A successful novelist who wants to do more than just write scary stories.A young widow who thinks there is no escape from a life she never imagined.A plantation house with dark secrets that infect every corner of a small South Carolina town.Will Jacob McGinnas' dream house become a nightmare for him and everyone he cares about?In 1837, Briarwood Plantation was abandoned when Ezra Woodbine slaughtered his fianceé's entire family. Now, after nearly two centuri...

The second novel in the seductive, medieval Bound in Darkness seriesA dangerous destiny. . .On the battlefields of Norman Britain, Tristan DuMaine cheated death countless times. Now he only wants to live a quiet life at his borderlands manor. But it will take an otherworldly power -- the bite of a vampire -- to unleash his fiercest appetite for revenge after a band of brigands forces him into a sham marriage with a rebel spitfire.A heart of ...

With her latest movie finished and her latest murder solved, Stella Hart is finally ready to take on the role of a lifetime—blushing bride in the wedding of her mother's dreams. Barrington Hall is full to bursting with relatives, friends, and the cream of the English upper classes, waiting to watch Stella marry her beloved George. Stella promises Mom there'll be no murders, no mysteries at all.But that's before she meets her bridesmaids. Veronica Houston is a cousin who's been stuc...

Who DIDN'T want to murder Nathan Stanley?Stella Hart has less than a month to finish her latest picture and sail home to England to marry her darling George. If she postpones the wedding again, her mother will disown her, and even the groom is getting restless. When her swashbuckling co-star smashes into a wall and breaks his nose, putting production on indefinite hold, she and George make plans to slip away and leave the movie unfinished.But studio head Nathan Stanley has ...

Stella Hart is looking forward to five blissful days alone at sea with her new fiancée, George—no relatives, no responsibilities, nothing to keep them apart.But Stella's bosses at Pinnacle Pictures have other ideas. Miss Cecilia Cuthbert of the London office is on board to be her chaperone, and she will not be dissuaded. If Miss Cuthbert has her way, Stella will spend the whole voyage holed up in her cabin answering fan mail and signing autographs.Desperate for freedom, Ste...

Downton Abbey meets It Happened One Night in this 1920s romantic mystery romp.American silent film actress Stella Hart has been terribly fond of her English "step-cousin" George ever since his uncle, Lord Barrington, married her mom. She's a lot less fond of Mavis, his grotesquely snobbish fiancée. But when the lovesick gangster that Stella fled Hollywood to escape tracks her down at Barrington Hall, George pretends to be engaged to Stella to put him off the scent, and Mavis, poor ...

A deadly quest . . .The sworn knight of an English lord, Gareth returns to the Highlands to pay a debt of blood to his uncle, the man who killed his father. But when his uncle's men murder his companions and leave him for dead, a mysterious beauty rescues him. Tender one moment, cruel the next, she bewitches him to his core.A hidden desire . . .Roxanna, a vampire princess, is sworn to break the curse that banished ...

Stella Hart is looking forward to five blissful days alone at sea with her new fiancée, George—no relatives, no responsibilities, nothing to keep them apart. But Stella’s bosses at Pinnacle Pictures have other ideas. Miss Cecilia Cuthbert of the London office is on board to be her chaperone, and she will not be dissuaded. If Miss Cuthbert has her way, Stella will spend the whole voyage holed up in her cabin answering fan mail and signing autographs.Desperate for freedom, Stella com...

Blue : Quand mon ex entre dans le bar avec son nouveau mari à son bras, je ne veux rien de plus que lui prouver que je suis allé de l’avant. Heureusement, l’inconnu sexy assis à côté de moi est plus que disposé à partager quelques baisers au nom de la vengeance. Cela devient encore meilleur lorsque ces baisers brûlants se transforment en une nuit de passion ardente.Le seul problème ? Il s’avère que le frère de l’étranger épouse ma soeur plus tard cette semaine.Tristan : J’a...

In 1837, Briarwood Plantation was abandoned when Ezra Woodbine slaughtered his fianceé's entire family. After nearly two centuries, life returns to Briarwood. But for how long?Serena Decatur is a thirty-year-old Black woman trapped in a life she never asked for. Widowed, underemployed, drowning in debt, she is living with her in-laws in the small town where she grew up.Bestselling horror author Jacob McGinnas wants to dig into the secrets of Briarwood and write a new book, ...

The 10th International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology was held in Roskilde, Denmark in 2003. The theme of the meeting was "Connected by the Sea", and was designed to emphasize the role of the sea, seafaring and watercraft as bridges rather than barriers. Maritime archaeology tends to take place within national borders, with a national focus, yet the very premise of seafaring is the desire to travel beyond the horizon to establish contact with other places and cultures. The conferen...

The Blue Castle: A Timeless Tale of Courage and Self-DiscoveryEscape into the enchanting world of L.M. Montgomery's classic novel, The Blue Castle, a captivating story of love, liberation, and finding your true self.Meet Valency Stirling, a shy and timid woman who's spent her life trapped in a dull existence, suffocated by the expectations of her overbearing family. But when a shocking revelation about her health gives her a newfound sense of urgency, Valen...