Punished by Krampus

I knew my fiance’s rich family had secrets, but I didn’t expect them to involve summoning a monster on Krampusnacht.Trapped in a remote mountain cabin, I’m forced to participate in their dangerous family tradition: sign my name in blood, summon Krampus, and evade him until dawn. Krampus will reward anyone who hides, and punish anyone he catches depending on how naughty they’ve been.But they don’t know just how naughty I can be. Faced with the hulking, horned monster, I offer a deal: save my punishment for the end of the night, and I’ll help him catch the family who’s been cheating at this game for decades.The night soon turns bloody, and every sin I commit at Krampus’s side will make my own eventual punishment worse. Still, I’m determined to get my revenge even if it kills me. And as the night goes on, I’m starting to crave the release Krampus offers, especially if it involves those huge hands or forked tongue…At the end of the night, I’ll find out just how much punishment I can take.Punished by Krampus is a standalone romantic horror novella (~35k) full of both steam and scares. Intended for mature audiences.

The Price of Butcher’s Meat

While recovering from injuries at a seaside resort, the Yorkshire detective stumbles onto a deadly smalltown scandal in this acclaimed crime series.A bomb couldn’t kill Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel—but his convalescence at the Avalon Clinic in the quaint seaside resort of Sandytown (“Home of the Healthy Holiday”) just might. Sneaking out to the local pub provides Fat Andy with a bit of necessary diversion, allowing him a pint or two on the sly, plus an update on the world of trouble outside the clinic. Of particular note are the conflicting plans of a pair of powerful landowners who want to put Sandytown more prominently on the map. But when a rather macabre murder calls Chief Inspector Peter Pascoe onto the scene, Fat Andy realizes that Avalon itself is no sanctuary from the lethal secrets of the local elite—or from the death tide that now, suddenly, is rising quite rapidly.

The Show Must Go On

A stolen nuke. A rogue AI. And one agent racing to stop the next world war.When an attack breaches a decommissioned Soviet nuclear facility, ICSS agent Robert Dart is sent to investigate. But what begins as a search for stolen uranium quickly spirals into a deadly game of deception, where nothing—and no one—can be trusted.As Dart delves deeper, he uncovers a conspiracy that spans decades. Alliances blur, enemies become allies, and the line between reality and illusion fades. With time running out, Dart must confront the ghosts of his past and a future controlled by machines.The Show Must Go On is a gripping techno-thriller that explores the lengths to which nations will go to maintain power and the human cost of secrets buried deep. Perfect for fans of espionage, artificial intelligence dilemmas, and high-stakes political intrigue.

In the Line of Fire

London, 1914. As the world erupts into war, two lives will be forever changed by courage, duty, and an impossible love. Margaret Ashworth has fought every step of the way to become a doctor in a man’s world. When the Great War begins, she sees her chance to prove herself where it matters most—on the battlefields of France, saving lives others have written off as lost. Tom Fitzgerald knows the narrow streets of London’s East End like the back of his calloused hands. A dockworker turned stretcher bearer, he carries the wounded from no-man’s-land with quiet determination, haunted by the friends he couldn’t save. When their paths cross at a field hospital behind the Western Front, Margaret and Tom discover that the greatest battles aren’t always fought with bullets and shells. She’s everything he never dared dream of—brilliant, fearless, utterly out of his reach. He’s everything she never expected to want—steady, gentle, and completely wrong for a woman of her station. As the war rages around them and the casualties mount, Margaret and Tom must navigate not only the horrors of the trenches but the rigid boundaries of a society that would never accept their love. In a world where tomorrow is never guaranteed, will they find the courage to fight for something more than just survival? From the suffragette meetings of London to the mud-soaked hospitals of the Somme, Winds of Change: In the Line of Fire is a sweeping tale of love, sacrifice, and the extraordinary ordinary people who changed the course of history.

Modern-Day Miracles

Miracles still happen!Real-life, firsthand stories of personal, modern-day miracles.–Crushed under a 10,000-pound logging truck, Bruce Van Natta suddenly found himself floating above the scene of a horrific accident. There were angels present at the scene. –Ron Pettey’s brain surgeons knew that their patient was in crisis. As doctors worked to bring Ron back, Ron was already experiencing the trip of a lifetime in Heaven. –Surviving a jet crash but trapped in a burning inferno, Diana cried out, “Dear God, in Jesus’ name, please save me” over and over. Her life was in His hands. –Hardened atheist and police constable Roger Whipp was faced with a life or death decision–pray to God for his wife’s healing or disconnect her life support. He chose to – pray, and miracles followed. –Working in a 110-bed mission hospital, Dr. James Rennie was faced with a terrible circumstance–watch his young patient die an immensely painful death, or pray for a miracle in his operating room. He prayed and visually watched the Lord answer prayer. –Newborn baby Grace lay helplessly abandoned in an Ethiopian field with a noose tied tightly around her small neck. Would the wild animals hear her cry first, or would God?