Books published by Lean Dog Productions

Returning home from college for the weekend, John Bratcher meets up with his old running pals at the local bar. Searching for his best buddy, Mike Connolly, who is in Police Cadet training, John stumbles into a drunken seduction. Discovered in the transgression by the local sheriff, John is assaulted, left for dead, and then disappears. Seventeen years later, Deputy Mike Connolly moves back to his hometown. Wanting to live up to the lawman ideal of his fantasies, he tries to reacquaint himself with a town now run by Sheriff Russling, his step-father. He begins to uncover the disturbing story of his friend John's disappearance, which is covered up by a tangle of lies, murder and deceit. With complicated relationships strained under the brutish bully system of the sheriff, Mike finds that everyone has a secret but no one wants to stand up to the truth.

An old fashioned adventure tale that follows the treasure seeking path of renowned female archeologist, Alexa Reid. On her journey in the South Pacific, she teams up with an ex-Navy flyer that uses a seaplane for his charter business. Being chased by Air Pirates, the pair runs into all types of colorful island characters. The one-eyed, Air Pirate Captain, P. M. Rasmus, is close on their tail and seems ready to pounce at every turn. Who is he really and why does he pursue our heroine so doggedly? Strap yourself in for a fun-filled classic adventure quest for treasure through the South Pacific islands after the Second World War.

No one cares enough about the nearly-abandoned, West Texas border town to give it a permanent name or stand up for the remaining citizens. With a few exceptions, unless someone works for the largest cattle outfit in the region or operates the only saloon in town, there isn't much worth sticking around for. As the tense relationship between the two opposing groups simmers, a trio of brothers comes to town and quickly becomes embroiled in the battle for supremacy. Hostilities come to a head when a mysterious woman arrives in the border region to appeal to those involved and remind them of their dutiful sense of right and wrong. In a harsh western landscape, the struggle of moral consequence draws a dividing line between justice and survival.

Paperback Mystery & Adventure novelist, Jonathan Tyler Springer decides to follow in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway: drops a very successful writing career and moves to the southernmost island of the Florida Keys, Key West ... The Conch Republic

The adventure continues from West to Bravo. When a wagon train of homesteaders is massacred by outlaws, a young male survivor is determined to rescue his stolen siblings. Dragged from his now peaceful existence, former military scout, Holton Lang invests himself in the search for the stolen captives as well as the difficult task of keeping the young man alive. As the search continues across three states, Holton comes across old friends and finds new meaning in life as his job of survival embraces a newfound kinship.

Deep within the Dark Continent of Africa, the dwindling population of wild Elephants is protected by law yet systematically harvested by poachers. The armed forces of Park Rangers are not enough to protect the ivory prongs from these giants of nature. A hundred years ago, the Great White Hunters were the predators. Now the region calls on one man to protect the elephants from virtual extinction … Tusk.