"Every once in a while an author arrives with the rare talent to combine reality with romance. This is Janis Reams Hudson." —Romantic TimesWhen nations collide, the battle for love is the fiercest of all.These six grand, sweeping historical romances from Janis Reams Hudson take readers out West, where the sun reveals all the hidden desires lurking in the shadows, and the passion sizzles hotter than the desert sands. Wars rage, hearts are broken, and forbidden love blazes, as Hudson entrances readers with these scintillating, hot-blooded stories. Views: 12
"A debut novel with a bighearted sensuality and a bull's-eye precision on a par with our best working writers today. A must-read." –Jan Elizabeth Watson, author of What Has Become of You and Asta in the WingsGood wife, good mother. That's all Claire Spruce is trying to be, but the never-ending snow in this new town and her workaholic husband are making her crazy. Even the sweet face of her toddler son can't pull her out of the dark places in her head.Feeling overwhelmed and alone, she reconnects with her long-lost high school boyfriend, Dean, who offers an intoxicating, reckless escape. But Dean's reappearance is not a coincidence. He wants something from Claire—and she soon finds that the cost of repaying an old favor may lead to the destruction of her entire life.What Burns Away is a story of loyalty, family, and the consequences of the past's inevitable collision with our future."This novel is captivating...it moves fast, doesn't... Views: 12
Bram Stoker Award nominee 2014 Views: 12
In this, the 6th Jim Stanton mystery, Janice Coldwell Stanton decides to attend her high school class reunion with takes the Stantons back to Jan's tiny hometown of Stoney, Michigan.Jan has become a poised, beautiful, and successful business woman, but to her classmates and the rest of the residents in her hometown, she would be remembered as a tall, skinny, frumpy, piano-playing accompanist.Stoney High School will cease to exist after this school year, and with its closure so will end the town's annual Homecoming Alumni Reunion tradition. While she has never attended a class reunion in the past, Jan sees this as the final opportunity to show off her husband and the woman she's become.Jim has never been to a class reunion, either, but agrees to accompany his wife as long as he can use the trip to Northern Michigan to introduce his bird dog, Judy, to woodcock, a game bird that will be all new to her nose.That decision lands the Stantons squarely in the middle of a secret that has... Views: 12
Joy was expecting a wedding proposal from Henry; what she got instead was news of another woman. But when her heartfelt letter to a cousin ends up in the hands of a young cabinetmaker, an unexpected correspondence between two strangers gets interesting fast. Views: 12
Find out why The Never Hero is being called the thought provoking scifi thriller of the year!
Every hero's story follows a path. To save mankind, he will have to abandon it.
When Jonathan Tibbs awoke in a pool of his own blood, there wasn't a scratch on him to explain why. In the days that followed, a violent and merciless otherworldly enemy came from nowhere. It killed in the streets, all the while calling out for its challenger, but only Jonathan understood the trespasser’s words. That was the night he discovered he had been drafted into an ongoing conflict, a war outside the grasp of mankind's memory. Now, the man Jonathan had seen himself becoming is not the man who can endure his future.
The first installment in this mind-bending action adventure series, The Never Hero is a gritty and honest look at the psychological journey of a man forced to forge himself into a weapon. Abandoned with little guidance, and finding himself at the mercy of a bargain struck far beyond his reach, Jonathan races to unlock the means to surmount the odds. All the while, fighting to understand the mystery behind a war between two species, raging outside of time and memory.
Confronted with the knowledge that, should he die, no one will ever know he was all that once stood between mankind and the enemy; Jonathan must decide who he is willing to become to save a planet that can never know of his sacrifice.
AT THE GATES BETWEEN WORLDS...
IN A WAR OUTSIDE OF TIME...
HE FIGHTS FOR US.
About the Author
T. Ellery Hodges was born in Sacramento, Ca in 1981 and moved to Seattle when he was nineteen. He attended the University of Washington where he received his Bachelors of Science. During his career he has worked in laboratory research, the fitness industry, and computer repair. He draws on his experiences and background, as well as his home of Seattle, to create stories that feel like they are grounded in truth even when the rules of reality are being bent. Currently he still resides in Seattle with his wife and step-son. He updates his blog with the antics of parenting, the exploits of his Doberman and Border Collie, and whatever observations he makes throughout the day. When he isn't reading or writing fiction, he enjoys studying cultural anthropology and evolutionary psychology. When it isn't raining, he even takes his motorcycle out for a spin.
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