Books with author Don Bailey

A light flew in front of Frank’s face, but not long enough to get a good look at before it zigzagged away. Its shape had been almost human. Frank looked at Lucas for a long time before asking, “Please tell me that was a firefly.”“That would make it the biggest, fastest damn firefly I’ve ever seen.” Lucas replied. Neither of them wanted to say the word “fairy.”Power outages are effecting much of the country. Computers, cell phones and radios are erratically unreliable. The scientific community is at a loss to explain any of it.When Frank and Lucas stumble on a man claiming to be an ancient wizard, they are told that the world of science is a construction of a magical spell which has now been damaged. That is why technology is faltering. Now they must choose how to handle this knowledge – if they even believe it – while the wizard tries to repair the spell.

An Amazon top 100 Best Seller in Contemporary RomancePiperMost people don’t think about the day they’ll die. They coast through life, blissfully unaware of how their time is ticking away. I wasn’t like most people. I welcomed death, wanted her to take me away from the prison I called life, but she refused. I tried twice only to survive. And then, when I thought I had nothing left it came. A reason to live. Rex was a small, unexpected ray of light my world of darkness that blossomed into a beam of sunshine. I thought, maybe this was why Death didn’t take me. Maybe she knew that if I held on a little longer things would turn around. But the third time Death came to my door wasn’t by choice. Someone else brought her, and I fear this time she might take me.RexBeing the son of a country star sucks. My parents are never around, I move every year or so, and I have no real friends. Everyone around me has an agenda. Everyone except Piper Lovelace. I can’t get that girl to notice me. Trust me I’ve tried. Thankfully, fate stepped in and gave me the break I needed. I’ve got her attention, now I need her to give me a chance.

A dead priest. A small town south of Dublin. A reluctant DI Gallway sent to investigate.A killer is on the loose. With a motley band of Garda for his team, Seamus Gallway is not optimistic. Clues are few. The clergy won't cooperate, and the archbishop keeps interfering. Gallway and the church is not a good mix.Will he lick his team into shape and find the murderer before he has another victim on his hands? The complications multiply as Seamus becomes embroiled with a suspect. Can he unpick the tangle of a case proving ever more lurid and shocking? Or will this prove to be one killing too many?A gritty crime drama with a touch of humour. Dive into the first of DI Gallway's Irish detective novels.

I fell in love with my next door neighbor when I was eighteen. It was fast and crazy and the best experience of my life, until I got pregnant. Logan, he pushed me away when I needed him most. Without his support, I made the hardest decision of my life and then I left. I ran away to start over with no plans of looking back. Only now I have to go back. My dad is about to marry his mom and it's just a matter of time until my secret comes out. When it does, everyone is going to hate me.I Love You I hate you is the second book in the Duology. If you have not read Part 1, please do so first. -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0834H3976

LoganShe’s beautiful. Fierce. Nothing at all like the girl I used to know, which is absolutely terrifying because Danika Winters is the only person outside of that room who knows the truth. She could ruin me, and I’m not talking about my reputation. I couldn’t give two shits about what the kids at St. A’s think. I’m talking major, life altering, jail time ruined.I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her quiet. Even if it means destroying the only person I’ve ever cared about.DanikaThey say when you meet the person you’re supposed to be with, time stops. Your brain takes in every microdetail, committing it all to memory, and you’re hit with this unexplainable need. A need to get to know that person, talk to that person, simply be beside that person. And then there’s the kiss. A fire spreading, earth-shattering, kiss that wipes all others from your memory. I’ve felt that pull towards someone once, and it consumed me. I wasn’t supposed to fall for my middle school best friend. But he wasn’t supposed to break my heart.***Author note***IHYILY is the first half of a duology. It contains mature subjects including drinking, drug usage, and sex and may be a trigger some people.

“ ‘The Amazing Imagination Machine’ is insanely creepy fun. Teens and adults will find this frightening, twisted and absolutely riveting. Highly recommended!”—Jonathan Maberry, NY Times Bestselling Author of “Rot & Ruin” and Netflix’s V-WarsEven Nightmares Can Come True...Jake’s never been inclined to listen to his mom very seriously, but after breaking her rules causes him to crash the family car, he realizes that maybe he should have just obeyed his mother in the first place. No one’s hurt, but with his dad out of town and his mom getting into a serious accident while he’s away, sixteen-year-old Jake’s life comes to a screaming halt. To make matters worse, the only adult nearby to care for him and his little sister while their dad tries desperately to get home is their Uncle Mark, a horror writer and perhaps the only relative Jake cannot stand. Jake begrudgingly agrees to spend the night at his uncle’s house to protect his little sister. Across from his uncle’s home is a huge, abandoned toy factory, one that Jake disregards until he sees a creepy doll skulking around on its own. When the doll starts harassing his sister and she chases it to the toy factory, Jake feels he has no choice but to follow after. Once inside, Jake accidentally passes through the Amazing Imagination Machine, bringing his greatest nightmare to life. Jake is forced to find a way to stop his own creation and all the monsters spawned from the machine before they can kill him, discovering some dark secrets that have been hidden in his family tree along the way.“A thrill ride to the very end, this story makes you wonder just what horrors would be unleashed if the imagination ever became reality.”—Amy Lignor, Author of the The Angel Chronicles

Darkness descends upon Camelot. A sorcerous evil poisons the land corrupting everything it touches. Prosperous villages turn contentious, and a golem—the most vile, wizard created monster of all—lays waste to everything. King Arthur’s devoted knights prove no match for a force that feeds on innocence and virtue, and the kingdom needs new heroes—or something else. A company of seven Rogues answer fate’s call. Michael, a man of unrivaled sword skill, becomes their leader. No knightly vows bind him, and an unspeakable tragedy haunts his dreams. His brutality and thirst for vengeance make him the perfect man to lead King Arthur’s quest. Destiny gifts the Rogues seven magic weapons. Michael receives the Rogue Sword, a blade so powerful that even demons feel its pull. With a young squire named Chris at his side, Michael sets out across the kingdom. Can Michael and Chris, both with darkness in their pasts, defeat the golem? Or will Michael succumb to the evil that builds within him? -Ebook edition contains a little extra content.-

PiperMost people don’t think about the day they’ll die. They coast through life, blissfully unaware of how their time is ticking away. I wasn’t like most people. I welcomed death, wanted her to take me away from the prison I called life, but she refused. I tried twice only to survive. And then, when I thought I had nothing left it came. A reason to live. Rex was a small, unexpected ray of light my world of darkness that blossomed into a beam of sunshine. I thought, maybe this was why Death didn’t take me. Maybe she knew that if I held on a little longer things would turn around. But the third time Death came to my door wasn’t by choice. Someone else brought her, and I fear this time she might take me.RexBeing the son of a country star sucks. My parents are never around, I move every year or so, and I have no real friends. Everyone around me has an agenda. Everyone except Piper Lovelace. I can’t get that girl to notice me. Trust me I’ve tried. Thankfully, fate stepped in and gave me the break I needed. I’ve got her attention, now I need her to give me a chance.

A dead priest. A small town south of Dublin. A reluctant DI Gallway sent to investigate.A killer is on the loose. With a motley band of Garda for his team, Seamus Gallway is not optimistic. Clues are few. The clergy won't cooperate, and the archbishop keeps interfering. Gallway and the church is not a good mix.Will he lick his team into shape and find the murderer before he has another victim on his hands? The complications multiply as Seamus becomes embroiled with a suspect. Can he unpick the tangle of a case proving ever more lurid and shocking? Or will this prove to be one killing too many?A gritty crime drama with a touch of humour. Dive into the first of DI Gallway's Irish detective novels.

After a nightmarish struggle with depression and the discovery of his plan to commit suicide, the author enters a psychiatric facility in search of some hope to keep living. What he finds there is a cast of misfits, wizened fools, and fellow travelers along a crumbling life. He sought refuge, but instead stares into existential panic . The first thing to break is the self. Until then, all he can do is wrestle with the free walking monsters of broken souls in a harrowing attempt to slay his own. This book is based upon the author's actual experience. It is his hope that the world can gain a better understanding of mental illness. He believed his life would end upon commitment, that it would be a blow with which his reputation with choke. The world needs to know the truth. He didn't begin to live until he let it all collapse.