Wayward: Fetching Tales from a Year on the Road is a hilarious and heartfelt ride around the world, wherein the author eats dog, obsesses about chewing gum, gets stranded on an island, does dirty things, reveres rock n roll and muses about everything from death to Star Trek to the President Obama to jail time. Now available on Wattpad, Wayward has been a surprise hit at both iTunes and Amazon, reaching #1 on both retailers' travel charts. It chronicles a year in the life of the author, who lived in 12 countries over 12 months, one month at a time. It's kind of funny, kind of sad and kind of weird. Forbes describes the book: "Wayward isn’t strictly a travelogue or a guide by any means. The book reads like a diary, with chapters dedicated to everything from watching Obama’s inauguration in an Argentinian bar, to viewing a dubbed version of the newest Star Trek film in France and trying to understand the plot despite not speaking French, to remembering the ecstasy and pain of his first love just before breaking up with his then-boyfriend in Berlin, to eating dog in Vietnam, to his experience working with Patti Smith in New York. Gates’ lively, conversational writing style bring all the disparate pieces together for an engaging, enjoyable read."

Snippets is a collection of random short stories and anecdotes that is not bound to any genre and written to amuse, inform and entertain.

RULE#1: DON'T STEAL HIS HEART. After ripping off a dangerous mob boss, Ellie Phillips decides it's time to quit hustling and give up her life of crime. She just needs a big score. Then she can give up the grift and start anew. When she steals a map from Jacob Hawkins that shows the location of a huge heart-shaped diamond, she decides it's time to go treasure hunting. It's just one last hustle before she goes straight. She thinks she's made a clean getaway when she jets off to South America with the map, but Jacob isn't letting it or Ellie get away so easily. With the mob hot on her trail and the bullets flying, she finally meets her match when she ends up in Jacob's sights. HUSTLE won the SYTYCW competition from Harlequin and Wattpad in 2013.

What if places were people, & the mystical canals of Venice or highlands of Scotland took the form of Man? What would he be like & would he capture your heart? Would the rugged landscape be reflected in roughened form or the cool brush of city steel tame his soul? Travelling the world has become a love story like no other. Come & discover the passion that lies beneath the streets, in rivers, forests & towns around the globe.

A young romance is suddenly cut short after the tragic death of Clara Northman. Her death leaves behind a trail of broken hearts and unanswered questions. Clara's father requests the help of the best private investigator that money can buy, Bernard Montgomery, to solve the mystery of his daughter's murder. Montgomery is undeniably a spectacular detective, but he struggles with his own problems, and finds it difficult to focus on the case. To Montgomery, everyone is a suspect with a motive to kill. The man trusts no one. He knows from personal experience that those who seem to be the most sincere can be the most deceitful. While interrogating Clara's fiancé, details of the couple's romance surface and the story begins to unravel. Montgomery finds parts of their story disturbingly similar to his own, which causes him to pour his heart and soul into the case. The murder of Clara Northman hits home. Montgomery is no longer solving a case for the victim and her family. He owes it to his deceased wife to find Clara's killer, and he will stop at nothing until he does.

A story of love in times of darkness, of all kinds of love. This is the story of Ivy and her loved ones before the Second World War in Nazi Germany. They say history was written by the victors, but what about the history of the defeated? See the unseen side of history, through the Germans' eyes. Ivy is a conflicted girl who, along with those around her, goes through one of the darkest periods of human history. To survive, they must make the ultimate sacrifices for love, family, friendship, acceptance, war, safety, and happiness. This is the first book, the beginning. They came from darkness. (c) 2014 All rights reserved - Mary B.C.

The prequel to the wildly popular Ava Lee series. Young Ava Lee is a forensic accounting who has just opened her own private firm. One of her clients, Hedrick Lo, has been swindled of more than a million dollars by a Chinese importer named Johnny Kung. Desperate, Lo persuades Ava to find and retrieve the monies owed. Ava goes to Hong Kong, where she plunges into the dangerous underground collection business and meets a man who will forever change her life . . . I'll post a new chapter of The Dragon Head of Hong Kong every weekday, so stay tuned!