Suzanne: 500 books

While investigating an arson cold case, the two young police officers, Tom and Marybeth,discover secrets about the local fire chief, Ben George. He became something of a hero after serving in the Pacific with Jack Kennedy, but as Mickey Mantle once said, "You never have to look far, or wait long, to be reminded how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat."

I thought I had escaped the sordid situation of having had sexual encounters with each of my daughter's boyfriends. Both Drew and Demarcus were now water under the bridge and I thought I was safe. I could not have been further from the truth. Jack took his time to drop the bombshell on me but what...

One stormy spring morning, Kit O'Maley takes a swan dive to the pavement to avoid a speeding car in the Hazelnut Grove Primary School parking lot. She bandages her injuries and stoically faces another day of teaching, but it soon becomes apparent that the frightening incident is only a prelude of...

The Halloween moon rose majestically above the countryside lighting the path for the small compact car careening along the deserted two lane road. The passengers in the car were Summer Johnson and Sage Calahan, sweethearts since high school along with their friends Tara Wilkens and Jason Freeman.The...

Werewolf’s Magic Touch Excerpt A bright ray of light suddenly filled the window and Serena looked out seeing how the clouds had moved away and a full orange colored moon was making its appearance known in the night sky. It was so beautiful it almost held her hypnotized. She’d never encountered...

A collection of twenty-five poems spanning a variety of styles including haiku chains, sonnets, and free verse. Many play on the concepts of needlework to evoke the delicacy, violence, and interconnectedness of human emotion and the natural world. Others place love and loss against a background of...

A woman reeling from the loss of her husband and a man who’s lost all faith in love join a search for a girl lost in the mountains. Together they find something neither of them was expecting. Kita’s husband was killed in a skiing accident three years ago, and she’s never fully recovered...

What if the only thing you wanted in life was your freedom? What if the cost of that freedom was the lives of your family? Rose Simmonds wants to live like any other normal person. Away from her overprotective family and their dire warnings about a stranger from the past. Away from the cattle...

Edda Kareana is tired of fighting. Humanity survives in a handful of communes spread across the equator. Orbital debris rains down on the land, furthering the destruction of the environment, and remaining cities. Some are blessed with a Meta, and each is trained to use their psychic or telekinetic...

In this "unforgettable" fantasy, Shazmpt has been prepared to complete the prophesy; however until recently, he was unaware of his true identity as a powerful war wizard. Hidden on an island in a time realm not his own, he must now search for ancient relics in order to stop the growing...

ExcerptReaching the town of Salem, her father drove up to a string of rental units linked together in a long row. The gray buildings looked as if they could use a good coating of paint. Above the cabins on a hilltop, stood an old, ramshackle looking house badly in need of repair. A tiny yellow light...

Aliens Among UsThe following morning Josh was up before daybreak. He tried not to make any noise as he left the bedroom wanting to give Callie a few more hours of rest. He made his way into the kitchen and brewed a pot of coffee and after drinking his fill, pulled on his old coveralls and headed...

The next few weeks passed swiftly with Jake and his family settling in. He enrolled in high school and figured it was time to find that job he had promised to look for in the little town. This was how he came to put his application in at the small mom and pop store just blocks away from his house. Mr....

His eyes widened as he opened the door and stepped into the yard. Rob hadn’t been joking; everyone roamed around with drinks clutched in their hands – and not a stitch of clothing! He’d never seen so many nude bodies in his life. Case felt his cheeks flush; he felt so out of place as he looked...