Did you know that William Styron put the finishing touches on Sophie’s Choice while vacationing on Salt Cay, Bahamas? Or that Anne Morrow Lindbergh worked on Gifts From The Sea during a visit to Salt Cay as well?
Now you too can practice your craft on this beautiful private Bahamian island. The Salt Cay Writers Retreat invites advanced literary and upmarket commercial fiction writers, memoirists, and narrative non-fiction writers to join us for a memorable week of writing and...
The events of a single night can change a life forever, as musician Daniel Whitman discovers when he loses his family and home. Overwhelmed by grief, unable to find solace in his music or accept comfort from his friends, he flees up the California coast. Daniel thinks he’s leaving everything behind, but his journey will take him to the places and people that will...
A haunting and beautifully written debut novel by an exciting new talent.
When Betty Gardiner dies, leaving behind an unkempt country home, her grandson and his young wife take a break from city life to prepare the house for sale. Nowell Gardiner leaves first to begin work on his second mystery novel. By the time his wife Vivian joins him, a real mystery has begun: a local girl has been found...
When baby Claire Harper is born nearly four months premature with burns all over her body, it takes a miracle to help her pull through–a miracle named Millie Rose. As a guardian angel whose assignments last anywhere from ten minutes to ten years, Millie’s received her toughest challenge yet. Protect Claire’s fragile life–and ensure she ends up with Mr. Right–for the...
An attempt to thwart thieves goes horribly wrong and Ashlyn Pritchard is forced to flee. Cast off by her wealthy high-achieving family, and with an international criminal on her trail, she accepts Jace Mullein’s offer of protection, but it comes with strings. He’ll be her bodyguard, twenty-four-seven—if she marries him.
As the danger escalates, Ashlyn learns to trust Jace. Then she...
When Jenna Mullein attempts to uncover the truth behind her mother’s dying words—promise you won’t sell the land—she’s thrown into desperate danger. Gabriel Callahan steps in to help, but can Jenna trust loner Gabe with her secrets? Does Gabe really want her or the family he could create with her adorable twins?
About the Author
Shirley Wine was the fifth daughter in a family...
London, 1803: “I have a cabin booked on the Cambray bound for Tahiti in the Southern Seas,” he informs her, mere hours before they are to be joined as one in the sight of God and Mama and Papa and her very best friend Deborah. “And I intend to use it. You may, of course, accompany me – if you wish.”
Amazon 5-star review: At times the story is like the Tahitian dancing itself...
Serafina did not volunteer for the job of ghost hunter. Instead she was murdered and magically returned to her body to take up the role of defending the world against evil spirits. She doesn’t want the job, or her partner, Devan Nolan, the man who killed her. But she does accept the task of hunting down a serial killer called Black Snow even if ghost hunters are specifically forbidden from...
Abby Long is thrilled when she offers the winning bid for an antique desk at an auction. With its intricately inlaid woods and elegant style, the desk is perfect for Abby; it is the gift she promised herself to finally celebrate her thriving antique business. She has no idea that the antique desk holds a secret that will lead her on a fascinating, life-changing journey back in time.
When Abby...
SOME FAMILY SECRETS ARE BETTER LEFT BURIED.
An abandoned house, a psychotic killer, and a victim reaching out from the grave. A woman must unearth deadly family secrets before she becomes a ghost herself.
Madeline Anderson goes to Isabelle Island, Washington, to sell a family home abandoned over forty years before. Bizarre things occur the moment she steps on the property. Inside the dilapidated...
“Have you been following the Presidential campaign closely? You have? So which antidepressant are you taking?” With these words, Cranky Cuss begins a series of satires of the candidates and issues that make some voters hope the Mayan prediction comes true.
Besides fake first-person testimonials from Messrs. Romney, Santorum, Gingrich and Obama, as well as parodies of Perry, Palin and Trump,...
New Vampire Primes paranormal romance novel from NYT bestselling author Susan Sizemore!
Vampire Prime Jake Piper and mortal witch Dee McCoy are the least likely members of the Dark Angels paranormal commandos to be ordered to work as partners. She doesn’t trust that Jake has truly renounced his former evil ways. He resents dealing with a mortal female as an equal no matter how attracted he is...
Adoptee uses recent experience of “being found” as foundation for second novel.
When his father plays the sax, he blows crowds away. But when Dorsey Duquesne picks up a guitar, he simply blows. Though he’s a wealthy software entrepreneur, music–his true passion–just isn’t in his blood—and neither is his father’s DNA. When his neurotic, overprotective mother Cherry reveals...
Debut Novel Imagines Corporate America Exploiting YouTube Generation–with Deadly Results.
Weak economy and exhibitionism collide to create a vulnerable “target audience,” eager to pull its own trigger.
[Raleigh, NC] When one wages a war on advertising, some collateral damage is to be expected. That is the rationale that sustains antagonist Wally Gibbs in Ring of Fire, a new suspense...
The polar icecaps are melting—fast. And yet mankind is running out of fresh drinking water.
In a drowning, desperate world, the Soldyne Corporation sees an opportunity: Beam microwaves from their satellite array to melt Antarctic icebergs into drinking water, ship the water to thirsty nations around the globe, and make a fortune.
But deep within the ice waits an enemy more deadly than anyone...
National best-seller CJ Lyons is noted for her “breathtakingly fast-paced” (Publishers Weekly) thrillers and has been called a “master of the genre” (Pittsburgh Magazine). In her latest thriller she combines the worlds of supernatural horror, medical thrillers, and a love story that spans eternity.
Lucidine, a drug that could save the world…or destroy it.
Former ER doctor Grace Moran has...
Pittsburgh Police Officer Kate O’Hern is on the trail of a killer targeting cops. Only problem, he’s already killed her once…
Trauma surgeon Joshua Lightner saved Kate’s life, only to have her awaken suffering from an unexpected side effect: visons of other people’s deaths. As a doctor, he refuses to believe in “psychic mumbo-jumbo” but as a man, he can’t deny his feelings for Kate....
In Hart and Drake, Book #1, NERVES OF STEEL, you met the ER doctor who never gives up…
In the second book, SLEIGHT OF HAND, you saw Hart and Drake risk everything to save a child and you knew they were meant to be together.
Now, see what happens when they lose it all…
Drake hunts a stalker with deadly intentions. Hart fights for justice for one special victim while also fending off her ex and...
Hart and Drake are back in SLEIGHT OF HAND, doing what they do best: protecting the innocent, no matter the cost.
“There’s an oath doctors take,” Detective Mickey Drake said.
“Primum non noncere,” the shrink supplied. “First do no harm.”
Two months ago Dr. Cassandra Hart was forced to kill a man. The man who murdered her best friend, almost killed Drake and seriously wounded her. Now...
Now Lucy’s back and she’s facing the fight of her life:
Just your average Pittsburgh soccer mom, baking brownies and carrying a loaded forty-caliber Glock…
Until recently Supervisory Special Agent Lucy Guardino was a shining star in the FBI’s roster. But after killing a man and disobeying orders, Lucy’s been sidelined, chained to her desk. When a mysterious letter arrives hinting that,...
Just your average Pittsburgh soccer mom, baking brownies and carrying a loaded forty-caliber Glock…
A loving mom and wife, dutiful daughter, consummate professional, and kick-ass federal agent, Lucy Guardino is living the perfect life.
Until the day she comes up against a predator more vicious and cunning than any she’s ever tackled before, one who forces Lucy to choose between the life...
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