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The Hidden One
In 1993, fifty-year-old Ashley Cooper seems to have everything: elite law work on post-perestroika Russia, a Fifth Avenue penthouse, fast cars, and a faster mistress. Then people begin dying—his wife among them. With his teenage daughter Annie, Ashley deciphers diaries from his true father and grandfather, revealing the WWII atrocity of the “Iron Cage” and supernatural forces shielding—and hunting—him. A hidden prince, he must endure brutal trials against the Polinkov, ancient rivals of the Iskandarov. Book one of People of the Blood.
Genre-busting giant of a debut
—Ian Graham Leask, author of House of Large Sizes -
The Mount
A ritual on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount isn’t prophecy—it’s a weapon: an engineered system that mimics divine judgment and would unleash destruction as “revelation.” Drawn back into the shadows when her son Greg is crowned a new doctrinal voice, Charlotte Ansari uncovers a second claimant and a conspiracy spanning Vatican archives and desert sites. When belief becomes programmable, survival may require silence.
will make readers drunk on the wine of astonishment
—BEC on Amazon -
The Shekinah Legacy
When terrorists attack her home, international journalist Charlotte Ansari receives a coded email for her Asperger’s son—from the grandmother he’s never met, vanished for decades. The message launches them into India and Kashmir, hunted by assassins as the CIA, Mossad, terrorists, and the Vatican race for two relics that could upend Christianity and global power. The Shekinah Legacy is a high-stakes thriller exploring the perilous limits of belief.
This is the book Dan Brown should have written… an exciting alternative religious history filled with plenty of action and interesting plot twists
—S. Moore for Book Pleasures -
The Unspoken
In The Unspoken, the third Charlotte Ansari Thriller, Greg finds a forbidden scroll engineered to trigger belief, not understanding—making him the center of a doctrine that could reshape the world. Hunted by factions determined to crown him a messiah or erase him, Greg battles a prophecy name never spoken. Charlotte races from Petra to the Vatican’s depths to save her son and confront belief as a weapon.
a thriller for the age in which we live
—BEC on Amazon -
Thunder Birds
When war erupts on the Minnesota frontier, childhood ends in a single terrible season. Thunder Birds follows white and Dakota boys and girls whose lives are shattered by the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862, sparked by hunger, broken treaties, and betrayal. Through young eyes on both sides, neighbors become enemies—yet friendship and hope endure. Grounded in extensive research and featuring leaders like Little Crow, Henry Sibley, and Alexander Ramsey, the novel blends history with character-driven emotion for readers, classrooms, and book clubs.
Although written for young adults, Barnes’ thoughtful, accurate, well-crafted story will engage readers of any age.
—Susan Thurston, award-winning author of Sister of Grendel -
Twisting Trails
Twisting Trails is a young adult historical adventure set on Minnesota’s northwest frontier during the fur trade (1831–1837). Alexander Whitney, a fictional Fort Snelling soldier, and Angelique Reaume, a Métis girl with Ojibwe and French-Canadian roots, meet and form a bond amid real history and famous figures of the era. Their travels range from Fort Snelling to Lake Itasca, maple sugar camps and wild rice beds, the Red River Trail bison hunt, and the Dakota pipestone quarry—culminating in Mendota during the Treaty of 1837 negotiations.
brilliantly synthesizes a compelling fictional adventure story with nonfictional historical personalities and events
—Haderslev. Review on Amazon -
Ukrainian Nights
Ukrainian Nights is a gritty noir that drives its protagonist to the edge of obsession. Hunter, a young New York Times journalist, heads to post-Soviet Kyiv to investigate sex trafficking and money laundering. Not a tough guy, he falls hard for Alina—the mistress of Karasov, Ukraine’s most powerful mob boss—and refuses to let her go. Their doomed romance unfolds amid brutal violence in Kyiv and New York, fueled by geopolitics, drug money, human trafficking, crooked banking, and the spoils of oil and gas—leaving readers unsure who’s right or wrong.
One page in, I couldn’t stop reading
—John Wirth, Executive Producer/Showrunner of Hell on Wheels and The Sarah Connor Chronicles -
Water Wheels
Water Wheels is historical fiction following two immigrant teens in 1870s Minnesota. Halvor Dahl, the son of poor Norwegian Lutheran farmers in the Cannon River valley, and Emelia Meier, daughter of German Catholic merchants in St. Paul, meet and set off on adventures across the state by train, steamboat, and buggy. They face blizzards, fires, crimes, swarms of insects, and a comet while witnessing sweeping social and political change. Along the way they cross paths with figures like James J. Hill, Theodore Hamm, John Pillsbury, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Jesse James.
gives the reader insight into early farming and early merchant life from 1868 to 1882
—Barbara Parrish, review on Amazon -
Where You Come From Is Gone
After Army service in postwar Germany, Pete Brennan returns home to his father’s fishing boat—until a split-second accident costs him a leg and threatens the family business. His brother Wayne, a former hockey player turned mink farmer, sinks into alcoholism as feed fish vanish and animal-rights pressure mounts. Their father, Arthur, struggles to hold the family together as tragedy strikes again, forcing impossible choices. Where You Come From Is Gone is a multigenerational portrait of resilience, identity, and the cost of letting go.
An unforgettable novel about family bonds, the pleasure and pain of hard work, and the forces at work against rural communities.
—Peter Geye, author of A Lesser Light
