Barbara Boyd coaches writers in non-fiction and memoir. As an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach, she helps writers clarify and express their ideas, ensuring rich and cohesive content that engages the reader. Drawing on years of professional experience as a book coach, she facilitates conversations and identifies the bigger picture and the potential steps to create it. She intuitively encourages clients to improve both the structure of their work and their writing style, gently and firmly keeping writers on track until their goal is reached. She has collaborated on more than two hundred books in various roles of book coach, developmental editor, and ghostwriter on topics that include leadership, marketing, finance, health, and agriculture. Under her own name, Barbara has authored a dozen books for the For Dummies, Complete Idiot’s Guide, and Teach Yourself Visually series.

Born a runt, Rascal is destined to be an underdog. Despite what looked like an unbreakable bond with the daughter of the family who bred her, Rascal's devotion is discarded when she finds herself left roadside, with nothing but a few pieces of kibble to help her survive.  Abandoned and alone, Rascal must learn to fend for herself and embark on a harsh and dangerous journey through the mountain wilderness of Southern California. Along the way, she encounters strangers who teach her about the good and bad of humans. But will she ever find a home that lasts?  A Dog of Many Names is a courageous story of survival, seen through the eyes of an unforgettable dog, struggling between her greatest needs -  to find her own strength and love and be loved.

Tom Fowler is a USA Today bestselling mystery and thriller writer. He was born and raised in Baltimore and now lives in the DC suburbs of Maryland with his family. He writes the C.T. Ferguson mysteries and the John Tyler thrillers, both set in his home city.  Even from a young age, Tom wanted to write. He was about seven or eight, so his short stories were brief and awful. Among them was a “murder mystery” in which no one died. In the intervening years, Tom has gotten over this problem with killing characters in his stories. Tom’s stories feature flawed heroes, action, and plenty of snark

A Talladega, Alabama native, Pamela Lawson received her Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. After threatening to write a book for twenty plus years, Pamela finally did so, with Rise of the Ravenisha being her maiden novel. The second book, Rogue Ravenisha is well underway, and there are plans for a third installment, tentatively titled Revenge of the Ravenisha. Pamela has been a fan of horror since childhood: staying up many a weekend watching creature features and reading books written by authors, such as Edgar Allen Poe and Mary Shelley. 

In returning to the rails - the river of steel - fifteen years after a childhood trauma that haunts him, young Lynden Hoover gets help from The Duke, an old hobo who calls America’s landscape his home and adheres to a time- honored code.  Bonds are formed, and secrets exposed as The Duke flees Short Arm, his relentless and brutal nemesis.   The Duke mentors Lynden on life on the tracks, using the vibrant language of the boxcar life gleaned from years riding across great swaths of country. With the help of the trusted “knights of the road”, Lynden and The Duke head to a harrowing climax with Short Arm where generations collide, and lives hang in the balance.

Cajoled into helping an old friend find the cause of her puzzling symptoms, operating room nurse Annie Collins is drawn into a life that has derailed. Libby Mathiesen's doctors and her husband think her symptoms are the result of a miscarriage. Libby is sure they aren't and wants Annie's help to discover what's wrong. Outside her comfort zone and finding Libby difficult to deal with, Annie wonders whether Libby is really ill or if there is more to her story than what she's saying. Annie's need to solve the puzzle drives her to uncover the truth about Libby's illness, but her search for answers doesn't come without a price and threatens her life.

Linda Strader is one of the first women hired on a fire crew with the U.S. Forest Service. A naïve twenty-year-old in the mid-1970s, she discovers fighting wildfires is challenging—but in a man’s world, they became only one of the challenges she would face. Battling fire is exhilarating, yet exhausting; the discrimination is real and sometimes in her face. Summers of Fire is an Arizona to Alaska adventure story that honestly recounts the seven years she ventures into the heart of fires that scorch the land, vibrant friendships that fire the soul, and deep love that ends in devastating heartbreak.  

Modern-day Britain, with the terrorism threat level set at severe and rising to critical, needs extraordinary measures to overcome the next threat, including the use of students with psychic abilities. Alone, and frightened of her own power, Alpha is forced to use it to protect the care home she's lived in since the loss of her parents. But such abilities do not go unnoticed, bringing her to the attention of others, some with good intentions and others with racist affiliations. She runs, but just when she thinks she's found a sanctuary it turns out to have been infiltrated by those with the most violent form of terrorism on their agenda.

Emily Enger began her marketing career when she was only 16 years old. Too goal-oriented to get a typical teen job like waitress or barista, she instead became a communications coordinator for a small summer camp. Since then, she has held a variety of marketing jobs, working as assistant editor for a national trade magazine and communications director for an arts nonprofit. Today, she works as a freelance book marketing coach, helping authors cut through the marketing noise to stay true to their first calling of writing great books. She holds a B.A. in English, a Minor in Music, and a Certificate in Publishing from Minnesota State University-Moorhead. You can find her at emilyenger.com and on Instagram at @emilyengerwrites.

Wealthy Beverly Hills socialites, Brian and Sylvia Sinclair are celebrating their 25th Anniversary on a cruise from London to New York on the luxurious QEII. Joining the couple’s joyous excursion is their rebellious daughter and her controlling husband, their scheming son and his wily girlfriend, six of their longtime friends, and a surprise person from their past. Also on board is private eye Richard Manning, who volunteers to investigate when a member of the party dies an unnatural death. Manning’s search reveals dark secrets and everyone becomes a suspect. Ferreting out the truth is a daunting challenge, and time is short – once the ship reaches New York, the parties will scatter, making it almost impossible for authorities to solve the case.  Will Manning figure it out in time? Follow him on his quest to unmask the killer in this captivating mystery.