Her oldest friend brutally murdered, the vampire Siofra and her offspring Nathaniel, having themselves survived an attack intended to end them as well, must now find their way safely out of Iraq and discover who wants them gone.A warning to the reader:You're not going to find self-loathing vampires and/or romance in these pages. You're going to find vampires who love what and who they are, and who are in no way apologetic for being that way.

Bud and Wanda's grandmother's anniversary is tomorrow, and Grandma keeps insisting that Grandpa will be coming to take her to their seventieth-anniversary dinner.The thing is, Grandpa's been dead and buried for almost a year now, but Grandma just keeps insisting he'll keep their date.Will they be able to convince Grandma that isn't going to happen?Or will they have to convince her at all?

Five-year-old Jesse thought he was going to have a wonderful adventure when the new neighbor boy, teenaged Paul, invited him along to play.A fun day was spent riding pillion on Paul's bike, and Jesse was joyous.Then things went horribly wrong, and Jesse became horribly and terribly lost.

Professor Hector Rhoades thinks he knows the truth about the mysterious businesswoman Luci Inferi. Deciding to confront her with this "truth", he proceeds to confront her.Shortly thereafter, Hector discovers that all of his life-long preconceptions about life, the universe, friendship, and more aren't anything like he thought they were.NOTE: Contains LGBTQIA+ content, religion, violence, free thought, and more.

Step into the sun-dappled world of Barefoot Days, where childhood runs free through fields of wildflowers, barefoot and full of wonder. Set in the heart of rural America, this charming memoir-style tale follows young Anna Rose as she explores the joys of country life—chasing fireflies at dusk, wading in creek beds, and learning timeless lessons from the land and the loving family around her.With gentle humor, tender memories, and a keen eye for the simple beauty of everyda...

Sparhawk Point, Michigan may be a small town in 1943, but it's home. For the Swedish Ahlstrom girls, it's the only place they've ever known—a place they may have to leave if their father's church can't find more parishioners. The Ojibwe Robicheaux boys are struggling, too: their mother has had to take a job packing fish to make ends meet, and the family's two little rental cottages sit empty. If things don't change, the Ahlstroms and the Robicheauxes both will have to leave. They can't bea...

Annarose F. Steinke offers a look into the nuanced treatments of religion in modernism and modernist poetry by pairing T.S. Eliot with Mina Loy, Gertrude Stein, Basil Bunting, and Thom Gunn.Steinke explores how these five poets, who subscribe to a range of personal beliefs from atheism to orthodox Christianity, display a fascination with religious iconography, ritual, and liturgy. Each places religious and poetic forms into dialogue in order to test the limits of t...

Rose Anna Crawford was born and raised in Dundee, Scotland, where she graduated from Dundee Technical College and the Dundee College of Commerce. She later completed her B.A at York University in Toronto, Canada. A true storyteller, Rose Anna offers readers a glimpse of what life was like for her growing up in Scotland during and after World War II. Compiling these stories has been an enjoyable part of her retirement. Journeying with Rose Anna you hear about her amazing family adventures a...

White Is Quickly Becoming the Top Name in Edwardian RomanceLady Ella Myerston can always find a reason to smile--even if it's just in hope that tomorrow will be better than today. All her life everyone has tried to protect her from the realities of the world, but Ella knows very well the danger that has haunted her brother and their friend, and she won't wait for it to strike again. She intends to take action . . . and if that happens to involve an adventurous trip...

In two world wars, intelligence and counterintelligence, prejudice, and self-sacrifice collide across two generationsIn 1942, Evie Farrow is used to life on Ocracoke Island, where every day is the same--until the German U-boats haunting their waters begin to wreak havoc. And when special agent Sterling Bertrand is washed ashore at Evie's inn, her life is turned upside down. While Sterling's injuries keep him inn-bound for weeks, making him even more anxious about t...

Zivon Marin was one of Russia's top cryptographers until the October Revolution tore apart his world. Forced to flee to England after speaking out against Lenin, Zivon is driven by a growing anger and determined to offer his services to the Brits. But never far from his mind is his brother, whom Zivon fears died in the train crash that separated them.Lily Blackwell sees the world best through the lens of a camera and possesses unsurpassed skill when it comes to retouching and re-cr...

Willa Forsythe is both a violin prodigy and top-notch thief, which makes her the perfect choice for a crucial task at the outset of World War I--to steal a cypher from a famous violinist currently in Wales.Lukas De Wilde has enjoyed the life of fame he's won--until now, when being recognized nearly gets him killed. Everyone wants the key to his father's work as a cryptologist. And Lukas fears that his mother and sister, who have vanished in the wake of the German invasion of Belgiu...