Chapter 1 The Mark Twain MissionThere is a tremendous explosion on a docked steamboat and the levees of New Orleans are destroyed. The city is flooded and a young Mark Twain vanishes in the muddy waters of the Mississippi River. Not only will the future generations never get to read some of his best works but also the city will never become the great port and vacation center it is today. The 1800 club must send a member back and stop the explosion. They need a member who has an understanding of steamboats and their engines and selects Tommy "Whitey" Madden, a New York City detective. Tommy finds out that in order to prevent the explosion from becoming history he must inform Mark Twain about his mission and inadvertently gives him an idea for one of his most popular stories.Chapter 2 The Ronald Reagan MissionWhy would Ronald Reagan simply never exist? It was during his time as President of the United States that the Soviet Union was challenged by him to tear down the...

Endearing: Knight Everlasting Book 1

In By the Skin of His Teeth, 17-year-old Ted MacIntosh, whom author Ann Walsh showcased earlier in Moses, Me and Murder and The Doctor's Apprentice, befriends a young Chinese boy despite the intense prejudice seething in the frontier town. Ted suffers intimidation and violence at the hands of the cruel, arrogant Tremblay and his cronies, but with courage and conviction the young man stands up for what he believes and defends his Chinese friend.

Tilly Jacobs was going to spend an uneventful month in London helping her nerdy history buff cousin to catalog priceless antiques in a mansion that’s slated to be torn down. When a Regency era earl mistakenly drags her into his century, she thinks she’s in for the best vacation of her life. All she has to do is enjoy the scenery, which includes the hunky Lord Ashford, until he can get her back.She doesn’t count on a murderer being after them, or the fact that if the house gets destroyed, so do her chances of ever getting home. Least of all, she doesn’t count on the undeniable attraction she feels to the mysterious and brooding Lord Ashford, or the fact that the longer she stays with him, the less she wants to fight it.

Sixteen years old and newly knighted, Darian is now being sent on The Journey, his first step into manhood. Meanwhile Gwendolyn, a seemingly ordinary young girl, finds herself abducted by the servants of the powerful mercenary, Lord Valrak. When our young hero stumbles upon the trail of the maiden and her captors, he gallantly accepts the quest to rescue her. Along the way, he meets a number of companions who join him for honor, for friendship, and for gold. The rescue party quickly tracks down and defeats the kidnappers only to find their way home blocked by more of Valrak's men. The adventurers decide to brave the wilderness, hoping to avoid these enemies, while making their way toward the noble knight's fortress home. During their travels, they discover the secret that fuels Lord Valrak's pursuit. Overcome at last and vastly outnumbered, our heroes are forced to take their final stand against the forces of evil.

In this sweet romance, pretty and naive Cecelia Wood has lived all her life isolated Penyclawdd at the edge of the Black Mountains and on the border between Wales and England. Her beloved childhood home is entailed on a cousin. Invalided out of the army in Spain after a disastrous battle, he arrives at the estate with his new fiancée in tow. A tangle of love, jealousy and misunderstanding ensues.

Ellie Quin and Jez have been marooned on WonderLand - a series of domed mini-worlds in which anything and any creature you can imagine can be made; a luxury resort for the universe's rich and famous. Only, it never got a chance to open and now it's kept ticking over by a pair of eccentric technicians. But all is not as it appears here. Something dark and sinister happened in the past and Ellie has accidentally stumbled across it...and stirred up a hornet's nest. Meanwhile, The Administration's search for Ellie intensifies. The entire system is quarantined and the noose is tightening as Deacon finally gets the manpower he's requested. And then there's Mason....getting ever closer to recovering his 'Frankenstein' creation...Ellie. **

Sir Darian's first quest as a fully fledged Telian Knight is to act as an emissary to the court of Innalas. Over the past few months an increasing number of troll attacks along the elvish kingdom's border has begun to concern King Ilfas. As soon as his request for council reached Lord Andor, Sir Darian was dispatched to offer what aid could. The young knight, as well as his companions, quickly discover that there's more to the situation than a number of random attacks. Along their journey they encounter trolls not only wearing armor and wielding arms, but that are also covered in runes protecting them from magical attacks. This leaves room for only one logical conclusion: Innalas is under assault from some unknown enemy.

Can a young man from New York City with a handicap limp live in a recently found, century old ghost town in the heart of the Nevada desert? Can he exchange New York's four seasons for the continuous heat of the area and trade the feel of City Street’s macadam for the gritty hot sand . . . and can he find love that has so far eluded him in life?

Paul Stevens once again finds himself in the world of Zanoth.

A corpse is found floating in a swimming pool under a dance floor. A blood soaked head gapes up from a shallow grave in a local beauty spot. A woman is clubbed to death and left to rot in medieval tunnels beneath the city streets Three brutal murders, ten years apart. What connects them? Why is a senior police officer determined to hide the truth? What really happened under cover of an air raid that killed seventy Christmas revellers in a popular city centre pub?Another Billy Perks investigation. The old team; Billy's pals Yvonne Sparkes and "Kick" Morley with old Etonian, M.D. Doc Hadfield, are joined this time by a new sleuth, rookie cop, PC John Needham.A 2013 "YouWriteOn" prize winner, this gripping murder mystery is for adult and teenage readers.

The 1800 Club is a 21st Century haven for people seeking to escape New York City's frantic pace. Dressed in clothes their ancestors might have worn during the 1800s, members enjoy foods of the period and read periodicals featuring news of a particular date in 1865. However, the 1800 Club also has an astounding secret; Time Travel. Members travel back in time to keep history on track.Story One: Matt does not return from a trip back in time and Bill calls John Brand and Rocky Perna, his two friends and time traveling companions, to go back and help him locate Matt. The Brooklyn Police Department is tracking them down as suspected diamond robbersStory Two: Bill goes back on a mission and finds out that he is stranded in time.