Meet Samantha Godsdotter—Sam, to her friends—a mercenary recently retired from Sasha’s Vixens. Sam’s seen her last battle, and she’s ready for. . . something else. She’s not sure what, but on a trip around Lake Evendiam, she rides into a small, oddly fortified village named North Pointe Common Towne. The proprietor of its pub, the Broken Claw, gives her a warm, friendly greeting—and then starts to act just a little odd.
Matthew Keeley’s poems finds magnified meaning in fleeting moments as he explores bereavement and memory following the death of his mother. Journeys, gestures, remembered words and everyday items – from knitting needles to left-behind boots – take on new significance. From the Juniper Room weighs life against loss in poems that are at once deeply personal to the poet but recognisable to the reader. Matthew hails from Glasgow and he now works in TV Development in London.
After his wife died, E.W. Marland, 54, the world's most successful independent oilman during the Roaring Twenties, married their adoptive daughter, Lydie, 26. He built a 55-room mansion in Ponca City and commissioned statues of himself, his adopted son George, and Lydie. The infamy of violating the taboo had little effect on him: he was elected to Congress six years later, then became governor of Oklahoma in 1935. However, Lydie had lifelong emotional problems.
They say life is a journey, but it becomes a true adventure when you find someone who not only rides shotgun but cheers you on at every turn. In She's Not Just Along For the Ride: A Journey With My Biggest Fan, Keith Thorn invites readers into a soulful, humorous, and heart-filled memoir-turned-travelogue of love, second chances, and the beauty of shared roads.
Nineteen-year-old Amara's dreams come true when she lands an archaeological internship in Tunisia. But her triumph turns to chaos when a historical artifact hurls her into an alternate version of ancient Carthage, where magic reigns.
Stranded in a world of warring factions and mythical beings, Amara's only way home is through a cunning Phoenician god. His price? Complete a perilous mission that could rewrite history itself.
Bruce Kimmel first fell in love with the songs of the Sherman Brothers when he was just thirteen and saw The Parent Trap—the first show on opening day, June 23, 1961, in Hollywood. He became an instant lifelong fan of their songs. What he never could have imagined was that thirty-seven years later he’d meet Richard M. Sherman through a bizarre and mind-boggling set of circumstances, the odds of which were probably a million to one. Or perhaps it was simply fate.
In The Girl on the Bathroom Floor (Oct. 14, 2025, W Publishing/Thomas Nelson), Amber Smith—wife of former country music star Granger Smith—opens her heart with unflinching honesty about unimaginable loss, raw grief, and unexpected hope. After the tragic death of their 3-year-old son, River, and a painful miscarriage, Amber wrestled with guilt, shame, and questions of faith while under the scrutiny of the public eye.
The book is a true story full of twists and turns, but it is not the whole story. It never could be. The “twists” are secrets and the “turns” are fateful choices.
