Two months after her mother’s death, twelve-year-old Beth Egan feels isolated and adrift in the new town of Northwood, where her grieving father has moved them for a fresh start. Seeking refuge from her loneliness and the pitying whispers of her new classmates, she discovers a dusty, old-fashioned bookstore where she finds a mysterious blue […]

When the Lost for Words bookshop in York hosts an event for a new reading project, four strangers’ lives will change in ways they could never have expected… Trixie is hosting the event. She loves her job at Lost for Words, and she’s feeling grounded and calm, until a phone call from her ex throws […]

Jim, born at the dawn of the 21st century, is nearing his 60th birthday with considerable apprehension. He’s been spared state euthanasia but must instead enter Future Fields, a partially understood virtual ‘afterlife’ enabled by drugs and nanotechnology interfaced with his brain. Though he has helped design this digital world, his body will soon lie […]

Sora Fallcrest always dreamed of adventure, but as a member of the nobility, she learned the ways of a Lady instead. Now seventeen, she is expected to choose a husband and marry. She plots to run away, but just as she is stepping out the door, she is kidnapped by a mysterious stranger! Plunged into […]

In post-Civil War New York City, sixteen-year-old Aislynn Denehy cannot find a job, she has no place to live and no family to help her. Some might think this is a problem; Aislynn believes it is an opportunity, but she has a lot to learn. No formulaic romance, this well-researched love story depicts life as […]

An unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette will change lives forever. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s is one of privilege and wealth, whereas Doug grew up poor and envious of others who had more. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a prominent New York City marketing […]

Velina has escaped the workhouse on the hunt for one thing: the witch who can grant her wish to live a normal life. Born with silver hair and noticeably pointy ears, she’s passed from workhouse to workhouse since she can remember, shunned for her mysterious heritage. But the witch’s cottage she finds at the edge […]