Blast to the Past Book 7 Keep history on track—that’s an order! Abigail and her friends have an important job today: They must convince George Washington to stay in Valley Forge and continue to fight the Revolutionary War. The future of America depends on him! Turns out, General Washington is superstubborn. No matter what the kids say, or where they take him, they can’t get him to change his mind. Will Abigail and the boys succeed, or will the father of our country become jus

Book 1 of the Gaspar, The Flatulating Ghost series

In I Truly Lament , Mathias Freese has gathered together twenty-seven stories, all of them (in essence) meditations on the holocaust. Freese's collection is about obsessions, mainly Jewish obsessions: the death camps, the unimaginable cruelties, bottomless terror, senseless torture, humans rendered into ashes and smoke, miraculous survivors who are little more than walking dead men and women for the rest of their lives. As Freese says in a brief prelude to one of the stories,

It was a cloudy and damp night. A fierce storm had thundered in the night before. The streets glistened as the lights shone on them. The air smelled brisk and clean, like someone had just ordered the wind to come through to freshen things up. It was on this very cold and dreary night that Paul Mathews was preparing to scale the building at 3 Ponchikov Way. This was the building where Carl Fabergé constructed some of his most beautiful gold Fabergé eggs for the crown heads of

Do you like quirky, snarky humor and adventure? Hold on to your hat. This story's loaded with mystery, suspense, and laughs; it takes you to faraway places... What to do when you discover you have misjudged a friend and hurt a love one? In some cases, flowers are simply not enough. Helen Slider wanted to make things up to her husband, Jerry, for having ruined his previous cruise to the South Pacific. She surprises him with a voyage to Central and South America to enjoy all by

Magic and mystery captivate in this fairy tale as an enchantress, Vera, and a sardonic wizard, Manix, rule the Forbidden Forest, using the vines of the forest to capture those who wander into it. However, their secrets become unraveled when an apprentice, Lance, and a nobleman, Terrence, investigate the mysteries of the forest and discover the source of its power. It is up to them to outwit the unseen forces and return the forest to its natural state as they are challenged by

Travel-writer RK Simmons meets a beautiful and intriguing woman while on assignment in Alaska. Their mutual interest in mystery stories leaves him with one half of a raggedly torn $2 bill and a strange old photograph. After the woman goes missing under unusual circumstances, the police suspect murder. The resulting adventure pulls Simmons and a companion into a web of travel, confusion and intrigue. Nothing is clear, as Oriental gangsters give chase across country on the Empi

Blast to the Past Book 6 When Benjamin Franklin decides to quit, it’s up to the Blast to the Past friends to find him and get history back on track in this sixth book in the Blast to the Past series. Abigail and her friends can’t believe it—Babs Magee has finally convinced someone to quit, and that someone is Benjamin Franklin! Not only is he an important Founding Father, he invented the lightning rod, bifocals, and more. Babs is making a terrible mess of history, and it’s up

Book 6 of The Advocate series

Blast to the Past Book 5 Abigail and her friends are in the middle of a Monday afternoon group project when Mr. C tells them it’s time to jump back to the past. They’re super-excited, even though this time things are more complicated than ever… The kids have to convince Sacagawea not to give up on her dream. But they don’t know what Sacagawea’s dream is! Sure, they know that explorers Lewis and Clark mapped a route leading out West. But what does that have to do with the teen

A single mother struggles for worth after a vicious attack. A police sergeant seeks redemption for a crime he didn't realize he'd committed - until the victim dies. While walking home from work one night, Tracy Michaels' world shatters when she's viciously attacked. He knows all about her and threatens to kill Ritchie, her baby son, if she goes to the police. She vows to keep silent, but when her friend and neighbor calls an ambulance, she's taken to the hospital. When detect

Who hasn't dreamed of traveling with a carnival? It probably sounds like it would be a lot of fun. Riding the rides, playing the carnival games and eating the food you can only find at the the county fair... It is every kid's dream. Fair Days and Carnival Nights is the story of a summer in 1990 that I spent traveling with the All Alaskan Racing Pigs from California to Alaska and back. It is a journal of the author's experiences and features color photos from that exciting sum