Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Element of Danger is a spellbinding mystery. Although not a professional detective, Jenny risked her life to expose the secrets that for many years kept her family apart. Now, three months later, the dust has begun to settle and she has settled into a comfy life. Jenny is relieved that her criminal father is in […]
More than a decade ago, Lily Sommer left home abruptly for college to pursue a career in photography. In her haste to get away, she severed a long term romantic entanglement. When an unexpected death in the family brings Lily back to her small hometown of Sterling Wood, sorting through a lifetime of family belongings
Enough clever clues and shocking twists to satisfy even the most ambitious amateur sleuth! Not everyone has a great relationship with their family. So when Henry Smith left his father, the Old Bastard, behind in the North Carolina Mountains, he was inclined to never look back. Ten years as a range detective on the Colorado
Element of Secrecy is a fiendishly readable modern mystery! Jenny O’Rourke, now known as Tricia Keller, has been in witness protection for most of her life. When she was just a child, her brother was killed in a shootout that occurred on her family farm under mysterious circumstances. Jenny was whisked into protection and has
Mike Murphey is a true wordsmith with a keen sense of humor and deep insight. A high school reunion coupled with the death of an elderly parent serves as the catalyst to reconnect some old friends. Cullen became a lawyer but could never quite get the timing right in his relationship with the lovely Shelby.
A beautiful rising starlet is found dead with her body found resembling a scene from her movie. The death is officially ruled a suicide, but her closest friend from university doesn’t buy it. Years have passed, but there are still more questions than answers. Lexie Wyatt has a career writing articles for a magazine and
Memories Lost is a fast paced and intelligent thriller that is sure to please. Mia Collins was in a terrible car accident leaving her without any memories of her life. Her husband, Hugh, has been supportive throughout the ordeal. He allows Mia space as she adjusts to a marriage and a career that she can’t
The Latecomers is life affirming and beautiful. “For twenty years, we’d been good together…” Charlie and Maggie Latecomer are both on their second marriage. Maggie is an artist, happily settled into retired life after corporate America. Charlie helps make ends meet by working with his hands. Charlie is madly in love with Maggie, his goddess,
Ford Barlow is having a really tough go of things. Out of a job, Ford falls back on what he knows. He fights for money, steals what he can, and relies on the kindness of friends. Bereft of family, Ford is driven by a desire to find the mother that long ago abandoned him. He
An easy read filled with page-turning thrills. Would you choose to know the day you will die? If so, you’re going to want to meet Leonardo Cantrell and look him in the eyes. When a seemingly impossible gift is bestowed upon kind-hearted Leo by a homeless man, he is understandably shaken. His dependable best friend,
Malcolm X Hobbs leads an Atlanta homicide unit referred to as the X Men. They are called to action when a body is found in an affluent suburb of the city they call home. The autopsy of the body shows his death to be more than a little suspicious. After a second victim is found
The story is smart and well thought out. A typical London workday spirals out of control with a single telephone call. David Buckley receives an invitation from his old college crush, Alison. The evening begins with a strange walk down memory lane but turns into a murder scene. With only David and a lone a
Imagine a world where everything that happens in life can be reviewed later. And not just big events like births and weddings… Everything! In Bulb, science has made Informed Light possible, thus your morning commute, your afternoon coffee and your post workout shower are all recorded. And anybody can review footage of anything in the
Allison is in a rut. At the opposite of insistence by her mother, Allison decides to spend some time roving about with a wrinkly old relative simply referred to as E to get a fresh start. After a number of days squiggling across some unnamed states, E receives a job offer he can’t refuse. A
Peta Knudsen, a weatherperson for the local TV station, is a bit of a local celebrity. Referred to as the Katie Couric of her town, it comes as a devastating shock when she turns up missing. Aside from the heartbreaking loss of their young son, Peta and her TV personality husband live a seemingly charmed
As a sort of mentor, the Angel reveals to the boy that he will soon be living on earth. He has an important duty to fulfill, but before his departure the boy must first decipher the seven gifts bestowed upon the earth. He is left alone in a room with just a chair and seven
Sam “Doc” Price and Nicole Veles are a newly engaged couple living in St. Louis. Both enjoy satisfying careers with nothing but success on the horizon. Nicole even has the privilege of working with a personal icon in her field, cellular biologist Dr. Laura Greenwood. The two become fast friends based on their mutual respect.
The Tiders are the best of friends. Together they endure the growing pains of high school on through to the highs and lows of taking on adult responsibilities. Though circumstances change, their friendship remains constant. In late 1994, Stuart is home on a leave from the military. The gang gets together to reminisce and catch
Fun-loving and consummately confidant Drew Dawson may be a twin to his sister, but they are nothing alike. Faye is responsible and dependable, but nevertheless she loves her carefree brother fiercely. When Drew reveals that he has had a vision (not unusual) and his choice leads to a man’s death (highly unusual), Faye kicks into
Since the early part of the 20th century, the Plague has not been a mortal threat to humanity at large. But sometimes nature has a way of awakening things mankind thought was all but eradicated. Red Death is an eye-opening novel that explores the spread of an extremely virulent disease from New York to London
The Meerkat Murders is exciting and surprising and even heartwarming. At the bequest of a dear friend, Kea Wright finds herself in the middle of a generously funded expedition documenting meerkats in the Kalahari desert. The faculty and students study not just the meerkat colonies of Botswana, but also rhinos, African bullfrogs, and more. Although
David Bernstein has written a book that both delights and entertains! Anyone who has ever taken a family vacation to the beach will relate to this book. Right from the start, it will fill your mind and heart with all of the excitement and emotions that arise from those memories, and this feeling continues until
Earl is a young boy with monsters under his bed. Well, not monsters exactly. Dustyn is a living dust bunny who is afraid to leave the protection of underneath the bed. All sorts of terrors lurk out on the open… a pesky beagle, a robot with a mind of his own, and worst of all
Patrick Canning’s tale The Colonel and the Bee is an action-filled adventure for readers of all ages. Beatrix is a barely teen-aged acrobat performing in a traveling circus. She is unusually perceptive and sharp tongued, much to the ire of her cruel boss, Ziro. The subject of frequent whippings, Beatrix longs for adventure and a
