Books

Some secrets are better left sleeping.

Lily Sommers returned to Raven Ridge to bury her uncle and leave. Instead, the local police chief tells her the truth no one wants to hear—his death wasn’t suicide. It was murder.

Searching for answers drags Lily into a web of small-town secrets and straight into the shadow of her brother’s unsolved death. In...

Before Raven Ridge became a place of lies and loss, Jude Jones believed in music, independence… and keeping her heart guarded.

Achilles’ Bar and Lounge in Honey Creek is her refuge.
The stage is where she feels safe.

Charles Xavier, a wealthy businessman from Raven Ridge, never meant to notice her—until her voice cuts through years of loneliness...

Before he ruled a city… he learned how to survive.
Before he became a legend… he mastered power.

Solomon Blackwell learned early that the world respected only two things—fear and control. By sixteen, he understood both. By twenty, he was building an empire.

Now Seattle’s underworld answers to him. Law enforcement looks the other way. Wealth...

Three hearts. One impossible choice. Love written in blood.

Ebony Jordan writes steamy romance but has never lived the passion she creates on the page. Then she meets Drake Devereaux—a man too dark, too dangerous, and far too tempting to resist.

Drake has built walls around his heart, choosing fleeting encounters over real connection. But Ebony’s...

A shattered past. A stolen bride. A monster who refuses to let go.

Broderick Devereaux spent twenty years believing his son was lost to him forever—until a wedding invitation offers a final, fragile chance at redemption. But joy turns to dread when Solomon Blackwell, the ruthless rogue vampire who destroyed Broderick’s family, sets his hungry...

When artist Elise Munro wades in the cool splash pool beneath a secluded waterfall, she isn’t searching for destiny—only solitude and inspiration. She doesn’t expect to be discovered by the man who will change her life forever.
Broderick Devereaux happens upon her by chance. Enigmatic, magnetic, and carrying shadows he refuses to name, he feels...

For the first time since Elise’s death, Christmas was beginning to feel like home again for Broderick, Drake, and the family they’d fought so hard to rebuild. The mansion glowed with decorations, the twins were giggling through their first holiday season, and—for one fragile moment—peace felt possible.

And then Santa took the twins.

One moment,...

This collection, Reflections of Love, is a journey through love’s many faces: its awakening spark, its adventures, its deepest longings, its pain, and the remarkable way it rises again.

The cover indicates fall, but again NCPA offers this warning: Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover. Our 2nd ALL Holidays volume returns with stories, flash fiction and more poems: free-form, rhyming, Haiku, and split sequence. Visit traditional and non-traditional celebrations from 30 authors sharing holidays from Thanksgiving to Halloween: Hanukkah...

Following an epic year marred by a pandemic, NCPA introduces Destination: The World, Volume Two, an anthology filled with travel accounts and fun experiences. However, due to the serious nature of the events that happened in 2020, we’ve also included a number of true stories that illuminate culture in all of its complexity.

Enjoy more than thirty...

After Covid-19 and the darker Destination, the World: Volume Two, NCPA chose a lighter theme for this anthology. The cover indicates winter holidays, but rather than limit our writers, NCPA offers this warning: “Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover”. ALL Holidays means exactly that. Our First Annual ALL Holiday 2020 anthology includes both...

From their size, color, and the way they see the world, animals are diverse—and so are the delightful stories in this anthology. Ranging from legends and true tales of wildland bears to a memorable veterinary house call and stories of humans who become animals (or act like them), this collection is all about animals and our relationships with...

Take a journey around the world with 35 authors from NCPA as they share their stories covering nearly every continent and a vast array of cultures. This collection of charming and endearing tales will take you on excursions beyond your own backyard from breathtaking trips of a lifetime to harrowing adventures and comical misadventures.Enjoy more...

A collection of fiction and nonfiction animal stories by NCPA authors and poets. All kinds of animals, a wide variety of writing styles, something to please every animal lover.