Shards of Summer immerses the reader in the sultry feel of the Jersey shore. Alison Ginger Jones, now a respected pillar of her community, is accused of the murder of a decorated WWII soldier that occurred sixty years ago, when she was a young barroom dancer. Evoking the life of the beach resort in the 1940s and present day, Shards of Summer dances through the lives of its main characters, focusing on the intelligent but emotionally disturbed Alison. In the 1940s, Alison collects things-shells, sea glass, men-and gets entangled with a married homicide detective investigating a series of...

Louisiana, 1816. The dying wish of a cruel father tricks Nicholas Branton into marrying a woman he's never met to ensure his inheritance. But Nicholas vows that it will always be a marriage in name only. Camille Hardison dreams of escaping the life she's living as a lowly tavern maid in a gambling establishment in New Orleans but mostly she dreams of true love. When she's foisted off in marriage to a wealthy, arrogant, handsome rogue and womanizer to settle a mysterious gambling debt, she disguises herself as a street urchin' in the hopes that Nicholas will call off the betrothal. In fact,...

"Brilliant. A chilling erotic suspense that will send shivers down your spine. A sensuous, gripping tale of murder through the ages." -Kat Martin, New York Times best-selling author with over 11 million books in print The past calls out to Ann Yang with a voice she cannot ignore. Is a killer chasing her through time? Yang, a bright, tough medical examiner, investigates a murder scene in a Philadelphia suburb that appears to be the work of a serial killer, whose calling card is American Civil War coat buttons placed beneath victims' tongues. While her Victorian home is being renovated, Yang...

From the author of DEAD ON, SHARDS OF SUMMER, WHAT REMAINED OF KATRINA, and TO TAME A ROGUE. DESPERATE, DISTURBED, DERANGED, & DOUBLE-LATTED lives up to its name. Jameson presents a collection of short stories united by themes of loneliness, dead-end jobs, desperation, unusual erotic encounters, and a need for real connection in a deranged world. You'll read about a bear that trains a man; a man who believes that whenever he leaves his apartment, his stuffed monkey runs around shouting obscenities about him and drinking all his beer; a failed Hollywood special effects makeup artist who makes...

EXHILARATING A PARODY OF GINORMOUS PROPORTIONS Moby Dick: or, the White Whale, was written by Herman Melville in 1851. Now considered a great American novel, it's ripe for zombification. The adventures of Fishpail aboard the randy sailing vessel P-God, commanded by a fellow called Captain Ascab, are heretofore set down as never before as the crew chases the big, fat, stinky, blubbery, white zombie whale that bit off Ascab's leg-and still hungers for his brain. Ascab is bent on revenge. Even zombie hermit crabs, undead sharks, too much Spaghetto, a sea of bad puns, foul language, and...

Twisted, film-optioned, multi-genre author Kelly Jameson brings you some of her darker side in I KISSED A ZOMBIE AND I LIKED IT. Offered up are three zombie shorts and one rude monkey. *Language, nudity, debauchery, self-deprecation, and decaying body parts.

"An unforgettable highland warrior seeking revenge, an innocent maiden brave enough to confront him. Spellbound is a terrific novel filled with passion, intrigue, vengeance, and all-consuming love. Readers will clamor for a sequel." --Kat Martin, New York Times best-selling author with over 11 million books in print Highland warrior Kade MacAlister has had to fight for everything. Respect. Approval. Love. To prove himself man and warrior and to win the hand of the woman he seeks to marry, he leaves Scotland to fight in Ireland. When he returns, he finds his clan has been attacked by the...

His name is Deutsch Baggerly. He's a sort of hot, middle-aged, retired potato salesman turned private eye. He's traded the spuds to go after the puds. Anything anyone can do he can't do better. He has the instincts of a wet-bottom shoofly pie. Absurdity, apathy, and luck are his favorite weapons, and occasionally potatoes. Yet he somehow stumbles into solving cases no one else will touch. He's horrible at shark diving, paintball, karate, safe-cracking, knife-throwing, e-mailing, zip lining, you name it. But don't tangle with him: he's Pennsylvania Dutch and he may put the hex on you. He has a...

1447. Winter has wrapped its icy fingers around the Highlands. The MacKinnon clan is in chaos. Weakened by battle losses, treachery, and a lack of leadership, a Hogmanay celebration turns ugly as clan members decide to burn a witch at the stake-one of their very own, Isobel MacKinnon, a castle servant with the Sight. As flame is about to be touched to the kindling at her feet, five warriors appear in the snowy night, rescuing Isobel from a fiery death. But the mysterious leader of the warriors, a fierce Highlander called The Black Wolf, has saved his enemy's life for selfish reasons. He needs...

A REVISED AND EXPANDED NEW EDITION OF A MODERN CLASSIC After Hurricane Katrina destroys her city, an unlikely heroine turns to art and revenge to survive. A failed hooker, magician's assistant, hotel maid and ice cream truck driver, Katrina Lalande comes barreling back in her old red Cadillac to haunt the abusive husband who thought he'd finished her off during the storm. Bent on revenge but determined to find hope in the wreckage, she remembers her past life as Vincent van Gogh as she paints murals on flood-damaged homes, trying to plug the leaks in her city and her heart.