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Fourteen-year-old Margaret Ann Scofield has always admired her charming, restless father. But when she leaves rural Ohio to work as a nanny in Cincinnati during the Great Depression, the summer brings more than the independence she hoped for. In the city, Margaret discovers a secret that changes everything she thought she knew about her family. At the same time, the man who employs her begins crossing boundaries; with danger closing in and her father missing somewhere in the Kentucky hills, Margaret must find the courage to follow the truth wherever it leads. Set between Cincinnati and rural Kentucky, Briar Hopper is a coming-of-age novel about family loyalty, buried shame, and a young woman...

J. Paul Hickey’s historical spy novel explores identity, survival, and moral pressure in the unstable world that emerged from World War II.Most people think of identity as something fixed. A name. A country. A past. A set of memories that belong only to one person. But war can make even the most stable parts of life uncertain.The Double Man puts identity under intense pressure. Set against the collapse of Nazi Germany and the uneasy political world that follows, the novel asks what happens when survival requires a person to become someone he never expected to be.That gives the story one of its most compelling questions: How much can a person change to survive before that change begins to s...

What happens when America's biggest restaurant competitor isn't another restaurant—but the kitchen next door?What if the next great American economic revolution began at the dinner table?  When a revolutionary app called Fuud allows ordinary Americans to turn their home kitchens into profitable businesses, everything changes. Retirees become entrepreneurs, struggling families discover financial freedom, and strangers gather around dinner tables for affordable, home-cooked meals.  But as millions abandon traditional restaurants for neighborhood kitchens, a multibillion-dollar industry fights back. Corporate interests, politicians, and regulators scramble to protect the established...

Owen has always dreamed of fire.Every night, it’s the same nightmare: flames, smoke, and a shadowy figure watching from the blaze. His best mates, twins Robyn and Hadwi, try to laugh it off as his weird ‘fire dreams’, but Owen can see the panic behind their jokes.When his archaeologist father finally unearths the artifact he’s spent his career hunting, Owen feels an impossible pull toward the glowing Orb. The moment he touches it, everything changes. He slips into the Dreamworld, where a mysterious nine-tailed fox spirit calls him “Dreamwalker” and warns him that danger is coming. She’s right. A dangerously charming man named Viktor appears, asking questions Owen can’t possib...

Ariion Sanders, a disabled teenage girl, is inspired by a homeless man she meets in a New York City jail. The man, Cameron Littleheart St. Lawrence, has been arrested for bank robbery, but without convincing evidence, the judge is forced to release him. The bumbling bank robbers have their loot stolen from them and they think Cameron took it. After they kidnap Cameron, Ariion hatches a plan for his rescue, however, her scheme goes awry, and she finds herself in deep trouble.

In book one of this series, a unit of the Seventh Cavalry is on a mission over Afghanistan when their plane is hit by something. The soldiers bail out of the crippled plane and come down in Southern France and they’re 2,000 years in the past where Hannibal is taking his elephants over the Alps to attack the Romans.

In this second book they must attempt to rescue three astronauts who have come down from the ISS in a Russian Soyuz escape capsule. They are stranded on a mountain above Saravejo, about 800 miles away.

A combat mission over Afghanistan becomes something no soldier has ever trained for.When their aircraft is struck and a platoon of the Seventh Cavalry bails out, they don’t land in a war zone they recognize. Instead, the 13 soldiers hit the ground two thousand years in the past—in a world of empires, iron weapons, and wars fought face to face.Cut off from their own time and surrounded by forces that will kill them without hesitation, the men and women of the Seventh must choose quickly: remain outsiders and perish, or intervene in a history that was never meant to be altered.As modern weapons collide with ancient armies, courage, discipline, and ingenuity are pushed to their limits—and...

In the year 226 BCE, the young Carthaginian commander Hannibal Barca is given an unusual and dangerous assignment: train sixty elephants for war.These massive beasts must then be transported across the Mediterranean Sea to Iberia, where they will become living weapons in Carthage’s struggle against the fiercely independent tribes of the peninsula.Among the elephants is Obolus, the largest and most powerful of them all. Two unlikely companions—Liada and the brilliant young Tin Tin Ban Sunia—become essential to Obolus’s care and training, forming a bond with the giant animal that will soon be tested by the brutal realities of war.Meanwhile, far away in the southern Iberian kingdom of A...

December, 1925. Rural Virginia.Fourteen-year-old Vincent “Fuse” Fusilier opens the barn door on a freezing winter morning and finds a girl sleeping in the hay beside his miniature horse.She is thin.Exhausted.And silent.She doesn't speak English. She refuses to explain where she came from. And the only thing she possesses is a battered suitcase she guards with her life.By the time Fuse finishes his chores, she has disappeared.But hunger, cold, and desperation soon bring her back—and set in motion a chain of events that will change both their lives forever.Her name is Rajiani Devaki.And her story is more extraordinary than anything Fuse could imagine.Kidnapped from the streets of Calcutt...

He built a multi-million-dollar empire from nothing. Now, everyone he trusts wants to tear itapart.San Francisco, 1980. Vietnam veteran Kyle Stone has spent years building Stone FinancialCorporation into a national powerhouse spanning 26 offices. From the outside, he has achieved theultimate American dream. But behind the doors of his twelve-story executive suite, Kyle’s life is spiralinginto absolute chaos.His marriage is a battlefield. Consumed by toxic jealousy and spite, his wife Suzette unleashes acampaign of sabotage, filing false compliance reports with government regulators to freeze hismulti-million-dollar state contracts. But bureaucratic destruction is only the beginning.A ruthl...

Early 1920s Rural Kentucky Bill's life is completely changed after his wife's death and two of their children are murdered. Chaos seems to follow him, but this chaos is an ancient demonic revenant who demands blood revenge. Bill wants to leave the county he was raised in and start a new life. Yet, we can't always escape from our fears.He doesn't want to believe in the old Irish folk heroes or "haints" or demons, but his mind sees otherwise. Bill fears for his sanity and what is his sole surviving son.However, there is a chilling cautionary tale to Bill's life. We can never overprotect our children from harm and evil. They are nearer than we think.Will Bill change his carefree way of liv...

A necklace has vanished in the quiet town of Whiskerville. Only one detective can crack the case, and she happens to have whiskers.Mrs. Hargrove's treasured silver necklace, set with a bright blue sapphire, has disappeared from its locked jewelry box overnight. No broken lock. No open door. Just an empty box where the necklace should be.But Nina is already on the case. She solves mysteries the way only a cat can, by watching closely, sniffing out what others miss, and following every clue to the very end. With her devoted friend Emily and her dramatic kitten sidekick Paris close behind, Nina tracks an open window, a set of muddy paw prints, and a broken chain near the library.Every clue is r...

Just days before the world erupts in the Russia-Ukraine war, Jasmine and Kave set out from Gloucester, Massachusetts in their thirty-foot fishing boat, chasing bluefin tuna across the remote Seamounts of the North Atlantic.They sail straight into a nightmare.After a violent storm disables their boat, a massive Chinese supertanker appears out of the fog, bearing down on them at full speed. The giant vessel shows no signs of slowing. Jasmine and Kave shout and wave frantically—but there is no response from the towering ship.With only seconds to spare, they dive into the sea as the tanker crushes their boat beneath its steel hull.The ship never stops.As the vessel thunders past, they see a li...

Silvano and the 7 Wonders by Rade Injac - Book 2 in the Silvano the Parrot SeriesGet ready for another colourful, heartwarming adventure with Silvano, the world’s most curious and joyful parrot! After enchanting young readers in My Day with the Parrot, Silvano returns — this time to explore the seven most magical wonders of our planet.From towering mountains and glowing oceans to ancient secrets and natural marvels, Silvano takes children on a journey filled with: Imagination, Friendship, Adventure and Gentle wisdom for growing hearts.As Silvano flaps from one wonder to the next, he teaches young readers:the importance of appreciating naturehow different cultures shape our worldwhy curio...

Silvano and the Magical Colors of the Rainbow By Rade InjacA magical journey through feelings, colors, and self-loveWhen Rade wonders why he feels so many different emotions, Silvano the parrot reveals a beautiful secret: feelings are like colors in a rainbow.Together they step into a magical rainbow world where each color teaches an important life lesson — bravery, creativity, joy, growth, calm, wisdom, and gratitude.Filled with vibrant illustrations, playful storytelling, and gentle wisdom, this heartwarming picture book helps children understand their emotions and discover the most powerful lesson of all:When you love yourself, your colors shine for the whole world.Perfect for children ...

Vertex Rising is a dark dystopian thriller set in a near-future America collapsing under mass unemployment, infrastructure failure, economic panic, and government fragmentation. As cities decay and supply systems fail, a ruthless but visionary operator named Jimmy Bush builds underground economic networks, private security structures, and regional alliances designed to restore order outside the failing system. Blending political intrigue, survival realism, corporate power struggles, and techno-authoritarian themes, the novel explores whether rebuilding civilization requires saving democracy… or replacing it. When mass unemployment begins tearing apart the American economy, former industria...

In Broken Food, Rob Scott delivers a provocative 2026 investigation into the collapse of the American nutritional landscape, tracing the systemic pivot from nutrient-dense, farm-based meals to a trillion-dollar industry of engineered "cheap calories." By weaving the narrative of a Texas-based "cottage food" entrepreneur with a rigorous historical and economic analysis, Scott exposes how government-subsidized overproduction and industrial processing have prioritized shelf-stable volume over human health. The book contrasts the communal, biology-bound labor of 19th-century farms with the modern urban struggle, where "hyper-palatable" processed goods fuel metabolic disease and dependency. Ultim...

Cloaked as a would-be author grappling with a crippling case of writer's block, Greg Emerson retreats to a serene Smoky Mountain cabin in hopes that inspiration will strike. He has chased this Idea for his Great American Novel for decades but always fallen short of discovering its essence. Mired in painful memories and with the Idea ever out of reach, he comes to fear losing sight of his ambitions—and his sanity. Through a menacing Shadow and taunting Voice, the Idea slowly discloses itself to Greg -- but does he dare confront it? Tormented by these demons flashing scenes from his past, Greg contemplates abandoning his dream and even ending his life. He must choose whether t...

Aghast at American cinema's descent into boundary-pushing violence, famed Hollywood director J. Edgar Schnatz decides to move in the opposite direction—a celebration of sexuality. But making the world's first mainstream adult film comes with its own unique set of challenges, from finding a willing cast and sufficient financing to getting that all-important NC-17 rating.

          As a child she was called 'Betsy'.  In college she became 'Liz' and "Elizabeth' as a woman of independent means ─or so she portrayed herself to others. The image of the child often taunted as 'the convict's daughter' to the woman known as 'the ice queen' was shattered in the realization that no matter what the name, what the image, underneath it all, everyone was not who others believed them to be. Especially not those she loved the most.