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Generations
Based on the life of West Texas pioneer J.D. "Big John" Sanders, Generations is a celebration of Irish heritage, a story of indomitable spirit and unfailing vision, and of relentless pursuit of the American dream.
After a whirlwind romance with the formidable Nora Brooks, Big John forges a cattle town in the rugged West Texas frontier during World War I. Thirty years later, Marion Kidd Sanders journeys to New York in pursuit of fame and fortune — and brings the family name to new heights.
A historical family saga that spans a millennia, Generations takes you deep into the lives of one family, from their beginnings in medieval Ireland, through to Boston, Texas and modern-day New York.
Gemstone Wyverns
Under Guardian William's rule, the people of Alsace huddle in castles, dreading the next attack of the Gemstone Wyverns.
After one of the wyverns steals a valueable diamond, Josh Wyrmherd is accused of helping the drake and exiled. With his friend Alyson, they search for the diamond and make their way to a mountaintop eyrie, where thousands of wyverns nest.
There, they discover a secret that will change their lives and shape the future of the whole kingdom.
Delta Squad - The Rise Of 188 (Delta Squad Book 1)
The power of a god is bestowed on a madman, his eyes glowing with a golden light through an arcane ritual from ages past. Together with a group of insane generals, he is dedicated to wage war on the world, with an army of remorseless killers that can appear anywhere on the planet. They take no prisoners, and no one is safe.
Meanwhile, a top-secret organization known only to the highest levels of power is coming up with its greatest weapon: the mythical Delta Squad. A five-member team with special skills, weapons and armor, they are destined to fight in what could be the last war.
But will it be enough to put an end to the madness... or is the rise of the sinister power only known as 188 impossible to stop?
The Global View (The Goldman Trilogy Book 1)
Young Ephraim Goldman is the author of a perennial bestseller. A celebrated academic lion, he hobnobs with the movers and shakers of his era, such as Einstein, Berenson and Bertrand Russell.
Ephraim's son Bernard is a young writer, desperate to make his own reputation in the literary world.
After a shrewd publisher hires Bernie to write his father’s biography, he stumbles across a startling photograph. As the mystery of his father slowly unfolds, Bernard has to come to terms with both the present and the future.
But in the end, can he repair his relationship and begin to understand his father... or will long-kept secrets destroy their family?
Ways of the West
After three desperadoes ride into the town of Monkford and hold a congregation at gunpoint, a shootout ensues. With the Minister’s wife dead and one of the criminals wounded, they make their escape to the town of Fiveways in search of a doctor.
A posse gathers and sets out into the Territory to bring the criminals to justice. Meanwhile in Monkford, the minister Gene Sherrin is recovering from the terrible tragedy... and proves to be a man at war with himself.
In a game of survival of the fittest, who will be the last man standing?
Thin
The things 17-year-old Erin Post wants are drastically different from the things she needs. A junior in high school, Erin wants nothing more than to be thin.
In reality, she's a depressed girl with a serious eating disorder who needs to stop starving herself. When Erin’s mother insists that she see a psychiatrist, Erin runs away to Chicago. There, she meets Lin and Ari, two homeless teens who show her that’s there’s a lot more to the world than being thin and fitting in.
Soon after making her new friends, Erin is given a choice. She can either help her new friends and risk having to face psychiatric treatment, or continue her path toward thinness.
A 2017 Golden Pen Award Nominee, THIN is a poignant story of self-esteem, courage and redemption.
The Door To Forever
During his senior years, John - a retired high school English teacher - decided to finally write his memoirs.
His story begins at a young age, with his first visit from a spirit playmate his own age. To John, Jason is just an ordinary child like him, and John never gave much thought to where Jason came from - or where he disappeared.
As years passed by, more playmates followed, and as John got older, his playmates shared more and more information about the spirit world with him.
A Reckoning
Someone is hell-bent on killing Detective Simms of the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
While investigating a clutch of brutal murders, Simms is dragged into a life-and-death struggle with a bunch of desperadoes, numerous Indians, a gunfighter and a double-crossing U.S. Marshall by the name of Dixon.
This will not be the easiest time of his life, nor the most peaceful. By the end of it, a lot of people will end up dead.
All Simms needs to do is make sure he isn't one of them.
A Reckoning is a standalone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
Praise for A Reckoning:
"Anyone who enjoys westerns will love this series." - T.D. Reavis, Amazon review
"Could not put it down... highly recommended." - Jim Rogers, Amazon review
Percy Crow
Captured by the enemy during World War Two, Percy Crow escapes in the bilges of a freighter from Soviet Russia to Hamburg.
There, he sells his secrets to the head of British Intelligence. But when Lord Maudlin Paterson hears Percy’s account of the royal family's dark secrets, he sets out to find the truth, however repulsive it may be.
Decades later, the daughter of Maudlin’s illegitimate Russian son suddenly blurts out Percy’s name while being interrogated by the CIA — and Harry Paterson, Maudlin’s legitimate great-grandson, is the only person she trusts.
Along with his lifelong friend George Northcliffe and the beautiful Serena Abenazo, Harry starts unravelling the clues.
To Die in Glory
Three men ride into the town of Glory and by the look of them, they are not coming to enjoy themselves. After a brief meeting with the local law enforcement, the sheriff lies gunned down.
Meanwhile, things are not going too well for Detective Simms. Having found love, only to have it cruelly snatched away from him, his only way of facing the loss is to seek solace from the bottom of a bottle. But soon his skills are called upon again, as he hears of a telegram sent from Glory; a cry for help.
Promises will be broken.
People will die.
And in the end, Simms will have to use all his guile and experience to survive.
To Die In Glory is a standalone novel, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
In The Blood
Detective Simms of the Pinkerton Detective Agency receives orders for another mission. Desperadoes are taking advantage of the fledgling railroads that cut through the endless plains, and the Pinkertons are charged with protecting the valuable cargo.
After a powerful group sets their eyes on the scarcely guarded carriages, Simms begins to shadow the train robbers. But soon, he realizes that someone is hunting him instead.
One of them will end up six feet under... by the bullet.
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Character development was excellent. A lot of twists and turns. I highly recommend this book."
★★★★★ - "A good old-fashioned Western. Will read more books by Yates."
Tokens Of My Confection
Life hasn’t been easy for Cady Caldwell, struggling first with her drug-addicted parents, then mistreated by the husband she though would be her savior.
But there was always one thing that kept her going: protecting her younger sisters and ensuring their lives are happy. Escaping her abusive marriage, Cady is shunted off to the small town of Garrison, Montana, to live with a paternal grandmother she doesn’t know, and doesn’t want to.
It seems that her two younger sisters, and an equally determined grandmother, are hell bent on looking after her. But can they get her to live again?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "A well-written storyline that will delight."
★★★★★ - "I was pulled into this book from the first chapter. The depth of each character can be felt, and makes you feel what they are feeling.
Strange Corridors
Emma is unhappy at home. Her parents fight, and party too much. Her stepsister just moved away, and Emma feels alone.
When the mysterious Jester Giraurd appears, he convinces Emma to go with him through Strange Corridors, promising to take her to her older sister. Soon, Emma encounters many bizarre creatures, such as the Hanged Man, the Talking Crow, and the Woman In Black.
With her newfound friends Paul and Orgo, Emma tries to rescue children shanghaied through the Strange Corridors. But can they defeat the evil Drake Sisters and bring the children to freedom?
The Lost Shepherd
In a world devastated by corruption, Father Darcy has lost his faith. After letting down the very people he pledged to protect, he decides to take a pilgrimage across the dangerous English countryside in an attempt to find his mission again.
There, he meets men hungry for his blood. A vicious, relentless landscape. And two boys more dangerous than anything he has ever seen before. But can he save these children, or will they change his cause forever?
This is a Reacher short story set before the events of The Running Game.
Timothie Hill and the Cloak of Power
When superhero hairdresser Timothie Hill dons his spangled cape, all hell breaks loose.
His former friend and current nemesis, Reginald Smith, has sinister intentions of enslaving all mankind. With the end of the world at stake, Timothie must stop the leaders of the free world and the repulsive demon, Bael, from stealing the souls of six billion people on Earth.
Armageddon has begun on Earth, and only Timothie can save the day. But can he prevail against enemies both human and inhuman?
Spirits' Gold
Kwame, the son of a tribal chief, wants more from life than can be found in his small West African village.
Working as a houseboy at the management residence of a foreign-owned gold mine, he listens to the conversations of the residents and fantasizes about one day traveling the world himself.
But after mysterious deaths and disappearances are blamed on the revenge of jungle spirits, Kwame overhears something that he wishes he hadn’t. Unable to ignore what has happened, he becomes entangled in a web of theft, murder and a political power struggle that will forever change his life, and the lives of everyone around him.
Like The Thistle Seed
Scotland has always given generously of her people to the world. This book tells the story of some of the many hundreds of thousands of Scots who have contributed to the fabric of modern world.
In here are explorers and entrepreneurs, settlers and soldiers, politicians and missionaries, traders and police officers.
They are a diverse lot with only two things in common: they made their home in a foreign land, and they hailed from Scotland. The world is all the richer for the part they played.
Short Circuit
“We all have our memories; the guitar still sang...”
This collection of twenty-nine science fiction vignettes are at turns touching, humorous, and thought-provoking. Each begin cradled in the comfort of the familiar, but take readers along a winding path to the unexpected.
Serving as poignant reminders of the ephemeral nature of life and death, these stories encapsulate what it means to be human; to be captivated by music, love, and life itself.
Written as a loving tribute to her son, Kenna McKinnon’s Short Circuit: And Other Geek Stories is a reminder of the legacy left by a remarkable man.
Science Slept Sixteen Centuries
Science Slept Sixteen Centuries is a book for the reader who wants to learn what physics is all about - and for the person who has taken a few physics courses in high school, but wants to learn more about its diverse theories and historical development.
Even if you have taken college-level physics courses, you might not necessarily know the fascinating history of physics development, and the backgrounds of physicists who contributed to that development, such as Kepler, Newton, the Bernoulli family, Planck, Bohr, Einstein, von Neumann and Oppenheimer, to name only a few.
And of course, if you want to learn why world civilization still suffers from a hiatus in the advancement of science in general — and physics in particular - this is the book for you.
Scarlet Raven
With most of her past still a mystery and the man who tried to kill her dead, Scarlett thought she could live a normal life.
She was wrong.
As rogue shadow-military units and world governments vie for control of a new nanite technology, she has to face them both to discover the truth of humanity's future - and how she's involved.
Once again, she’ll have to become the Scarlet Angel in order to protect everyone and everything she cares about. But when the plasma blasts start flying, she may just find that the harsh truth of the future could cost her everything.
