Vandalism and violence at Fortune Farm have pulled investigator Denni Hope home to Southern Louisiana. Her insistent ex-girlfriend, Patty Price, expects Denni to get to the bottom of an endless nightmare of trouble. For Denni, it means watching Patty with Yolanda Elliott, the creepy, conniving lowlife who stole Patty away.Denni had hoped Patty was exaggerating, but the chaos at the farm borders on evil. The Price family is well-loved but nothing has been right since the death of Pa...

Physician Corinthia Madsen Salas—Dr. Maddie—has a flourishing practice in the tiny southern town of Maypearl, Alabama. Although she’s on call for her eclectic patients 24/7, she keeps her personal life private—most notably the fact that she is in love with her new receptionist, Ella Lewis. To reveal the truth could be an ethical disaster for her career and her impeccable standing as a civic leader in the small town. Yet, even so, she wonders often if Ella’s sly, shy glances indicate a retu...

Delora November is a survivor—ask anyone in Redstar, Alabama, and they will tell you that. Her ex-husband put her in a burn ward and she came fighting back. She works three jobs and on the surface she’s keeping it together.Redstar itself works its own magic. When the thought of yet another hospital is too much, Delora turns to healer women she’s heard might help. In the quiet, breathing depths of Bayou Lisse she meets Sophie Cofe.It seems like magic indeed when Delora finds...

When Lily Dawson’s estranged father passes away, she’s forced to return to her childhood home in New Mexico to settle his affairs and prepare the sprawling cattle ranch for sale.Once there, Lily is dumbfounded by what she discovers. It seems that her Air Force father has been assisting the federal government in protecting the United States from alien threats—threats from other worlds.Lily has no intention of taking her father’s place in his work. But when a new menace emerg...

A Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQIA+ AnthologyThrough essays, short stories, and poems, Swagger documents the butch experience by highlighting butch stories and butch voices, which often go unheard or are misunderstood. Books can be mirrors and windows—reflecting our lives back to us or opening them up to others. The writers featured in the pages inside have bravely shared their stories and their hearts with the intent that this antho...

When red-headed tech genius Emma Vernon lands a trouble-shooting job at The Workflow Editorial Initiative, she has to share an office with quiet senior editor Barbara Simmons. Emma finds herself fascinated by the scholarly and reserved woman nicknamed Bebe, and they soon find common ground during long lunches and lively discussions that bridge their two worlds.When Bebe steps in to protect Emma from an abusive ex, the pair make a hasty retreat to the sanctuary of Emma’s family home...

Nine authors. Nine short stories. These prequels and sequels will lead you further into the characters and stories you have loved.Nat Burns−And to the ChildRae D. Magdon−Bombs Just HappenKellie Doherty−Dangers in the DaylightAnn Tonnell−Family of ChoiceToni Draper−Miracle on 34th StreetJanis E. Miles−Out and AboutJazzy Mitchell−Scheduling HappinessEllen Hoil−Stand by Your GirlS.L. Kassidy−Warrior Class Claiming the Stars

This new horror novel by romance writer, Nat Burns, shows the darker side of a beloved author. Just because Lacey has won the election to become sheriff of Queens Lot doesn't mean that people will believe in her. Especially when she sees a pattern of deaths in her small town and has a gut feeling that the so-called natural deaths are much more sinister. Without evidence and possible perpetrators, her hands are tied and she is viewed as hysterical by all but a precious few.But when t...

Shay Raynor doesnt need to learn anything twice. After a three-year disastrous relationship she now knows what happens when you let someone inside your heart, body and mindthey take everything. Her career as a prominent D.C. dog trainer is in tatters, but that pales next to the wounds she carries inside and out. Liza Hughes has left her business in Montgomery for the even smaller Maypearl, Alabama, to care for her ailing father. Distance from her clinging ex is also welcome. Shes not ...

River Tyler leaves her rural life in Virginia behind, setting out for the high-stakes paradise of the Florida Keys. As a gifted jewelry designer, shes been hired to manage a high-end jewelry store partially owned by one of the areas wealthiest and most influential men. She doesnt understand that he has other plans for her—plans that become impossible to contemplate once she meets store buyer Larken Moore. The jaded Larken is determined never to be burned again, but Key West sunsets ar...

The reason for gathering may be cards, but the game is really gossip. Widow Kaylen Stauder is more or less content with her non-dating status. Shes listened for decades to the hateful gossip bandied by the women of the Freshwater Magnolia Club—and she wants none of it to be about her. Coping with domineering men all her life, she didnt count on falling for gentle Eda Byrne. She didnt plan for love, let alone passion, especially with another woman. Shes never belie...

Dorry Wood is notorious in Schuyler Point. Her antagonism plagues Marya Brock from the day they meet. Having left Seattle in favor of the small South Carolina town, Marya is finding it hard enough to settle without butting heads with the town crank. When Dorry finds out that Marya is the new reporter, it gets worse. Five years ago, the town paper led the charge in branding Dorry a pariah for being a lesbian and accused her of being complicit in her lovers death. Peace might have final...