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Tinsmith Jonah has always longed for a wife and family, but his hopes died in war. He knows no woman wants a crippled man. He has taken in two young orphans and is raising them on his own. Anne has lived a hard life since her parents died, being taken in by her aunt and uncle who treat her like an unpaid servant. When she sees the ad from Jonah, she sees light in her life again and is happy to accept his proposal. But the children want nothing to do with Anne.

This book of poetry is a cycle of work about the author's experiences and life on the Maine coast. The underlying subplot is a man's reflection on a broken relationship, lost love, and ideas on the "final stages" of living. There are 38 poems, approximately 5000 words total.

Carmella always knew she would find the love of her life in an exotic foreign country. But there’s a deadly catch to it, in “Souvenir”. Watching archaeologists unearth a mummified Iron Age corpse from a Danish bog gives a college professor an idea…how to commit the perfect murder, in “Bog Bodies”.

When her mother dies, 19-year-old Dana finds herself alone with her stepfather, a man who despises her. Desperate to find a better life for herself, she corresponds with widower, Caleb, who seeks only a mother for his son. A son who hasn't spoken a word since his mother's death. Dana lost her hearing at a young age and vows to help his son find his voice again. She falls in love with the boy, happy to be a wife to Caleb in name only. But when her feelings for Caleb begin to grow, she tries desperately to stop them. Can Caleb open his heart to Dana before he loses her?

Estella is left destitute after her husband’s passing, and accepts a proposal from a man in New Mexico. Excited for a stable home and someone to love her, her world shatters when she learns who the man is who proposed to her. Noah has been hunting the Jeremy gang for months, and unexpectedly crosses paths with Estella.

Nathan Basnight - a lifelong friend and current gubernatorial candidate - asks Herman to look into an assault. A group of masked strangers attacked a delivery driver, leaving the man drugged and locked in his vehicle with a message.

The decomposing body of a friendless slumlord is discovered in his mansion. His favorite granddaughter is a no-show at the funeral. In the blistering heat of a Dallas summer, Jake Tomek accepts the job to track her down, but is full of second thoughts about himself as a PI, wondering if he shouldn’t just stick to more pleasant things: morning walks, picking out great wine values, listening to jazz, and learning how to paint. Problem is, he just can’t keep his nose out of other peoples’ business. 

Milt Grabaur has left his life, home, and teaching career in Ohio to start anew. The Summer Winds trailer park in Palm Springs, butted up against the San Jacinto mountain range, seems the perfect place to forget the pain of nursing his beloved husband through Alzheimer's and seeing him off on his final passage. Billy Blue is a sexy California surfer type who once dreamed of being a singer but now works at Trader Joe's and lives in his own trailer at Summer Winds. He's focused on recovery from the alcoholism that put his dreams on hold.

It’s the summer of 1991 and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been arrested. His monstrous crimes inspire dread around the globe. But not so much for Emory Hughes, a closeted young man in Chicago who sees in the cannibal killer a kindred spirit, someone who fights against the dark side of his own nature, as Emory does. He reaches out to Dahmer in prison via letters.

It’s been six months since the destruction of QNI’s headquarters. The aftermath has thrown Herman Ingram into a mental tailspin. Lauded as a hero for his part in exposing the company’s corruption, Herman finds himself struggling to maintain his sanity. Inching closer to his breaking point, Herman is recruited by Greg Schultz, a former QNI executive whose family was murdered. Now determined to eliminate the remaining corporate facilities, Schultz invites Herman to document his quest for vengeance. While Schultz is intelligent and driven, something darker is taking hold of him.

Multiple award-winning author Thomas J. Nichols continues his fact-based accounts of the Border War Series with We Were Young Once following the success of Color of the Prism, this second in the series continues the Castenada/Basurto families’ dedication of stemming the flood of human and drug trafficking. Centered in the near ghost town of Hachita, New Mexico, We Were Young Once, brings the listener into the Chihuahua desert where the federal/state task force comes face-to-face with the victims and perpetrators of the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels.

An apocalyptic preacher arrives in a sleepy Midwestern town hell-bent on installing a violent theocracy. Pastor Barker's dream is to fix America's moral problems through unflinching violence, while building a national movement. Each act of terror and mayhem pulls the fingertips of fanaticism closer around Avarice. To make matters worse, the town has been plagued with cartel violence and mass shootings by Bible-quoting assassins.

Martin the Guitar and his owner, the famous folksinger Robert, have been invited to perform at the most famous concert hall in the world! Joining them on stage will be Martin's new best friend, Morgan and her father, Archie the Archtop. Will Martin and Robert make great music? Will Archie finally accept Martin as a true friend? What if Martin breaks a string?

Martin the guitar has been purchased by the famous folk singer Robert and is now on the road performing for audiences everywhere. Martin loves to make music with his new friends, the Harmonica family, and is in Florida performing with them at a folk festival. Just before the performance, Martin and his little friends are kidnapped! Will Martin show his friends his courage? Who will come to the rescue? Is romance in Martini the guitar's future?

Short Story Five-Pack includes five short stories of murder, mayhem, and mystery to keep you entertained.

This charming children's story will delight music lovers of all ages. Little Martin the guitar lives in Mr. Beninato's Music Store in New York City. He wants so much to be adopted and taken home by a fine musician, but the other larger instruments in the shop are always picked before him. Every night after Mr. Beninato goes home, all the instruments play for each other and compete for a place of honor in the shop. The large and loud guitar known as Big D always wins the contest.

Meet Phillip. His mom relocates him to a new school in the middle of the school year. Things do not go well. Phillip lands himself a trip to the dean of student's office when he tries to forge his mother's signature. Maybe if he spelled her name correctly it would have gone better. Phillip also finds himself having more and more anxiety. And the song some bullies are singing is certainly not helping: Phillip Willip, Puddin, and Pie. Got a bad grade and made him cry.    

After years of physical and emotional torment, Asia has decided to take her own life. The only problem is that someone else has planned to take their life as well - at the same time, and in the same place. Her final act has been thwarted, and worst of all: Someone now knows her most intimate secret. Written from a dual perspective, The Space Between Fire and Ashes delves into the deepest recesses of the adolescent mind to explore the power of human connection, and the essence of what wills our spirits to endure against all odds.

Leaving the Country of Sin is a tale of Rafferty, who was saved as a teenager from delinquency and slapped into a six-year hitch in the army to avoid jail. Early on, his anger and fierce resolve catch the attention of an officer in charge of a small cadre of soldiers who provide unique, subdued solutions to problems too sensitive for more obvious snipers or commandos. Later, Rafferty, having determined to retire on Galveston Island, which he had visited as a child with his uncle, hovers between seeing his past deeds as a patriotic service and just another form of murder.

Hang tight with Jake as he wanders through Dallas, encounters some crazies at Possum Kingdom Lake, takes in a ball game and a funeral in Detroit, and faces off with a sociopath south of the border.