Black Rose Writing


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Black Rose Writing is an independent publishing house that believes in developing a personal relationship with our authors. We don't see them as clients or just another number on a page, but rather as people... who we are willing to do whatever it takes to make them satisfied with their publishing choice.

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Dreams and Baseball (All Nine Innings)    by Reagan Rothe
Price: $7.99 USD. 141730 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on June 1, 2012. .

A baseball story. Inspired by Leslie "Tex" Aulds, Walt Rothe, and Ryan Rothe. 1999 was a year unlike any other for Jeff Hartes. He met the love of his life, experienced surreal, life-like dreams, and lost so much in a single, Triple-A season of baseball.
Breaking Lauren    by Jordan Deen
Price: $7.99 USD. 77730 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on June 1, 2012. .

Seventeen-year-old Danny Cummings' life is far from a fairytale, but that's okay since he doesn't believe in happy endings. After spending a year in juvenile hall for maliciously beating his sister's boyfriend, Danny embraces his badass image. Spending most nights drinking, fighting and collecting gambling debts for his Uncle, Danny's life is out of control.
A Serpent's Breath    by Rafael O. Melendez
Price: $7.99 USD. 72180 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on June 1, 2012. .

Red China prepares to invade Formosa. However, fate intervenes when a pro-democracy Beijing official downloads certain information onto a disk. He then erases the data from their system's mainframe and smuggles the disk out of China. The material must be recovered. Arrangements are made to send a young woman to America with the disk.
An Odyssey of Illusions    by John Morris Benson
Price: $7.99 USD. 91490 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on June 1, 2012. .

Levi Robert Reising has terrorizing nightmares manifested by fits of unprovoked anger and property destruction. His controlling grandmother is evasive with a psychiatrist. Subsequently, he reveals his nightmares in a letter and carries out his own plan to end the dreams and escape his circumstances.
Logos Anima: Subtle Suppression    by Andrew St. Cyr
Price: $7.99 USD. 74050 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on June 1, 2012. .

Shortly after Paca's arrival into the world of Logos Anima, the planet ignites with conflict... as though the very soul of the world became determined to balance itself because of that very event.
Warriors Aloft    by Randell K. Whaley
Price: $7.99 USD. 81860 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on May 16, 2012. .

Young Cal Asher, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN, joined the U.S. Navy with the goal to become a jet pilot, only to get stuck in a prop squadron. In the late '60s, the air war in Viet Nam escalated enough that there was a shortage of pilots to man the attack squadrons.
The Absurd Adventures of Mira    by Sujata Rayers
Price: $7.99 USD. 58120 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on May 16, 2012. .

When Mira, a 250-pound swarthy Asian Indian, fantasizing herself as sparkly blue-eyed actress Cameron Diaz, is raped by a radical Black Muslim Panther at a public high school "Woodstock" dance, her conservative Hindu father refuses to acknowledge the rape for fear she will be "spoiled fruit."
Got Your Name On It    by DK Lesperance
Price: $7.99 USD. 66060 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on May 16, 2012. .

Got Your Name On It is a love story for cynics. Love? What is someone supposed to do about love when it seems like all the love in the world is already spoken for? Does somebody keep looking for love or settle for the next best thing? Author D.K. Lesperance reflects on the questions - and elusive answers - that love raises for people and their relationships.
Death Scent    by SV Wolf
Price: $7.99 USD. 89180 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on May 16, 2012. .

Titan is a Cadaver Dog (trained to detect human remains), belonging to an undisclosed sect of the Shawnee Nation, which provides special services to the highest levels of U.S. Law Enforcement. The sect members all possess superior skills, most involved with the tracking and sometimes killing, of the most grievous of perpetrators.
Dreams and Baseball (Bottom of the Inning)    by Reagan Rothe
Price: $4.99 USD. 65220 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on May 1, 2012. .

1999 was a year unlike any other for Jeff Hartes. He met the love of his life, experienced surreal, life-like dreams, and lost so much in a single, Triple-A season of baseball.
Scarlet River    by Megan Dietz
Price: $7.99 USD. 63510 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on April 30, 2012. .

Logan Vern's life just got simple, and he couldn't hate it more. After defusing bombs, attaining nearly every girl's affection, and being a top spy, Logan must detach himself from the glamour and high speed chases and move home where his parents are always fighting and his childhood sweetheart is engaged to be married.
The Orphan Ship    by Sterling R. Walker
Price: $7.99 USD. 98940 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on April 30, 2012. .

Stranded 225 million kilometers from home on Mars Station, cousins Jake O'Brien and Lorina Murphy are drawn into a fledgling effort to help the hundreds of abandoned street children who call the station home. Jake becomes a medical apprentice in an outreach clinic, while Lorina volunteers at a juvenile shelter.
Coronation    by Lee F. Jordan
Price: $7.99 USD. 93640 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on April 13, 2012. .

An ancient evil. An impossible mystery. And one man with a dark gift caught between the two. Jon David Stickle never asked for his gift. Never understood how to use it. But when twenty-four men die horribly aboard a submarine, he is trapped in a timeless mystery with something sinister. Something without a name that knows about his gift And it wants it.
The Tower of Il Serrohe    by RJ Mirabal
Price: $7.99 USD. 137550 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on April 13, 2012. .

The Tower of Il Serrohe pulls us into the deteriorating life of Don Vargas thrown out of the house by his promiscuous wife. He lands in a dilapidated casita which, of course, is a portal to another world. Reluctantly, Don is seduced by an alternative existence in the Valle Abajo, a valley strangely like and unlike his own Rio Grande Valley.
Soul Custody    by Daniel BenTal
Price: $7.99 USD. 120160 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on April 13, 2012. .

Soul Custody is a breakneck rollercoaster tale of political and familial intrigue that takes the reader to the sands of Iraq, the pristine lawns of Beverly Hills and the war-torn waters of the Persian Gulf. Pilot Douglas Graham is shot down over enemy lines in Iraq and is held in captivity by a local insurgent group.
Thunder Road    by David Donaghe
Price: $7.99 USD. 103520 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on April 2, 2012. .

When Mike McDonald, a Persian Gulf War vet, wakes up from a coma and can't remember his own name, a burning white caldron of anger boils inside him. Mike's friends relay the facts to him, informing Mike that while he and his wife, Sharon, were on a vacation, riding their Honda Goldwing, an outlaw motorcycle club known as The Lost Souls ambushed them.
Warning Whispers    by Paul Korins
Price: $7.99 USD. 31560 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on April 2, 2012. .

Haunting whispers are back! And so, another mind-blowing journey for thirteen-year-old Jake Mactaggart. It all begins with those whispers, this time concerning a new kid on the block, Conor Graves. He's a mysterious boy, with a blank face and dead eyes, who is unaware of the dark secret looming like a heavy cloud, about to weep.
The Audubon Caper: Untold Story of the Theft of an American Treasure    by R. Murry
Price: $7.99 USD. 59880 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 29, 2012. .

The story of a man put in the middle of doing what is legally right over going into a life of crime with a dear friend he cares for. The choices we make, the aspects of life, hanging on the edge of balance, and the everlasting effects that follow, are all found within this literary delight.
The Guardian Chronicles: Emergence    by Lewis Keating
Price: $7.99 USD. 138940 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 29, 2012. .

Our world is overrun. Guardians are needed once more. Danny McPherson is a young man who is perfectly content on allowing life to pass him by. Few friends and a meaningless job. Only when a stranger from his past re-enters his life and brings news of world changing events to come does Danny cast aside his normal life to become the first Guardian...
The AntiCAT Book    by Bruce Sheiman
Price: $7.99 USD. 9060 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 13, 2012. .

If you want to please a dog lover, give them this book. If you want to piss off a cat lover, give them this book. Dogs versus Cats: Which Pet Is Superior? This is the first book to reveal the truth about cats: They are not-very-bright, difficult-to-train, self-centered animals that luxuriate in human benevolence but give little in return.
Reborn    by J.K. Miller
Price: $7.99 USD. 150390 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 13, 2012. .

Every now and again an anomaly is born - an enigma, a theorist...a genius. They are born with the sole purpose of changing the course of history. The decisions they make in their lifetime can bring the dawning of a new era of progression, or unfold the beginning of the end of our kind.
Hogan's Boat    by Vic Waters
Price: $7.99 USD. 79870 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 13, 2012. .

Hogan's Boat is a rollicking romp through the marshes and rivers of coastal Georgia with a cast of characters that will make you think that everybody there is either crooked or is related to someone who is. There are bad guys you'll want to kill and good guys you'll want to take home and feed.
Battle Hymn: Revelations of the Sinister Plan for a New World Order    by John Scura
Price: $7.99 USD. 148670 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 12, 2012. .

This book presents frightening, but truthful, facts that will shake many of your deepest beliefs to the core. A dark plan, put into place centuries ago, has come to fruition. Consider Battle Hymn your wake-up call...
Father Forgive Them: The Rachel Plummer Story    by Garlyn Webb Wilburn
Price: $7.99 USD. 47290 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 2, 2012. .

On a warm, clear day in the spring of 1836 seventeen-year-old Rachel Parker Plummer and her eighteen-month-old baby boy were abducted from their home in central Texas by a raiding party of Comanche and Kiowa Indians. She was, at that time, three months pregnant.
Birthday Suit of God    by G.W. McGee
Price: $7.99 USD. 64560 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 2, 2012. .

Showing up to a birthday party in your birthday suit is probably not a good idea. But stripping reality down to its roots is. That's exactly what the tongue-in-cheek philosopher Nigel Quinn does.
Stone the Devil    by Jac Simensen
Price: $7.99 USD. 59120 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on March 2, 2012. .

A Thriller, Torn from Middle-East News Headlines The Islamic Republic of Iran is within months of deploying a nuclear missile, and the United States and her allies have taken no direct action to counter Iran's challenge to Western strategic and commercial interests.
The Absence of Pain    by Michael Cochran
Price: $7.99 USD. 76560 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 16, 2012. .

On the neon lit streets of Memphis, a horribly disfigured man moves unnoticed with the crowd. He's wearing a hooded jacket to hide his mutilated countenance and his gloved hands are shoved into his pockets. The reason for all of the scars is he doesn't feel physical pain because he was born with a birth defect called Congenital Insensitivity to Pain.
Rise, Book One: Foreigner    by Michael Blaylock
Price: $7.99 USD. 122970 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 15, 2012. .

When Matt Owen enters college in Chicago, Illinois, he doesn't expect to find a parallel world of magic and machinery... or to be trapped inside it... or to be hounded by twisted, demonic creatures, and their dark master, who has ravaged and wounded the lands. He doesn't expect to hear the voice of a dead man guiding his steps... or to learn how to use magic...
Relatively Close    by Judy Serrano
Price: $7.99 USD. 91310 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 3, 2012. .

Recovering from the latest family trauma has made the Montiago family wake up to the fact that their priorities have definitely been misplaced. With Max throwing himself into the depths of his work as an FBI operative, he inadvertently sends the wrong message to his wife and brothers.
Chameleons    by Alfred Stone
Price: $7.99 USD. 87980 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 2, 2012. .

FBI Special Agent Zane Tomlin was preparing to go on vacation, when an unknown person tried to kill his partner with a bomb, twice. He puts his vacation on hold to track down the suspect. He goes deep- undercover as a jail inmate, as a trucker and as a warehouse worker where he found his suspect in Reno, Nevada.
The Raven King    by E.J. McCracken
Price: $7.99 USD. 81080 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 2, 2012. .

In Ivindor, 'rebellion' is a forbidden word. With the help of the Raven King, Rolan has taken the throne, and no one, including the powerful elves, are prepared to stop him. Alina is not surprised when, freshly exiled from her Clan, she comes across a smoldering city. Corrupt leaders are commonplace in these war-strewn lands.
The Promise    by Anne Burnette
Price: $7.99 USD. 53690 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 2, 2012. .

Kendal Mercer is at the point of death. Her husband, Jace Deyton, who passed away ten years earlier, promised when her time came he'd return for her. While waiting, she reflects on their impossible romance. They'd met on vacation in South Beach and the chemistry was magnetic. He was from Fernandina Beach however, and she from Atlanta, a distance of over three hundred miles.
Spell Bound    by Kristen McDonald
Price: $7.99 USD. 93380 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 1, 2012. .

Mishawaka, Indiana isn't the first place you would expect magic to occur. Ever since two figures left a baby named Nikki in a crowded hospital, replacing another baby who would have died within a month from crib disease, magic has arrived.
Soul on Fire    by John E. Forster
Price: $7.99 USD. 73110 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 1, 2012. .

Why would a 51-year-old preacher from Ohio turn in his Bible for a sniper rifle? Pastor Neil Daniels was a man who had built himself a great life. He was living the American dream. He had a loving family and an awesome career serving the Lord. On 9/11 an act of terrorism changed everything and turned his world upside down. The Bible says, "Forgive your enemies." Pastor Neil had a choice to make.
The Overlord Rising: Dragon Touched    by E.W. Scott
Price: $7.99 USD. 100430 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on February 1, 2012. .

The Eight Boulders Realm has found itself on the brink of civil war after the disappearance of the crown prince and the murder of his father, the king. Will the new king, Damon, be able to control the strong personalities that threaten the peace of the Realm for their own gain? Or will he be forced to go against his beliefs in order to protect his throne...and his life?
Dead Lock    by B. David Warner
Price: $4.99 USD. 55060 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on January 25, 2012. .

During WWII a tiny town in northern Michigan holds the key to Allied Victory. Reporter Kate Brennan narrowly avoids a mob hit and travels to Sault Ste. Marie to work for her uncle's newspaper. Investigating a murder, she runs headlong into a Nazi plot to destroy the Soo Locks and stop Allied war production cold.
Dreams and Baseball (Top of the Inning)    by Reagan Rothe
Price: $4.99 USD. 76030 words. Published by Black Rose Writing  on January 20, 2012. .

1999 was a year unlike any other for Jeff Hartes. He met the love of his life, experienced surreal, life-like dreams, and lost so much in a single, Triple-A season of baseball. The story unfolds beneath an elderly man (Hartes) remembering that magical season and sharing with the reader the reality of what baseball's truly like.


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