1941, Zolochiv, Poland. It’s the middle of the night when six-year-old Jaroslawa (Slava) Lewicky is awakened by her mother, Kateryna, to run a secret errand with her grandfather. With a heavy blue backpack on her shoulder, Slava is told to carefully memorize every turn and alley. Before long, she learns the truth: Her family is […]

Ashwood Public Library has four hundred and eleven feet of shelving, two ghosts, and one cat. Until the second Thursday in October, librarian Ellie Ward would have told you she knew where everything in it was. Then Footnote started scratching at the basement wall. What came out had been in there since 1925, still wearing […]

Violet Caliendo escorts couples into the illusion of “happily ever after” as wedding coordinator at Willow Valley’s five-star Caliendo Resort. But Violet doesn’t believe in love or “happily ever after” anymore. She’s guarded herself from love so deeply since her divorce that some even call her the “Ice Queen.” When she has to plan her […]

Audrey Mae Scott has felt the sting of her mother’s whipping stick far too many times. Unlike her little brother, Harry, she must do whatever she’s told without question… or else. Her only solace from her fear and loneliness comes from writing about her plight. Though outwardly obedient, Audrey refuses to give up on her […]

In the mortal realm of the Shattered Heavens, power determines destiny. Mei-Ling has none, or so she believed. As a simple herbalist in the remote village of Crescent Hollow, she has spent her life healing the sick and tending her garden, content with quiet purpose. Then a spiritual ceremony awakens something buried deep in her […]

Mankind’s greatest discovery has been kept secret for a reason. The origin of our species is not what we thought. But as all life on Earth is threatened with extinction, that which has lain buried for millennia may yet prove to be our only hope… Ancient Origins: Revelations (Book 1): Hidden deep beneath a remote […]

Jade Bennett can handle corporate backstabbing and hostile takeovers. A bakery held together by prayer and expired permits, a reindeer farmer with trust issues and a vindictive town inspector with a mysterious grudge? Not so much. When her aunt’s beloved Sugar Pine Sweets faces foreclosure, Jade returns to Frost Pine Ridge armed with an MBA […]