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Blurb: Lose something? We all have. Reading glasses, keys, the television remote, socks, even plastic kitchen containers somehow disappear. We even lose our cars sometimes when we walk out of the stores, which we eventually find. But consider this. What if we didn’t really lose these things? What if they were taken from us on purpose, only to reappear later where and when we least expect them? Roan Jagger learns the secrets behind this. Being a teen runaway, he is given the chance for a new life in the place where everything disappears. Yet as he spends more time here, it becomes clear to...

Small towns in the heartland are prone to storms. Not always violent ones with twisters and thunder and lightning, the storm she’s confronted with is in the form of a handsome drifter, similar in age to her, and his elderly dad. Wesley Crane has put his own life on hold to care for and fulfill his dad’s wishes to see all there is to see in America. Yet following them is an emotional storm Kate wasn’t expecting. As Wesley reveals how fragile his life is behind his rugged facade, Kate finds herself confronted by her own vulnerabilities. Some might think that the perfect place to hide is...

A devil’s playground Beneath the crisp white snow crowning the headstones of Shallow Hill, restless spirit voices echo warnings of danger. Brianna’s gift of conversing with the dead is tested to its limits when the man she loves falls victim to those suffering minds warped by greed and sadism. In waging battle against these all too human demons to save him, the once hallowed graveyard grounds alters its serenity when tainted by horrors and perversions, offering no escape for some.

Amidst a world of cyber surveillance and advancing technology of 2035 San Francisco, Sebastian, a teen runaway, innocently access a sophisticated virtual reality program. The breach of this data proves the catalyst in unraveling corporate and government sanctioned deception of the most unimaginable type. And along with his computer hacker friend, Scotty, both are thrust into a dangerous conspiracy, linking them to a source exposing the truth.

With Sebastian’s health deteriorating, his dad decides to risk them both crossing into Canada in efforts to meet with a physician friend in Montreal who might be able to help. Yet before even reaching the border they encounter new threats against them. Their escape is further complicated when after reaching Lee’s friend they are separated. This leads Sebastian to a perilous journey across the Canadian frontier, finding both a new friend and discovering a far more dangerous robotic conspiracy than anyone could have imagined.

Soaring to the edge of Earth’s stratosphere, a 1912 scientific expedition traveling aboard a uniquely designed dirigible sets out for advanced observations of the moon and stars. Yet lies, hidden agendas and personal conflicts threaten the mission. Amidst all this, an unexpected love affair draws two passengers together. Daschle’s heart has been shattered by one who did not return his love for her. Irina could be his salvation as their journey takes them to the edge of Heaven and back.

A celebratory cocktail has glasses raised at Marberry Place. Yet the bitter aftertaste of alcoholism, dementia, regret, and lies spoils the love intended for the first sip. As the happy wedding of Latoya and Max draws closer, the golden years of those who call Marberry Place home continue to be too complicated while the severity of the world-wide pandemic lessens. Wyatt does his best keep what Dorian calls his ‘unique Noah’s Ark’ afloat amidst the still troubled times. Handling fatherhood, his own romance, and his dedicated care for the residents, he is the rock they all cling to when...

Some souls were not meant to lead lives in the sun. They remain hidden within dark realms in fear of being seen and misunderstood. That is Ian’s fate after suffering at the hands of a demon blinded by rage and sorrow. Yet there exists a threat in the light, spreading lies driven by fear in warning others to be weary of the unknown prowling the depths of the forest. The unyielding belief in the justification of cruelty in seeking to end that which has been branded as profane proves all consuming. When entering the forest after twilight to pronounce final judgement for those in hiding, the ...

Sung with haunting vocals, a spares fragile melody strummed in the dark on a guitar can be one of many disguises for the lonely. Others, either victim of circumstance or of their own devices stay hidden behind colorful masks and pretty decorations to shield their pain. Yet these masquerades hold flaws for hearts searching to heal, revealing not desolate barren souls as any more than a painted desert, but desert angels waiting to lead the lost to the light.

A second round of an unforgiving cocktail mixed with love, death, prejudice, regrets, suffering, and fear has been served to the elderly residents of San Francisco’s Marberry Place. With some former residents now gone, the new residents bring to the house the skeletons of their own pasts. As always, Death looms as a constant companion in the shadows, but has not yet been invited as an honored guest to dinner. Amidst the Autumn months of the global pandemic, Dorian insists on planning out every last detail of her funeral. With Wyatt’s help, she wishes to leave this life on her own terms ...

Emotionally suffering from what has happened to them, both Sebastian and Ben set out separately to confront their demons. Little do they realize how and when their paths will soon cross. For Sebastian, seeking closure in what happened to his dad and sister is what he most needs. For Ben, his growing rage consumes his desire for revenge.

He has his father’s eyes… Doctor Hydenberg has a theory. Not only does the human mind hold memories of people and places seen, but he believes the human eyes have the capacity to retain these same memories. What if a dead person’s eyes could be harvested and given to a new host? And what if this new host had the unique ability to read and see his benefactor’s memories? Unimaginable? Perhaps not if the right host can be found.

Perfection is a dangerous concept. Terrorism, greed, and conspiracy interconnect with romance, assassins, and artificial intelligence, all in pursuit of perfection. Kamran, a wheelchair-bound British national of Iranian descent, arrives in Chicago to begin a promising career in cyber security. Within his first day of being in the city, he’s wrongfully accused of committing acts of terrorism. Surrounded by individuals who are not whom they appear to be, he’s assisted in escape during a dangerous snowstorm. From that moment on, pursued across the world by an assassin, he finds help from a...

Her last word before kissing him was, “Hush.” Not love at first sight, but love at first whisper. Private Gregory Sheppard’s secret mission to German-occupied France has ended in tragedy. Severely injured and lacking the means to defend himself against the enemy, the help of a French woman offers him hopes of escape and a lifetime of love.

The apocalypse ended years ago. From the carnage of war, rival societies influenced by misunderstanding have sought refuge in the sky above Earth’s devastated surface. Having grown up in constant sunlight, never seeing traces of night, Sage, a daylighter, wonders why his dad is scared of the dark. Years later after a violent solar storm cripples his skyjammer, he briefly encounters exiles from Earth’s dark side. When captured by nightdwellers, people who live only in the darkness, he’s held prisoner in an unimaginable place. Sage learns why his father was afraid, as escape may be ...

Who decided there’s a right and wrong side of town? While passing through the small town of Fulton, North Dakota, a perfect place in America’s wide open, Scarlett meets the young man of her dreams. Mason is the sweet boy next door, the one most girls desire. But his dark past, hidden from him his whole life, unexpectedly surfaces, changing how people see him and how he sees himself. Somehow her love for Mason will remind him that he’s a good man, one of the best.

Bullied by classmates and abused by his stepdad, seventeen year old Orrville Fletcher plans to leave his run-down home outside Birchwood Hollow, Tennessee once he turns eighteen. But one night after fighting off his stepdad, his escape from this small remote town in Appalachia is halted by an unimaginable invasion of space aliens, leading him to revelations of an unexpected truth.

From an abandoned village claimed by the arid wastelands, a false prophet and a young man condemned as a heretic set out on a perilous trek to the cloud-veiled summit of a sacred mountain. The false prophet wishes to speak to the revered god said to reign from there. The young heretic seeks only revenge. What these companions discover upon their arrival at the mountain’s summit are the beginnings of revelations and lies. With the false prophet’s decision to remain in sanctuary upon the mountain, the young man, no longer branded as a heretic, sets out for a hopeful future in the far west...

Consumed with sorrow over the tragic deaths of his wife and infant son, Paul Tichnor suffers one restless night after another. His need to find the person responsible for their deaths forced him to leave his house each night in the hours surrounding when they were thought to have been killed by a car. He sits alone in his pickup truck near the crossroads where their bodies were found. There he waits in hopes the person’s guilt will force them to return to the scene of the crime. He intends to then follow their car and bring this killer to justice. It is said that misery loves company. As ...

At times, fate has a mysterious way of keeping those under true love’s spell apart. Yet lovers meant to be together will always find their way back to each other. In this romantic tale, three couples must confront this dilemma, as time, distance, and the unknown hinder their efforts. One couple suffers the separation of time, existing both in the present and the future. A second couple finds separation through a misunderstanding, leaving both their hearts broken. The most challenging though is for a third couple who believe they have never met in person. Their love affair began with an ...