Pink-slipped and broke, journalist Craig "Stoney" Skerritt thinks a job offer from an energy giant is his salvation. Instead, at the site of Vulcaine's latest drilling rig in rural South Texas, he uncovers a community under strain, a corporate cover-up—and a deadly secret buried deep beneath the earth: dragons.When legendary monsters rise to defend their disturbed territory, the neighboring town of Bonafides is thrown into chaos. Residents flee to a derelict mall for shelter as loc...

Discover new and uncharted worlds as the authors of Unknown Realms weave tales of time travel, mystic portals, alternate dimensions, and undiscovered landscapes.

On the road to Zen enlightenment, homicide detective Will Mansion takes a seductive detour down the path to perdition.When a bust goes terribly wrong, Paradise City detective Will Mansion nearly dies while saving his partner. On leave, Will seeks relief from post-traumatic stress disorder through Zen meditation and abstinence. He responds to the plea of the cryptic Sister Clyde to find a man missing from her soup kitchen, a man who may provide a lead to the vicious drug dealer who ...

There's so much more to each hero beyond the mask...Fighting crime is not always a walk in the park. The power to protect citizens comes at a price... your identity. How do you live an ordinary life when you can do such extraordinary things?All proceeds from the print and digital sales of this book will be donated to Alex's Lemonade Stand, an organization that is a superhero to the many children diagnosed with childhood cancers. ALS's mission is...

As if besting a deadly witch wasn't hard enough, Gretel and her brother Hans find running their fledgling company, Grethans Exterminators, even tougher. When a gentleman rancher complains about a bite sustained by one of his prized Angora goats, Gretel's certain a common canid predator must be to blame. But, a job's a job, so she takes on the investigation. Then Hans falls victim, and Gretel realizes she's up against a far more lethal perpetrator, one that has not only doomed her brother b...

Violette Smythe thought grief would be the hardest thing she ever faced. After her husband's death, she finds small clues, including a metal coil toy, that refuse to let her rest. Her tender attempt to preserve memory spirals into something far more dangerous when the Slinky evokes visions of jungle warfare and a massacre that left David the lone survivor.As Vi follows the breadcrumbed trail from attic trunks to dusty military files, her gentle coastal town reveals a darker archite...

Humane frontier trapper Gilda Lachs knows the worth of a life that's small, scrappy, and stubborn. When The Ranch's hands steal a baby bear to sell to Otis Waltoon's traveling circus, her quiet work of relocating raccoons turns into a rescue mission. Tired of watching animals starved, burned, and broken until they obey out of fear, Gilda can't stand aside.With an unlikely alliance that includes a reluctant saloonkeeper, a scandalous chanteuse, and talking animals who know the fores...

Table Of ContentsThe One That Got Away by Devorah FoxLike to fish? How about a fishing story, with an unexpected twist?Facades by Clare FrancisViolet is the beautiful daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, growing up with all the privileges enjoyed by her station. But nothing is as it seems in this who-dunnit set against the turmoil of nineteenth-century Savannah.After Zion by Josh PenzoneIn wondering why he’s not more upset about the death of ...

The third drama in the exploits of Mercedes aka Lady Blackwing, a struggling young superhero.With her words, she has the power to change the world. When bullies torment a fellow student, Mercedes hangs back. Remorse drives her to join Zorro, a campus safety club, where she falls for the leader. She uses her superpowers to win his affection only to discover he has a hidden agenda. Will she yield to desire and keep his secret? Or find a way to thwart his diabolical plan?

It's February, 1993, and trucker Archie "Super Man" Harlanson is traveling to New York's Hudson Valley with misgivings. He's eager to see his girlfriend Debbie, but her elitist parents? Not so much. When he ends up at the family home, he figures the hardest part will be surviving the onslaught of relatives arriving to celebrate the birth of Debbie's nephew. That is until the US President announces his plans to hold a campaign event nearby and the town is caught up in the media frenzy. When...

Dragons are real! Timmy Glass has seen them his whole life, and everyone thought him crazy.After years of neglect and ridicule, Timmy's life takes a wild turn when a tear in the fabric of the universe lands him face-to-face with his worst nightmare…and his biggest dream.And he's not alone. Alongside his self-appointed guardian Daniel, Timmy befriends a couple of young, lost dragons and becomes unlikely friends.But alongside the thrill of discovering dragons where th...

In the shadowy outskirts of Hip Deep, where folklore intertwines with reality, siblings Gretel and Hans find themselves ensnared in a harrowing mystery that threatens their very lives. When The Ranch's bison turn up dead, whispers of a mythical chupacabra send shockwaves rippling from the depths of superstition. The stakes soar higher when their investigation uncovers not just a bloodthirsty predator of the night but a cunning embezzler lurking in plain sight.As Hans and Gretel div...