Michael Burke: 22 books

Author Bernadette M. Burke has always looked up to her brother, Michael. At the tender age of twenty, Michael Burke almost lost his life fighting to defend the quality of life and freedom valued by all Americans. His experiences on the field of combat in Vietnam were like that of many, yet...

Former US Deputy Marshal Jack Parker was tough, rough and relentless in tracking criminals. So when he felt forced to retire from the US Marshals Service he used those same skills to track down a Nazi artifact in Iraq worth millions of dollars. In his pursuit of a fast payday he sets in motion a series...

Detective Johnny “Blue” Heron is lured away from stargazing on his fire escape by a wealthy socialite who wants to track down her husband’s lover. It appears to be a straightforward task for a private investigator, but the trail quickly muddies. Blue is chased by hit men and seduced by the suspected...

Attention, guys of America: It's time to get off the couch, turn off the PlayStation, and set down your beer (just kidding—never set down your beer). Your days of freedom are numbered. Every guy owes it to himself to do something audacious, ostentatious, hilarious, or just plain fun before it's...

This work seeks to chart what happens in the embodied minds of engaged readers when they read literature. Despite the recent stylistic, linguistic, and cognitive advances that have been made in text-processing methodology and practice, very little is known about this cultural-cognitive process and...

What You Dont Know About Men tells the funny, heartbreaking stories of 20 sometimes shy, sometimes sexy, often sentimental men who march through life as punch-drunk fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, friends and lovers. Michael Burkes debut collection opens with the story of Matthew Connors,...

Swan Dive focuses on “Blue” Heron, a down-and-out detective with a roaming eye who gets much too involved in a complex business deal, a deal which results in embezzlement, swindling, sexual misconduct, and murder. Along the way, Blue discovers a great deal about himself while trying to understand...

In a brilliant coda to the play Copenhagen, Michael Frayn receives mysterious letters that take him back to the theme of his bestselling novel, Headlong -- human folly, this time his own. Michael Frayn's Copenhagen has established itself as one of the finest pieces of drama to grace the stage...

Eleven tales of seasonal magic from your favorite Changeling authors! Wolf Run by B. J. McCall: Are Stella and Charlotte prepared for two hunky werewolves and the most memorable Christmas of their lives? Epiphany by Mychael Black: Ryan's going to show the gorgeous Elven waiter that Christmas...

Eleven tales of Christmas Magic from your favorite Changeling authors! Christmas Magic by Anne Kane: Tali hopes the Christmas Magic of the Sugarplum Ball is strong enough to get Jax into her bed. Blitzened by Elizabeth Jewell: Christmas Eve rolls around, Nick gets a yen to kindle some...

There's just something magical about cats. Fierce hunters content to rest upon our sofas. Sweet friends but stubbornly independent. Fluffy little murder balls with jellybean toes and razor-sharp claws. It's easier to answer what cats aren't than what they are. In this purr-fect collection,...

Seeking to mediate between the "classical" view of countertransference as a neurotic impediment to the treatment process and the more recent "totalist" perspective, which assumes that the therapist's emotional response necessarily reveals something about the patient, Tansey and...

Poetry is the art of life. Truth explodes between the lines of mystical poetry that dance with the Divine within us all. In this stirring debut, Michael’s ethereal poetry will open and expand your Consciousness, caress and massage your existence, and take you beyond your wildest imaginings. For...

Giving and receiving mercy is central to living a life of passion and is central to living the life God calls us to. We all need mercy at different times in our lives, and we all have an obligation to give mercy to others at different times in our lives. If you think about it, God’s mercy is overwhelmingly...