Brendan has always been fascinated by the low-budget horror films of Bud Preston. Imagine his surprise when he moves to a new town and discovers a high school classmate is the daughter of his favorite director. Melissa Preston’s home contains exciting secrets about such strange films as THE STONE STAIRWAY and THE DUNGEON OF COUNT VERLOCK. But Brendan’s film-fan obsessions threaten to undermine his new friendship...before he can truly understand what it means to spend LIFE IN A HAUNTED HOUSE.
"Prentiss continues to chart his own path through the horror genre...A poignantly moving, sometimes funny and oftentimes bittersweet human portrayal of a young man trying to make sense of his parents’ divorce, his place in the world, and the true meaning of friendship...I can do no less than give Life in a Haunted House my highest recommendation." -- Cemetery Dance Online Views: 9
On the first of February, 1896, Albert Fountain, prominent attorney, legislator, and tough leader of Indian and outlaw fighting militia, drove his wagon across the wild and lonely Tularosa basin of New Mexico. He and his eight-year-old son were returning home after a two week meeting with a grand jury to obtain indictments of ranchers for cattle theft. Albert's wife, Mariana Pérez de Ovante, believing no one would attack a man traveling with a little boy, had begged Albert to take Henry with him. When Albert acquiesced, she asked Henry to be her knight and protect his father. She gave him a carved ivory horsehead watch fob to remind him of her pride in his courage. The historical facts are that on that windy, freezing day, the first of February 1896, Albert and Henry Fountain disappeared... Views: 9
COMPROMISED SECURITYElectronics engineer Drina Gallagher has created a powerful weapon that will protect soldiers' lives—and it's put her own at risk. Kidnapped and locked in a desert shack, she's desperate to stop her plans from getting into enemy hands, but whom can she trust? Especially when even the security expert who rescues her isn't who he seems. Forced to blow his cover after spending two years infiltrating a black-market ring, CIA agent Cal Norwood blames Drina's recklessness, though he admires her courage. And while his mountain cabin offers temporary refuge, protecting Drina means outwitting—and defeating—a relentless foe determined to seize the weapon plans at any cost. Views: 9
Into The Fire, A Romance Book by Victoria Smith Views: 9
"The Antarctic Factor: if anything can go wrong, it will. It's basically Murphy's Law on steroids..." —Chris Turney On Christmas Eve 2013, off the coast of East Antarctica, an abrupt weather change trapped the Shokalskiy— the ship carrying earth scientist Chris Turney and seventy-one others involved in the Australian Antarctic Expedition—in a densely packed armada of sea ice, 1400 miles from civilization. With the ship's hull breached and steerage lost, the wind threatened to drive the vessel into the frozen continent, smashing it to pieces. If nearby floating icebergs picked up speed, they could cause a devastating collision, leaving little time to abandon ship and potentially creating an environmental disaster. The forecast offered no relief—a blizzard was headed their way. As Turney chronicles his modern-day ordeal, he revisits famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's harrowing Antarctic expedition... Views: 9
Death is chasing Maliha Anderson and it's catching up.Time is running out and the man who has turned out to be her nemesis has created an impossible situation to kill everyone she knows one by one.How can she possibly defeat a man with so much power he can make an honest man kill. With deaths piling up around her Maliha can only rely on her wits and her diminishing friends to help her on an unforgiving and unknown world.In a past that never was, the final book in the Maliha Anderson series takes her to a new world, where the very air is death and the power is all in the hands of her nemesis. Filled with vivid descriptions, intriguing characters, and crisp, elegant prose."Maliha remains a fascinating character at times warm and at others as cold as ice, almost suicidal in her search for justice.""Turnbull does not let his characters find a convenient way out of moral difficulties - it's one of my... Views: 9
