About Death Sets Sail:

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Cross the stormy Atlantic on a raucous and deadly awards cruise, as Hollywood film writers and world class authors race against time and death. In isolated international waters, fear grips the eccentric, competitive, and jealous group—from best selling heavyweights to amateur hangers-on. As bodies amass on the British five-star Queen Anne, an unlikely band of frantic mystery writers unite to stop the killings. Ignoring the dangers, amateur sleuth and aspiring novelist Veronica Kennicott leads their desperate battle against the drunken ship doctor’s corporate cover-up. ~~BUY NOW~~
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After a life time of writing poetry, books, nonfiction, and legal documents, it was author Ray Bradbury’s friendship and encouragement that finally inspired Dale E. Manolakas to pursue writing as a career. He taught her that the characters wrote the book–she didn’t. Raised just outside Los Angeles by a surgeon father and a homemaker-author mother, Dale E. Manolakas had always aspired to an acting career, but also had to make a living.

Dale E. Manolakas earned her B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the California Bar, had the privilege of clerking for The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was a litigator in two major Los Angeles law firms, and a senior appellate attorney at the California Court of Appeals, as well as an Administrative Law Judge.

Before that she was a teacher, primarily at the high school, adult school, and university levels, and holds a public administrative services credential. In addition, she has pursued her passion for acting, primarily on the stage, but also in film and television. She is a member of both Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. She also has raised three very independent daughters and lives with her husband, a retired attorney, in an otherwise animal-free environment in California.

About Hard: A Military Stepbrother Romance:

“Call me a badass motherf*cker all you like – I’m a Navy SEAL and I take what I want”

HARD is a military stepbrother romance with a sexy, protective bad boy and the fiery rich girl who falls for him. Seth is famous for his panty-melting one night stands, so when one passionate night brings the wildcat out of the innocent Bella, neither of them are prepared for his abrupt disappearance. Bella vows to forget the arrogant charm and ripped body that swept her off her feet – until he turns up as her new stepbrother. A Navy SEAL, cocky as ever – and determined to finish what he started. Their simmering love-hate relationship quickly develops into more but faced with their parents’ imminent wedding and the realities of military life, will the heat between them be enough to overcome their history and give them a second chance at the home they’ve each been looking for?

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Lara Swann writes hot, sexy romance with a touch of humor and a lot of passion. She has a thing for wounded alpha heroes and the fiery women who steal their hearts.
Her relationships are funny, sexy and spicy, and she gets as many thrills in pitting her characters against each other as she does when they eventually come together in an explosion of heat.
When she isn’t living in one of her many fantasy worlds, she attempts to focus on her respectable day job in a large, too-expensive city and dreams of a lake house in the country.

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About Out of Position by Kyell Gold:

Out of Position is a gay romance between Dev, a football player, and Lee, a gay activist. This first book follows them from their meeting in college through Dev’s acceptance of his sexuality as the two of them try to keep their relationship healthy and secret through their professional lives, despite the interference of families, ex-best friends, fake girlfriends, and terrible agents. Out of Position won the 2009 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Novel.

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Kyell Gold has won twelve Ursa Major awards and two Rainbow Awards for his stories and novels. His novel “Green Fairy” was nominated for inclusion in the ALA’s “Over the Rainbow” list for 2012.

He was not born in California, but now considers it his home. He loves to travel and dine out with his husband Kit Silver, with whom he previously dabbled in making short films. They can often be seen at furry and SF conventions around the world. More information about him and his books is available at http://www.kyellgold.com.

About Levi Koenig, A Contemporary King Lear by Dorothea Shefer-Vanson:

Three sisters and an elderly, ailing father. Sounds familiar? Yes, Gloria, Renata, and Corinna parallel King Lear’s three daughters in some ways, but not in others. Each one is struggling to combine work, family and love-life with caring for their father, but unlike Shakespeare’s characters they are not cardboard parodies of either good or evil. Each one is a complex character and is doing her best in her own way to be the good, caring daughter they think their father deserves. However, when they find that their father has been sending money to an unknown woman, and that what they had thought was an idyllic marriage may have been a sham, greed, guilt and complicity rear their ugly heads, altering the relations between them. Their father’s filipina carer adds a comic touch, possibly reminiscent of Lear’s Fool, with her curious mangling of the English language.

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The daughter of refugees from Hitler’s Germany, I was born and brought up in England, but later moved to Israel. With degrees from the London School of Economics and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem I was able to work as a free-lance translator-editor-writer, ending up as in-house translator-editor of English publications at the Bank of Israel. I have three grown children and seven grandchildren, to date. My hobbies are: painting (I paint the covers of my books), gardening, listening to classical music, and studying German and French. In addition to my blog, which I update weekly, I write a monthly article, ‘Letter from Israel,’ for a small journal in England, and occasional articles on various subjects for other journals.

About “When The Stone Shepherds Awaken” by Mark Barkley:

He was a freak, he thought, catching the lemon whiff of the suicide pill in his hand. Why had he been abandoned?
On a distant planet far off into the future, there is a human colony twice removed from Earth with a country preparing for war.
Sabienn Feel is a military cadet being fast-tracked for promotion as their enigmatic head of state, The Great Leader, readies his armies for battle. Sabienn is a lying, thieving cheat but he is earmarked for greatness, despite his erratic attempts to shoot himself in the foot.
His world comes crashing down when one day he grows wings.
With the shock of the hideous on him, he now finds people viewing his once perfect body as something freakish. But not only that; people are now actively trying to kill him.
He also finds out that not only him but thousands of men his age have grown wings around the world.
With his wings comes an intuitive ability to pick up an object and see a history of someone who held it. This ability has not gone unnoticed by higher powers within the realm.
But what is it that The Great Leader wants of him? What is it that he has to do to bring himself back into the love of this man he worships? Why does his survival lie with taking the life of a man whose guts he hates but he still questions it? And after all is done, will The Great Leader save him?

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My past writing experience is detailed and can be accessed through my website www.worksbymarkbarkley.com
All of the plays featured here have enjoyed a successful theatrical staging or reading within Australia “The Captains and The Kings” – 1995, “Goodbye Melaleuca” – 1996, “Sylvia Terry” – 1998 and “A Kind of Belgium” – 2000.
Two of the plays have been short listed in the George Landen Dann Award, which is Queensland’s premium award for excellence in writing plays; “The Captains and The Kings” – 1992 and “Goodbye Melaleuca” – 1995
The short film “Spades” was short listed in the top ten films of the third annual “What’s On Short Cut Film Fest” and screened in 2001 at the Brisbane Powerhouse.
It was also such a pleasure in 2007 to rewrite and update my book “The Big Sugar Election” which was originally completed in 1990. The new book “When The Stone Shepherds Awaken” confirms my passion for creating imagined worlds reflecting the human condition. Please contact me on lionwing23@yahoo.com.au to stay in touch. I would love your review.

About Killer Wedding Cake:

Daphne Martin’s wedding to Ben Jacobs is only a couple of weeks away. An award-winning cake decorator, Daphne is busy designing their wedding cake. Her twin nephew and niece, Lucas and Leslie, are excited about being in the wedding party. And Daphne’s brother-in-law Jason is planning a bachelor party for Ben. Everything is going beautifully until Daphne’s ex-husband Todd shows up. Just released from prison after serving a sentence based on his shooting a gun at Daphne, Todd comes to Brea Ridge to profess his undying love for her.

Despite Daphne’s attempts to make Todd leave town, he insists on hanging around to reconnect with people he used to know. When he’s found murdered, Daphne finds herself at the center of the investigation. Now she must track down Todd’s killer before she becomes the next victim. Can she still make it to the church on time?

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Gayle Trent (and pseudonym Amanda Lee) writes the Daphne Martin Cake Decorating series and the Embroidery Mystery series. The cake decorating series features a heroine who is starting her life over in Southwest Virginia after a nasty divorce. The Embroidery Mystery series features a heroine who recently moved to the Oregon coast to open an embroidery specialty shop.

About Children Of Earth (Tales from the 23rd Century Book 1):

A Dystopian Science Fiction future for the Solar System in the 23rd Century

The tramp freighter Erstwhile is on the run when Captain Maddox and his crew become embroiled in a chain of events which lead them into an encounter with a lost colony of children and the Artificial Intelligence which cares for them.

With the very freedom of the Core Worlds at stake, can Maddox deduce the real reason behind the attacks committed by the ‘Children of Earth’ and prevent the AI’s to return to Earth before it is too late for both his crew and the free citizens of the inner worlds?

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I have always been a fan of the classic pulp science fiction genre, by which I am referring to the ‘Buster’ Crabbe Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers series. Ray guns and Rocket ships – no profanity, eroticism or hard hitting social messages which seem to pervade current entertainment. Just nice, entertaining romps into a fantastical future to entertain the brain cells for a while!

In short I wanted to write a tale which my eldest daughter (who at time of writing this is 12) could pick up and read, or could tell her friends about and suggest they read it, without any form of censorship but which would also appeal to a wider audience too.

Does this make it a children’s book? Absolutely not.
There’s political schemes, dastardly plots and undertones of larger topics such as how the different colonies interact, the rampant commercialism and much more – but I’ve tried to put it in a form which means you can take from it what you wish. If you want a deep meaningful exploration of the socio-political worlds of the 23rd Century then go for it! if you just want misadventure and people trying to survive against a backdrop of a solar system in turmoil, laser pistols firing, defeating maniacal robots and foiling plots of evil-doers then again be my guest.

The main point is I am just writing stories which entertain and amuse my tiny grey cells. I’m not trying to write ‘like anyone’ or claiming to be a proficient author of top notch epic tales. I just write what I like and how I like. If you like them too, then that’s wonderful! I always love hearing feedback from people who have read any of my stories as it helps me to refine and improve as necessary.
I do hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it!

About Collisionby PJ Byer

SYNOPSIS of Collision by PJ Byer for Ampersand
After a violent attack while running away from home, STELLA lands battered and bruised in a coastal village, her escape from home spurred by a bitter fight with her secretive father PAUL, and KERRY, her stepmother. Dismissive of neighbourhood boys DARCY and HOWIE, and her best friend JESSIE who deserted her, she hides out in a squat, changes her appearance and assumes the name MARY-ANNE.
The village is overlooked by the ruins of Trial Bay gaol which becomes a focus for her vivid, disturbing dreams. These tell the World War One story of GUSTAV, a German prisoner of war, and his secret love affair with GRACE which culminates in her pregnancy.
Gradually, Stella meets locals like elderly DORIS, and friendship with Darcy develops into love. Changes in her life go deeper as she wrestles with her identity. She hates lying to Darcy and confides her flashbacks reveal her unsettling resemblance to Gustav. Further, the dreams only occur when she wears a ring inherited from her deceased mother, SONIA.
Realisation dawns that she and Paul share the blame for their ongoing conflict, and that her treatment of Kerry and Jessie is unfair. After Darcy rescues her from Howie’s vicious attack, Stella takes refuge with Doris near the gaol, where a photograph of Gustav confirms his existence.
Stella reunites with Paul and Kerry at hospital where Doris has collapsed, and discovers Doris is family. As Stella and Paul become closer, he discloses his complex relationship with his mother, MARY. When Doris awakes she has startling revelations for the family gathered at her bedside, which explain some of the mysterious events affecting Stella. Doris’s revelation is the catalyst for reconciliation across four generations.
Stella realises she has run away home.
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Bio Present Tense
What happens when PJ finds her old journal, and in it is jotted the bones of a story?

What happens when that story has been rattling around in her head for fourteen years?

What happens when she’s newly retired and has time to pursue this dream?

She starts, of course!

In the journal the story outline is set at Trial Bay gaol near South West Rocks, a beautiful place where PJ’s family has holidayed for years. She is inspired by the history of the Germans interned at the forbidding gaol during the First World War.

PJ grew up in Sydney’s Northern beaches, married Ivor, and they have raised two wonderful daughters, Zoe and Hannah, on the Central Coast, New South Wales. She has had a long career as an English, History and Drama teacher, and is passionate about youth literacy and encouraging young people to read. This book is in the Young Adult category, and is part of the Trial Bay series. A prequel and sequel are to follow.

She has a diverse range of interests, including reading, bushwalking, a cappella harmony singing, film, theatre, swimming as well as volunteer work for a disaster relief charity called ShelterBox.