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Private Investigator Mackenzie August moves to Roanoke to start over. So does a criminal kingpin nicknamed The General. The town isn’t big enough. After years as a Los Angeles homicide detective, Mackenzie August has traded flashing lights for quiet streets, single fatherhood, and the occasional dull PI job. But peace doesn’t last long. When Sheriff Andie Stackhouse shows up with a folder of murdered girls and a plea for help, Mackenzie finds himself drawn into a case that’s equal parts tragedy and trap. 🔍The victims are young. The killings are savage. And the trail leads straight into the halls of a local high school, where a rising gang leader known only as the General is recruiting soldiers and burying secrets. Against his better judgment, Mackenzie poses as a teacher, pushing his cover story to the limit. Between the dangerous charms of a beautiful attorney named Ronnie, and the deadly cat-and-mouse hunt unfolding around him, Mackenzie must confront what he left behind in Los Angeles: the part of himself that’s willing to break the rules to do what’s right. 😱
Why I’m including this: Former LA homicide detective Mackenzie August moved to Roanoke for quiet streets and single fatherhood, but Sheriff Andie Stackhouse shows up with murdered girls and a plea for help. The trail leads to a local high school where gang leader the General recruits soldiers and buries secrets. Mackenzie poses as a teacher, confronting what he left behind in LA.
A week on an island sounds like the stuff of beach dreams, but for Paisley Royce, it’s a nightmare. Her little sister is marrying her ex-college sweetheart, and Paisley is serving as maid of honor. To add insult to injury, nobody will let Paisley forget she’s single. Bachelorette weekend changes everything when she runs into her old college frenemy, Klein Madigan. Klein is still intelligent and funny, and somehow time has only made him more attractive. 💕Paisley is Klein’s ‘one that got away’, not that he’d ever admit it to her. A colossal misstep (and one terrible kiss) in college sealed their fate. Or so they thought. Klein’s an aspiring author allergic to social media. Paisley owns a digital marketing agency. A brilliant plan is hatched: A trip across the country for a week of faking out her family in exchange for her firm marketing his work. 😱
Why I’m including this: Maid of honor Paisley faces a nightmare week when her little sister marries her ex-college sweetheart and nobody lets her forget she’s single. Bachelorette weekend changes everything when she runs into college frenemy Klein Madigan. They hatch a brilliant plan: a week of faking out her family in exchange for her firm marketing his work.
What can be done to stop madness from sweeping the world when political indecision is the norm? When the nation’s leaders lack the backbone to stand up to them, what can stop an enemy that knows no rules? Charity. Charity Styles is a former Olympian and U.S. Army helicopter pilot. Captured and tortured by terrorists in Afghanistan after the opening blows of the War on Terror, Charity has a score to settle. Now working for the Department of Homeland Security, she is offered the opportunity to make a real difference. 🚁Critical memories of her ordeal are buried deep in Charity’s subconscious. When the director of Homeland Security’s vaunted Caribbean Counterterrorism Command discovers the key to unlocking Charity’s past, he unleashes a tempest, the fury of which no enemy can prepare for. Wayne Stinnett delivers action thriller where former Olympians and Army helicopter pilots captured and tortured in Afghanistan get opportunities making real differences when Homeland Security directors unlock buried memories. 😱
Why I’m including this: Former Olympian and U.S. Army helicopter pilot Charity Styles was captured and tortured by terrorists in Afghanistan. Now working for Homeland Security, she’s offered the opportunity to make a real difference. When the director discovers the key to unlocking Charity’s buried memories, he unleashes a tempest no enemy can prepare for.
Suzie Allen gets a call to inform her that her estranged Uncle Harry has passed away and has unexpectedly left her Dune House, a beautiful house on the beach that was once a Bed and Breakfast. With her best friend, Mary, going through a messy divorce, the two decide to get away and go to the small town of Garber to see the house. Despite the stunning setting, the house has been neglected for years and is in a terrible state of disrepair. Suzie and Mary make the decision to refurbish the house together. 🏖️But then, Suzie and Mary start finding evidence that maybe Uncle Harry didn’t die of natural causes. Suzie’s investigative background as a journalist takes over and the ladies go on a search to discover what secrets the house holds. Will these secrets reveal a dark side to Suzie’s strange cousin, Jason? Was the decision to refurbish Dune House the worst mistake of their lives? Or is this the beginning of an exciting new chapter? 😱
Why I’m including this: Suzie Allen inherits Dune House from estranged Uncle Harry, and with best friend Mary going through a messy divorce, they decide to refurbish the beach house together. But they start finding evidence Uncle Harry didn’t die of natural causes. Suzie’s journalist background kicks in as they search for secrets that might reveal a dark side to cousin Jason.
A father and his son. 2500 miles apart. A blue ribbon crosses the sky. The world starts to unravel. No one knows what is happening, but everyone is trying to find out. Buck is running his big rig from the west coast. Garth is trapped in New York City with his high school friend. With Marine training and an eighteen-wheeler, Buck heads east. With no training and no communication with his father, Garth fights just to escape New York City. 🚛The Hadron collider in CERN. Its twin south of Denver. The Australian outback. What do these places have in common? Those who might be able to fix things are trying to figure it out while Buck doesn’t care. He is on a mission to find his son. E.E. Isherwood and Craig Martelle deliver post-apocalyptic adventure where blue ribbons crossing skies unravel worlds separating fathers and sons by 2500 miles. 😱
Why I’m including this: A blue ribbon crosses the sky and the world starts to unravel. Buck runs his big rig from the west coast with Marine training while Garth is trapped in New York City 2500 miles away. With no communication, Buck heads east on a mission to find his son while those who might fix things try to figure out what’s happening.
Ariella Contreras doesn’t need distractions. She’s fought too hard for her independence to let tradition, family expectations, or a man derail her career. So when a tall, cowboy-hat-wearing Texan in too-tight Wranglers approaches her at a bar and begs her to be his fake date to dodge an ex, she should’ve trusted her gut and told him to get lost. 🏒Because the guy she’d never see again? Yeah, he’s Dalton Langley—the star player on the hockey team she’s been hired to be the strength and conditioning coach for. Oh, and he’s her new boss’s son. Thanks to a dumb team policy, her job is under scrutiny, and walking away from the “girlfriend” charade isn’t an option. What was supposed to be one night of fake dating quickly spirals into something neither of them saw coming. Lines blur, emotions get tangled, and walking away might hurt like a High Stick to the Heart. 💔
Why I’m including this: Ariella’s fought too hard for independence to let anyone derail her career, but when a cowboy-hat-wearing Texan begs her to be his fake date, the guy she’d never see again turns out to be Dalton Langley—star player on the hockey team she’s coaching. And he’s her new boss’s son. Thanks to team policy, walking away from the girlfriend charade isn’t an option, and what started as one fake night spirals into blurred lines and tangled emotions.
When you’re pining from afar, distance can be just an illusion. Laura Ross doesn’t know what circle of hell she’s in, but it’s torture. Because somewhere between business meetings and late-night laughter, and somewhere in the midst of her boss, Natasha Ainsworth, transforming her into a successful luxury real estate agent, Laura fell. Hard. 💕Confessing her feelings could break the most meaningful friendship of her life. So Laura swallows them down, wears a smile, and politely declines Natasha’s yearly invitation to her annual getaway in Portugal. The temptation to go one comment or one touch further would be too great. Natasha is considering a permanent move to Portugal, telling herself she’s ready for a slower pace of life, better weather, and a fresh start. But the truth is, it’s Laura. Or more accurately, it’s everything Natasha can’t say to her. The feelings that build every time Laura smiles, and the words she’s terrified will escape her lips and ruin everything: Want. Need. Love. And then, after years of refusals, Laura shows up on the doorstep of Natasha’s clifftop villa, suitcase in hand. 😱
Why I’m including this: Laura fell hard for her boss Natasha somewhere between business meetings and late-night laughter, but confessing could break their friendship. So Laura declines Natasha’s yearly Portugal invitations while Natasha considers a permanent move, unable to say the words she’s terrified will ruin everything: Want. Need. Love. Then after years of refusals, Laura shows up at Natasha’s clifftop villa, suitcase in hand.
It’s hard to truly get lost in 2025, but Arden trusted his GPS in the deep, rural woods of Georgia, where satellite signals don’t reach. Now he, his wife Laurie, and their two children, traveling back home after a fun weekend away, have run out of gas next to a house displaying a very unwelcoming sign. 😱The porch light turns on. A large man with a shotgun emerges. As he walks slowly toward their car, the family has no idea how bad their night is about to become. Jeff Strand delivers horror suspense where trusting GPS in rural Georgia woods without satellite signals leads to running out of gas at the wrong house—and the night that follows proves some directions lead to places you should never go. 💔
Why I’m including this: Arden trusted his GPS in the deep rural woods of Georgia where satellite signals don’t reach. Now he, his wife Laurie, and their two children have run out of gas next to a house displaying a very unwelcoming sign. The porch light turns on. A large man with a shotgun emerges. As he walks slowly toward their car, the family has no idea how bad their night is about to become.
M. S. Parker
When Carson McCrae, the hottest designer in Manhattan, asked me to model a new bra in a fashion show, I knew it was a line. How could it not be? I’m anything but a runway model. Sure, I’m tall, but I’m not skinny. I got more curves than Kim Kardashian. It was definitely a line. So why did I say yes? 👗Growing up in a commune four hours from New York City, Vixen Teal is not your typical New Yorker. Disgusted with a new leader, she leaves home and finds employment at a small boutique in Manhattan. During a chance meeting, celebrity designer Carson McCrae offers Vixen a modeling gig out of the blue. Little does she know that accepting it leads to losing her job, apartment, and everything she owns. Out on the street with nothing but the clothes on her back, she has two choices: go back to the life she knows and hates at the commune, or take a chance at a new life, modeling for Carson McCrae. 💕
Why I’m including this: Vixen Teal grew up in a commune and now works at a Manhattan boutique. When celebrity designer Carson McCrae offers her a modeling gig despite her curves, accepting leads to losing her job, apartment, and everything she owns. Out on the street with nothing but the clothes on her back, she must choose: return to the commune life she hates, or take a chance modeling for Carson.
Deputy Beau Messinger lived a quiet life until trouble found him and kept right on finding him. After he makes a name for himself by putting an end to the careers of a pair of stagecoach robbers, Beau learns his fellow deputies in Cheyenne resent him and his reward money. With an opportunity to return to Laramie for a fresh start after being gone for ten years, Beau heads home. 🤠Laramie proves to be every bit as challenging as the town he left behind him, causing him to doubt himself. He struggles with the difficult Sheriff Buford Carlyle, a father that wants him to return to their ranch, and his feelings for Sandy, the goodhearted whore back in Cheyenne, and Josie, his childhood friend. When the sheriff is wounded, Beau’s mettle is tested as he attempts to solve two murders in the county. One of which he blames on himself, and the other of a prominent citizen. Will Beau find the killers and win over the town in order to conquer his own self-doubts and will the love he yearns for finally come his way? 💔
Why I’m including this: Deputy Beau Messinger returns to Laramie after ten years for a fresh start, but the town proves just as challenging. He struggles with difficult Sheriff Carlyle, a father wanting him back on their ranch, and his feelings for Sandy the goodhearted whore and Josie his childhood friend. When the sheriff is wounded, Beau must solve two murders—one he blames on himself.
One Fae son or daughter from each High Court family will be delivered in the Offering to the king. Cress Blackthorn has thirty days of freedom until she can never see, speak to, or hear from her family again. And in that time, a cryptic Seer and a dangerous rogue will complicate her destiny. What is the Offering, and why does the king need her and the others? Will they be delivered to death or embrace a dark fate? 🧚The Order awaits. Houseless, nameless, and hidden away in the Elorn Mountains, Cress and her highborn companions will be molded into merciless servants of the realm as they’re encouraged to unlock the true depths of their magical abilities for the first time. Immense focus, determination, and cunning will be needed to succeed, but Cress must untangle her heartstrings from those who came before and those yet to come if she wants to survive the Order and its perilous purpose. 😱
Why I’m including this: Cress Blackthorn has thirty days of freedom before the Offering delivers her to the king, after which she can never see, speak to, or hear from her family again. A cryptic Seer and dangerous rogue complicate her destiny. Hidden away in the Elorn Mountains, Cress and her highborn companions will be molded into merciless servants, but she must untangle her heartstrings to survive the Order’s perilous purpose.
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