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Pharaoh’s Gold, AnaRose and Medusa’s Curse
Lost Relics. Ruthless Foes. One Woman’s Race to Protect
the Past.
Renowned antiquities expert AnaRose Preston doesn’t go looking for trouble, but history keeps dragging her in. When sacred artifacts resurface from the shadows of time, AnaRose finds herself confronting secret sects, ancient curses, and cults willing to kill for mythic power.
From unraveling the mystery of a Templar knight’s sacred dagger to confronting a doomsday cult in modern Egypt, and battling for a cursed pendant across the ruins of Greece, AnaRose must outsmart enemies who would rewrite history for their own dark ends. With her intellect, courage, and unshakable resolve, she races to keep the world’s most dangerous relics from falling into the wrong hands.
History lives in the shadows. She’s the last line of defense.
Grab your copy of The AnaRose Chronicles and follow a heroine who puts everything on the line to keep the past from destroying the future.
When relic hunter Miles Bordel calls AnaRose Preston for help, she knows trouble isn’t far behind. This time, it’s personal and deadly. A nationalist cult bent on restoring ancient Greece to its former glory is hunting the Medusa pendant, said to petrify anyone who meets its cursed gaze.
AnaRose and Miles find the pendant, but it’s stolen before they can secure it. Now the cult is after its missing ruby eyes, hidden somewhere along the Aegean coast. From sunken ruins to mountaintop shrines, AnaRose must follow the clues, dodge assassins, and stop a plan that could turn ancient superstition into modern terror.
The danger is real. The curse may be, too.
She answered a call for help. Now she’s fighting to ensure the past stays buried. Grab your copy of AnaRose and Medusa’s Curse and chase a secret some still fear to face.
Independent Press Award 2025
Winner in the category of Novella
Semi-Finalist Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards
Shorts Award for Novellas 2024
A Vanished Artifact. A Doomsday Cult. A Rescue Against
Time.
Invited to Cairo to lecture on black market antiquities, AnaRose Preston expects academic sparring, not a desperate chase through Egypt’s shadowed corridors. When her assistant Jo disappears while sightseeing, AnaRose uncovers a chilling truth: a fanatical cult seeks a lost gold ushabti, crafted to imprison the soul of Apophis, the ancient god of chaos.
They failed to find the relic. Now they plan to sacrifice Jo and bind Apophis’s spirit to her body.
To save her friend, AnaRose must navigate forgotten tombs, decode cryptic texts, and outwit a zealot army determined to unleash devastation. But the sands are shifting fast, and the cult will use any means necessary to see their dark purpose fulfilled.
She came to speak. Now she’s fighting to prevent hell from being unleashed on Earth. Grab your copy of AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold and join the fight to keep an ancient evil buried.
2024 NYC Big Book Award winner in the category of Novella
A Sacred Relic. A Coded Trail. A Silent Brotherhood.
When a nobleman’s ring surfaces in modern-day France, renowned antiquities expert AnaRose Preston is summoned to authenticate its origin. Her examination reveals a long-whispered legend. Hidden within the hilt of a dagger lies a Holy Nail, one of the crucifixion nails said to pierce Christ’s body.
As AnaRose traces the knight’s unfinished journey through medieval ruins, she unravels ancient clues while evading a secret sect sworn to protect the relic’s sanctity. But the truth is more elusive than legend, and her pursuit may preserve history or conceal it forever.
The dagger may resurface. The Nail’s fate remains hidden. Some treasures are not meant to be found. Begin the chase with AnaRose and the Templar’s Quest and uncover the past before it vanishes forever.
Independent Press Award 2023 Distinguished Favorite Historical Fiction
2022 Chaucer Finalist for Early Historical Fiction
B.R.A.G. MEDALLION HONOREE
Gold Medal Winner 2021 Book of the Year Ancient World Coffee
Pot Book Club
Silver Medal Winner Historical Fiction Reviewer’s Choice
Awards 2021-2022 Reader Views
A Tyrant’s Rise. A Legacy Forged. A Reckoning with Fate.
Nero enters manhood beneath the shadow of a bloodstained throne. Raised on fear and betrayal, he wears his crown with equal parts of dread and defiance.
He longs to rule justly, but Rome is built on secrets and sharpened blades. As treachery grows within the Senate and whispers of revolt echo through the corridors, Nero leans on the one man who’s never abandoned him: Traian, a soldier sworn to protect him since boyhood.
But even loyalty has limits. As power corrodes what remains of his soul, Nero faces a final choice. Rise above the cruelty that shaped him, or embrace it and be remembered only as a monster.
Forgiving Nero is a sweeping historical epic that explores ambition, faith, and the human price of legacy in a world where mercy is weakness and silence is survival.
Claim your copy today and walk the line between power and ruin.
Marching eastward under Duke Robert of Normandy, Etienne carries the weight of his sins like a stone upon his soul. Every step toward Jerusalem is a trial. Each battle tests his worth. The scorching desert erodes his strength while relentless hunger and the cries of the dying grind away at his resolve. Guilt festers beneath the surface. Doubt gnaws at him.
Treachery and disease lurk in the shadows. Battle looms ever closer. When Etienne makes a desperate vow to serve the Church if survival grants him another chance, his faith and convictions are tested in ways he never imagined.
Through blood-soaked battlefields and the unforgiving desert, salvation remains as distant as the Holy City itself. When faced with the ultimate test, will conviction be enough? Or will the weight of his past drag him into darkness?
Step into the heart of the Crusades and claim your copy of Crusader’s Path today.
A tyrant’s empire. A woman’s awakening. A choice that
could shatter worlds.
Dr. Anastasia Dennison once believed in Jayden Henry Shaw, the dictator who raised her in the lap of war-born luxury. But privilege comes at a cost, and the screams of the oppressed grow louder by the day. When rebellion ignites across the galaxy, her guilt sharpens to fury.
Torn between loyalty and justice, Anastasia must decide: stand at the tyrant’s side, or risk everything to lead a revolution she never thought possible.
Will she silence her conscience, or become the hope the galaxy has been waiting for?
For fans of military sci-fi, rebellion uprisings, and moral dilemmas in deep space, this bold space opera is your next obsession.
Join the fight—download Planetary Wars: Rise of an Empire today.
A saga of ambition, betrayal, and the shifting tides of
power in medieval Europe. This richly woven tale follows historical figures
navigating the forces of conquest, faith, and the supernatural, where loyalty
is rare, and survival comes at a cost.
A Lurking Shadow. A Whispered Secret. A Veiled Betrayal.
As the specter of Norse conquest looms over Saxon England, a young woman becomes a pawn in a ruthless game of ambition and deceit. Her capture thrusts her into a tangled web of lies where allies vanish, truths twist, and loyalty can cost a life. In the heart of this storm, she searches for clarity and clings to the memory of a prince, her enemy, and the only one who made her feel seen. But as the drums of war grow louder, every choice she makes could tip the balance between salvation and ruin.
Step into a world of shadowed alliances and silent defiance. Pick up your copy of The Briton and the Dane today.
A Usurper’s Rise. A Fierce Struggle. A Vicious Siege.
In the wake of a hard-won triumph, England’s peace hangs by a thread. A wronged Norseman, denied his rightful place, rallies a legion of forsaken warriors. His eyes burn with the fury of the betrayed, and his ambition threatens to set the kingdom ablaze. From Kent’s windswept shores to Northumbria’s shadowed wilds, one ruler girds for war, his future staked on fragile alliances and fading hope. As the armies gather on the silent plains of Thetford, fate prepares its blade, and history holds its breath.
Stand firm as kingdoms falter. Pick up your copy of The Briton and the Dane: Birthright today.
A Foreboding Omen. A Looming Storm. A Shattered Alliance.
Victory is fleeting, and peace is an illusion. As war drums echo across the land, a king who once triumphed over his enemies faces a treacherous new threat. A sea invasion, born of betrayal, erupts into a brutal clash upon frigid tides. Viking forces press in as the ruler rallies what remains of his fractured realm. Amid the chaos, one woman’s desperate quest for peace spirals beyond her grasp, dragging countless souls toward ruin. When vengeance fuels the enemy and the gods demand blood, only the brave will stand when the tide recedes.
History is forged in fire. Pick up your copy of The Briton and the Dane: Legacy today.
A Sinister Betrayal. A Treacherous Path. A Deadly
Conflict.
A saga unfolds in the shadowed halls of ninth-century England, where mist blurs the line between friend and foe. Treachery seeps through fragile alliances, and a king’s hard-won peace teeters on collapse. A woman’s defiance and a warrior’s hunger for power ignite a chain of events that will shake the realm to its roots. As ambition clashes with loyalty and steel meets steel, the future of England is forged in blood and fire. This complete trilogy follows the storm of war, sacrifice, and survival through a generation destined to reshape history.
Relive the legend from its first strike to its final reckoning. Pick up The Briton and the Dane: The Complete Trilogy today.
Honorable Mention 2019 Book of the Year Historical Fiction
Coffee Pot Book Club
A Captive’s Cunning. A Thrilling Chase. A Hidden Truth.
In the twilight of Saxon Britain, a noblewoman craves more than duty. When a voyage meant to spark her spirit turns into a nightmare, she finds herself in a foreign court, captive to pirates and caught between brothers bound by blood and ambition. As deception closes in, she must survive a world where loyalty is currency, desire is a weapon, and freedom comes at a cost she may not be willing to pay.
From the courts of Winchester to the gilded prisons of Muslim Hispania, her journey tests the limits of courage, betrayal, and identity. Her fate is not a love story. It is a reckoning.
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A Dark Secret. A Fierce Battle. A Shrouded Destiny.
Pick up The Briton and the Dane: Timeline and travel to a
moment that refuses to be forgotten.
Scribbler Tales delivers a gripping array of contemporary
short fiction from ghostly mysteries to unflinching dramas and pulse-pounding
thrillers. These standalone stories abandon sentimentality in favor of stark
truth, exploring the raw undercurrents of the human experience across genres.
Scribbler Tales Presents: Escape from Berlin – Winner - 2024
American Legacy Book Awards - Anthologies: Fiction
A Perilous Escape. A Shattered Trust. A Reckoning in the
Shadows.
His pulse hammers as guards tighten their grip on East Berlin’s crumbling borders. Doubt creeps in like cold air, but he’s come too far to be captured now. Each step toward freedom weighs heavier than the last.
Betrayal shattered her world. The man she once loved stands at the center of a devastating truth. Her heart aches with disbelief, but denial can no longer shield her from what’s real.
A new life in America should bring peace, but shadows of the past refuse to fade. With each revelation, her hope dims, and nightmares creep into the daylight.
Justice falters when patience runs dry. One victim strikes back in secret, but vengeance is a dangerous master. Will crossing the line bring closure, or ruin everything?
Tradition demands her loyalty. The ancient rite demands her blood. She must escape before the ritual devours her soul.
When survival demands sacrifice, who will be left standing?
These five intense tales plunge you into a world of danger, betrayal, and moral reckoning. From Cold War pursuits to twisted rituals, every story grips you with its stakes, its shadows, and the chilling echo of choices that cannot be undone.
Escape into the shadows. Scribbler Tales Presents: Escape from Berlin delivers truth with teeth. Claim your copy now.
Scribbler Tales Volumes One – Five – Finalist - 2024
American Legacy Book Awards
Anthologies: Fiction
A Forbidden Truth. A Haunting Past. A Reckoning Unfolds.
Some secrets should remain buried, but these won’t stay hidden.
A cloning experiment spirals into chaos, its horrifying consequences bleeding into reality. Shadows twist and whisper as spectral hauntings refuse to be ignored, dragging their victims into the unknown. Betrayal poisons trust, transforming love into a battlefield where survival demands sacrifice.
Vigilante justice is swift and merciless. Covert operations unravel under deception’s weight. The past claws its way into the present. Chilling kidnappings unfold where ancestral curses linger. Life-altering reckonings strike with unstoppable force.
They thought they knew the truth. They were wrong.
Step beyond the ordinary. Dare to uncover the mysteries of Scribbler Tales: Volumes One-Five. Pick up your copy today.
A forbidden pact. A ruthless betrayal. A race against time.
She stands at the edge of immortality, torn between terror and temptation. The portal will close on All Hallows’ Eve, and once the pact is made, there’s no turning back. Will she choose power or face what waits beyond?
A dream vacation spirals into survival when tomb robbers strike. What began as an escape becomes a deadly game no guidebook could prepare her for. Can she outwit a threat that plays by no rules?
Loyalty is tested when a crew’s biggest heist becomes their final reckoning. As greed poisons trust, betrayal is the only certainty. Who will survive when no one is on your side?
A pathogen spreads. A doctor fights time and terror to stop it. The cure may cost more than she can give. Will humanity survive one woman’s impossible choice?
Freedom has a price. A wife plots escape at any cost but fate always collects. What happens when desire outruns mercy?
Five gripping tales where power seduces, loyalty fails, and survival demands sacrifice. Get your copy of Scribbler Tales: Volume Five and step into the fight for everything.
A vanished daughter. A haunted bride. A love that cuts
too deep.
Hope is unraveling fast. A wealthy man’s daughter has disappeared and every lie drives her farther from home. Desperation turns trust to suspicion, and the search becomes a test of loyalty no one expected. But when truth hides behind too many masks, who will pay the price?
In Transylvania, a bride finds folklore is no fairytale. Her dream becomes dread when ancient fears claw their way into the light. Can love survive when legends are real?
One woman doubts the lover who says all the right things. But charm can be a weapon and lies wear a tender face. What happens when the heart won’t listen to reason?
A doctor walks a tightrope between ethics and passion. When a murderer vanishes, love and law go to war. Will she save a life or bury the truth?
Five stories where secrets haunt, trust fractures, and love demands everything. Grab your copy of Scribbler Tales: Volume Four and uncover the secrets waiting in the dark.
A stolen design. A buried memory. A truth that refuses to
stay silent.
He trusted the wrong hands, and now his work is gone. Betrayal cuts deep, twisting friendships into threats as suspicion takes hold. And when the shadows close in, he learns too late that no one is truly safe.
She returns home searching for peace, but the past awakens in whispers and screams. Some horrors never died, and now they want her to remember. Can she survive what waits in the dark?
A killer is targeting those who defend the law, and a detective races time and fear. But when vengeance wears justice's mask, can truth outrun revenge?
In five chilling tales, the line between guilt and innocence burns away. Step into Scribbler Tales: Volume Three and confront the darkness you thought was buried.
A deadly verdict, a buried secret, and justice no one
sees coming.
She believes in justice, but doubt festers after a brutal verdict shakes her faith. Her sense of duty collides with a desire for truth, and when a masked avenger rises, she questions where justice ends and vengeance begins. Then someone crosses the line and now it’s her turn to decide what justice really means.
The answer may lie beneath government secrets, where one man fights for his innocence while hunted by silence. But truth isn't alone in rising. The past awakens, wearing a face no one expects. Can justice survive what waits in the shadows?
In five sharp-edged stories, chaos and conscience collide. Dive into Scribbler Tales: Volume Two where the cost of truth could be everything.
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A Sinister Experiment. An Unearthed Secret. A Battle for
Survival.
The truth was never meant to surface. When a woman stumbles upon a failed cloning experiment, fear takes hold. The wreckage of betrayal threatens everything she loves, but the terror has only begun.
In a cursed graveyard, desperation tightens its grip as two souls flee a vengeful coven. The darkness grows, ready to consume them.
A man, bound by the weight of family tradition, faces a brutal choice. Obedience or freedom. The chains have held him for years, but breaking them may cost more than he can bear.
Some covenants demand more than sacrifice. One pact binds its bearer to an uncertain fate, where survival is not guaranteed. And the price may be soul-crushing.
A military childhood left scars that never faded. When buried secrets claw their way back, the past refuses to stay silent.
Five haunting tales of suspense where terror rules. Reckoning is inevitable. The unknown awaits.
The dangers lurk. Will you face them? Order Scribbler Tales: Volume One today.
"Out of the Depths" by Mary Ann Bernal is featured in the Green Wizard Publishing anthology, "Reality Bites
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