As His Phone Dings Again

Coming home is bittersweet for Adam Campbell. His mother has cancer, but for some reason doesn’t want him there. One of his brothers welcomes him home with open arms, another treats him like dirt.

Then there’s Lily — the girl who left Adam at the altar twelve years ago. The girl who broke his heart. Adam left and didn’t look back after that happened, but being home stirs up all those old feelings.

Secrets will be revealed, including the horrifying truth about why Lily stood him up, and that she didn’t abandon Adam. Adam abandoned her.

Coming Home is the first book in the Copper Creek series. Set in the fictional small New Zealand town of Copper Creek, the series will explore the dark secrets the town holds, including the secrets held tight by members of the Campbell family.

Bick Downs and the Society of Cryptozoological Agents are dropped into the lush bamboo forests of Vietnam. They are searching for Gigantopithecus, the largest primate that has ever existed. But what they find deep and entangled amongst the trees is not the reclusive giant that roamed the bamboo forests of Southeast Asia several million years ago. Instead, they find something else entirely. The animal has evolved.

Can a girl come from nothing and rise to the heart of the Tudor court?

Ten-year-old Bess possesses a glorious voice, but in a world of poverty and hardship, singing is nothing more than a frivolous luxury. When her father sells her to the king of England, she leaves behind everything she’s ever known and enters a world of opulence and music.

Bess flourishes at court, building a new family and becoming the king’s favorite minstrel, his “Songbird.” As she comes of age, she witnesses firsthand the fragility of life in a world where every corner holds a secret and every smile could mask betrayal. Even the king isn’t safe.

When Bess becomes entangled with a young Anne Boleyn, she is drawn into a world beyond the confines of her position. She craves freedom, love, and the chance to be her own person. But is she strong enough to break free from the gilded cage she’s built for herself, when a single wrong note could cost her everything?

Through all the turbulence of life at court, there is one constant: Tom, her childhood friend and confidant. Their bond is a reminder of a simpler time before the complications of growing up and falling in love.

If you’ve ever dreamed of stepping back in time and experiencing the intrigue and drama of Henry VIII’s court, then this immersive historical novel is for you.

Buy Songbird today and embark on a journey you’ll never forget!

First in the Venus Bixby Mystery series from award-winning author Valerie Taylor.

Sea breezes and fireworks fill the air in cozy Chatham Crossing, the peaceful and historic whaling town situated between Providence and Cape Cod.

Venus Bixby, owner of the forever popular music store Oldies & Goodies, is counting on the festivities over the Fourth of July weekend to propel her to a position on the prestigious Town Committee.

After years of living in the shadow of her late husband, Venus will finally be the center of attention this holiday weekend: starting with her fiftieth birthday celebration and ending as the parade’s Grand Marshal.

Faster than a cookie crumbles, her dream collapses on the morning of her party when she trips over orange platform shoes in the gardens of the Sofia Silva Whaling Museum and breaks her thumb. When it’s discovered the shoes are attached to the body of the manager of the museum’s gift shop, Venus becomes both a suspect and a sleuth in Chatham Crossing’s first murder in decades.

Given this unexpected turn of events, will Venus ever sing and dance at her birthday party, or will her fractured thumb end up in handcuffs?

A Thriving Black Community Was Destroyed Overnight — And America Looked the Other Way.

On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing Black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

They obliterated a Black community — one of America’s most prosperous. 34 square blocks of Tulsa’s Greenwood community, known then as Black Wall Street, were reduced to smoldering rubble.

100 years later, the death toll of what is known as the Tulsa Race Riot  remains difficult to pinpoint. Conservative estimates put the number of dead at about 100 (75% of the victims were Black), but the actual number of casualties could be three times higher.

Many Americans were never taught this in school. Even if you’ve heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre, you haven’t heard the full truth — until now.