Silly Human

A quiet farmhouse. Four dead. One survivor. Dylan Harper thought all his problems died that night. He was wrong.

Ten years have passed and Detective Harper has moved far away. But the memories of that night still haunt him. They keep him awake, constantly checking the shadows as if the ghosts are still with him. He had vowed never to go back. Never to set foot on that dead ground ever again. But a case has come up that requires his expertise. A newspaper journalist, vanished without a trace from the same general area, the local authorities fresh out of leads. Detective Harper is told the case is his. Turning it down is not an option.

As Harper returns to the small town where everything went so horribly wrong all those years ago, he instantly knows something is wrong. Someone is watching him. Someone with a long memory and a sick grudge. One thing is crystal clear. Whoever is out there, is out for revenge, and they won’t rest until Harper is dead. The list of suspects is long and Harper has no idea where to start looking. With the help of his new partner he begins to unravel a twisted set of clues that will lead him down dark and dangerous avenues. As the tension escalates and the body count rises, Harper realizes he must finally confront his personal demons if he hopes to make it out alive.

Elizabeth and Darcy and Wickham — oh my!

Mr. Darcy’s departure has solved nothing. He loves Elizabeth Bennet as much as ever — and he has left her vulnerable to Wickham’s lies. Why not send her a warning? Anonymously, of course. He must conquer his obsession, yet he must also do something to protect her.

But when Darcy is dunned for a bill of Wickham’s — an old trick — he sends the magistrate’s men with a warrant. Wickham, however, is nowhere to be found. At the same time, a titled lady appears in Hunsford. Why does she look so familiar? What of her pointed interest in Darcy’s sister? Is there anyone who will believe what Darcy suspects?

Elizabeth has her hands full when she comes to Hunsford. Her army-mad youngest sister causes trouble everywhere! What is more, those cryptic Valentines keep arriving. And then there is Mr. Darcy, a man she is determined to dislike. Why must his suspicions about the unknown lady match hers? Sparks fly as she joins forces with him to discover a truth that is both laughable and treacherous.

As for being at odds with Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth’s heart has other ideas. Will a nonsensical demand ruin what has grown up between them?

Is an old Chevy work van enough to save America? Not without the right man behind the wheel.

In the year 2095, soccer prodigy Timothy Blankenship is on the verge of signing a contract with the San Francisco Hopefuls, an achievement beyond his wildest dreams.

But Timothy’s ‘Break of a Lifetime’ will soon send him on a trajectory of much greater importance.

In a nation divided beyond recognition, the once United States will need a hero to battle the corruption, greed, and propaganda that keeps the nation deliberately fractured.

Meanwhile, a secret group of scientists are on the cusp of producing a technology that could reshape the future of the world.

With wild characters and outlandish circumstances, ‘Van Man’ illustrates absurdities that are uniquely American.

This adventurous tale merges science fiction with dystopia, producing a dark comedy that will hit dangerously close to home for those living in today’s America.

Buckle up, Van Man is a wild ride.

Lindsay is 40 and single when tragedy strikes. Diagnosed with stage 4, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer, her instinct is to right the wrongs in her life. Her unfortunate childhood with an alcoholic, verbally abusive mother drove her to break free in desperation at the age of 17. While working at a hotel along the beach on the East Coast, she met Harris Manning. He took her breath away and she gave herself to him in love.

Though Harris never knew it, Lindsay found herself pregnant when he left her with no way to care for identical triplets on her own. When the triplets were five months old, she reconnected with an Amish couple — Katie and Roman Yoder — who were unable to have children. The Yoders adopted Amy and Jenna while Lindsay kept Phoebe. She couldn’t bear to give all three babies away. In the years that followed, Katie worked hard to keep her away from her adopted daughters.

Lindsay worries if she dies from cancer, Phoebe will be alone. She wants to break the closed adoption agreement with Katie so that Phoebe will learn about her sisters, and she will be able to connect with her adopted daughters.

Will Katie allow the secret to be revealed? Lindsay realizes she should tell Harris about being a father. How will he respond to this news, but more importantly, how will the triplets feel once they learn the truth about their birth?

Karin Salvalaggio’s outstanding crime fiction debut Bone Dust White is an absolutely stunning work that signals the entrance of a major new talent.

Someone is knocking at the door to Grace Adams’ house, and he won’t stop. Grace thinks she knows who it is, but when she goes to her second floor window for a look she sees a woman she doesn’t recognize. The woman isn’t alone for long before a man emerges from the dark of the surrounding woods, stabs her, and leaves her for dead. Trying to help, Grace goes to the woman and is shocked to find that it’s her mother Leanne — a woman who abandoned her 11 years before. There’s nothing she can do, and Leanne is already past the point where she can tell Grace what happened all those years ago or why she came back now.

While Grace was only a child when Leanne left her, Detective Macy Greeley has been waiting for Leanne ever since she disappeared from Collier, Montana. She’s looking to close a case that has been haunting the town for far too long, but Collier is a hard-bitten place where the people are fierce when it comes to keeping their feuds between themselves and keeping secrets hidden in the past.

FOR FANS OF Band of Brothers, Unbroken, AND Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Adirondack woodsman Johnnie Grey grew up hunting to survive the Great Depression. A chance encounter with a broken pair of skis unlocks a natural talent that leads him to the newly formed National Ski Patrol — the primary recruiting ground for the Army’s first-ever 10th Mountain Division. Trained in the frozen Rockies and on the sheer cliffs of West Virginia, Johnnie becomes a new kind of soldier, uniquely prepared for the mission General Hays is about to authorize.

The mission: a silent, nighttime climb straight up a 1,500-foot cliff with 75-pound rucksacks into a fortified German base at the summit. The slightest sound — a falling rock, a clink of metal — means instant annihilation for the 140 men Johnnie leads. Johnnie’s heart belongs to Ellie, the West Virginia farm girl who slips a silver St. Andrew’s Cross around his neck — a trail mark of love meant to guide him home from the abyss.

The Tenth Trail Mark is a blazing tale of mountain warfare, where love and friendship are forged in the crucible of combat, and courage is the only compass. Inspired by the true events of WWII, it is a testament to the sparks of innovation that light the darkest ascents and a powerful story of the unbreakable resilience of the human spirit.

1854 is a haunting historical short story set in a rural Barbadian village during the devastating cholera outbreak of that same year.

As the sickness spreads, lives begin to unravel. A widow sits beside the village well, accused of poisoning what little hope remains. A cane-cutter grieves the family he could not protect. A midwife is broken by the weight of too many bodies. A preacher loses his faith as the silence grows louder. And a child, left behind, walks through the ash alone.

But something else has come with the sickness. It is not seen. It is not named. It waits quietly in the water, in the soil, in the space where grief settles. It listens. And it does not leave.

Rooted in Caribbean history and folklore, 1854 is a story of sorrow, abandonment, and the terrible things that grow in forgotten places. It is not about healing. It is about what remains.