Inspirational Suspense

It’s the summer of 1923, and the Christie family is assembled in Scarborough, embarking on what they hoped would become an enduring tradition: an annual holiday to the charming North Yorkshire seaside resort.

Hasan Makari and his son, Najib, both Lebanese nationals, have dreamed of the day they would experience the shining freedom of America. But when they arrive in the US, they are arrested, accused of terrorism, and incarcerated at the Guantánamo Bay Prison Camp in Cuba, all on false charges. Suddenly, they face the nightmare of death by execution. Their only hope is Navy JAG Officer Matt Davis, who has been assigned to the case of his life - to defend the Makaris in court at Guantánamo Bay.

Things are not as they seem for the Hansson family as their matriarch, Cassie, reveals a secret she has kept for seventy years. As Sarah writes the story of her grandmother's life, she faces struggles of her own. Is she ready to make a change? When Luke encourages her writing, she finds not only love, but a renewal of her faith. Then her research uncovers even more secrets. Will anything ever be the same again?

A new order. An ancient evil. A battle about to begin. It is the near future. Adrian De Vere, president of the European Union, oversees the signing of an unprecedented international treaty, ushering in a new era of one-world government. Jason De Vere, media mogul, finds himself forced out of the empire he helped create. With friends, allies, and even family turning against him, help comes from an unexpected quarter.... Nick De Vere, archaeologist and playboy - and newly returned from the dead - leads Jason into an underground world of hidden knowledge and forbidden secrets.

Are Laurel’s visions madness or could they be inspired by God? Laurel Fischer knows the trials of having a prophetic gift all too well. Her husband, Frank, had believed her when she saw they’d have their daughter, Grace. He staked everything on it when she foretold his election to city council. But when a vision revealed that Frank was in the arms of another woman? Frank’s politics took a turn. He divorced Laurel. He used her visions to prove her an unfit mother. He’d wed his wealthy mistress, Shana—a woman with everything but the child she’d always wanted. When a disturbing new...

Tina West has spent her life feeling like she stood on the outside, but since taking a job at Stryker Security, life seems to be turning for the better. Tina never imagined when she took a job as a nanny she’d end up training for search and rescue. Yet, when her boss shows up with a retired military dog and the opportunity to train with him, Tina snatches up the chance to help those who are lost.

After 10 years, I'm back home, and my grumpy billionaire ex is asking for a second chance. Returning to Napa Valley was meant to heal my broken heart after being gone for a decade. Gabriel Donovan, the grumpy silver fox billionaire who vanished without a word, shows up with an investment offer and a blazing confidence that stirs old feelings. He was my parents' trusted financial advisor, 20 years older, and the love of my life. Years apart haven't dimmed our spark, but trust is a delicate wine that has lost its sweetness. I tried to hate him; to forget him, but looking into his eyes and ...

Autumn Breeze is the winner of the prestigious San Diego Book Awards for best romance novel of the year. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 On the morning of 9/11, a fourteen-year-old genius’s mother disappears. Her beloved father had been murdered years before. She’s now without parents. She resolves to get a new mom and dad and have them adopt her before she is deported to Trinidad. For her new mom, she selects her BFF (best friend forever), a New York City detective. For her new dad, she selects the handsome spy investigating her BFF. The investigation was the girl’s fault. She had predicted the ...

Alex Taft is a reformed man. His childhood shattered by a horrible event which took the life of his mother, Alex grew up angry and wanting nothing to do with the God of the Bible, the God his family believed in and loved. In a miraculous twist of fate, Alex's life was turned upside down and he has been led to pastor a church in Texas. Believing God reformed him, saved him, to be a pastor, he has set aside any hope for a wife and family of his own. Caroline Mabry is a widow with a young son. Abused by her husband, she has taken their child and fled California to a middle-of-nowhere town in ...

It’s the year 2002 and in the heart of the American Mafia’s empire, a powerful boss’s son, Domonic Ambrosi, yearns for a bride whose purity matches his desire for a wife. Aria, a young orphan is trapped in the clutches of her exploitive aunt and uncle, working endlessly in their Calabrian situated southern Italian café. As her eighteenth birthday approaches changes suddenly take place. These would send her from the oppression she has known on a journey she could never have imagined. Caught in the cunning scheme of her guardians, Aria is thrust into the unlikely role as a proxy bride ...

As Louis continued to work at the shop after Bastian's passing, he found solace in the familiar routine and the support of his family. With the addition of his cousin, Alfred, and his sister, Victoria, the business remained a tight-knit family affair. However, the winds of change were blowing, and the challenges they faced would test their faith and resilience. One tragic event that shook them to the core was a fire that ravaged the bakery, forever altering Millie's life. The loss was devastating, leaving them all grief-stricken and searching for answers. In their despair, they turned to ...

When a hairstylist finds the dead body of a girl in a small Southern town, she’s thrown into a world of secrets and lies ***This is a 51,000 word Novella*** Savannah Jefferies is used to good gossip. Owner of the Teasen & Pleasen Hair Salon in the heart of Louisiana, she’s used to big hair, Southern style, and tall tales of the latest town scandal. But her quiet life is turned on its head when Savannah finds an upstanding member of the community murdered outside her salon in cold blood. Savannah investigates, only to find that her pleasant, cute town is just a façade, and that ...

The perfect novel for health nuts and health nut wannabes... He is one of the head cheeses at the regional headquarters for a food conglomerate. She's a mom on a mission, trying to figure out why her daughter, along with a disturbing number of other children, have fallen desperately ill after eating school cafeteria food. He wants to help, but if he reveals who he really is, all will be lost... ************* The last thing any parent wants to receive is a phone call telling them that their child has fallen seriously ill from an unknown cause. When the child is an only child and ends up in a...

Lady Marianne wants nothing to do with Lord Castleton—that is until a great mystery forces them to work together. When Lord Castleton does not recognize her, Lady Marianne is deeply hurt. That hurt is soon overcome by the dreadful realization that her parents have disappeared. Deeply afraid, she reluctantly turns to the only person who she believes can help: Lord Castleton. *** Lady Marianne has grown into a fine young lady since James last saw her. Eager to enter into her good graces after an embarrassing encounter, James finds himself thrust into the middle of a mystery. Together, they ...

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When Dorie and Ross MacAvoy return from their honeymoon in Scotland, much has changed. Police Captain Riley McDonough is dating Jenny Schaefer, the waitress at the Corner Café and server at the Doll House B&B for Dorie and Ross’s wedding. Dorie starts her new job at Daelin Police Department as a Liaison officer and researcher with Detectives Mavers and Akers. Ross starts a new job at the Chattahoochee Ranger Station with his new partner Felicity Johnson. When a series of church burglaries begin in Daelin, Dorie is confounded by the lab results saying the burglary suspect is a pregnant ...

Police Chief Tess O’Rourke thought she’d taken care of her small town’s drug problem last year. But now Rogue’s Hollow residents are up in arms over a contentious vote on legalizing the sale of marijuana within city limits. And when an 18-year-old is found dead of a possible overdose, Tess wonders if the local pot farms might be involved and begins to fear that a new, deadlier drug supply chain has cropped up. As tempers flare and emotions boil over, Tess faces the possibility of losing the town’s support.

Hannah is distraught when her parents are murdered - and worse, she should have been at home with them...not meeting her forbidden love, Reece. Unable to face the community and her guilt, she runs away and marries him. But Reece controls her completely, and when she gets pregnant - against his wishes - he pushes her down the stairs as she approaches her due date. When she wakes in the hospital and he tells her the baby died, she runs again.

TV reporter Kate Bradley arrives in Manhattan ready to take on a challenging new position as a national news correspondent. When a massive power outage plunges New York City into darkness, the disaster she expected to cover takes an unexpected turn. Someone is leaving thousands of mysterious gifts throughout the city, and the only clue to the giver's identity is the occasional note from "A Stranger."

A truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block, this newly-commissioned anthology of 17 superbly-crafted stories, each inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself.