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The Music Room
"A poignant tale of love and salvation... I was completely transported by this book." - Amazon Review
In 1950's Westburn, Scotland, Tim Ronsard only has a few months remaining until he leaves St. Mary's School.
Bored and listless, he's anxious to get away. His life changes when a new music teacher is appointed: Isobel Clieshman, a Protestant working in a Catholic school. Soon, Tim's feelings go well beyond a school boy crush, but at 23 years old the teacher is out of his reach.
Five years later, they meet randomly and soon, Tim thinks he has never been happier. But amid family issues, war and prejudice, can they find the road to happiness together?
The Bandit
Tired of lying in wait, the exiled Noble Bandit seizes his chance at revenge. Meanwhile, as the birth of the Royal Twins nears, Peasant General Guarding Bear is repatriated by the Emperor.
Fearing for the safety of his heirs, the emperor orders the general to lay siege to his enemy’s fortress. In preparation, the general recruits the aid of a powerful wizard and a skilled young healer – but none of them suspects a traitor in their midst.
As loyalties are tested and new alliances made, who will rise above and claim victory as their own?
The Stones of Fire and Water
After his return from Aeris with the gem of air, Pettic receives a letter from the king. He is to see Torren and rekindle their relationship.
Soon after, Torren and Pettic meet a strange man and their lives change drastically, as they're dragged into a mystery surrounding the red dragon Monarlisk and his former mate.
But will Pettic's magic be enough to help them finish their quest in time - and in the end, will the rightful king be crowned?
Melcorka Of Alba
Melcorka and Bradan are returning from Cahokia.
Their plans change abruptly when a storm sends them hundreds of miles off course. After their encounter with the demon Kanaima, Bradan notices something strange in Melcorka's behavior.
After countless days at sea, they find themselves in a strange Eastern land - in the city of Kollchi - and surrounded by supernatural forces they have never seen before. With her trusty sword Defender by her side, Melcorka sets to overcome the odds.
But in this dangerous land of monsters and demonic power, will it be enough?
The Never-Dying Man
After finding Sauvern's Sword, the companions set off to help a friend rescue his child from kidnappers. Instead, they stray into Erian and find preparations for war. They are drafted into the Erian army but are recognized by an old enemy, who arrests some of them and takes them to Frelli, the capital of Erian, where they are put in jail.
The Master of Erian frees them and offers them work. Meanwhile, Carthinal has to face some unpleasant truths about himself. Is his desire to further his magical career more important than his friends and country? After they discover terrible truths about the Master and his magical research, they will need to escape in order to tell the leaders of Grosmer about the plans for war.
Twisted Tales From The Northwest
In this collection of short stories, you’ll meet vampires, zombies, elves, and aliens. You’ll step into an old haunted house. You’ll even witness a trial of the Kafkaesque sort, set in the distant year 2668.
But you’ll never guess how any of these stories are going to end.
Twisted Tales from a Skewed Mind
Compelling collection of short stories from Mari Collier, author of Earthbound.
The third definition of skewed is to look obliquely. That somehow describes my mind as I may see things a bit differently than the rest of the population. To me there is always something more, perhaps something hidden or shaded by another dimension.
You’ll meet a boy who doesn’t grow old, a witch that wants to be normal, an Iowa farm woman battling frogs, a vampire that chooses to live in a sunny desert, ghosts, and vampires.
Jack the Ripper - Newspapers From Hull Volume 2
After 1888 the stories regarding Jack the Ripper did not fade out, as many would assume, but seemed to increase. This volume looks at local, national, and international scares published in the available Hull newspapers between 1889 and 1988.
Featuring hundreds of reports, primary historical sources, official files, and hitherto unseen material.
Knowledge Quickening
Abducted by an unknown enemy and fearing for her friends, Charlotte Duncan must draw on determination she never knew existed – and trust a mysterious stranger – to find a way out.
When Charlotte is suddenly kidnapped, she struggles to find a way to escape. Filled with worry for the man she loves and her friends, she must rely on her strength – and trust in a stranger’s help – to evade her captor’s clutches.
In the second book in the Nememiah Chronicles paranormal romance series, Knowledge Quickening follows Charlotte as a new cast of demons, shapeshifters, werewolves, and vampires make an appearance. Unable to embrace her psychic gifts but determined to live, Charlotte will discover things about herself she never believed possible
The Knowledge of Love
In the fourth book in the Nememiah Chronicles, Charlotte fights to move forward in her war against the Vampire Council – but are her endeavors enough to ensure that she is the one that survives?
When a grave tragedy sends Charlotte Duncan reeling, she struggles to find her way forward while dealing with the pain of loss. With the war against nemesis Archangelo and the Drâghici Consiliului, Charlotte must protect the asylum-seekers flocking to Zaen – in the face of the knowledge that she may not survive.
A fast-paced paranormal romance, The Knowledge of Love follows the twists and turns in Charlotte’s journey to end the reign of terror brought on by her enemies.
Knowledge Protects
Kidnapped and brainwashed by a terrifying vampire enemy, Charlotte faces insurmountable odds as she struggles to deal with her new reality.
Abducted by her nemesis Archangelo and the Drâghici Consiliului, Charlotte Duncan wrestles with a new reality after being brainwashed and detained for months. Beset with challenges seemingly impossible to overcome, Charlotte must believe in her abilities more than ever before.
The riveting finale in D.S. Williams’ paranormal romance series, Knowledge Protects unfolds a new ordeal as Fae Queen Aethelwine joins forces with Charlotte’s enemies, changing the tide of war. Wrestling with issues of trust at a time when she most needs those closest to her, will Charlotte succeed in her final fight to save those who depend on her?
Loved By The First
Raina's Sire has released her to be with her human love. Finally.
If only her hunger for blood wasn't getting out of control and endangering him.
If only the first vampire and most dangerous being on earth wasn't pursuing her for his torturous pleasure.
If only she could stay.
She travels across the world to escape Varo, the man who began the vampire curse. Leaving everything she loves behind, she goes to Tombstone, where the Silver City Strangler has been making his own living dead girls, leaving their naked bodies to be claimed by the desert sun. Finding and dealing with him will feed the beast inside the beautiful new vampire, yet protect her human soul from disintegrating into nothingness.
Chameleon Games
After being incarcerated for countless years, Chelsea Grey is reunited with her mother and daughter, and begins her search of self. Finding reconnection with the world difficult, Chelsea seeks the freedom and finds it while working at the Wildlife Center.
But soon, a burglary, a gun-wielding thug - and her own insecurities - threaten to destroy what she’s gained. As Chelsea seeks confidence and a new lease on life, an unwanted conspiracy winds its way into her world.
Can Chelsea uncover the truth - and find the strength to trust again?
Only Twelve Days
A heartwarming story set in a time when computers and mobile phones were still in their infancy.
It is almost Christmas, and nearly everyone is looking forward to spending the festive season with their loved ones. But what about those who are facing Christmas alone?
Bill and Sally are shy and lonely; left behind when the swinging sixties changed the rest of the country. Will they avoid the holiday season as they usually do, and spend it alone... or will Christmas catch up with them this year?
This tender love story takes place during the run up to Christmas, but is enjoyable to read at any time of the year.
Sea Scope
Sarah Collins needs an escape. Mourning her brother’s death and the impending breakup of her marriage, she returns to her childhood home in South Carolina, where her family operated an inn.
Sarah hasn’t been back to Sea Scope for twenty years; not since she and her brother Glen discovered a body by the nearby lighthouse. She never understood why her parents left Sea Scope so suddenly, or the reasons behind her father's suicide.
After Sarah returns to the inn, she faces long-buried memories, text messages and strange clues. Something is not right in Sea Scope. Reunited with people from her past, she tries to figure out what's going on in her childhood home.
When past and present collide, Sarah must face truths about her family, and what happened that summer day by the lighthouse.
Shaman - The Awakening
The nightmares never cease. Ever since I was a child I have struggled to deal with them. Each night a different horror takes shape, and I see it as if I was there.
I wake from these terrifying dreams of another world in which I am running from the strangest visions of evil. Visions that can only exist in nightmares, yet they are all too real to me.
Christian Sands is an FBI agent with a unique ability. When his ViCAP unit takes on another serial killer investigation, they soon find themselves in deeper than they bargained for. The killer seems to be ahead of them at every turn.
The search for the elusive murderer takes Christian and his unit from the Crossroads of New Mexico deep into the Navajo Nation.
Storm Unleashed
As the president negotiates to end war in the Middle East, another plot to destroy peace moves into high gear.
Meanwhile, Fritz returns from a trip through the portal, and realizes that the world around him has changed. After the White House comes under attack, Fritz is once again called to action.
The portal is a powerful tool, but entering it risks undeniable danger. It's their only way to stop the enemy. But at what cost?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Expert pacing, rich characters, and pitch perfect dialogue."
★★★★★ - "The characters are believable, and evolve with the story in a way that is true to their nature, and the circumstances they are faced with. Five stars."
Strange Tales
In the macabre style of Stephen King, with twists of satire and irony reminiscent of O. Henry, comes three Strange Tales...
•A series of gruesome murders haunt a small Irish village. After a mysterious woman arrives to the town, the villagers find a young girl tortured and mutilated at the bottom of Devil’s Drop. Who is The Lady on the Hill?
•A prosperous, self-absorbed couple uncharacteristically offer shelter to two beggars. But then both claim to be reincarnated souls from a long-forgotten past, hell bent on possessing their saviours to be reunited in flesh. Who are the Kids in the Park?
•One man develops a close relationship with a half-starved horse, rescued from an abandoned farmhouse. But troubling visions soon plague his waking moments.
Desert Strike
After winning the command of the Alice Springs military force, Sundown's commando is in a position to pose a real threat to the Revelationist terrorists.
What was supposed to be a holiday patrol to the hot springs on the Diamantina plains turns into a nightmare for the commando, and only heroic sacrifices can save them. A startling development with the secret Pine Gap facility may prove to be a boon or a curse for their group, and for Sundown himself.
Desert Strike is the fourth novel in Leo Nix's Sundown Apocalypse series: hard-fitting, fast-paced adventure in the harsh Australian Outback. This is a standalone novel, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
Tears in the Fabric of Time
Inspector 'Tiny' Tears is ready for retirement when the most unusual case lands on his desk.
A young girl, Ana, sits in the interview room, while the uniformed man who followed her lies dead. After the girl escapes, Tears pursues her and enters a world similar - yet shockingly different - to ours.
He soon learns of a mysterious group called the Silencers, and the Transference Engine, which has irreparably damaged the fabric of space and time.
As the space-time anomalies get stronger, Tiny and Ana form a grudging bond to undo the catastrophe. But are they too late?
