The year is 1929 and Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Willa Cather and her partner Edith Lewis are summering on Grand Manan, an island in the Bay of Fundy. In their cottage’s sparsely furnished attic room, Cather is at work writing Shadows on the Rock, her tenth novel. Edith is painting watercolors from the cliffs two hundred feet above the rising tides of Whale Cove. Out of the corner of her eye, Edith sees a body plunge from the edge of the cliff to the rocks below…. Solving the mystery, first time novelist Sue Hallgarth’s intimate view of village politics and the goings-on of two women’s communities long lost to history is also a suspenseful and surprising crime novel. Hallgarth draws the reader into a unique retreat and an inside glimpse of the lives of a great American novelist and her talented life partner. ...One of the top ten Titles to Pick Up Now recommended in O, The Oprah Magazine, February 2013“…Cather fans will enjoy the atmosphere, and Hallgarth captures the local color well, providing a look at the eccentric island residents, the small-town politics, and the life of the women’s communities.” –ALA Booklist“...a sparkling new literary mystery series” –Nancy Rutland, founder Bookworks, AlbuquerqueFrom BooklistHallgarth’s debut mystery takes readers to Grand Manan, an island in the Bay of Fundy, which is on the Atlantic coast between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In 1929, the island is home to a number of feminist artist colonies. Among the residents are Willa Cather and her partner, Edith Lewis. While Cather is ensconced in her attic studio writing her tenth novel, Shadows on the Rock, Edith is up on the cliffs of Whale Cove painting watercolors. As she works, she glimpses a body plunging from the edge of the cliff onto the rocks 200 feet below. The dead man is a stranger. Was the fall a suicide or a murder? Willa and Edith are drawn into the investigation. Cather fans will enjoy the atmosphere, and Hallgarth captures the local color well, providing a look at the eccentric island residents, the small-town politics, and the life of the women’s communities. A good read-alike for fans of Ed Ifkovic’s series starring writer Edna Ferber. --Barbara Bibel Review''…Cather fans will enjoy the atmosphere, and Hallgarth captures the local color well, providing a look at the eccentric island residents, the small-town politics, and the life of the women's communities.'' --- Booklist, February 1, 2013

Milly doesn't remember Gianni D'Angelo. All she knows is that she was found after a hit-and-run accident, pregnant and with her memory gone.So Milly is horrified when she learns that she was once Gianni's mistress...and now he's claiming her little boy is his son! Gianni's solution is simple: marriage!

Episode 12 A new ally providing aid…An old ally joining the fight…Their resources growing with each passing day…Their homeworld finally on the road to recovery… Things finally seem to be coming together for Captain Scott and the Alliance, as he takes his forces on the offensive. However, the Jung may in turn give him more trouble than he bargained for. “Rise of the Alliance” is an 111,000 word novel, and is the 12th episode in The Frontiers Saga. Episode 13 is coming soon!

For Halloween, Anando suggests a new game to Virginia – for a night, they will trade roles and he will play at being human while she will embody a vampire on the hunt. Another game, another night of passion… but Virginia’s curiosity might end things abruptly…

"Never tease anything that wants to eat you. My name is April Tate and my blood is the new gold. Vampires and hybrids have overrun my world, once vibrant with life, but now a graveyard of death shrouded in shadows. I fight to survive; I fight for my mother and brother. The journey is full of turns that I am quite unprepared for. And I'm just hoping to make it to the next Vegas sunrise..."In a post-apocalyptic world, a viral epidemic has wiped out most of the earth’s population, leaving behind few humans but untold numbers of mutated vampires. April is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives in the remains of Las Vegas one year after the outbreak. She has become a ferocious vampire killer and after her family is abducted, she goes searching for them. What she finds is a new breed of vampire, unlike any she has seen before. Unsure of whom she can trust, she discovers that her view of the world is not as black and white as she once thought, and she's willing to bend the rules to rescue her family. But in trying to save them, she may only succeed in bringing her fragile world crashing down around her.

Romance, sports Romance, Boxing, Boxing romance

Join teenage starlet Ruby Parker as she leaves Soapland and progresses to her first major movie audition! Is there really life after soap? Find out in this hilarious novel for star-struck girls.Child star Ruby Parker is heading for her very first proper audition with one of the most famous film directors in the world. If she is successful, Ruby could win a good part in a box office smash to be watched by millions! People keep telling her that if she doesn't GET the role, it's not the end of the world. But inside, Ruby isn't sure that she really believes that...Warm, funny and starry bright, this perfect follow-up to Ruby Parker Soap Star is perfect for fame-struck girls.

Science Fiction/Suspense/Thriller. 80087 words long. First published in DDP, 2005

The sixth instalment of an epic science fiction series that tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.The counterattack into enemy territory proved the aliens were far stronger than the humans thought. Whilst many got on with their lives in the hope the aliens would not return, Colonel Mitch Taylor knew better. No longer seeking to occupy Earth, the enemy Lord Demiran wants revenge. This time he means to obliterate Earth with a new terrifying weapon of mass destruction that will mean extinction for the human race.With time running out, the fight must be taken to Demiran with everything Earth forces have to give in a desperate attempt to save humanity. But beyond the threat of the weapon, Taylor knows they must finish Demiran for good if they are to end the war and bring peace to the world.Battle Earth is a futuristic sci-fi action adventure series that chronicles vast bloody battles following humanity's first reach into the stars.