A Lifelong Love for Quilting Starts in 1967, Arthur, Illinois Despite the best efforts of Emma Bontrager's mother, Emma hasn't learned much of anything that will prepare her to be an Amish wife. Therefore, she's sent to Arthur, Illinois, to be taught by her paternal grandmother. Though she would rather be fishing, hiking, or playing baseball, Emma finally listens to her grandmother and even finds she enjoys working on a Tree of Life quilt. Having met a nice young man, she now feels more prepared for marriage. But rumors swirl around his character, and it looks like she'll be returning to Indiana with a broken heart. Even so, her time in Illinois has ignited a new passion for quilting that will last for years. - A stand-alone prequel to The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club and Half-Stitched, the musical.

A New Zealand post-apocalyptic speculative fictionThe world has been 'cleansed' by an astronomical event and civilisation as we know it is shattered. From the wreckage, a technological society in New Zealand emerges. They build a city that they call 'New Hope'; a utopia, but it comes with sacrifices.Anso McDiarmid is a troubled teenager in the city who isn't prepared to make those sacrifices. He decides to take action, and the story follows his maturing into manhood.A story that gives the reader a view of a possible future, while reflecting on the past and exploring ideas of social reform, indigenous issues, and an insight into the male mind when faced with some of the major episodes of a man's life. 263 pages.

Kreyn wakes in absolute darkness—bound, broken, and stripped of memory. He does not know who he is, what he has done, or why he is imprisoned in a place so ancient and merciless that even time seems to avoid it.The only thing he knows is pain.When an angel named Caelum descends into the abyss, Kreyn believes his end has come. Caelum was sent to confirm a simple truth: if the prisoner has awakened, he must be destroyed. But something is wrong. Kreyn remembers nothing of the crimes he is accused of. Worse—both Heaven and Hell seem desperate to keep him that way.As fragments of memory surface, they bring agony instead of clarity. Angels and demons alike appear in his visions—not as saviours, but as executioners. The deeper Kreyn searches for answers, the more violently the world resists him remembering.Against his duty and his training, Caelum begins to question the law he has never doubted. Why would Heaven and Hell...

During DC Smith’s third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency, they have been asked by a member of Norfolk’s aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe. The inquest verdict was of misadventure, but it isn’t long before Smith begins to suspect there has been a serious miscarriage of justice. 

A haunting mystery beneath the ocean's surface. One woman's reckoning with the past. Long-buried secrets waiting to rise.Hawai'i, 1998. When a string of rare shark attacks unsettles the once-peaceful Kohala coast, marine biologist Minnow Gray is called in to investigate. Known for her uncanny connection to sharks, she is the island's best hope for uncovering why the attacks are happening—a mystery that has both the local community and the tourism industry on edge—and for determining whether the same great white still haunts the coastline.Witness to an unspeakable tragedy involving a white shark and her own father, Minnow has carried a darkness with her ever since. She knows, deep inside, that unlocking the memories of that long-ago morning is the only way to truly heal. And as she searches for answers, the past and present collide, revealing shocking and unexpected truths that cut deep as the sea itself.The longer she's in...