The Devil’s Manuscript

Some stories are meant to be told. Others are desperate to be finished.

A cursed manuscript. An immortal scribe. A debt written in blood.

When a cursed manuscript reappears in Venice, historian and private investigator Emma Bartoli is drawn into a chilling mystery buried beneath centuries of silence. The manuscript they recover is more than ink on parchment—it’s alive.

Whispers stir. Shadows move. And somewhere in the dark, the Scribe of Shadows waits to finish what he began long ago.

As ghostly figures close in and a forgotten evil begins to stir, Emma must unravel cryptic clues across Venice, Istanbul, and the deserts of Egypt. Emma must uncover the truth behind the legendary Scribe of Shadows before she becomes the final passage in his eternal story.

A Long Way Home

In the mid-1960s in a small Vermont town, there has been a double murder at the Grand Hotel. Now, a Black man, the hotel tailor, sits in jail awaiting his fate.

When Harold Dickerson is accused of murder, his surprising bond with a teenage neighbor helps him in his defense. Meanwhile, the town constable works against them.

Did petty theft lead to the murders? A scorned lover who wants revenge? A key to a remote Indian deer camp might provide a clue.

Full of suspense with twists and turns, this simple, dignified man wants nothing more than to find home. But is he a murderer or an unsung hero?

In the adventure of the reveal, a town and its people are forever changed.

Betrayal

Corporate greed, insider trading, money laundering, skull-drudgery, espionage, rampant, and illicit relationships abound in the hostile environment of retail appliances and consumer electronics. A disgruntled executive, passed over for promotion, has devised a diabolical strategy to confuse the competition. Is a double agent systematically directing much of this confusion? To paraphrase Sherlock Holmes: “Quick, Watson … the game is afoot!”

The Presidential Doughnut Hole

The Presidential Doughnut Hole is a fictional account of a U.S. presidential election in which the nation is suddenly faced with a tragedy that leads to a political crisis not addressed by the Constitution and its amendments. The story details the political maneuvering and intrigue of four individuals, all competing for the highest office in the land. Their campaigns are affected by unexpected world events and become the target of plots by unscrupulous outsiders wishing to affect the election's outcome. All three branches of the nation's government—executive, judicial, and legislative—become enmeshed in a political process never before imagined. This book is a cautionary tale of a crisis this country may one day face if our elected officials do not plug this presidential doughnut hole in our Constitution.

Caffeine and Catnip

Madison Moss thought inheriting her aunt’s cozy coffee shop would mean a quiet life in Happy Valley. Instead, she’s juggling enchanted espresso machines, a talking cat with attitude, and a winged sprite whose caffeine habit should probably be illegal.

But when strange magic starts seeping into town, Madison finds herself tangled in family secrets, forgotten wards, and a brewing threat that could swallow Happy Valley whole.

Armed with a stubborn streak, a frothy latte, and a few unexpected allies, Madison will have to decide how far she’s willing to go to protect her café… and the magic that comes with it.

The Year of the Cat

Due to COVID-19, Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt Webster and his partner, Alfred ‘Stinky’ Floyd, are about to lose their business, Pine Valley Outfitters.

It seems a miracle when Ruben Benjamin Kaufman, president of On Site Films, offers Teddy a job. Somehow, Kaufman has obtained a rare permit to film in the Pine Valley Wilderness. Since no combustion vehicles are allowed, Teddy’s job is to transport (by horse) film equipment, technicians, and actors onto the mountain and keep them supplied. Stinky (who loves garlic and smells of it) will be the camp host, babysitter, and trash cop.

Unfortunately, trouble, like snow in the high country, comes early. Tony Pisano, Kaufman’s scene scout, is found torn to shreds, apparently the work of Puma concolor—the great North American cougar! Death by cougar is confirmed when its DNA is found in morsels of deer meat embedded in Pisano’s body. The head-scratcher: Why would a cougar, who’d just feasted on a deer, kill again? And so soon?

Sadly, this is not the end of Teddy’s troubles. When Katrina ‘Kat’ Kasey (the female star) wanders off, she also ends up on the medical examiner’s table.

The mystery deepens when the cougar’s DNA is found to match the DNA of Teddy’s (orphaned and rescued) 10-month-old cougar cubs. Caged in Teddy’s backyard, waiting to be released into the wild, they have never been anywhere near the Pine Valley Wilderness. Clearly, something is not kosher here. How could DNA from Teddy’s ‘kittens’ end up on the bodies of two corpses? And equally puzzling, why?

The Celestials

Love is unimaginably beautiful, with the power to shake mountains and create fountains. If you are lucky, then love is written for you in the stars. For lovers can be joined through time and space, across aeons, their souls connected by tenuous but resonant chords, their cores made from the same stardust. Their essences can be polar opposites, magnetic, and destined to collide. But this series of stories follows the journey across time and space of two souls, two lovers destined to meet in different lifetimes, in different bodies, but always drawn to each other by their inner compass guiding them true across the centuries.