Jubie Walker is not a normal fifteen-year-old-boy. He loves to read about history, listen to big-band music, and doesn't seem to connect with any of his classmates. He also has the strange dreams… Though he fights to stay awake, Jubie finds himself nearly nightly in a place filled with shadows and unexplained wonders. It's somehow 1942, and American soldiers are fighting the Japanese in World War II. Someone, or something, has attached itself to the very soul of Jubie Walker. While Jubie s...

Cantankerous old Viet Nam Vet buries his wife then reluctantly moves in with his daughter and her family. What follows is a clumsy attempt to reconcile and reunite the Burkhart and Howe families. Unforeseen tragedy follows. Maybe Christmas will prove to be the saving grace? A Christmas for the Heart is not your conventional holiday anecdote. It will tug at your heartstrings and remind the ordinary reader what Christmas really means. Suddenly, unexpected tragedy and heartbreak become unwelc...

In "Shadows From My Past", Rocco Romano's quest for forgiveness leads him through a labyrinth of regret and unresolved memories. Set against the violent backdrop of the 1950s and 60s, a time of societal unrest and moral ambiguity, Rocco seeks reconciliation but is met with remorse and condemnation at every turn. The ghosts of his past are neither evil nor vengeful; they don't seek to drag him to perdition, but they also offer no solace. Instead, they leave him to reckon with the consequenc...

Society is unchangeable. As decade after decade passes, one thing remains sadly the same, human nature. Modern inventions improve our lives, but many people's behavior stays the same. Bullying, racism, and antisemitism remain firmly in place. This story examines those same behaviors during the decade of the 1950s. Teenagers were exposed to this daily, and each teen handled it their way. There were victims and villains: the helpless and the heroes. "So Gently Goes the Hummingbird" will do e...

Butterfly Wish is a story about friendship, love, loyalty and betrayal. But it is mostly about unchecked human behavior in a mecca of sex and violence. Shane Brennan and Manny Veneto are stationed in the Republic of South Korea in 1963 when suddenly they are dragged into the dark world of sin and exploitation. The two men are serving in the United States Air Force when their world surprisingly changes forever. Fifty some odd years later they decide to return to South Korea to find forgiven...

"Elusive Promise is a thrilling tale of dangerous love, heart-stopping action and haunting mind games" Isha C. - GoodreadsWhen tragedy strikes an engagement party, Special Agent Parisa Maxwell becomes the sole survivor and the only witness to a kidnapping and the theft of a legendary diamond. With her friend now missing, Parisa makes a promise to save the other woman, no matter the cost.Jared MacIntyre's entire life is a carefully cultivated set of...

Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerA gentle and deeply moving story of a young girl and her bear, told with great charm by a master storyteller.High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved by the whole village – safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear…

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series comes an electrifying thriller that reveals a world of depravity, sex, violence, and the corruption of a Southern town.As a prosecuting attorney in Houston, Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown—Natchez, Mississippi—that Penn will face his most dangerous threat. Urged by old friends to try to restore this fading jewel of the Old South, Penn has ...

Marty was never happier than the day she drove away from Prescott Hall for the last time. She had moved into the spooky old mansion with her aunt Martha when her parents died in a car accident when she was a very young girl. The clock ticking behind the wall sent goose bumps down her spine, and the people from another time dancing in the third floor ballroom sent her running to her room to hide under the covers. When she looked up for the last time to wave goodbye to the house and saw the ...

Richard Morgan blazed onto the SF scene in 2002 with ALTERED CARBON, which won the Philip K. Dick award and was optioned by Hollywood. He followed this up with two further novels continuing the adventures of Takeshi Kovacs - BROKEN ANGELS and WOKEN FURIES. He also wrote two further standalone SF novels, MARKET FORCES and THIRTEEN (which won the Arthur C. Clarke award under its original title BLACK MAN).All five of these novels are collected here as the perfect introduction to Richa...

A prequel to the SEALs of Coronado Series.When Navy SEAL Kurt Travers fills in for his buddy during career day at school, he doesn't expect to fall for the teacher. But Melissa Drake lives by one hard and fast rule. She doesn't date Navy guys—ever.Kurt is making is difficult to follow that rule as he pulls out all the stops to attract her attention. Will saving her life change her mind?

Whether you run or whether you hide, he’ll find you. And then he’ll kill you…The game is simple–he is the Hunter. They are the prey. And they’re both entangled in a terrifying game of hide and seek…Private investigator Griffin Powell and FBI agent Nicole Baxter know a lot about serial killers – they took one down together. But this new killer is as sadistic as they've ever seen. He likes his little games, and he especially likes forcing Nicole and Griff to play along.