Inspirational Suspense Fiction

I’ve loved Dove Tryst my whole life. There wasn’t a time when I ever thought she wouldn’t be mine. Even when we hated each other, we loved each other. But now I’m sitting here alone, trying to figure out where it all went wrong and more importantly, how. She’s engaged to my enemy. Days from walking down the aisle toward a man who isn’t me. And she’s asked me to object. I know what I have to do, but I’m not sure Dove’s going to like it. Sometimes love is war and you have to fight to keep it safe.

“Now, as he waited in the abandoned shed, menaced by a howling cold wind and a grey sky that sat overhead so close you thought you could almost touch it, Ricky began to wonder if he would see his dad again…Dad, where are you? Then, as he turned to see Emily staring back at him, he realized that she already knew what he suspected and she had accepted the fact that Dad might not be able to find his way back to them. They were alone on the side of a mountain, surrounded by trees for as far as one could see or walk.” In a one-of-a-kind adventure and love story, Richard Murray and his ...

A woman’s search to find her son uncovers the shocking truth about one of Britain’s darkest periods. Struggling with the demons of her past, Emily is a children’s author, with a dark secret, and a guilt that threatens to consume her. For 20 years she has lived in Brighton, England, trying to forget the day they took her baby from her, just hours after he was born. But now, in the summer of 1987, she decides to begin the search for her son.

It was supposed to be just another day at work for a local newspaper reporter, Stella Holt. She had always loved her job, and believed she was good at it. Until one day when she was sent to interview the author of a worldwide bestseller who had made so many women fall in love with him. James Collins is not just a word-painter. His every work is a masterpiece, a perfect blend of mystery and mind-blowing romance. Only in his own life, there is no place for romance. He knows everything about women, starting from what they like most, and to the ways to seduce them with only a glance. But ...

A curious girl discovers simple delight in her mother’s magic marker. But when her desire to visit the hospital on a school day throws the family into an unexpected emergency, will modern medicine come to the rescue, or must a mysterious spell be broken some other way? Alice and the Magic Marker is a family-friendly short story and mystery that culminates on Christmas Day.

From the author of Rabbit King and Director's Cut comes a brutal historical crime fiction where the line blurs between the hunter and the hunted In a shadowy Massachusetts town in 1914, pioneer female investigator Maryelaina Lemberg is drawn into a chilling homicide when she receives a desperate letter from Eliza Foster, an innocent woman accused of brutally murdering her husband. The crime is grisly – Thomas Foster’s body found in pieces in Williamstown. Even worse, the authorities are determined to see Eliza Foster hang for the crime. But something doesn’t sit right with Maryelaina....

As Good and Evil sit precariously weighing in the balance, swaying back and forth with the whims and spirit of humanity, many continue to ask: What is it that gives us purpose? Who truly matters in this age of adversity? Are we coincidental masses of flesh and blood, or were we put on this Earth for a reason? Such impassable questions have been debated, answered, reexamined, and refuted since the very dawn of time. With the seemingly ever-mounting confusion, it’s easy to see why many have simply given up the search. Ebenezer Makinde, however, may be the exception.

After their mother dies, two sisters return to the cottage where they spent their summers growing up. Nantucket Point is exactly the same: charming, warm, and filled with memories both good and bad. Janey and Tessa are cut from two completely different cloths, but they've managed to stay close over the years. Divorced twice and currently single, Janey Forsythe is on the brink of a huge promotion at work. But, she needs money now to get some much-needed home repairs done so she can sell her house. Tessa Simmons has always been the "good girl," the sister who lives by the rules and has the ...

Will the killer make a second attempt on Megan’s life? In Hinton, West Virginia, the small community has been rocked by a possible double homicide and a killer on the loose. At the same time, June and Mabel continue to push forward in the toughest of situations. Peter, the local sheriff, is baffled by the case as he goes deeper and deeper into the history of a family. The simple house fire that killed a normal couple devastates him. He searches for answers and justice for their daughter Megan but soon becomes one of the hunted himself. Rejoin Megan and Peter as they continue to walk ...

Unlike her relatives, who either joined the lucrative jewelry business or became thieves, rookie cop Ava Davis chose public service. Sent undercover on her first assignment to catch a notorious thief expected at the hotel in Christmas Tyme, Colorado, Ava intends to prove the police didn't make a mistake by hiring her. With her family history looming over her, she doesn't have time to reconnect with her childhood friend and first crush, Gabriel Lark. After being wrongfully accused, former cop Gabriel wants nothing to do with the police and longs for restful holidays. But when a series of ...

What do three teenagers, a secret underground base and a kidnapped engineer have in common? As if a flu pandemic weren’t enough to deal with, fifteen-year-old Ashton, sixteen-year-old Mican, and thirteen-year-old Shayla are forced to move when their mother learns the family might be in danger because of their father’s former work, but after they move into a lovely new home, Ashton is tormented at night by a strange sound coming from under his floor. In an attempt to find the source of the noise, the siblings stumble upon a secret underground base and a man being held hostage. Do they ...

A daunting task, Shaina Gillespie endures the solitude on Cape Lookout to prepare the vintage lighthouse keeper’s house for relocation to the mainland. When ebbing currents force a mishap on her paddleboard, she crosses the inlet to Shackleford Banks where the rescue fills with a herd of wild ponies and one reclusive veterinarian, Judd Pearce. An oceanfront dinner-for-two sparks romantic interest, but Shaina determines to remain unbiased since Judd favors his hometown as a prime relocation site. A dark secret enshrouds his wild pony research and cuts a swath of betrayal between them while...

She sets a thief to catch a thief. Will he also steal her heart? Private investigator Helen Hu must team up with reformed art thief Reuben Costa to rescue her mother, who has vanished while trying to make amends for stealing some bejeweled eggs connected to the Amber Room. Set in Greece and Italy, Once a Thief is Book 1 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Protector Sweethearts Christian romantic suspense series of books that showcase Private Investigator Helen Hu, her associates, and friends. This collection is a spinoff of Jan’s Savannah Sweethearts beach romance and ...

Justin Allen and Kesha Jones are the perfect couple until he gets drafted to the NBA and becomes unfaithful. With the pressure from his new found popularity, he forgets what matters most to him. Kesha. To keep him, she begins to compromise what she believes and the promises that were made to God. Eventually Kesha gets fed up and decides to decline a life of fame and fortune with Justin and chooses a life of faith and holiness instead. Snow Series: The Player The Snow's Meltdown Don't Rescue Me Seed of Discord Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places Temptation

A wedding celebration destroyed. A brother missing. A family under fire. Welcome back to Melody Harbor, where the waves may be calm, but secrets churn just beneath the surface. Sophie Martin thought her wedding day would mark a new beginning. Instead, it became the start of a nightmare. Her family’s beloved bed-and-breakfast burns to the ground during the ceremony. Her brother, Liam, disappears. And the quiet Alabama town they call home begins to whisper accusations no one saw coming. When Liam is arrested and charged with arson, theft, and drug trafficking, the Martin family is thrust ...

Royalty...it was more than just a word to her. It was her life. But not for long. Marlie loved her family dearly, even when she didn’t like them very much. But their life wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. Maggie had always fulfilled her responsibilities, she’d always done exactly as she was expected to...she knew no other way. Until now...until after reading a letter from her father suggesting she visit her niece and learn how to do as she pleased every once in a while, including the joy of eating pizza at her slightest whim. The last thing Maggie expected when she showed up at ...

When you’re not sure whom to trust, should you put your trust in strangers? From a small town in Pennsylvania to a bustling city in New York, secrets and danger follow no matter where you look. Nora Lawrence has tried to keep her two kids out of danger since returning back to her hometown. But when she gets held up at gunpoint, and stalked by someone dangerous, she decides it’s time to put her life in her own hands. Leo, a handsome state trooper from Nora’s past, tries to help her. But Nora isn’t good at being taken care of, so she rejects his help. When their past romance ...

When a treasure hunt turns deadly, will solving the clues be enough? Enter a world where a family’s dark past is weaved with its unassuming present. From the small city of Sterling to the massive city of Chicago, the O’Neill’s family vacation has more in store than they could ever imagine. Following the loss of his wife in a car accident last year, Jim O’Neill takes his son Jay and daughter Adrianna on an adventure to his late grandfather’s house. He soon realizes that the mysterious treasure hunt his late grandfather organized is putting his family in peril. Upon facing down ...

She wants to forget about her ex and live a fairytale life if only for a night. He wants to be free of his royal duties and to find true love forever. Penny lives by one rule: baking before boys. Her apprenticeship brings her to the palace, but she bakes herself into a corner when a case of mistaken identity casts her as the potential bride to the prince. Oliver lives by a no-royals-rule. He’s ready to leave the life of nobility, kicking and screaming if he has to—arranged marriages, expectations, and all the formality aren’t his thing. When the queen insists upon their union, Penny ...

Heartfelt. Beautiful. Tearful. Surprising. Mysterious. Eternal. You NEED to read this story. -Heartbeats Between Words A twist you won’t see coming. Part love story. Part mystery. A heartrending tale about love, family and secrets. One moment. One moment can shape our entire life. That’s all it takes. It was in one moment that I knew he knew. It was just a hunch, a feeling, a soft whisper to my soul. But it was in that life-altering instant that I knew I had lost him. When Omaha native Ashley Westcott suddenly shows up in Remington Jude’s small, Missouri town, she’s the talk of the ...