Some roads lead west. Others lead back. 

In Tremors of the Past, an earthquake traps Henry Jordan beneath a Denver newspaper office with Josie Sinclair, a woman guarding secrets of her own. As the city shakes above them, Josie shares a story her family has carried for seventy years — of another earthquake, another disaster, and a truth about the Acjachemen people that history tried to bury.

In The Winter Road, Henry finds a fifteen-year-old girl alone in the Rocky Mountain wilderness — the sole survivor of a wagon ambush, and the only person who can bring her father's killers to justice. As winter closes in, Henry and Nell Cody fight their way toward Youngblood Creek, pursued at every turn by the outlaws who want her silenced for good.

Two stories. One unshakable truth: the past never stays buried for long.



May McGoldrick, Nik James, and Jan Coffey are pen names for USA Today bestselling authors Nikoo Kafi and Jim McGoldrick. Together, they have crafted over fifty historical, contemporary, and Western novels, as well as two works of nonfiction.

Garnering numerous awards over the years, their work has been published in print, digital, and audiobook form by Penguin Putnam, HarperCollins/Avon, MIRA Books, St. Martin's Press, Heinemann, Sourcebooks, Macmillan Audio, Dreamscape Media, and Tantor Audio. Their stories have also been translated into over a dozen languages.

Jim holds a PhD in sixteenth-century Scottish and English literature. As a tenured Associate Professor of English at DeSales University, he taught literature and creative writing before pursuing a full-time writing career. Despite her love of writing, Nikoo's education and training were in engineering, and she worked in robotics and submarine shipbuilding before her change in career. In addition to writing, Nikoo served for seven years as the State of Connecticut Education Connection Writer-in-Residence, developing and teaching an inclusive creative writing program for middle school students.



Two stories. One unshakable truth: the past never stays buried for long.