The Return of the Northern Lights – by Mette Holt
In a world ensnared by dark forces, an abandoned farm boy and his mysterious cat must brave perilous trials to rescue his father from evil. Their magical odyssey reveals the origins of a beloved legend, as the boy confronts a village’s belief in his cursed destiny, weaving an enchanting tale of friendship and redemption.
Fugue – by Mette Holt
A bartender in a backwater Texas town reluctantly opens herself to new love, but fails to consider that one man’s evil may pale in comparison to the darkness in her own past.
Maggie Owen is a complicated woman with a simple life. She is content to live each day much the same as the last – schlepping drinks by night, working the local 50s diner by day, feeding her often-absentee feral cat, and barely holding together her double-wide with chewing gum and baling wire. And setting aside every penny she earns to pay the detective… the detective she knows will help her find the answers she seeks. All of this had to be for something. So it comes as a surprise when a handsome stranger named Jackson bustles into town and upends the lives of everyone in town – or, at least, hers. But as she allows this charming man into more and more of her life, she leaves vulnerable the one thing she has kept the most secret from even her closest friends – a secret that has been hidden even from herself. As she finally grows to trust Jackson, he becomes the catalyst to Maggie uncovering her own stark reality – the darkness she fears in Jackson may be nothing compared to the darkness of her past. The person everyone thinks she is may only be a figment of her imagination, and she can only find her answers by confronting the person she doesn’t even know exists in her own heart.
What Goes Around… – by James R. Martin
A small town psychologist must connect a series of murders to the local legend of a merry-go-round haunted by the spirit of a long-dead serial killer, whom he helped convict almost 30 years ago.
Evan Mitchell is a psychologist from a rural town who has gone on to bigger things. He returns to aid his lifelong friends, Peter and Gloria, as their son Zach takes a disturbing turn in his behavior. Early improvements are shattered as Zach embarks on a bloody crime spree. Evan and his childhood friend Buzz, the town sheriff, discover that there is more to Zach’s behavior than just adolescent rebellion, as they stumble upon the superstition that a local playground is haunted by a serial killer long believed dead, a serial killer whom Evan helped put away early in his career. Evan and Buzz frantically uncover the mystery surrounding Zach’s disturbing behavior, knowing all along that Evan, his ex-wife, and his two young daughters are in grave danger….
Dr. Bill – by James R. Martin
An obnoxious TV psychologist turns vigilante and helps his neurotic carjackers in order to work through the problems in his own personal life.
Dr. Bill is an egotistical talk show psychologist who thinks he has all the right answers to everyone’s problems. His own problems are another matter, as he is plagued by low ratings, low self-esteem, and a fire-breathing wife with no respect for him or his ability to help others. When Dr. Bill is accidentally carjacked by Malcolm, a neurotic member of a band of vigilantes and amateur detectives led by Malcolm’s brother Leroy, Dr. Bill realizes he has found the clients of his dreams and possibly the solution to his troubled personal life. But the counseled become the counselors as the rogues must help Dr. Bill through an even bigger problem – the discovery of his wife’s affair with a pompous police officer out to shut down Leroy’s “business.” They must learn to help each other in order to save Leroy’s operation, to save Dr. Bill’s TV show, and to ensure everyone’s mental well-being.
INCARNATE: Quantum War – by Robert Russo
With mankind on the brink of defeat against A.I. controlled armies, a brilliant scientist discovers a soldier with a supernatural skill for battle that both humans and machines race to exploit.
In the distant future, a brilliant doctor discovers a way to turn the tide of battle by cloning a talented soldier with an uncanny ability to survive. But unexpected casualties bring Earth closer to annihilation at the hands of the very soldier that stands to serve as humanity’s salvation. Only one thing is clear – whether humankind or cyborgs come out on top in this war, the soldier’s haunting nightmares of his past threaten to tear him apart, so even if his species survives, he almost certainly will not.