Kristin E Downey

Harper Mason finds solace in hiding. She spends all her days as a school teacher, and spends all her nights reading to her heart's content. It's easier to focus on the happy endings of fictional characters than focus on the realization that she may never have it. That is, until she follows a whim to go visit her big brother, and best friend, Jasper. He lives in Mountain Creek, Colorado working at Marlow Boy's Ranch and he convinces her to stay for the summer-- forcing her to interact and be seen.

A woman locked down in a memory care unit. A man diagnosed with dementia. A terrifying love story from a forgotten past. Jake Hunter lives a quiet life in the small northeastern town of Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania. With old age looming and cognitive abilities in decline, that's all about to change. After visiting a woman with amnesia in a mental infirmary, Jake finds himself slipping back in time to a frightening event that encompassed both of their lives.

When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.

Ava Miller disappeared five years ago. Her family thinks she's dead. But Greg Sanders isn't so sure...The Fate of Ava Miller is a suspenseful mystery novel by author Hope E. Davis about a woman the world forgot and the one man who isn't ready to let her go.

Miss Bangkok is a vivid, powerful and moving memoir of a life spent in prostitution in Thailand. Poor and uneducated, Bua Boonmee escaped an abusive marriage only to end up in the go-go bars of Patpong. There, in the notorious red-light district of Bangkok, she succumbed to prostitution in an effort to support her family.

The Hidden Court: City of Secrets is a gripping urban fantasy filled with intrigue, suspense, and a richly imagined world where magic and reality collide. Perfect for fans of political thrillers with a magical twist, this novel explores the complexities of power, the importance of unity, and the strength of one woman’s determination to change her world.

In November 2039, marine scientist Wend Taylor heaves themself aboard a zero-emissions boat skippered by elusive nature photographer Viola Yang. Guided by instinct, ocean dreams, and a shared birthday in 1972, they barter stories for passage across the Pacific. Aljon, Viola’s younger cousin, keeps a watchful eye and an innovative galley. Story by story, the trio rethink secrets, flying dreams, and how they experience their own minds.

In "The Shaman's Revenge," seven teenagers venture into a dense forest to investigate an abandoned teepee, unaware of the dark legend of a vengeful shaman. As they explore, eerie whispers and strange occurrences escalate, leading to the mysterious deaths of the group members. Emma, the seemingly supportive yet secretly disdainful protagonist, manipulates the fear and tension among her friends. One by one, they fall victim to what appears to be the shaman's spirit.

Across the six-planet expanse of the Gaia System, the Earthlike Gretia struggles to stabilize in the wake of an interplanetary war. Amid an uneasy alliance to maintain economies, resources, and populations, Aden Robertson reemerges. After devoting fifteen years of his life to the reviled losing side, with the blood of half a million casualties on his hands, Aden is looking for a way to move on. He’s not the only one. A naval officer has borne witness to inconceivable attacks on a salvaged fleet. A sergeant with the occupation forces is treading increasingly hostile ground.

Father Luke, a trained exorcist, uncovers sacred knowledge hidden in time while removing demons from the innocent. These truths put his own life and the lives of those he cares about in grave danger from every direction. Based near Washington, DC, where greed and deception are around every corner, lie these dangerous secrets, ones that threaten the very fabric of our human world.