Coming March 30!

Padlocked [pad, läkt] When the gates are locked in the afterlife, and only one’s soul can open them.
 
Release Date: March 30, 2026 – Pre-order the eBook at retailers in North America and Europe. Click here for the buy links!
 
Padlocked is an epic historical novel unlike any story I have ever written. It takes place against the backdrop of Nazi Germany’s 1939 invasion of Poland. It follows the lives of a group of ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances. Two foreign photojournalists are trapped between armies at Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen, along Poland’s western border with Germany. A young woman is separated from her sister in Warsaw as the Nazis encircle it and navigates her war-torn country in search of her. A young man joins the Jungdeutsche Partei, or the Young German Party, and rises to a position where he can dictate life or death, while a nurse joins the Armia Krajowa, or Polish Underground Resistance.
 
While they don’t know one another at the start of their journeys, each will make decisions that have the power to transform them and place them on paths that ultimately converge on January 27, 1945. It is on that date that the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates to Auschwitz-Birkenau for all the world to see.
 
This is a story about the strength of love, courage, faith, and resilience in the face of unimaginable hatred and obsession with power. I’ll have more to announce soon!
 

The Misremembered Lighthouse

Set in North Carolina

The Misremembered Lighthouse

September 2025, published by Drake Valley Press.

For those who loved historian and author Hayley Hunter in April in the Back of Beyond, she’s back!

While researching her next book, historian and author Hayley Hunter rents a lighthouse in Southeastern North Carolina. The modern lighthouse and vacation home replaced an original wood structure that only functioned during the Revolutionary War. The old lighthouse may be long gone, but the lightkeeper’s ghost remains. Hayley becomes increasingly obsessed with finding why the spirit of Jonathan Corbyn lingers between realms. Her search will take her into a world of spies, double agents, and espionage at the dawn of American democracy.

Paperback: 978-1-935970-53-8
eBook (all formats, Apple iBooks, Barnes and Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle, and lots more): 978-1-935970-54-5
Hardcover: 978-1-935970-55-2

Available worldwide in all fine bookstores. Click here for more information and direct buy links to amazon and other retailers.

April in the Back of Beyond
by p.m.terrell

Writer Hayley Hunter has arrived in Ireland to complete a book on Irish history. When she discovers the old carriage house she is renting is haunted, she is determined to uncover the truth behind the burned ruins of a nearby manor house and the abandoned British barracks the home once overlooked. Her quest will take her to 1919 and the Irish War for Independence, exposing the murders of two young men. She will also discover why their mother, April Crutchley, refuses to leave the back of beyond even in death. As Hayley gets closer to the truth the villagers have long sought to bury, she finds her own life is now in danger.

Available in all eBook formats and in paperback. Click here for direct links to amazon and all eBook formats.

 

For Library and Book Store Discounts, contact the Publisher, Drake Valley Press.

Mary Neely’s true story is under construction, but I’ve enabled the original pages due to the volume of questions I receive about her.

Please pardon the construction but enjoy her story! The link is above and at The Capture and Captivity of Mary Neely.

Full List of Books

26.

The Misremembered Lighthouse, published by Drake Valley Press, 2025

25.

Dani’s Decision, published by Drake Valley Press, 2021

24.

A Struggle for Independence, published by Drake Valley Press, 2020

23.

April in the Back of Beyond, published by Drake Valley Press, 2019

22.

The Adventures of Blade and Rye, published by Drake Valley Press, 2018

21.

Checkmate: Clans and Castles, published by Drake Valley Press, 2017

20.

Cloak and Mirrors, published by Drake Valley Press, 2016

19.

A Thin Slice of Heaven, published by Drake Valley Press, 2015

18.

The White Devil of Dublin, published by Drake Valley Press, 2014

17.

The Pendulum Files, published by Drake Valley Press, 2014

16.

The Tempest Murders, published by Drake Valley Press, 2013. 2013 USA Best Book Awards Finalist (one of four) and 2014 International Book Awards nominee.

15.

Dylan’s Song, published by Drake Valley Press, 2013

14.

Secrets of a Dangerous Woman, published by Drake Valley Press, 2012

13.

Vicki’s Key, published by Drake Valley Press, 2012. 2012 International Book Awards Finalist (one of five) and 2012 USA Best Book Awards Finalist (one of five)

12.

The Banker’s Greed, published by Drake Valley Press, 2011

11.

River Passage, published by Drake Valley Press, 2009. Was determined to be so historically accurate that the original manuscript is on file with the Nashville Metropolitan Government Archives. Won the 2010 Best Book Award.

10.

Exit 22, published by Drake Valley Press, 2008

9.

Songbirds are Free, published by Drake Valley Press, 2007

8.

Take the Mystery out of Promoting Your Book, published by Palari Publishing, 2006

7.

Ricochet, published by Drake Valley Press, 2006

6.

The China Conspiracy, published by Drake Valley Press, 2003

5.

Kickback, published by Drake Valley Press, 2002

4.

The Dynamics of Reflex, published by Dow Jones-Irwin, 1987

3.

Mememto WordPerfect, Progiciel de traitment de texte, published in Europe by Edmicro, 1986

2.

The Dynamics of WordPerfect, published by Dow Jones-Irwin, 1985

1.

Creating the Perfect Database, published by Scott-Foresman, 1984

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