Old Suspense

I’ve been snatched from a Mafia bad boy after exchanging vows with him. My brother’s best friend offered me a job I couldn’t refuse—working in his private stables as a vet. Alessio Morelli, an older, off-limits billionaire boss, is as muscular as his prized horses. Beneath his musky cologne lies a pure alpha. I try to resist his advances and keep things professional, but his presence ignites a kaleidoscope of emotions within me. While in his luxurious car, I let Alessio mount me like a thoroughbred, and then to my surprise, he proposes. With my desires racing and my guard down, I ...

At ten-years-old she’s injured and feels damaged beyond repair.Years pass, and she buries the incident deep. Only twenty-three, Rebekah has to make a hard choice without knowing what Dustin will do…how he will feel. Her fiancé is not with her when the Old German Baptist Brethren Annual Meeting ends. Will she meekly accept the dishonest way the conference was handled? Accept the irregularities? Accept the way nine powerful men hijacked the Church she loves? Or will she stand for the truth even if the man of her dreams says “Farewell?” Scroll up, click the buy button, and grab your ...

Just when I think my happily ever after is within reach, I find out I’m accidentally married. To make matters worse, a serial killer is blackmailing me into tracking down an antique shotgun stolen from his family. Not only am I eleventy-million months pregnant, but now I’ll have to track down gun dealers, pawnbrokers, and a very eccentric “collector” to find the item. Did I mention dodging lions and landmines in the process? I finally get things under control, but a welcome home party leads to a major misunderstanding. My family is ripped away. The bad guys misjudged my willingness ...

Tales of the West: A Western Anthology is a collection of six western short storied filled with action and adventure, including Little Dodge, The Bounty Hunter, The Driver, The Stable Boy, The Orphan and The Road to Laramie.

The best week of my life started with a dead phone, a broken down car, and a pack of wild animals.Dead of night. Deserted mountain road. Oh yeah, and a 95% chance of becoming wolf chow. So much for that fresh new life. Then Rowan came. Rugged, fearless, capable. My hero, my savior—all wrapped up in one sizzling, possessive package. All those hot Greek statues were the rough drafts for whoever sculpted this tall stack of muscles and charm. Just like that, I’m safe in his cabin. Shacking up with a hot, confident mountain man. Gulp. The air’s tense around him. Deliciously tense. Mouth-...

Life after the State Department was supposed to be a peaceful respite for Mike Lacondeguy, but an unlikely friend and the Russian mob surfaced with other plans. In FISHING WITH TOLSTOY, the exhilarating introduction to The New Americans trilogy, ex-diplomat Mike Lacondeguy snaps out of his retirement blues and into a world of deception and betrayal. This time, the fight is on his turf. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine draws two Cold War adversaries back into the game to stop the hostilities from escalating. Mike worked with the State Department for three decades in and around Russia, while ...

Half-Romani detective Eoin Miller finds people for a living—usually people who would do anything to remain hidden. Ironic considering Eoin has done all he can to lose himself in a downward spiral that has cost him his job, his respect, his wife, and anything else that ever mattered. But he’s not inclined to dwell on what he’s given up, and Eoin prefers it that way.

Rosamond has started a book club called Rosamond’s Ready Readers. But she claims there’s an evil page monster on the loose. This monster has ripped and ruined a page of the cookbook Rosamond uses to make treats for the club.

He’s back after 15 years, living right next door. Twice my age, still reckless as ever...and now I’m carrying his baby. No one knew why Ian Peele left all those years ago. Or why he’s suddenly back in town now. When I bumped into him, the years melted away. At first, he didn’t recognize me. But then those dark eyes locked onto mine, and I was right back to being the girl who once loved him. He’s different now. A reckless firefighter with demons he can’t shake. And to make matters worse, he’s moved in right next door to me. He’s twice my age, dangerous as sin, and definitely ...

DCI Michael Yorke and Emma Gardner are still plagued by guilt over their failure to catch the murderous psychiatrist known as the Conduit, and the loss of their former colleague to insanity. On Christmas Day, following a brutal massacre in Leeds, Yorke and Gardner find themselves once again chasing the ruthless puppeteer, believing that they have the initiative.

Dare Sin A girls sleepover turns out to be a game gone wrong as Jennifer decides to hook up with her best friends brother. But, the brother has a secret and that secret might be the worst possible thing imaginable. For readers 18+ who wish to read romance shorts on the risqué side of life.

Botanist Millie Whitehall is making good progress surveying an old homestead until discovering the body of a missing university professor in the root cellar. Millie learns why the homestead was abandoned shortly after it was built; another horrific murder occurred inside the cabin in 1913. Rumors of a lost silver cross, a pearl in a pack rat's nest, and an old man's dying story lead Millie to uncover the link between the professor's murder and the century-old murder. But her work at the site draws unwanted attention and jeopardizes the property of being declared a National Historic Site.

In his decades as an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter has never shied away from violence, and he’s had more than his share of close calls. Time's catching up with him, his body's slowing down, and his wit isn't as sharp as it used to be. But he will forgo retirement once more for the sake of a puzzle no detective could resist. Walking on the beach, a friend finds a bedraggled child who claims he's witnessed a murder. The victim is a drug-addicted pop star, and the obvious suspect is the dead man’s ex-girlfriend - a junkie whom the child saw standing over the body.

Hi, I’m Nicholas, and five days ago, I turned into a monster. Not a figurative monster, a literal monster. You see, I made a bad choice and followed a monster I thought was friendly into the Realm of Monsters and had to work my way through each terrifying level if I had any hope of making it home again. It was a wild experience, and to be honest, there were a few times I wasn’t sure if I would survive. But I did, and this is the story of everything that happened to me along the way. So whether you love monsters or hate them, you’re gonna want to hear this story! Prepare for spine-...

As they silently make their way through the trees to the hidden refuge that Thomas Dyersen once found need of for his family centuries ago, Sara Merryn is grateful for its existence as the silence of the night erupts with the sounds that she has long buried in her memories.Storm Tide continues the ongoing story of family, friends, and strangers who come together at a time when the unknown is their greatest enemy…and their hidden sanctuary is their greatest defense. No matter that they have planned for this moment since the storm that first brought them together, and the siege of lawless ...

Julia Ottley has a secret. She’s burst onto the literary scene with the highest ever advance paid to a British debut author. Her novel - featuring a fabulous tower of translucent icy crystal - is garnering rave reviews. But as she embarks upon her new life, she discovers that nothing can be hidden forever, especially when living within walls of glass. She fights to keep her secret, but as the stakes steadily rise, she faces a stark choice. How far is she really prepared to go to stop her life from coming shattering down?

When a professional skateboarder disappears under mysterious circumstances, a podcaster seems to be the only person interested in finding him. She has her own motivations, of course, and so begins an exploration into the little-known and unpredictable world of international skateboarding. Walker Ryan’s second novel is a tale of complicated friendships, hesitant romance and unexpected adventure.

The Cornish village of St. Petroc is the sort of place where people come to hide. Tom Killgannon is one such person. But when a seventeen-year-old runaway named Lila breaks into Tom’s house, she takes more than just his money. His wallet holds everything about his new identity. He also knows that Lila is in danger from the travelers’ commune she has been living at. Something sinister has been going on there, and Lila knows more than she realizes. But to find her, he risks not only giving away his location to the gangs he’s in hiding from but also becoming a target for whoever is hunting Lila.

The Hendricks family has always believed it’s smart to remember that not everything is as it seems and that even the most carefully guarded secrets have a way of finding their way to the light. Unfortunately, enemies usually aren’t too far behind. Dangerous or not, Logan Hendricks plans on being a lot more involved in his newly-formed detective agency’s current investigation. A brazen crime has already been committed and he wants to be part of finding out who’s responsible. As always, his grandsons have a different view of how things are supposed to work. They want him to sit back ...

Maddy and Rob were both attractive 36 years olds and married for nine years. They were very much in love, but they recognized that their sex life had gotten somewhat stale and routine. They started indulging in a variety of fantasies to spice things up in the bedroom, and they soon realized that they were both very into the fantasy of a three-way, especially Maddy, who really got off thinking about getting pleasured by two men at the same time instead of just her husband. The more he thought about it, the more Rob realized that he actually wanted to try something like that in real life. So ...