by admin | Sep 24, 2025 | Historical Romance |
In the wake of losing her beloved father, Izzy Jones feels unwanted and alone in her hometown in West Virginia. In order to find a new place to call home and maybe even fall in love, she decides to travel across the country to become a mail-order bride. Yet, she quickly discovers that nothing is as she expected, and even worse, her soon-to-be husband seems to have no interest in her at all…
What is Izzy to do when the biggest decision of her life starts looking like the biggest mistake?
James ‘Bo’ Bowson has it all; a well-respected family, a luxurious house, and a job at the family firm. Even though his parents intend on marrying him off to a rich heiress, he is determined to follow his own path in life. Thus, when he first meets a beautiful woman to whom he appears to have been promised behind his back, his heart grows colder than ever. For once, Bo feels responsible for someone else’s happiness, and he is way out of his depth…
Little did he know that taking charge of his own life would make him doubt all he ever took for granted…
Bo and Izzy face a bumpy journey as they untangle their complicated feelings for each other. While Izzy is in search of family and acceptance, Bo hopes to finally break free from his parents’ control. With their fate relying on others overcoming their prejudices, can Izzy and Bo ever get the happy ending they deserve?
“A Bride In Search of Hope” is a historical western romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
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by admin | Sep 24, 2025 | Mystery |
Out for a day’s adventure exploring the dry bed of Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, two young boys stumble upon a skeleton. It might be all that remains of a fugitive named Randy Bear Heart. Wanted for robbing three banks and killing three cops, Bear Heart was never brought to justice. The FBI is called on to determine how the outlaw avoided arrest for twenty-five years and who put him in the lake wearing chains. The BIA — Bureau of Indian Affairs — gets the very same job. Special Agent John Tall Wolf is put on the case because one of the dead cops was a Native American who worked at the Mercy Ridge Reservation. The FBI wants John to “coordinate all your efforts” through SAC Gilbert Melvin. John is having none of that, saying, “I’ll conduct my investigation as I see fit.” He doesn’t even get along with his own boss, Marlene Flower Moon, head of the BIA’s Office of Justice Services. While interviewing John for his job, Marlene was amused by his assertiveness, and asked him, “What do you want, a license to take scalps?” John said, “Yeah, that’d be good.”
by admin | Sep 24, 2025 | Historical Fiction |
Her husband vanished. Now survival means standing up to a town that scorns her and protecting a girl no one wants.
In 1899, May Rose Long is left to fend for herself in a gritty mountain sawmill town. Alone and disgraced, she takes in a homeless girl—gutsy, wild, and unwanted by nearly everyone.
To the townspeople, May Rose is shameful. To the men, she’s vulnerable. But as rumors spread and obstacles mount, she must fight for shelter, safety, and dignity—not just for herself, but for the stubborn child who may be her only ally.
Set against the raw beauty and brutal hardship of a mountain community on the edge of law and civility, The Girl on the Mountain is a gripping story of a woman’s resilience and the unexpected bonds that save us.
The story of May Rose and Wanda is the first book in the Mountain Women Series, bringing to life the struggles and triumphs, friendships, and families of women in a small West Virginia town in the early 1900s.
An emotionally gripping and powerful novel you won’t be able to put down!
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Readers are captivated by Carol Ervin’s The Girl on the Mountain:
?????????? “Carol Ervin captures the triumphs, tribulations, and feel of the late 1800s perfectly in The Girl on the Mountain. Life at this time was real rough for women, and the same holds true as May Rose Long must contend with company hardliners and brothels while caring for herself and a young girl. This novel is heartfelt and powerful and I look forward to seeing where Ervin goes with it next!” – Goodreads Reviewer
?????????? “Captivating, compelling…and a whole lot of other “C” words come to mind, like: “Couldn’t” put it down. Carol Ervin’s writing is subtle and strong, the setting is powerfully portrayed without getting in the way, there’s an undercurrent of dread that creeps along…” – Goodreads Reviewer
?????????? “…If you ever feel nostalgic for the good old days, if you long for ‘simpler’ times, the kind Ervin evokes with ‘sounds of leaf whisper and high cricket drone’ and hawks making lazy circles in the sky, and if you think this ‘was the clean time, when the earth did not tremble with far-off crash of trees, and passing trains did not smother the air,’ read on.” – Goodreads Reviewer
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by admin | Sep 24, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
One body Six stories Which one is true? 1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an outward bound centre. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories of the tight-knit group of friends who embarked on that fateful trip, and the flimsy testimony of those living nearby. 2017. Enter elusive investigative journalist Scott King, whose podcast examinations of complicated cases have rivalled the success of Serial, with his concealed identity making him a cult internet figure. In a series of six interviews, King attempts to work out how the dynamics of a group of idle teenagers conspired with the sinister legends surrounding the fell to result in Jeffries’ mysterious death. And who’s to blame… As every interview unveils a new revelation, you’ll be forced to work out for yourself how Tom Jeffries died, and who is telling the truth. A chilling, unpredictable and startling thriller, Six Stories is also a classic murder mystery with a modern twist, and a devastating ending.
by admin | Sep 24, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
Sometimes you don’t get to choose where you are placed in the collective ecosystem of a high school. Luke Hartford spends his days on the fringes of social inadequacy. A normal day at his small town American High School can be described as horrific. That is until events take a turn for the worse. After a vision, Luke realises there is something other than the horror of trying to fit in lurking just under the surface. A mysterious stranger arrives in town and the teachers are acting weirder than normal. Soon enough Luke and an unlikely team of allies must fight their way towards survival, even if they don’t really know who to trust. The question is, who will survive the Open Evening? “If I can see you, they can see you.”
