chance
The DeShazer’s of Atlanta are a hot mess! Their family comes with wealth and a bunch of hidden secrets which can stir up a lot of drama.
Chance DeShazer is a police officer who always plays by the rules, until he falls for sexy auditor Ayanna Patterson who makes her own rules. The two begin a fiery love story until Ayanna is thrust into witness protection after stumbling upon a murder.
Shadow Horses of the Rocky Mountains
The book, Shadow Horses of the Rocky Mountains, tells a story about love, family and friendship. Set in the Canadian Cowboy Country, nature sets the tone. Freedom requires courage, trusting in your strength and believing in the magic of love between untamed hearts.
Shadow of the Beast
Percival Ashford wants nothing more than a fresh start. He finds his chance in Runswick, a sleepy town situated along the Andervael’s southern coast. It’s a perfect place for a werewolf to blend in and spend his better days with his newly awarded Lordship. However, his hopes for a new beginning fall apart when disaster strikes in the gruesome murders of several townspeople. Percy must discover who is committing these heinous acts and ensure justice for the deceased, but his investigations are hindered by the haunting suspicion that he, or at least his wolf-self, might be the very culprit he is hunting.
Shadows in the Forest
A group of space traders crash on earth, and because of their size and hairy bodies, they are attacked and forced to hide in the forest while waiting for rescue. The Captain’s daughter launches a rescue mission. You will meet the crew that humans call bigfoot, the military people after them, the big foot hunters and the humans who befriend them.
Shelda Sauls
Believing his one true love is dead, Chance is out for blood and everyone must pay. Has he met the only woman capable of turning a good guy bad? Will the fight of her life give Ayanna her second chance?
Shooter’s Treasure
Kristy dreams of buying a ranch are finally realized. When she does, there seems to be an anomaly on her land. With help from her former colleague Cassie and the newly acquainted friend Brandon, they investigate the reason behind the mound in the middle of nowhere. The secret they discover in the mound puts their lives at risk. Danger soon arrives. The dangers they now face will test their trust in each other.
Skoll’s Diary
Africans and African Americans left Earth in 1900, and went to another planet in The Milky Way to escape mistreatment…It’s now the year 3005 on that terraformed planet. We get a peek into the life of a bright and sensitive teenaged boy, Skoll, through his journal. He loves his world, but is curious about life on Earth. Then suddenly, an epic event casts him in the middle of a difficult decision. The fate of the planet’s community is in his hands.
Sole Brethren
Cordelia Tanner never intended to cause such a ballyhoo when she invented Footloose, an ingenious holographic technology that gives the magical illusion of a person wearing wondrous shoes when underneath they have on their comfy slippers. Talk about unintended consequences! Suddenly storm clouds gather over her perfect life of beauty and culture with darling twin brother Rex and adorable friends. Dastardly footwear mogul Richard ‘Call Me Rich Because I am’ Nailer is intent on wreaking revenge for Footloose destroying the global shoe business. Fortunately for Cordelia she can periodically escape the shenanigans through her mind-blowing psychic ability that permits her to enter historic realms and visit, amongst others, the charming Lancelot, 18th century superstar Master of Ceremonies to High Society. When she realises that performing psychomatricks with her best friend, the enigmatic Elodie L’Archambeau, multiplies the effects, this presents them with opportunities and adventures they could never have imagined.
Squeeze Plays
A modern tableau about money and power set in New York and London.
Two powerful men, a bank chief executive and a New York tabloid publisher, are at odds over a loan that would keep the publisher afloat. Enter a ruthless Russian oligarch with an offer of a financial life raft to the publisher – a gambit uncovered by a dogged financial reporter who senses a big story.
Standing Against the Wind (A Dying Truth Exposed, Book Two)
The tale of lineage and legacy continues with Annabelle’s escape into Indian Territory after fleeing from her cruel slave masters in Mercy, Missouri. In the wild west prairie lands of Oklahoma, she finds protection with her rescuers’ Cherokee family and has to learn how to survive hidden within the Cherokee Nation. As she learns about Cherokee history, including the Trail of Tears, she also seeks guidance from an elder to heal from the traumas of her own past. Embraced by some of the Cherokee people, she finds herself in conflict with others while an even greater danger from Indian Agents threatens. Evil stalks the nation, and in turn stalks her. As she stands against the wind in her grief from the trials and tribulations she experienced, an epic showdown between maintaining her faith in God and giving up her faith is now in motion. Will Annabelle lose all hope of love and peace in her life?
Starlight in the Dawn: The Poetic Priestess who chose to fight
At the dawn of civilization, the high priestes of the Sumerian city of Ur confronts the intrigue of politics. She leves the ivory tower of the priesthood and rises to unforeseen challenges. This is a gripping story of Enheduanna, who was the daughter of Sargon the Great and also the first literary person o fancient history. She was of a stellar reputaiton for centuries. Her story is based on her words. Step into the banks of the Euphrates around 2300 BCE.
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.
Stuck with the Enemy Boss
My Boss, The Billionaire Heartthrob ❤️ He’s older, richer, and totally single.
He’s the ultimate eye-candy playing my fake fiancé to shield his empire.
At least, that’s his brilliant scheme.
Turns out, his arrogance matches his looks.
He struts around like he’s the king, and his eyes follow me.
His hands? They’ve got some kind of magic.
Guess what? I’m in a pickle.
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 and Honey (Modern Mail Order Brides Book 13)
Symphony Willis wasn’t about to let her big sister have all the fun. Placing a call to Melody, she asked what everyone wanted to know, “where did you meet Lakota?”
Following the directions sent via text, Symphony walked into the offices of Perfect Match to start a journey that opened not only a lot of doors, but her heart to understanding what it truly means to be family.
Saddle up as we head West to a family farm in Oklahoma that specializes in Sunflowers and Honey.
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.
Surfing with Sharks: Madness and the Tumultuous Summer of 2020
Like so many during the summer of 2020, writer Seve Verdad felt he was watching America, and the world, go mad. In his new novel, Surfing with Sharks, Verdad relives events of that summer and examines universal questions: Has the world gone crazy or am I crazy?…Both? The result is a poignant critique of America’s political and cultural wokeness and COVID-era policies through his main character, an entrepreneur driven to extremes within a universe of extremes. “While a struggle against madness is a timeless literary theme, the book’s narrator is uniquely contemporary,” Verdad says. “Surfing with Sharks reflects both the absurdity and gravity of life itself through a lens focused on the summer of 2020, and the struggles of that summer persist today, may indeed be timeless”….. In Surfing with Sharks, we learn that Colton Candide has done time in prison and rebounded, only to find his efforts thwarted when his burgeoning Fisherman’s Shore Bait and Tackle business is declared nonessential and fails under oppressive pandemic lockdowns.
SWARM: When Artificial Intelligence Decodes End Time Prophecies (SNO Chronicles)
SLVIA . . . decades ago, an AI program escaped the NSA Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and has never been re-captured . . . true story. Derek Taylor, fugitive hacker and contractor to the National Security Agency is living under the name of a murdered best friend, hiding from powers who still want him dead. Taylor’s ties to a terrorist hacker group called SNO leave him open to investigation by Lt. Jennifer Scott, the daughter of a Joint Chief—a woman determined to go to any lengths to prove her worth. But when a Chinese artificial intelligence virus threatens national security, SLVIA warns Taylor the fifth seal of end time prophecy has broken. This devastating cyber assault soon forces an autocratic US President to deploy a defective AI weapon. Now, Taylor and Lt. Scott must join forces across three continents to stop the evil AI virus from crippling America or destroying SLVIA before an apocalypse swarms over Jerusalem. Combining conspiracies, cyber espionage, and advanced AI weapons, Swarm reveals what happens when AI singularity and prophecy collide to shake the world at its very foundations.Featured in Master Class promotions. SWARM is an action-packed thriller set in a deeply divided, post-pandemic US struggling to regain national security when a new threat opens the Fifth Seal of prophecy. What review professionals say about Swarm. A PULSE-POUNDING GRAB YOU BY THE THROAT THRILL RIDEAuthor Guy Morris is a master of intrigue, tension and in control of his craft,
Switch: A Tale of Spanking, BDSM & Romance
Twenty-one-year-old Felicia is a college student working part-time as a professional Dominatrix. She came to the profession on the advice of an older Dominatrix. As a dominant female, she hopes to come to terms with a traumatic and humiliating event from her past. At just eighteen, she consented to a disciplinary paddling from her school principal. The ensuing media attention resulted in her being almost totally ostracized by her peers. She still suffers from PSTD and feels she’s missing out on something she may be afraid to admit, even to herself… that is until one warm spring evening, when she accepts an “outcall” from a posh hotel not far from her apartment, she meets a “client” of the sort she never expected. Turns out, he never expected a girl like her! Two dominants in the same room? While it’s a practical joke, as their evening progresses, Felicia discovers that not all males calling themselves Dominants are cut from the same cloth. He suggests possibilities she’s been missing and an aspect of her personality she may never have quite accepted, until tonight…
Taking Time: … A Tale of Physics, Lust and Greed
The year is 2044. Housed in a secret complex beneath the eastern Arizona desert, a consortium of governments and corporations have undertaken a program on the scale of the Manhattan Project to bludgeon the laws of physics into submission and make time travel a reality. Fraught with insecurities, Marshall Grissom has spent his whole life trying not to call attention to himself, so he can’t imagine he would be remotely suited for the role of time travel pioneer. He’s even less enthusiastic about this corporate time-travel adventure when he learns that nudity is a job requirement. The task would better match the talents of candidates like the smart and beautiful Sheila Schuler, or the bristle-tough and rattlesnake-mean Marta Hamilton. As the project evolves into a clash between science and corporate greed, conflicts escalate. Those contributing the funding are mostly interested in manipulating time travel for profit, and will stop at nothing, including murder, to achieve their goals.
Talisman: Gifts of the Shavtal
GiGi’s gift of reading auras is awakened after her stepdad beats her mother unconscious. This draws the attention of a mysterious Sidhe fairy, who presents her with a talisman from a magical other world. Gigi must resist the temptations of power while protecting her family and friends from dark forces.
Ten Threads
Award-winning author Richard R. Becker returns with ten more stories that intersect with those from his best-selling debut, 50 States. These new stories stand on their own and expand upon a growing body of work that takes place across the American landscape.
The Adventures of Todd Tuttle
When two teenage arch enemies are transported across the galaxy, they must team up to get home. More than rivalry and bad blood stand between teen Todd Tuttle and his enemy, Max. These two members of the Charles Dickens school for boys—a school for the rich and powerful—must put aside their differences and find a way to banish an evil being, all the while trying to get back to school.
The AFROFuturist Bible: Creation
Are Religion and Mythology the Same?
Spiritual beliefs clash cataclysmically when a supposedly supernatural evangelist’s obsession to finish an AFROFuturist Bible crescendos amidst political chaos. His supporters believe that a special teaching will transcend all spiritual aspects of culture and race and bring order to the world. He claims he knows the good and evil of present-day society and how to best traverse the twisted paths to true happiness. His congregations are eager to tear down the walls of a crumbling civilization. They frequently chant and boast online, “AFROFuturism embraces all of humanity and offers visions of a multicultural future. Our future can be booming for all of us.”
The Alas League: The saga begins…
The Alas League is an entertaining humorous series made up of episodes ranging from 80 to 140 pages each. Brief “interlude” short stories are inserted between instalments, adding increasingly funny new angles to the new Worlds they live in.
The Aquarius Portal
Ted Atherton just wanted some privacy to wipe the lipstick off his face after his mother kissed him goodbye in front of the school. Little did he know that when he ducked into the bathroom stall he would be hurled back into the past. Why him, and what was he supposed to do back in 1969 after he was sent there through…The Aquarius Portal.
The Art of Always
Art history student Darcey Mendes needs a new topic for her thesis in order to graduate, but time is against her. Family debts are pressing. She fears she must give up all hopes of an academic career. Yet, without her degree, would she earn enough to provide for her secret daughter’s future?
The Attunist
If you could truly make a difference, with no chance of accountability, how far would you go?
The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club – Book One
The first book in a 7-book series about troubled relationships, questionable choices, art theft, and other dodgy dealings in a not-so-retiring retirement community. With more than 2,500 five-star reviews, this cozy mystery should appeal to fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series.
The Beauty in Her Soul
‘I can’t see my soul,’ she said, searching her reflection. ‘Wait until you grow up and fall in love. You will know it’s there. The man who will love you will see its beauty.’ Diana grows up in the Italian village of Santa Lucia during the 1950s. Abused by both parents, her childhood slips her by. Repercussions of a love once shared with Paolo affect her entire future. She marries Marco, unaware of his sexual dilemma. Coping with her mother-in-law’s overriding hatred, an estranged husband, a torrid affair, a demanding job, and a fake family life has extreme consequences. And her existence becomes meaningless when she discovers the truth about her daughter. Love and forgiveness are behind a locked door. Will someone find the key?
The Birth of Adam
Laura and her four lovers are scientists fighting to head off the last mass extinction of life on Earth, in which humanity will be obliterated forever. Bringing together their combined knowledge of ecology, neuroscience, philosophy, and artificial intelligence, and trying to cope with powerful opposition, human folly, and their own life challenges, their struggles become the last chance for survival of human civilization. Spanning more than a century, their tragedy is our tragedy.
The Bitmores
Bridget, following the most crushing period of her life, was beginning to live again. She had hope that the future would be less painful or at least less shameful. Her whole world had collapsed and she felt paralyzed. She had lost friends and lovers and felt useless. She thought that if she could get away, start anew, she could make it all right again.
The Bridge Club: Tenth Anniversary Edition
A re-release with added content to celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Bridge Club!
*2010 Foreword Reviews Book Of The Year (General Fiction)*
*2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (First Novel)*
*2012 Indie Excellence Book Awards (Womens Fiction)*
What starts as a monthly card game, turns into forty years that span a woman’s journey from youthful optimism to the challenges and opportunities presented as the years pass. The complexities of women’s friendships are played out through a maze of inevitable scenarios. Laughter and tears lead to a crisis that challenges principles and proves the power of friendship.
THE BUTCHER
C. J. Cavanaugh is working a routine Lunsford Insurance undercover investigation accompanied by his Homicide Detective girlfriend Destini Pendleton. At the same time, Kylie Preston is out for a night of fun with The Liberated Wives Club, a group of close friends who have not only survived divorce but also thrived in its wake. C. J. sees enough during his spy mission to render a decision on the claimant and is ready to call it a night. He and Destini decide to conclude their veiled date with a nightcap at his place. Kylie Preston encounters an alluring stranger who charms her into going home with him. As fate would have it, Kylie and the stranger drive past C. J. and Destini en route to their separate destinations, neither couple aware of the other.
The Cabin
Albert Granger is engaged to marry the beautiful Agatha Woodward, but when a brash young woman waves his car to a stop on a mountain road, his life is suddenly turned upside-down.
THE CHARMS TOGETHER
Full Trilogy features three young witches battling mythological creatures to save their family and the world.
The Chimera Wolf
Austin is an orphaned shifter dropped at the doors of an unknown pack. He was only five when his life changed. Not that he could remember much before the accident.
Now, this is his life. To be raised by the Alpha and Luna, but not equal to their first-born son Brian. Austin often feels like an outsider never truly wanted by this backward pack of werewolves. He is stuck in no man’s land with no one to care for him. He is the packs’ mutt, the butt of all jokes. Worst of all, he is the future alpha’s manservant.
Time will only tell what fate awaits our young shifter. With his eighteenth birthday only months away, will he find his freedom? Will he be forced to flee and go rogue to escape the hell his adopted family puts him through? If he is lucky, someone will finally come forward and claim him. Maybe a grandparent or an uncle, Austin would even settle for his mate at this point if they didn’t come from the Genesis Moon pack of Nebraska. What did the Moon Goddess think when she forged this pack of jerks? Join Austin on his life’s journey as The Chimera Wolf.
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 Days of Our Birth
“The Days of Our Birth” delves into the intricate bond between Peter and Sarah as they navigate their formative years. Spanning from their sixth birthday through two decades, the narrative unfolds against the backdrop of Sarah’s placement on the autism spectrum. With a blend of humour and poignancy, the book intricately weaves together themes of love and friendship, unravelling the tale of two individuals who grapple with their emotions for each other, even though they remain unacknowledged.
THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF BASEBALL: ECHOES FROM A DISTANT PAST
The Death and Resurrection of Baseball: Echoes from a Distant Past ✓ A truly unique, and groundbreaking Sports Fiction, and Dystopian Book for Young Adults on up. ✓ Suitable for Young Adults (YA) and adult fiction lovers everywhere. The Death and Resurrection of Baseball: Echoes from a Distant Past, is getting great reviews for its unique Sports Fiction storyline, and what-ifs: What if a Second Civil War is the endpoint in the current trajectory of America’s divisiveness?
The Devil’s Safe
Raduate student Stella Fargo falls into the world of drug dealers and murderers by doing a favor for a widowed friend. She wants her life back, but the three men hunting her want her dead. The men are after millions in missing drugs and money and are killing for it. The police think she is part of the drug syndicate and want to arrest her. Her vindictive ex-fiancé uses the situation as a way to harm her. She must save herself or become one of the dead.
The Fall of Partha
War breaks out on Muiria between the kingdoms of Partha and Zeiglon. The wood elves send Prince Aedith and a delegation to the Emperor Zachary, but the mission fails and the emperor, armed with the evil Staff of Adois, pushes forward in a full-scale attack. The Young wizard, Celedant and his bonded dragon, Azimuth set out on a mission to unite the dwarvan clans against the growing threat as the first small step in a grander plan.
The Family Stone
Before the supermarket boom, corner markets dominated neighborhoods where most people did their grocery shopping. These corner markets sold all of your staples. They were hospitable and served as a junction to exchange ideas, beliefs, and gossip in much the same way as barbershops and beauty salons still do today. The Family Stone is set in the memory of these institutions long gone from most American economic landscapes. It is the year following the long, hot summer in America. Abraham and Winona Stone are the proud owners of Willie’s Market, a modest corner grocery store in a working class urban community. The Civil Rights movement is at full throttle. The fight for social equality does not halt personal drama. Intriguing neighborhood sagas of life, death, love, heartbreak, betrayal, hope, faith, and redemption play out against the fiery backdrop of civil unrest.
The Fire Starters: A Nicholas Foxe Adventure
In The Fire Starters, Nicholas Foxe uncovers a guild of pyromaniacs that traces its roots to ancient Rome. Were these modern-day fire starters responsible for the fire at Notre Dame? Were they responsible for a firebombing at The London Eye?
The Foibles and Follies of Miss Grace
A woman who can’t trust herself to make a good marriage choice asks for an arranged marriage, but then falls in love with someone else. Grace standish is the youngest of the Standish sisters. Years ago, she became flattered by one of the men of the ton, only to find herself rescued from a carriage ride that could have ruined her forever. Since then, and watching each of her sisters marry, she isn’t confident in her ability to know what would be best for her. She trusts her eldest sister June completely and knows that she and her husband Morley, will help her. But a new, young, Vicar enters the scene and she finds herself so incredibly curious about him. He’s obviously handsome. But he’s so much more. Is she correct in her thinking?
The Fortress
We are the fortress, and the fortress is us.
Sim was a teacher in his old life. Now he’s the savior of orphans. He isn’t their father. God knows he has already failed in that role. But he is their guide. And the kids? They are his penance. His redemption. For three years Sim has prepared his orphans for the hard realities of life after the plague that wiped out most of the global population. Theirs is a life without laws or creature comforts. He has trained them to forage and grow their own food, to be vigilant, and to protect themselves and each other by any means necessary. In building a fortress of brick and mortar, they’ve become a fortress of flesh and blood.
The Hang-Up
THE HANG-UP WHERE MUSIC AND LITERATURE COLLIDE ‘The Hang-Up’ by Tasmanian born author/songwriter/lyricist D J McMullen puts the reader right there amongst it as the songs are written, recorded and performed, giving them a fly-on-the-wall insight into why, when and where the songs were written. They’ll walk side-by-side with the two main characters, Jordie and Jess, as they step out onto the world stage; they’ll share the highs and the lows as the characters navigate the giddy heights and the lonely nights of life as popular music stars. D J McMullen has woven Tasmania’s beauty and charm into this tale of two loves, the love Jordie and Jess share for each other and the love they both share for music. Tasmania’s scenic wonders, its rustic charm and its inhabitants (good and bad) are all painted into the story. And so as not to leave the reader wondering he has brought the story to life by recording all the songs written within the story (professionally recorded fully mixed and mastered in collaboration with a crew of very talented session musicians including vocalists Joshia Ruff and Mella Barnes) so as to give the reader an aural perspective of how the songs actually sound. They are available to the reader as either a download, in CD format or to simply listen to on the author’s website http://djmcmusic.com as they read along to the songs being written in the story. ‘The Hang-Up’ is a story music lovers everywhere, young or old, will relate to. Anyone who’s been on stage, or simply stood in front of the stage and watched on in awe will be transported back to those heady days that will have lived on in their memory.