Fast Paced Fiction

Agricultural scientists Jacob and Adira Henson arrived in Manhattan, Kansas in the usual way, in a borrowed van, under cover of night. Theirs is a perfect union. Smart. Funny. Loving. An amazing couple. Or are they? What secrets are being kept in the small two-bedroom apartment just off campus? What kind of scientists carry guns and bags of cash? Who are these mysterious people? As they scramble to prevent another bioterror attack by the Scientific Advancement Society’s terror network, this time on the nation’s corn crop, each day closer to harvest brings Jacob and Adira closer to each ...

Oh no! A decade birthday is approaching, one with a big "0" in it, and he's losing it. Wake-up call required. Coulda. Woulda. Shoulda. Marvin Baines seemingly has it all: a loving family and a great job. He is about to turn forty, and just like that, the realization hits him--his own mortality is straight up the road. That's not his only problem. Suddenly he is unable to distinguish fantasy from reality, and his often quirky decision-making causes his whole life to begin to unravel. All he wants is an escape from his humdrum life. What he gets is something quite unexpected. "The humour is ...

Race Against Time with General Custer and Joan of Arc! After unlocking the mysteries of time travel, Chant Baker’s adventures only intensify in Day Tripper. His travels take him to the heart of history’s most dangerous events. He faces the battlefield alongside General Custer at the Little Bighorn and marches with Joan of Arc as she fights for France. With every leap through time, Chant faces life-or-death moments that test his courage and quick thinking. But while he battles to keep history on track, his heart faces another challenge—his growing feelings for Mary, the mysterious girl...

A breath-taking arctic adventure with a new twist on Norse mythology! In the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard miners make an unexpected discovery: a cave with ancient petroglyphs and a giant ship that has a dangerous secret. When one of the men touches it, he goes berserk and kills several workers. Archaeologist Anika Wahlgren is called out to Svalbard to investigate the ancient ship. Yet she has no idea what she’s about to uncover: NAGLFAR! The ship from Norse mythology that heralds the end of the world. With a team of international researchers she’s determined to get to the bottom of ...

An action-packed postapocalyptic thriller from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. Humankind is extinct. Wiped out in a global uprising by the very machines made to serve them. Now the world is controlled by One World Intelligences - vast mainframes that have assimilated the minds of millions of robots. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality, and Brittle - a loner and scavenger, focused solely on survival - is one of the holdouts.

Earth is under overwhelming assault, and Kaishi has arrived to lead her people, just in time to see them destroyed. Hiding under the mountains with continuous attacks from the skies, Kaishi marshals humanity’s remnants in a final stand against overwhelming odds. Hope resides in a last ditch effort to call out beyond the stars for help, as Kaishi climbs the cliffs to fight one final time beside her friends. Sax is in similar straits, uniting with other rebels in a strike at the very core of the galaxy, to a planet few are allowed to see, much less set foot upon. There they must try to find...

When four campers decide to take a short vacation in the pine forests of Mount Shasta, a potentially active volcano, and some say, a mystical mountain region in the Cascade Mountain Range of Northern California, it turns out they aren't alone. After a long drive through the Shasta Trinity National Forest, British MIT graduate Tom Bishop and his three friends set up camp in the closed-for-the-season Pine Crags Wilderness Campsite, in the shadows of Mount Shasta. As they exchange legends about the mysterious mountain, something appears from the woods which defies all logic....

He’s a soldier without a war, guiding tourists through a world with no consequences. But a new mission is about to drag him into a battle for survival against a legend that should not exist. Kyle Rennick, a former Army Ranger haunted by the ghosts of his past, is sleepwalking through life as a wilderness guide for wealthy clients . Each day is a soul-crushing reminder of the man he used to be, a warrior trapped in a world of packaged adventure and thousand-dollar hiking boots. A lucrative offer to guide a mysterious archaeological expedition into a forbidden Arizona canyon promises a ...

Adult humorous fiction Famous Union College is a slow moving train wreck, a place where what is what is not. Two hapless heroes. An exhibitionist secretary. Bumbling administrators. A paranoid football coach. Conniving coeds. A sex obsessed football player. Who knows what will happen next... "The characters are all interesting and well developed - and many would be great study cases for a psych major." - HAMPTON REVIEWS "It's light and humorous with a bit of a wink and a lot of wry puckish humor." - Pop Bop, Top 500 Amazon Reviewer From the author of the endearing story THE SURVIVAL OF ...

Big business might be ruthless, but Lucie Rizzo learned to take the heat from the best: Her mob boss father. Except instead of cooking the books, she’s mixing up her next moneymaking expansion. But her BFF-turned-partner isn’t sold on the idea. Ro is the creative genius - not to mention the boobs - of their operation, but Lucie has the discerning business palate. And this venture smells like sweet success. All they need is the right investor. French chef Antoine Durand made casseroles sexy again. His closely guarded secret recipe built a billion-dollar empire.

The war lasted fifty-seven seconds. The fallout will last forever. Drone pilot Kaelen Vance is a ghost, haunted by memories of a family he never had and a grief he can't explain. The official story is that a brief, conventional conflict shattered his mind. But the jagged cracks in reality he calls "bleeds"—flickering visions of a world gone terribly wrong—tell him the truth is far more terrifying. When a wary operative, Ana Staskova, confirms his paranoia, Kaelen is torn from his broken life and thrown into a desperate race for the truth. The real war wasn't fought with bombs, but with ...

A journey through time. A return to the past. A chance to relive what once was. What if you could go back—not just in memory, but in reality? In this compelling time travel tale, acclaimed author Dr. Andrew C S Koh transports readers to the heart of 1969, a defining year of history, culture, and personal awakening. When a mysterious opportunity allows the protagonist to travel back in time, he embarks on a deeply emotional journey to a world of typewriters, transistor radios, and untold stories. As the traveler revisits the streets of his youth, encounters familiar faces, and relives ...

In the fourth book in the series, The Reverend Digby Rolf faces his greatest challenge yet. While he had previously encountered the dark side of human nature—murder, betrayal, and deception—this time, the evil is something far beyond anything he has faced before. A centuries-old curse, rooted in ancient superstition, begins to unravel within the very walls of St Mary’s Church. The once unshakable Reverend finds himself confronting supernatural occurrences that defy logic, threatening not only his faith but also his sanity. Whispering shadows haunt him. Every step he takes brings him ...

As a reward for saving Princess Kalliopy, Kevin ends up in the hands of pirates, who have nefarious plans for his future. Things look bleak, and his options are few. Meanwhile, Boomer is mad at the princess for delivering Kevin to the enemy, and when an old foe comes into the picture, he has no other choice but to team up with her to mount a mission to rescue Kevin. Kevin is forced to do horrible deeds while he bides his time hoping to escape his predicament. His friends are determined to get him out of Dodge, but the rescue mission is more complicated than it first appears.

In Geppetto’s Daughter, family bonds are stretched, various appendages are cut off, castle walls are breached, warranties are voided, space battles occur, jokes are made about pianists and, of course, a liberal amount of alcohol is consumed throughout. All this for your reading pleasure. This novel supports Amazon’s ‘look inside’ feature so if you like witty dialogue and interesting characters coupled with an absorbing story line click on the cover image and read a bit. If you like it, buy it. If you really like it, buy three or four. Geppetto’s Daughter is the third book in the ...

When 18-year-old Joshua Mayo takes a man's life in a horrible accident, he leaves the scene without reporting the crime to the police. He hopes to put the awful night behind him and move on with his life. But of course, he ends up telling his mother, Karen, what happened. Karen has raised Joshua on her own in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - and she'd thought they'd finally made it. He was doing well in school and was only months from starting college. After hearing his dark confession, she is forced to make a choice no parent should have to make....

Join Cindy and Sam as they reunite with their enchanting friends, Rosco, The Purple Raccoon, and his loyal companions after a four-year absence. Despite their annual summer searches in the woods, a sense of unease lingers, fueling their concerns for their furry friends' safety. However, this summer brings a glimmer of hope as a mysterious message from Rosco, and Charlie reaches the siblings, signalling imminent danger. Prepare to Enter a World of Vibrant Wonders as Cindy and Sam Dive into CAWH, the Extraordinary Realm of their Colorful Animal Friends. As they venture forth, a new peril ...

Naomi has been rebuilding her life for five years, ever since the car accident that took everything from her. With a single-minded determination, she sets out to reclaim the one thing she desires above all else: her children. But in order to be reunited with them, she must infiltrate her ex-husband's household and search for information that will help her cause. Naomi will have to risk everything to get back what they took from her.

Grayson Woodford, the defiant heir to the Scanguards empire, seethes under his father Samson’s matchmaking attempts. He wants nothing to do with a prearranged future, especially one involving the daughter of an old friend. Thousands of miles away, Monique Montague, a fierce vampire hybrid and daughter of Louisianas vampire king, Cain, is equally enraged. She refuses to be tricked into dating the spoiled and arrogant Grayson she remembers from her childhood. Instead of attending the forced meet-cute, she seeks a night of wild abandon with a stranger she picks up in a bar—unaware that her...

A grim horror overshadows the village. A horror over three hundred years old. Here lives a witch who seeks vengeance on the folk who live beneath Raven Hill. A witch gone rogue, an evil crone with a vengeance that must be satisfied at all costs. Fish are dying. Crops are withering. The birds no longer sing. Everywhere, flocks of malevolent ravens darken the skies. The air is poisoned. Nate fears the life is slowly being choked from the village. But he has no idea why. For the villagers, time is running out. Who is the mysterious but enchanting Abbie who has set up camp close by? Is her ...