In Washington D.C., a beautiful, blonde socialite is brutally murdered by strangers…in Billings, Montana the offices of an assayer of land development and mines are bombed…and in Stockton County all the old played-out mines are being bought up by a mining firm that is working with NASA but allegedly has the backing of a domestic militant group. Three separate events—all linked by intrigue and suspense of hidden danger and plots and counterplots.

Special agent Denise Gibson is once again thrown into an investigation of domestic Bioterrorism. This time the deaths hit close to home and involve close friends. It will take all of her will power to handle the alleged corrupt Senator with kidd gloves. Working with her friend Officer Terry Leaphorn of the Napwap Reservation they will try to prove that their two best friends are innocent of all charges – until, at last, she comes face to face with the real group of terrorists and members of it whom she has known all her life.

Readers expect the suspenseful unexpected from Dwan G. Hightower, as her other novel, Anthrax: The Game and The Deal does not disappoint. Hightower weaves and entertaining web of espionage and terrorism, which uses NASA as a cover, and delights readers with its complexity and intrigue. And it is all done for greed…or is it?

This book’s thick plot, as with all good thrillers, begins with a murder scene. The protagonist is, of course, an FBI employee researching domestic terror threats who becomes inextricably tied with the murder victim in ways that weave her into the fabric of the very terror plots she fears. In short, The Deal is a well-thought-out thriller that conforms to the modern ideas of action, mystery, and adventure while still remaining plausible and, even more amazingly, pertinent to the world in which we now live. For an exciting look into terror and conspiracy mingled with murder, adventure, and even some romance, Dwan G. Hightower’s newest novel just might be the ticket. Other books: Anthrax: The Game.

Christi McIntyre….AllBooks Review

From an incredible dream comes the story of Crystal and The Land. Her Father is intent on murdering his only daughter, but Crystal's deceased brother guides her on a journey to be Queen.

"You must defeat father or many will suffer!" She reads her brother's words while sobbing over the magical paper. Crystal's world unfolds and her powers grow as she becomes ensnarled in secrets that have been hidden for generations.

Emotions of love and hope for the future are an asset to this tale. You will find the ending is filled with many emotions, sadness for those who are lost and happiness for those who find their way. Young ‘Crystal Elderbee’ is born and lives in the dreams of an extremely talented artist, Sandra-Jo Matusky. Her style is captivating and each character is so well presented that you literally see them before your eyes.

Cheryl Ellis, Allbooks Reviews.

This novel intertwines human lives with those of the underworld and mythology. Zeus, known as Bon Dyè plays billiards with his first creation, Demiurge. During the game the three headed goddess, Hecates evolves and for eons guards the underworld, known to us as Hell. She carries a key, a whip and a torch so most souls avoid her. Hecates is tricked away from her underground haven into our world by human wizards involved in a New Orleans Mardis Gras troupe, known as the ‘Krewe of Hecate.’ Angered by the trickery and desiring only to return home, her usual beauty becomes black with three vicious, fanged and growling dog heads. In her search to the gateway to Hell she plays with the fate of several families.

It truly is a small world. None of us really knows who walks amongst us or why our fate is seldom what we expected.

This novel intertwines human lives with those of the underworld and mythology. Zeus, known as Bon Dyè plays billiards with his first creation, Demiurge. During the game the three headed goddess, Hecates evolves and for eons guards the underworld, known to us as Hell. She carries a key, a whip and a torch so most souls avoid her. Hecates is tricked away from her underground haven into our world by human wizards involved in a New Orleans Mardis Gras troupe, known as the ‘Krewe of Hecate.’ Angered by the trickery and desiring only to return home, her usual beauty becomes black with three vicious, fanged and growling dog heads. In her search to the gateway to Hell she plays with the fate of several families. Allbooks Reviews

Mazie Fontegne returns home, intent on one thing only, self pity. The plan is to hide out at her family’s farm, lick her divorce wounds and return to San Francisco and her high-profile job at the publishing firm. For the first time in her life, Mazie is truly alone. Her marriage is over and the only family she had, her grandparents, died the year before in an odd, boating accident.

As is so often the case with life, Mazie is not left alone or allowed any time to dwell on her wounds. With a ripening vineyard, the community’s expectations and desire to pitch in to help, and a handsome, though mysterious, straw boss arriving on the scene, her immediate attention is required. When a hate crime occurs, Mazie is forced to confront the frightening and dangerous results.

Set within the rolling clay and sand hills near the Gulf of Mexico coastline, the North Florida farm and the land it occupies along the riverbank have an ancient and colorful history. Once occupied by Native Americans, early Spanish explorers, Crackers, Gypsies and a small community of French settlers, it’s fabric is woven deeply into Mazie’s life, whether she likes it or not.

It begins with unexplained deaths, but soon becomes a strange paranormal fight with a killer who rips the souls from his victims.

FBI agent Amanda Sayers and Novelist Joshua Horner are humanity's only chance. With little more than faith, conviction, and hope they face a killer whose ultimate goal defines the very root of evil, in a battle for the future of humanity and our very essence; the soul.

...And Now Hello
Carole L. Kelly
In "…..And Now Goodbye", Julia Bertinelli thought she had it all. But that was before her husband confesses that he kidnapped her twenty years before, that her name is Elizabeth Grant and that she has two children.

After her husband's death, Julia struggles with whether she should return to the life that was ripped from her in a crime that left her with no memory. When her daughter, Alexandria, is critically injured in a car accident, Julia decides that she must return.

In the second book of the trilogy, "…..And Now Hello", Julia's story continues as she leaves Argentina and travels to America to face the people she loves.

Julia's daughter may be dying. Her son is caught up in a web of fraud and deceit. Her husband is remarried and madly in love with his new wife, and Julia wants him back. To make it worse, someone wants her dead!

Kidnapped. Betrayed. Now she wants it all, her life and everything she left behind.

They thought she was dead. Now she's back. The masquerade unfolds. Can she reclaim her life before they see through her disguise? Can she love again, or will a fiery inferno destroy her only chance?

Soul Mates
John Underwood
Soul Mates is a fast-paced thriller set in the heart of Florida's Emerald Coast. While on a pleasure trip in Orlando, Jack Roberts meets Megan, a beautiful and mysterious woman who, with her knowledge of intimate aspects of his life, convinces him that she has had a vision and his daughter, Jessie, is in danger. Still haunted by his failure to save Jessie from a brutal attack two years ago, he rushes home, determined to protect her this time.

Complicating things further is the ugly ending of his roller coaster relationship with Priss, a woman his golf buddies refer to as his "psycho girlfriend." She wants him back and is willing to employ extreme measures to get her way. While Jack tries to identify and eliminate the threat to Jessie, cope with Priss' craziness, and explore new feelings brought on by the reappearance of a special woman from his past, a sensational murder rocks his community. Much to his surprise he is soon the prime suspect. Someone has targeted him in an elaborate and deadly plot. Rediscovering old inner strengths, Jack struggles to learn the truth and save both himself and his daughter.

"Readers are given an entertaining and well-told story, rich in dialogue and description..." Robert W. Rudnick Arkansas Review, December 2005

Basilisk
Sim Shattuck
Peggy DeWitt is in trouble: her marriage is coming apart and her university teaching career has become stagnant. The only bright spots are her two children Molly and Danny, her best friend Mimi, and an attractive student who seems to adore her. Little does Peggy know that this young man who respectfully loves her from afar has put Peggy in his sights: he lives part-time in a strange, pagan Medieval dream world where he plots, in the name of love, to destroy anyone who comes between him and the woman he's decided to make his own. He kicks out from under her all the supports of her life--friends, love, children, career--so that he can possess her completely--body, mind, and soul. While suddenly finding herself single again and dating the detective trying to protect her, Peggy faces one of the strangest of human problems: someone wants things from her that she can't even understand, let alone give. After the student, Rick Aaron Showell, has destroyed most of her life, she fights back in the only ways she knows.

The Legend of the Big Rock
Kenneth Bachand
The author learned the tragedies of war on the home front when two of his friends married young men who went off to war but did not return. Now, remembering the heartbroken widows and the children who would never know their fathers, he has rewoven the warp and weft of life's fortunes into a tapestry more pleasant to look upon. On their high-school graduation day, Ellen meets Linda's cousin, Paul, a decorated World War II Navy fighter pilot. In less than a month they are married. And then the misfortune of war that nearly destroys Ellen's happiness brings Linda face-to-face with Philip, a promising young medical student who sweeps her off her feet and right into his heart.
Two girls as talented as they are beautiful, a war that threatens to doom them both to a lifetime of sorrow, and two young men with uncommon skills for survival are blended together in a down-to-earth, lighthearted
story that will tug at your heart, make you laugh, and perhaps make you believe the legend of the big rock.

The Sound of Death
Jack Mullen
A cancer researcher, Dr. Charles Hancock, discovers that electromagnetic rays from television, radio, satellite and even the common cell phone transmissions are a direct cause of some forms of cancer. Threatened with loss of FCC permits, the broadcast industry leads an effort to discredit the findings of Dr. Hancock by attempting to destroy him and his family. Well-financed investigations into his background uncover a mysterious missing year in his life - a year for which Dr. Hancock has never accounted. With billions of dollars at risk, the efforts to destroy Dr. Hancock are fierce. The missing year is the key to destroying him. The outcome is a bizarre twist that links history and intrigue. The 'secret' of Dr. Hancock is a shock for all involved, including the reader.

Set in Argentina, author Carole Kelly weaves a tale of love and hate, secrets and lies that grabs the reader on page one and refuses to let go until the final page when readers beg to know more. Her intense writing style will take you on an emotional roller coaster. Characters come to life. Vivid imagery of the surrounding landscape is enchanting. This is a storyteller with great talent. Highly recommended by Allbooks Review, review Shirley Roe, December 2004.

ALLBOOKS REVIEW Editors Choice Award 2005".

We are please to announce Editor's Choice Awards for 2005

...And Now Goodbye
Carole L. Kelly
...And Now Goodbye" is a bittersweet love story of a man and his captive. Julia Bertinelli thought she had everything, a wonderful loving husband and a life that was filled with happiness. But that was before her memory returned and she realized that the man she was married to was not her husband, Julia was not her name and that this was not her life . . . It was all a lie! She had struggled through the abduction. She had suffered through the amnesia. Now she must face her awakening. How does a woman cope with the reality that she has loved and cherished her enemy . . . the man who tore her from her family and stole her life . . . the man who would never let her go unless fate intervened. This is a story of love and a crime of passion, of hate and despair, of faith and forgiveness. Set in Argentina, ". . . And Now Goodbye" takes you back to Italy and the war, to Paris and the scene of the abduction and to the United States as the mystery unfolds as to why she was taken and kept for twenty years. The story lays the gripping groundwork for the second book in the trilogy, as Julia faces her past, the life she might have had, and those she left behind.

On Second Thought
Hodelin Rene
I know now who I am
A man away from home
Far from the maddening crowd
From which I sprang and left . . .

Such is the power of On Second Thought, Hodelin Rene's first collection of poetry. This volume is a collection of poems written by Hodelin Rene over a period of 25 years. These poems were selected from many that Hodelin has written during his adulthood. The poems are about a wide range of his life's experience and some of life's recurrent themes such as love, faith, friendship, hope, self examination. The poem "On Second Thought" is also the title of this book. This poem reflects a time in the author's life when he was experiencing a transition; from lamenting over leaving the town he grew up in; to the realization that happiness can be enjoyed when we dwell on the good we can accomplish right where we are in the present.

Now's the Day and Now's the Hour
Carl Peterson
A unique collection of history and music that connects the spirit and the background of the Alamo defenders to Scotland.From the beginning of Scotland's freedom wars, with Wallace and Bruce, we see the trend carried forward to the Texas and the Alamo. With piper John MacGregor and the fiddler of the Alamo the men's spirits were maintained with the music of Scotland that contained a history of a fighting spirit. These songs were then used as the tunes for ballads and stories written about the Alamo and the Texas Revolution. This Texas freedom fight has its roots in Scotland's freedom wars.