What if you could ask God anything? What would you ask? And how would He answer?
Chelsea Chambers is on her own. After a public split from her NFL superstar husband, Chelsea takes a bold step out of the limelight and behind the counter of the Higher Grounds Cafe, an old-fashioned coffee shop in dire need of reinvention. But when her courage, expert planning, and out-of-this-world cupcakes fail to pay the bills, this newly single mom finds herself desperate for help. Better yet, a miracle.
Then a curious stranger lands at Chelsea's door, and with him, an even more curious string of events. Soon, customers are flocking to the Higher Grounds Cafe, and not just for the cupcakes and cappuccino. They've come for the internet connection to the divine. Now the cafe has become the go-to place for people in search of answers to life's biggest questions.
When a catastrophe strikes and her ex comes calling, Chelsea begins to wonder if the whole universe is conspiring against her quest to make it on her own. After a shocking discovery opens her eyes to the unseen world around her, Chelsea finds the courage to ask God a question of her own. Heaven answers in a most unexpected way. Views: 595
The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands. Throughout their journey the young heroes have been hounded by pursuers, who always seem to know just where to find them. Now they know why.
One of them is a traitor.
As they steer the crystal blue waters of this tropical paradise, the team can't help but suspect each other. There's a spy in their midst, and before this mission is over, a deadly trap will close around them. Views: 595
A prequel to Western Fantasy series, The Pariah of Verigo. An Elven explorer named Giryati is waylaid by bandits in the frontier continent of Verigo. A native medicine woman named Ullu comes to his aid and as they begin to learn from each other, Giryati must decide whether or not to use Ullu's magic to hunt down the bandits; whether or not he's a killer.Naming Bullets is a prequel to Western Fantasy series, The Pariah of Verigo, which includes the novels Pariah's Moon and Pariah's War. An Elven explorer named Giryati is waylaid by bandits in the frontier continent of Verigo. A native medicine woman named Ullu comes to his aid and as they begin to learn from each other, Giryati must decide whether or not to use Ullu's magic to hunt down the bandits; whether or not he's a killer. Views: 595
Ellena returns home one day to find a cat sitting on her doorstep- a cat that looks very much like her childhood pet. Struggling with depression, Ben pulls Ellena out of herself pitying cycle by deciding one day he can talk.Ellena then becomes known as the girl whose cat walks her to her workplace, the local college. Catastrophe after catastrophe begin to start at work- usually caused by Ben that leads to something better. When things start to perk up, Ellena discovers a dark secret of the college and goes to the police. Realising the corruption of the college has spread to the police, the duo decide to take things into their own hands- or paws.But when Emily, Ellena’s friend goes missing, it soon becomes clear they can’t do it alone. Detective Calloway forces his way into Ellena’s life, determined to expose the corruption within his own workplace. Faced with midnight attacks and threats, Ben and his human sneak into the Principal’s office to get files to prove the college’s guilt of money laundering, and to discover Emily’s whereabouts.Taken to a safe house by Calloway’s colleagues, Ellena escapes with Ben and hunts down the location of Emily. Finding a farmhouse belonging to the Principal, Ellena is discovered and knocked out. She awakes to find Emily next to her and Ben chewing through her bonds. Seeing her captors intending to burn the place down with her and Emily still in it, Ellena breaks her bonds and struggles with the main assailant. When the police arrive, Ellena discovers then she has been shot.Ellena awakes in a hospital, Ben nowhere in sight. No one has seen him, and all believes he is lost. Ellena falls into a depression and becomes part of a media craze, whilst Calloway comes and goes, concerned for her health. Ellena then tries to piece her life together and becomes plagued by dreams of her Granddad telling her she isn’t looking in the right places.She finally goes to her Granddad’s graveside and finds Ben waiting for her. She goes to Australia to rehabilitate whilst Emily and her cat, Juniper move in to look after Ben. After returning, Calloway comes to her house and asks her on a date. Ben and Juniper have kittens.Read More Views: 595
Alexandra Messner is the first since Officer Nathalie Duncan’s teens to breach the iron fortress of her heart. After years of redeeming her brutal and sordid past as the fortune teller’s daughter, Nathalie can finally see the promise of a happy future. Until an innocently placed photograph of a dead woman shatters her world. Alex knows that Nathalie carries painful scars, but she believes there is no wound of the heart that love cannot heal—until Nathalie confesses to the unthinkable. Devastated and heartbroken, Alex’s cold, bitter anger leaves no room for forgiveness. With her mother’s criminal secrets suddenly at risk of exposure, Nathalie’s last desperate gift means confronting her childhood terrors to protect Alex from her family’s vicious intent. But can any sacrifice be enough to save Alex or ultimately redeem the fortune teller’s daughter? Views: 595
During Prohibition in 1920s Galveston, the Island was called the "Free State of Galveston" due to its lax laws and laissez faire attitude toward gambling, girls and bootlegging. Young society reporter Jasmine (Jazz) Cross longs to cover hard news, but she's stuck between two clashing cultures: the world of gossip and glamour vs. gangsters and gamblers.After Downtown Gang leader Johnny Jack Nounes is released from jail, all hell breaks loose: Prohibition Agent James Burton's life is threatened and he must go into hiding for his own safety. But when he's framed for murder, he and Jazz must work together to prove his innocence. Johnny Jack blames Jasmine's half-brother Sammy Cook, owner of the Oasis speakeasy, for his arrest and forces him to work overtime in a variety of dangerous mob jobs as punishment.When a bookie is murdered, Jazz looks for clues linking the two murders and delves deeper into the underworld of gambling: poker games, slot machines and horse-racing. Meanwhile,... Views: 595
When Aria ends up in a coma after being attacked, Melody worries that she may never see her twin again. But inexplicably, Aria begins singing in a strange language, even while her brain activity remains flat-lined. The hospital staff discovers that Aria’s unique melodies are healing the other patients and it soon becomes apparent that Aria’s songs are capable of healing any disease on Earth.When Aria ends up in a coma after being attacked, Melody worries that she may never see her twin again. But inexplicably, Aria begins singing in a strange language, even while her brain activity remains flat-lined. The hospital staff discovers that Aria’s unique melodies are healing the other patients and it soon becomes apparent that Aria’s songs are capable of healing any disease on Earth. While Melody just wants her sister back, the medical community is on the verge of finding the Holy Grail of cures in Aria’s otherworldly tunes. Speculation runs rampant on the nature of consciousness and whether Aria is receiving guidance from a higher power on the other side of the veil. Can the medical community discover a way to emulate Aria’s melodic cures before she awakens? If so, the world we know could change forever as disease and illness become a thing of the past. Views: 595
Ten-year-old Danika Samms was going to be a dancer. Until a serial killer put an end to her dreams. Now her ghost has come to Thulu and La Fi to save her dog from the killer. La Fi is a medium and Thulu is a finder and together they find justice for the dead.The detectives take the case, but they find a heartbreaking secret and a seasoned killer already on the prowl for his next victim.Ten-year-old Danika Samms was going to be a dancer. She was even going to be on TV for a big national contest. Until a serial killer put an end to her dreams. Now her ghost has come to Thulu and La Fi to save her dog from the killer. La Fi is a medium and Thulu is a finder and together they find justice for the dead. The detectives take the case, but they find more than a lost pup. They discover a heartbreaking secret and a seasoned killer already on the prowl for his next victim. And this time their walk on the darker side of the paranormal puts their own lives at risk. "Ghost Dancer" is the third novelette from the Modern Magics series. Views: 595
To defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it.
Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father's island—and the secrets she left behind. Now, back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget Dr. Moreau’s horrific legacy—though someone, or something, hasn’t forgotten her.
As people close to Juliet fall victim one by one to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three clawlike slashes, Juliet fears one of her father’s creations may have also escaped the island. She is determined to find the killer before Scotland Yard does, though it means awakening sides of herself she had thought long banished, and facing loves from her past she never expected to see again.
As Juliet strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness, she finds herself once more in the midst of a world of scandal and danger. Her heart torn in two, past bubbling to the surface, life threatened by an obsessive killer—Juliet will be lucky to escape alive.
With inspiration from Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this is a tantalizing mystery about the hidden natures of those we love and how far we’ll go to save them from themselves. Views: 595
Dr. Zito lives only with his creations, Ernie and Oliver. In Ernie, the doctor has created a universal donor, a clone ready to give Dr. Zito any part should one of the doctor's organs fail. In Oliver, the doctor has created a robotic surgeon, ready to harvest from Ernie any flesh the doctor may need. Only, the doctor never anticipated the friendship that forms between his clone and robot.Ernie lives knowing that his death could fall at any moment. Ernie's mortality is linked to Dr. Zito's health. Only a clone, Ernie can voice no objection when the obese doctor partakes of another bourbon after another rich meal. Ernie has no right to encourage the doctor to seek even a little exercise to help strengthen Dr. Zito's failing heart. Ernie is only a clone, only a commodity, only a closet of organs and parts maintained in the best of health to be ready to save Dr. Zito from the health emergency arriving perhaps next year, next month, or next week. Ernie rebels against the purpose endowed by his creator, however, when he makes a new friend in the world of his online adventure game. Ernie suddenly cares for his tomorrows. Only Ernie must convince the robotic surgeon and guardian named Oliver that a clone deserves an opportunity to at least meet the face behind a game's avatar if a clone does not deserve a future of his own. Views: 595
The Scottish outlaw Toby Strangerson, known as Longdirk, has used gramarye, dark magic, to defeat the Fiend and save Europe from abject slavery—but he has also made himself the most feared and envied man in all of Italy.The hordes are re-organizing and plan top sweep over the Alps once more and re-take their lost prize of power and conquest. Toby and his friend Hamish struggle to unite the quarreling city-states into a single, powerful force to resist the invasion in a world where no ally can be trusted and traitors lurk in every shadow.But there's more at stake than freedom and the destiny of a continent. A woman's love is also hanging in the balance.This book was originally published under the name Ken Hood. Views: 594
A film critic in the future goes insane when he learns that a computer program has learned how to replicate his style.A man of the written word, he has made himself a name in the literary community in the year 2035. But someone has dared to plagiarize his work. When he confronts the culprit, he learns that it was not a person but a computer programmed to replicate his identity. Trapped on all sides by an encroaching world of technology, he tires to escape in any way he can. When he can't do it, he acts out violently against the machines. They become the focus of his rage, and he tries to rally the world to his mission: to save humanity from itself. Views: 594
