Right from the start, Misty knows there are things Jack McClennan isn't telling her. Like why a law enforcement agency that deals mainly with paranormal threats is hunting him. As a liaison with the largest paranormal law enforcement agency, she believes she could help him. All she really knows is that he's a special man who she'd move heaven and hell to be with. Jack McClennan is running from his former organization. Betrayed by his side and the law, he trusts no one and despises every hero he feels turned their back on him. When Misty enters his life, she awakens emotions long buried. He can't tell her about his past. He can't even tell her his real name. Will he still want her when he discovers she's part of the hero community he hates? Views: 20
Cassie Pengear thought a visit to the carnival would be fun: see some shows, eat some sweets, help her landlady’s nephew decide if the cowboy was real or an actor. But then the cowboy shot the volunteer, and he didn’t get up. Now Cassie has a ten-year-old boy insisting the cowboy isn’t a killer and a landlady insisting she help solve the killing at the carnival. A cozy mystery with a steampunk setting 29,000 words, print version 126 pages This book is also available as part of a bundle. In a Victorian England that almost existed, a steampunk London where tinkerers and clockwork devices exist alongside handsome cabs and corsets, murder is still solved by traditional observation and intuition. This is the London where American typist Cassandra Pengear finds herself stumbling over corpses and helping Scotland Yard detectives solve murders (although they inexplicably prefer to call it interfering). Follow her adventures in the Cassie Pengear Mystery series, beginning with The Killing at the Carnival.
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“I’ve never seen more information about Wonder Woman than in Wonder Woman Unbound. Tim Hanley tells us everything we’ve never asked about Wonder Woman, . . . from her mythic Golden Age origins through her dismal Silver Age years as a lovesick romance comic character, and worse yet, when she lost her costume and powers in the late 1960s. Our favorite Amazon’s saga becomes upbeat again with the 1970s advent of Gloria Steinem and Ms. magazine, and Lynda Carter’s unforgettable portrayal of her on television. And it’s all told with a dollop of humor!” —Trina Robbins, author of Pretty in Ink
With her golden lasso and her bullet-deflecting bracelets, Wonder Woman is a beloved icon of female strength in a world of male superheroes. But this close look at her history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman. Tim Hanley explores Wonder Woman’s lost history, delving into her comic book and its spin-offs as well as the motivations of her creators, to showcase the peculiar journey of a twentieth-century icon—from the 1940s, when her comics advocated female superiority but were also colored by bondage imagery and hidden lesbian leanings, to her resurgence as a feminist symbol in the 1970s and beyond.
Tim Hanley is a comic book historian. His blog, Straitened Circumstances, discusses Wonder Woman and women in comics, and his column “Gendercrunching” runs monthly on Bleeding Cool. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Views: 20
Mesa Howell loved Rafe Storm Horse her whole life. He never thought of her as anyone but his younger sister's best friend, except for a brief moment one evening, and that was enough to fuel his fantasies for years. Then he was out of her life. An accidental meeting a few years later resulted in a daughter that Rafe knew nothing about. Time passes and Mesa is compelled to return to their home town to keep her unstable mother from running the family ranch into bankruptcy. But home is now a dangerous place to be. Now Sheriff, Rafe, learns he is the father of an adorable little girl and that he still can't ignore the attraction that draws him to Mesa any more than she can. Can he keep his mind on keeping her safe? Can he forgive her for the years she kept his child a secret? This book is not intended for young readers. It contains passages of steamy passion that might not appeal to every reader. Views: 20
In this first title in the detective fiction series by L. M. Falcone, ten-year-old Max Monroe is intrigued to discover that the carriage house behind his grandpa’s home was once the office of the Monroe Detective Agency. Then he learns the agency had belonged to his grandpa’s dead brother, Larry. But Max didn’t know he had a great-uncle. “Well, he’s dead,” says Grandpa Harry, “but his ghost still haunts the detective agency.” It seems Uncle Larry died of a broken heart because he “never solved one measly case.” However, a surprise phone call from a magician named Marty the Magnificent with an offer of a detective job seems like the second chance Larry has been begging for. Except, Larry is a ghost — he can’t work a case in the real world. But Max can! With Larry’s help, of course.
The offbeat idea of a boy detective with a ghost as a sidekick provides this story with lots of opportunities for inside jokes and misunderstandings. This is a terrific chapter book series for newly independent readers who are ready for something more challenging than a first reader, with simple sentences, humorous dialogue and very short chapters, designed to make the reading experience less daunting. The limited black-and-white illustrations (around one per chapter) by Kim Smith provide details that enrich the story. The series provides a great introduction to the mystery genre, perfect for honing critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Views: 20
Life used to be drab for Billie Culpepper but all that changed after an accident left her in a coma for three days. That's when the spookshow really began, when Billie realized that she could see the dead.And the dead could see her. Now, they won't leave her alone. Accompanying two friends through a haunted house, Billie uncovers a terrible secret that brings, not only the police, but the homicide detective responsible for putting her into the hospital in the first place. He's also the one man she sworn to stay away from. Author's note: The Spookshow is the first book in a new paranormal series about what lies on the other side of death. A young woman's latent psychic ability is awakened, allowing her to see the lost souls that surround us. Part blessing but mostly curse, she struggles to deal with the awful truths the dead whisper to her. Complicating matters is the homicide detective who comes to her for help, a man she's drawn to but cannot be with. So far, the books are: The Spookshow Welcome to the Spookshow 3. The Women in the walls Bringing up the bodies TBA The Spookshow is a fast-paced introduction into the world of ghosts, murder, mystery, the occult and the heartbreaks of wayward twenty-somethings trying to find their place in life.** Views: 20
Gray returns home to reclaim his memories and save his grandfather from a madman's torture. But to get there, he must cross a desert full of thieves, enthralling women, and a horde of thieves led by a dark purpose--only to discover that he is now labeled murderer and traitor before he can even cross the gates. Luckily, he is not alone. With an affable scoundrel and a stubborn bookworm at his side, Gray discovers the world’s greatest secret… He is not the only one with hero’s blood, and the legendary Ronin have returned just in time to battle an ancient, looming evil. Views: 20
