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The site for the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy novels of Edward Newton, plus the romance novels of Antonia Church.
Whatever you’re looking for, we’ve got you covered.
Scary, steamy, sci-fi, sword & sorcery—something for everyone from seven to a hundred seven.
Book One by Antonia Church
The Infinite Minute by Edward Newton
iii by Antonia Church
Sandcastles: Salem Crossing Book Two by Antonia Church
Driftwood: Salem Crossing Book Three by Antonia Church
Riptide: Salem Crossing Book One
Nevada Noble has left behind a boring boyfriend and a suffocating family in the midwest to start a new life in Florida. Trading snow boots for sunglasses and socks for flip-flops, Neve instantly falls in love with the surf and the sand.
Her promise to stay faithful to only her love affair with the beach is soon in jeopardy as the prodigal son of the seaside town returns. He’s sexy, smart, and single—with a hint of mystery surrounding his sudden return.
Neve realizes the vow of chastity she made along the shores isn’t strong enough to withstand the tidal pull of attraction. Her heart gets caught in a riptide.
The Infinite Minute
What happens when someone breaks time?
Welcome to the United States of random epochs, where borders are temporal instead of geographical. Someone has destroyed time itself, cracking the entire Earth into a patchwork puzzle of past, present, and future all coexisting at once. America is fissured into fifty time zones, where the Old West can border an Orwellian future, or dinosaurs and flying cars coexist across state lines.
Thyme Mugen was only sixteen years old when her mother died just as the clocks stopped. When she is accepted into a brand-new school on the other side of the country composed of students from every era in America, Thyme is ready to turn the page of the calendar and move on. What happens when she faces her future? In a world where tomorrow physically exists alongside today, is fate a predetermined eventuality, or does she still make her destiny?
Horroricane
BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF ANOMALOUS WEATHER, SOMETHING PROWLS
Up north, a snowstorm of unprecedented ferocity descends upon Zukunft Falls, Montana, and the nearby Enchanted Point Ski Resort. Within the blinding whiteness created by the storm, something even more ferocious hunts the refugees as they seek shelter from the raging winds and plummeting temperatures.
BENEATH THE RISING FLOODWATERS, SOMETHING LURKS
Meanwhile, down south, a storm system forms off the coast of Florida with a speed that defies nature. The Governor quickly rescinds her evacuation order and advises citizens to shelter in place and ride out the storm. But homes and businesses are disappearing, being deconstructed around the terrified residents until they are forced into the open to become potential prey to something from which even the state’s most feared predators flee.
WITHIN THE CONCEALING DARKNESS, SOMETHING FEASTS
Defying the Governor’s orders, a disparate group of strangers—a Hollywood-bound teen runaway, a politician, a reporter, an over-the-hill beach bum, a middle-aged gamer, a pair of grad students from the University of Central Florida, among others—band together as circumstances force them to rely on each other as they try to outrun the storm and the predator that hunts them. Who will survive the terror of…
HORRORICANE
American Royalty
Kane Cambridge is a descendent of the secret royal family of the United States. She is the American Princess.
Kane Cambridge does not lead a fairy-tale life. She works in an office, her boyfriend just broke up with her and her future looks mundane and unexceptional. Where is the rom-com ending that she’s watched in a hundred different movies?
Kane is visited by a mysterious benefactor who reveals that he is the grandfather she never knew. He arrives with a lesson in American history. The original framers of the Constitution wrote a clause that created a ceremonial position for American royalty. Kane’s ancestor was a secret queen of the United States, and now Kane is the American Princess.
American Royalty is the story of an average woman who discovers her own independence and grows to accept her position as a princess. Among her potential suitors are a sexy sultan, a prominent British prince and a brave commoner who is her soldier in shining armor. Will she choose the traditional path or make her crown an American version—all rock ’n’ roll and a little risqué?
Truth to Light
Sofía Hernandez has been looking for her truth all her life. She was adopted as a baby and never knew her birth parents. She was assigned male, and that wasn’t the truth either. So when she gets a phone call from someone offering to clear up the mysteries in her life, she starts on an adventure that leads to revelations she can hardly believe are true.
Sofía’s birth sister reaches out and reveals a world full of greater mysteries than Sofía ever could have imagined. A secret organization called the Illuminati created a universal lie about the population of Earth, concealing the true nature of the world. The Illuminati hides the real Wider World behind a magical glamour, concealing the existence of ghosts, aliens, monsters, angels, demons, and more.
Truth to Light is a novel that explores what it means to be true to yourself and what truth can mean to different people. Sofia is a transgender woman who must deal with changes both within and without. Her transformation will need to accommodate not only her own identity, but the very nature of the world around her.
Horrorfrost
Twenty years ago, Roman Carver turned his back on civilization and retreated to the mountains for a simpler, albeit more rugged existence. During that time, he’s had to face a number of predators that threatened his new way of life, but nothing that he’s encountered in the past could have prepared him
for this new threat.
There’s something in the white…
It came with the snow, perfectly camouflaged. It destroyed Roman’s cabin, forcing him to seek aid at the nearby Enchanted Points Ski Resort. But then it razed the resort, leaving behind a rag-tag band of survivors.
…and it’s hungry.
Now, in white-out conditions and a temperature that continues to drop, it’s up to Roman to lead them all to safety. But the weather isn’t their only obstacle. First, there’s the creature. Then there’s the wall around town that the creature has been building. And then there’s what’s on the other side of the wall…
Sandcastles: Salem’s Crossing Book Two by Antonia Church
Sun. Sand. Drama. Romance.
Nevada Noble has found love in her new home on the beautiful Atlantic coast. As she settles into her exciting life with her wonderful boyfriend, she learns that this paradise is built on a foundation of sand. The mysteries of Salem Crossing start closing in on Neve from all directions. Worst, she keeps a sinister secret from her new love—something that could ruin their relationship.Political intrigue, new dangers, and multiple threats to her love life all keep Neve on her toes as she navigates the hot Florida beaches. Like sandcastles along the seashore, will the waves wash away everything Neve loves?
Driftwood: Salem Crossing Book Three coming in 2024!
Driftwood: Salem’s Crossing Book Three by Antonia Church
Sun. Sand. Drama. Romance.
Nevada Noble settles into her new home on the sandy, sunny Florida coast. Her career hits a stride, and the man in her life couldn’t be more perfect. As her romantic life hits a groove, the dramatic twists and turns of Salem Crossing generate roadblocks to her happily ever after. Animosities percolating beneath the whitecapped wave along the sandy shores wash up like twisted pieces of driftwood. Murder and mayhem infect Neve’s paradise and threaten everything she has built in Salem Crossing. Will Neve be able to navigate the age-old secrets buried by the six families of SX, or will unearthed surprises ruin her brand-new love life?
Hurricane Salem Crossing Book Four coming in 2024!
American Herstory: Election 2024
Come visit a world where one gender shaped the agenda for two and a half centuries before someone finally got a shot at becoming the first male president of the United States…Powerful forces in the political underworld are trying to prevent a man from getting into the White House. Join police officer Jackie White as she tries to navigate the DC underbelly of fierce females in power and entrenched precedent against anyone with an XY chromosome. Would a world run by women be any more accommodating toward the possibility of the opposite gender breaking through the glass ceiling?American Herstory is a fast-paced political thriller set in a reality where everything is different, but maybe a lot of things are still the same. Who run the world? For the last two hundred and fifty years, it was just women. Come see what they’ve done with the place…
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The Trinity survived the Prom Night Massacre the first time, but will they live through the ten-year reunion?
Neriah and her best friends, Amethyst and Dante, endured the bloodiest day in the history of Appleville, Michigan. One of their fellow seniors went on a killing spree, and these three stopped the cranage before any more victims died. That terrible day in the past has haunted them for the past decade. Now, more than ever, as the ten-year reunion approaches, the events of that horrific night revisit the three of them.
A steamy new romantic thriller from Antonia Church.
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