The gripping true story of Tina Soctoy, held captive as a young girl as part of a Secret Russian Military plot to develop brutal child warriors, continues in Devil Cries Stones. “I've ended up in another world, and this world is becoming mine forever. Resting against the wide, dark-blue door frame, I look at the clay surface of the ground, covered with pebbles near the staircase. I’m becoming unafraid. A strange feeling crops up, of entering into another life. My parents are far, far away from me now. I don’t even know what they’re like, they’re that far away. My memory can no ...

High in the Alps, buried in ice, lies a secret that could change history. Professor Cariello regrets ever agreeing to join his Harvard colleagues on an expedition to the Gorner Glacier. It's February. The weather is brutal. And when one of his team members falls into a crevasse, Cariello risks everything to save him. But what he finds deep in the ice defies belief: the perfectly preserved body of a child, frozen for thousands of years—and clearly no ordinary child. Before Cariello and his fearless companion Therese can begin their research, they’re swept into a murder investigation. A ...

Brutally groomed to be a weapon under their control, would she be the key to her own survival? Every second of Tina Soctoy’s life was ruled by terror. Succumbing to the toll of constant abuse and merciless training, the abducted little girl’s sudden scarily realistic visions began to rattle her cruel captors. Demanding domination over her inexplicable gift, they subjected her to relentless psychological enslavement aimed at completely breaking her down. Taught how to kill people with only a knife, Tina learned how to survive enemy assassins. But her growing mental abilities are starting...

Investigating stolen art is not a pretty picture… Nikki’s dream job becomes a reality when a New York antique art dealer hires her for a covert mission aboard a cruise ship. Her task is to gather evidence on two passengers suspected of stealing art from the New York dealer. The presumed thieves, posing as art experts, quickly befriend Nikki, plunging her into a moral quandary. Can she remain impartial? As her investigation intensifies, she identifies a third suspect and breaks into his cabin. The situation escalates when he arrives unexpectedly and finds her rummaging through his ...

2021 Riverslea Edition. Fairy tales and magic are usually restricted to the realm of fantasy, but all this changes when an archaeological dig unearths things that would have been better left buried. Ancient artifacts created millennia’s ago by aliens, restores some magic to the world, as two disparate sorcerers, begin to wield power that could twist all the preconceived laws of nature. Adopting the name of a Hebrew High Priest of those ancient times, one of these sorcerers seeks ascendancy and power, and allies himself with moguls of great wealth in an attempt at world domination. His ...

What happens when aliens arrive, intent on destroying Planet Earth? Bad news for the aliens! One MIT hacker thwarts their attack and uses THE PERFECT VIRUS to take over not only their ship, but their entire civilization. Meet Harley Davidson and his soon-to-be-talking dog. The first 8 chapters of HARLEY AND HIS DOG won the prestigious SILVER award from Writers of the Future. Rick Bennett decided to make it a full-length novel. This might be the most unique alien invasion sci-fi novel ever written, as aliens get whacked before they fire the first shot.

A summer cruise. Horseplay and hijinks. And DEATH on the high seas! Starry eyed intern Meg Butler has embarked on her dream job, only to be thwarted at the first step. No, she didn't mean to poison the guests at the Sail Away party. Her boss thinks otherwise and is ready to send her back home. When a healthy young man is found dead in his cabin, Meg thinks its murder! But who will believe her? Flanked by a motley group of interns and crew members, Meg stumbles her way across Alaska, separating the clues from the red herrings, determined to find the guilty passenger. Meanwhile, things are ...

In a world where technology has become humanity's greatest vulnerability, one town stands untouched amidst the chaos. When a mysterious pulse of energy sweeps across the globe, cities burn and millions perish as every electronic device becomes a weapon of mass destruction. In the blink of an eye, modern civilization crumbles, plunging the world into darkness and despair. But Hope, a small Nevada town, miraculously survives unscathed. As the rest of the country lies in ruins, this isolated community becomes a beacon for survivors and a target for those seeking to exploit the new world order....

Single Mom, Rancher, Friends to Lovers, Cowboy Romance Alexander Growing up as the oldest of six on the Kingridge Ranch, I learned early on that giving away my heart wasn’t worth the risk—especially with a mother who walked out on me before I could walk. I’ve kept my head down. I’ve built my life around hard work and staying grounded. But when Cassidy Knowles, my childhood babysitter, walks back into my life after her divorce, everything I thought I knew gets tangled in the reins. Cassidy is stunning, strong, smart, and completely off-limits. A single mom with her hands full, ...

Slick sports agent Griffin Steele is living the highlife in Los Angeles, far from the shadow of the North Carolina mountains where he grew up. But when his hometown falls on hard times and needs his help, Grif reluctantly agrees to commute between coasts. He never expects the lush scenery, in the form of pretty tomboy Carlie Beth Parrish, to be such a temptation.