Book Signing with Shirley Grant-Hylton January 3th 1-4PM

The story of a young boy’s bravery as he flees the stark situation at

home in Ireland with his best friend, to find a new life in America. An

exciting epic filled with warmth, adventure, courage and the search for

faith as a boy faces the challenges of the world and grows into

manhood.

The winner of a Royal Palms Award for thriller writing in 2025 for his most recent Parker Glynn adventure, In Disguise of the Storm,  Ron has worked as a ghost writer on two national best-selling books and was a prolific freelance writer for many years with several regional publications including Texas Business, Texas Monthly, Jacksonville Magazine, Beson Publications and The Florida Times-Union.

Ron released his first book of fiction in 2010 with the introduction of ‘businessman-turned-spy’ Parker Glynn in Second Strike, which takes place in the months after the 9/11 attacks. This was followed by Doppelgänged in 2012,  Free Surface Effect in 2017 and the newly released In Disguise of the Storm — all published by Ingram Books.

Please join us on the second floor of The Book Loft for author talk with USA Bestselling author Kaira Rouda! RSVP to The Book Loft by calling 904-261-8991.

Sisters? Forever. Friends? NEVER. Who knew a reunion weekend could be so deadly?

Meet the sorority sisters of Theta Gamma Mu:

Roxy Callahan Gentry, the ruthless former sorority president and current hostess who has painstakingly choreographed every detail of this weekend—even matching the cocktails to her couture—to prove that she remains their undisputed queen.

Amelia Dell, the widow drenched in old money and alcohol, with her big pot-stirring spoon and uninvited boy-toy in tow.

Jamie Vale, the double-legacy pledge, straight-A student with no sparkle, now a top cardiologist with a picture-perfect family—and a well-guarded bad habit.

Beth Harrison, the scholarship student who never quite fit in and was only admitted because her best friend Sunny insisted that the two were a package deal.

Sunny Spencer, the carefree and beloved friend to all, or so it seemed—until she wasn’t.

They’ve been summoned to Roxy’s luxurious Palm Springs vacation home to celebrate the engagement of her son to Beth’s daughter. But the refurbished 1920s estate is eerily reminiscent of the hotel where tragedy struck during Spring Break twenty-five years ago. Long-simmering tensions and shocking secrets begin bubbling to the surface like bodies—because while the weekend was supposed to be about celebrating the future, it’s not so easy to bury the past…

For fans of Shari Lapena, Mary Kubica, and B. A. Paris, We Were Never Friends is an unputdownable, riveting train wreck full of dark humor and bad behavior.

Words can wound, but they can also save. All the Things I Never Said is a poetry-memoir born from the private pages of a diary and transformed into a testament of survival. Through raw, lyrical verse, it traces the arc of an abusive relationship and its aftermath—capturing darkness that shatters, clarity that follows, and the long journey toward healing.

These poems confront the realities of emotional and narcissistic abuse: gaslighting, isolation, betrayal, and the loss of identity. Yet within the shadows, they also reveal resilience, reclamation, and the quiet power of finding one’s voice again.

Structured in three stages—darkness, clarity, and healing—the collection invites readers to walk alongside the journey as hidden truths come to light. Honest and unflinching, All the Things I Never Said is for anyone who has felt voiceless, diminished, or broken—showing that even what is shattered can rise again.