Riding high along a lonely trail in the Rockies, Jim Bannister believes he's finally found a place where know one knows his face.He couldn't be more wrong.A chance encounter with a ruthless gang of outlaws changes everything. Forced at gunpoint to ride with them into an isolated mountain settlement, Bannister is dragged into a desperate raid for supplies. He has no intention of helping terrorise innocent people, but once the gang recognises the notorious bounty hunter's pri...

HOPS FOR TODAY: Daily Meditations for Craft Brewers and the People Who Love Them is a page-a-day reader with a leap-year's worth of craft-brewed philosophy, written in the tradition of self-help daily reflections and intended for craft beer drinkers, amateur brewers, recovering beer snobs, and aspiring ones. Each of its 366 entries pairs a one- or two-paragraph meditation - on beer, brewing, history, philosophy, or the specific comedy of caring deeply about someth...

Vancouver psychiatric social worker Chris Ryder believes calm has been restored to his chaotic life after taking time to recover from the events of THE WEIGHT OF BLOOD. But when he begins working with a mysterious patient charged with setting a fire inside a church, his attempts at uncovering Jane Doe's identity bring dangerous consequences.Making matters worse, Chris' testimony against his half-brother in a high-profile murder case takes an unexpected turn, forcing him to...

At high noon, the dusty border town of Laredo crackled with tension and anticipation. After years of terror along the Rio Grande, the infamous outlaw Bart Campion—the cunning, wolf-smiled killer whose name was spoken in fear from Texas to Mexico—had finally been captured and was set to hang for murder.The stagecoaches rolling into Laredo overflowed with gamblers, drifters, bounty hunters, and thrill-seekers eager to witness the end of a legend. Among them rode eighteen-year-old Mol...

When a new threat arrives on Aevelia's doorstep, Cedric Blackfell seeks out a new—and dangerous—power: the power to control time.But the enemy he faces is just as dangerous. The empire has already swallowed every other kingdom in the realm, and now just Aevelia keeps it from total dominion. Cedric must build his arsenal of spells and master his time magic—before the empire crushes his home.Mastering time magic comes with its own dangers, however. Win or lose, the realm will...

A $12,000 bounty follows Jim Bannister wherever he rides—but in Hideout Valley, the greatest danger isn't the law.Still living under the false name of Jim Bryan, Bannister has found a temporary refuge as acting town marshal in the snowbound mining town of Morgantown. With the mountain passes blocked by winter, it's the closest thing to peace he's known since being falsely convicted of murder.But peace never lasts.When a drunken cattle baron is bruta...

Lynn is in her mid 30's. After a bad marriage, a period of discovery, and the finding, and loosing of the man of her dreams, she is working on herself. She is back to school for a new career, taking care of herself and casually dating a woman. She is at a place of satisfied balance. She meets Paul. He is younger, driven and also in school. This is the story of their meeting and first "date".

Marcie and Emory are business neighbors and casual friends, both attracted to the other, but afraid to reveal it.

The dark wizard MorKano was defeated with forbidden spells from the cursed and long-forgotten School of Magic. The Realms were saved from his cruelty and wish for power and dominance, but at what cost? Kit and Mythral knew that using those Spells meant consequences, but the end of the Universe? They didn't see that coming--until they did.Now chaos is rippling through the Universe, threatening destruction of the Realms and compromising Mythral's magic. Without her mentor, Kit must f...

Jim Bannister had ridden too long with a noose at his back to trust any man carrying a rifle.Branded a murderer for a killing he didn't commit, Bannister has a twelve-thousand-dollar bounty on his head and half the territory hunting him down. So when a hard-eyed posse surrounds him on the desert trail, he figures his luck has finally run out.But the posse isn't after Bannister—not yet.They're hunting another fugitive, and after shooting his horse and stripping him o...

A boy. A genie. One chance to change his life.Life hasn't been kind to Colin Carlson, but he's much too busy focusing on work and saving up for college to care. At least that's what he tells himself. In a couple more years, he'll be able to escape his boring small town and dysfunctional family. However, plans changed when a strange man appears one day and has Colin retrieve a magical lamp. One that the stranger, Amir, claims to have a genie inside.Of course...

Across the empty lawless miles of the Great Plains, the Concord stage headed for the raw, booming cattle town of Dodge City. It brought along trouble with death never far behind its trail.Burl Channing has come to Dodge on personal business, but the hard-eyed Federal marshal carries more than secrets beneath his coat. Channing is a man feared by outlaws and distrusted by decent folk alike. He aims to bring murderer Frank Killian to justice—then whispers begin circling through the L...