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Magic! Hissed The Little Demons
Everyone has their demons.
From time to time, they'll sneak up on us or run about underfoot. They'll keep tripping us until we summon the one thing they can't stand: magic. That igniting surge of self-belief that sends them crawling back into the shadows.
An imaginative and accessible collection of poetry, Magic! Hissed The Little Demons explores depression, self-confidence, friendship, and determination, blending the fantastical with the contemporary, and a hint or two of sass.
Party to a Murder (Lainey Quilholt Mysteries Book 1)
Lainey, a 17-year-old small town girl, has no idea she's about to be involved in a grisly murder investigation.
After young Arline is murdered, Lainey's suspicions arise. Why did everyone seem to hate this girl? Digging for clues and trying to understand her friends' attitude towards Arline, she finds herself in the middle of a cover-up.
Clues lead to several people, including Lainey's friend Wendy. With Sheriff Weeks's help, Lainey tries to figure out who had the most to gain by killing Arline.
But can they find the killer before another life is lost?
Pigeon-Blood Red (Pigeon-Blood Red Book 1)
For underworld enforcer Richard "Rico" Sanders, it seemed like an ordinary job: retrieve his gangster boss's stolen goods, and teach the person responsible a lesson.
But the chase quickly goes sideways and takes Rico from the mean streets of Chicago to sunny Honolulu. There, the hardened hit man finds himself in uncharted territory, when innocent bystanders are accidentally embroiled in a crime.
As Rico pursues his new targets, hunter and prey develop an unlikely respect for one another.
Soon, he is faced with a momentous decision: follow his orders to kill the very people who have won his admiration, or refuse and endanger the life of the woman he loves?
Only The Leaves Whispering (The Last Hundred Book 1)
ock MacNeil, the eldest son of a Highland Catholic family, leaves school at thirteen to follow his father's footsteps and become a blacksmith. But after a family tragedy changes his plans, Jock joins CSS Alabama and heads to the New World.
He befriends the retired Royal Navy Surgeon, James Gunn, and David Llewellyn Assistant Surgeon of Alabama. Living among the seamen, Jock learns how to take responsibility - and how to defend himself.
But can Jock survive the perilous journey, and what awaits him in the Civil War on the other side of the Atlantic?
Unknown (The Forsaken Series Book 1)
It happens every year. A select few disappear, never to return.
From The Falkland Islands to the Himalayas, Puerto Rico to England – people are vanishing without trace or explanation. A young man who’s lost everything stumbles across an ancient secret.
Can he unlock the mystery? Will he find those who need him?
...can he escape the Unknown?
The Alternator
What if murder wasn't a mystery?
For one young man, it is always decided by a simple code of chance taught to him by his mentor, a gruff truck driver named Petty, who once took him under his wing.
Now a trucker himself, the savant travels the quickest routes coast to coast through 1990s America, listening to the Top 40 Countdown and holding the fate of those he encounters in the palm of his hand.
But are the rules there to allow the natural order to assert itself, or to keep a traumatic past from feeding his dark impulses and spiraling him out of control?
A twisted thriller peppered with dark humor, B.H. Newton's 'The Alternator' is a lean, mean story that just might put a wicked smile on your face.
This book is intended for a mature audience and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.
In The Name Of The Mother
It is 689 AD, and Cynethryth is returning from Rome, carrying her dead husband's child.
She soon gives birth to a son, Aethelheard, whose parentage alone places him in danger. His mother has a tough choice to make and travels to Dorset, where the king is a cousin of her late husband.
After the king adopts the boy, he grows up in the dangerous company of rebellious princes, all who wish to overthrow the mighty Ine, king of Wessex.
How will mother and son face the physical and spiritual battles that await them?
Kalorama Road
Her memories died, but the dead won't let them sleep.
There’s something Allie can’t remember; hidden memories that refuse to surface. Until one day, when something brings back images of a forgotten night.
A year after graduating from Emsworth University, Allie receives a mysterious email asking a single question. Someone wants her to remember, and they are getting closer. As forgotten memories gradually surface, Allie has to come to terms with her dark past, and a revelation she could have never imagined.
What really happened at 1414 Kalorama Road?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Billups keeps cranking up the tension with skillful storytelling reminiscent of a chilling Alfred Hitchcock movie."
★★★★★ - "Seductive, hypnotic and addictive writing."
Loving Neil
While attending her brother’s wedding, freelance photographer Janet Montgomery finds herself once again fruitlessly vying for her father’s love.
Driving back to her hotel after an awkward goodbye, she meets the architect Neil Porter. Soon, a chain of events draws them together, and Janet begins to wonder if the twenty-three years between them is too much.
But can she can avoid the same mistakes her parents made?
"A tale of love and loss, and the tough choices we make along the way." - Kari Lee Townsend, Bestselling Author
Offender Of The Faith
Just as his partner Sandra is due to give birth, D.C.I. Alex Warren is sent to lead a difficult and sensitive investigation.
Why has a young Asian girl been sexually assaulted and murdered in the home she shares with her Scottish boyfriend? Families are brought under intense scrutiny as Alex and his team look for answers.
Potential motives of racism, islamophobia, hate, jealousy and honor killing all have to be considered. But who is behind the killing... and what is the real reason?
Offender Of The Faith is a standalone novel, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
Valhalla Unleashed
As a veil of darkness descends upon the land of Midgard, the forces of hell emerge to extinguish all life.
But the warriors of Bjorgvin stand ready for a fight to the death.
Audan and Jareth are ready to defend their home and people once more, but the pestilence that infects the Norse world has become stronger than ever. Through the mist, ancient dangers of tooth and claw emerge, leading to a struggle of cataclysmic proportions.
Can the warriors of legend prevent the coming hellfire of the Ragnarok, or is man doomed in front of the power of demonic Asgardian gods?
Tryzub
After Russian researchers develop a miracle cure for HIV, Trident Corporation begins the drug’s beta testing in America.
Sabrina gets tangled in an international web of intrigue, as terrorists are using the project as subterfuge for an attack on American soil. Soon after, a terrorist attack rocks Wall Street. It is time for the Nightcrawler to come out again.
But this time, Sabrina's lover Hoyt is in the thick of the action. With the war between drug cartels raging around them, can Sabrina bring the criminals to justice - and protect her fiancée?
Only The Lonely
Young film student Joanne is walking through the streets of London, making a hand-held documentary film, when she accidentally catches two men forcing a third into a car on film.
The third man - a prominent politician - has just been kidnapped, and the film footage on the student's camera is the evidence.
After the kidnappers learn of the footage, Joanne finds herself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Organo-Topia
Murderous nanobots are on the loose, and detective Maris Peterson is going to find out why.
After a young woman plunges to her death from a penthouse and the vicious bots eat another victim from the soles up, surly city detective Maris digs deep into the steamy world of reproduction, where mega-companies collect sperm and ovum from unwilling donors, fetuses are conceived in Petrie dishes, and children grow to viability in factories by the thousands.
After the Coalition takes over his investigation, Maris goes underground and delves ever deeper into the brutal, repressive serfdom endured by the factory-grown Organo-humes. But can he find out who is behind the murders?
Palm Trees in the Pyrenees
Unappreciated and passed over for promotion, thirty-year-old Danielle’s career in law enforcement is going nowhere.
But when a hated Englishman is found dead, her idyllic hometown turns upside down. Against a background of prejudice, jealousy, and greed, Danielle tries to piece together the clues.
But can she find enough evidence to solve the case – and get the recognition she deserves?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Full of mystery and twists that you never see coming. I was mesmerized from start to finish."
★★★★★ - "An unusual police procedural full of interesting characters and surprises."
Dead End in the Pyrenees
Take a respected female cop
Add a bunch of greedy people
And place all in a small French town
Throw in a large helping of opportunity, lies and deceit
Add a pinch of prejudice
A twist of resentment
And dot with death and despair
Be prepared for some shocking revelations
Then sit down, relax and enjoy
With a dash or two of humor
And plenty of curiosity
Follow Danielle, a female cop in a small town on the French side of the Pyrenees, as she tries to solve a murder at a local spa. This story is about life in a small French town, local events, colourful characters, prejudice and, of course, death.
Dead End In The Pyrenees is a standalone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
Hanging Around In The Pyrenees
Why does everything always go wrong at the same time?
Danielle's and Patricia's idyllic walk in the countryside comes to an abrupt end, when they find a corpse hanging from a chestnut tree. Danielle’s investigation uncovers related suspicious deaths and disappearances.
There’s little respite at home, as their best friend Marjorie is distraught. The town’s immersed in gossip at her husband, the mayor’s overt relationship with a young assistant.
What can Danielle do to restore the balance?
Set in a small town in French Catalonia, ‘Hanging About in the Pyrenees’ is the latest book of Elly Grant’s cosy mystery series, ‘Death in the Pyrenees’. This is a standalone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
An Invitation To Kill
Lainey is excited to begin college - until she finds herself in the middle of another murder case.
Only a few days into the first week, Mr. Taylor's body is discovered in a bathroom stall. Within an hour, news arrive that Mr. Taylor's wife has been killed in their home, that very morning.
The deaths are deemed by authorities as murder-suicide, but Lainey finds clues to the contrary. As she digs deeper into the case, dark secrets surface.
After Lainey receives ominous warnings, it becomes clear that someone really wants this case to stay closed.
Penny Flame
Who was Penny Flame?
While researching the atrocities committed during the Apache Wars, university graduate Moneen Murphy learns of her great-great grandmother's key role in the conflict.
Tracing the relationship between her grandmother and the natives, Moneen begins a journey into the unknown. As she slowly discovers the truth, dark secrets and ghosts of the past are brought into the modern era with catastrophic force.
The story of this fateful chapter in America’s past reflects issues and events of the modern age, presented in an unforgettable, epic adventure.
Praise from readers:
★★★★★ - "Compelling and well-written... a must-read."
★★★★★ - "Penny Flame is the best adventure novel I have read in a long, long time."
Penniless Souls
Twenty years after Penny’s Hawaiian adventure, she and her husband are moving to Las Vegas, Nevada.
But when they run out of gas in the Mojave Desert, the couple is rescued by a famous painter. The eccentric artist hires Penny to redecorate his property, while her husband finds work on a skyscraper on the Strip.
Things are looking up, until Penny hears rumors about human trafficking. When her daughter goes missing, Penny’s mothering instinct goes into high gear. But will a mother’s love make a difference, or does God hold all the cards?
Forty-eight hours is all Penny's got to rescue Lani, and the clock is ticking.
