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Secrets of Mary Celeste is a thrilling account of the 19th century ship whose entire crew vanished without a trace. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forrester seafaring adventures love sailor Steve Dahill's debut novel wherein he reveals heretofore unsolved secrets behind the mystery-enshrouded American brig, her wealthy namesake, and each of the desperate players involved in her recovery efforts.  When The Mary Celeste is found adrift off the Azores Islands, Mary Celeste Briggs' devoted son, Alexander is unaware that his own father absconded with the entire family fortune, now lost at sea. The teenager hires a smuggler to rescue his family. Through nefarious backchannels, the cruel smuggler captain is privy to the fortune, and aims to steal it. Will his lonely daughter help Alexander Briggs outwit the smuggler in a desperate race to find his missing family before they perish? Spanning the "e;Age of Sail"e; era of smugglers, privateers, cutthroat slavers and clipper ship captains, Steve Dahill's historical fiction trilogy unlocks vivid, violent adventures of two seafaring New England families vying to dominate the expanding maritime economy of the early 19th century. Steve Dahill is a direct descendant of the privateer Brother of Revolutionary War hero John Barry cited as the "e;Father of the United States Navy"e;. The author is also a direct descendant of revered rebels hanged by the British during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Dahill spent many years as an executive in the software industry in Boston, Massachusetts where he lives, overlooking the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor, and sails Riva, his racing sailboat, along the southern New England coast with his family.

Detective Rose Thorne is tough, savvy, and always gets her man. But her life is about to turn upside down. A new serial killer strikes Savannah, her partner retires, and distressing family secrets are revealed. Can she cope with the turmoil, or will the killer make good on his promise…She's next.

The world's greatest sailing race shreds the oceans in Clipper Wars' competition for gold, prominence, and revenge.  At the height of the California Gold Rush, the Gant and Briggs families race to the death from New York to San Francisco aboard extreme clipper ships, the largest, fastest sailing ships ever built.  Follows the lives of venal captains, ruthless pirates, and tainted sailors. Calamity and the ultimate prize await the lucky clipper captain who reaches the Golden Gate after a 17,000-mile voyage around treacherous Cape Horn. Which unscrupulous competitors sacrifice everything to win the Clipper Wars.

Helping vampires send a demon back to hell isn't how I thought I'd spend spring break. I'm Autumn Hayes. At seventeen, I'm no different than any other girl my age. Or so I thought until a strange dream one night sends some unwanted changes my way… Kidnapped by a coven of vampires, I'm catapulted into a dark underworld, where I learn I'm not who I've always thought…and that I must play a key role in sending a powerful demon back to hell. Things get more complicated when the vampires capture an alluring stranger named Blake. He's not like the others, and he's sparked everyone's curiosity…especially mine. Now, I'm forced to leave behind everything I've ever known and accept my new fate—fighting to prevent a possible hell on Earth. And in the process, maybe even lose my humanity.

Seluban has done the impossible, freeing the wrongfully imprisoned from Coward's Forge, exposing the corruption at the heart of his empire, and buying his people time to regroup in their war with humanity. However, those he deposed are not so easily cowed, and a deadly conspiracy to regain power threatens to take from Seluban everything he loves. Facing conflict from within, and without, Seluban and his allies must figure out who to trust, and who masquerades as friend, and if they fail, it will tear the Chon'ith Empire apart, from within, and without...

In the blistering heat of a South Carolina mill town, 1922, secrets fester beneath the cotton dust. When Gertie Taylor—young, outspoken, and yearning for more than domestic duty—witnesses a brutal murder, she's forced to choose between silence and survival… or truth and peril. Torn between the steady devotion of Henry, a respectable young lawyer, and the dangerous allure of Juda, the enigmatic stepson of the town's most powerful man, Gertie's heart is as conflicted as her conscience. Her defiance ignites scandal, and in exposing lies meant to stay buried, she awakens enemies who would rather see her dead than hear her speak. As hidden grudges and dark passions boil over, one question remains: can love endure when justice demands sacrifice? The Unbroken Circle is a haunting journey into the shadows of Southern Gothic life—where romance and danger entwine, and truth comes at the highest cost.

Jason is not a child anymore. He hasn't been a child since the King betrayed his family, but everyone still treats him like he is, tucked away and protected as the heir to the Falconbone family. He dreams of the day when he finishes his ship, The King's Regret, and flies it to the capital to avenge his mother. When Father flies away to search for allies, a saboteur wreaks havoc on their refuge, and Jason is determined to find the traitor. The last thing he expects is to discover his family's oldest enemy lurking in the shadows of their mountain hideaway. And for that man to be his only hope for bringing his Father home alive.