For over a century, the town of Gossamer Grove has thrived on its charm and midwestern values, but Annalise Forsythe knows painful secrets, including her own, hover just beneath the pleasant faade. When a man is found dead in his run-down trailer home, Annalise inherits the trailer, along with the pictures, vintage obituaries, and old revival posters covering its walls. As she sorts through the collection, she's wholly unprepared for the ramifications of the dark and deadly secrets she'll ...

A story from an unusual apocalypse.The aliens came in peace and we met them with violence. After we attacked them, we thought they left for good, but the day the alien's gossamer threads fall, everything changes. Now the dead become gossamer ghosts, haunting the living, intent on balancing the scales of their lives.In "Gossamer Threads" eleven-year-old Ronny struggles to find a place in this new world. After his mother dies and turns into a gossamer ghost a...

She's caught in a deadly game. He's the only one who can help her win.Bronwyn Pierce has poured everything into The Haven, her family's exclusive mountain resort in Gossamer Falls. But when financial discrepancies surface and the numbers suggest something far darker than simple mismanagement, she's forced to call on the one person with the skills to help her: Mo Quinn, a former Army intelligence officer, her first love, and the last person she ever wanted to trust ...

She's determined to make an impact in her community.He's determined to make sure she lives long enough to do it.Dr. Meredith Quinn always planned to return to Gossamer Falls to practice dentistry. Now that she's back home, she's made it a point to offer clinics to children and adults in nearby underserved areas. Unfortunately, those same areas are known to harbor drug traffickers, and Police Chief Grayson Ward suspects that local law enforcement is looking t...

Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven, an exclusive resort on the outskirts of Gossamer Falls, North Carolina.After serving as the artist-in-residence, Landry is finally ready to settle in permanently to give her daughter, Eliza, a safe home in which to grow up.Former Marine Callum Shaw always knew he would someday join his family’s construction business in Gossamer Falls. He longs for a family of his own but has almost...

She's determined to make an impact in her community.He's determined to make sure she lives long enough to do it.Dr. Meredith Quinn always planned to return to Gossamer Falls to practice dentistry. Now that she's back home, she's made it a point to offer clinics to children and adults in nearby underserved areas. Unfortunately, those same areas are known to harbor drug traffickers, and Police Chief Grayson Ward suspects that local law enforc...

A fae king desires her mortal heart. She’s losing it to his huntsman.Eveline Forsyth has one wish: to finish her grueling blacksmith apprenticeship and leave behind the mining town that claimed her parents’ lives. But Eveline’s hopes for a better future are shattered when she’s claimed by the Fair Folk—a cruel fae civilization of sylphs, known to murder mortals for sport.When Eveline attempts to flee her would-be killers, she’s kid...

George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist. Excerpt from the book: [...]some reason very few Englishmen undertake. "If the man's a millionaire," I said, "he won't care to dine with us-and he's probably a Jew-not that I've any particular prejudice against Jews." "He's not a Jew," said Gorman. "He's an Englishman. At least he's as English as any man with a name like that can be. I expect he'll jump at the...

In "Gossamer," readers are likely to encounter a story that is delicate, subtle, and perhaps even ephemeral, as suggested by the title. Birmingham's writing often reflects his keen observation of human nature, along with elements of humor and wit.The plot of "Gossamer" may involve intricate relationships, nuanced character development, and themes of love, identity, and personal growth. As with many of Birmingham's works, the novel may provide insights into the social and cultural dynamics ...

James Owen Hannay, the Irish clergyman who wrote under the pseudonym "George A. Birmingham," began his literary career with a novel that addressed sensitive political matters in a serious manner. After that approach landed him in hot water in his native Ireland, Hannay adopted a new approach: he continued to talk about important issues, but in a humorous, lighthearted way. In Gossamer, Hannay mercilessly skewers the flimflammery of international finance in a satirical send-up that The New ...

A luxe guide to the world of psychedelics from the award-winning lifestyle brand, Gossamer.**From the indigenous use of iboga in Central Africa, to the medicinal use of ketamine among cult survivors, and the self-optimizing use of psilocybin in Silicon Valley, psychedelics have long been taken to heal, expand, and explore. Tripping Point: The Modern Guide to Psychedelics is an illuminating, humorous, and eye-catching guide to the wide and varied world of ...

Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikuibu.This remarkably frank autobiographical diary and personal confession attempts to describe a difficult relationship as it reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marriage and her growing indignation at rival wives and mistresses.Too impetuous to be satisfied as a subsidiary wife, this beautiful (and un...