Month: August 2026

Drained

Who reports a homeless person missing? They’re already missing. They make the perfect target. The corpse is drained of blood. When more bodies start to show up posed out in the open, Detective Aaron Jeffers and Brianna Matthews find themselves on the trail of a serial killer. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Three Easy Lessons

LR Penn, author of the psychological thriller Gambled Lives and the theatrical farce Game Face, turns to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where a piano teacher with money problems and an Afghan war vet with drug problems must fight to survive when they get into the crosshairs of both the Russian mafia and the NYPD. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

When Success Becomes the Problem

Education is not failing. It is succeeding at the wrong thing. For decades, modern education has defined success through performance. Grades, rankings, standardized assessments, and credentials have become the dominant measures of achievement. Students are trained to meet expectations, optimize outcomes, and compete effectively. And they do. But beneath that success, something is breaking. Anxiety has become a baseline state. Burnout appears earlier and more often. Meaning feels increasingly fr... [Read More...]

Free: Tanner

He’s the grumpy billionaire next door. She’s the city girl with nothing left to lose. Now he wants her land and she’s not giving it up without a fight. In just a few weeks, I lost my job, my fiancé, and every plan I thought was solid. Then came the inheritance: a rundown farmhouse in Whispers, the kind of small town I swore I’d never end up in. Renovating it was supposed to be my fresh start. Sparring with my brooding, golden-eyed neighbor? Definitely not part of the plan. Tanner White... [Read More...]

Free: Believe It or Knot

What would you do if a tree started talking to you? When nine-year-old Beau Johnson learns that his Navy family is moving from California to Florida, his perfect world suddenly feels anything but perfect. Leaving behind his friends, his neighborhood, and everything familiar is harder than he ever imagined. Then Beau meets Knot. Hidden among the trees in his new community, Knot is no ordinary tree. Wise, funny, and surprisingly insightful, he becomes Beau’s closest confidant during a seaso... [Read More...]

Free: Mountain Man’s Sugar

Apparently women are supposed to decide between a man or a bear in the woods. When I find a gorgeous woman in the forest, I hope she chooses me. Having Wolfe as a last name is dramatic enough. My nickname is Bear. Which complements my grouchy persona, and the way I keep to myself in the woods, avoiding strangers. Until I meet Joy. She’s the sugar in the black coffee of my life. A beautiful, thoughtful ray of light… who triggers deep desires that I thought had been hibernating. One touch of ... [Read More...]

Free: The Flame Game

You can feel it the moment you walk in.The air is tight. The stakes are high. The room is reading you before you speak. And somewhere along the way, you learned to survive by being “professional,” which often means quieter, smaller, and easier to manage.The Flame Game is for the leader who is done playing small to keep the peace. Paula Fontana delivers a clear framework for mastering high-stakes environments without burning out, losing your voice, or negotiating your identity. This book tea... [Read More...]

The Diner by the Lake

A young woman, Lindsey, and her best friend, Danica, set out to re-open an abandoned diner in small town, Erie, Pennsylvania. In the process, they turn the dying business area around. With this new-found aspiring environment, Lindsey catches the attention of a California real states mogul, Jake Dawson. With love and romance, betrayal, wealth, happiness, and success all in her life, can she keep this gold streak going in this romantic comedy? $3.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]