Synopsis In this standalone sequel to The Big Drift—winner of five awards including the Spur Award of Western Writers of America—Patrick Dearen explores race relations against the backdrop of the Big Dry, a devastating drought in the 1880s in Texas. Zeke Boles, a black cowhand, awaits hanging in North Texas for a murder he didn’t […]
Synopsis In a world full of cameras and scripts, the most terrifying moments are happening off-screen. Nighttime soap actress Carmindy Welch is riding high. With a new TV series ready to launch and a glamorous press tour in New York City, her star has never burned brighter. Life is good. But the spotlight turns […]
Synopsis A farm devastated. A dream destroyed. A family scattered. And one Texas girl determined to salvage the wreckage. Ruby Lee Becker can’t breathe. It’s 1935 in the heart of the Dust Bowl, and the Becker family has clung to its Texas Panhandle farm through six years of drought, dying crops, and dust storms. […]
Synopsis In the 27th century, ten-year-olds Sammy and Cal work digging tunnels beneath the streets of the underground city of Pierpoint. When two huge rats attack them, Sammy is wounded, but their boss refuses to give him any time off to heal. With a bleak future ahead of them and Sammy’s infected wounds getting […]
Synopsis Surviving in Rookfall depends on rank or thievery, and no one can be trusted. Genevieve is a master thief: one of the renowned Shadows, instilling fear into the elites. One night, an easy job to steal an automaton ends in confusion. Waking three years later in the presence of Matthew Tilcott, a lesser, […]
Synopsis In the magnificent Scottish Highlands, two devoted mothers separated by centuries discover a haunting connection in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk. Struggling with the tragic end of her marriage, Keaka Denney is on a bittersweet adventure in Scotland with her son, Colin. […]
Some stories are written in the margins—half-formed, unfinished, too painful to revisit. But sometimes, those are the stories that matter most. In The Side Project, Laurel Osterkamp brings emotional honesty and quiet tension to a tale of two people navigating the messy space between past heartbreak and present possibility. Rylee never expected to […]
There are stories that entertain—and then there are stories that haunt you. A Sister to Butterflies is the latter, a novel of quiet power and lyrical grace that bridges the gap between the fantastic and the deeply human. The story is framed as a confession—a creature neither human nor fully otherworldly speaks to a child, […]
Synopsis The roads Donna has traveled throughout her life – some boring and some not so boring – have formed the person she is today. Each road had a side trail that led her to many adventures, resulting in life-changing experiences. Growing up a house mover’s daughter had its challenges. The hardest one to […]
Synopsis In the vibrant yet unforgiving world of Ottawa’s art scene, Alex Emin—a struggling artist haunted by family trauma and romantic failures—fights to carve out his legacy while navigating the shadows of great creators like Michelangelo and Picasso. As he wrestles with ambition, love, and identity, Alex’s journey unfolds as a raw and introspective […]