SOME LESSONS ARE HARDER TO LEARN THAN OTHERS… Mississippi 1920: Nine year old servant, Hadley Crump, finds himself drawn into a secret world when he is invited to join wealthy Lucinda Browning’s dirty book club. No one suspects that the bi-racial son of the cook is anything more to Lucinda than a charitable obligation, but behind closed doors, O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright. What begins as a breathless investigation into the more juicy parts of literature quickly becomes a … [Read more...] about The Reading Lessons by Carole Lanham @WriterCarole
The Conqueror’s Dilemma by Elizabeth Bailey
The last thing William Westerham needs is his carefully maintained position in Society endangered by the allure of a pair of impish eyes. Particularly when they belong to a girl perched precariously on the edge of social disaster. Can the Conqueror afford to recognise Miss Tiffany Felton, whose chaperon is a creature beyond acceptance? Wholly at sea among the unfamiliar rules of convention, Tiffany is torn between gratitude for the Conqueror’s help and distress at his crushing … [Read more...] about The Conqueror’s Dilemma by Elizabeth Bailey
The Jade Rabbit
A female infant is abandoned by her birth-mother in a small Chinese village and spends her first ten months in an orphanage. She is adopted and raised in the United States where she becomes a social worker in order to help children in a desolate Detroit neighborhood. Her nickname is The Jade Rabbit and this is her story. As director of a shelter for runaway and neglected youth, Janice Zhu Woodward gets pulled into the lives of the lost children of the Detroit streets. Fueled by … [Read more...] about The Jade Rabbit
The Sailor and The Carpenter by Dale Day
Timothy Beadle’s father indentures him to a ship’s captain and he soon is in Mid-Atlantic on his way to the far north-western shores of The New World. Padding the deck and climbing the rigging is exhilarating to the young English farm boy. The captain is a fair, God-fearing man who ensures Timothy also learns reading, writing and arithmetic. Strange islands and naked savages fill Timothy with curiosity and wonder. Fate has more changes in store for Timothy. As the ships sails home with holds … [Read more...] about The Sailor and The Carpenter by Dale Day
Relative Deceit
England 1911 - 1912 Driven by jealousy, greed and desire, nothing will stop Gregory Rogers from taking that which he believes is his. He'll do anything to gain money, Bancroft Hall and the power that comes with the title of Baronet. Including murder. ...Until his eyes fall upon the beautiful Jane. Can she rescue him from himself? Will she be the one thing that he cannot ruin in order to have? Karen Aminadra (pronounced Amin-ah-dra) is an author and teacher who lives in … [Read more...] about Relative Deceit
A Murder in Auschwitz by JC Stephenson
An SS officer is found standing over the body of a comrade, a smoking pistol still in his hand, a murder in a place of murders.His pleas of innocence force a court martial and he knows that there is only one man in the camp capable of defending him; a Jewish prisoner called Manfred Meyer. Manfred Meyer is forced to build a defence for him in his court martial. Drawing on his years of experience as a criminal lawyer in Berlin, Meyer must unravel the deceit and interpret the lies that infect … [Read more...] about A Murder in Auschwitz by JC Stephenson
Adrift in the Sound by Kate Campbell
Frazzled Seattle street artist Lizette Karlson tries to pull herself together in 1973 and turns to the Franklin Street Dogs for help. The Dogs think she’s a head case and don't realize that while Lizette’s beautiful, talented, and a bit off kilter—she’s also cunning and dangerous. ADRIFT IN THE SOUND explores in both lyrical prose and gritty street language, our understanding of contemporary history and fiercely held beliefs. Kate Campbell reshapes old myths and creates new folktales … [Read more...] about Adrift in the Sound by Kate Campbell
The Chain Garden by Jane Jackson
The linked circular beds of the chain garden, bright with summer colour, present a charming picture – unless you understand the coded language of flowers. Guilt-ridden at the number of men dying in her father's mine, Grace Dameral works hard to help the village's bereaved families while caring for her frail mother and preparing for her brothers' homecoming. The arrival of Edwin Philpotts, a former missionary, ignites a dramatic sequence of events that lay bare long-buries secrets. … [Read more...] about The Chain Garden by Jane Jackson
The Watcher by Sam Croft
In 1888, two brothers, Jack, a criminal recluse, and John, a society gentleman, live in opposite ends of Victorian London. When John falls in love, unspoken bonds are tested, unwittingly exposing secrets guarded since his childhood. Horrified by links to the London underground, and appalled by the extent of his brother's jealousy, John soon realises that these secrets not only affect his past, but also threaten to affect this future. The Watcher is constructed around facts of the … [Read more...] about The Watcher by Sam Croft
Haunting Miss Trentwood by Belinda Kroll @worderella
If you love Amanda Quick, Mary Jo Putney, Deanna Raybourn, and Victoria Holt, you will love HAUNTING MISS TRENTWOOD! It’s autumn 1887, and Mary Trentwood, a grieving young woman, has a problem. Mary’s father has died after years of her caring for him, and in the middle of his funeral she is horrified to watch his ghost crawl out of his grave. Mr. Trentwood isn’t satisfied with simply haunting his daughter, he provides his fatherly opinions and suggestions whether solicited or not. Mary is … [Read more...] about Haunting Miss Trentwood by Belinda Kroll @worderella
Trust To A Degree by Horst Christian @HorstChristian1
Book Two in the series. On May 3, 1945, Karl Veth is arrested, just one day after the fall of Berlin. He and his friend, Harold, had survived the last few days of the Battle of Berlin by taking refuge in the subway tunnels under the city. Up until the day before, the two 14 year old boys had been members of the Hitler Youth and now that Berlin had surrendered, they thought the horrors of the war were behind them. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Arrested by a Russian political … [Read more...] about Trust To A Degree by Horst Christian @HorstChristian1
Unsinkable Vampire: A Begotten Bloods Novella by Kristin King
Haunted by the recent loss of her father and the family estate, Charlotte Covington boards the greatest ocean liner in the whorl only to discover her mother intent on matchmaking. It is not the young wealthy bachelor who sets her heart aflutter. Rather, it is the intriguing after-hours doctor who attends her ailing mother. A date with destiny, however, will reveal the doctor's true nature and leave Charlotte with only one hope to survive tragedy. Author Bio: Kristin King first saw a vampire … [Read more...] about Unsinkable Vampire: A Begotten Bloods Novella by Kristin King