Books published by Black Rose Writing

"...weaves vivid descriptions of the Revolutionary War era." -IndieReaderLily Van Der Houghton, a newly licensed physician, is lost and unsettled on which way her life is leading her when she goes hiking to the Jacks River Falls. Lily stumbles through a hole in time and finds herself in 1763. She is not on the trail to the falls anymore but is in Indian Territory in the aftermath of the French and Indian War. To her surprise, Lily learns she has a key role in an ancient Cherokee prophecy. The tribal elders prayed for the right woman to come from Beyond to be Red Moon Woman and the right woman for Marcus McCarron. Lily Van Der Houghton, fresh from the new millennium, is the right woman for the job.

Found in Paris, an old, long neglected book that purports to be the journal of one Henry Howard turns Michael Devon's world upside down.Within its tattered pages, Michael finds a rich tableau of mid-sixteenth century life, experienced with all of the wonder and sense of adventure of a teen-aged boy at the brink of manhood. A story of improbable love, loyalty, friendship and courage emerges, set in the tumultuous events of the France of Catherine de Medici and Nostradamus.Woven within this narrative is the story of an emerging poetic sensibility, coupled with an uncanny ability to bring to life a richly imaginative world. Howard provides a subtle sprinkling of linguistic tropes that suggests, in its early stages, the rich language of Shakespeare.The Fall of a Sparrow is a book about language, the beauty of its texture, the force of its eloquence, and the music of its cadences.

"…an interesting [thriller] series about a broken and damaged man named Zander." -N'West Iowa ReviewAfter his risky mission in Key West Florida, Zander needed a break. He didn't want to go back to Frisco, Colorado and join his bar business partner Fats. That wouldn't clear his head from his experience with Sara Jane. He needed to be alone and explore the south on his own.Split second decisions made him turn off highway 41 and spend time in Everglade City. There he found a woman who looked just like his favorite movie star, Natalie Wood. He was in love or as she called it, lust.Zander had no idea that his last encounter with Sara Jane would cause her to become pregnant, and it seemed no one was about to tell him either.

Escaping to Italy was the easy part. Figuring out how to stay forever is where the adventure begins...When disheartened American Jacoby Pines arrives in Italy on vacation, he has no idea that a family photograph from the previous century would start a search for ancestry through the streets of Florence and the hills of Tuscany. Jacoby's quest includes encounters with a septuagenarian ex-pat, an elusive heiress in hiding, a charming Australian museum guide, a Pearl Jam-crazed artisan shoemaker, malevolent hunters, a needy border collie and one very large wild boar. Along the way there are magnificent, wine-soaked meals at every turn and immersion in the sensory splendor and la dolce vita of Il Bel Paese. At the end of the novel, on the morning of Jacoby's dreaded return to America, a chance of remaining in Italy arrives in stunning news from abroad. But is it too late?

"An infectious, salacious and highly entertaining erotic horror novel set in the deep south." -Best ThrillersKatarina The Killer picks up where Trent St. Germain's debut novel The Incubus and The Others leaves off. Vampire Flannery Lanehart finds herself face-to-face with her old foe and Maker, Katarina Castille. While fending off a murderous Katarina, Flannery is strong-armed into providing her Creator room and board at Ten Points, the 198-year-old former plantation the Lanehart family calls home in north Louisiana.Further challenges come in the way of Dr. Remy Van Buren, who arrives searching for answers about the disappearance of his identical twin brother from the estate; the return of the demonic Conrad-in a new form-to wreak havoc and revenge on the lives of Laneharts; and, a dark secret in the nearby woods that will shake Ten Points to its foundations.

Five-year-old Joey Harrison's world is turned upside down when he and his seven-year-old sister, Beth, are placed in foster care in 1942. With the war in Europe underway and the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, the children's father joins the Army despite the pleadings of his young wife.From 1941 until 1947 Joey's mother will have five additional children fathered by another man. All of the children are subsequently placed in foster care where Joey and his siblings suffer unconscionable abuse at the hands of foster parents. They are shifted from foster care to foster care, including one stay in an orphanage for Joey.Joey's mother is age 40 when she dies due to cirrhosis of the liver and the children's father petitions the State of New York, requesting that Joey come and live with him. What follows for the boy, as well as his siblings, is a loveless path of more foster homes, formidable hurdles, and abuse until Joey ultimately triumphs and reaches the top of the stairs. It's an inspirational journey the reader will witness as they see Joey and his six siblings become reunited after overcoming multiple hardships and are finally reunited over twenty-five years later.

Winner of the Pen/Corvino Award for NonfictionRunner Up D. Earles Medal for First-Time MemoiristsOn an ordinary January afternoon, a disturbing revelation about his wife hurls one man into a maelstrom of public humiliation and heartbreak, and eventually on a spree of run-ins with lawyers, judges, therapists, and law enforcement. Land of July tells the true story of a teacher/student sex scandal that not only shocked an entire school and small suburban community, but made national news. It's a story filled with countless anecdotes about marriage, trust, infidelity, grief, and the desperate search for hope and family in the face of ruin. Practically ripped from the daily headlines, Land of July is as salacious as it is sobering. At its best, it's a cautionary tale that might just inspire an awakening of morality; at its worst, it's one man's tumultuous journey to hell...and possibly back.

"An enjoyable crime novel that will make readers hope for future volumes of the series." -Kirkus ReviewsSomeone is shooting up Dirty Sam's. Will the Long Harbor police get their man, or woman, before a casino heist, a slots player who disappears in a puff of smoke, a crossbow-toting florist, and an undercover agent who makes a mean goulash, complicate the investigation?Oh, for the simpler days of illegal gambling.

Best Book Awards 2019 Finalist - NovellaIt's 1888, in Hazard, Kentucky…What will one day be known as The French-Eversole Feud (due west of the notorious Hatfields & McCoys) has ignited.Teenager Ezekiel Snopes must recover quickly from the loss of his younger sister-gunned down by a greedy feudist. He must now decide if he wants to live or die, remain at home, or, take a stand against such lawlessness in the Appalachian hills.Regardless of what he does, the feud wages on…This is a real period of American history.And Ezekiel Snopes is just unlucky enough to be born in the midst of it.

"If you are a fan of mythology, paranormal, suspense, or YA in general then I recommend that you start this series as soon as possible." -Eric Dunn from Just Another Book Guy BlogSecret Seekers Society and the Beast of Bladenboro follows the young protagonists Hunter Glenn and Elly Ann through an adventure ripe with adversity, paranormal monsters, secret societies, and most haunting of all, a life without their parents. Both siblings suffer emotional struggle from the sudden loss of their parents, as well as their physical journey into a new and strange "home"; an ancient and creepy mansion known only as the Belmonte Estate. The children slowly unravel the secrets of their parents' true identities, the origin of the strange mansion and their inheritance into an ancient secret society of monster hunters.

"If you haven't started this series yet, I highly recommend it." -All Things Book ReviewBook Two in the Secret Seekers Society continues the epic adventure, following Hunter, Elly, and all their friends as they journey into the world of the supernatural and unknown. The children's Enlightenment studies find them digging deeper into the spiritual realm of the paranormal. Learning about a magical and ancient ring known as Solomon's Seal, the children must decide if playing with the spiritual realm to seek out their dead parents is worth the risk of putting their souls in danger.

Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 20182019 Maxy Book Awards - Best LiteraryCourtney Morgan is a female knuckle-ball pitcher trying to break into professional baseball. Parker Westfall is an aging slugger with one last chance at the ultimate carrot-a spot on a major-league roster. She's gorgeous, and he's having the season of his life. Together, they'll try to change a losing team's fortunes on their way to the big show. But when tragedy strikes, will their dreams still matter?The Fat Lady's Low, Sad Song is a novel about baseball, with a touch of romance, that portrays what it means to be part of a team and part of a community in the heartbreaking world of minor league ball.

"There's romance... there's intrigue... and a whole lot of action." -Readers' FavoriteWhen top political consultant Miles Davis takes on the campaign of Enrique Arenas in his run for President of Colombia, it appears to be just another lucrative job, another campaign to win. But is it?Ghosts from distant pasts lurk in the shadows. Forbidden loves create new scars and traumatic memories force old ones to ache. And an international conspiracy, stronger and more sinister than any of them can imagine, might finish off more than just Enrique's campaign.

Horror Talk "Top 10 Horror Novels of 2018""I never want to hear mention of bolt-cutters, a live rat and a bucket in the same sentence again. EVER." -Ginger Nuts of Horror"John Hunt is the author to watch in the horror and suspense genre." -The Novel PursuitTrapped in a twisted game of cat and mouse, Taylor must play by the rules of the inhuman nightmare that's hunting him down - or else face a cruel and dire fate... A pulse-pounding chiller!Taylor is being hunted. A sinister shadow trails him playing a game of hide and seek. If Taylor is caught, a cruel death awaits him. There are rules for this game. To break them would mean dire consequences for Taylor and anyone close to him. Taylor must outwit and outlast the fiend for forty-eight hours.

In a hilly backwoods world where the sword and ax rule, over-sized youth Ford Barlow is on the verge of making a life-changing mistake. Though good at heart, the horrors of battle have warped his immature mind and a lack of love has isolated him. His morality balances upon the edge of a knife. Tragedy forces Ford from his home and clan, thrusting him into the arms of a band of boy thieves. Adventures abound in a woodland hideaway, where Ford seems to have found a new home and new people to call his own. However, companionship, magical forest beings and fairies' loot are not enough to distract him from the burden of guilt weighing him down. When the violent life presses in on him once more, Ford must decide between good and evil, life and death.

"Never Been Found is a murder mystery that will soothe your crime-solving, clue-finding itch and delight your inner detective." -Authors ReadingThe first installment of the Tomas O'Malley Mystery series.Long-time Chicago homicide detective has been working the case of a missing girl with little success. Now, her father has been found executed and a serial killer is leaving a trail of female bodies across the city. Are all these cases related? Who could be behind such a wide spread epidemic of organized crime. As the case unwinds and more bodies stack up, O'Malley must choose between what his gut is telling him, and what the case is being designed to show.Will O'Malley find the killer, or is the killer leading the detective to a deadly frame-up of a young man in over his head? The missing girl may hold the answer, if only she could be found.

Chase Walker is beginning to doubt his own sanity. From the moment he turned eighteen, a strange paranoia has taken over his mind. It all started the moment he discovered his uncle's old watch...The watch calls to him. Though it beckons, he resists. His body strains toward it, blood pulsing, heart pounding in a mysterious and primitive need to connect with his uncle's old beat up watch.When sexy and mysterious Alyx saves his life, she promises answers. She talks of dimension travel, and wears a magical watch of her own…