Things are not always what they seem, in life, love, and murder. Ennui has taken over Major Felix Kourier’s life. Retired from military service as well as Bow Street, which left him with an injury to his leg that required a prosthetic, he is missing the excitement and thrills he used to know. When his … Continue reading Contretemps at Cartwell Manor

I came here seeking sanctuary, I never meant to fall for the broody single dad next door. I’ve spent my life hiding in plain sight, burying my past beneath layers of carefully constructed lies. Moving to Sparrow Falls was supposed to be a fresh start. A place to lay low. But when I end up … Continue reading Chasing Shelter

A Canadian cruise. A hidden past. A pull she cannot explain. Olivia Carr has spent her life behind emotional walls, a mother gone too soon and a father too indifferent to care left her heart cynical and guarded. When the school year ends, she braces for another lonely summer… until her estranged father unexpectedly invites … Continue reading The Girl in Her

Thirty-nine stories. Infinite directions. No two turns alike. From alien deserters selling vacuums in 1950s Roswell to weather gods learning about love, from frontier stagecoach mysteries to a grief-eater who discovers that consuming others’ pain has consequences, Sharp Turns Ahead delivers genre-defying fiction that refuses to stay in one lane. What’s inside:

The promise of happiness Hugh is offering seems too good to be true. That’s because it is… As I stand outside the registry office with my husband-to-be, Hugh, I can tell something isn’t right. He won’t speak to me, he won’t even look at me and it’s almost making me have second thoughts. Almost. Despite … Continue reading In His Shadow

Riccardo DiMarco has never forgiven Elizabeth Ferguson, the beautiful, green-eyed woman who left him to marry another man. Seeing her again, single, stunning, and hiding something, ignited a hunger he had never conquered. When he discovers she’s vulnerable, Riccardo seizes the chance for revenge: Getting her fired is easy.Seducing her is inevitable.Ruin her the way … Continue reading The Sicilian’s Betrayal

What does she know? On a leafy, suburban street, curtains are subtly twitched to watch the new neighbor moving in. Anne gets exactly the welcome to the neighborhood she expects: a basket of homemade cupcakes delivered by the woman next door and her best friend. One wears a curious smile while the other studies her … Continue reading The Secrets Next Door

If worry runs your life, if overthinking feels endless, if you need something that actually works, this path was made for you. You’ve tried meditation apps. Positive affirmations. “Just don’t overthink it.” Nothing sticks because they’re all fighting the wrong battle. Your mind isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what a thoughtful, perceptive mind does, it’s … Continue reading The Sensitive Overthinker’s Path

He lied about his identity. Two hundred years later, he’s still paying the price… Prussia, 1841. Abraham only ever wanted to play violin. Hiding his Jewish status so he can study at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Music, the eager young man is delighted to find a patron who believes in him. But he’s mortified … Continue reading Immortal Gifts

We live in two different worlds. I’ve never seen an Outsider before, but that doesn’t mean I’m not curious. My town is close-knit. Protective. And we have to be, because our wifi allergy is deadly, and the rest of the world has left us far behind. We’ve been isolated in our tiny community. Forgotten. But … Continue reading These Forgotten Hearts

Dotty Sayers is back, but some truths should never go under the hammer. Taking over a prestigious Cotswold auction house should be a dream come true for antiques expert Dotty Sayers. But when a scandal involving its owners hits the headlines, the business teeters on the brink of collapse, and Dotty must fight to keep … Continue reading An Auction of Secrets

In the dusty ruins of the world, three groups exist: the Sovereign, the Fortis, and the Outliers. Indra is an Outlier. Living on land that has not healed from the poison of the past, the Outliers have adapted, but to the Sovereign and the Fortis, they are nothing. For centuries the Fortis have made their … Continue reading Outliers

Pregnant and married at sixteen, Eden had it all until her husband dies twenty years later. Grieving, she leaves Connecticut for her cousin’s Texas design firm determined to figure out who she is without being someone’s wife. There she meets widower Travis Taylor, her cousin’s partner, who’s sworn off love. Then an antique iron bed … Continue reading The Iron Bed

He has buried his heart behind duty. She is the one woman determined not to need his. Miss Serena Collard has learned that a governess survives by keeping her distance. Families come and go. Affection fades. And promises rarely last. When she accepts a position at Greystone Hall, she vows this time will be different, … Continue reading A Governess for the Wounded Marquess

You will live in a pod. You will eat bugs. You will own nothing. And you will be happy. Maybe. In a world where isolation is the norm, one connection will change everything. The year is 2429. Mankind is at peace. Nobody works, all jobs are done by machines. Life’s essentials are free. Disease has … Continue reading Pod Land

She followed every rule. The government broke them all. When Ariana Wilkinson, a lawful U.S. resident and Afghan-born wife of an Air Force Colonel, is wrongfully detained by ICE during a religious festival in Westchester County, her disappearance sets off a desperate search that exposes the darkest corners of American immigration enforcement. Returning home from … Continue reading Tracking Ariana

A woman is found strangled in her own bed, killed with a man’s necktie. No forced entry. No witnesses. One detail that doesn’t belong. Detective Madison Knight knows the crime scene is staged. The house is spotless. Impersonal. But a single photograph on the nightstand tells her the murder was anything but random. The detail … Continue reading Ties That Bind

What drove U.S. Catholics in their arduous quest, full of twists and turns over more than a century, to win an American saint? The absence of American names in the canon of the saints had left many of the faithful feeling spiritually unmoored. But while canonization may be fundamentally about holiness, it is never only … Continue reading A Saint of Our Own

When grief leads you home, love will find you there… Branna O’Mara thought she’d lost everything, first her Marine father in the second battle of Fallujah, then her mother to cancer. At twenty-three, she’s utterly alone and desperate for a fresh start. A charming cottage overlooking the wild Atlantic cliffs of County Clare, Ireland seems … Continue reading Raven of the Sea

There is nothing that is much easier to make than a quick bread or loaf. Just mix up the ingredients, put the mixture in the pan, set the timer for around an hour and go do some other things. Come back when the timer goes and you have a lovely, fresh, home-made treat that everyone … Continue reading Grandma’s Best Quick Breads