Ghost Mountain

Brutalized by a man she can never love, Megan Connors flees her Virginia home to start a new life as a schoolteacher on a South Carolina ranch. Steeped in the serenity of her new surroundings, Megan feels her dreams of a good life are finally coming true. Indeed, life would be perfect if not for her infuriatingly rude employer, the wealthy ranch owner Charles Donavan. Unable to deny her growing attraction to Charles, Megan soon discovers the chilling secret behind his grim existence. Determined to help Charles free himself from the ghosts of his past, Megan soon finds herself a target for ...

THE MOUNTAINS WILL NOT HIDE HIS SECRET. TWO MEN ON THE RUN, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT FOLLOWS THEM? Neurotic Ralph and easy-going Harvey are trying to escape from their past in the desolate mountains of Scotland. Not only are they alcoholics but one of them holds a terrible secret he is desperate to leave behind. But something is following them, and it is seeking revenge. Their journey will turn into a living nightmare and survival for one of them may mean the end for the other. You cannot run forever. At some point, the only way to have a future is to turn and face the past. What a rare gem this...

No call could ever be more magnetic or instinctive than the call of the past. Gerry is irresistibly drawn back to Lake Ness but it doesn't take long before he discovers that while battling prehistoric monsters is hazardous to his health, he's up against far more dangerous foes in both the members of his own species and his own destructive thought patterns. After the unexpected arrival of Leigh and Sam at the lake, followed by a rapid series of betrayals, Gerry finds himself fighting for his life once again. However, this time he is driven by the knowledge that if he makes it out of here ...

There’s never a dull day in Windy Ridge. When I’m not trying to play mama to a restless and spirited teenager, I’m out in the woods trying to round up monsters. And let’s not even bring up my love life—something that’s been nonexistent for years. That is until an old flame from high school decides to step back into my life. And my heart. The only thing is… Sheriff Dean Hawke (the above-mentioned old flame) seems to be hiding his own secrets. Whenever I try to bring up his past, he deflects or ignores the subject altogether. And that’s definitely one of those things that ...

A child is missing. The father is desperate. Can a stranger find a way to unravel the clues? When five-year old Anna Burke goes missing in the rugged mountains of Wolf Creek Pass, can a stranger understand the clues and find her? To survive the pain and loss of her own daughter’s kidnapping and murder, Layne Youngman has closed her heart to everything but helping others find their missing children. As she begins her search, it appears nearly everyone has a secret. Rhys Burke is struggling to survive a bitter divorce. When Anna disappears while in his care, he is consumed with guilt and ...

The adventures of Pete Johnson returns in this brand new book, that is packed with more amazing and mysterious tales! In each of these stories, Pete Johnson encounters things that are beyond a normal explanation. Things that are just plain weird. You are sure to be entertained by stories such as: The Old Staton House, The Johnson Family Cemetery, Peyton's Ghost and many others! Turn on the lights, sit back, and get ready to take a frightening journey with Pete, his friends, and family.

Here's what people have to say about the Tales from The Wasatch and Beyond... Zoe Sharp, (England) author of the highly acclaimed Charlie Fox crime thriller series: “Reading this collection has been a treat. The scale and imagination of the stories stretches from the Moby Dick of grizzly bears, campfire tales of giant wolves, a ghost train in the desert and the perils of staying just a little too long at the late-night antique store, via the lure of the stars—either above a midnight lake or spread across a movie theatre ceiling—making friends with new (and old) neighbors, and how far ...

Muscles ripple. Fangs glint. Desire ignites. Lily Evans never expected to become a wolf's obsession. But when Cain Wolfram's smoldering gaze locks onto her curves, she's consumed by a hunger that defies reason. Six and a half feet of pure, dominant alpha, Cain awakens a primal need in Lily's core. His touch scorches her skin, his growl vibrates through her very soul. As clothes fall away and inhibitions shatter, Lily finds herself submitting to pleasures that blur the line between pain and ecstasy. But loving a werewolf means more than just mind-blowing nights and toe-curling orgasms. It ...

It’s the calm before the storm… When my ex, Alton, arrived in Windy Ridge, I never thought he’d decide to stay. That was a big assumption on my part because now that Alton’s here, I can’t get him out of my business. And there’s a part of me that seems to be just fine with that. I don’t know what’s going on with this vampire physiology of mine, but it seems like I can’t keep my fangs retracted where Dean and Alton are concerned, and that’s gonna send me right into crazy territory. And what’s worse? The two of them are now working together—trying to build up some kind ...

The Caucasus mountains rise at the intersection of Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. A land of astonishing natural beauty and a dizzying array of ancient cultures, the Caucasus for most of the 20th century lay inside the Soviet Union, before movements of national liberation created newly independent countries and sparked the devastating war in Chechnya.

Perks of becoming a bounty hunter? You get cool weapons and handcuffs…and you get to hunt people down. The downsides? Lower life expectancy, getting your butt kicked by felons… And finding yourself trapped on a freezing mountain to spend the rest of your years. If you even live that long, that is. Sure, some people have rotten luck. Me? I get to spend Christmas on Frost Mountain… …handcuffed to an infuriating, impossibly sexy outlaw on the run. This wolf shifter claims he’s innocent, but the trail of blood in his wake says otherwise. And as long as I’m handcuffed to this big, ...

To be honest, it just wasn’t my lucky day. It started with the plane crash. And then I got shot in my leg. Guess what? It gets even worse. I’ve crash-landed on a magical mountain, and there’s no way off. The mountain man who shot me isn’t even human. He’s a polar bear shifter, and he hates my kind. He’d have let me die…if I hadn’t begged him to save me. Now I’m stuck in his cabin until Valentine’s Day—I mean, until my injury heals. I hate him with everything I’ve got, But this sizzling shifter’s not the lonely hermit I made him out to be. He’s got a son…and ...

"Marley was dead to begin with...." These chillingly familiar words begin the classic Christmas tale of remorse and redemption in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Now R. William Bennett rewinds the story and focuses the spotlight on Scrooge’s miserly business partner, Jacob T. Marley, who was allowed to return as a ghost to warn Scrooge away from his ill-fated path. Why was Marley allowed to return? And why hadn’t he been given the same chance as Ebenezer Scrooge? Or had he?

She was always his. Now she needed him more than ever. Can Ghost save her before the Russian mafia kill her? Where love and danger collide on the mountain. The connection between Ghost and Allison runs deep. Ghost never doubted his love for Allison—not even when a single night of drunken confusion cost him everything. Five years after their shattered engagement, Allison’s world is turned upside down as the Russian mafia storms her hospital. Ghost is the one who charges in to save the day, but is it enough to mend the wounds of the past? As danger looms, they must confront the heartbreak...

Something sinister’s afoot in Windy Ridge... When my mole-rat boss (and I do mean that literal like) goes missing, I’m pretty sure something wicked this way already came. Because Dorcas isn’t the type to miss a shift at the diner, let alone missing three danged days! So, when Sheriff Dean and I go looking for her, and we find her trailer all topsy-turvy, the writing is pretty much on the wall. Dorcas has been mole-rat napped! Not only that, but the singular clue left in the pile that used to be her trailer is a stone arm—one that’s as animated as Dr. Frankenstein’s creature. ...

Over a hundred years ago a witch was killed in a mine explosion deep inside Temple Mountain. Now she's back for revenge. Two sisters exploring a remote ghost town have found a gold coin that the witch cursed before her death, and this witch's ghost is using the coin as a way to control the living. Unless the sisters can stop her, she will come back to life and their father will be taken from them forever.

When Dani Donovan got a new heart, she also got something else--psychic abilities. Knowing things she shouldn’t know has taken some getting used to, the reason she hasn’t told her parents. They’d definitely flip out or, worse, take her to another doctor. The head kind this time. Wanting to know more about her gifts, Dani decides to answer a World Security League call for psychics to help in the capture of the world’s most wanted criminals. She heads to a Birmingham hotel so her new abilities can be tested. There she meets another psychic, Ren Mallett, who bursts into her mind while ...

I’m Seymour…Parakeet Detective. My owner, Sharon, and I are on the Sasquatch watch! The creature stalking quiet Mountain Springs is nosy and newsworthy. We’ll find out more than we bargained for. This monster may hold the key to my human existence in a bird body. But I’ve got to survive to find out. Jump in with Sharon and Seymour for a cozy mystery with a paranormal twist.

As a graduation present for her daughter, Tammy, Samantha Moon and the gang head down to South America for the vacation of all vacations. Next stop: El Dorado—The Lost City of Gold It all begins shortly after Sam and company arrive in Colombia, when a disembodied head awakens them in the middle of the night. Turns out, the head belongs to the famous explorer, Sir Walter Raleigh, who lost it to an executioner’s ax 400 years earlier. The very essence of determination, the intrepid explorer isn’t about to let a little thing like death stop his search for the legendary City of Gold. And ...

Things in Windy Ridge are never calm, but they seem to just be getting worse. Like they say, when it rains, it pours. When kids in town start disappearing during a couple of football games, I can’t tell if whatever’s come for them did so by air or underground. That’s the raining part. And what about the pouring part? Well… Alton’s still trying to make a ‘relationship’ with me, Dean’s in all kinds of a bad mood, Sicily and Mason keep making cow eyes at each other, And Karen freaking Dooley is still as much a thorn in my side as she ever was. I’m thinking it’s about time I...