In 1910, Effie James is living a dream for two. Her younger sister is harboring a secret that has left timid Effie determined to fulfill her daring sister's grand plan of seeking out adventure in their small Iowa town. When a British gentleman arrives, disrupting their peace with efforts to find the wife many claim lived her final days at the now abandoned house at 322 Predicament Avenue, Effie is thrust into intrigue she couldn't have prepared for....

"Absence of Intent" is a romantic drama of a young Boston family forced to grapple with many of life's challenging circumstances including their careers, friendships, politics, affairs, mishaps, and birth of a child. There are complicating factors that produce much anxiety, tension and remorse. The family shows the willpower and tenacity to overcome their difficulties, but there is a persistent struggle for redemption and escape from haunting memories.This...

Warning: Language and sexual content. 16+)Sophie has enough problems in her life without Spencer turning her blood to fire, without his eyes freezing and burning her, without his hatred of her. Since his migration into the house next to hers, Sophia Valdez isn't sure whether she wants to toss him under a bus or kiss that smirking mouth of his. But even as the temperature rises around them, leaping flames of passion, want and desire,everything either...

The fate of a continent rests on one devastating battle-and the daring of the special forces soldiers on its front lines. The Eighth Army, gathering its strength in the Nile delta, was preparing for a major assault against the combined forces of Rommel's Afrika Korps. One of the places the Korps occupied was the little port of Qaba, two hundred miles to the west of Cairo. British Lieutenant-Colonel George Hockold saw great potential in...

Marion and James Fraser are a young couple who appear to have it all. Their luck changes, however, when they move into a lovely, old mansion with a rose garden. Marion falls ill and begins to have strange dreams, in which she seems to be leading the life of a young Victorian woman, Mariana Wilkinson. Mariana Wilkinson used to visit the house as the guest of a friend, whose mother is thought to have drowned in a boating accident. During her stays with...

Noble Bishop, a government trained assassin known as The Scythe, has transitioned from his nefarious past to one of normality. While on the job as a security specialist at a popular Portland nightclub, happenstance brings him into contact with a psychopath and his life is altered in the most profound of ways.Temperate loner Victor Kukorian is hanging on to his sanity by a thread. After finishing the last of his late mother's hospice formula, he is...

This suburbanite is about to meet a dashing spy... Isabel "Stan" Stanley is stuck in a rut in the DC suburbs. As a wannabe romance writer, she hopes a sexy muse falls into her lap. But she never expected a handsome spy to dive through her sunroof... Pursued by a hail of bullets, international CIA Agent Kelvin Kapone didn't have plans to make friend. But when his latest mission puts him in the bewildering burbs, the charming Stan is a surprisingly...

Havilland Smythe doesn't know what's shocked her more: The instant attraction she feels for handsome Detective Roman Fairfax or his admission she's the top suspect in the theft of a historic artifact. She's immediately intrigued, possessing a legitimate interest in the stolen work of art. The Grand Duchess Anastasia Egg is part of a collection of four jewel-encrusted eggs gifted to the daughters of the last Tsar of Russia. Finding and reuniting them...

Rebellion and danger on the high seas… The gripping third Matthew Quinton adventure 1665: plague stalks the streets of London, the country is at war and conspiracies against King Charles II are rife. When given command of a vast and ancient Man-of-War, Captain Matthew Quinton finds himself thrust unexpectedly into the midst of the deadliest of these plots… Grappling with scheming ministers and a rebellious crew, Quinton must sail his 'cursed'...

John Atwood is a successful attorney and a good father. Everything seems to be lining up for him professionally when he has a serious stroke.John survives but suffers a serious deficit in motor function, including his ability to speak. During his hospitalization, his home life falls apart. At Garnier House, John is thrown into the Canadian long term care system where there is no shortage of extraordinary and humorous characters. John finds himself...