Literature & Fiction

Mercy Talbot left Welcome on a high—a golden-girl. But now she’s a broke failure. All she wants is a new start, but her precocious niece sends Mercy on a journey into her past that will change everyone’s future. Clay Foster was once the town bad boy, but marriage and a daughter transformed him into a devoted father. Widowed and struggling to be the daddy Dilly needs, Clay fears his attraction to Mercy will put Dilly’s heart on the line. Because women like Mercy always have an exit strategy. Read more

Obey the Darkness: Horror Stories is a collection of stories (three novellas, two novelettes, and ten short stories) that run the gamut from sci-fi horror to supernatural horror to fairy tale horror. International in scope, the various settings (Bangladesh, Trinidad & Tobago, America, Brazil, Europe, and Mexico) lends some of their folkloric legends to the fold in this sometimes disturbing, sometimes surprising collection of horror. Read more

Dec. 1991 -- A woman drifts in the frigid waters of the Caribbean Sea. Eighteen dead bodies surround her, one of them a five year old child. In Boston, Haitian-American lawyer Renee François races to stop her client's deportation to war-ravaged Haiti. But Renee must fight her own demons, and she can't win until she knows who killed all those people. And who is trying to kill her. Read more

A destitute mother abandons her baby in a park and fate steps in to ensure that the baby survives.He's brought up by a wealthy couple who have taken him in and assume the role of parents. They ensure that his life is one of great adventure as he travels the world as a teenager. He's exposed to many experiences and dangers. His life takes a dramatic twist when tragedy occurs that throws him into the depths of despair and depression. To overcome this he is helped by the brutal words of a stranger. Read more

Gina, granddaughter of a French chef, learns these lessons: Cooking a great meal is an act of love. An act of grace. A life-affirming gift. Born to poor parents, she's a nobody who gets lucky. She’s chosen to cook at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area and finds a world of new challenges and new loves that exposes her to fascinating people gripped by dark motives. Can Gina's cooking help her survive and thrive in this world of privilege, pleasure and unexpected danger? Read more

When Jesse first sets foot in the Rose Quartet he doesn’t know what to expect. He’s never heard of the infamous club on Stanley, soon Jesse discovers he’s supposed to be on that stage. Armed with his ukulele and a whole host of flower crowns, Daisy becomes a hit, but who’s the boy who keeps throwing daisies onto the stage? An asexual love story with a twist! Read more

Our CURDS team is called into action when a very important research animal is stolen from the lab at the Mayo Clinic. The trail leads them on a car chase through Minnesota as they search for Clara, a raccoon who may hold the secret to a treatment for Offensive Obstruction that could save thousands of lives. Read more

With an influenza epidemic rising, James’ faith wavers just enough to ask a Romany fortuneteller what to do: Valentina’s delicate touch on his palm quells his fear…and warms his long-lonely heart. Desperate to return to her people, Valentina tells James what she thinks he wants to hear. But as his quiet faith sparks a hunger to know it for herself, she realizes she’s made an unforgivable mistake. Read more

After a sudden illness, Peter Demerath, has awakened to discover that not only is he still dead, but the government has known of the undead for some time. Now a prisoner under house arrest, after four years of purgatory, Peter finally makes contact with the outside world, his world, the world of the conscious dead. In a traveling underground society known as the Alliance, others like Peter, socialize, party, and plan a future where the undead will one day be able to walk amongst society again. Read more

It’s the wedding of the century. Her big brother – the man who was a father to her after their dad passed – is the groom. And Nicole is fighting just to keep her head above water. She’s surrounded by an aloof bride-to-be, a psychotic mother of the bride, and a town that feels like a parody of Americana. The wedding stress is invading all aspects of her life. Nicole only wants what’s best for her brother – but what if that involves him leaving his fiancée at the altar? Read more