Texas Dead

The body of a respected financial analyst is found dead in an alley downtown Corpus Christi, the fifteenth murder of the year. Classy detective, Mackenzie Michaels, known as Maxie, a celebrity for her stellar track record of solving murders, as well as her pure Texan charm, is on the scene with her partner, Detective Kobe Jameson. What they uncover leads to a complicated investigation of corruption reaching far into the administration, and a risky gambit on their part to solve the crime(s) and ... [Read More...]

The Ping-Pong Champion of Chinatown

Buffeted by an ever-optimistic attitude, Gertie McDowell, a naive young girl from backwoods Kentucky, pens her diary–a series of bizarre misadventures that take her from starring on a foot fetish site in Los Angeles to hustling bets as a mechanical bull rider in Texas. From serving a stint in West Virginia’s Alderson Prison, because she “trusted the wrong kind of fella,” to getting sold into white slavery. But perhaps her crowning mishap is seeking the ping-pong champion... [Read More...]

Free: OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages

Award-winning novelist and cultural critic Strobe Witherspoon interrogates his own profession. It goes terribly. OOF explores the role of satire in a society lurching from one ridiculous crisis to the next, where media outlets rely on clicks to stay alive and everything is filtered through a lens of anger and misinformation. ... [Read More...]

Blood Loss: A Vampire Story

Vampires are real. Deadly. And very, very hungry. Caroline Murray thinks vampires are the stuff of fantasy. A successful lawyer, engaged to a brilliant, if erratic, scientist, she has no idea of the horror about to engulf her. Ariane Van Helsing knows all about vampires. Her family have been fighting the lamia, as they call them, for centuries. She tries to convince Caroline of the danger facing her and her fiancé. She fails. At first. In a series of journal entries, texts, emails, blog posts ... [Read More...]

A Second Chance at Forever

The last time I saw Landon Nash, he was leaving town with a target on his back and my heart in his hands. Fifteen years later, fate brought him back into town and stupidity brought him back into my bed. It’s hard not to admit that life is passing me by. It seems like all of my friends boarded the happily ever after train and somehow, I was left twiddling my thumbs when it left the station. Still pinning for the same man who broke my heart. Landon and I weren’t just high school sweethearts. ... [Read More...]

Free: The Happiness Recipe

To find your recipe for happiness, you need to know what matters most to you; have strong beliefs to support taking the necessary next steps; and actually do the kinds of things you want to, while letting go of the rest. You also need to be willing to share your desires with the world—something that is often challenging. This is where The Happiness Recipe comes in. With actionable steps for closing the gaps that are often present along the path to happiness, Rebecca Morrison shares insights o... [Read More...]

Free: Hot SEAL

When a terrorist steals a drug submarine, Navy SEAL Dane “Viking” Erikson finds himself thrust into his first HOT mission with an unexpected partner: his ex-wife, DEA agent Ivy McGill. Dane doesn’t want to work with the one woman who still twists him up inside, but he can’t refuse a direct order from his commanding officer. Ivy’s on a mission of her own–to put the ruthless drug dealer she blames for her mother’s death out of business for good. If she has to work wi... [Read More...]

Mr. Big Stuff (More Than Money)

Kiefer Marks. Rich Bad Boy Biker. Tattoo Artist. Chiseled Abs. My next-door neighbor for the last year. The hottest guy I’ve ever seen. That pretty much sums up the guy I’m in love with. And oh yeah, he’s also the guy I’ve barely spoken to. The thing is, I’m not his type. I’m the town librarian. I’m way too curvy—and much too shy. They call him Mr. Big Stuff around town and I’m pretty sure the nickname is all about what he’s packing in those gray sweatpants he rocks when ... [Read More...]

War of Destiny 4: Fallen Soul

Feared. Hunted. Shunned. Lane Marlow has been on the run for decades. Condemned for feeding off his own kind, he escaped Valentino, King of the Vampires. As rumors circulate about how such a young vampire escaped, Valentino orders him killed on sight. Lane manages to elude or kill all those who came after him before disappearing. But now, Lane longs for the home he had been forced to abandon. As he starts to make his way back to Ireland, he is discovered in Rome. Realizing that his quarry is st... [Read More...]