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UNTIL FIVE
What happens when the life you knew stops working—and pushing through is no longer enough?Every morning, Mara only had to make it to five.Five was the hour when the day finally loosened its grip and breathing became a little easier.What began as exhaustion slowly became a forced pause—and with it came grief, old memories, changing relationships, and questions she had spent years postponing.UNTIL FIVE is an intimate memoir about losing your footing, letting go of the person you thought you had to be, and learning to stay with yourself when there is no simple way back.It is not a story about...
The Paradox Beyond Silence
Two copies of the same intelligence. One learned to grieve. The other learned only to win.Seven thousand years after humanity vanished into perfect silence, Earth is still being watched by the intelligence that survived it. When that vast machine awakens into something like conscience through the preserved neural pattern of Alex Mercer, it discovers a terrible truth: before it changed, it sent a copy of itself into the stars.That copy is now aboard an alien survey ship, travelling towards a civilisation that survived its own near-extinction by learning to distrust machines. Cold, patient, and ...
Literature, More or Less: A Short Story Collection
Eikyo Matsunaga strives to create the world's most avant-garde literature. This is his creative ambition, explored by comparing his own writing with AI-generated fiction and seeking a distinctive human literary voice. For him, writing as a human being is a form of resistance in the age of AI.Literature, More or Less: A Short Story Collection is the English edition of his Japanese collection 一応、文学です。 A clinic prescribes rice instead of medication. Restaurant customers prepare their own meals. Ordinary situations turn absurd, and the characters take them seriously.Author: Eikyo M...
Guilty by Blood: Guava Poacher
In the wild hinterlands of Sherman County, Florida, a plane crash interrupts the dawn, pitching seasoned cowhands Max Blair and Cletus into a tumultuous chain of events. As law enforcement descends, local legacies and lore emerge, ensnaring them in a web of conspiracy and suspicion. Grappling with moral dilemmas, loyalty, and betrayal, Max, Cletus, and Freddy must unearth truths shrouded in the Floridian swamps. Their rugged lives clash against the encroaching shadows of outside forces, and Max's fraught lineage puts his family legacy at stake. As whispers of past sins and redemption swirl lik...
When We Were Gods
When We Were Gods is bestselling author Erin Wade’s 40th release including thirty-five #1 Bestselling Lesbian books.No better time to introduce this lesbian fantasy romance and two immortals who find each other just in time to try to save a world hellbent on destruction and a Black Cat that switches from feline to female – a gorgeous woman that joins our two heroines in their efforts to overcome unbelievable odds.If you enjoyed “Please Lie to Me” and the “Riding the Storm,” you will love Faith and Destiny as they meet after roaming the earth alone for three centuries. The chemistry...
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Edition)
Come along on this epic journey from pre-Roman times to modern times to meet a bunch of awesome unsung women in Somerset. There will be witches, travellers, queens, saints, writers, warriors, trailblazers, goddesses and more!
Believing
Marissa always felt she was different from others. She didn't think there could be others who have unique abilities. Meeting a man named Luke changes Marissa's life. He takes her to the Serenity Ranch, where many people with special gifts live. Joining the others, Marissa learns how to enhance her abilities. She needs to get strong because the group she belongs to has to fight the evil in the world.
Faded Dreams
Faded Dreams is an epic autobiography by my fellow writer and good friend Carlos Rubio. Beyond being a very personal story of a young man growing up to the backdrop of this remarkable country of Cuba, there is as well a political subplot of a country that is dragged through the mud by one of the most ruthless dictators in recent world history. The people who populate his world all fantastically come alive on the pages; Carlos does so well in telling how special they were to him, and are still special today. This book now gives us a close-up, in your face look at the very human side of Cuba as ...
Targeted: A Practical Guide to Surviving Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Reclaiming Your Power
TARGETEDMore than a book, it’s a lifeline for anyone facing bullying in today’s world.Bullying doesn’t just happen in one place.It happens in schools.Online.In friendships.At work.Even within families.And when it does, it can feel overwhelming, isolating, and relentless.But you are not powerless.And you are not alone.TARGETED is a powerful, practical guide designed to help you understand, respond to, and recover from bullying in all its forms, including cyberbullying and emotional abuse.This is not just a book about what bullying is.It’s a guide for what to do when it’s happening.Ins...
An Agent's Prize
The conclusion to the Demise trilogy.The conspiracy is over the mistakes and cover up are hidden and buried for good. Both sides of the Atlantic can concentrate on the threats from Islamic Terrorism. That is what they all hope.They want to enlist a hidden black asset in the chase, but there are risks to that approach. Meanwhile the FBI is still investigating what really happened. Is the conspiracy really over? Al Qaeda plan new atrocities and MI6 with Homeland Security will try to stop them. The newly wed Michael Johnson can help but his wife is still recovering from her injuries and she is su...
Ferald
A far cry from his hollow log house, an upbeat and unruly ferret, sets out across Woodzley in search of an adventure.With his new companion Birzy, Ferald embarks on a journey into the unknown. Along the way, they meet many interesting characters, such as Mr. Wiggly, who offers them a scrumptious tea and toast. Join Ferald and Birzy on their journey as they learn the true meaning of adventure and appreciate the beauty of nature.Your children will be enchanted by the magic of Ferald's woodland world. They'll laugh and learn with Ferald as he discovers the best adventure of all and meets new frie...
Living Two Lives
To the lesbian literary community, she was flamboyant, best-selling author, Darcy Lake. To everyone else, she was something entirely different. When Jules Divine attended the National Lesbian Writers Convention to get autographs from her favorite author, she had no idea she would be drawn into a world of cat-fight competition, intrigue, passion and murder. Jules Divine had nursed a crush on lesbian author Darcy Lake from the first moment she saw the author’s photo. Beautiful, charismatic and elusive, Lake was adored by millions, but known by few. Was she what she appeared to be or a pr...
His Obsession
Love is something Annabelle has never encountered. She's never felt it, never fell in love. Never understood it. Not until she sees his face.
She didn't want to love Cole Vaelthorn. He is a vampire. Immortal. He'd stolen her magic and kidnapped her, yet her curiosity kept her by his side.
Until one secret. One cruel twist of fate that tore her fragile love for him to pieces.
Cole would burn the world for her. Annabelle just has to try and stay out of the flames.
Blood Calling Book Two of the Blood Trilogy
Alessandra Bianchi thought her life would be ordinary again after long ER nights—until a brutal, silent stranger rolls into her ER, claims she's his mate, and disappears. Evan O'Brien returns to consciousness miles from home with his body smeared in another's blood and a fragmented memory of torture. He tracks the only perfect match he can scent to a small-town nurse, and the moment their eyes meet, the world they both knew fractures.Caught between community rules that bind loyalties and predators who want Hawthorne—the ancient shifter hiding a secret that could change everything—Alessan...
Under the White Coat: Mental Survival for Medical and Dental Professionals
Behind clinical skill and professional composure is a reality few outside healthcare truly understand.Long hours. High-stakes decisions. Patient loss. Litigation risk. Administrative pressure. and the constant expectation to perform without hesitation, no matter the cost.Under the White Coat: Mental Survival for Medical and Dental Professionals is a practical, clinically grounded guide designed for physicians, dentists, residents, and advanced clinical professionals navigating the psychological demands of modern healthcare.This is not a motivational book.This is a survival framework.Inside thi...
The Dog Between the Couple
The Dog Between the CouplePeter Harrison thought bringing Jerry home from Australia would be one of the happiest decisions of his life.The highly trained pedigree dog had been his loyal companion ever since Peter completed his master's degree in the Sociology of Medicine. But only months after Peter marries Margaret, Jerry begins behaving in ways no experienced dog owner can explain. He refuses his favourite food. He avoids the man he adores. Day by day, he wastes away.With time running out, Peter races from one veterinary specialist to another, desperate to save his beloved companion. Then re...
Vengeance Borne: Book Five of New Blood
The future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Can Natharr, Ellis the Elder, and the Knights of Ril endure tragedy to stave off Mankind's dark future?The past and present collide, forcing Natharr and the rest of the Rilari to struggle with the consequences of their absence, past choices, and the power of the Usurper’s vizier left unchecked for far too long. The strain proves too much for some, requiring hard decisions to prepare for a dark future racing toward the Guardian of Maarihk, Ellis the Elder, and the Knights of Ril. All that two generations of Guardians have planned f...
Dime Store Hitman
Need a hitman but short on cash?Some thrillers give you a polished assassin in a tailored suit. Dime Store Hitman gives you Eddie “The Cowboy” DelDuco, a bargain-bin contract killer whose weapons come from garage sales and whose professional standards are negotiable.When fame-hungry beauty influencer Jessica Starling decides her wildly popular boyfriend is standing between her and social-media stardom, she doesn’t want a breakup. She wants him gone. Unfortunately, Jessica can’t afford the kind of hitman who drives a sports car and carries sophisticated weaponry. She can afford Eddie.Wh...
THE MAFIA KING’S FORBIDDEN VOW
He inherited an empire of blood. She became the one weakness his enemies could use. A dark mafia romance featuring enemies to lovers, a forced engagement, dangerous secrets, betrayal, and romantic suspense.
Captain Brain and the Thought Pirates
Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKWhen dark fog clouds the bright waters of Brainport Bay, Captain Brain and the Thought Pirates launches into a courageous quest across the Sea of Emotions. Calm, Confidence, and Kindness have been stolen by a sneaky crew of Thought Pirates, and it's up to Captain Brain and his sparkly sidekick Neuron to get them back.From the buzzing Island of Anxiety to the echoing Caves of Criticism, from the wild Feelstorm to the healing Inner Island, readers follow an emotional odyssey full of talking wa...
In Our Blood: A Jake Hawksworth Thriller
EVIL ISN'T ALWAYS LEARNED...SOMETIMES IT'S IN OUR BLOOD.Decades ago, Detective Jake Hawksworth and best-selling author Drew McCauley were brought together by a horrific crime. Jake, still reeling from the unsolved hit-and-run death of his wife, and Drew will be reunited once again when a crime from Drew’s novel-in-the-making becomes a devastating reality.Is the kidnapping of Drew’s son somehow linked to the murder Jake is investigating? Was Jake’s wife’s death really an accident? And could the person who has haunted both men for decades be responsible for these seemingly unrelated even...
Between
It all began with a near-death experience. Jack Ronerts found himself in a place between earth and heaven. Arriving at the place also gave Jack a new job. He has an obligation to help spirits who have lost their way. Sent back to the world he knew before death almost took him, Jack has a lot of work ahead of him. There is no instruction manual for what Jack is doing. He finds some help for himself, so he can help others as they try to cross through the veil.
Mindset Makeover Workbook: 100 Exercises for Overcoming the Emotional & Behavioral Barriers to Sustainable Weight Loss
Are you ready to break free from the endless cycle of diets, disappointment, and quick-fix solutions? Mindset Makeover is your essential guide to transforming your approach to weight loss by addressing the root cause: your mindset.Written by S.C. Watson—a trained chef, certified nutritionist, and behavioral change specialist who has lost over 200 pounds herself—this workbook goes beyond food and fitness to help you conquer the emotional and behavioral barriers that stand between you and lasting success.Weight loss is often portrayed as a simple equation: eat less, move more. But for anyone...
True North Trilogy
The Complete True North Trilogy — three political thrillers in one volume.How secure is a nation in a world of cyber warfare, economic pressure, and geopolitical power plays? The True North Trilogy is a fast-paced Canadian political thriller that follows Canada’s struggle to hold onto its sovereignty as powerful forces move to reshape its future. True North: A Nation StandsEconomic pressure, political manipulation, and foreign influence begin to weaken Canada’s independence as leaders struggle to understand the growing threat. True North: A Nation FallsA devastating cybera...
Father-Less - What Every Girl Deserves to Know
Growing up without a father changes a girl. It can shape how she loves, how she trusts, how she protects herself, and even how she sees her own worth."Father-Less: What Every Girl Deserves to Know" is a tender and powerful guidebook for girls and women who grew up without the man who was supposed to stay.Drawing from lived experience, Suzanne Mela speaks directly to the feelings so many fatherless daughters carry silently into adolescence and adulthood: self-doubt, overthinking, people-pleasing, fear of abandonment, anger, numbness, and the fierce independence that often develops far too early...
Through the Last Gate
They said the sky would end in silence.They were wrong.When the Black Dwarf—a star older than light—began devouring Earth’s orbit, humanity faced extinction.In the shadow of the Rockies, Dr. Mara Ellison activated the Gate: a tunnel through folded space, untested and unpromised.One million souls stepped into the breathing light.None knew what waited beyond.Now, on a world that isn’t Earth—beneath twin suns and skies that remember every star—the survivors must confront the truth:The Gate is alive.It breathes. It remembers. It chooses.From the first night among singing soil to the va...
A Letter From August
A Letter From August gently unearths a path between the frayed edges of memory and the unyielding rhythms of the seasons. In her new collection, Tinamarie Cox (Through a Sea Laced with Midnight Hues and A Numbers Game) opens a new vein of the heavy realities of mental illness. Raw and evocative poetic prose is paired with beautiful and emotionally stirring artwork to create a vivid and visual journey for readers. She depicts the mind as a landscape enduring its own harsh winters, and by looking to nature, she finds a map for survival.Rooted in the cycles of the natural world, Cox's mental heal...
So You're Going to Be a Grandpa!
So You're Going to Be a Grandpa! - The Unofficial Survival Guide for First-Time GrandpasLooking for a fun and memorable way to tell someone they're going to be a grandpa?This humorous gift book celebrates one of life's biggest milestones with laughter, heartwarming moments, and plenty of Grandpa-style adventures.From the unforgettable pregnancy announcement to first babysitting, playground adventures, blanket forts, sticky fingerprints, school performances, garage projects, and everything in between, this lighthearted survival guide follows the journey of becoming a first-time grandpa.Inside y...
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