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A Place of Darkness (A Psychological Thriller)

Vigo Pointer has survived an unhappy childhood with an absentee father and alcoholic mother, then his own marriage has gone to pieces. Now all he wants is to be left alone.
It’s taken years of therapy to heal the emotional scars, control his alcoholism, reconcile his feelings of failure, and begin to live a productive life.
Everything seems to be under control until a strange telephone message and envelope set in motion a series of events that could once again destabilize Vigo’s fragile mental equilibrium.
Will Vigo overcome this final, life-threatening challenge, or is his world about to unravel?

and Other Stories

In No Harm, No Foul what appears to be a harmless prank has unforeseen consequences. The Characters Among Us are not always what we expect them to be. When a writer struggles to bring his story to a conclusion, he discovers that this time, completing it will take More Than Words. In The Not So Innocence of Youth, a helpful schoolteacher is taken advantage of by a less than innocent student. When Matthew receives A Gift from Beyond, he realizes that there’s more to love and happiness then our mortal existence. In The Last Fare a cab driver learns a valuable lesson about what’s important in life during his last pickup of the day.

As the owner of Mystery Cup Café in Wilton, Missouri, a town made famous by a string of long-ago murders, Blake Harper is used to the mysterious. When her barista is found strangled in a mound of coffee beans, Blake vows to find the killer, even though her sister, the town’s lead police detective, tells her to stay out of it.

Blake finds plenty of suspects, like the owners of a rival coffee shop and the handsome new bookstore owner. But when new threats are made, she soon realizes the danger is centered around Mystery Cup and someone is targeting her personally.

Will Blake be able to solve the murder, find a new barista, and perfect her recipe for espresso brownies before she becomes the next victim?

Operationally Svelte Unleashes Growth, Innovation, and Profit

An “operationally svelte” organization means it is lean, flexible, and efficient.

Organizational bloat creeps into companies as they grow. It dulls cutting-edge innovation, slows responses to changing economic conditions, whittles down profitability, and hinders growth. You will not curtail it by doing what you have always done. Companies need a new strategy.

In Operationally Svelte, author Duane Deason presents a refreshing approach to making an organization lean and unleashing its potential: create a Cost Management Center. Think of it this way — while your Sales team focuses on revenue, your Cost Management Center team focuses on managing and controlling costs throughout the organization.

Get step-by-step guidance to establish a Cost Management Center and eliminate the common culprits of waste and inefficiency. Then dive into strategies to maximize its effectiveness and transform your company for optimal performance, enhanced growth, superior innovation, and increased profit.

An emotional small-town romance about second chances, healing hearts, and finding love when you least expect it.

When Wendy Watts inherits the family inn in Blue Moon Bay, she returns to the coastal town that once broke her heart. Determined to sell the rundown inn fast, Wendy is thrown off course when Max Huntington, a charming millionaire, offers to help with repairs — and maybe mend her guarded heart.

As they work side by side, Wendy discovers that sometimes love arrives when you’re ready to open your heart again.

From a New York Times bestselling author, don’t miss this heartwarming story of friendship, hope, and enduring love in THE SECOND CHANCE INN.

Malta, 1940 — The war has found them. Will love and courage be enough to survive the darkness ahead?

For Katarina, life in the sunlit capital of Malta is almost perfect — helping in her family’s bakery, surrounded by friends, and untouched by the conflict raging across Europe. But when the distant echo of war becomes a roar overhead, everything changes.
Desmond, an RAF pilot newly stationed on the island, faces a grim reality: too few planes, too few men, and missions where returning is never guaranteed.
As bombs turn homes and businesses to rubble, Malta’s people are driven underground into the ancient catacombs to try to survive. Cut off from supply ships, starvation creeps into every shadow. In the midst of fear and loss, Katarina and Desmond find a fragile love — a lifeline in a world unraveling.

But war is merciless. Torn apart by devastating twists of fate, each must endure impossible trials, uncertain if they will ever reunite. As the final days of the siege approach, the question looms: will either live to see the war’s end… or will the conflict claim them both?

It’s a Roses are Blue Christmas. The sisters and their newly found siblings have their first Christmas together. Of course things wouldn’t be right without a little drama surrounding them, but overall they are just happy to be together through it all.