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A couple of new releases I've heard about
I've just found out about 2 new releases and these books are going straight on my to-read list, in fact, I've already started reading one of them.
Firstly, Lisette Brodey has released the second book in her paranormal YA series: the "Desert Series", DESERT STAR. Having read the first book in the series, I'm very much looking forward to reading this one.
You can get a copy from Amazon by following the link: http://www.amazon.com/DESERT-STAR-Des...
This series would make a great Christmas gift for the book lover in your life. Even though it's listed as a Young Adult series, I think it can be enjoyed by all ages.
The first book in the series, Mystical High is currently available at just 99 cents: http://www.amazon.com/MYSTICAL-HIGH-D...
The second new release I've heard about is a collection of short stories with Christmas as a theme. Justin Bog has just published Hark---A Christmas Collection. This is a collection of six short stories. I couldn't wait to start reading them and have read the first three already. They are not your typical Christmas stories, they uncover and examine the darker and lonelier side of Christmas. Justin's writing is compulsive reading and I'm enjoying this book. It's the perfect time of year to read it.
You can get your copy here (in Kindle or paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Hark--Christmas...
I think this would make the perfect gift for the short story lover in your life.
Firstly, Lisette Brodey has released the second book in her paranormal YA series: the "Desert Series", DESERT STAR. Having read the first book in the series, I'm very much looking forward to reading this one.
You can get a copy from Amazon by following the link: http://www.amazon.com/DESERT-STAR-Des...
This series would make a great Christmas gift for the book lover in your life. Even though it's listed as a Young Adult series, I think it can be enjoyed by all ages.
The first book in the series, Mystical High is currently available at just 99 cents: http://www.amazon.com/MYSTICAL-HIGH-D...
The second new release I've heard about is a collection of short stories with Christmas as a theme. Justin Bog has just published Hark---A Christmas Collection. This is a collection of six short stories. I couldn't wait to start reading them and have read the first three already. They are not your typical Christmas stories, they uncover and examine the darker and lonelier side of Christmas. Justin's writing is compulsive reading and I'm enjoying this book. It's the perfect time of year to read it.
You can get your copy here (in Kindle or paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Hark--Christmas...
I think this would make the perfect gift for the short story lover in your life.
My Top Ten Reads of 2014
It's the time of year when we reflect on the past 12 months. I've read lots of great books this year, so I thought I'd choose my top ten. It wasn't easy to pick just ten!
Here they are, in no particular order:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
A wonderful fantasy tale, with lots of great imagery.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Ocean-at-End-La...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ocean-at-End-...
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Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
A chilling and entertaining ghost story.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Her-Fearful-Sym...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Fearful-S...
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Welsh Love Story by Clive Pearce
A hilarious love story.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Flew-Over-Dodos...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flew-Over-Dod...
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Mystical High by Lisette Brodey
An intriguing paranormal mystery.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/MYSTICAL-HIGH-D...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/MYSTICAL-HIGH...
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Playmates by Jess C. Scott
A wonderfully edgy psychological thriller.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Playmates-Wilde...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Playmates-Wil...
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Love & The Goddess by Mary E. Coen
An inspirational, captivating read.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Goddess-Ma...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Goddess-...
#######
Doppelganger by Geoffrey David West
An edge-of-your-seat crime thriller.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Doppelganger-Ja...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doppelganger-...
#######
Fastian: An Edgeweir Tale by Jay Finn
An engrossing fantasy adventure.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Fastian-Edgewei...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fastian-Edgew...
#######
Dirty Business by Julie Elizabeth Powell
A dark and intriguing murder mystery.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Business-...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirty-Busines...
#######
The Silence of Juliet Mann by Joanne Phillips
A heartwarming story.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Silence-Juliet-...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silence-Julie...
Here they are, in no particular order:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
A wonderful fantasy tale, with lots of great imagery.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Ocean-at-End-La...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ocean-at-End-...
#######
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
A chilling and entertaining ghost story.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Her-Fearful-Sym...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Fearful-S...
#######
Welsh Love Story by Clive Pearce
A hilarious love story.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Flew-Over-Dodos...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flew-Over-Dod...
#######
Mystical High by Lisette Brodey
An intriguing paranormal mystery.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/MYSTICAL-HIGH-D...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/MYSTICAL-HIGH...
#######
Playmates by Jess C. Scott
A wonderfully edgy psychological thriller.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Playmates-Wilde...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Playmates-Wil...
#######
Love & The Goddess by Mary E. Coen
An inspirational, captivating read.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Goddess-Ma...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Goddess-...
#######
Doppelganger by Geoffrey David West
An edge-of-your-seat crime thriller.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Doppelganger-Ja...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doppelganger-...
#######
Fastian: An Edgeweir Tale by Jay Finn
An engrossing fantasy adventure.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Fastian-Edgewei...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fastian-Edgew...
#######
Dirty Business by Julie Elizabeth Powell
A dark and intriguing murder mystery.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Business-...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirty-Busines...
#######
The Silence of Juliet Mann by Joanne Phillips
A heartwarming story.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Silence-Juliet-...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silence-Julie...
3 novels for one low price! The Desert Series, by Lisette Brodey
Lisette Brodey's Desert Series is on sale for just $2.99 on Kindle from today until the last day of February 2016.
The Young Adult Paranormal trilogy boxed set edition includes all three novels: MYSTICAL HIGH, DESERT STAR, & DRAWN APART.
The series spans six years in a Southern California town called Mystekal.
You can pick up the series here: http://amzn.to/1NydnkE
For those on Kindle Unlimited, you can read The Desert Series and all of Lisette Brodey's novels for free.
About the books:
Mystical High:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/MYSTICAL-HIGH-D...
In Mystekal, a small, dying town in the Southern California desert, only 75 students attend the old, sometimes creepy high school dubbed “Mystical High,” where strange things have been known to happen. Jessie Dalworth and Jinxsy Patterson are juniors and lifelong best friends. At home, Jessie deals with the pain of an absentee mother who has abandoned the family for the lure of Hollywood; Jinxsy contends with a 17th “birthday present” she never wanted or expected.
Meanwhile, at school, the unexplained activity begins to escalate when Jinxsy keeps seeing a long-haired guy in the hallway checking her out. Jessie can’t see him, but her younger brother, River, can.
Then, in English class, a stapler mysteriously flies off teacher Eve Carrow’s desk, hitting a student in the face who has just mouthed off to her. The beloved teacher is in the unenviable position of having her brute of a father as principal, so she hates sending any student to his office. As Principal Ernest Carrow begins to terrorize Eve and others more openly, something or someone unseen decides that it’s payback time.
School is getting stranger, and Jinxsy and Jessie are faced with mind-boggling changes in their home lives that complicate everything. When a string of shocking events expose explosive secrets, decades-long mysteries are finally revealed.
CONTENT WARNING: Mild sexual content and non-gratuitous profanity. Recommended age: 14+
2014 eFestival of Words winner for Best Young Adult novel
Desert Star:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/DESERT-STAR-Des...
Larsen Davis isn’t afraid to stand up to those who bully him, but in a two-against-one situation at Mystekal High, it’s never easy. When classmate River Dalworth witnesses the abuse and intervenes, the two seniors become good friends. Larsen explains that he’s fighting another battle at home: his own mother, Raylene, bullies him for being gay.
When Larsen meets River’s mother, Arielle, and learns she is overseeing the renovation of the Desert Theater, he shares his dream for a career on stage. Soon, Arielle offers Larsen a job as her assistant, but Raylene is dead set against the idea of her son doing what she considers “gay work.” After Raylene gets a new boyfriend, Reggie, the bad situation at home worsens and Larsen has no choice but to leave.
Now working at the Desert Theater, Larsen feels the unearthly presence of someone in the long-abandoned theater. Meanwhile, as the theater nears completion, a talent show is scheduled for opening night. As it becomes more evident that the theater may have a ghost, it also comes to light that someone may be sabotaging the renovation and the show. Is the ghost real or just the handiwork of someone with a grudge?
Opening night at the Desert Theater sets the stage for a crime, never-imagined reunions, long-awaited explanations, and otherworldly miracles.
CONTENT WARNING: Mild sexual content and non-gratuitous profanity. Recommended age: 14+
Drawn Apart:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/DRAWN-APART-Des...
When Avalon Martelli and Stephanie Lambert meet at the start of their junior year at Mystekal High, they form an instant connection. Stephanie is from South Jersey and Avalon from North Jersey, and they both feel out of place in the Southern California desert.
Aside from having a home state in common, they each possess a talent for art and the heartbreak of a broken family. Avalon has the gift of sight, where the future is sometimes revealed in her paintings, while Stephanie’s drawings are all about forever love. As Stephanie, a self-described poetry geek and hopeless romantic, talks about past lives and eternal happiness, Avalon denies she’s in love with her best guy friend, River Dalworth, who is attending art school in Los Angeles.
Only weeks before graduation, Stephanie is in a car accident and falls into a coma. Devastated, Avalon believes it is all her fault. The night before, she had painted Stephanie with her head against the steering wheel—and hadn’t told her. She confides this to River, who has come home to be with her, but he can’t convince her she’s not to blame. Avalon loudly proclaims to the universe that she no longer wants her gift, but River warns her she may receive another one in its place.
Avalon and her family, along with Stephanie’s mother, pray for a miracle. River tries to console her, but she finds his presence difficult, knowing he has someone else who “just might be the one.” Trying to push her own pain and disappointment aside, Avalon keeps vigil for her best friend, hoping that Stephanie will wake up and have her greatest wish fulfilled— the meeting of her soul mate.
Author links:
Amazon Page: http://www.amazon.com/Lisette-Brodey/...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrodeyAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisetteBrodey
Website: http://lisettebrodey.com/
The Young Adult Paranormal trilogy boxed set edition includes all three novels: MYSTICAL HIGH, DESERT STAR, & DRAWN APART.
The series spans six years in a Southern California town called Mystekal.
You can pick up the series here: http://amzn.to/1NydnkE
For those on Kindle Unlimited, you can read The Desert Series and all of Lisette Brodey's novels for free.
About the books:
Mystical High:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/MYSTICAL-HIGH-D...
In Mystekal, a small, dying town in the Southern California desert, only 75 students attend the old, sometimes creepy high school dubbed “Mystical High,” where strange things have been known to happen. Jessie Dalworth and Jinxsy Patterson are juniors and lifelong best friends. At home, Jessie deals with the pain of an absentee mother who has abandoned the family for the lure of Hollywood; Jinxsy contends with a 17th “birthday present” she never wanted or expected.
Meanwhile, at school, the unexplained activity begins to escalate when Jinxsy keeps seeing a long-haired guy in the hallway checking her out. Jessie can’t see him, but her younger brother, River, can.
Then, in English class, a stapler mysteriously flies off teacher Eve Carrow’s desk, hitting a student in the face who has just mouthed off to her. The beloved teacher is in the unenviable position of having her brute of a father as principal, so she hates sending any student to his office. As Principal Ernest Carrow begins to terrorize Eve and others more openly, something or someone unseen decides that it’s payback time.
School is getting stranger, and Jinxsy and Jessie are faced with mind-boggling changes in their home lives that complicate everything. When a string of shocking events expose explosive secrets, decades-long mysteries are finally revealed.
CONTENT WARNING: Mild sexual content and non-gratuitous profanity. Recommended age: 14+
2014 eFestival of Words winner for Best Young Adult novel
Desert Star:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/DESERT-STAR-Des...
Larsen Davis isn’t afraid to stand up to those who bully him, but in a two-against-one situation at Mystekal High, it’s never easy. When classmate River Dalworth witnesses the abuse and intervenes, the two seniors become good friends. Larsen explains that he’s fighting another battle at home: his own mother, Raylene, bullies him for being gay.
When Larsen meets River’s mother, Arielle, and learns she is overseeing the renovation of the Desert Theater, he shares his dream for a career on stage. Soon, Arielle offers Larsen a job as her assistant, but Raylene is dead set against the idea of her son doing what she considers “gay work.” After Raylene gets a new boyfriend, Reggie, the bad situation at home worsens and Larsen has no choice but to leave.
Now working at the Desert Theater, Larsen feels the unearthly presence of someone in the long-abandoned theater. Meanwhile, as the theater nears completion, a talent show is scheduled for opening night. As it becomes more evident that the theater may have a ghost, it also comes to light that someone may be sabotaging the renovation and the show. Is the ghost real or just the handiwork of someone with a grudge?
Opening night at the Desert Theater sets the stage for a crime, never-imagined reunions, long-awaited explanations, and otherworldly miracles.
CONTENT WARNING: Mild sexual content and non-gratuitous profanity. Recommended age: 14+
Drawn Apart:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/DRAWN-APART-Des...
When Avalon Martelli and Stephanie Lambert meet at the start of their junior year at Mystekal High, they form an instant connection. Stephanie is from South Jersey and Avalon from North Jersey, and they both feel out of place in the Southern California desert.
Aside from having a home state in common, they each possess a talent for art and the heartbreak of a broken family. Avalon has the gift of sight, where the future is sometimes revealed in her paintings, while Stephanie’s drawings are all about forever love. As Stephanie, a self-described poetry geek and hopeless romantic, talks about past lives and eternal happiness, Avalon denies she’s in love with her best guy friend, River Dalworth, who is attending art school in Los Angeles.
Only weeks before graduation, Stephanie is in a car accident and falls into a coma. Devastated, Avalon believes it is all her fault. The night before, she had painted Stephanie with her head against the steering wheel—and hadn’t told her. She confides this to River, who has come home to be with her, but he can’t convince her she’s not to blame. Avalon loudly proclaims to the universe that she no longer wants her gift, but River warns her she may receive another one in its place.
Avalon and her family, along with Stephanie’s mother, pray for a miracle. River tries to console her, but she finds his presence difficult, knowing he has someone else who “just might be the one.” Trying to push her own pain and disappointment aside, Avalon keeps vigil for her best friend, hoping that Stephanie will wake up and have her greatest wish fulfilled— the meeting of her soul mate.
Author links:
Amazon Page: http://www.amazon.com/Lisette-Brodey/...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrodeyAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisetteBrodey
Website: http://lisettebrodey.com/
Halloween reading recommendations
It's nearly Halloween, so maybe you're looking for some creepy fiction to read...
Here are some suggestions. All of them have some kind of paranormal/supernatural elements to the story, and all are very entertaining.
13, by Julie Elizabeth Powell
About the book:
What is found within the depths of the human soul? Does wickedness linger, as if the Devil’s thumb is ready to pluck the strings of certain choices? And with the strumming, just how far will Evil spread?
13 is the story of random souls pitted against the tragedy of the modern world. What is their connection, if any? Nameless; are these mere humans whose weaknesses force them to commit heinous crimes, or demons under the skin, aware of their sins yet indifferent to the outcome?
Will they decipher the unknown and make it out alive?
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/13-Julie-Eliza...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/13-Julie-Eli...
***********************
Signal Failure, by David Wailing
About the book:
It’s four in the morning and Emily is heading home on a London Underground train. But the Night Tube is running slow tonight – delays caused by a signal failure, as usual.
The train stops again, stuck in a tunnel between Tube stations. And then the lights go off. The motors cut out. Silence from the driver.
All the doors slide open at the same time, exposing the passengers to the tunnel.
To let them out?
Or to let something in?
Signal Failure is a 12,000-word short story set in the London Underground. It is a standalone story and also a prelude to the forthcoming novel "Under".
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Signal-Failure...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Signal-Failu...
*****************************
Just Plain Weird, by Tom Upton
About the book:
Travis MacDuff has always led an uneventful life. His greatest concern was making the high school football, until an odd girl moves in next store, a girl whose secrets threaten not only his existence but the existence of everyone on the planet.
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Just-Plain-Wei...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Plain-W...
******************************
Into The Light, by Darcia Helle
About the book:
Max Paddington refuses to go into the light until he finds his killer. This presents a dilemma, since Max is even less competent as a spirit than he was as a live person. No one sees or hears him and he can't manage to get anywhere or do anything on his own.
Joe Cavelli is a private investigator, living an ordinary life. Then one day he walks across a parking lot, gets yelled at by a ghost, and his life only gets stranger from there.
Max and Joe team up to find Max's killer. In the process, they form an unlikely friendship and change each other's lives in ways they never expected.
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Into-The-Light...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-The-Lig...
*******************************
Lost And Found - A Short Story From Odin's Eye, by Maria Haskins
Somewhere in the vast depths of space, a mission has gone horribly wrong. Now a woman is trapped all alone on an alien planet with nothing but her pain and her harrowing memories. At least, she thought she was alone... Lost And Found is a chilling and evocative science fiction short story from Maria Haskins' book Odin's Eye
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Sho...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Found-S...
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The Hyde Hotel, by various authors
About the book:
The Hyde Hotel Welcomes You...
The Hyde Hotel looks almost exactly as you'd expect it to: a faceless, budget hotel in a grey city you are just passing through. A hotel aimed at people travelling alone, a hotel where you know so little about your fellow guests that they could be anyone... and where, perhaps, so could you. But sometimes things are hiding in plain sight, and not everyone who stays at The Hyde gets a good night's sleep... Featuring stories about the guests and staff of The Hyde Hotel from James Everington, Simon Bestwick, Ray Cluley, Alex Davis, Cate Gardner, V H Leslie, Alison Littlewood, Amelia Mangan, S P Miskowski, Iain Rowan, Mark West and the editors.
Enjoy your stay.
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Hyde-Hotel-Jam...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hyde-Hotel-J...
*****************************
Mystical High, by Lisette Brodey
About the book:
In Mystekal, a small, dying town in the Southern California desert, only 75 students attend the old, sometimes creepy high school dubbed “Mystical High,” where strange things have been known to happen. Jessie Dalworth and Jinxsy Patterson are juniors and lifelong best friends. At home, Jessie deals with the pain of an absentee mother who has abandoned the family for the lure of Hollywood; Jinxsy contends with a 17th “birthday present” she never wanted or expected.
Meanwhile, at school, the unexplained activity begins to escalate when Jinxsy keeps seeing a long-haired guy in the hallway checking her out. Jessie can’t see him, but her younger brother, River, can.
Then, in English class, a stapler mysteriously flies off teacher Eve Carrow’s desk, hitting a student in the face who has just mouthed off to her. The beloved teacher is in the unenviable position of having her brute of a father as principal, so she hates sending any student to his office. As Principal Ernest Carrow begins to terrorize Eve and others more openly, something or someone unseen decides that it’s payback time.
School is getting stranger, and Jinxsy and Jessie are faced with mind-boggling changes in their home lives that complicate everything. When a string of shocking events expose explosive secrets, decades-long mysteries are finally revealed.
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/MYSTICAL-HIGH-...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MYSTICAL-HIG...
******************************
I'll finish off by mentioning a couple of my own novels that have a paranormal theme:
The Spider and Haunted
You can find more details about those and my other books/stories on my website: http://www.mariasavva.com
Enjoy Halloween!
Here are some suggestions. All of them have some kind of paranormal/supernatural elements to the story, and all are very entertaining.
13, by Julie Elizabeth Powell
About the book:
What is found within the depths of the human soul? Does wickedness linger, as if the Devil’s thumb is ready to pluck the strings of certain choices? And with the strumming, just how far will Evil spread?
13 is the story of random souls pitted against the tragedy of the modern world. What is their connection, if any? Nameless; are these mere humans whose weaknesses force them to commit heinous crimes, or demons under the skin, aware of their sins yet indifferent to the outcome?
Will they decipher the unknown and make it out alive?
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/13-Julie-Eliza...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/13-Julie-Eli...
***********************
Signal Failure, by David Wailing
About the book:
It’s four in the morning and Emily is heading home on a London Underground train. But the Night Tube is running slow tonight – delays caused by a signal failure, as usual.
The train stops again, stuck in a tunnel between Tube stations. And then the lights go off. The motors cut out. Silence from the driver.
All the doors slide open at the same time, exposing the passengers to the tunnel.
To let them out?
Or to let something in?
Signal Failure is a 12,000-word short story set in the London Underground. It is a standalone story and also a prelude to the forthcoming novel "Under".
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Signal-Failure...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Signal-Failu...
*****************************
Just Plain Weird, by Tom Upton
About the book:
Travis MacDuff has always led an uneventful life. His greatest concern was making the high school football, until an odd girl moves in next store, a girl whose secrets threaten not only his existence but the existence of everyone on the planet.
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Just-Plain-Wei...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Plain-W...
******************************
Into The Light, by Darcia Helle
About the book:
Max Paddington refuses to go into the light until he finds his killer. This presents a dilemma, since Max is even less competent as a spirit than he was as a live person. No one sees or hears him and he can't manage to get anywhere or do anything on his own.
Joe Cavelli is a private investigator, living an ordinary life. Then one day he walks across a parking lot, gets yelled at by a ghost, and his life only gets stranger from there.
Max and Joe team up to find Max's killer. In the process, they form an unlikely friendship and change each other's lives in ways they never expected.
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Into-The-Light...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-The-Lig...
*******************************
Lost And Found - A Short Story From Odin's Eye, by Maria Haskins
Somewhere in the vast depths of space, a mission has gone horribly wrong. Now a woman is trapped all alone on an alien planet with nothing but her pain and her harrowing memories. At least, she thought she was alone... Lost And Found is a chilling and evocative science fiction short story from Maria Haskins' book Odin's Eye
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Sho...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Found-S...
**********************************
The Hyde Hotel, by various authors
About the book:
The Hyde Hotel Welcomes You...
The Hyde Hotel looks almost exactly as you'd expect it to: a faceless, budget hotel in a grey city you are just passing through. A hotel aimed at people travelling alone, a hotel where you know so little about your fellow guests that they could be anyone... and where, perhaps, so could you. But sometimes things are hiding in plain sight, and not everyone who stays at The Hyde gets a good night's sleep... Featuring stories about the guests and staff of The Hyde Hotel from James Everington, Simon Bestwick, Ray Cluley, Alex Davis, Cate Gardner, V H Leslie, Alison Littlewood, Amelia Mangan, S P Miskowski, Iain Rowan, Mark West and the editors.
Enjoy your stay.
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Hyde-Hotel-Jam...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hyde-Hotel-J...
*****************************
Mystical High, by Lisette Brodey
About the book:
In Mystekal, a small, dying town in the Southern California desert, only 75 students attend the old, sometimes creepy high school dubbed “Mystical High,” where strange things have been known to happen. Jessie Dalworth and Jinxsy Patterson are juniors and lifelong best friends. At home, Jessie deals with the pain of an absentee mother who has abandoned the family for the lure of Hollywood; Jinxsy contends with a 17th “birthday present” she never wanted or expected.
Meanwhile, at school, the unexplained activity begins to escalate when Jinxsy keeps seeing a long-haired guy in the hallway checking her out. Jessie can’t see him, but her younger brother, River, can.
Then, in English class, a stapler mysteriously flies off teacher Eve Carrow’s desk, hitting a student in the face who has just mouthed off to her. The beloved teacher is in the unenviable position of having her brute of a father as principal, so she hates sending any student to his office. As Principal Ernest Carrow begins to terrorize Eve and others more openly, something or someone unseen decides that it’s payback time.
School is getting stranger, and Jinxsy and Jessie are faced with mind-boggling changes in their home lives that complicate everything. When a string of shocking events expose explosive secrets, decades-long mysteries are finally revealed.
Buy the book:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/MYSTICAL-HIGH-...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MYSTICAL-HIG...
******************************
I'll finish off by mentioning a couple of my own novels that have a paranormal theme:
The Spider and Haunted
You can find more details about those and my other books/stories on my website: http://www.mariasavva.com
Enjoy Halloween!
