Suspense Drama

A grieving father. A small Texas town with big secrets. One man’s fight for justice—and a place to call home. After the loss of his wife, former Dallas detective Link Dixon returns to his hometown of Cartersville, Texas, hoping that a slower pace and the support of his large family will help his young son heal. Life as a night deputy and inheriting a rambling Victorian house are a far cry from his days in the city, but Link is determined to build a safe, loving future for Jason. Just as Link begins to settle in, trouble finds him in the form of an old Dallas acquaintance who needs his ...

Exhausted from thinking, from the noise, from all the packing, the drive, and then unpacking. At this point, I was just exhausted with the world and the people in it! I’m over California and him. Okay, let me rewind a bit, so keep up, because this may dizzy you from all that took place in my life in a short period. Hindsight will show me later that I should have pressed for a diamond because that pearl wasn’t sufficient enough for what I was about to embark upon! Honey baby child. Strap in and pay attention, it will shock you because it stung the hell out of me. Three years earlier - I ...

After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent is approached by a man named Angus Tweedy. He claims to be her father and tells her that he served time in prison for marrying Sally bigamously. What does he hope to gain telling her this now, 30 years on? How can her adored dad Ralph not be her true father? And why did her mother betray her so badly? She had accepted Sally's many faults and her reluctance to never speak of the past. But faced with this staggering deception, Alice knows she must uncover the whole truth about her mother. Whatever the cost.

Getting without earning makes you lazy and ungrateful. That was what Gramps always said. He believed it so much he decided to put it into action in his will. His family would have to earn their inheritance, no freebies. He painstakingly made a plan for each one of his family members, picking what they needed to work on the most. But how would they take it when they found out? No doubt some of them won’t be happy. But if they want their inheritance, they’ll just have to suck it up and do it anyway. They weren’t getting it for nothing. They wouldn't give up, so she had no other choice ...

How far is twenty-five years? Too far to get home again! Or is it? David Skinner left his country village with everything going for him, and came back with everything gone--his career, his marriage, his money, his parents, his family land. He holds his head high and lies to prosperous old friends while he burns with secret shame. The call of the carefree past--the adventure, the love, the being young--is breaking his heart. The love of his life Merilee is married and forever lost to him; yet as his bicycle rolls along the roads of his youth in the dark and silent nights that give no clue to...

New Hampshire colony, 1726. Tamsen realizes the government is hampered by the conflict with the French and it hampers their efforts retrieving the colony’s kidnapped citizens. Counterfeit money is found circulating in the colony. Another letter arrives from Rachel. John finds a peddler who will take them to Albany, but he will not take a woman. Tamsen masquerades as Tom Cross and she and John reach Albany. A set of favorable circumstances gets them on a ship to New France. During the passage, the ship is attacked by hostiles. They arrive in New France without papers. At the French Fort, ...

DEAD BROKE is the first in a gripping new crime series. A desperate gumshoe... A stolen antique... Jefferson Cole is about to find out that being a Private Investigator can be murder... Introducing the first book in a thrilling new crime series that will keep you on the edge of your seat! If you're a fan of LJ Ross, JD Kirk, Mark Dawson, and Ian Rankin, then DEAD BROKE is the book for you. Meet Jefferson Cole, an American Private Eye in London who is down on his luck and running out of funds. But when a wealthy client offers him a job to recover a stolen Chinese antique, Cole thinks he's ...

In Austin, Texas, burned-out attorney Robert Cole receives a mysterious call offering him millions to help those failed by the system. His first case leads him to Selina Ward, a disillusioned prosecutor, and together they search for a missing boy named Thomas Brandt. What begins as a missing child case rapidly spirals into something far more profound as Robert and Selina discover that Thomas carries a fragment of divine power within his DNA—a "Word" that entities beyond human comprehension desperately want to control. At the center of this cosmic conspiracy stands Silas Drake, a tech ...

So far, it had been a typical New Year's Eve house party. But Mr. Satterthwaite, a keen observer of human nature, sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold. So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr. Quin? And why did his presence have such a pronounced effect on Eleanor Portal, the woman with the dyed-black hair?

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place so they could stop running in circles trying to stay one step ahead of the guys who seemed to want her dead. Simon Sullivan might not be who Ava always believed him to be, but along with his brother, he’d spent his life trying to protect her. That wasn’t going to change especially now when everything they’d planned for, hoping against hope it would never be needed, was playing out exactly as they’d feared. But he’s not alone. Harper Riley isn’t about to let anything happen to Ava. ...

In the stillness of a quiet suburban life, Sarah and Daniel’s world shatters when a violent home invasion leaves Sarah violated and their lives turned upside down. What begins as an unimaginable nightmare spirals into a web of betrayal, secrets, and danger, as they struggle to piece together their broken marriage and fragile reality. But just as Sarah and Daniel try to rebuild their lives, new revelations emerge, bringing a chilling question to the surface: Was this only the beginning? As their faith is tested, their trust shattered, and vengeance beckons, Sarah and Daniel must confront ...

After surviving a brutal attack that claims the lives of those she loves, a young woman seeks revenge on a corrupt town. Going back home is never easy, but for Casey, it means returning to her corrupt hometown where she barely survived a brutal attack. Accompanied by two family friends, she seeks justice for the night that destroyed her life. Her physical scars are nothing compared to her emotional ones, forcing the local sheriff to believe that the town darling is back for revenge. As the conspiracy for her revenge appears to be leading up to the coveted town fair, the sheriff is ...

Can the Black Sheep of the Family be its Guardian Angel? Cole Dust opens with inheriting a farm in the small town of Orvin, Oklahoma from a cousin he never knew. When investigative journalist Cole Sage stumbles upon an old trunk in the attic of his family’s farmhouse, he unearths something far more valuable than gold. Inside, neatly bound and yellowed with age, are the journals of his grandfather, George Sage—an enigmatic man Cole barely knew. These journals pull Cole into a story from the past, one that intertwines with his own life in ways he never expected. As Cole delves deeper into...

If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before, or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. And when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, who is going to believe his side of the story. Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and is sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped.

Years after a near-fatal car accident almost destroyed his career, Erik Patko has finally returned to the Broadway stage, starring alongside his famous parents Lord Justyn and Lady Rebecca in a revival of the classic musical Opera Ghost. Even his girlfriend Priscilla joins the chorus after her college graduation, but instead of soaking up the accolades, Erik is tormented by his leading lady and growing more and more dependent on opiates to manage his anxiety and depression. When a masked vigilante fighting hate crimes in the Theatre District enacts vengeance on his tormentors, Erik fears ...

Athena feels as if she is going out of her mind. She can't function after losing her fiancé, Justin, in a car accident, or did she? She keeps having dreams or rather nightmares of being trapped in a car with Justin's lifeless body. But when she wakes up in the hospital no one will tell her what happened to Justin. She begins to think that he is a figment of her imagination until she calls his number and he answers. They make a date but then, he doesn't show up. There are many secrets that Athena's parents are keeping from her. Can she deal with all the secrets that threaten her whole being...

When mother-of-two Louisa doesn’t return home from work one night, her husband raises the alarm. Investigating the workshop where she ran her mail-order business reveals signs she was taken by force – and DCI Warren Jones is put on the case. As Warren and his team begin to dig into the missing woman’s life, a complex network of relationships emerges. Who is Louisa’s husband talking to on his second, secret phone? What’s the truth about her relationship with the convicted criminal who works next door? And what happened to Louisa’s university housemate a decade ago?

Sometimes, the only way home is a journey in the opposite direction Attie Johnson didn’t plan on becoming widowed or losing her only child before turning fifty. She also didn’t plan on falling in love again, especially with a much older man. When this attractive woman meets John Warren during an unexpected encounter, her plans fly out the window. What ensues is an unforgettable exploration of life. Take a magical journey with John and Attie, fall in love again, take the plunge, and go skinny-dipping before you die. What Amazon readers say about Of Love and Magic: "Truly wonderful ...

In a world where love can take unexpected turns, Oliver thought he had it all, a steady relationship with his devoted girlfriend, Monica, and a comfortable routine that brought him happiness. But everything changes when he meets Lena on their vacation together, a captivating woman who ignites a passion within him that he never knew existed. As their connection deepens, Oliver finds himself torn between the thrill of new love and the life he built with Monica. When secrets come to light and the truth of his betrayal is revealed, the couple is faced with a choice that could alter the course ...

Lord Ackley's grand estate is on the brink of collapse, burdened by debts that imperil his family's legacy. In a last-ditch effort to save his home, he makes a Faustian bargain with the formidable Duke Manchester, trading his daughter's hand in marriage for a lifeline to solvency. Aislinn, Lord Ackley's beautiful daughter, is oblivious to the dark forces driving her family's fate. She's swept off her feet by the charming Duke Manchester, but their love is forbidden, and the consequences of discovery are deadly. As the Ackley family's secrets begin to unravel, a sinister presence lurking ...