Herodotus Award winner for Best Historical Mystery“Kris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author.” —SalonWho is Smokey Dalton?Private Investigator Smokey Dalton works for Memphis, Tennessee’s black community. He has almost no interaction with the white hierarchy, even though they exist only blocks away. So he’s surprised the day a white woman wal...

Starting over at fifty might be hard, but it shouldn’t be deadly…Still recovering from an injury that might have permanently derailed her career as an international war correspondent, Kate Tessler is living in her childhood bedroom and pondering her second act when another case lands in her lap. Kate’s father and his coffee group are worried. Their friend Larry married a younger woman who now insists he has dementia and won’t let any of his friends visit. They’re c...

Eleven-year-old Sally Jane Hesslop loves her Dad, her hamster Melvin, and her best friend Katie. Her four-year-old brother Robbie she's not so sure about. She tries to love him, but Robbie eats dirt and wakes Sally up every morning by hitting her on the head with a rubber spatula. Robbie's a hard person to love.But that's okay. Who needs little brothers when you have a fluffy orange hamster like Melvin? Melvin's got Super-Secret-Agent training, a T-Shirt of Invisibility, and his be...

Lost in a fantasy world, Nikki has only logic and science to help her find her way home.When Nikki Murrow failed her first High School debating match she did what anyone would do. She hid in a closet. She found comfort hiding among the mops and cleaning supplies, but she also found two imps – tiny creatures from a magical kingdom who lead her on a strange journey into the Realm of Reason.There is Fuzz, a grumpy imp with a fondness for breaking the rules. And Athena, a model of impi...

A billionaire cowboy. A hidden fortune. An attorney with a longtime crush. Sprinkle in some Christmas magic and let the fun begin.Texas rancher Josh Tomlinson never wanted fame or fortune, but overnight his family’s lottery win makes them billionaires; and strangers to one another. When he turns to family friend and sharp new attorney Carly Garza for help, he’s stunned. The tomboy he once knew is now a gorgeous, no-nonsense lawyer… and com...

Left as a newborn to die in a dumpster, she has no name.Tossed from state-run orphanages to a string of foster homes, she has no family.Growing up hard, fast and street smart, she’s accomplished in hand to hand combat and accurate with a gun. With no money for college, she enlisted in the US Marine Corps out of high school and was quickly plucked from her unit when her sharp shooting and intellectual skills outshined her male counterparts.With no known past, she is ...

Leading Charismatic Pastor Offers a Bold New Strategy for Spiritual WarfareKris Vallotton, a pastor at Bethel Church in Redding, California, and the cofounder of its School of Supernatural Ministry, knows his way around the spiritual battlefield. For years he was tormented by a host of demonic assaults, though he didn't know the problems were spiritual. Confused, overwhelmed, he actually contemplated suicide--until the Lord delivered him.Since that time, Kris has spent his ...

Lost in a fantasy world, Nikki has only logic and science to help her find her way home.Logic to the Rescue is designed to teach kids critical thinking. A combination of fiction and non-fiction, it weaves examples of logical fallacies into a fictional sword-and-sorcery fantasy. Simple examples for testing a hypothesis and setting up experiments in chemistry, physics, and biology are integrated into the plot. The Logic to the Rescue series is a useful addition to a home library for ...

Marnie Somerville is sure Dane MacLain is just another bad guy. Her job as resident investigator at Whitman Enterprises is to track down the owners of delinquent accounts, but something about Dane’s case is off, and Marnie can’t resist a good mystery. The secret files and cover-up she finds after hacking her boss’s computer are more than she expected, and now she’s fleeing her former employer...right into Dane’s arms.Former detective Dane MacLain has spent the last year gathering i...

Unwrap some holiday passion...Seeing her old boss Griffin Kelso’s name show up on her phone gives Delilah Johnston the shivers. His charming but self-centered ways are the #1 reason she left her job behind. Recently divorced, Delilah is starting a new chapter in her life—right after she enjoys a quiet Christmas. She’s flying solo and loving it.Griffin Kelso has a vision to create an empire entirely on his own. His main goal? To escape the reach of his overbe...

The beloved author of Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn returns with the story of five women who had nothing in common but one extraordinary friend. . . .“Move over, Thelma, and make way, Louise! Annie Freeman's raucous and heart-tugging journey to eternity will put Kris Radish on the map—in a RED Cadillac!”—Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the OceanFor Katherine Givens and the four women about to become her b...

Family betrayal haunts new love…Delilah Johnston and Griffin Kelso ring in the New Year with revels and romance. But once the champagne runs dry, the differences between them crash the party.With a divorce, raising her daughter, and a corporate job in the rearview mirror, forty-something Delilah is ready to indulge herself with passion and a new life. Yes, she agreed to help her ex-boss Griffin launch his new business, but that’s temporary. The tantalizing ...