Frank Thoms went to the Soviet Union not to judge but to learn. As a result, he gained the trust and confidence of the people he befriended—and discovered much about himself. Behind the Red Veil recounts Frank’s quest to understand the Russian people. He spent his initial twenty-five years as a teacher, during which time he pursued his understanding of Marxism, Russian history, and Soviet Communism. His first venture to the Soviet Union occurred in October 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev’s first year as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In his following six trips, Frank served twice as a US–Soviet exchange teacher of English in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), and on his own taught English in schools in Moscow and Alma-Ata (Almaty), Kazakhstan. His final journey, which was to the new Russia in 1994, three years after Gorbachev’s resignation, took him to Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains. Through it all, Frank sought the love and respect of the Russians he came into contact with. Behind the Red Veil is the story of how they opened their hearts to him—and, in doing so, opened his.

A beautiful, young bride is murdered at her wedding reception. The next day, one of the wedding guests makes a terrified call to her boyfriend, Neil. She claims to have seen a shadow wearing the blood-covered bridal veil found at the murder scene. Then, the girl disappears. There are many suspects in these two tragedies. Maybe it was Peter, the groom with the wandering eye. Perhaps it was Michelle, the Maid of Honor who seems a bit too fond of Peter. Maybe Neil found out his girlfriend’s secret. Perhaps it was the angry psychiatrist, his wife or her new lover. Most people think it might be Dylan. He’s the creepy office worker with a few unnatural, disturbing tastes of his own! The police must work their way through a growing number of shady suspects as rumors fly and tempers flare. But when more veil sightings and deaths occur, everyone must consider the possibility that nobody wants to face. Perhaps the bride has come back from the dead to take revenge on those who have wronged her!

A dark, queer YA fantasy that's perfect for fans of the Three Dark Crowns series and Wicked Saints. After Emanuela Ragno kills the one person in Occhia who can create water, she must find a way to save her city from dying of thirst. Emanuela Ragno always gets what she wants. With her daring mind and socialite schemes, she refuses to be the demure young lady everyone wants her to be. In her most ambitious move yet, she's about to marry Alessandro Morandi, her childhood best friend and the heir to the wealthiest house in Occhia. Emanuela doesn't care that she and her groom are both gay, because she doesn't want a love match. She wants power, and through Ale, she'll have it all. But Emanuela has a secret that could shatter her plans. In the city of Occhia, the only source of water is the watercrea, a mysterious being who uses magic to make water from blood. When their first bruise-like omen appears on their skin, all Occhians must surrender themselves to the watercrea to be drained of life. Everyone throughout history has given themselves up for the greater good. Everyone except Emanuela. She's kept the tiny omen on her hip out of sight for years. When the watercrea exposes Emanuela during her wedding ceremony and takes her to be sacrificed, Emanuela fights back . . . and kills her. Now Occhia has no one to make their water and no idea how to get more. In a race against time, Emanuela and Ale must travel through the mysterious, blood-red veil that surrounds their city to uncover the secrets of the watercrea's magic and find a way to save their people -- no matter what it takes.

A mischief maker dons his Prince Charming cap to aid a beautiful assassin. Lance Cuthbert, the latest prisoner in the desolate wasteland known as the Void, wants to serve his time and be free again, but his goal gets derailed when boredom enters the picture. A case of the doldrums creates the perfect breeding ground for mischief and leads Lance to an exotic beauty. The Red Veil is a dangerous djinniyah finally captured by the Wolf after years of pursuit. Her interest is only in a key. One allowing her to return to the Land of the Unseen and kill the evil sorcerer who controls her. But freeing the dangerous assassin comes with a steep price—a longer prison sentence for anyone who tries. Will the golden-haired boy with the amazing blue eyes live up to his destiny as Prince Charming? Or has the Void made him the perfect prisoner who only follows the rules?

He was paying for it, so he could have who liked, when he liked. Sex was for sale, but that was not the object of his desire. No, he had other ideasPredominantly pain. Following a series of unprovoked and vicious attacks on prostitutes, Detective Superintendent Ross feared the worst, it wasnt the fact that the attacks were becoming more brutal, no, it was the enemy within, and that one of his own officers could be responsible. Domonic Veil is a Police Officer working at Valley Police Station. Just when he thought he had finished riding the Emotional Rollercoaster of a divorce and his life was returning to normal, it happened, Hero to Zero in no time at all and now he was trying to save his own life From Sheffield to New York a story of Love, Murder and Betrayal.

Many in the Church are waiting with expectation for the second coming of Christ. The parable of the wedding feast in Matthew 22 tells us that the Church, the Bride, was invited to the wedding but didn’t come. In 2 Thessalonians, Paul warns that the second coming would be preceded by a “great falling away” and Matthew 24 says that if these days were not cut short then even the elect could be deceived. With thousands of Christian denominations preaching a different gospel, let us examine Scripture from the earliest perspective, which is that of the Early Church. The Early Church Fathers were the spiritual sons of the apostles, who learned directly from Jesus. They tell us what the end would be like and unlock the deeper meanings of Scripture. While many today are waiting to be “raptured,” these apostolic men believed that the glory of God would first manifest in His Church. The apocalypse, often misunderstood to mean the end of the world, is simply two Greek words put together: apo (to destroy) and kalypto (the veil). The Book of Revelation is about destroying the veil to enter back into the glory of God. These revelatory teachings were passed down and preserved for hundreds of years, yet for the most part the opposite is being taught in the body of Christ today. Jesus tells us in Matthew 17 that “Elijah is coming and will restore all things.” This Elijah spirit is upon us now to make the way straight through revelatory teaching of Scripture and to bring the fear of the Lord back to wake up the sleeping Church while there’s still time. The Early Church taught that without Elijah preparing and sealing the Church not one would be saved. At the same time, under the leadership of the Catholic Church, a second sealing is taking place, with all major Christian denominations coming into covenant with Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, saying there are many ways to God. The great apostasy is here, but nothing will stop this final move of God. The world will see a full restoration of His glory on Earth as it is in heaven. Through revelation, or an apocalypse, let us step behind the veil to have full access to the glory of God and His redemptive plan for us as His children. For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea (Hab. 2:14).