Books published by Aperture Press

For more than a decade, Patricia Annabelli has worked passionately to develop the evolving medium of spray paint art. Countless hours in the studio and on the streets have given her unique insight into the techniques and emotions behind the craft. Now, she is sharing her expertise so that others may be inspired to follow in her footsteps.

Conspiracy radio host Charlie Marx risks everything to solve the case of Cadence Moore, a beautiful young singer who disappeared ten years ago. Desparate to find her after deceiving his boss and listeners, Charlie digs deep into the past, uncovering dark secrets of abuse and heartbreak. If he fails, his world will come crashing down live on air.

"The mine steals everyone I love. It's taking me too, piece by piece." - Bridie O'Doyle, 1887 Bridie O'Doyle lives a harsh life. The young daughter of a poor coal miner, she lives in a Pennsylvania mine patch town. When her father dies in the mine, she is left orphaned in the care of her relatives, struggling at the mercy of the cruel mine bosses and indebted to the company store. She swears vengeance upon Frank Gowen, the railroad and coal mine kingpin. Soot weaves history and fiction into a powerful coming-of-age story. Bridie's struggle mirrors that faced by real-life women in nineteenth-century coal towns, and her search for revenge delves into a long-standing historical mystery-the violent death of Franklin Gowen.

Elvira Hamilton's parents are taken from her on a terrifying night in 1901. They are the victims of a war raging in the shadows of Edwardian England - a struggle between wielders of supernatural powers known as Marked and the violent Radicals who are hunting them to extinction. With little choice but to flee, seventeen-year-old Elvira and her young sister stow away aboard the RMS Celtic in hopes of reaching safety in America. But they soon discover that the war they left behind has followed them, and that there is no escaping the Radicals. In her struggle to survive aboard the ship, Elvira meets Adam Laurence, a mysterious and handsome young man from first class. She must decide whether to trust him, and whether to tell him her secret - that she is Marked, yet has no powers. If she reveals her true nature, her fate will be in his hands. But if she lies about her past, she risks losing the only ally she has. If I Fall is the first of three books in the Circle & Cross saga.