Ned has tweaked the noses of the Masters of Mischief and Roguery in the City and Liberties of London once too often. Putting aside their rivalry they’ve signed a compact to ensure the removal of this meddlesome apprentice lawyer and aspiring rogue. So can Ned count on anyone in the London Underworld for support, or is the reward of five gold angels in coin too much temptation for treachery? Plots, plunder and the occasional hobby horse abound, in Tudor London this Misrule.The next tale of Ned’s Yuletide and Misrule adventures including a cast of rogues, beggars and lowly Londoners. Welcome to Henry VIII’s Merrie England where politics, plots and murder are the currency of the realm. Book 4 of the Red Ned Tudor Mystery series, followed by The Lord of Misrule (A Yuletide compilation of the three novellas) The Smithfield Shambles (to be released March 2013). The Trade of the Thames (to be released May 2013) and the Queen’s Oranges Views: 31
This is the story of Alton: a budding magus, a wizard's apprentice in the service of the Empire of Terona. Swept into a new life in the mad days following the death of the old king, Alton struggles with the fearsome mysteries of magic, faces treacheries small and large, and engineers a betrayal of his own to further his ambitions.But victory, as always, has a cost: a magus does not walk easily among ordinary citizens. Isolated and lonely, he seeks a deeper meaning to his life, and what begins as a petty conflict with brigands leads Alton to discover, to his horror, that the world holds more than he had ever imagined.And all his powers may not be enough to stand against a blasphemy that threatens life itself.The Magus’s Tale is the second book in the Oathbreaker series. Views: 31
Parking meters, the bane of every driver’s existence, could prove fatal for Teller, an award-winning investigative journalist. Views: 31
Matty Wells loves soccer. Unfortunately, he isn't any good at it. And he certainly isn't the hero of his team, the Canyon Cannons, like the star player Gibb Moore. Matty volunteers to be the team's new goalie, but things don't get any better. Gibb scores the goals for the team and gets the glory, while Matty stands untested in the goal. Then Matty meets a new coach, Bobako, who helps him practice and improve his skills. Can Matty become the team's new superstar? Will he be able to make the big save in the team's final game? Follow Matty in this action-packed soccer fiction story as he learns to play goalie like a champion. Views: 31
Brooke Ramsey is running out of time. She needs to save her father's reputation before she loses him to illness. That means finding the painting that went missing while in his care. Fast. Which is why she teams up with Victor Gage, owner of Treasure Seekers agency.The charming private detective has more at stake than uncovering a lost masterpiece. He's investigating his wife's death, and the artwork holds the answer. As Victor and Brooke draw closer to each other, so does a murderer. Someone wants the past to remain buried and will kill again to keep it hidden. Views: 31
Like many other used booksellers, Delhi Laine, proprietor of Secondhand Prose, dreams of making the Great Find—if not a Shakespearean Folio, then at least a fragment of an Emily Dickinson or Edgar Allan Poe manuscript. But after receiving a very rare and valuable children's book into her collection, she finds out such treasures can come at a terrible cost—the suspicious death of one colleague and another left for dead days later. Her investigation into the true owner of the book reveals that those around her are not what they seem, as she is drawn into a world of deception, backroom dealings, and forgery.Despite the dangers, Delhi is determined to protect the treasure while coping with avaricious booksellers, her estranged famous-poet husband, and whoever is behind the attack— who now has her in their sights. Views: 31
By now, it's hard to tell how human my father still is. But we're still family. What that means...is another question.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. Views: 31
