Shieldmaiden

“Just a girl,” they said.”Not a warrior,” they laughed.”Never a Viking,” they mocked.They were wrong.I was raised by a shieldmaiden who taught me to wield a sword and stand my ground. Every step of the way, I had to prove I belonged—whether in the sparring circle or on the deck of Håkon Jarl’s ship as we set sail for Denmark. But nothing could prepare me for the chaos of Hedeby, where foreign warriors and local thugs seemed determined to knock me down.Now, on the brink of my first real battle, I’m facing more than just steel and shields. Betrayal and bloodshed threaten not only my life but everything I’ve fought to protect. The path ahead is brutal, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.But I won’t back down.Defy the odds. Witness my rise. Step into the saga of a shieldmaiden today.

Nameless

Danger swirls in the mists of the Puget Sound. People are disappearing, the most recent being a young child. Nothing links the victims, except the kidnapper. FBI Special Agent Dakarai Lakes suspects the victim count will only increase… unless he and his team can stop the criminal. His team’s newest agent might be their greatest weapon. Special Agent Kevyn Taylor has a reputation as a mind reader. As a licensed clinical psychologist, she’s spent years honing her skills to read and predict human behavior with a high degree of accuracy. She might be the secret weapon they need to get inside the kidnapper’s head – if her rule-bending, renegade tactics don’t drive Dak crazy first. Then the first body is found. The kidnapper is escalating. As more people disappear, and more bodies are discovered, the team fights an unseen enemy to stop him before he kills another victim. Because if they fail, the next body found just might be one of their own. Nameless , the thrilling first book in the Sinister Secrets trilogy, is a Christian suspense novel exploring the power of loneliness, friendship, and faith-filled living. Get your copy today!

Lost Souls

USA Today Bestselling YA & Paranormal author, W.J. May takes you along a journey of finding oneself, finding your strengths and your weaknesses, of knowing who to trust and how far you are willing to go. Your curse is your biggest strength. I just didn’t know it yet. Jamie Hunt’s the high school quarterback in his senior year. He’s popular, smart, got the prettiest girl in the school chasing him. Everything couldn’t be more perfect.
But a single mistake changes everything. His new “ability” puts him in the middle of a war he doesn’t want to be a part of, protecting a girl he barely knows and running from the one thing he loves—his family.
Never give up. Never give in. Mending Magic Series:
Lost Souls
Illusion of Power
Challenging the Dark

The Twin Stars

A troubled teen. A magic journal. A portal to another world.”Lucasfilm-esque…[A] strong start to a space saga.” — Kirkus ReviewsOlive Joshi is an imaginative sixteen-year-old with OCD. She checks and double-checks that the stove burners are off, avoids driving for fear of causing an accident, and constantly worries about hurting the people she loves. Olive finds refuge from her anxiety in writing stories about Coseema, a magical princess on the distant planet Lyria. Coseema is fearless, confident, powerful, and perfect — everything Olive thinks she’ll never be.When she falls through a portal into her own abandoned story, Olive finds herself in a world in peril: double suns scorch the planet, the brutal Prince Burnash seeks supreme power, and Coseema has gone into hiding. Bringing back her heroine might be Olive’s only hope of saving Lyria and finding her way home. But when her attempt to summon Coseema goes horribly wrong, it’s Olive who must flee for her life. Together with her friends — a bold and powerful poet, a handsome but cursed musician, a renegade soldier with a troubled past, and an adventurous girl from the desert — Olive must face her deepest fears to escape Burnash’s tyranny. With the fate of a star system on the line, can Olive find the hero in herself?The Twin Stars is an engrossing new portal fantasy in the spirit of the Wizard of Oz, the Neverending Story, and the Chronicles of Narnia, with a dash of Star Wars and a sprinkling of Dune. Fans of space fantasy, coming-of-age adventures, unexpected twists and turns, and novels about mental health and self-confidence will love this unique tale about facing what frightens us most.What readers are saying:????? “Portman executes a marvelous debut novel, one which will have readers clamoring for installment number two immediately!” — Amazon review????? “A book that will be cherished.” — Amazon review????? “A gripping sci-fi fantasy with powerful themes and high stakes… The second book in this series can’t come soon enough! I’m hooked!” — Amazon review????? “Portman does a brilliant job helping the reader experience what it is like to have OCD. It truly is a wonderful representation.” — Goodreads review????? “I. NEED. BOOK. TWO.” — Goodreads review

Texas Forged

When the woman of his dreams walks through his door, it seems too good to be true…

World famous metal artist Gabe Walker is elated when the woman he’s loved since high school strolls into his workshop to ask him out on a date. But there’s a catch—it’s with another woman. Gabe has no trouble saying no to that date, but with Chantel? The answer’s always hell yes.

With two failed relationships behind her, Chantel Chandler wants to keep things light. She’s recently back in Whiskey River, Texas, and is determined to pick up the pieces of her life. But her casual friendship with Gabe quickly combusts into an intensely hot affair with an unexpected surprise…a pregnancy.

Chantel would love to be a mom, but she needs to be loved for herself first. Gabe says he’s all in, but how can she trust again when she’s been let down so many times?