Charlie Novak has been making a very nice living staging fatal accidents and splitting the insurance payouts with his partner. The victims? His partner's many wives. But when one of those wives is slain 6 months ahead of schedule by someone else, Charlie needs to find out who did it, and why--before a homicide investigation unravels their entire history of serial insurance fraud and serial murder. But there are complications. Disfigured as a child, Charlie has never known love. So he's in way over his head when he falls for the woman who found the body, and whose involvement in the crime is a deepening puzzle. He's helplessly drawn to this woman despite knowing she has dark secrets of her ow...

President Adolf Wallace has rigged the election and declares martial law. Native Americans decide to take back their country. So close to home in its delivery, the reader may feel uncomfortable. 

Something strange is happening to Emily Breck. Something out of her control. She keeps dying. All she knows is that each time she dies, her new self is aware of her past lives. Drawn ever southward, her journeys all have the same things in common. Small, polished black pebbles fall from the clear sky during each life. She is aided by a man named Ed during her travels to a new life in a new town. Whether he's a bus driver or a tow truck driver, Ed is always there to make sure she arrives safely.Will Emily ever discover why she keeps dying and living again? Why do the black pebbles fall just before she dies? How many times must she die before she runs out of lives? Why does her ring grow warm ...

As an ancient evil awakens, its malevolent influence spreading like a creeping shadow, three unlikely heroes are thrust into a race against time. Their mission: to unite and stand against a darkness that threatens to engulf the world in chaos and destruction. When archaeologist Albert Whitfield unearths five enigmatic copper tablets at the foot of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, he unwittingly stumbles upon a truth that has been concealed for eons. The tablets, etched with an ancient ritual, hold the key to banishing a force of unspeakable evil: The Dormant Angels.As Whitfield races against time to translate the tablets and locate the three holy men destined to perform the ritual, a sini...

A rogue hacker. A compromised government. And one woman caught between betrayal and the truth.Emily Jensen doesn’t break rules—she enforces them. But when the man she once trusted vanishes after discovering a classified surveillance program, Emily is forced to question everything, including her own agency.As she partners with an underground tech network and reconnects with Jack Carter—the hacker with secrets of his own—Emily uncovers a chilling digital conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power.Pursued by enemies in the real and virtual world, she must outthink, outfight, and outlast those who want her silenced.If you love Body of Lies, Person of Interest, or the adrenaline ...

Thief of Dreams by Jerry Payne is a crime thriller that takes readers on a captivating journey through the life of the protagonist, Kyle Stone. Set in the vibrant and tumultuous city of San Francisco in the 1980s, the novel is based on the author's own experiences and offers a unique and fresh perspective on the genre. The story follows Kyle as he navigates the challenges of building a financial empire. Still, every time he faces a setback, he is mysteriously saved by a guardian angel or higher power, leaving him and the reader wondering about the identity and motive of this mysterious savior. The novel is expertly crafted and perfectly balances mystery, intrigue, and action. The a...

Alex Colton, a young, idealistic recent college graduate, received an incredible career opportunity at boutique asset management firm Carrington Capital Partners. After the death of the chief executive officer, the leading CEO candidate creates a toxic security threatening to upend and possibly bankrupt the whole financial system. Through the help of the deceased CEO’s family and the company receptionist Lynda, Alex battles through corporate and political intrigue, along with learning secrets about himself and how he is personally and professionally linked to the ongoing saga regarding him, his family, and his place with his employer.

A man’s dark secrets rise from the ashes of his past to put him in the crosshairs of a corrupt police detective and a small town whipped into a frenzy by a reckless media storm.Five-year-old Cyndi Luchak has vanished from her mother’s Bergsburg, Ohio condo and the prime suspect is Paul Schneider, once a beloved schoolteacher now relegated to working an overnight IT helpdesk job. An “incident” with a student at his former school has made Schneider a virtual hermit who rarely interacts with his neighbors other than Cyndi’s mother, Gretchen, and the little girl, for whom he occasionally babysits.Though lacking any evidence linking Schneider to Cyndi’s disappearance, Detective Rick R...

A cryptic murder. A vineyard’s buried secrets. And a silence someone will protect at all costs.Mount Pleasant’s vineyards should be a place of peace, good wine, and summer sunshine. For Lila Bennett, it’s about to become anything but.She’s ready to enjoy the season opener at Deepwater Vineyard—especially with her loyal Golden Retriever Finn and her good friend, Representative Alan Green, by her side. But when an employee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, strange symbols scattered around the scene, everything changes.The vineyard owner begs Lila to help clear their name before bad publicity destroys the business. What starts as a simple favor pulls Lila into a maze of hi...

The Midnight Tide’s poker tournament should be all glitz, glamour, and high stakes—until a deadly hand is dealt.When a notorious high-roller is found lifeless in his suite, his winnings vanished and two golden poker chips eerily placed over his eyes, Cruise Director Rose Dela Cruz knows this isn’t just a simple robbery gone wrong.As whispers swirl through the ship’s elegant halls, Rose and her loyal beagle Rex follow a trail of counterfeit chips, tampered casino footage, and buried grudges that run deeper than anyone suspects.With the clock ticking toward the ship’s next port, every friendly smile hides a secret, and every ally could be the one holding the winning card — or the d...

In the end, the only law is survival.A solar superstorm shatters civilization overnight. Now, the price of survival is written in blood.U.S. Marshal Cody Greer is stranded deep in the Montana wilderness with a fugitive in tow, where the line between lawman and outlaw begins to blur.Emma Greer, alone at home with her infant daughter, barely knows her new neighbors but she sees what others can't: they must organize or perish.After a betrayal ended his military career, former Army Ranger Caleb Frost chose a different path: robbing banks. Now, his luck is about to run out.When yesterday's enemies might be tomorrow's salvation, can they find their way through the darkness beneath the Ravaged Skie...

The omnibus collection of the Adventures on Terra series. Three books and over 400,000 words of entertaining LitRPG adventure.Book 1Armon Ellington is nineteen year old kid that always felt out of place. He’s an orphan, a gamer, and a role playing game geek. When he dies after a seventy-two hour gaming marathon, instead of going to an afterlife he’s transported to a new world governed by rules that are eerily similar to the RPG games he loves. On this new world, Terra, he can be anything he wants, a warrior, mage, or even a crafter. Only, Armon wants more than that, he also wants friends and family.Book 2When the Imperare Empire attacked the village of Restrian, they killed most of the k...