What if the greatest threat to the future isn’t war or disaster… but control disguised as order? In a world rebuilt after economic collapse, towering city-states enforce rigid systems, surveillance, and silence. Malik Varen is just another citizen in the Walled City—until he uncovers a hidden protocol from the old world. A blueprint not for domination, but for freedom. As he races to share the truth, Malik becomes the target of the Watchers—silent enforcers who erase dissent without warning. With time running out and betrayal lurking in every shadow, Malik must risk everything to ...

Author's note: this book was previously published in 2015 under the title Harte's Peak. This deputy is ready to help. In the picturesque small town of Harte’s Peak nestled in the Sierra Mountains, life takes an unexpected turn when Deputy Ryan Colton finds himself entangled in the dreams of his friend, Vera Carrington. Once a glamorous fashion model, Vera’s life took a different path as she returned to her roots, opening a cozy coffee shop in their tight-knit community. But when her business faces financial struggles, an ambitious plan emerges. Vera decides to enter a local high-stakes ...

Every grave keeps a secret. Toby Maddox has long listened to the whispers of the dead, but nothing can prepare her for the nightmare about to erupt from the forgotten graves of Elkhorn. As she struggles to piece together her shattered childhood, Toby is dragged into a world of gruesome murders and whispered legends where secrets fester like wounds. Alongside Christian—a hardened investigator whose haunted heart mirrors her own—Toby must confront the malevolent spirit of Abel Younger before it consumes her. When every revelation reveals another ghost waiting to be unearthed, only the ...

She sees the patterns no one else will admit. She keeps the records no one else dares to write. In a city that would rather forget its missing girls, Roxie Williams refuses to disappear. Atlanta’s streets hum with secrets, and Roxie knows them all too well. Armed with a battered notebook, a sharp mind, and a promise she can’t break, she hunts for the truth behind the “Vanishing Girls”—a string of disappearances the city would rather ignore. But the closer Roxie gets to the heart of the case, the more dangerous her world becomes. Cops who can’t be trusted. Friends who vanish ...

Two kids with just enough money for a one way ticket to Orlando hop on the train and disappear, joining the thousands of America's missing persons. Years later, an FBI agent turns to true crime writer John Fletcher to uncover the mystery that no one can solve and almost everyone has forgotten. The second story in The Vanished series.

Her brother is missing. The city holds its breath. And Lillian Dove is about to discover that some truths are more dangerous than lies. When Lillian Dove hears that her brother—long estranged and now missing—was last seen in Dubuque, Iowa, she sets off to find him. But the answers she seeks are buried beneath layers of silence. The police won’t talk. His partner, Garrett, deflects. And no one seems willing to say what really happened. Refusing to give up, Lillian begins her own investigation. What she uncovers takes her through abandoned tunnels, into the grip of betrayal, and face-to...

The Coven of Worlds, the organization binding all the planets in this section of the galaxy for the last millennium, is beginning to dissolve. A galactic war is becoming more and more inevitable by the day and Aerianna finds itself all but isolated. When, not if, they become a target, they have little hope of withstanding the forces that will be thrown against them. However, they do have something that those other forces don’t have . . . the newly resurrected Hameggattic Sisterhood. But the five young woman that comprise that sisterhood have no experience. All they have is the legacy of ...

A winding case unfolds when a young woman is found shot with an arrow in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Brayden Tucker and Mike Lenard, Eagle River’s most unlikely duo of detectives, make an astonishing discovery: could this be the work of a serial killer? Tension rises between the young progressive detective and the grizzled old veteran as they try to solve each case… before the next Bow Season.

A billionaire CEO who never got over his first crush comes face-to-face with the rising singing sensation during his surprise birthday celebration. Roman Cantona is promoted to CEO of his family's hotel conglomerate. He always knew this day would come, though he never imagined it would come so quickly or so tragically. Overnight, he becomes a workaholic with no social life. He's operating on coffee fumes by the time he allows a friend to talk him into taking a long overdue weekend off for his birthday. He makes a reservation at an award-winning resort in Fiji that promises a celebration ...

Journalist Juliet Brown is a ScandiGeek, a person who is enamored of all things Scandinavian. An unexpected opportunity sends Juliet to Sweden to interview an American jazz singer, and she is quickly drawn into the vibrant Stockholm music scene. When one of Juliet's new friends is murdered, she finds herself embroiled in a real-life Swedish mystery. Journalist Magnus Lindblom offers to help Juliet despite his own struggles, which include hiding the truth about Stieg Larsson's missing fourth book. Set in the depths of the cold and dark Swedish winter, amid the weaving cobblestone streets of ...

Three friends. One train. A journey through time they never expected—and might not escape. Trevor Hollings thinks his life is completely ordinary. His neighborhood is boring. School is the worst—especially history class—and nothing exciting ever happens. But when Trevor, Becky, and Andrew stumble onto a mysterious train in the middle of the night, they’re thrown headfirst into a wild adventure through the past. From the dangerous gold rush camps of the 1840s to the sweltering bakeries of 19th-century New York, and even into the shadowy tunnels of a deadly train disaster, the kids ...

America has fallen into darkness. Chad Wellington, a hotshot corporate attorney based in Washington DC, world is turned upside down after the nation was devastated by EMP attacks. The nation's capital has descended into madness as criminals, gangs, and looters are taking advantage of the blackout to carry out criminal activities. After his dinner date with a woman he met on an online dating app was cut short, he has to navigate back to safety, with her in tow, and fend for their lives. The EMP attack is just the beginning of the many issues he will face during this crisis, so pick up Book 1...

Born in another universe. Running for his life in ours. The countdown to Jamie Sheridan’s death begins at 1:56 a.m. He lost his parents, he cannot trust his brother, the town is gunning for him, and a genetic bomb is ticking inside. He runs, but where? What difference will it make when his dark origin catches up at 9:56 a.m.? Tired of years dominated by loss, grief, and rage, 17-year-old Jamie must stage a bold defense to defy his destiny: When the clock runs out, he will become a god, a monster, or both. His only friends commit to saving him, but at the cost of their lives? Their only ...

When mourners gather in the village of Lower Gladdock, the grave is found to be already occupied. The victim is soon linked to a tragedy that tore the village apart five years ago and is handed over to the Bexford police to solve. Detective Sergeant Guy Poole is hoping to put his traumatic past behind him and settle into his new station at Bexford. Now history is threatening to raise its head again, and he has a murder case to contend with. Detective Inspector Sam Brock has a new recruit to take under his wing, and he's determined this one isn't going to die.

When justice becomes personal, how far will one man go to stop the cycle of abuse? Wyatt Dardin is an artist, a junkyard king, and a man finally living in peace—until a bruised and broken child appears at his door, whispering the same horrors Wyatt barely escaped as a boy. What begins as a confrontation with the boy’s abusive father ends in blood—and Wyatt covering up a body on his own land. Haunted by the violence that shaped him, Wyatt embarks on a dangerous journey to track down the mother who vanished during his darkest days. But as he travels west, stories of abuse seem to follow...