The Paisley Jubilee Story

At a mental health program in New Jersey, the colorful Paisley Jubilee brightens even the cloudiest days. A middle-aged gay man battling diabetes and depression, he empathizes deeply with fellow patients struggling to quiet inner demons.

Surrounded by a cast of endearingly quirky characters who speak and act outside the norm, Paisley discovers connection, community, and his own vibrant voice within a system that often overlooks people who think differently.

Through Paisley’s uplifting friendships and hard-won wisdom, The Paisley Jubilee Story delicately explores complex themes of mental illness, identity and stigma. But with humor and heart, these unforgettable personalities illuminate that hope can dawn in even the most broken of places when compassion kindles our shared humanity.

The Player's Brain

This book challenges the very foundation of traditional medicine with a controversial and fascinating idea: using neurosurgical intervention and behavior modification to reintegrate sociopaths into modern society. Written in accessible language, it explores the groundbreaking work of Dr. Antônio De Salles, who pioneers this approach at the intersection of medicine, science, technology, and human interaction.

The book’s thought-provoking content makes it a must-read for students and academics across various disciplines, from the sciences to the humanities. It illuminates the complex medical, technical, and moral implications of this sensitive issue, encouraging readers to grapple with the ethical questions raised by this emerging field of study.

“The field of psychosurgery promises to change how we think about science and mental illness. Already, brain surgery is safe enough, and implants are sophisticated enough, for alteration of the brain to be accepted as mainstream therapy.”

– Hays and Berenbein.

The Premier

Another unpredictable, fast-paced and superbly written present-day story by Simon Benjamin set in Israel and inspired by true events. The Premier chronicles the fascinating highs and lows of the life of Elliot Sterling, the newly elected charismatic Prime Minister of Israel who is thrust into leading a country facing both domestic ideologically motivated political conspiracies and crimes planned against humanity by Iran financed murderous Hamas terrorists.

The Premier is the third novel in Benjamin’s trilogy series which includes his highly acclaimed Scam Seduction and Beyond Billionaire. This sequel seamlessly continues the irresistibly thrilling story of a brilliant Beverly Hills businessman that is forced to move his family to Israel where he amasses an enormous fortune and by destiny finds himself as the nation’s head-of-state. The Premier is a first-rate action mystery that educates as well as entertains while featuring an ensemble of vivid characters with clever humour and a provocative secret. You’ll keep reading from the very first line and won’t be able to put it down.

The Price

High school is usually a rough time, but imagine having to frequently move and join in the middle of the term. Who is Julia really? Why did she have to move so often? Can Julia face the horrifying fate that awaits her?

The Reluctant Imposter

Willie regrets promising to take her friend’s place at the Earl of Grenmoor’s estate in Cornwall for a few days and tries to back out, but her sense of duty holds her firm. Pretending to be someone she’s not goes against all her principles, and Willie eventually confesses her deception. Surprisingly, the earl’s grandmother accepts her confession and sets her sights on matchmaking Willie with her grandson, Lucien Barkley.

Neither Willie nor Lucien are aware of this scheme, and they don’t initially like each other. Willie, the daughter of a vicar, feels out of place among the elites, while Lucien finds her outspokenness off-putting. Despite this, Grandy is determined to bring them together. Willie repeatedly finds herself in one predicament after another, unbeknownst to the earl.

Lucien remains unaware of Willie’s deception until she unexpectedly saves his life. Sparks fly, but Willie mistakes Lucien’s admiration for humiliation and runs away. While Grandy is ready to give up, the earl is not. They clash, yet are irresistibly drawn to each other.

The Return

The Return is a sequel to The Gatekeepers in a new series by Susan B. A. Hofmann.

Damion Tingley has returned to claim his rightful position as the most powerful Gatekeeper the underworld has ever known. His return is fraught with many unexpected setbacks. Yet he is determined to be given the coveted Gatekeeper's Robe as well as the Book of Spells and Incantations. The Gatekeeper's Robe and the Book of Spells and Incantations have been handed down to all previous Gatekeepers.

Throughout the centuries and from around the world, all the former Gatekeepers and coven heads have given the power they possessed to the Gatekeeper's Robe. All the knowledge of spells and incantations they possessed has been recorded in The Book of Spells and Incantations. These two powerful items will be given to Damion Tingley as the most powerful Gatekeeper to date.

The Rise and Fall of Roy Weston

Roy Weston was born into a wealthy family and raised in a big stone house on a hill overlooking the poor, coal-mining village of Brexley in North Yorkshire, England. Having nearly died of meningitis at the age of three years old, he is bullied by the kids at school until his mother pulls him out of school at the age of ten. His education from that point forward consists of what he learns himself by roaming the streets of the village in the dark and peeping through people's windows. At the age of fourteen, he watches through a window as his football hero, John Finley, attacks a pedophile, meaning to kill him. His friend leaves the building thinking he has done exactly that, but Roy enters afterward, realizes the man is still alive, and finishes the job. And so begins his life of crime.

The Road to You

In a tumultuous marriage of eight years, Lisa Curtis finds solace and passion in the embrace of a new lover. As she grapples with the torment inflicted by the man she once promised to cherish, Lisa is faced with a perilous choice: remain bound by her vows or pursue a chance at true happiness. But is her new lover genuinely offering the love and respect she craves, or is their bond merely a fiery physical attraction? As their affair escalates, boundaries are tested, loyalties are questioned, and the fate of her husband hangs in the balance. Dive into this tantalizing erotic thriller that promises twists at every turn.

The Rock in Our Story

Just when ten-year-old Maria Della Notte becomes comfortable with her surrogate mother and their surroundings she discovers an unsettling truth about her origin. Who is she? How did she get here? Why does she have a surrogate mother? Who left her in the care of a surrogate mother and why? Where did she come from? Why is she forced to leave? Can she learn to live in a new country without family or friends where language, customs and traditions are unfamiliar and intimidating? Whom can she trust? Will she ever love and be loved? Will she find answers to her endless questions?

Coming from a poverty-stricken, war-torn country, Maria quickly learns the benefits and advantages of wealth, education and her new life in a place filled with opportunity. While she is pleased with her newly acquired affluence and experiences, Maria has never been truly happy since she left her homeland. The friendship she offers at school, and the kindness she extends to some of her classmates is met with ridicule and rejection.

At every turn, Maria feels unloved, so she withdraws and buries herself in studies and extracurricular activities. She strives to be the best at every challenge put before her. Her goals stretch far beyond seeking not only to win, but to win by a landslide.

Maria is a young lady dreaming of reconnecting with her mentor, while carrying a big chip on her shoulder waiting for the right someone to gently remove it.

The Rose, the Star, and the Moon

On a dark night, I found myself walking along a garden path. I gazed up at the sky, and saw the moon sharing light with everything beneath it. It had a gentle spirit, selfless, and kind. A shooting star made its way to earth, mesmerizing as it fell faster and faster. It had a rare spirit, hard to read, but breathtaking to view. A rose in the garden, petals in full bloom, showed its subtle nature. It had a conflicted spirit, unsure of whether to follow its dreams or pick the easiest path. The rose, the star, and the moon all lit a fire inside me and took my breath away, but a voice inside me told me I could pick just one to love. Which one added more fuel to the flame? Which one caused me to clutch my chest because there was no more breath inside me? Yet how can you choose which one you love best when all are equally beautiful, and all will bring you the same amount of pain?

The Salt Shack Dweller

Once the institutions of his world proved untrustworthy, a young veteran leaves college and seeks refuge in a shack beneath a condemned train bridge along the depleted and abused Salt River. Here, he encounters those society deems invisible: Natives, migrants, and discarded souls. A makeshift clan forms as curious individuals are drawn to this enigmatic figure and his humble dwelling. Among them are a compassionate female doctor, a questioning priest, a lonely flour mill guard, a seventeen-year-old girl yearning for freedom, and a disheartened judge. Even scorpions, black widows, and countless butterflies find their place. To the Salt Shack Dweller, this motley group becomes a true family.

The Secret Sacrament

In a time when parishioners bowed down at the feet of priests in front of pulpits, an innocent boy is placed in the front of an altar that hides a deep dark secret. Under a cloak of darkness, and within the reach of the devil’s grasp, young Peter Malone is brought up by a religious mother with a priestly plan. Blinded by the light of her spiritual salvation, Mother Mary Malone pushes the parameters of obedience at all costs, to achieve her spiritual reward. In this distorted world of fanatical worship, her seventh son of a seventh son is precariously placed in front of the fallen clergy, who are cloaked in deception.

On his preordained spiritual journey of life, young Peter Malone is pushed and pulled from the good and evil forces that surrounds his every step. Covered by the protection of three good priests, Peter is lifted with faith and filled with inspiration while growing into an adult. Watched closely by the peering eyes of three evil priests, Peter is confused by their disturbing deeds and conflicted by the holy leadership’s reluctance to respond. As he stumbles towards his celibate life, Father Peter Malone finally searches for answers from his holy brothers, but only receives an empty chalice of silence.

With the absence of answers and in a void of protection for the most vulnerable, the demented priests’ prey on the weakest lambs. The wake of destruction perpetrated upon the fragile flock is too much for one broken boy to handle. That innocent soul is finally released from his pain by the ultimate sacrifice and becomes a catalyst for change within the church, and in the life of Father Peter Malone.