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Pirates And Pickled Heads
A collection of valiant vessels and storied sea captains from years past, Pirates and Pickled Heads is an eclectic look at some of Scotland’s most unusual maritime stories.
Within four sections spanning the personalities, ships, places, and pirates of Scotland, you’ll discover an intriguing nautical history nestled among sweeping sea views and lush coastal landscapes.
From tales of warrior lords and privateers to the mystery of the Maggie Smith, and the strange legend of the remote island of Rona, you’ll explore the unique seafaring history of Scotland.
Savage World
The Earth is no more. Escaping the premature nova of Sol, humanity's last survivors flee their doomed home using an experimental drive that takes them to the far side of the galaxy.
With ten thousand survivors, dwindling resources and rapidly diminishing hope, the fleet is on the verge of breaking point. Gaia, their new home, offers one last chance of survival for the human race.
But when Major Tom Merrick and Captain Juliana Curran lead the expedition to explore this new frontier, they learn that Gaia is a world fraught with peril and deadly secrets.
Praise:
★★★★★ - "An astonishingly detailed and well-thought-out novel that gives fresh perspective on a common sci-fi theme."
★★★★★ - "Loved this book. Gripped me from page one."
Sharing Hamilton
Philadelphia, 1791. James and Maria Reynolds are flat broke. Well aware of the attraction between his wife and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, James hatches a plan to blackmail Alexander and get rich - and sends Maria to seduce him.
Meanwhile, the mysterious Dr. Severus Black befriends the Hamiltons and becomes a close confidant of Alexander’s wife, Eliza. While Mrs. Hamilton grows fond of the handsome doctor, she also senses something different about the debonair young man.
Meanwhile, a vicious serial killer is stalking the city by night. As Hamilton’s affair with Maria runs headlong towards personal and professional catastrophe, the constables of Philadelphia draw a net around the emerged killer of young serving girls.
Spirit of Fire
Marjorie Bruce, newly-crowned Princess of Scotland and daughter of feared Scottish warrior King Robert the Bruce, is about to witness the English invasion into Scottish territory.
After the English military ambushes Marjorie and her stepmother, they take them to England. It is up to Archibald Douglas – one of the King’s men – to return Marjorie to her father without harm. With the help of friends along the way, Marjorie trains to become the finest warrior Scotland has ever seen.
She also learns secrets about her father’s legitimacy to the crown. Marjorie is about to find out what it means to be Scottish, and how important she is to the Scottish crown's survival. But first, she needs to survive the war, and that will take all the courage and soldiers she can get.
The Strangeness That Is Wales
Discover the strange legends, tales and history of Wales.
Did the Welsh sail across the Atlantic in the 12th century?
Was King Arthur Welsh?
Included are stories on ghosts - both real and fake - and the legend of King Arthur. Welsh animal lore, customs, monsters and music are also examined. One of the strangest villages in the world gets a chapter to itself, as do witches, miners and druids.
The book is written in a personal, light-hearted style, with geographical references to help identify the places. Although the stories are intended to entertain as much as educate, the historical facts are accurate.
Hopefully, you will come away with a different view on Wales - and a smile on your face.
Homeland Defense
In post-apocalyptic Australian desert, a small band of survivors wages a desperate battle against ruthless Revelationist terrorists.
The city survivors set out to join Sundown's Commando on the edge of the Simpson Desert, but Sergeant Nulla and his motley group soon find out that the trek to sanctuary is not as safe as they'd hoped.
Forced to defend their friends against a brutal assault and confronted with certain death, they react with ferocious brutality of their own.
In the unforgiving Australian deserts and the fractured city of Adelaide, Sundown and his commando seek to survive any way they can.
This is a standalone novel, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
The Convenience of Lies
Always unpopular and a misfit, Mackenzie Fairbanks gets a chance to start over when she moves to a new town. Finding an unlikely friend in the Russian girl Kira, they quickly become best friends.
When Kira goes to Russia for a holiday, Mackenzie vows to finally get the bad boy, Ramon, to notice her... And he does. As the sparks begin to fly and Mackenzie finds her place, Kira's return from vacation brings about new challenges for the girls.
Suddenly, Kira and Mackenzie get entangled in a mystery involving several acts of vandalism. Mackenzie knows that the culprit is closer than she ever imagined, and it's up to her to decide what's more important: her friend or her heart. Can she find the truth within the lies without losing everything she ever wanted?
The Creeper
Something evil lurks in the woods, on the outskirts of town. It lives in the shadows and strikes without warning, always with the same objective: to mutilate, kill and devour its victim.
It's a monster with a cannibalistic craving for human flesh, and a sexual appetite which seemingly cannot be satiated. No victim is left alive, and the scattered remains divulge very little to the police pathologist.
As the body count rises, the superintendent in charge of the investigation resorts to desperate measures. But soon, it becomes obvious that the police have woefully underestimated their suspect. A mistake which will cost them dearly.
The Death Dealer Diaries
Final days of the Earth are here.
Mal is a sixteen-year-old girl who fights for survival in a dangerous, unforgiving world. When the Death Dealers - aliens that hunt in silence - begin harvesting people from her village, she is forced to flee into the wilds surrounding her home.
With her three friends, Mal must learn how to cope and survive. But soon, she is confronted with a truth that will not only change her world, but the future of the whole species.
Day Of The Dead
In a game of destiny and death, mortal fates hold little importance.
Ambjorn and his wife Jofrid face death eye to eye when the peace of their home village is shattered. Thrown into a game where every move carries high consequence, every choice could be their last.
But is it possible to win when playing against forces beyond your own comprehension?
The First Lady Of Hardy Ranch
Farmgirl Lynnette Humphry’s life changes when she submits herself as a mail-order bride, and receives a proposal from handsome Wyoming rancher Jacob Hardy.
On the train ride to meet her future husband, Lynette is seduced by quick-minded book lover Thomas – but foul play, robbery, and a deceptive ruse run afoot, leaving Lynette questioning who she can trust.
Torn between two men and seeking the truth, will Lynnette find a way to navigate her new life as the First Lady of Hardy Ranch?
The Grass Widow
Forty-year-old Callie Jamison thinks she has a good life as a rancher's wife, until her husband divorces her for a younger woman who can give him the children Callie never did.
Clayton Swift is an aging cowboy who knows it’s time for him to hang up his spurs, but he doesn’t want to do it alone.
After a chance meeting the The Flat Iron Cafe, their paths intertwine. But as secrets from Clayton's past surface and Callie faces difficult life choices, their future looks uncertain.
Despite their differences, can the two forge a future together?
Blood of Denebria
After a sinister alien race invades a peaceful planet, planning to eat its inhabitants, Jules Rammis has another heroic mission to accomplish.
Jules - telepath, astrobiologist and reluctant hero - has faced many nasty aliens in his adventures. But never a race so sinister that it invades the peaceful planet of Denebria specifically to use its people as a food supply.
Jules is drawn into the fray when his former father-in-law, retired Counter-Terrorist Captain Joe Hatch, convinces Jules to accompany his undercover team to Denebria. Jules must attempt to discover the invaders' homeworld and allow the World Alliance Forces to engage the brutal race on their own turf.
TangleRoot
TangleRoot pits astrobiologist, telepath, adventurer and all-around nice guy Jules Rammis against mafia bad guys and a race of aliens that doesn't like to share.
But not to worry: Jules has his ever-faithful team by his side. With them is his new love interest, the exotic Sophia Rella, who refuses to stay at home.
Jules will not only have to tackle "The Family" but also Blackroot, an insidious alien plant-animal that spreads like wildfire and munches people for snacks, but has spectacular properties that can endow humans with a very long lifespan.
The Stars Like Ice
Jules Rammis, intrepid astrobiologist and telepath, receives a desperate call from his buddy Huff, a marsupial denizen of planet Kresthaven.
He's hiding from the fanatical religious crusaders whose leader, Lord Aburra, will use any means to gain control of Huff's people in the frozen north of the planet. Jules and his team arrive and search for Huff, but instead encounter an alliance of bizarre sea and land aliens waging a fierce civil war against Lord Aburra's forces.
Jules, ever the honorable hero, convinces the team to help overthrow Lord Aburra. But as the conflict rages, Jules wonders if he's dragged his team into a no-win situation that could result in the death of them all.
This is a standalone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
Fortune's Fool
Italy, 1326. While the brilliant, wily young Cesco is schooled in his new duties at the hand of a hard master, Pietro Alaghieri travels to Avignon, current seat of the Papacy, to fight his excommunication and plead for Cesco's legitimacy. He's unaware that an old foe has been waiting for this chance to ruin Pietro’s life and seize control of Verona for himself.
Separated from everyone he trusts, Cesco confronts his ambitious cousin, a mysterious murderer, and the Holy Roman Emperor himself. A harrowing series of adventures reveal a secret long hidden, one that threatens Cesco's only chance for true happiness.
The Emperor
Seeking Sword looks to the south for only one thing: The Northern Imperial Sword, which now lies dormant in the vaults of the Eastern Empire.
Without it, Seeking Sword will always be a bandit. And to get it, he'll have to defeat the Heir.
Abandoned to bandits as an infant, Seeking Sword has known adversity, but nothing has prepared him to lead a campaign against such an adversary. It isn’t the Heir’s formidable fighting skills nor his tactical acumen that so dismays the bandit Emperor. It’s the beloved devotion of his people.
How is Seeking Sword to fight that?
The Lonely Sea and the Sands
Jules Rammis - astrobiologist, adventurer, man of honor - gets into so many jams that you might as well spread him on toast.
This time, he has really opened a Pandora's Box. The thing that was let out is the alien animal-plant Bristra, with a taste for humans and the skill to hunt them.
Together with other enemies of Earth, this alien lifeform plots to conquer Earth. With the Alliance Forces out to protect Earth's interstellar colonies, Jules will have to risk life and limb to probe for chinks in Bristra's formidable defenses.
Backed up by his trusty team, Jules finds himself on a dangerous ride, as Earth plunges into a dark time with attacks on three fronts.
The Lonely Sea and the Sands is a standalone novel, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't other books in the series.
Breaking Into The Light
The Reviled are the enemy. They embody brutality in every form. The Fey of the Light know only too well how savage the Dark Fey can be and daring to think otherwise invites tragedy.
Gairynzvl was once one of the Reviled and lived the riotous life of all Dark Ones, but his acceptance by The Fey of the Light has changed all that. Now, he is opposing The Reviled by returning into their dark realm and rescuing childfey. The actions taken by him and his band of Liberators are not only changing lives, they are fulfilling ancient prophecies and proving long-accepted beliefs inaccurate.
Those who have lived in the Light all their lives are suddenly faced with unavoidable questions. How is peace achieved? Can Light unite with Darkness?
The Secret of Altamura
It is 1943, and the Nazis control large parts of Italy. Colonel Anselm Bernhardt devotes his attention to stealing Italian art – and having his way with Italian women – but there is one great treasure that he covets even more.
In present day, his grandson swears to make amends for Bernhardt’s crimes, but is bitten by the same temptation. When he begins his search for the mysterious treasure in southern Italy, he discovers a secret that can change the course of history.
Based on historical events, The Secret of Altamura takes you back to the cloud of terror that hung over wartime Italy, and invites you to explore the secrets that were hidden from the Nazi invaders.
