‘Other Indie’ is a bi-annual e-zine in which the best in independent publishing is highlighted. This issue: Carrots by Colleen Helme! Also included, review of: Damnation Code by William Massa, A Daughter’s Gift by Jacqui Tam, Flight or Fight by Scott Bartlett, Zombies on the Rock: Outbreak by Paul Carberry,Kowloon Walled City, 1984 by Nicholas Morine, and 15 Minutes by Jill Cooper.‘Other Indie’ is a bi-annual e-zine in which the best in independent publishing is highlighted by authors and editors that have worked in the field for over a decade, in the hopes of helping readers break through the cluster of books they may not be sure about in an age when anyone can publish via digital formats. This issue's spotlight: Carrots by Colleen Helme, in which we review, interview Helme about her work, and include a short excerpt. Also included, review of: Damnation Code by William Massa, A Daughter’s Gift by Jacqui Tam, Flight or Fight by Scott Bartlett, Zombies on the Rock: Outbreak by Paul Carberry, Kowloon Walled City, 1984 by Nicholas Morine, and 15 Minutes by Jill Cooper, as well as an excerpt from 2016's smash hit, Call of the Sea by Amanda Labonté! Views: 576
Diners can prove hazardous to your health.Although Palmer Baxter hasn't lived in the small town of Bradley long, she's already become a force to be reckoned with. She's joined all the clubs in town and has effected a takeover of many of them. Palmer is married to a handsome banker, is perfectly coiffed and outfitted, and volunteers for groups that serve the needy.Needless to say, Palmer is extremely unpopular in her new hometown.Unpopularity doesn't ordinarily equate to murder, but it does in this instance. When octogenarian sleuth Myrtle and her senior sidekick Miles venture out for an early breakfast at the local diner, they make the startling discovery of Palmer's demise.Will Myrtle and Miles find the killer before disaster strikes again? Views: 576
A man with a shattered soul becomes total temptation for a girl with a marshmallow heart.Fitness center entrepreneur Nick Sharpe is under siege. His business is going ballistic and his PA has left without giving notice. Worse, he's just discovered he was adopted. Reeling from shock, Nick has no patience left for his new temp, Samantha – however much she attracts him and rubs him up the wrong way.A man with a shattered soul becomes total temptation for a girl with a marshmallow heart.Fitness center entrepreneur Nick Sharpe is under siege. His business is going ballistic and his PA has left without giving notice. He’s offered to donate bone marrow to his desperately ill niece and been told he’s not genetically compatible. Not related. Reeling from the shock of finding he was adopted, Nick has no patience left for his new temp, Samantha – however much she attracts him or rubs him up the wrong way. Sammie Sherbourne’s sure she can cope with her demanding new boss for the next week or two. Finally free to spread her very cramped wings after a long family crisis, she wants a short-term job until her passport arrives so she can follow her travel dreams. But the possibility that she might hold the key to unlock Nick’s true identity eats at her – far more than his money or spectacular body do. WARNING: Contains sexy games in beds, bathrooms, and on balconies.RESISTING NICK is part of The Wellington Series.If this is the first time you have read a Wellington story, you can easily read each book as a standalone. If you would like to know when my next book is published, please go to my website krispearson.com and sign up for my newsletter. Thank you for your wonderful support!Contemporary romances by Kris Pearson:Currently being written – The Scarlet Bay Series1. Published: HARD TO REGRET (Anna and Jason)2. On the way :HARD TO RESIST (Jossy and Cameron)The Wellington Series:1. THE BOAT BUILDER’S BED (Sophie and Rafe)2. SEDUCTION ON THE CARDS (Kerri and Alex)3. RESISTING NICK (Sammie and Nick)4. OUT OF BOUNDS (Jetta and Anton)5. THE WRONG SISTER (Fiona and Christian)6. RAVISHING ROSE (Francesca and Jake)7. HOT FOR YOU (Melanie and Cody)The Heartlands Series:1. MELTING HIS HEART (Kate and Matthew)2. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY HEARTS (Ellie and Tony)3. COWBOY WANTS HER HEART (Alfie and Rory)Sheikhs of Al Sounam Series:1. TAKEN BY THE SHEIKH (Laurel and Rafiq)2. DESIRED BY THE SHEIKH (Stacy and Akil) Views: 576
The academy is untouchable. But can they get away with murder? When twins Rita and Rhonda attend a distant friend's wedding in a quaint, snowy town in Vermont, they assume it will be nothing more than a boring week filled with dull guests and plenty of snow. But when the bride-to-be meets an untimely death – and the primary suspect is connected to a powerful private academy that forms the town's only source of income – Rita and Rhonda are faced with the difficult task of solving the case while not upsetting the small town they find themselves in. With the local mayor and the authorities eager to brush the killing under the rug to protect the academy, the situation soon spirals out of control when the twins' top suspect is found murdered. Unsure who they can trust and surrounded by suspects, can Rita and Rhonda untangle the truth behind this sinister town? Or will they be pulled head-first into a world of corruption and... Views: 576
Emery Hazard is trying to plan his wedding, even though his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, isn't exactly making things easy for him. To be fair, Somers has been distracted lately; his father is running for mayor in a hotly contested election, and their hometown is splintering under the weight of divisive politics. In a matter of hours, those poisonous politics invade Hazard's life in a way he couldn't have imagined. Glenn Somerset, Somers's father, shows up on their doorstep, and he wants two things: first, for Hazard to neutralize a blackmail threat; and second, for Somers temporarily to move out of the house he shares with Hazard, part of public relations stunt to win the election. To Hazard's shock, Somers agrees. Determined to lose himself in his work, Hazard takes on a missing person's case, but his investigation only leads him deeper into the tangled web of small-town politics. To find the truth, he must face off with the viciously rich who rule... Views: 576
“There’s something out in that water. Be ready to take the people you love and leave when it comes onshore.”
For three months, Lyric Walker has been trapped in the hunting grounds, the Alpha city at the bottom of the ocean. But Lyric Walker, Brooklyn girl, is not going down without a fight. She makes an unlikely alliance with her jailor, a Rusalka named Husk. Husk reveals the truth about what actually resides in the Great Abyss. The Great Abyss is not some Alpha god but belongs to an unknown clan of monsters, ones who think in a hive mentality and believe anyone who cannot hear their voice is broken and must be destroyed. And Lyric has just woken them.
After a death-defying escape, Lyric makes her journey back to the mainland to prepare humanity for another monster invasion. Once reunited with her parents, Bex, and hot-nerd-with-potential Riley, Lyric has to break the terrible truth.
Lyric was just a girl when the Alpha arrived in her hometown. She was a soldier in the second attack that saved her world. What will she have to become now, and who will she have to leave behind? Views: 576
Tis the season for pumpkin spice and everything nice! With Thanksgiving on the horizon, Lacey Luzzi is all set to cuddle her adorable baby and sexy husband after a giant feast. However, her plans turn belly-up when a dead body appears during the largest bake-off event in St. Paul history.Amelia Rapport, the front runner to win the state-wide bake-off, has landed face-down in a pool of royal icing, and somehow, it's Lacey's job to save the event. If she doesn't, not only will millions of cookies go to waste, but her life—and the lives of those she loves—will be in danger.This is one murderer who isn't ready to be caught, and when Lacey gets too close for comfort, he's bound and determined the cake won't be the only thing getting sliced... Views: 576
There is an evil force lurking in the fringes of the Outer Rim patiently waiting for the opportunity to seek revenge against the Skywalker lineage. Will the “Chosen One” be able to intervene and save his grandchildren? Will he be able to save all mankind from this wicked Sith Lord? Very dark and clouded it is...What happens when humanity’s hidden masters tire of their slaves? They start over.Financial markets are crashing, crops are failing, Cage’s disease is a pandemic, and sabers are being rattled around the globe. It’s not the world that Ben Mitchell, an expert on ancient and esoteric writings, envisioned when he left the battlefields of Afghanistan a decade ago.The world looks a little brighter when he is offered a small fortune by the attractive but mysterious Lilian Stratton to research some puzzling inscriptions found on set of stone tablets discovered in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. But to do that he must join a secret society known as the Delphic Order of the Nisirtu and travel to Steepleguard, the remote fortress-like home of an elderly eccentric named Ridley.The researcher soon finds that his client has lured him into a conspiracy of epic proportions. The rumored New World Order is, in fact, very ancient. The world is truly a stage and the scripts that have preserved mankind for millennia are being systematically destroyed by the invisible kingdoms that authored them. Within days the final script will run its course and the planet’s scattered survivors will be thrust into a new Dark Age.Lilian’s powerful opponents are now Ben’s, and even his client’s supposed allies seem to have hidden and sinister agendas. The man finds himself in a shadowy world of insane kings, power-hungry dukes, psychopathic assassins, rebel knights, and an exiled princess who will stop at nothing to regain her world throne.As civilization rapidly disintegrates and clandestine armies converge on Steepleguard, humanity’s future hinges on the researcher’s ability to navigate the labyrinths of the Nisirtu and unlock the secrets of the Tiwanaku tablets. Views: 576
This Christmas, something magical is happening in Sapphire Bay. Bailey Jones is a family therapist, not an event planner. But when her friends ask her to organize the first Christmas carol competition Sapphire Bay has ever seen, she can't say no. Especially when the money raised will pay for more houses in the tiny home village. When she meets nine-year-old Mila Butler at the local homeless shelter, her heart melts. When she hears her sing, she's in awe. Music could change Mila's life, but her father wants to keep her out of the spotlight. Steven Butler spent eight years fighting a war no one could win. His time in Afghanistan cost him his wife, his sanity, and everything he owned. With his spirit broken, the only thing that keeps him going is his daughter. And nothing, including a woman with the kindest heart he's ever seen, will take Mila away from him. When tragedy strikes, Steven and Bailey have to decide what's more important -... Views: 575
