Timberline Road Publishing

Independent imprint

Timberline Road
Publishing

Six distinct author identities. One publishing home.

Timberline Road Publishing presents distinct fiction from Naoki Arata, Leah Caldern, John Thomas Donnelly, Julian Ferrow, Clara Rennick and Evelyn Marie Shantz.

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The imprint

Independent by design.

Timberline Road Publishing is an independent publishing imprint, not a claim of corporate scale. It exists to give six separate bodies of work a stable production, catalogue and media home while keeping each author’s voice and readership distinct.

Clear authorship.
Accurate catalogue records.
Serious presentation without inflated claims.

Forthcoming from Timberline Road

Three forthcoming books. Three distinct worlds.

Cover of No Angel Came: Five Stories by Evelyn Marie Shantz Christmas Day · December 25, 2026

No Angel Came: Five Stories

Evelyn Marie Shantz Meet the five stories → Cover of The Seven-Second Edge by Naoki Arata Forthcoming November 15, 2026

The Seven-Second Edge

Naoki Arata Daniel McKenna’s computer confirms a trade seven seconds before anyone places it. The mistake happens again. Then again. Visit Naoki Arata → Cover of The Handoff by Leah Caldern Forthcoming March 16, 2027

The Handoff

Leah Caldern At the Stanton Inn, access is authority. When an operating-room credential changes hands, a routine transfer becomes a test of reputation, motive and what each woman can afford to reveal. Visit Leah Caldern →

Our authors

Six writers. Separate worlds. One independent publishing home.

ADULT ROMANCE

Clara Rennick

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LITERARY FICTION · WOMEN · HISTORY

Evelyn Marie Shantz

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LITERARY FICTION · CRIME · HISTORY

John Thomas Donnelly

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CONTINENTAL MYSTERY

Julian Ferrow

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PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE

Leah Caldern

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COMMERCIAL THRILLER

Naoki Arata

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Selected titles

From the current catalogue.

These links lead to the official author pages for descriptions, samples and retailer information.

Cover of The Cut by John Thomas Donnelly

John Thomas Donnelly · Forthcoming January 15, 2027

The Cut

Journals

Writers in public.

The author journals publish essays on influence, craft, books and the cultural pressures surrounding the fiction.

Clara RennickRead the JournalNext preview: Nine O’Clock · August 29 Evelyn Marie ShantzRead the JournalLatest: Stop Killing Her for Heat · Next preview August 27 John Thomas DonnellyRead the JournalLatest: Why People Call It Love Anyway · Next August 28 Julian FerrowRead the JournalNext preview: Eleven Minutes Late · September 3 Leah CaldernRead the JournalNext preview: He Looks at Her First · September 1 Naoki ArataRead the JournalNext preview: The Person Who Knows the Manual Workaround · September 5

Publishing and media inquiries

Rights, review copies, interviews and bookseller questions.

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For title-specific information, samples or reader updates, use the official author websites above.