Some secrets are buried for a reason. Others are buried to protect us.Marcus Stone hadn't spoken to his father in twenty-three years. Skipped the funeral. Forgot the way home. Then a lawyer's letter and an old iron key pull him back into the Virginia mountains — straight into one chilling line in his father's handwriting:"There's a trunk in the cellar. Read what's inside. Then decide what to do with it."What's inside will unravel everything...

UPDATED EDITION WITH OVER FIFTY NEW STORIES'A FIRST-RATE BOOK' - THE OBSERVERLaura Buxton, aged ten, releases a balloon from her garden. It lands 140 miles away in the garden of another Laura Buxton, aged ten. Coincidence? Or something beyond coincidence?Is someone playing snap with our lives? Could it be the hand of God? Or are we, as some scientists have suggested, being granted an insight into a hyper-connected universe who...

For thousands of years, they have lived among us — unseen, unknown, and determined to stay that way.Koda knows the most important rule his people have lived by for generations: humans must never know we exist.He already broke it once. Now the consequences are coming.As ancient enemies close from one direction and the modern world encroaches from another, the fragile secret that has protected his kind for millennia is beginning to crack. A r...

To say Wiess Fagan has lived a strange life is an understatement. Contracted with a succubus at the age of four. Meeting Azrael the Grim Reaper at the age of six and the deaths of his family that happened over the years on a specific day. Entering the military and being seriously wounded in battle he becomes a medical visionary in the field of cybernetics and nanotechnology. At the age of seventy-five, his old friend Azrael comes to collect his soul. though it's not for his final judgment ...

What does it really take to transform a broken culture?Not a new strategy. Not a reorganization. Not another all-hands meeting with a slick slide deck. It takes a leader willing to do the hard, human work of building trust, naming the truth, and sailing into uncertainty with a team that believes in the journey.Navigate: Guiding Teams Through the Voyage of Culture Change tells the story of Lucy Beag, a seasoned technology executive who joins a techn...

The first story follows Allyn Miller, a quiet rancher traveling through Apache territory in September 1882. He discovers a young Apache girl near death from heat and thirst and rescues her, eventually returning her safely to her people. Her grandfather, Chief Iron Wolf, believes Allyn's life-saving act creates a debt that must be repaid. He offers Allyn the hand of his daughter, Aiyana, in marriage. Although Allyn is surprised and initiall...

There’s a war raging all around us for the souls of men and women—for the souls of not only a generation, but of an entire community. An entire “nation,” if you will. That nation is the LGBTQ community and its adversary, it’s sad to say, is the mainstream Evangelical Church in America.Pastor Brian King believes that God loves the LGBTQ community and has a specific plan for them. With the scripture to back it up, he will attempt to prove that the Bible does not say what the Church c...

In the ancient forests of the Olympic Peninsula, where shadows hold secrets and legends still roam, a young Sasquatch is born into a world on the brink of change. Born Wild: Koda's Odyssey invites readers into a hidden realm where the mysterious creatures known as Sasquatch fight to preserve their way of life in the face of increasing human encroachment.As his clan faces mounting threats from both human expansion and a dangerous rogue of their own kind, young Koda must nav...

Li Ming Yu grows up in a poor rural village in Korea, living a quiet and disciplined life with her hardworking mother. Their small home and constant financial struggles teach Ming Yu the value of patience, humility, and perseverance. An unknown benefactor mysteriously pays for her university tuition, allowing her to attend college where she quickly earns a reputation as an exceptionally intelligent, reliable, and hardworking student. Ming Yu dreams only of graduating, finding stable employ...

Silver City is shaken when Jesse Mason, a skilled gunman with a past, stops the brutal Bolton brothers during a bank robbery, saving the town but earning their vengeance. After a violent shootout and pursuit across the desert, Jesse ends the threat, though he knows more danger may return. Days later, a refined European chef, Isabella "Bella" Laurent, arrives by stagecoach and transforms the struggling frontier town with her extraordinary cooking and calm grace. She opens a restaurant with ...

Silver City is a harsh frontier mining town where the heat, dust, and danger are as constant as the search for wealth beneath the ground. Sheriff Jesse Mason and Colorado, a trusted partner in the silver mining operation, spend a quiet afternoon discussing the future of the mine, upcoming silver shipments, and the security measures needed to protect their valuable operation. Although the town appears calm, Jesse's instincts tell him that trouble often arrives before anyone recognizes it.

Some legends are just stories. Others leave footprints.It begins with eighty acres of Georgia forest and a twelve-year-old boy.Brian Patterson didn't choose the crumbling farmhouse at the end of the dirt road, the father who brought storms, or the woods that tempted him from beyond the back fence. But one cold October afternoon, he crosses into that part of the forest every instinct screams at him to avoid.What he encounters will remain with...