Synopsis It’s the 1920s, and Birdie Stauffer is whistling on a train-traveling roadshow. To escape her strait-laced overbearing sister, Birdie auditions for the all-female Versatile Quintet, Chautauqua circuit’s opening act. Through the roadshow she experiences a modern era of shocking flappers and smuggled whiskey, with the camaraderie of newfound friends. Her exceptional gift of […]
Synopsis Katlyn Andrews is a talented artist on her way to fulfilling a dream—her own show at a New York City gallery. Focused on her career, she’s ditched her hometown of Denver for the bright lights of the Big Apple. When she’s drawn back to check on her beloved grandmother, she finds a surprise—Nick […]
Synopsis The uneventful lives of everyday people? Look again. Captivating characters entertain and delight us as we read their stories that are deep, rich and interesting. The reader is introduced to everyday people whose lives are seemingly uneventful on the outside but are captivating and colourful nevertheless. You will certainly find the heart in […]
Synopsis Darrell Henshaw hoped he was past it all. After all, no ghosts had visited him for years. Instead, he learns his five-year-old-son, Leo, has inherited his “gift.” Now, they both can see ghosts. Upon his parents’ insistence, Darrell drives his young family 800 miles to celebrate his aunt Gertrude’s 80th birthday. But, once […]
Medical innovation has always carried risks, but Deadly Odds 8.0 takes that anxiety and transforms it into a pulse-pounding race against time. I’m always drawn to thrillers that turn science into suspense, and this one delivers. After a sudden death outside a Seattle church, panic spreads when the CEO of a major […]
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, […]