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Ten previously published stories from the Entering Female Freshmen series.

Time for a beautiful red-haired girl to come downstairs. She’s got weird desires she needs to share with somebody.

Jephthah grows up as an outcast in Israel, the son of a harlot. Cast into exile, he builds a life among other forgotten men in the wild land of Tob—men who have lost everything but their courage. Years later, when the Ammonites rise against Israel and war threatens the land, the elders of Gilead come searching for the one man they once cast aside.

In the sultry heat of 1968 Miami, private investigator George Clay finds himself entangled in a web of murder, smuggling, and forbidden desire. Fresh out of the Navy with an honorable discharge and a taste for adventure, George sets up shop on Miami Beach, where the glittering facade of Art Deco hotels hides a thriving underground gay scene. When wealthy banker Will Broadwater hires George to find a missing signet ring, the PI stumbles upon the battered body of a teenage boy known as "Worm" in Matheson Hammock Park.

A cutting-edge startup. A dead founder. And secrets that shouldn’t have been coded. When tech entrepreneur Noah Kim is found murdered outside his Honolulu office, homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka and his partner Ray Donne are called in to investigate. Kim’s company, Kahola.ai, promised to transform medical care for Pacific Islanders —blending artificial intelligence with traditional knowledge. Now someone wants that work buried. As Kimo digs into the world of startups, research labs, and competing interests, he uncovers a network of ambition, secrecy, and ethical lines pushed too far.

There will be no new girls coming down the next two nights, just two familiar girls stepping things up a bit.

He’s guarded rock stars. He’s guarded governors. Now, Levi Zeek doesn’t feel challenged in his current job. But he’ll soon discover there are fringe benefits to providing night security for 18-year-old girls in a freshmen dormitory.

Amy’s friends have been teasing her again. But they’re teasing her about what Levi considers her best attribute. He’s ready to comfort her and show her just how much he appreciates that attribute.

Levi is nervous about going back to work. He wonders if he’ll be able to control himself. It seems he probably will not.

Letty has been talking to a friend about Levi, the security guard. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe this girl has some needs Levi can help her with.

When strength fades, light remains. Israel is at peace—but peace is fragile. Jair of Gilead has judged Israel for twenty-two quiet years, not with sword or throne, but with wisdom, memory, and trust in Jehovah. The land prospers. The roads are safe. Thirty sons govern thirty towns, each riding out daily to carry their father’s words of justice and mercy across Havoth Jair. Yet as Jair’s body weakens, questions rise. What happens when the judge no longer rides? What holds a nation together when the man at its center grows old?

Before he was a detective, Kimo Kanapaʻaka was chasing waves. On Oahu’s North Shore, twenty-three-year-old Kimo lives for surf—early mornings, big swells, and the freedom of the ocean. When a mainland rookie named Jesse Dugan asks for guidance, Kimo reluctantly takes him under his wing, recognizing something familiar in the kid’s hunger to belong. But when Jesse wipes out at Waimea and doesn’t come back up, the tragedy is written off as a rookie mistake. Kimo isn’t so sure. The leash Jesse trusted doesn’t look broken. It looks cut.

One town. One nightmare per night. Welcome to Ghoulsboro, where each night a new nightmare unfolds. Unknown dirt roads that lead only to terror, strange little girls with eyes as black as death, mummy tombs with warnings that should never be ignored. An assortment of chilling short stories await—bite-sized horrors told in a gripping, "true story" style that will make you question the quiet towns around you. Consume one per night... or devour them all at once. Ready for your first night in Ghoulsboro?"Hudgins is a Horror-Meister to reckon with!"—VICTOR MILLER, Writer of Friday the 13th

A Biblical scroll that could change the world... if Aidan and Liam can keep it and the man who found it safe. Husbands and close-protection partners Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough are called to protect a young Oxford student with a valuable manuscript. Danny Cardozo, a gay, Jewish scholar, has been entrusted with an ancient scroll, a copy of the Biblical book of Leviticus written soon after the destruction of the Second Temple. When villains threaten him, he heads to an isolated home on the resort island of Djerba, off the Tunisian coast.

When Aidan Greene’s ex-boyfriend calls after ten years—desperate for protection and terrified for his husband’s life—Aidan wants to refuse. He and his husband, former Navy SEAL Liam McCullough, are in their forties now, semi-retired from the dangerous world of personal security and enjoying a quiet life outside Nice. But Liam misses the adrenaline of bodyguard work, and Aidan can’t shake his curiosity about Blake and the man he married: Latin diplomat Ricardo Levy.

A dead banker. A hidden fortune. A smuggling route stretching from Europe to Afghanistan. Bodyguard partners Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough thought the worst of the pandemic was boredom. Then an old college friend begs them for help. Ethan Katz, the managing director of a private bank in Luxembourg, has uncovered evidence of a massive money-laundering operation. When a trusted colleague investigating the scheme is killed in a suspicious hit-and-run, Ethan becomes the next target. Threatening messages appear on his car and apartment door, warning him to back off—or die.

A mother and her son vanish into the wilderness. Time is running out. When a woman and her neurodiverse teenage son go missing in the rugged parklands outside Honolulu, homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is called in to lead the search. Every hour matters. The terrain is unforgiving. The trail is unclear. And the longer they’re missing, the slimmer the chances of finding them alive. As Kimo and his team push deeper into the mountains, the case grows more complicated. Conflicting accounts, hidden tensions, and unexpected connections suggest this is more than a simple disappearance.

Twenty-one cases. One unforgettable detective. In Accidental Contact, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka tackles twenty-one short investigations that span the world of the Mahu series—filling in the moments between the novels with quick, compelling mysteries. From murders to missing children, from unexpected clues to dangers hiding in plain sight, each story delivers a sharp burst of suspense set against the vivid backdrop of Hawai‘i.

Out past the reef, where the waves first begin, there’s no room for mistakes. They call it the zero break—the deep-water point where a swell starts building long before it crashes to shore. For Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka, it’s about to become all too real. When a young mother is found murdered in what looks like a home invasion, the case seems straightforward—until Kimo and his partner Ray Donne begin pulling at the threads. Beneath the surface lies a tangled web of family loyalties, business dealings, and secrets someone is willing to kill to protect.

Sexy M/M Romantic AdventureBodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough are riding out a bitter winter on the French Riviera when a frantic call shatters their peace. Liam’s estranged cousin Edwin is terrified—his husband, Persian fashion designer Darius Ashoori, has been murdered, and the secrets Darius left behind are now putting Edwin in the crosshairs. Drawn from the beaches of sun-drenched Florida to the political backrooms of Washington, D.C.