Outraged by the behaviour of the Sword Brothers, King Valdemar has placed a blockade on the whole of Livonia. With the Danes having a stranglehold over Livonia the crusader state is slowly dying, made worse by an outbreak of pestilence at Riga. But when the Danish king invades the island of Oesel the wheel of fate turns and Valdemar finds himself at the mercy of the Sword Brothers and Conrad Wolff, the man he wanted to have executed.
The Sword Brothers and Conrad’s Army of the Wolf save King Valdemar who lifts the blockade, thus saving Livonia. But Conrad has many enemies and an act of wickedness causes conflict to flare up on Livonia’s eastern borders that will threaten not only the crusader state but also the life of Conrad himself.
And south of the River Dvina, among the Lithuanian kingdoms, a great power arises that will have grave consequences for not only Conrad but also for the whole order of Sword Brothers.
This, the third volume of the Crusader Chronicles, continues the story of Conrad Wolff and the Baltic Crusade in the first quarter of the thirteenth century.
Maps of Livonia in the thirteenth century, the Lithuanian kingdoms and the tribal lands of Estonia can be found on the maps page of my website: www.peterdarman.com
Wolfe
As one of the grittiest, most talented hockey players in the NHL, my take-no-prisoners approach on the ice helped me to not only survive, but conquer. And I have plenty to conquer. I don’t have time for frivolous things like relationships or expressing feelings that are nobody’s business.
So why does a boss cupcake baker seem to have me wound tighter than the apron strings around her narrow waist? I don’t even eat sweets, and yet I find myself in her bakery just as often as I am at the rink. Something’s gotta give in this push and pull between Aspen and me.
Something’s gotta break. And I can guarantee it won’t be me. Wolfe is the second book in the Colorado Crush Hockey series filled with a tattoo-covered alpha male and a red-headed siren who helps him discover a world outside of grief and pain.
Hockey, happy endings and lots of steam await you now in Wolfe.
His crime was unforgivable, but the law protects him.
Mark & Billy Jo are back in this riveting romantic crime thriller about an unreported crime in the police chief’s family in this new crossover series from NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart.
“If you ever overstep with my family again, not even Gail will be able to save your job. Then, I assure you, the closest you’ll come to working in law enforcement again will be as a security guard at some mall.”
Exactly what Mark had expected.
“Chief Tolly Shephard”
The law is designed to protect the innocent, but what happens when the police chief could be protecting a criminal?
If an alleged crime is reported to you, but no victim can be found, has a crime been committed? This is exactly the question Billy Jo McCabe asks Detective Mark Friessen when an anonymous woman approaches her and tells her about an unspeakable crime taking place right under the watch of the chief of police, in his own family.
They soon learn family is family, and the victim has been hiding her secret for years. But she’s not just any victim: She’s the niece of the chief of police, Tolly Shephard.
But when Mark and Billy Jo dig into the chief, his family, and the secret they’re hiding they soon discover the players in this game are people who use the law to their advantage, and sometimes the law doesn’t protect the innocent—and it has the best non disclosures money can buy. “Grab your copy now!
Follow Mandy Mandez and her extended family as they embrace their new-found magical powers! While their wizard mentor, J.T., helps the young witches discover and hone their unique skills, the family dives into a crisis and saves a group of firemen trapped in an inferno! Then as they debate when and how to use their powers to "help the world” the family finds an ally inside the F.B.I. and begin to leverage their magic to fight crime. That is until, unknowingly, they encounter a wizard whose own magical force is committed to pure evil! He battles the family in support of his unquenchable thirst for power and money. When Mandy is taken prisoner by this evil wizard, she has to try and withstand his power or succumb to the temptation of becoming even more powerful as a dark wizard herself. Witches. Wizards. A dragon! And a whole world in danger! "The Power of the Emerald Ring" is the second book in the Dragonstone Story series by multi-award-winning author, Mark Even. The first book, "The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol" was released in 2019 and has earned multiple awards and great reviews. Go to www.dragonstonestories.com for more information.
Follow Mandy Mandez and her extended family as they embrace their new-found magical powers! While their wizard mentor, J.T., helps the young witches discover and hone their unique skills, the family dives into a crisis and saves a group of firemen trapped in an inferno! Then as they debate when and how to use their powers to "help the world” the family finds an ally inside the F.B.I. and begin to leverage their magic to fight crime. That is until, unknowingly, they encounter a wizard whose own magical force is committed to pure evil! He battles the family in support of his unquenchable thirst for power and money. When Mandy is taken prisoner by this evil wizard, she has to try and withstand his power or succumb to the temptation of becoming even more powerful as a dark wizard herself. Witches. Wizards. A dragon! And a whole world in danger! "The Power of the Emerald Ring" is the second book in the Dragonstone Story series by multi-award-winning author, Mark Even. The first book, "The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol" was released in 2019 and has earned multiple awards and great reviews. Go to www.dragonstonestories.com for more information.
On a cold and rainy night, Billy Jo McCabe receives a troubling phone call about a child in trouble. But when she shows up alone, things quickly go sideways, and she realizes her mistake.
"When Billy Jo is called in the middle of the night to assist a child, she ends up being kidnapped. But it appears she’s not the goal but rather a means to an end that involves Mark.” Yvonne, Bookbub Reviewer
“When Billy Jo is called in the middle of the night to assist a child, she ends up being kidnapped. But it appears she’s not the goal but rather a means to an end that involves Mark.” Yvonne, Bookbub Reviewer
NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart brings you The Trap a new Billy Jo McCabe Mystery as one fan describes, “The intrigue and suspense in this book held me riveted and unable to put it down.” (Rebmay, Reviewer)
“Adventure and mystery always happens to Billy Jo. After taking a late night call her nightmare becomes reality. Can Mark save the day and solve the mystery.” S. Jordans, Goodreads
In her role as a social worker, Billy Jo rarely expects to walk into trouble, and the last thing she ever wants to do is call for backup from arrogant redheaded detective Mark Friessen, whom she’s beginning to depend on in the kinds of ways she shouldn’t. When she gets a call late one night about a child in trouble, Billy Jo doesn’t hesitate to drive out alone. However, she arrives to find the property abandoned, and with only one bar of battery on her phone and no cell service, she realizes far too late that she’s walked into a dark situation.
When Billy Jo doesn’t show up for work the next day, Detective Friessen is called in to find her. As he follows her trail and retraces her steps, he soon discovers her car abandoned in a field, and he has an uneasy feeling that her disappearance isn’t an accident. The more he searches, the more he fears that this is a trap—not for her but for him.
The Sword Brothers have won a great victory and the implacable enemy of their order is dead. There is now nothing to stop the Bishop of Riga from marching north and seizing the whole of Estonia. But in the moment of triumph the seeds of future difficulties have been sown, for the bishop’s German crusaders believe that the fight against the pagans has been won and thus there is no reason for them to stay in Livonia. Faced with a lack of holy warriors to complete his task, the bishop is forced to beg the ambitious King Valdemar of Denmark for military aid, a request that will have disastrous consequences.
While he is away Conrad Wolff, now a veteran brother knight of the Sword Brothers, his reputation high among pagans and crusaders alike, is sent to Ungannia whose ruler Kalju is an ally of the Sword Brothers. There a trivial incident escalates into a full-scale war that results in a great barbarian horde sweeping into Livonia and threatening the very existence of the crusader state.
Conrad is sent on a desperate mission to raise a ragtag army to delay the invaders long enough so Riga can summon crusader knights from Germany. Conrad and his companions soon find themselves battling Cumans, Russians, Lithuanians and Danes as their motley force – the Army of the Wolf – takes the field against the many enemies of Livonia.
This, the second volume of the Crusader Chronicles, continues the story of Conrad Wolff and the Baltic Crusade in the first quarter of the thirteenth century.
Are you ready to find your way out of your box?
There is a moment when you realize your life is no longer your own. You made it picture perfect. You thought it would make you happy and whole. You thought you could seal the walls tight and feel safe. But the panic doesn’t pass, and the anxiety seeps in through every crack. Your pain uses perfection to hide the unraveling. But deep inside, you still hear the whisper of a voice that’s always been there, calling to you, promising that you were meant for more.
In The Box, Wendy Tamis Robbins offers a window into the mental illness of an all-star athlete, Ivy League-graduate, and successful attorney. At just 6 years old, Wendy’s first panic attack sparked a 40-year struggle with a variety of anxiety disorders: generalized, social and health, eating disorders, phobias, intrusive and suicidal thoughts, and dissociation. Avoiding anything that could trigger her symptoms, she retreats into a box to contain and hide her condition. After years of living in the prison she originally constructed as her safe place, Wendy is no longer willing to limit her life to accommodate her disorders.
Raw and powerful, vulnerable and intimate, The Box is both a triumphant memoir and an irresistible invitation. It portrays a courageous journey to find the source of a debilitating disorder in order to find the power to overcome it. Wendy’s experience reminds us of the redemptive power of forgiveness and the healing power of love, not just for others, but for ourselves. It is a story of courage that reframes mental illness sufferers as survivors—a powerful portrait of a woman who refused to remain caged in a box of her making. Now, the invitation is yours… if you are willing to accept it.
While Loukas is playing his flute at the seawall one day, he befriends a mysterious talking, dancing snake that rewards him with fortune and favor. Some years later, tempted by greed and pride, Loukas loses all his riches and his family. He must now set off on a treacherous journey through a frightening forest filled with suspense and strange creatures to find Destiny, her son Ilion, the Sun, and her daughter Luna, the Moon. These celestial guardians will surely allow him to reverse his misfortune, restore his honor, and win back all that he loves and treasures, won't they?
A reimagined Greek folktale, Loukas and the Game of Chance is illuminated with dramatic and evocative pen and ink drawings that provide an ideal backdrop for the dark intrigue that fills this haunting story of human struggle, courage, and resilience.
War has been a successful Duran export for many years. But now it is at the gates of my city and strangling my kingdom.
Parthia’s borders are now secure after decades of strife and a general peace has settled over the empire. The prosperous and thriving Kingdom of Dura basks in the glory of a Parthian Empire that is both united and strong. But from the desert bordering Dura comes an enemy that threatens the very existence of Pacorus’ realm, an enemy that strikes like a cobra and disappears like a phantom.
Seeing Dura shrivel before his eyes, Pacorus is forced to take drastic action to defeat a foe that is threatening to reduce his city to an impoverished desert outpost. In desperation, he leads Dura’s army into the vastness of the desert to seek a decisive clash with the so-called Chosen One, a battle that will decide the future of the Kingdom of Dura itself.
‘Dura’ is the fifteenth volume in the Parthian Chronicles series and follows on from ‘Pacorus’. A map of the Parthian Empire in the 1st century BC can be found on the maps page of my website.
Wolfe
As one of the grittiest, most talented hockey players in the NHL, my take-no-prisoners approach on the ice helped me to not only survive, but conquer. And I have plenty to conquer. I don’t have time for frivolous things like relationships or expressing feelings that are nobody’s business.
So why does a boss cupcake baker seem to have me wound tighter than the apron strings around her narrow waist? I don’t even eat sweets, and yet I find myself in her bakery just as often as I am at the rink. Something’s gotta give in this push and pull between Aspen and me.
Something’s gotta break. And I can guarantee it won’t be me. Wolfe is the second book in the Colorado Crush Hockey series filled with a tattoo-covered alpha male and a red-headed siren who helps him discover a world outside of grief and pain.
Hockey, happy endings and lots of steam await you now in Wolfe.
His crime was unforgivable, but the law protects him.
Mark & Billy Jo are back in this riveting romantic crime thriller about an unreported crime in the police chief’s family in this new crossover series from NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart.
“If you ever overstep with my family again, not even Gail will be able to save your job. Then, I assure you, the closest you’ll come to working in law enforcement again will be as a security guard at some mall.”
Exactly what Mark had expected.
“Chief Tolly Shephard”
The law is designed to protect the innocent, but what happens when the police chief could be protecting a criminal?
If an alleged crime is reported to you, but no victim can be found, has a crime been committed? This is exactly the question Billy Jo McCabe asks Detective Mark Friessen when an anonymous woman approaches her and tells her about an unspeakable crime taking place right under the watch of the chief of police, in his own family.
They soon learn family is family, and the victim has been hiding her secret for years. But she’s not just any victim: She’s the niece of the chief of police, Tolly Shephard.
But when Mark and Billy Jo dig into the chief, his family, and the secret they’re hiding they soon discover the players in this game are people who use the law to their advantage, and sometimes the law doesn’t protect the innocent—and it has the best non disclosures money can buy. “Grab your copy now!
Jerusalem may have fallen to the Saracens but in the Baltic Bishop Albert of Riga has created the crusader state of Livonia to bring the word of God to the indigenous pagans. The battle to convert the natives is savage and unrelenting and into this holy war is thrust Conrad Wolff, a young native of the city of Lübeck whose family has suffered a terrible injustice.
Forced to leave his homeland to seek sanctuary in Livonia, Conrad’s fate is soon entwined with that of the Sword Brothers, the order of warrior monks that fights to defend and expand Christendom in the Baltic. But as Conrad begins his training to become a member of the brethren, the enemies of the Bishop of Riga gather and soon Livonia is surrounded and battling for its very existence.
Conrad and the order soon find themselves fighting for their lives as the enemies of the Sword Brothers close in on all sides.
This, the first volume in the Crusader Chronicles, tells the story of Conrad Wolff and the Baltic Crusade during the first years of the thirteenth century.
Are you ready to find your way out of your box?
There is a moment when you realize your life is no longer your own. You made it picture perfect. You thought it would make you happy and whole. You thought you could seal the walls tight and feel safe. But the panic doesn’t pass, and the anxiety seeps in through every crack. Your pain uses perfection to hide the unraveling. But deep inside, you still hear the whisper of a voice that’s always been there, calling to you, promising that you were meant for more.
In The Box, Wendy Tamis Robbins offers a window into the mental illness of an all-star athlete, Ivy League-graduate, and successful attorney. At just 6 years old, Wendy’s first panic attack sparked a 40-year struggle with a variety of anxiety disorders: generalized, social and health, eating disorders, phobias, intrusive and suicidal thoughts, and dissociation. Avoiding anything that could trigger her symptoms, she retreats into a box to contain and hide her condition. After years of living in the prison she originally constructed as her safe place, Wendy is no longer willing to limit her life to accommodate her disorders.
Raw and powerful, vulnerable and intimate, The Box is both a triumphant memoir and an irresistible invitation. It portrays a courageous journey to find the source of a debilitating disorder in order to find the power to overcome it. Wendy’s experience reminds us of the redemptive power of forgiveness and the healing power of love, not just for others, but for ourselves. It is a story of courage that reframes mental illness sufferers as survivors—a powerful portrait of a woman who refused to remain caged in a box of her making. Now, the invitation is yours… if you are willing to accept it.
While Loukas is playing his flute at the seawall one day, he befriends a mysterious talking, dancing snake that rewards him with fortune and favor. Some years later, tempted by greed and pride, Loukas loses all his riches and his family. He must now set off on a treacherous journey through a frightening forest filled with suspense and strange creatures to find Destiny, her son Ilion, the Sun, and her daughter Luna, the Moon. These celestial guardians will surely allow him to reverse his misfortune, restore his honor, and win back all that he loves and treasures, won't they?
A reimagined Greek folktale, Loukas and the Game of Chance is illuminated with dramatic and evocative pen and ink drawings that provide an ideal backdrop for the dark intrigue that fills this haunting story of human struggle, courage, and resilience.
On a cold and rainy night, Billy Jo McCabe receives a troubling phone call about a child in trouble. But when she shows up alone, things quickly go sideways, and she realizes her mistake.
"When Billy Jo is called in the middle of the night to assist a child, she ends up being kidnapped. But it appears she’s not the goal but rather a means to an end that involves Mark.” Yvonne, Bookbub Reviewer
“When Billy Jo is called in the middle of the night to assist a child, she ends up being kidnapped. But it appears she’s not the goal but rather a means to an end that involves Mark.” Yvonne, Bookbub Reviewer
NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart brings you The Trap a new Billy Jo McCabe Mystery as one fan describes, “The intrigue and suspense in this book held me riveted and unable to put it down.” (Rebmay, Reviewer)
“Adventure and mystery always happens to Billy Jo. After taking a late night call her nightmare becomes reality. Can Mark save the day and solve the mystery.” S. Jordans, Goodreads
In her role as a social worker, Billy Jo rarely expects to walk into trouble, and the last thing she ever wants to do is call for backup from arrogant redheaded detective Mark Friessen, whom she’s beginning to depend on in the kinds of ways she shouldn’t. When she gets a call late one night about a child in trouble, Billy Jo doesn’t hesitate to drive out alone. However, she arrives to find the property abandoned, and with only one bar of battery on her phone and no cell service, she realizes far too late that she’s walked into a dark situation.
When Billy Jo doesn’t show up for work the next day, Detective Friessen is called in to find her. As he follows her trail and retraces her steps, he soon discovers her car abandoned in a field, and he has an uneasy feeling that her disappearance isn’t an accident. The more he searches, the more he fears that this is a trap—not for her but for him.
War has been a successful Duran export for many years. But now it is at the gates of my city and strangling my kingdom.
Parthia’s borders are now secure after decades of strife and a general peace has settled over the empire. The prosperous and thriving Kingdom of Dura basks in the glory of a Parthian Empire that is both united and strong. But from the desert bordering Dura comes an enemy that threatens the very existence of Pacorus’ realm, an enemy that strikes like a cobra and disappears like a phantom.
Seeing Dura shrivel before his eyes, Pacorus is forced to take drastic action to defeat a foe that is threatening to reduce his city to an impoverished desert outpost. In desperation, he leads Dura’s army into the vastness of the desert to seek a decisive clash with the so-called Chosen One, a battle that will decide the future of the Kingdom of Dura itself.
‘Dura’ is the fifteenth volume in the Parthian Chronicles series and follows on from ‘Pacorus’. A map of the Parthian Empire in the 1st century BC can be found on the maps page of my website.
Slide into the sleazy side of Show Biz, the dodgy side, in this fast paced Noir mash up of Dark Comedy, Crime and Classic Rock. When you’ve been a Rock Star as long as Marc Charles, you’ve seen a few Scams in your time, but never one quite like this. Cory, the dude from California isn't just after Marc’s rock star mansion. He wants the lot, and with his corporation's scumbag shakedown scheme he aims to get it.
To Marc it smacks of an old-time SCAM A-LAMA DING DONG rip-off. “Us Rock ’n Rollers have been getting scammed and ripped off ever since they invented shiny suits and electric guitars,” Marc tells his pal Howie.
But Rock Stars don’t like being messed with, especially when their career is at stake and time is running out. Marc fights back, and boy, can he play dirty too! With the brains of his sidekick moneyman Howie, and Marc’s own charisma and front, he sets out to turn the tables on the “Pay-to-Play” scammers. Marc’s tough-as-nails Agent, the ever-horny Felicity, is right in the line of fire, and there’s a new girl too, Samira, aka Sam. But she’s from a different age. This alluring heartbreaker isn’t taking any of that Rock Dinosaur crap Marc tries to lay on her.
As he battles Cory, Marc keeps up the hi-jinks like any red-blooded rock star: Sex in a cupboard, duets with a Cowboy movie-star, a déjà vu jig-a-jig with his knife-throwing ex-wife - it's all here, along with a Classic Rock and Soul soundtrack. That and some kinky KO's from Morgana, a crazy Bad-Girl TV star, a little hot guitar, plus an absolute nutcracker of a plot twist at the end.
If you like Carl Hiaasen’s dark humour, this fast, amped-up rock music “winner takes all” duel will be just your thing. SCAM A-LAMA DING DONG lives up to its wacky title.
Be sure to check out SCAM A-LAMA HARDBALL as well. That's Book #2 in my thrilling comedy crime SCAM A-LAMA Series. The plots get tougher, the Scams keep getting scummier, and the pace even wilder.
Some secrets are too dangerous to keep.
After ten years in the big city, Cassie Holt is back in Fairfield Corners. She may look like the same girl who left home a decade before but she’s hiding a dark truth from everyone. When her life is threatened by the demons of her past, her best friend—who happens to be the local sheriff—offers his help.
Deputy Logan Miller has been burned by love. He’s not looking to get involved but duty calls when the sheriff tasks him with Cassie’s protection. Thrown into close quarters with the gorgeous bookseller, sparks fly. Logan is drawn to Cassie, but it’s hard to get close to someone who keeps themselves guarded all the time.
To keep Cassie safe, Logan must open his heart but that’s something he swore he’d never do.
Wolfe
As one of the grittiest, most talented hockey players in the NHL, my take-no-prisoners approach on the ice helped me to not only survive, but conquer. And I have plenty to conquer. I don’t have time for frivolous things like relationships or expressing feelings that are nobody’s business.
So why does a boss cupcake baker seem to have me wound tighter than the apron strings around her narrow waist? I don’t even eat sweets, and yet I find myself in her bakery just as often as I am at the rink. Something’s gotta give in this push and pull between Aspen and me.
Something’s gotta break. And I can guarantee it won’t be me. Wolfe is the second book in the Colorado Crush Hockey series filled with a tattoo-covered alpha male and a red-headed siren who helps him discover a world outside of grief and pain.
Hockey, happy endings and lots of steam await you now in Wolfe.