Seven Threads is a mini-collection to introduce new readers to the work of Australian fantasy author Jason Fischer.Seven Threads is a mini-collection to introduce new readers to the work of Australian fantasy author Jason Fischer. Stories in this collection include the Aurealis Award winning novella "Defy the Grey Kings" and "The House of Nameless", winner of the Writers of the Future contest.Follow these seven threads through Fischer's fantastic worlds, through grim futures, through heroics and heartbreak. Described by reviewers as "an impressive talent" and "a strong new voice with a distinctive vision", these stories of Fischer's are a great sampler and a taste of his unpredictable imagination.“If you haven’t been reading Jason Fischer, your literary diet is lacking in zest, zing, and essential vitamins." - Gardner Dozois, multiple Hugo Award winning editor. Views: 499
A fifteen year old boy who raises his family own finds his way through some of the many struggles he experiences with his life.Gus is a fifteen year old boy who finds himself leading a life with more responsibility than any other adult. Between his cancer-ridden sister, his mentally-broken dad, and his lack of any reasonable level of education he does everything he can to find his way through life. However, lately he has been slipping of the straight path he's managed to follow so far. If this keeps up, he'll lose everything he worked so hard to keep. Views: 499
A young girl - A foreign land - An unusual beginning. Born of parents from two different countries and living in a third, all Asha wants is to belong. But she’s always the stranger, always the outsider. The day she decides to commit a crime to gain trust and friendship, her whole world collapses. Will this be the end of her life? Or an unthinkable beginning of a new one? This is a short story of innocence, audacity, and death. This is also the beginning of the adventures of the Red Heeled Rebels, a band of gutsy, sassy, young women who fight for their rights and travel the world to find freedom.What the Series About? The Red Heeled Rebels is a gripping, coming-of-age, adventure series with an international twist.They are the iron-willed young women who kick off their shackles to fight traditions that keep them down and travel the world to create the future they desire. If you liked the grittiness of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the pluckiness of The Hunger Games, you’ll love these kick-ass heroines who band together and fight their oppressors from child-bride brokers and human traffickers to their own families who try to subjugate them.Novel ONE: Disowned A lost orphan - A forced marriage - A fugitive on the run.Barely a teen, Asha loses her parents to a fiery car crash in Tanzania and is shipped off to a seaside community in tropical Goa to join her extended family. Soon after, she’s forced to flee an arranged marriage to the most vile man in the village, and looks for salvation in a new country. Is Asha walking into another trap?Coming 1 January 2018Novel TWO: AbductedA kidnapping - A forbidden place - An escape across borders.Asha and her best friend, Katy, arrive at Heathrow Airport on their long trek from Toronto, when Katy is kidnapped in broad daylight. Hell-bent on finding her, Asha dashes across the city, following a mysterious robed woman to a brothel, embarking on a journey that takes her from London to Luxembourg. Who kidnapped Katy and why?Coming 1 March 2018Novel THREE: ExiledA lost cousin - A death sentence - A fight for freedom.Asha arrives in Goa with her newfound friends, hoping to reunite with her missing cousin, only to make an alarming discovery. Asha soon learns that both her cousin and childhood best friend are in grave danger, with a death sentence hanging over one of them. What will Asha have to sacrifice for their freedom?Coming 1 May 2018 Views: 499
Gillian Wharton’s world is rosy—her son, Fred, has found his beloved, their wedding is on track and the bank is running quite smoothly. Maybe grandchildren are in the future, and her world as head of the town’s oldest bank is humming along. Nothing could be better, and as Christmas and the Jingle Bell Jam fundraiser loom, her world is in order.Her future daughter-in-law’s family floods in for the wedding, and when Fred and Olivia nudge her toward re-entering the dating world, it’s not at all what she had in mind for this time in her life. And when Olivia’s uncle joins the mix, too, things get really confusing.Christmas is fast approaching and with mistletoe everywhere, Gillian finds herself in a quandary. Is being alone what she really wants—or needs? And can the mistletoe she keeps finding herself under help her decide? Views: 499
Alexandra Campbell’s life comes to a crashing halt the night her younger sister is killed during a convenience store robbery. Shattered by guilt, Alex distances herself from her friends and family. Months later, with the police investigation stalled, she fears justice may never be served.Determined to avenge her sister’s murder, Alex disguises herself and joins the gang responsible for the shooting. To identify the one who pulled the trigger, she must put her own life at risk in a world of dangerous criminals. But the longer she plays her new game, the more the lines blur between loyalty and betrayal. Views: 499
The Ladies of Sanctuary House is a spinoff of the Stones Creek Series. Many of the characters, places, and situations are from that series. I'd recommend you read those first in order to enjoy this series to its fullest potential. One man wants her, but the one she wants doesn’t seem to.Laura Duffle has come to Stones Creek, with her two young sons, hoping to find love again. She’s spent the last five years at Sanctuary Place Mission for Women after the death of her husband. She needs to set up her laundry business but doesn’t know where to start.Hank Johnson, the town barber, is flattered by and attracted to the lovely widow who comes seeking his advice. He hasn’t been looking for a wife, but maybe he’ll begin with Laura. Ranch foreman, Red Dickerson, would like a wife. He hopes to find one among the Ladies of Sanctuary House. He sets his sights on Laura. Hank sets her heart on fire, but is he only interested in helping her get her business off the ground?Red is solid and dependable, but is this enough to base her future on?Should Laura settle for safety and security for herself and her boys?Will she hold out for love?Or will she just chuck both of them into the washtub and rinse the men from her life altogether? Views: 499
