Southern Adventures

Quick Be Jack is another snapshot of the adventures and evolving lives of Jack Nolan, former Michigan attorney turned bar owner, and those who are a part of Cap's Place, his South Florida bar. He attempts to assist his friend, Detective Patty Johnson, who suspects that her partner leaked the information that almost cost Jack's bartender her life.

Tracking and capturing bank robbers, murderers, and smugglers is just a way of life for the Bayou Banditos. Whatever the terrain, they like hunting where no one else will even when their prey shoots back. Law enforcement despises them but respects their considerable talents. So the Banditos aren’t exactly surprised when the FBI comes looking for help dealing with a gun-smuggling motorcycle gang crossing the Mexican border into the United States. Little do they know that hell's about to break loose. The Bayou Bandits are Buck and his sons Bubba, JRod, and Portagee. Each one has their ...

In the summer of 1994, I stuffed a swimsuit, a couple of paperback books, my passport and a stack of travelers checks into a small daypack and caught a one-way flight to Mexico. I was 36 years old without any real ties in the world, and I had a little money saved up in the bank. But most importantly, I was done with America: the hectic pace, the spiraling cost of living, and the same old routines and monotony. I wanted something different now, something new, something exciting and off the grid. I had originally planned to go to Hawaii and live on the beach. But when a friend pointed out the...

North Of the Line is the third in a series of Neville and Clyde adventures. Follow these two Englishmen volunteers as they stumble their way through W.W. II in the South Pacific. Always in the thick of a battle and always getting in trouble with the authorities. They usually make the right decisions for the wrong reasons in their never ending quest to find a really good beer, no matter where it is - even if it's behind enemy lines. Getting shot down behind enemy lines, advising General MacArthur on where to invade an island or taking ownership of a Japanese destroyer - it's all in a days ...

Two friends. One Amazing vacation. A deadly betrayal. San Francisco businesswoman Cathryn Prentis’ dream of visiting Peru’s Machu Picchu turns into a living nightmare on October 21, 2003 when she is arrested in the Lima airport and charged with transporting cocaine. Advised by DEA agents, Peruvian lawyers, family and friends to plead guilty and do anything she can—legally or illegally—to escape Peru, Cathryn must choose: should she plead guilty or should she maintain her innocence and risk a deadly prison sentence? And can she overcome a foreign culture she can’t trust, a language...

Stella Bennet van die plaas Ommekeer het drie dogters—en hulle het probleme. Niemand sal Julia glo dat sy in haar huwelik verbaal mishandel word nie. Niemand sal begryp dat Pauli verlief is op die verkeerde man nie. Veral aangesien sy so ’n verstandige man aan haar sy het. Niemand sal ooit weet hoe broos Teresa is nie. Want sy is hierdie hardekwas advokaat wat geen man nodig het nie.

When investigative journalist Nick Hunter dies from a scorpion sting on his isolated cheetah preserve in Kenya, American safari guide Jazz Jasper thinks it a natural tragedy – but then something doesn't fit. Her search for Nick’s killer leads her on a sweeping adventure from the rich suburbs of Nairobi to an illegal Saudi hunting camp, and the hidden home of a stone-age hunter. This is a page-turner with equal parts African adventure and clever murder mystery. “Powerful…A marvelous story with a wonderfully appealing heroine…Absolutely smashing.” – Jackson Clairion-Ledger ...

Terror has come to California.In Bug Out! California Book 2, the forces of evil descend on the Golden State, bringing terror and murder. The resistance starts.In the opening of Bug Out! California Book 3, the subjugation of the population in Southern California is underway. Martial Law is in place. The counties are laid out in grids, with checkpoints between them. The population is put under tight control, and forced back to their jobs to keep the people busy and the cash flowing.UN Peacekeepers are brought in the man the checkpoints and control the population. Local police departments and ...

Riley is retired. Or, rather he’s escaped from the dark side of the world. The side he can’t talk about. He enjoys his life away from it all. Just he and his wife Carol in the North Georgia Mountains. When Carol dies, he is devastated and sinks into despair. His life turns into one rum-soaked night of misery after another. Then from his past comes a stirring of old memories. A close friend from his other life has committed suicide. Or, was it murder? His old agency, that never really existed, is also curious about his friend’s death. They like to keep up with their former “...

Knee-deep in a swamp in the depths of the Bolivian jungle, hunting for anacondas in a pair of sandals, it occurred to George that perhaps he should have booked that all-inclusive honeymoon to the Maldives after all. Join George and Rachel on their hilarious journey through the wilds of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, as they climb volcanoes, fish for piranhas, trek through the Amazon rainforest, take death-defying bus rides, sample some of the continent’s strangest delicacies, and try to get to Machu Picchu.

Donovan Gray has been working with the Relief Division for years. He’s human, but he loves being around the wolves, and he loves his job. He does it well, too. Lately, the wolves are starting to think something might be wrong with the missions they’re assigned to, and Donovan, having access to the administration side of things, decided to help them and find out what’s going on. At least, that was the plan, until he was nicked in a scuffle and turned into a werewolf himself. Now, he has no idea who he is or where he belongs, nothing feels right anymore. He doesn’t know if he can help...

Helen and Frank Schreider's dream was to drive the length of the Americas; from the town of Circle, Alaska (just outside the Arctic Circle), to the world's southernmost town, Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego. With their German shepherd Dinah along for the ride, they were the first people in history to have made this trip.

In the scorching July of 1866, James Taliaferro Cunningham, a formidable Confederate Army colonel, walked into a small Kansas saloon. His military bearing and battle-hardened demeanor commanded respect. Across the room is Billy Corbin, a fellow Southerner and Confederate sergeant, marked by his accent and war-worn spirit. The two men met when a local troublemaker threatened Billy because of his Southern heritage. The Colonel intervened, diffusing the situation without firing a shot. United by their shared roots and mutual respect, the Colonel invited Billy to join him on a journey to Texas....

Follow the antics of Clyde & Neville as they annoy friends and battle enemies, on water, in the air and deep in the jungles of the South Pacific during W.W. II, where they never lose their sense of humor- fighting the enemy or searching for the perfect beer. They are simple plantation owners on a South Seas Island before being chased off by the Japanese. They volunteer as Coast Watchers, working behind enemy lines. Problems occur, many of their own making and dog them as they confound both the Japanese and the Allies. Never having learned to put up with bureaucrats they go about their work,...

A man rediscovering life… A woman in need of healing... A young girl, leading her siblings to safety… Georgia, 1961 Leaving behind a successful life in Atlanta, Clint Shepherd sets off to fulfill the final wishes of the loving man who raised him—his grandfather. Armed with a letter and a map, he embarks on what appears to be a brief quest of sorts, yet soon turns into a string of people and places—each with another letter and a new destination. Still uncertain what his grandfather had in mind, he embraces the whimsical journey—which soon has him reevaluating his life. Could it ...

"I'll fight you till my final breath!" Momma Ruth has Alzheimer's but she's not giving up. She doesn't think there's anything wrong with her. "God knows, not all those know-it-all doctors," she says. She dreams of escaping from Oak Hill - and one day she does. Her sons are terrified, thinking she might get killed; but their mother isn't one bit afraid, charging boldly into the unknown on one last adventure. Ruth meets a compassionate bus driver, a helpful trucker, a protective airman, a large black woman heartbroken over a breakup with her babies' daddy, a thieving online whore, a kind-...

Sail with Mary and Bruce on a 13,000-mile adventure from Seattle to legendary South Pacific Islands and home again. From magical sights and scents of their first tropical island landfall to the bustling, colorful Tahitian markets. From sudden midnight squalls and a cyclone in Samoa to pristine anchorages in the Kingdom of Tonga. Share the adventure as they fulfill their dream.

Lives hang in the balance in this story of romantic suspense featuring a strong heroine, a sweet love story, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. Running from vile rumors and merciless ridicule, thirteen-year-old Nicole Beaumont flees her home in Parsons Valley, Georgia. She leaves Chris behind, the boy who had been her best friend for life, her soul mate, the one with whom she was supposed to spend her life, and she takes refuge at a boarding school in rural Pennsylvania. Chris had betrayed her, and Nicole vows she will never trust another person as she had trusted Chris. But ...

In Academic Libraries: A Journey with Panyim and Nyakor, readers are invited to witness the transformative power of education as seen through the eyes of two young lovers from South Sudan. Panyim, an aspiring engineer burdened by academic challenges, finds an unwavering source of support in Nyakor, whose expertise in academia is only matched by her dedication to Panyim’s success. Set against the backdrop of the University of Juba, this narrative takes you through the hallowed corridors of academic libraries, both physical and virtual, showcasing the vital role they play in a student’s ...

Now an award winning screenplay. Semifinalist at the Lake Travis Film Festival. An ecology lab in a small Southern University is bombed by an unknown radical sect called the Nature Syndicate. Frank Love, the resident mollusk counter, survives to find he is the sole remaining target. His only clue is the encrypted contents of a memory stick given to him for safekeeping. Frank is determined to unravel the mystery behind explosion and find those responsible. But who are they? Edgefield, South Carolina... Karen rolled down the window of the big blue car, “How long can we keep this up?" Frank ...