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Book 1 of a Classic Ghost Story Series. Based on the short story "Cabin Fever" from the book, Short Stories and Tall Tales! This book was written more like a ghost mystery story with a touch of humor. It's not a horror/thriller but a story where the characters are developed enough that you feel you know them. It's a classic story of two couples getting lost in a snowstorm, getting invited into a very old cabin which just so happens to have plenty of firewood, but no food. Luckily, Jake, his wife, and his friends brought their own food and supplies because they are amateur survivalists. They...

A Skye Dixon Detective Mystery Series! This is book one of the series. During the Prohibition-era, gangsters control a little town south of Chicago and Skye Dixon had a case to solve before her father's detective agency's doors are shuttered for good! When her father died, she was stuck saving the business or go for bust. It will take solving her first murder mystery to save her father's legacy and his business!

It was the year 1820 and the Reverend Osborne and his people had been traveling from Virginia and looking for a place to build a small settlement. The reverend would soon build his first settlement and a meeting house to worship the Lord and save the lost souls of Southeastern, Kentucky. His settlement and his meeting house were originally located somewhere close to the mouth of Hell for Certain Creek at the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. A great story with action, adventure, and surprises that will take you through the journey those settlers took so very long ago while learning their ...

Stripper Henrietta Carson turned private investigator pulls from her old connections from her stripper days. She works to solve the most significant case of her career to date along the Emerald Coast, which holds many secrets. Her case will soon merge with another case. She’ll need her wits about her as she joins another private investigator, then ultimately the FBI. Charlie was once Henrietta’s bodyguard during her stripper days. He was a seasoned detective but worked a second job because he needed the money. Charlie once asked Henrietta for a favor to help him solve a murder case. Her...

Eli, In Times Like These! Professor Elijah Collins, p.h.D takes his college students for a short stay at his cabin in the mountains for some hands-on classwork for extra credit. A storm of the century puts a damper on things, but the worst is yet to come. Eli's neighbor is a devoted prepper and Author Jeremiah Johnston, otherwise known as Frog, an X-Navy Seal. Together they join forces to save what's left after an earthquake takes a toll on life and leaves millions without food or shelter. Follow Eli's adventures as he strives to save as many as he can, and assure that life continues. Will ...

If you enjoy a story of the life of pioneers settling upon untamed land in the early 1800s in southeastern Kentucky, this story is for you! The families are fictitious but based on real people and hand-me-down stories in my family. This is folklore and is based on the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of Southeastern Kentucky passed through many generations by word of mouth. Some are based on research and study. Together they provide you the reader, with an idea of how they lived. This is a story about a pioneer family arriving in Southeastern, Kentucky from Virginia in 1820. The ...

Some say there is a thin line between heaven and hell, between love and hate, between the reality of this world and the fantasy of the next. Can Rex McGuire separate it all and solve his case? Why is the McGuire mansion always seem to be the epicenter of everything? What happened back when the town was founded? Perhaps the secret is in the attic, but Rex must find the answers or fall victim to his forefathers who had a dream that may not be his. Enter the McGuire mansion and discover what secrets it holds!

A collection of fireside stories of short stories and tall tales! Open these pages and read to others, or snuggle into a blanket by the fireside and pick a story that fits your mood!Short stories and tall tales! This is of the fireside collection. A dozen awesome stories you are bound to find a story you really like! Some of the stories are great to tell around a campfire or at any get together! This book includes, Cabin Fever, A Star is Born, Promises Made, Promises Kept, Claire and The Journalist, The Time Traveler, Love Never Dies, This Rugged Land, We Call Home, Queen Dar’keina And ...

The Chronicles of Syra! Book Three. Earth continued to try to rebuild, or at least the United States did. But Syra must now concentrate on Earth II and it's inhabitants. The population begins to grow on Earth II and discoveries are made every day. New settlements are created and a government established. But an age-old enemy was discovered, and what he informs Syra of, motivates her to have her people build Earth II's first military base and fleet to protect them from a danger they know, will soon find them. Soon a great epic battle ensues, the shields of Earth II hold up, except one break ...

The Apocalypse Series Book Two. HOT SPOT THIRTEEN. Raelyn was pinned down by thugs, held against her will, beaten and left for dead. She swore vengeance on anyone who stood in her way, from that day going forward. There would be no more mercy to anyone crossing her path. She vowed to her closest colleagues that she would find her father, Jeremiah “Frog” Johnston’s Second Chance Settlement or Safe Haven, and take her people there. She would save every last human being seeking refuge or die trying. She swore all of this while lying in a pool of her own blood. Read the book, experience ...

The Dixon Agency takes on it's biggest crime family, the Romano's from New York. Their secret weapon is Luigi Romano now under the new identity as Lewis Lombardo! The Romano's have their hands in almost every crime imaginable, but the agency had the main crime boss son to advise them on one of the biggest busts the agency will ever have. Follow the saga from Book One, Book Two and now Book Three in this private detective series!

Please note: The softcover version of this book is an 8.5 x 8.5 size. The formatting is slightly different in this Kindle version. You will need to print this copy to take advantage of the activities and coloring pages! I suggest if you are reading this children's book to those under 8 years old, that you read only a chapter or two at each sitting. It will be fun and you can ask them questions about the story after each sitting! Download a copy of the kindle version and print copies for each child to take advantage of the activities and coloring pages! Read the misadventures of Roscoe, a ...

A novel for all ages from young adults and up! A Sci-Fi adventure packed with action, aliens, and if you are a fan of Area 51 and the Roswell Grey's you're gonna love this one! And so the story begins... Just 250 Earth years earlier, those who had migrated to Mars were all settled in. Those remaining on Earth who could reach the fallout shelters had done so several generations ago. But many refused to run and hide, some had lived with this fear their entire lives, and remained above ground. On that dreadful day, they stood and watched the skies as the Mason Turton 5 asteroid streaked across...

The Chronicles of Syra! It includes all three novels. Syra, The Arrival, Syra, Race Against Time and Syra, The Awakening! This is the tale of Syra who traveled from the planet Zhian to Earth to Earth II. An epic battle with an age-old enemy and a journey from a peaceful race to one of the most powerful in all known space. Syra is one to be reckoned with as she takes her people across time and space. This is a Science Fiction Series to settle in too! Now, you can have all three Syra novels in one.

A story of love and tragedy! Nate and Ginny lived in the city, married and had no kids. They were a career-minded couple. Nate is a loving, kind husband who just wishes to take care of his wife. Ginny has forgotten how much she loves Nate and is simply miserable. Nothing makes her happy, so she complains all the time and has become the most nagging person he has ever known. But one fateful night, during a thunderstorm on their way to their cabin in the mountains for a two-week vacation. They hit a pot-hole, and Ginny gets a concussion. Then, they are steered off the road and drive down a ...

Darrell and Janette Pratt settle in on the mountain and then a fire sweeps across the land. From the city to the country life, their will to survive is tested. A gripping story with action-packed surprises, that are sure to draw you in, and keep you there until the very end! This is book two of the series of the Chamberlain Mountain Trilogy!

This is an expanded edition of the original story. Same story, same great ending, but more details! Awinita, The Legend. It is a fictional story inspired by old family stories handed down for generations in the author’s family. This is fiction and in no way indicates the life lived of the woman who inspired the story. It is a story of a Native American woman taken as a child by accident when a group of four settlers tracked down the Indians that had taken three of their young daughters. During the still of the night, the men quietly slipped into the Indian's camp and stole the young girls...

An inheritance or a lottery and nothing more nor less would have every brought this city slicker couple to this Godforsaken place with mountains and snow as far as one could see. A no man's land with no Internet, no satellite, and no cell phone service. And, not to mention the move-in day in the dead of Winter! But, desperate times call for desperate measures. They embark upon a journey, that will forever change their lives!

Darrell and Janette Pratt moved from the city, survived a snowstorm the first month, a fire on the mountain a year later and now storms and a mystery! Are they made of the right stuff to survive? This is a story that will keep you wanting to know more! Filled with suspense and mystery, action and adventure that is sure to capture your imagination! This is book three of the Chamberlain Mountain Trilogy!

A dark and evil thing from the past brought to life from a séance takes revenge beyond any level known to man. He murders the one who called upon him from his world. The killer is never satisfied, and his first victim, Abigail Rose Adams, is murdered time and time again. He calls her spirit back into the living, and another woman falls prey again as he relives his killing of her. He is known as Dheaken, and he was nearly sent back at a failed séance a century after the killings started. But, after a hundred years, he manages to return. He possesses another man as he seeks to continue his ...