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Love In the Shadows

“LOVE In the Shadows,” the final book of the Passaic River Trilogy, takes the reader from 1947 Newark through the dark shadows where mindless brutes of all classes preyed on the helpless. Women were fighting back and for the first-time muscular feminism was changing the world with Rosie the Riveter pumping her biceps on posters from coast-to-coast. Men were no longer the only ones using their fists. Four battered women panic the city’s elite when they enlist a mafia gangster to help exact vengeance on powerful men who escaped punishment despite years of brutal behavior.

New Beginnings: Annabelle's Story

Set in the 1890s, “New Beginnings: Annabelle’s Story” details Annabelle’s immigration journey through Ellis Island. Traveling from Hungary with her 4-year-old daughter, tragedy strikes. Paula suddenly dies, leaving Annabelle adrift and without support. Alfredo, a young Italian man who is also on the ship, takes pity on Annabelle helping her through the inspections at Ellis Island. She has intrigued him from his first exposure to her, while witnessing her pleading with the gypsy to tell her fortune, yet displaying her courage.

Dog Logic

Synopsis Hertell Daggett is not what he used to be: he’d once been married, he’d once been a physicist, and he’d once been shot in the head in a New Year’s Eve accident. Or possibly the 4th of July, he could never quite remember. The doctors got most of the bullet out, but a few microscopic specks of copper remained floating inside his brain, connecting parts that are no longer connected in the rest of us, filaments of species memory going back to the beginning of time.

A Witch in the Wardrobe

Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2004. Shannon Dillon discovers a document in her grandfather’s attic that appears to be written by beloved author C. S. Lewis. Oddly, the binder is covered with Occult symbols. Word leaks out, and within hours, three armed bandits burst into the house to steal the documents. Things turn sour when the American intruder shoots and kills Shannon's grandfather and brother. Shannon escapes out a window as the gooms take off with the manuscript. Traumatized, she vows blood revenge.

The Sharpest Point of the Triad

U.S. and British nuclear submarines know they have a significant quality advantage over Russian submarines. This assessment is based on the demonstrated ability of U.S. nuclear submarines to detect and monitor Russian nuclear submarines covertly in undersea operations. Recent unexpected detections of Russian nuclear submarines by U.S. nuclear submarines raise concern that Russian submarines are “catching up” to U.S. nuclear submarines. In parallel, U.S. counter espionage reveals that a U.S. submariner who works in the U.S.

Land of the Dragon

Land of the Dragon” by Steffanie M.A. Costigan is a riveting story that contains the best of both worlds. The story starts as historical fiction set during World War II and then shifts to a complete fantasy story as the main character and her siblings are transported to an alternate world filled with dragons, werewolves, and unicorns. Of course, regardless of the world they are in, the characters have to face a leader who is ambitious and wants to rule their world.

What Walks This Way

Did a red fox pass this way? Could that be a bobcat print in the dirt? Do those tracks belong to a domestic dog or a coyote? Combining humor and lyrical memoir with an introduction to wildlife tracking, What Walks This Way explores the joys of learning to recognize the traces of the creatures with whom we share our world. Nature writer Sharman Apt Russell tells stories of her experiences tracking wildlife—mostly mammals, from mountain lions to pocket mice—near her home in New Mexico, with lessons that hold true across North America.

The Village that Betrayed its Children

The Village that Betrayed its Children is the story of a rural village in Southern Ontario where a crime was committed in the 1950s and 60s. Although the teacher of the two-room village school assaulted most of the female students, he was never brought to justice - in fact, he was protected. This man was allowed to continue teaching. Many of the town's parents allowed their children to continue going to the school, though fully aware of the teacher's activities.

Zephyr's War

Growing up in the shadow of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Zep Zephyr dedicated his young life to growing sunflowers on his family’s farm. However, tragedy struck when the Chernobyl disaster took the lives of most of his family and turned their once fertile land into a barren wasteland. Determined to escape their grim reality, Zep and his brother Ziggy set out on a journey to start anew.

Enigma Forced

Enigma Forced is yet the most challenging and complex case for the Enigma Heirs. Profiteers are preying on displaced souls who seek freedom sacrificing everything. Wanting to give their children hope and a future, but they wrongly trust on a roll of loaded dice. Teens are picked off and sold into slavery. Cartels offer the choice to strong, young men to move illegal drugs over the border or die. The R-Group and CATS team leaders want to end Mateo’s inhuman business model. The heroes must derail the human exploitation and opioid epidemic killing people in increasingly dramatic numbers.