Inspirational Suspense

Some secrets are meant to be kept. Buried. Unfortunately, occasionally they resurface. I’m Liberty Cassell, small town girl, living in Twin Fawn, Indiana. Everybody knows everybody else in this little burg. No secrets. Small town living suits me just fine. As the daughter of a beloved mail carrier and the town librarian, who the whole town depends on, I couldn’t be in a safer space. I work in the local hardware store. Easy work. No stress. Doesn’t pay much, but it provides everything I need. My motto: Live simply. Life is meant to be enjoyed. The only possible downside of small town ...

Welcome to Stellar’s Ford. In the shadows of these forests, a malevolent presence lurks. Will the innocent survive, or will the guilty hide their dark crimes forever in the wild mountain ravines? Ex-bad-boy, Rand Adams, is serious about his new faith, and about opening a wilderness camp for troubled teens. But he’s burned too many bridges. One of them is Molly Stuart, his former-best-friend’s wife. Molly blames Rand for her husband’s death, and for skipping out on the funeral. When her son lies about hanging out with a stranger, Molly has no choice but to keep the potential runaway ...

SOPHIE O’DAY IS TERRIFIED. A budding young nurse in Post Depression Southeast Missouri, Sophie fears repeating a tragic mistake—at the expense of another life. Sy Hawkins has given up all hope of a career in radio and moved to rural Missouri to care for his aging uncle and tend to the old fellow’s goat farm. Sy’s only focus is on this man to whom he feels he owes everything. When an accident occurs, and Uncle Joe’s life is in jeopardy, the elderly man makes a decision that will affect both Sophie and Sy. Can they pull together in a common quest to make his wish come true before ...

Dana Williams never suspected starting a new life might end with her death. Fleeing a devastating breakup, the aspiring playwright moves to a new neighbourhood. There, her future brightens, as she finds a new job, a cozy apartment, and most exciting of all, an offer to produce her first play. While the world of theatre is mostly make-believe, the people in it are all too human. When disturbing events begin to occur around her, she realizes she is the target of a demented mind. When these events lead to murder, she is forced to question whom among her new friends she can trust. It soon ...

Did Peter and Megan finally find the killer’s identity? After searching through multiple suspects, Peter and Megan finally think they have found whom they were looking for. As their connection grows stronger, will they be able to keep their feelings at bay as they finally get the man they’ve been looking for? June and Mabel are so close to finally being free of the Walker’s and their torment. After several different houses of torment and anguish, they finally have the chance to be free, with Elliot’s help. However, that all gets turned upside down when they receive a source of help ...

Royalty...it was more than just a word to her. It was her life. But not for long. Marlie loved her family dearly, even when she didn’t like them very much. But their life wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. Maggie had always fulfilled her responsibilities, she’d always done exactly as she was expected to...she knew no other way. Until now...until after reading a letter from her father suggesting she visit her niece and learn how to do as she pleased every once in a while, including the joy of eating pizza at her slightest whim. The last thing Maggie expected when she showed up at ...

Long estranged from her genetic scientist mother, artist Anna Knight is stunned at the contents of her mother’s will. Determined to ascertain the source of her wealth, Anna hires tech guru Cullen Kincaid to investigate. Details the guitar-playing Bible-teaching computer expert discovers could drastically alter Anna’s future. When mutual attraction blossoms, can she overcome her feelings of worthlessness? Will Cullen follow his heart without knowing the truth of Anna’s birth?

In a town she personifies, Ouisie Pepper wrestles with her own defiance. Desperate to become the wife and mother her husband, Hap, demands, she clings to a simple book about womanhood--striving, failing, and trying again. But beneath her pursuit of self-improvement lies a terrible secret: she knows who killed Daisy Chance.

A recent broken engagement leaves Ava Howard in a rut, looking for meaning and purpose in her life. Enter a stranger with a ready grin, who says that his name is Micah and claims to have known Ava's ex back in high school. Micah is currently "in between" jobs, and Ava feels led to offer him work doing odd jobs around her home. Little does she know that her simple act of kindness will challenge her faith, threaten the lives of the people she loves, and have her running for her life.

Advised by a quack doctor in 1915 that her unborn child is at risk for lunacy, a wealthy woman pays a midwife to secretly switch her baby with the newborn daughter of a penniless couple. Twenty-one years later, when the horrifying truth is revealed in a Last Will and Testament, Harper Harrington is forced to swap places with Veezie, the rightful heir. The backwoodsy Veezie wastes no time booting Harper out of palatial Nine Gables. With no funds and nowhere to go, Harper moves into the rundown shanty that Veezie previously called home, in Goose Hollow, Alabama. But Harper soon discovers the ...

Dark and hazy nights were both their sword and shield... Liz Danger surrounded her. Escape seemed impossible. Hope came from the last place she expected. She knew his name...everyone did. But she knew nothing about the man he really was. Or if he had any chance at saving her. Sam The plan was a good one. If it worked. He had the perfect cover story. He’d be the one asking all the questions. Looking for answers was the story of his life and everyone knew it...expected it. This time though...the stories could turn out differently than expected. Sam and Liz knew the trip wouldn’t be easy ...

Eager to heal after losing her husband, security consultant Rachel Evans moves to the small Texas town of Rios Azules. When one of her clients is found murdered under the mistletoe and her rental is broken into, the former thief realizes danger has found her once again. Her neighbor's widowed son volunteers to help her. But as Rachel's attraction to him grows, can she trust him with her heart-or her secret-before someone takes her life? Secrets of Rios Azules series: sweet, wholesome books about faith, love, and murder. Welcome to Rios Azules, a small Texas town where rivers and emotions ...

Family, friendship, sisterhood, the magic of new beginnings and angst of struggling family relationships...mothers, daughters, brothers and sisters, sons and cousins...all finding their inner strength, facing life’s unexpected challenges, and sometimes starting over after tragedy and heartbreak, and every once in a while...finding the one true love of a lifetime. Everyone has a story... Amanda’s legacy was simple and unbelievably complicated...her sons were determined to make it happen exactly as she wanted. Hannah was distraught and in a downward spiral after her father’s death...her...

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 ...

Betrayal. Bitter resentment. Unwavering loyalty. One man inspired all three... And expected nothing in return...he’d learned not to. Then, when time was more precious than anything money could buy, he wanted one thing for himself. Just one thing. It began all about him...or so he believed. And should have known better. He excelled at keeping his emotions carefully hidden. Then she became his everything. Nothing was the same... He’d do anything to protect her...anything. This is Book Six of the 6-part Married to Memories Until Someday novella series. Book 6 of 6.

Second chances ... and the secrets that sabotage them. CeCe Bixby's life is in flux. After being abandoned by her husband six years earlier she's managed to cope by focusing on her work as a reporter and on being a good mom to her young son. When her name is leaked in connection with a dangerously controversial story, a fresh start in small town Huckleberry Ridge, Idaho feels safe ... until she meets her new landlord, a handsome widower who just may wield the key to her tightly sealed heart. Shane Wickham is shackled with regret. Ever since playing an unintentional role in his wife's death,...

This hometown with harmful memories just became more dangerous, and more deadly. Sure, it’s quiet and rural here. But that doesn’t mean all is well. A harsh past lives quietly, whispering through the town, and a new threat has just arrived. Nora Lawrence is a busy single mom of two. Working two jobs has completely absorbed her life, which helps her run away from her troubled past. But, when she gets a call that a relative is in the hospital, she has to make the decision: go back to her toxic hometown, or keep herself separated from the harm? Returning home brings back all the memories ...

On break from her vendor booth selling bittersweet swags at a craft fair, Lolo Henley accidentally witnesses illegal activity down along Atchison’s waterfront and runs for her life. Ever short of his dream for ordination at St. Benedicts Abbey, gardener Karch Riley rescues Lolo from an unholy search party. As trouble mounts, Karch discovers veiled threats on the adjoining college campus and teams with law enforcement to protect the innocent. Evidence of illegal gun purchases becomes linked with the abbey’s Vicar Copley, Karch’s harsh boss. Trouble deepens when human trafficking ...

Hi, my name is Blake.Yes, I'm a girl.Yes, I want to be a spy.Ever since I was a little girl, I dreamt about being a spy. Solving the crime, saving the country. No, it wasn't the usual career a little girl normally wanted, but I wasn't normal and I knew it.Even though I had wanted to be a spy, I hadn't taken any steps to make it happen. Until one day, opportunity came knocking on my door. Now, my neighbor was missing, my house had been ransacked and a mysterious green-eyed hottie, that made my heart race, was coming around.This was my chance. This was the moment I had been waiting for. ...

Travel to Australia to solve a family mystery? Sure, Marlow could do that. But she didn’t take into consideration the vast outback, nor the owner of the sheep station. Widower, Jake Barclay, is everything her late husband was not—honorable, considerate, a pure gentleman. She came prepared with sunscreen, but hadn’t built a high enough screen around her heart. Jake was dubious about Marlow’s reason for visiting his station and thwarts her plan at every turn. Until he sees how she interacts with his vulnerable, young daughter. If they solve the coded message, can Marlow return to ...