Piper: 1769 books

This collection of stories, essays, poems and memoires was created over a long period, from the 1970s to the current day. It will appeal to all - no matter your literary taste or genre. From humor to horror, gentle romance, thrills, fantasy, science fiction, and personal recollections : you will find...

The stranger smiled, but thinly, so his lips stayed close together. "Oh, I never drink," he said in a voice like old gravel, then like an afterthought clarified, "...whiskey." It's a dark night in a lonely mining town then the stranger rides in, looking for a place to stay. There's...

A cowboy on the run and a girl on the rebound make for a messy fling. Colby may be having the worst day ever. He wakes up at gunpoint, "hired" by a stranger to do a new job he doesn't want. Worried the load he's hauling is contraband, he walks off the job once he's out of sight of...

Never judge a rock band by its cover song. A cowboy leading a rock band? Logan gets an earful from his dad every time he leaves the house to perform. His rock persona destroys his ranching cred with the old-timers, and sticking to the cowboy life instead of running off to Hollywood cost him...

Life as a landscape painter on an inherited ranch is easy for Alex Colvin until a peculiar meteorite shatters his complacency. Alex unknowingly possesses the final component of an outlandish physics experiment being conducted by Reverend Lucas Ruthlier, leader of the Church of the God Particle. Reverend...

Firenze Elena Anagoli has waited for this day for all of her life: the day she finds out her match- her true love. But what she never expected was to be matched with the Prince of Glavendale, the kingdom she lives in, and all the changes it would cause in her life. However, the Prince has a past and it will come to bite them in the butt when they try to have their happy ever after.

BE STILL, for in the pain … in the darkness … in the confusion … even in the joy … STILL, God Whispers. Excerpts from Scripture and distinctive meditations that reveal the loving heart of Father God are included in this "book of days." This gathering of His "whispers" was...

Claude is a victim. He was victimized and bullied throughout his early years, through school and even at work it was still going on. He had come to expect it, but he didn't see what was coming next until he was trapped.Late one night a gang of drunken women on their way home from a hen-night,...

In a grimy industrial town in the North East of England, corruption reigns in high places The ambitious Mayor has brought prosperity to some, mainly himself, but most of the population are struggling to survive. Then, a celebration for the great and the good turns into an orgy.and many lusts and perversions...

There has been a sea-change in European politics. After the financial crisis in Greece, Germany has taken steps to protect her loan repayments from Ireland and has installed a minister in the Irish government in an 'advisory' capacity to guarantee repayments are made.Scotland has left the...

She's a lawyer—proper and always in control. Until one night, wearing a brand new, sexy red dress on the late train home, she sees a man alone. And she wants him. Fantasy turns into steamy sex on this long trip through the dark night. This short story is 8800 words long, and contains graphic depictions of sex between consenting adults.

After scoring the gig of a lifetime as the hot new opening act for rock band The Wild Diamonds, Gracie Smith goes home to her family’s estate in Texas for Christmas – and to try to mend her strained relationship with her parents – before she has to leave on tour. On returning home, her...

When movie starlet Poppy Hendricks is snapped by the paparazzi chasing Tank, her adorably wild puppy, through Central Park West in her pajamas, the gossip columns cannot get enough of the drama. As the newest addition to the cast of the highly anticipated screen adaptation of the hottest romance...

When twin boys go missing, DI Sam Cree and her colleagues on the Norsey Force are already overstretched. Then, a student and an elderly woman are gunned down and evidence suggests a sniper is at work. In the background of each murder is an unsolved crime. Is revenge the motive or something deeper?