Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, has her hands full between fascinating murder mysteries, the delectable and devious Delilah Nimowitz, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas (the Duke of Denver's new head of security), a spot of airship engineering and her usual activities: piracy, banditry and burglary. Not to mention the horror of high society tea parties. In contrast, Simms, her second in command, longs only for a quiet life, filled with tasty sausages and fewer explosions. Or does he? Join Captain Ramos, Simms and their crew as they negotiate the perils of air, land and drawing room in a series of fast-paced adventures in a North America that never was.Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures includes 4 novellas and a short story about piracy, banditry, burglary, jail-breaking, several brilliant bits of detective work and all manner of otherwise lawless hijinks performed by the valiant Captain Ramos and her crew.Murder... Views: 24
Mike, an itinerant hairdresser living in Tunbridge Wells, learns all the gossip of the town. He cuts the hair of holy hypocrite Nigel, who is seeking a new relationship, but disapproves of his new lover's daughters. And as Mike cuts deeper and deeper into this superficially respectable town, he soon learns it is a hotbed of vice, intrigue and gossip, and even his own family life, he realizes is not so very secure. By the end of a tempestuous year, many of his customers will become involved in revenge, rape, murder and suicide. Views: 24
Yearning to find a meaningful life in the outside world, nurse Miriam Kauffman strayed far from her Amish community. She also needed distance from Nick Bradley, the cop who had caused her so much pain. Back in Hope Springs to care for her ailing mother, Miriam needs Nick, now sheriff, to find the mother of Hannah, the baby abandoned on her porch. Nick is as wary of Miriam's intentions as she is of facing their past. Can two wounded hearts overcome their history to do what's best for little Hannah? Views: 24
Billy Ray Cyrus is an award-winning country music legend whose “Achy Breaky Heart” propelled his debut album, “Some Gave All,” to the top of the charts for a record-breaking seventeen weeks. He’s also father of Miley Cyrus, one of Hollywood’s most successful young stars, who grew up on stage and on screen, most famously as the lead on the Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana,” where Billy Ray Cyrus played her father. But sometimes the truth is even better than fiction. Now, for the first time, fans can read about Cyrus’s tenacious and inspiring struggle to find his own way to faith, family, and the power of music. Hillbilly Heart opens during Cyrus’s turbulent childhood in Kentucky, where he sought refuge in music and sports after his parents’ divorce. He was a troublemaker in training, known more for pulling pranks than for following in his preacher grandfather’s much-vaunted footsteps. But when he heard a voice telling him to get a left-handed guitar and start a band, this rebel found his cause. Ten years later, after tirelessly working the club circuit and knocking on the closed doors of music executives from Nashville to Los Angeles, Cyrus finally made a stratospheric breakthrough, becoming a multi-platinum selling artist and taking his rock-and-roll twist on country music to the world’s stage. Cyrus fans have always been able to piece together the details of his life through his lyrics—the ups and downs, adventures and disappointments—but Hillbilly Heart gives them a front row seat for his most candid performance ever.Review"The first time I met Billy Ray I felt like I had known him all of my life. I still feel the same way today. He is a warm feeling in my heart and a sweet thought on my mind. He seems like family to me. I've always been interested in his life, his success and in his children, especially my beautiful fairy god daughter, Miley. I'm very proud of Billy Ray and find him very fascinating and interesting. I know you will enjoy finding out all about him, his life and rise to fame. What we have most in common is a Hillbilly Heart."—Dolly Parton"What a life this guy has had. He goes from having one of the biggest records in the history of radio to watching his daughter grow from a child to one of the biggest stars in the business. There are very few people who can handle that. Billy Ray has done an incredible job as a father and an artist and now as an author."—Kenny Rogers"Billy Ray's talent, whether singing, acting, or writing, amazes me, and his versatility sets him apart from most. Hillbilly Heart is a beautiful account of Billy Ray's colorful life—great stories, told by a humble man. My life is richer, and the world is a better place, because of him—just as yours will be after reading this book."—Randy Travis"It's no exaggeration to call country star Cyrus' memoir a hoot."—New York Post"Told in a natural and candid tone, the book will please country-music fans and may even win over some skeptics.…a warm account of a star who has managed to remain humble."—Kirkus Reviews"Cyrus chronicles a rollercoaster life, from his troubled adolescence and the revelation that he wanted to become a musician, to life on the road, the challenges and successes of writing music, the difficulties and joys of marriage, and his work in television."—Publishers Weekly"Such earnest yearning, in his songs and in the telling of his life story, endears Billy Ray Cyrus to his audience. During recent interviews promoting the book, Cyrus makes a point to honor and pay tribute to the victims of last week's Boston Marathon bombing. Against the backdrop of such a terrible and baffling event, the timing of Hillbilly Heart, with its positive focus on faith in the source of all good things, seems fortuitous."—Biographile"This book is an honest look at his life. He’s truthful about his drinking, drugs and the mistakes he’s made in his life."—Red Carpet CrashAbout the AuthorHailing from small-town Kentucky, Billy Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer/songwriter who helped to make country music an international sensation. His album Some Gave All has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album of all time for a solo male artist. In addition to his music career, Cyrus starred in the TV series Doc from 2001 to 2004 and co-starred in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana with his daughter Miley Cyrus. Views: 24
There are worse things than death, worse people too.
The "talk" was bad enough, but how many teens get told
that they're a goddess? When her mom tells her, Persephone is sure her mother
has lost her mind. It isn't until Boreas, the god of winter, tries to abduct her
that she realizes her mother was telling the truth. Hades rescues her, and in
order to safely bring Persephone to the Underworld he marks her as his bride.
But Boreas will stop at nothing to get Persephone. Despite her growing feelings
for Hades, Persephone wants to return to the living realm. Persephone must find
a way to defeat Boreas and reclaim her life. Views: 24
The Exciting Prequel to Lovecraft's Shadow Over Innsmouth!
Innsmouth was a corrupted and fallen town, consumed by its greed and controlled by the Esoteric Order of Dagon. In 1928, the Federal Government destroyed Innsmouth and the nearby Devil Reef based on claims made by a man who had visited the town.
Four years after the mysterious disappearance of Robert Olmstead, the man who sent the FBI to Innsmouth, his closest friend has discovered new evidence into the reality of what Innsmouth truly was: He has found the Journal of Captain Obed Marsh.
The journal paints an intense scene of a vibrant town and how one man's good intentions can pave the way to Hell itself.
Or in this case...to Y'ha-nthlei.
What can test a man so intensely as to break him from his righteous path?
Only the journal can shed light on that.
These are the Trials of Obed Marsh.
**About the Author
Matthew Davenport lives in Des Moines, Iowa where he enjoys biking, drinking, reading, and writing. Only once in a while does he do it all at the same time. His writing is across the spectrum aiming to be serious and silly while still telling a compelling story. His writings have been mostly short stories, with Random Stranger being his first novel. He recently self-published the sequel to Random Stranger, called "Stranger Books" and is already knee deep into writing the third in the series. Both are available on the Kindle or in paperback. Views: 24
An electrifying puzzle, corporate sleuth Matt Cobb is set up in a TV-world murderThis Edgar Award–winning debut novel introduces Matt Cobb, vice president of special projects at a large television network—where special projects means anything sensitive, or even fatal, that the company wants to keep quiet. Cobb's no stranger to following mysterious orders, so when he receives a telephone call asking him to visit a hotel room he obliges. The invitation, however, means a dead body, a sharp blow to the head, and suspicion from the police that he committed the crime. And while one of the detectives put on the case has known Cobb since he was a child, the other is convinced of his guilt. Can Cobb stay on point when the stakes are so high? Can he find the real killer and persuade the police of his innocence? And what do television ratings have to do with it all? Views: 24
"Heaven's Fire" may be what Pasquale Firenze, patriarch of the family-owned Firenze Fireworks, calls his painting of the night sky with light, color and sound, but television producer Wendy "Jake" Jacobus has more practical considerations than her featured showman's artistry. Or so she believes, until Pasquale is killed--live on-camera--by an explosion, and Jake is hurled into a tangled web triggered by her job, her legacy as a cancer survivor, and her growing attraction to Simon Aamot, the federal agent assigned to the investigation. Aamot has problems as well, but when the two are forced together by the tragedy, the man unable to let go of his past and the woman afraid to trust her future must race to prevent another catastrophic explosion--this one at the county's Fourth of July celebration.“Equal parts thriller, romance and family saga . . . a compelling and deeply human read.” --Joan Johnston, New York Times bestselling author of Texas Bride“Rooted in the dangerously exotic world of a multi-generational fireworks company . . . spell-binding.”--Jeremiah Healy, award-winning author of The Only Good Lawyer and Spiral“A fast-paced mystery that explodes off the page.”--Ali Brandon, national bestselling author of Double Booked for Death"What moves Balzo high above other writers who try to cover the same territory is a sharp and often amusing skill that convinces us that this is real life, and that it matters.”--Chicago Tribune Review"Equal parts thriller, romance and family saga . . . a compelling and deeply human read." --Joan Johnston, New York Times bestselling author of Texas Bride"Rooted in the dangerously exotic world of a multi-generational fireworks company . . . spell-binding."--Jeremiah Healy, award-winning author of The Only Good Lawyer and Spiral "What moves Balzo's book high above other writers who try to cover the same territory is a sharp and often amusing skill that convinces us that this is real life, and that it matters." --Chicago Tribune on Uncommon Grounds". . . crisp dialogue, complex characters and a puzzle that can't be beat." --Kirkus (starred review) on Bean There, Done That"[Balzo's] new franchise is a full-throttle joyride. "--Kirkus on Running on Empty From the AuthorMy "day job" for nearly 25 years was public relations and event managment for a large bank holding company in Wisconsin. One of those events was Milwaukee's Fourth of July fireworks on Lake Michigan, a celebration that was actually held on July 3rd, so as not to interfere with the smaller civic celebrations the next day. It was a wonderful job, but the highlight was getting to know and work with the Bartolotta family of Bartolotta Fireworks, just outside Milwaukee. I've dedicated Heaven's Fire to late patriarch and founder, Sam Bartolotta, whose son John died with two other people in a 1991 explosion at the factory one awful morning. I'd also like to express my gratitude to--and appreciation for--Sam's oldest son, Joe, and Joe's wife Linda, who have been great friends and know, all too well, the gain and loss, joy and sorrow, push and pull, of this singular family business. This one is special.SandySandraBalzo.com Views: 24
We all make mistakes. In this collection, a witch, a goddess, and a dragon take their shots at redemption in the hope of reclaiming lost love.In "Best Dressed and Obsessed, Janelle, a graduate-level witch, chooses a magic dress to enthrall her professor. Sadly, the dress is cursed. At her graduation ball, will she kiss the man she loves? Or kill him?Eons ago, Zeus decreed that Odysseus leave Kalypso. In "Kalypso's Song", Odysseus is reborn as a scholar. Can Kalypso convince him to reclaim the love they were denied?The sea dragon Ryu spares a ship crossing her domain when a human child aboard reminds her of her own lost children. Ryu finds an unlikely surrogate family in "A Sea Serpent's Tale". When her new family is attacked by another dragon, can Ryu save them?Shots at Redemption. We want them. We need them. But, do we get them? Views: 24
Iestyn Bevan is happiest up to his armpits in sheep dip - unhappy in his brother's cast-off finery. Menna Edwards is an expert ram wrestler, but her bathroom owes more to Homes and Gardens than the Farmer's mart. Toghether they should be a match made in heaven, but a Welsh hill farm isn't the most romantic of wooing grounds...' Views: 24
