Book Catalog
Wolf Pass
In the remote vastness of the northern Rockies, a spirited young woman’s defiance of her husband’s warning draws her into a perilous encounter deep in the wilderness. Taken captive by a hunted outlaw, she is forced into a tense journey where survival, sympathy, and moral conviction collide. As danger closes in along a lonely mountain river, divided loyalties and buried fears rise to the surface. Set against an unforgiving frontier, this gripping tale explores justice, compassion, and the fragile line between belief and reality.
“Moo-oo-oo-oo!”
At a roaring city intersection, an Irish immigrant traffic officer nurtures a quiet, impossible fascination with a refined young woman who passes his post each day in a gleaming roadster. Bound by class, uniform, and self-doubt, he contents himself with fleeting smiles and imagined worlds far beyond his reach. But when an unexpected urban disruption shatters routine, the distance between them narrows in ways neither anticipates. Blending gentle humor with tender social insight, this early twentieth-century tale explores dignity, longing, and the surprising grace found in everyday encounters.
Hot Music
When a society violinist’s jewels vanish from her locked apartment, radio police announcer Dave Cates seizes the chance to step beyond the microphone and into real detective work. What begins as a routine broadcast alert soon entangles him with glamorous musicians, wealthy patrons, and the coded rhythms of a city alive after dark. As syncopated jazz pulses through nightclubs and airwaves, Cates follows subtle clues hidden in music, manners, and motive. In a world where signals travel faster than truth, ambition and intrigue collide in a case that could change his future.
Talkies
In this witty chronicle of Hollywood's tumultuous transition from silent films to "talkies," a veteran performer recounts the chaos, comedy, and technical disasters that accompanied the dawn of sound cinema. From microphones hidden under sofas to stars whose voices didn't match their on-screen personas, the author offers an insider's view of an industry turned upside down by technology. With sharp humor and nostalgic charm, this firsthand account captures a pivotal moment when the movies learned to speak—and Hollywood scrambled to keep up. A delightful time capsule of 1920s entertainment culture and the growing pains of cinematic innovation.
The Curse of the Painted Cliffs
In the painted cliffs of Calico, a lawless Mojave mining town where silver dust and gun smoke mingle, Luck Sleed inherits an empire she never wanted. Haunted by a vanished gambling debt and drawn nightly to the desert’s vast silence, she searches for something beyond the canyon’s rough music and rougher men. As new power gathers behind the green cloth and the mines begin to falter, Calico tightens around her like a trap. A stark, atmospheric Western of ambition, honor, and survival at the edge of civilization.