Books published by Black Rose Writing

A Middle Grade classic from from USA Today bestselling author Joe Siple (The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride).In a time when nearly all dogs have been euthanized as a safety precaution, fifth-grader Ashley Dubois and her friend Mason discover a book that claims something unbelievable-that people and dogs once lived happily together. They seek a mad scientist named Dr. Bukowski to discover the truth.Meanwhile, Amy-Bell, a Great Dane mix, is separated from her owners during a round-up of the few remaining dogs. As the reluctant leader of a small group of dogs who escaped, Amy-Bell tries to care for them.When Ashley and Mason find Dr. Bukowski and his pack of renegade dogs, they're shocked to find the animals aren't vicious killers. So they join the quest to save the last dogs-Amy-Bell and her pack-before it's too late.

"Rosen paints a vivid picture of a family torn apart then shows us what true family means." -Pamela Taylor, author of the Second Son ChroniclesIn 1915, jealous, bitter Rebecca Roth cuts all ties with her life-long friends, the Pearls. Eight years later, Rebecca's son and young Lena Pearl begin keeping company in secret. Rebecca agrees to a truce when the couple marries. But the truce is fragile. Rebecca's resentments run deep.In 2010, Carolyn Lee, fitness instructor and amateur photographer, must come to grips with the fact that her mother's imminent death will leave her alone in the world. While preparing her childhood home for sale, she realizes for the first time that her mother's antique brooch is identical to the one pinned to the lady's dress in the painting hanging above the fireplace. Coincidence or connection? Carolyn is determined to find out. What she discovers has the potential to tear lives apart or to bring her the closeness and comfort she longs for. It all depends on how she handles her newfound knowledge.

Maggie Dewdrop is lost! Alone, and in an unfamiliar forest, Maggie must rely on her own intuition and magic to get back to the safety of the Great Oak Tree. With the help of the mysterious raven, Mama Morgana, and the curious Haunted Hagstone, Maggie must look beyond her fears and inside her heart to guide herself back home to her family!

Having successfully survived the Marshan affair, Monk Buttman is looking forward to nothing more than a peaceful life filled with days at the beach. However, an unexpected call from his estranged daughter, Rebekah, pulls Monk back to Virginia and back through his past, something he doesn't want to do. But family ties run deep, and before Monk can think it through, he, Agnes, and Rebekah, find themselves on the road searching for Rebekah's runaway husband, encountering ghosts and angels, God and love, and murder along the way.

Set in the not-too-distant future, Resistant is an end-of-an-era, edgy and often dark story of desperation, greed, and betrayal so crippling it leaves one protagonist on the brink of unraveling.A scientists' worst fears has been realized: antibiotics have become obsolete, and a pandemic virus nearly wipes out all of humanity. What's left of the world has been divided between those selected to live illness-free within a man-made community quarantine and the outcasts abandoned outside to face uncertain survival. In the wake of an unraveling society, four teens struggle to determine their place in a world that has become warped by the decisions of the previous generation.Cat, who has grown up privileged within the walls of The Community; Wren, a rebellious survivor on the outside; and Abel and Ryder, the two orphan boys who love them. As their paths intersect, the shocking truth surrounding the so-called vaccine that made initial survival possible is revealed, and these four teens must face the moral dilemma: How far would you go to save the ones you hold most dear?

Dane was a reliable guitarist until he got addicted to ants. Now he's just a giant anteater with an abysmal grade point average. On a date with lead singer, Serena, they witness a gruesome incident. Waking up in the hospital, Dane realizes Serena's missing. Going to the police only gets him a felony for possession of ants. Now, forced to lick the habit while he tracks down Serena, he's going to need a little help from the band.Investigating familiar watering holes (while stopping for one or two drinks) leads him to an underground criminal organization. Is it a coincidence that a feline fatale attempts to recruit him for the mob? Should he expose the dirty underbelly of their society, putting Serena and his band on the line, or try to take them down from the inside? Either way, it's going to take more than the Komodo dragon on clarinet.

The Sea of Lost Sons is a story within a story. It begins with the fictional resumption of Treasure Island shortly after Captain Bones dies, and pirates raid the Benbow Inn. When Jim Hawkins sails away to find Bones' treasure, Jonah, an orphan, takes his place at the Inn. Later, Jonah walks to Bristol to seek his fortune but is waylaid by a press gang and thrown onto a ship sailing to Africa to pick up captives for the slave trade. Jonah is shocked by the crew's cruelty and befriends a young African boy.When the ship flounders and is attacked by the notorious Bartholomew Roberts, "Black Bart," Jonah is taken aboard as a powder boy. The British Navy scuttles the pirate ship, Royal Fortune, killing Roberts and capturing the crew. Jonah admires the swaggering, complex ship's surgeon, Peter Scudamore, and tries to prevent his hanging, but Scudamore and the crew die at Cape Corso Castle in 1722.