Alex is just a regular guy… who can hear the wind speak and the earth talk, not a bad thing for a Park Ranger if a bit unusual. His life is everything he desires. Until Mother Nature expresses her displeasure at his family’s threat to sell the land they had been charged to protect. Alex is left to try to stop the sale, finding a damsel in distress along the way who wraps herself around his heart. Happy living in her tree, observing the world without joining in, Willow has yearned for Alex for years. Too shy to emerge, the little nymph is suddenly catapulted into Alex’s arms, her tree destroyed during a massive storm. Mother Nature has a plan and she’ll do everything she can to force Alex’s family to continue their roles as guardians, even if it means sacrificing one she protects. Views: 20
Halloween, a time for laughing children in white bedsheets and superhero costumes. A time for chocolate candy, and pumpkins, and Trick-or-Treat. A time for dark things everything to slink out of the shadows and into our lives, reminding those unlucky few that our charades of Halloween cannot erase the centuries of history and pain behind the facade... What October Brings celebrates the dark traditions of the autumn rituals, of Halloween and Samhain, in homage to the uniquely fascinating fiction of HP Lovecraft. Masters of the short story offer you a "once in a lifetime" Trick-or-Treat experience... ...perhaps your last experience! The commissioned cover is by acclaimed Italian painter Daniele Serra. Contents Paul Dale Anderson :: That Small, Furry, Sharp-toothed Thing Alan Baxter :: Waters Strangely Clear Ran Cartwright :: The House on Jimtown Road Adrian Cole :: No Other God But Me Storm Constantine ::... Views: 20
One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle grade novel, for fans of Ghost and See You in the Cosmos.Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade, you're both a threat and a target. After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mom decides it's time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don't remember or have never met. But Marcus can't focus knowing that his father—who walked out of their lives ten years ago—is somewhere on the island. So begins Marcus's incredible journey, a series of misadventures that take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn't know if he'll ever find his father, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish... Views: 20
From the author of the hit thriller This is Devin Jones (as Kristen Conrad) comes a very different kind of story.New York City, Summer of ’77 30-year-old successful New York book editor Connie Pell stands at an open window contemplating the jump. And from this moment, three lives collide in ways they never could have imagined:Jamie Brennan is a 28-year-old writer with a chance of a lifetime book deal. But a secret from her past stands in between her and everything she's ever dreamed of. Jamie, haunted by her past, has sworn off love. But then she meets - Bridget Dwyer, a feisty Belfast beauty in combat boots and a sparkle in her blue eyes at all times. Bridget arrived in New York City illegally and never plans on going back to Belfast. But what is she running from that has her scared.And what's the real reason she can't go home?Then Jamie meets - Penny Langston, 35, gorgeous, British, brilliant. A publishing world sensation. In an unhappy marriage and aching to feel something more. But when she finds herself attracted to a woman, her whole world goes upside down.A love story that pays tribute to how we go on after the things that could do us in. The choices we make, and maybe, just maybe, the love that we find that we never would have found if not for the struggle that got us there.Compulsively readable, This Will Be is an emotionally compelling, page turning love story with twists and turns you don’t see coming and laugh out loud moments you aren’t expecting. An electrifying, emotionally immersive novel, and a love story you won’t soon forget. -Jane Cooper Ford is the author (as Kristen Conrad) of the thriller This is Devin Jones. A film and TV writer from New York, Jane has created, written and Executive Produced five series for network television, including Working the Engels for NBC. Her very first series won a Gemini Award (Canada’s Emmy Award) for best comedy. Views: 20
