About Hoot N. Holler: Hoot N. Holler is a daughters/mother writers/illustrator team. Hoot, the funny one spends her free time scribbling green and purple ink all over Holler’s words. N., the illustrator, is completely immersed in Tamriel. Holler is aptly named; especially during a UMD game. What inspires you to write? Holler told wild bedtime stories and read books to Hoot and N. when they were young, which gave them the love of story telling. Naturally, when N. hit middle school, she wrote … [Read more...]
Demon’s Treasure by Shane Barker by Shane Barker
A fortune in gold and silver lies buried the wreckage of a lost treasure galleon. Fourteen-year-old Jansen is the key to finding it. Hungry sharks, menacing demons, and a raging hurricane block the way, but they're the least of Jansen's worries. He's facing dangers more deadly, and more terrifying, than anything he can possibly imagine. Targeted Age Group:: Young Adult What Inspired You to Write Your Book? I came up with the idea for this book while coaching a youth-football game. … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Emma Rose Millar
About Emma Rose Millar: I'm a single mother and an author of historical fiction, living in the UK. I also work part time as a sign language interpreter. My first novel, Five Guns Blazing, based on the true story of pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, won the Chaucer Award For Historical Fiction, (Legend Category) in 2014. My novel, The Women Friends: Selina, inspired by Gustav Klimt's sensuous masterpiece, was shortlisted for the Goethe Award for Late Historical Fiction, in 2016. I am … [Read more...]
Xaghra’s Revenge by Geoff Nelder
In 1551 pirates abducted the population of an entire island in the Mediterranean. Those poor folk from Gozo were taken on a fleet of galleys to be sold into slavery, harems and worse in Tripoli and Constantinople. Those 5,000 spirits need revenge and I've given them that in Xaghra's Revenge. Two modern lovers discover that one of them is descended from the pirates and one from the abductees, but which one? Love, lust, angst and even humour drive the characters to an intriguing end. Targeted … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Mark Morris
About Mark Morris: I live with six of my eight kids, two are in college, and my high school sweetheart and wife of 25 years. I belong to a 200# mastiff named Ruby and we also have three smaller dogs, three cats and a lizard. I am a professional freelance writer, mostly ebooks and blogs for commercial clients. I’ve been doing that for about seven years. Before that I wrote and directed for the stage for almost 20 years. I love to read. I started young, when our TV blew up and my dad refused … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Jennifer Kohout
About Jennifer Kohout: Award winning author Jennifer Kohout writes historical and paranormal romance that entice women to explore the darker side of romance. She lives in Washington with her zombie-loving husband and four children. Her book Storm won first place for Adult Paranormal romance and her book Queen of Souls was nominated for the 2014 RITA Award. She enjoys wine and running and those two things have absolutely everything to do with each other! What inspires you to write? Reading … [Read more...]
Voodoo Love Song by Richard Daybell
Boy meets duck, boy loses duck, boy finds girl. At Disney World, Paul is picked up by a five-foot duck named Huey. Duckness proves to be skin deep, however, for Huey the Duck is really Huey the Girl, an attractive young woman who leads Paul astray and to Key West, where during a sailing adventure, they are marooned on a tropical island. Idyllic, except for the pirates, pythons and panthers, voodoo, men who have passed through the earth twice, and things that go bump in the Caribbean … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Normandie Alleman
About Normandie Alleman: As a former psychologist, I've always been fascinated by human behavior. I love writing quirky characters that are all too human. Fiber arts, baking, and watching my kids play basketball and football are a few of my favorite pastimes. I live on a farm with a passel of kids, an adorable alpha husband, and a pet pig who’s crazy for Red Bull. What inspires you to write? I'm inspired by real life people and situations I'm familiar with. Occasionally my dreams wind up in … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Richard Daybell
About Richard Daybell: Richard Daybell has been a writer/editor for most of his adult life, working at various times for a public library, a multinational corporation, a university, and state government. With his wife Linda, he also spent seven years as owner/chef of a nine-room country inn in central Vermont. His short stories and short humor have appeared in regional, national and international commercial publications including American Way and Hemispheres, the inflight magazines for … [Read more...]
Risking The Rogues by Tegan O’Ryan
Lucas “Black Gage” Sinclair, so-called for the mysterious, magic scribed, black glove he wears on his left hand, is a famous pirate captain known across the lands and sea. Gage finds himself on the run from the law of the rival kingdom Athium, and his only hope of escape with his crew is through the treacherous Dark Forest; a place where magic is impotent and no one who enters comes out alive—unless Clara “The Guide” Fox braves the forest with you. Tasked with transporting a mysterious item … [Read more...]
The Blue Diamond – The Razor’s Edge by P.S. Bartlett
Ivory Shepard didn't want to be a pirate when she grew up but she didn't plan on being orphaned and alone at thirteen with her three cousins either. After a Spanish raid in Charles Towne left them with nothing, Ivory held her cousins together, trained them to fight for their lives and led them to a life of quiet refuge on the banks of the Ashley River. Out of reach of the hands of unscrupulous men, they found life on the farm a tolerable substitute for the traditional alternatives life would … [Read more...]
Bargain Book for 12/21/2014: Robin Pembroke: Pirates & Winged Horses by J.B. Pelts
This book is bargain priced from 12/21/2014 until 12/27/2014 "Not since Riorden's Percy Jackson series have I found young adult literature so engaging. Pelts has skillfully blended the sheer wonder of Harry Potter with the terrific tales of Treasure Island." - Amazon Verified Reviewer. Available until Dec. 27th for just $0.99 (£0.99 in the UK) for the eBook version, get in on the early buzz for this recent launch and embark on a non-stop adventure-packed ride as Robin discovers his … [Read more...]
