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...

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...

Mercedes is just trying to make her way through life: taking classes, working her shift as a barista, and, when she can squeeze it in, writing short stories. Inoculated with a pencil favored by her literary heroes, she finds herself imbued with startling abilities. She can write the imagined future into existence and rewrite the past but with disastrous consequences. When a hate crime erupts in her neighborhood, Mercedes is certain that it's her fault. But does she have the power to right ...

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?

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...

When a virus is unleashed on the Department of Defense's computers, programmer Marshall "The Worm" Fenwick is certain he'll be blamed. After all, it's an act of cyber-vandalism worthy of a man with a history of hacking, a false accusation that Marshall's never been able to live down. Marshall knows he didn't do it. It had to be someone else at ApplCart, the virus protection company he works for. Marshall can arrest the damage and escape going down for the crime himself if he can find—and f...

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 ...

A high-voltage lightning strike transforms an ordinary robot vacuum cleaner into a formidable crime-fighting machine with a touch of old-school justice.Infused with the spirit of Eliot Ness and his legendary Untouchables, this unlikely hero embarks on a mission to clean up the city's mean streets. But when he faces off against a pair of merciless drug dealers, he quickly learns that the fight for justice is no simple sweep-and-scoot operation.Aided by a tri...

Mercedes is just trying to make her way through life: taking classes, working her shift as a Kaffeteria barista, and writing short stories that she never seems to finish. A minor accident imbues her with startling powers she can't control. She can project future events and rewrite the past but with disastrous consequences.Renters in Mercedes's apartment complex move in and move out with baffling frequency. Mercedes suspects the landlord is deliberately driving out tenants. But that...

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...

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...