February Round-Up

Have A Look At What We’ve Been Up To This Month!

BOOK REVIEWS

A romance suspense thriller telling the story of the relationship between Hayley, a woman on the run from an unsettling past and Jesse, a newly promoted DI investigating a series of violent crimes and with a lot to prove. As they get closer, so does danger… Read our review here.

Max leads an unremarkable life, until he starts hearing the thoughts of a killer in a movie theatre, an unusual skill that gets him a job with DDA Grady Jacobs to bring down some very bad men and targeting organised crime on a larger scale. Follow Max as he descends into a maze of crime and cover-ups that threatens his life and the one of those around him. Read Hayley Price’s glowing review here.

Set in a familiar feeling small town on the coast of Norway, Gabriel Dahl is a wildlife photographer heading to a documentary shoot who, on a whim whilst passing, decides to go looking for a girl he met once on a childhood holiday. Very soon, he finds himself caught up in a seedy criminal underworld on a mission to rescue the girl that he fell in love with all those years ago.

Going home for Christmas with her siblings should have been a joyous occasion for eleven-year-old Kitty. But this is the worst winter in living memory and the journey home turns into a surreal ordeal. Who is the enormous woman on the train so interested in the School Debating Cup Kitty has ‘borrowed’? When a famous magician tells you there is no such thing as magic, should you believe him? What is it that comes snuffling round the doors in the night? And there are reports of stranded lorry drivers being attacked and whole villages found deserted… Read our review here.

SELF-PROMO FEATURES

No one knows how it started. Domestic animals began to go wild, reverting to their primal states and lashing out at their owners. Felicia Owens, CDC scientist in Los Angeles, was attacked out of the blue by her cat. Now, Felicia is fighting bouts of irritability, anger, and outright primal rage. When others begin acting in a similar way, Felicia realizes that she needs to figure out what’s going on and how to cure it before it’s too late. Maybe it already is. Read our feature here.

A dark threat has arisen in the east, overwhelming the Greenlands. Torbin Paleskin strives to coordinate a defence at The Titan Gate but the disparate nature of The Free Territories makes this arduous in the extreme. At the same time Candor Blackheart must try to stand fast and protect the twin cities, sacrificing everything he cherished.
Jonoh Shipwright has to face a disturbing truth and step into manhood before his time, while his closest friend Garic Carpenter struggles with a revelation. Marisa Longspear has to rise to a challenge and put her distrust of authority behind her, stepping into the great northern wastelands. In the Kingdom of Darmat, Advocate Sorkin must risk everything, knowing discovery will cost his life. Meanwhile Shadowmaster Cerwin tries to walk the line in between, while The Orphans gather for the final confrontation. Read our feature here.

Sheynon Calidriil, elven wanderer and thief, shipwrecked on an island south of the land of Ardwel with three strangers, and no way home. Yet legends are born in unusual ways, and the saga of Calidriil is about to begin.​ How many will suffer the consequences? With the 3 families of Calidriil, Lahai and Vincent, and a growing collection of allies and adversaries, to say nothing of the Dark Elves in Ung’gu’wi, deep beneath the Black Forest, how will Sheynon, a simple elf holding allegiance to no one, survive? Who is Shiva Lahi, Priest of the Rising Star? Or Culwenril, the half-elf maiden holding secrets of her own? And what of Quendi Aēgnore and Elindili, Elven Champions? Who is Audrey Vincent, Champion from Stormguarde Castle in the North? Or Coronis, the “Emperor”, in The Other Place and Time? Or the mysterious Reena, the escaped concubine, or Mor’i’jil and Alystin, of the Dark Elf clergy? What is the true agenda of Kaanan, the priestess who becomes a goddess? And what is the real goal of Kaul the Brute, who battles an entire land to win a city and its riches? Will Dark Elf society collapse into Civil War, with the Great Houses at each other’s throats? And Archane, the Dark Princess, leader of the Drow, will conquer the land through peace or war? Read our feature here.

BLOG & NEWS

Jen has lived in Crossroads all her life, a town of changing fortunes due to its once flourishing baritheum trade. Her parents dead, she enjoys a quiet existence running her family stable but then Dynnah, a wealthy widow, moves to town. An instant bond created over their interest in horses becomes unbreakable when, on a fateful night, evil knocks at Dynnah’s door. This is only the start of their adventure together; as their relationship intensifies, so does danger: what began as an ordinary day suddenly takes a turn for the worse… Jen and Dynnah are soon on the run, chased by the Burgher’s men, the charges against them theft and moral misconduct. Their only chance is to reach the Cordon, hoping no Others live there and that this absurd chase will soon come to an end. But does it? Will Jen and Dynnah make it? 

We guarantee this story will hook you immediately, thanks to Hayley’s captivating writing style and her ability to set the scene from the very first line, creating a credible, ‘parallel’ world for her characters where nothing is left to chance. Read Part One and Part Two. 

Inspired by the likes of The Walking Dead and Mad Max and six years after Book One (Wright’s debut novel), the adventures of Jack and Derek Carr continue, as they leave behind their home island of Hella, to travel across the western world onboard the Variant V1 battleship, to support their government win the third world war. 
This Saga is for anyone who is seeking a look into our possible future (if climate change destroys the planet). An action adventure series with a taste of drama, tailored to a mature audience. Read our blog post here.