When Maggie Quinn falls gravely ill, she knows she’s running out of time. Desperate to protect her ten-year-old daughter from the clutches of a manipulative neighbor, she sends a final, urgent letter to her estranged sister Josie, begging her to come before it’s too late. Thrust into a bitter legal battle over custody and control, Josie must confront the limits of women’s rights, the strength of sisterly love, and the haunting weight of promises made too late. Caught between grief and resolve, young Clara is left to navigate a world she barely understands, until she discovers her own quiet power to change it. Based on real events, this historical novel honors those who lived in the margins and the letters that helped bring them to light.

In a small Southern town, two teenage boys, Brandon and Joseph, struggle to reconcile their love with a community steeped in fear and prejudice. As tensions mount, the boys choose to end their lives together in the town’s lake, their tragic decision a final act of devotion. But death is not the end. A celestial light descends—a radiant man and woman who restore Brandon and Joseph to life, promising them a place beyond human judgment where they can love freely. Their resurrection leaves the town stunned, forcing its people to confront the pain they caused and their own roles in the boys’ despair.

The forest burns with a fire not of this world, and Nicholas Bergeron knows it can only mean one thing. Almeta has returned. For a year, he and his protector Adriean Fritchett have chased the dark witch across dreams and ruins, only to find her stronger each time. Now she is anchoring herself to Thalveryan’s ley lines, rooting her power deeper into the world—and tearing it apart. Armed with the Atheneum Key and bound to Adriean by oath and something more dangerous than either dares to name, Nicholas must face a truth whispered by the dead. Almeta cannot be defeated without a sacrifice of love and blood. As the Council fractures, loyalties are tested, and visions blur the line between illusion and reality, Nicholas is forced to confront not only the witch who seeks to unravel the world—but the bond that could save it, or doom it. Magic burns, shadows lie and every choice will come at a cost.

We are all shaped by the people we love, the ones we lose, and the moments that change us forever. In this heartfelt collection, Henry D. Parrish Jr. writes letters to those who left lasting imprints on his life—family, friends, teachers, chosen family, and even the forces of fear, resilience, and love. Some letters are filled with gratitude, some with forgiveness, and others with the simple acknowledgment that presence, even fleeting, matters. Alongside reflections on hardship and healing, Parrish also celebrates joy, laughter, music, and the unconditional love of pets. Reminders that life, even in its heaviest seasons, is carried by moments of light. Part memoir, part meditation, The People I Carry invites readers to reflect on their own journeys and the connections that have shaped them. It is a testament to resilience, to the power of memory, and to the truth that we are never walking alone.

When true crime podcaster Lena Crowe returns to Harper, North Carolina, grief still clings to her like fog. A year after losing her husband and child in a freak accident, she’s drawn back by an unsolved mystery her grandmother once whispered about, a woman accused of murdering her family and walking free.
In 1955, Catherine Haywood Ellis lost everything: her son, her daughter, her husband—all on the eighth day of the month, eight months in a row. The town whispered poison, madness, and guilt. But no one ever proved she did it. No one ever asked why she stayed.
As Lena digs into the case, she uncovers more than forgotten headlines and fading gravestones. A missing daughter. A town that never forgave. And a pattern that may not be finished yet.
Told in dual timelines, The Eighth of Everything is a haunting Southern Gothic mystery about the weight of silence, the legacy of loss, and the truths we carry when no one wants to listen.

Grady’s secrets refuse to stay buried.
When beloved historian Eleanor Dray is found dead beneath the shadow of St. Luke’s bell tower, reporter June Calloway and Detective Ben Harper find themselves pulled into a chilling mystery that reaches back nearly two centuries.
A hidden chamber beneath the church reveals a dark truth, a boy named Elias, entombed alive, silenced to hide a murder that could shake the town’s foundations. As June and Ben uncover a web of lies, betrayal, and forgotten sins, they must race against time to stop history from repeating itself.
But with the town’s powerful figures desperate to keep the past hidden and a deadly adversary willing to do anything to protect their secrets, June and Ben must confront the shadows of Grady before the bell tolls again.

Mary Beth Jones, a local woman haunted by the past, begs journalist June Calloway to investigate the decades-old disappearance of her sister, Delilah Honeycutt.

Delilah vanished in 1975 without a trace—on the same night as her boyfriend, Marc Sinclair. Rumors swirled and theories flourished. However, the truth was never uncovered.

The Girl Time Forgot is a haunting mystery about memory, loss, and the unrelenting pull of the past.

In the summer of 1998, seventeen-year-old Ivy Lindley vanished without a trace. Two years later, her body is found in the woods near Ash Hollow, along the banks of the Chowan River. No one is ever charged. No one ever talks.
Twenty-seven years later, June Calloway returns to Ash Hollow chasing shadows of a past that won't let go. As she digs into Ivy's unsolved murder, she uncovers buried lies, fractured friendships, and a truth more horrifying than she imagined.
But Ivy's story didn’t end in the woods. Ivy never truly left Ash Hollow, not until she was ready.
A haunting tale of loss, memory, and the ghosts we carry, The Dreams We Bury is a mystery with a twist you’ll never forget.

When small-town journalist June Calloway agrees to judge the Grady Sweetheart Bake-Off, she expects a weekend of frosted cupcakes, community charm, and maybe a little local gossip. She doesn't expect Rosa Bloom, one of the contestants, to drop dead before the judging is through.
Armed with her reporter’s instinct and a stubborn streak a mile wide, June will have to sift through the lies, follow the crumbs, and find the truth. Before someone decides she’s stirred up enough trouble.

In the sweltering summer of 1892, a brutal murder in rural North Carolina shocked the region and ignited a fierce quest for justice. When a Jewish peddler was found dead in the woods of Franklin County, suspicion soon turned toward two local brothers, Thomas and Calvin Coley.

What followed was a trial that gripped two counties, revealing not only the chilling details of the crime but also the deep undercurrents of prejudice, poverty, and desperation in the post-Reconstruction South.

Now, over a century later, their distant cousin, Henry D Parrish Jr, unearths the tangled history of his own bloodline—bringing to light the social, racial, and personal forces that led to an infamous crime. Blood, Justice & The Coley Brothers is a gripping narrative of family, violence, and how one reconciles their family's murderous past.

In a land shaped by ancient power and guarded secrets, the Veil is all that stands between the living and the dead and someone is tearing it open.

Thalveryan is ruled by eight witching families, each bound to a sacred relic and a solemn duty to preserve the world's balance. Among them are the Bergerons, a lineage where power has passed from mother to daughter for generations.

But now, tradition is broken. With no daughter to inherit the gift, the magic falls to Nicholas Bergeron, the first son to ever bear the weight of the family's legacy. Unprepared and untested, Nicholas must join forces with Adriean Fritchett, heir to a family sworn to protect the realm with the legendary Oathbrand Blade.

As an ancient darkness stirs and relics begin to fail, Nicholas and Adriean must uncover the truth buried in Thalveryan’s forgotten past, before the Veil collapses and the dead return to claim the living.

In the wake of losing his partner Sam, Gabriel Fox struggles to move forward, his heart still weighed down by grief. Back at Grady High School, Gabriel finds himself facing the remnants of a life that feels impossible to rebuild. But when June Calloway uncovers a new lead tied to the corrupt land deals that once tore his world apart, Gabriel is pulled into a mystery that refuses to stay buried.
The missing person at the center of the case is no stranger to Gabriel’s past—a person whose disappearance is linked to the same shady dealings that claimed the lives of his parents. As Gabriel and June dig deeper, they discover a web of secrets, lies, and dangerous connections to the town’s most powerful figures, including the ever-threatening Mayor Mallory.
While Gabriel struggles with the emotional pull of his past and the guilt of moving on, the investigation takes a personal turn. The truth behind the land deals not only threatens the town’s future but could reveal a hidden part of Gabriel’s own history.

A small town, a buried secret, and a love that refuses to fade. In After The Fall, Gabriel Fox is forced to confront the ghosts of his past when journalist June Calloway uncovers the truth about the death of his boyfriend Samuel Whitaker and the mysterious accident that claimed the lives of his parents. As June unravels a web of corruption tied to the mayor and a shady land deal, Gabriel must face the painful truths he's spent years avoiding. But in the process of uncovering the darkness, Gabriel finds the possibility of healing and the unexpected spark of hope.