As a young child, Meridia had a realization: she and her
parents were never, all three, in a room together at the
same time. Her vague and opaquely verbose mother and
brusque father did not speak directly to each other and did
not comment on Meridia's remembered dream of Read more...
What might be more despicable than stealing young women and
destroying them physically and mentally before murdering
them? Torturing their parents even months after stealing
their daughters might fit the bill. When a potential thief
sees opportunity in his mark's eyes, he gets more than he
bargained for: he Read more...
David Pierce desperately needs this job overseeing the
hydropower plant. After being a little too honest in his
previous job, he and his family have struggled, so he
attempts to be willing to overlook a lot in order to secure
and maintain this new position.
David's ethics are put Read more...
Summarizing the plot does not give ample power to this
work. The storyline itself could be summed up as a woman's
tale of archeological conquest, self-discovery, obsession
and religion in the Middle East, as Page Brookstone risks
her career and her reputation by listening to a couple who Read more...
Cullen "Cubby" Greenwich's agent is thrilled that notorious
and reclusive critic Shearman Waxx has reviewed Cubby's
newest novel. He ecstatically attempts to plot ways for
Cubby to ride the potential wave of literati-dom influenced
by being a "Waxx author," ignoring said author's attempts
to remind him Read more...
Although Bernadette St. Clare has often been beneficial for
the FBI, her unusual skills as an agent that give her that
notoriety also make many other agents and officials uneasy
with her, or worse, dismiss her as a charlatan. Her
sometimes partner, Anthony Garcia, however, is often
supportive because he Read more...
David Hunter is certain he is not running away from London
to the United States. He ran away from tragedy before when
his daughter and wife were killed. However, after an
uncaptured lunatic tried to kill him and precipitated a
breakup with his lover, David feels justified in trying to Read more...
After political strategizing occurs through official and
unofficial police channels, Elliot Elliot becomes the sole
detective for a medical institute; his most exciting job
responsibility has been to write reports and attempt to
locate missing laptops. He expects more of the same until
two very strange cases drop into his Read more...
Most days, Claire Conover finds gratification working in
the highly stressful foster care system. She tries to keep
children safe and encourage willing parents to become
rehabilitated, so they can get their kids back. It is
Claire's responsibility to determine the safety of the
home, the parents' dedication to Read more...
Kenzie Gregor and his travelling companion, Father Daar,
are not all they seem. After centuries of walking the
planet, sometimes not always on two legs, they shouldn't
be. Despite their kindnesses to her mother Mabel, Eve
Anderson is justifiably suspicious of the handsome man who
just bought her family Read more...
This riveting up-to-the-second thriller involves
international conspiracy, terror in the heartland and
romantic intrigue. For Samantha Reid, deputy director for
Homeland Security, gas-related events are close to home,
figuratively and literally. Therefore, exploding natural
gas pipelines invite her close scrutiny. She becomes
immediately involved, despite less Read more...
Gideon has repeated often that there's no magic in Artane.
When Zachary Smith, modern architect and reluctant time-
traveler, discovers himself standing in Artane, circa 1258,
he decides the repetition has been carefully crafted.
Although often snared into helping various medieval spouses
of his family and friends become acclimated Read more...
As soon as Detective CeeCee Gallagher hears the location of
a recent murder, she flies to the scene with even more
haste than normal. A young girl has been murdered at the
rumored location of where a supposed witch was killed
generations ago. Mary Jane's Grave became a local Read more...
When some people see a situation they know, through
training and experience, is going to go horribly wrong,
they may choose to act or not to act. They may choose to
convince themselves that what they "know" is incorrect,
that they do not have all the facts; that they need Read more...
Even as a child while being used to help her adopted mom's
sham psychic act, Gemma has always had trouble with a
spotty memory. She will lose periods of time or interact
with her friends and not remember it, or worse, not
remember them. When she wakes up in Read more...
Private investigators are often called in to prove that
someone is lying or to disprove their stories. In this
case, Quinn is flown from Seattle to Los Angeles to prove
that someone exists.
A formerly abused and dying boy, Danny, has written an
inspirational novel from which a movie is Read more...
So what would happen if an oversexed, over-drugged, female
folk singer got carte blanche to spearhead a musical
children's show in the 70s? That's exactly the question
explored in the multi-perspective flashback narrative of
the social and musical experiment of Pop Goes the
Classroom.
With no Read more...
One might assume that librarians have boring lives.
However, one would be wrong. Jane Jameson not only
possesses an unfortunate-sounding name, but also a graduate
degree in library science. And she learns just how exciting
a librarian's, or even former librarian's, life can be when
she spends Read more...
When Shane Carson receives a mustang with an unusual brand,
he does not realize how the mare will affect his life. For
the famed horseman, working on his farm with horses and
enjoying his family life are the two most important
activities he can pursue, and he works hard at Read more...
Axel Locke is a witch hunter with a curse that can only be
softened by sex or the blood of a witch, causing him to
lose his soul and become a rogue witch hunter. Darcy
MacAlister works in the family's funeral home and has
fought the stigma of being Read more...
Vicky Gilpin
Dr. Vicky Gilpin teaches Composition,
Literature, and other courses at Cerro
Gordo High School, Millikin University,
and Richland Community College. She
recently took the course Vampires in
Literature and Film through Harvard
University Extension School and teaches
an English 101 course with the theme of
vampires. When she's not teaching,
reading, writing, and taking courses,
she spends time with her husband and
their six animals.
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