Synopsis In a city on the brink of revolution, science and passion offer their own strains of violence. Petrograd, 1916 After her aristocratic family’s fall from fortune, Mariya is desperate to survive – and to support her widowed mother and sisters. Matters alleviate when she finds work as an assistant to Dr. Nikolas Rodin, […]
Synopsis CALISTA MOONWATER D’WHITE is no ordinary Storm Haven girl. The eighteen-year-old is descended from the powerful Moonwater witches. The first sign of her emerging power comes when she accidentally bumps into a villager and—at her touch—learns the woman’s terrible secret. Calista’s mother never spoke of their history, so until she finally reveals their […]
Synopsis Moments can have special meaning. Moonlight shadows in the deepest night. A dusty lavender sunset. A fiery orange sunrise. A child’s laughter while ice skating. A bluebird’s quiet song. A creek murmuring through a peaceful woodland. Green day-lily shoots emerging in spring. Fall colors of golden, amber, burgundy, and orange on a forest […]
Synopsis Determined to set the historical record straight, and clear her conscience, Temperance Flowerdew-the wife of Virginia’s first two governors-puts quill to paper, recounting the hardships that nearly brought the Jamestown colony to its knees, and the extraordinary sacrifice of her servant girl, Lily. When she steps aboard the Falcon in 1609, Temperance Flowerdew […]
A contract killing that should leave no trace becomes increasingly unstable in Birds of Prey Don’t Sing by Joe Cary. The story examines what happens when a carefully engineered plan starts slipping apart under pressure from both sides. Synopsis Nothing about Michael Harrier’s work is random. His process depends on structure, patience, and […]
Synopsis For centuries there had been an ongoing war between Asalandia, the proud monarchy of the east and Kastanair the progressive democracy of the west. However, the years of war would end with the most unlikely turn of events. Outis Everrett, the disappointment of his family, a measly poet, is suddenly thrusted into […]
Synopsis Is thirty-nine too old to get your first sleepaway camp kiss? Lori Kramer, a stay-at-home mom, would go to any length to give her two daughters the summer experience of their lives—even getting a job at their camp and tagging along with them. At Camp Woodlands, Lori finds herself overseeing the chaos of […]
Synopsis When tragedy strikes two neighboring families, can forgiveness mend what blame and loss have torn apart? A fatal hit-and-run ripples through a close-knit community, testing the bonds of love and the limits of compassion. Author Caroline Beasley’s world unravels when her son, Kyle, is arrested for vehicular manslaughter. As her family faces public […]
Synopsis The Mart Murder Magnet Meets her Match Obnoxious Mystique Swimwear sales rep Simon Posnick was universally despised by competitors and customers alike. So the question wasn’t who wanted the lying, cheating scoundrel dead. The question was who didn’t. Mariel Levine, Laurie’s Fashions’ swimsuit buyer and Holly Schlivnik’s career mentor, is wrongly arrested for […]
Synopsis November 2023 A Japanese schoolgirl kidnapped. A death on campus. Colonialist wounds are reopened. One cold night in 1983 in a coastal town in Japan a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl disappears on her way home from badminton practice. The local police explore all avenues, but as is often the case, when there are no clues, […]