In the powerful family story The Right to Belong, thirty-eight-year-old New Yorker Pete Mitchell declares to his sons how fortunate they are to be growing up with a father, since he did not have that opportunity. Pete seeks the help of his cousin, Nigel, to help him find his father, who was born in Jamaica. Through Nigel, Pete finds out his father now lives in London. When Nigel visits relatives there, he promises to see Pete's father. Pete anxiously waits for Nigel to send him contact information. However, when Nigel returns, Pete experiences yet another disappointment. Pete does learn about …

The rollicking Western Dusty begins in 1878 in Mills County, Texas, when two ranch hands come across a stranger at a campfire. They find out later that the man named Dusty had drawn them there to save their lives from Indians. Dusty Rhodes joins the men as they travel back to the ranch where they work. Dusty is known to the owner, and ends up taking a job for the rancher leading a cattle drive to Kansas. Along the way, there are storms and the herd is attacked by cattle rustlers, but Indians help Dusty and his men fight off …

Faced with a threat so diabolical that if allowed to succeed, this novel?s disaster scenario could make 9/11 look like a benign outbreak of the common cold. In The Ring, The Bomb, and the Word, a crack trio from the religious ?Unit,? an arm of the anti-Terrorism Task Force of Homeland security, is handed the seemingly impossible task of thwarting just such a disaster. The three agents must track down a previously unheard of home-grown terror group with unlimited sources, a nuclear bomb, and what the terrorists see as a direct mandate from God to prevent the marriage of 10,000 …

It's1940. Americans struggle to escape the economic despair of the Thirties. A gnawing sense of anxiety grips the nation as Europe explodes in conflict. With the 20th Century's most traumatic events as background, When the music stops follows Johnny Miller, a talented musician intent on making the big time; Jean, the beautiful, devious girl who walks into his life to become his obsession; and his cousin, Herman, a naive union organizer. Jean cares for Johnny but desperately desires financial security. Convinced by her false promise to be true, Johnny leaves drab Northeast Pennsylvania to seek fame in glittering New York …

Procrastination-Prince Among Thieves follows the trail of George Little, an American businessman in search of his ancestor, John Little, friend and lieutenant of Robin Hood. But that is only one part of the story… Richard Ash, an English marketing businessman who struggles with procrastination, joins George in his quest. As the tale unfolds, a unique dialogue about the reasons for procrastination is opened. For the chronic procrastinator, this eye-opening read provides an entertaining means of engaging with their own procrastination problems and learning how to manage them. A must-read for businesspeople or anyone who needs to manage their time more …

Tough as Fine Silk is a fast-paced, intricate and subtly alluring tale of love, betrayal and a journey through China's colorful, fascinating and monumental history.Michael Sorensen, a young Californian, has a serendipitous as well as frightening encounter on China's Great Wall. A beautiful young Chinese woman, Li Juan, trips on a steep stairway above him and falls literally into his arms. If he hadn't caught her, Juan could have been killed.Michael works in Beijing as an electronics engineer. Juan is the star attraction at Beijing's elegant Blue Moon night club. The club owners' most precious asset is Juan--gorgeous, sociable, self-educated …

It's Maria Levy’s tenth birthday, February 27th 1933. Her little brother, Fritz, and her parents are anxious to help celebrate her special day. But what would otherwise be a happy occasion for a little girl becomes marred by the burning of Reichstag, the German Parliament in Berlin. The rise of Hitler's Nazi party bodes ill for many citizens, including Maria and Fritz's parents. Their Uncle Herbert decides to immigrate to America with his family, but the Levy family chooses to stay, hoping that the madness which surrounds them will soon come to an end. No work and little food puts …

If you want to read mystery chillers, pick up Wake Me Nots: Please Don’t Disturb Me Till I Find Out What Happens!Wake Me Nots contains 18 short mystery thrillers, engrossing tales about different people in different situations. Surprise and shock with some unexpected twists await readers."The Long Walk" feels like a non-ending desperate situation where a young man can’t escape another man. "Midnight Coffee" takes place in a café where a truck driver enters a nightmare that’s unreal.When an arrogant man misjudges his next victim, he makes a "Deadly Miscue." Two teens decide their teacher "has got to die" in …

In the new novel Jacob’s Nanny, Richard Anderson’s wife, Melissa, walks out on him. She has a *condition* to attend to, leaving him to cope with his busy schedule as a consultant plastic surgeon, as well as taking care of their four-year-old son, Jacob. Kate Forrester’s life has just been turned upside down by her boyfriend, Alex, who she was hoping to marry. He’s found someone new who can fund his failing business. Meanwhile, a disheartened Kate is forced to find alternative accommodation in a shabby flat. A chance meeting with Richard, at the dry cleaners where Kate finds work, …

The space shuttle Galaxy, while attempting to dock with the space station Able, has a malfunction of the retro fire rockets. This jettisons the Galaxy, with Captain Jonathan Raney and his four fellow astronauts, far out into space, into its own orbit around the sun. After months of futile efforts, the crew loses contact with Earth. Running out of supplies and hope, they fall asleep, only to awake to find their shuttle docked with a sophisticated spacecraft full of humans – or are they? These rescuers are from the Planet Kaldea. So starts the crew’s journey to a planet and …

Shadows of Yesterday: The Singer and His Philandering Ways will grab you from its first erotic passage. Guy Devlin is a singer/private eye on his way to audition at the Blue Square Gentleman?s Club. Even as Guy remembers his sexual encounters in the park with the delectable Cindy, he comes on to his client, Olive Green, who wants to make an honest man of him, proposing marriage. But first Guy must deal with some members of the erotic police force, including meetings with Officer Dick Cox. Can Guy dig up the man Olive hired him to find, or will he …

Sweeping through the 1800s, through the despair of poverty and the glory of hope, through shepherding on a croft, through the atmosphere of Fort Worth and Texas to war-torn France and Europe, from modern Brisbane to heady New York City, In Love’s Time is as ageless as the aborigines’ dreamtime; it takes you from tragedy to the triumph that occurs when fortes fortuna juvat (fortune favors the brave). For Catrine Stewart, it a time of discovery and intrigue. . . Lilian White will always remember the thrill of riding in a buggy on Australia Day in Brisbane, Australia. Hearing the …