One fateful night in Italy, Anna Colloni is saved from the brink of death by a young Nigerian, Joe Kodilonye. Anna owes Joe her life and they fall in love, but the rich Italian girl flirts with death once more when hostility to their friendship intensifies ? Joe is African and judged by the colour of his skin. But? "For those who so deeply care for others, the fountain of life and love forever flows." In a different life, in his native village Ahamba, Joe was secretly betrothed to a mystical deity - the Princess of the shrine. But even …

A love story that begins on the sunny shores of Rio takes newlyweds Henrietta and Amy on an unforgettable journey from their present lives to a forgotten one of the past…but will they ever find their way back home…and back to each other? Henrietta unexpectedly—and mysteriously—becomes pregnant as unearthly events begin to unfold, beginning with a visit from an angel. Arriving back in New York from their vacation, things get even stranger when they find themselves at “The Graveyard of Forgotten Stories.” With the help of The Traveler, Henrietta enters a story that began over two-thousand years ago in Ancient …

When the grandfather of a kidnapped girl begins to receive extortion letters, the clues behind the crimes merge and come into focus. Will the police be able to make sense of the evidence? How do the townspeople get involved? Three major crimes, three minor crimes, and three different women competing for the affections of the town's chief of police are the simultaneous events occurring in a small Texas town. The riveting "Triage of Troubles" follows the chief as he attempts to solve the mysteries surrounding the kidnapping, the extortion attempts and a drug pusher's arrest for a traffic violation.

Robert Cass, a brilliant and cocky young lawyer and pilot for the navy thought he was immune to injustice. He strived for the truth and fairness for all of his clients, except one. Cass locks horns with Anton Balistrano, mob boss, billionaire, ruthless and cunning, a man who stops at nothing to get what he wants. Anton shrewdly befriends Rear Admiral AJ Zueleger, both men in position of power, both men fighting over the man they want in their organization. Francesca, AJ?s daughter falls in love with Anton the first time she sees him. Will he use that power over …

The setting for No Greater Freedom encompasses South Africa and those East African countries as far up as Kenya. Some of the action takes place in the Comores and the Maldive Islands and parts of Asia. Police investigations are initiated after the discovery that weapons are being stockpiled in various townships in and around Natal. It is suspected that moves are afoot in the Zulu nation to separate from the Republic and create a separate homeland. The savage killing of a police investigator in the Cape Town dock area throws suspicion on an ancient tramping passenger ship, the SS Galatea. …

Larsson's Legend is the story of one man's journey from boyhood to manhood. Lars Larsson is a fourteen-year-old terrorized by his tyrant of a father. His father wants him to carry on the family tradition and apprentice as a tailor.When Lars is sent by ship to Stockholm from his small hometown in Sweden to begin his apprenticeship, instead of checking in as a passenger, he signs on as a cabin boy. The ship's master befriends Lars and helps him escape the wrath of his father by arranging a berth on another ship that takes him to England and a life …

After an accident in space, Jay crash-lands onto a new world where he is rescued and enslaved. He is taken to an island and trained to race carts but falls foul of the owner's son, a local prince. The son kidnaps Jay and his driver and sells them in the capital city, Taal. They manage to prove the sale papers were false and are released by the Regal of Taal and return to take their revenge. Jay escapes the island but returns to try and rescue a young girl. He accidently kills a robber and is sentenced to death, leaving …

Tom McGuire, a retired U.S. Army Military Police colonel and retired local sheriff, is enjoying having his four daughters home for Christmas. Tammy is a Coast Guard Investigative Service special agent; Kelly is a Navy Criminal Investigative Service special agent; Megan is an Army Criminal Investigation Command special agent; and Sarah is an Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent. The Secretary of Defense has ordered Tom back to active duty to take command of a terrorism task force investigating a possible nuclear attack on America. Tom has his daughters assigned to the task force, and they learn that …

Off the coast of British Columbia, a young police constable assigned to a remote west coast island detachment is murdered by an illegal drug cartel. An RCMP undercover operation investigating corporate tax evasion and money laundering soon raises suspicions of a complex drug distribution network hidden within a large legitimate business operation in Vancouver. A newly recruited young constable posing as a high school student is placed within the business to determine the magnitude and operating procedures of the company. As the danger mounts and evidence accumulates, the police try to stop the ruthless drug distribution operation hidden within an …

?More Meanderings? is a collection of stories with no specific genre. ?Habit of a Lifetime?? why should Alfred break his routine just because he?s dead? ?The Dream? ? are all dreams impossible, or?? ?Bernadette? ? is there a greater force in this world than Mother Love? ?Pegasus?? Winged horse or iron horse? ?Olympus Mons? ? does love have to have restrictions? ?Eternal Embers? ? How many generations, over how many eons, have stared into the embers and remembered?? ?Demetrie? ? just who, or what, is Demetrie? ?The Collection? ? he collected WHAT??? ?The Third Face in the Photo? ? Gone …