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Jake Lafarge and his mother were abandoned by his father in the Louisiana woods when Jake was just four years old. At the age of 17, Jake was hired by a hard-nosed Texas cattleman named Cyrus Ellsworth and headed north on a trail drive. Ellsworth became the father figure that Jake never had as they carve out a ranch in eastern Montana.

Joe McLean hates his life. A lonely, divorced, middle-aged man stuck in a cramped apartment, the only bright spot in Joe’s life is cheering on his hometown baseball team. Now, the local stadium, the place of many childhood and adult memories, is being replaced. Joe desperately wants a piece of this iconic venue to preserve his memories and have some memorabilia from his happier past. That’s when unusual things begin to happen, and Joe begins to rethink the direction his life has taken.

On a hot summer’s night in 1978 Sacramento, with the disco era raging, adventurous but bored Private Detective Al Repane, a.k.a. the disco detective, falls asleep under his desk only to be awakened by a visit from a beautiful perspective European client. Former concert violinist Constance "CC" Borgia, and 10 million dollars, need protection from CC’s greed-driven Ex. Just as lust begins to promise love, three heavies whisk her away, almost from his very bed! Pride deflated, head busted, and still brain fuzzed, he has to get back in gear to rescue the client before time runs out.

In it's heydey, Grossinger's Bakery was the one-stop shop for Upper West Siders seeking baked goods and traditional European treats. Breaking Eggs tells the story of Hungarian-Jewish immigrants during the depression in NYC and the business that grew into a legendary bakery. To this day, customers and grandchildren of those original customers still pine for the famous praline ice cream cake created by the author's father. This book takes you on a journey from immigration to the final days of the bakery's physical presence on the ever-changing Upper West Side.

The baby growing inside him has two fathers, and it's killing him. Genetic engineering made it possible for Adam Khan to bear and birth his biological child, but it never prepared him to carry the weight of the world. The product of a religious family, Adam hid his true self. Unfortunately, the object of his affection cares only for himself. Desperate to be loved, he turns to the morally bankrupt Chimera Collaborative, run by the sinister Dr. Shen Duan. Will the pursuit of acceptance and an idyllic life be a matter of life and death?

Brittany and Monique fly to Puerto Rico to train at Monique’s palace. In Puerto Rico, Brittany meets three other vampires that assist in her becoming a fully operational superhuman. Brittany meets a famous general from the 1800’s and becomes a scholar. Sierra and Autumn fly to the Netherlands to train at Autumn’s manor. In the Netherlands, Sierra is trained on the fine art of battle where it is discovered she has a unique survival sense. When her life is in jeopardy, she gets an adrenaline rush to assist her in defeating an opponent. Sierra becomes an assassin.

It’s Halloween and the monsters are ready to party! Strange things are happening. Seemingly unrelated events are pulling Marius all over the Ozarks. Marius doesn’t believe in coincidence. Can he find the pattern before it’s too late? Mythical monsters are on the loose, spells are failing, and ghosts are getting overactive. Marius and Bert are called to the Crescent Hotel to deal with a ghost problem. While there they meet a beautiful woman, will she be an ally or an enemy?

A promise is a promise, even if it's deadly. How far would you go to save a loved one? Tycoon Maxwell Sutherland knows how far he would, and he's hell-bent on letting nothing stop him. Medical advancements were too slow for him to save his wife, but he will stop at nothing to see that his daughter does not suffer the same fate. His daughter's inherited illness moves rapidly to snuff her life out, but Maxwell Sutherland has an unimaginable plan.

The winds of change have shifted...Erin (vampire, fallen angel), long-time best friend of Brian (superhuman), returns to Millersburg, PA, to warn him that the Vampire Noble Council has decided to eliminate his three beautiful angels, daughters Brittany, Sierra, and Taylor, who have inherited their father’s superhuman abilities. Brian was once a protectorate of the Noble Council who carried out the rulings of the Council levied upon the vampire nation.

Bob Kellerman was a washed-up shell of a once-proud man. He was about to end it all, when he heard her scream. Sometimes, life gives you a second chance. And if it does, you better make it count. Drugs, killers, a mysterious Latin lovely girl, and a street guy. All tumbled together into a Key West cocktail of murder and adventure. Kellerman is a rummy. But a skilled operator, nonetheless.

Canada. The land of Canadian Club and round bacon. And bars. Lots of bars. Ryan and I went on an "International Road Trip" there once. If I knew then what I know now, things would have gone different. But you can’t go back, only in your memories. Bar fights, they can come back to haunt you. Russian Mob bar fights will kill you. Trust me on that. Club 9 turned into more than a simple bar fight. And the only thing that saved us was the cops showing up. We escaped in the mass exodus, but most of the Russian Mob didn't.

James Marius is the Praetor of the Ozarks region. His job is to help police and protect all the supernatural beings in his territory. When an enemy from the past rears its head again and starts targeting his people Marius will need all the help he can get to protect his people. Joining him are the world's oldest man; a foul mouthed, bass singing gnome, and more. Will they be enough to stop the hell in the Holler?

Based on real events perpetrated by real people, Who Murdered Mary? is a gripping tale of shortsighted decisions, heartless animal cruelty, and needless murder of an innocent circus elephant that was aided and abetted by mob rule and officials of a prosperous railroad. The tale unfolded during three tumultuous days in September 1916 in the peaceful but ill-fated towns of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Erwin, Tennessee.

Just when he was getting close to discovering the backstory of his mysterious client, the lovely CC Borgia, private detective Al Repane is attacked on his patio, only to wake up to learn his assailants have kidnaped his client.