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A corporate finance manager, Brad Tillman, is grieving the death of his best friend, Al, who was a victim of an unfortunate traffic accident. As Brad helps Al’s widow to go through his things, he finds a document in Al’s briefcase that suggests he had been looking into the possible manipulation of votes in an election. With this discovery, Tillman’s entire world changes. The company Tillman works for has developed and implemented a completely secure voting system that makes such a thing impossible. Now someone knows what Brad has discovered, and he has become a target.

Hunter Cooper was made to be a veterinarian, to heal animals of every kind, far and wide. But when his first patient dies—by his hand—his confidence shatters and his dream dies.

Archibald Cloyd was an ubergeek and as pedantic as it is possible to be. Hollywood hired him at thousands of dollars a week as the technical director on a movie about Napoleon. Wilson Page, Archibald's secretary, figured he didn't deserve anything better than being nursemaid to a strutting egomaniac.

A fallout shelter could be in a church, school, or city hall. But an abandoned fallout shelter in the basement of a Bronx apartment building became a refuge for three best friends, where they could plan their dreams and their schemes throughout their lives.

A 15-year-old girl lies dead in a park. Two detectives, Logan Decker and Mike Harris, begin a routine investigation of what appears to be another death by overdose, but soon turns into a first-degree murder case. What could a 15-year-old girl possibly know that would make her a target for murder? An unexpected personal connection leads the detectives on a search for her killer in the underbelly of drugs in America. Their search takes them from the back allies of Cincinnati to the halls of Congress. Everywhere they turn, they find ruthless killers trying to protect the guilty.

This autobiography, The Wooden Bazooka, is a story of manifold drama too vivid, improbable, and intensely personal to have been conjured up by a novelist. From orphanage to battlefront to prison camp to board room and beyond, Karl Heinz Johannsmeier spins a fast-paced narrative of incredible span and trajectory, a testimony to the power of optimism and tenacity to outwit death, overcome defeat, and engineer triumph. Few individuals have proven so dramatically that the American Dream of success is indeed alive and well.

Lucas Blackfox doesn’t just see dead people; he watches, through the killer’s eyes, as they are being tortured and murdered. He’s tried drowning the visions in copious amounts of alcohol, but nothing will keep them at bay. Now, the visions have grown stronger and he doesn’t just see it; Lucas feels every emotion and sensation the maniac, with whom he has the psychic connection, feels. Not even the whiskey can drown them, and putting a bullet in his own brain seems like his only option. Until he reunites with Emma Reese, a childhood friend.

In this fascinating fantasy novel, God becomes disappointed in his ability to bring humans into a harmonious relationship in his image. As a result, he starts over, making two planets for humans. God unleashes Satan in his new worlds, hoping for a better outcome where humans rally together under the duress the devil imposes upon them. An angel convinces God that a combat Messiah is needed to inspire the humans to fight and to teach them how to harmonize with other beings. The combat Messiah fights and unites himself and others to the angels calling.

Clayton Cooper is a bona fide daredevil. Always has been. Always will be. At first, he uses his talents for thrills and payouts on the rodeo circuit. Success seems to greet him at every turn. So when he marries his high school sweetheart, he assumes she’ll follow him anywhere. But after a year and a half, she calls off the marriage and turns Clay’s heart to rubble. He sees only one way to survive: lose himself in the rigors of Alaskan smoke-jumping.

Having accepted his role as Reaper of Altum, Christian Thomas is still haunted by his past. Striving to fill the void left behind by the untimely loss of his mentor, Azrael, Chris has a long journey ahead of him. Still struggling to relinquish his connection to the living, Chris finds himself torn between what is expected of him and the unshakeable feeling that something is wrong. As Chris finds his feet as a fledgling Reaper, whispers of a tentative alliance between the forces of descent and the outcast shadows surface.

Colt Cooper is besieged by the single women of Crook County, each fighting to stake her own claim on the handsome rancher. Women are a foolish waste of energy, his past has proven, so focusing on his horse training business and overworked brother is time better spent. Though when a feisty redhead shows up for one of his horses, his thinking falters. It seems her sights are set on only one goal, and it’s not him.

After four months on the job, 24-year-old Rebecca Harper has become something of a jack-of-all-trades on the Cooper Bar-6 Ranch...except for her cooking. But the four strapping sons who run the ranch in their father's absence need wise counsel more than unburnt bread, and Rebecca is perfect for the job. Whether dealing with the driven eldest, the belligerent youngest, or the personalities in between, she recognizes the source of each young man's pain is a lifetime of a father's indifference. As soon as the rogue returns, Rebecca aims to give "Mr. Cooper" a thick piece of her mind.

In your last moments we all expect to see the faceless shadow of the Grim Reaper, that fearsome creature of the afterlife. What if he offered you a choice - a chance to redeem your life’s sins for servitude to the path of the Reaper? Christian Thomas faces his own death, consumed by the loss of his love Chris has given up all hope.

What happens to a man when he counts his own worth as loss? What happens to a woman when unseen wounds destroy her ability to speak? They invest in one another. From that moment on, both Jake and Suzannah’s inner pain heals bit by bit. By gentle degrees, their true natures entwine. They even dare to dream of a future together - until Jake’s past twists back into their lives and threatens to steal him away.

Captain Lou Rush of the New Orleans police department is the leader of the Tribunal, a band of 10 cops dedicated to eliminating the criminals that fall through the cracks of the justice system. Their success has made them powerful and untouchable in the Crescent City, but that is about to change. After two decades, the time has come for Lou Rush’s son Nick to join the Tribunal, as aging members are due to retire. However, a fellow officer is killed by the Tribunal, and Nick discovers that his father may have also murdered an innocent man.

When Johnnie Williams returns from Montana to orderly city life, he finds his job as a Pinkerton detective no longer sparks his passion like it used to...until Rose Marie crosses his path, knee deep in criminal activity. As Johnnie investigates her, a different kind of passion ignites - along with a slew of threats he never saw coming.

Bronco Cooper works hard on Harper Ranch West, helping his injured grandfather, Norman. But every night he goes to the local bar and drinks himself into oblivion. His concerned father summons Bronc’s identical twin to California to intervene. Pressure builds, sending Bronc deeper into his addiction, until one evening a beauty walks through the door.

Brought to China by a Syrian monk, the Scrolls contain a timeless wisdom for humanity. For hundreds of years, they have remained in the East. Now, a Chinese master gives Captain Jacob van Horn a sacred mission—find the one in the West destined to receive the Scrolls’ wisdom.

Talk about a cold case, try solving a 30,000-year-old murder. The Well-Dressed Neanderthal is a cosmic retelling of the Cain and Abel story, blending Genesis, Norse mythology, quantum mechanics, a kidnapped ex-naval aviator, a pitcher with a 94-mile per hour fastball, country music, a slacker chick, and a mischievous Yorkshire Terrier into a complex stew, spiced with a forbidden attraction between a troubled FBI Agent and a beautiful, blue-eyed blonde with an earth-shattering secret.

Director Jared Cohn has been through the Hollywood trenches and achieved his lifelong dream on the other side. With 50 films to his name and credits alongside greats like Bruce Willis and William Shatner, Jared has seen the good and bad of Hollywood, and he lays it all bare as he recounts his journey as a director. Fifty Movies Made is packed with stories of Jared’s behind-the-scenes adventures, his missteps, and the grit and determination it takes to make it in Hollywood.