Book Catalog
Loot of the Lazy A
On a rain-soaked night in fogbound San Francisco, a penniless young woman on the edge of Chinatown is pulled back from despair by a desert-hardened stranger with a battered suitcase and a stubborn sense of decency. A sudden collision with the city’s shadow economy sends them fleeing into the fog with an identity that isn’t hers—and a road that leads far from the bay. From bohemian chop-houses to an isolated Southwest cattle town where old grudges never quite die, survival will demand nerve, reinvention, and a careful reading of fate. Gritty, atmospheric, and charged with frontier tension, this tale follows two unlikely allies as they step into a world where every name carries a price.
In a Lifeboat
Adrift on a merciless sea with dwindling water and a blazing sun, three survivors cling to the edge of life in a tiny open boat. John Farrant, a gentleman, and Joe Trasker, a rough sailor, are locked in a desperate tension of suspicion and distrust as they struggle to protect the fragile Eve Wellerby. Bound by a brutal rationing of water and fraying nerves, each must choose between self-preservation and sacrifice. In the crucible of survival, the truest measure of a man is revealed—not by birth or class, but by the depth of his courage and the greatness of his heart.
The Old Lady Flies
In the fading glow of barnstorming’s golden age, Russ Healy refuses to abandon the battered Jenny that carried him through war’s aftermath and the perilous thrills of a traveling flying circus. When hard times force the outfit to ground its oldest plane, Russ chooses loyalty over profit—and pride over prudence. As tempers flare and a dangerous movie stunt beckons, the sky becomes a proving ground for devotion, daring, and the cost of sticking to one’s guns. Set against the raw spectacle of early aviation, this high-flying tale captures the grit, camaraderie, and recklessness of pilots who lived by lift and nerve.
What’s Life Worth
In the small northern logging town of Big Neck, a defiant young man stands accused of murdering the most powerful man in town—and seems determined to hang for it. Mary Lee, the only female attorney in the county and the most underestimated one, is the sole voice who believes he may be innocent. As she fights not only the court but her client's own will to live, she unravels a web of old debts, buried secrets, and a crime that runs far deeper than anyone in Big Neck dares to admit. Set against a rugged Northwoods backdrop, this is a story of justice pursued against the odds, and of two broken people who may yet save each other.
Two-Way Trail
In the frozen heart of the Yukon gold rush, a desperate young woman stands on the bar of a Dawson dance hall, auctioning herself to the highest bidder. Fleeing her predatory stepfather and devastated by her brother's death, she gambles everything on one reckless act of survival. When a broke miner called the Red Rover sacrifices his prized dog team to win her, they vanish into the wilderness on a trail that claims to be one-way for women. Years later, as an old sourdough spins this tale beside a campfire, a white-haired stranger listens—and the truth of what happened on that frozen river proves that some stories never truly end.