Trapped on an island. Alone. Tormented by a madman. Emily must keep her
wits about her if she’s to survive. Because eventually, one of them is going to
have to die.
Emily spirals into depression after a series of terrible events, and an overprotective family threaten to send her over the edge. Escape seems her only option.
After drawing out her savings, Emily takes the train north to Scotland, where she is soon befriended by Ian, a strong and confident older man. It’s not long before she’s confiding in him.
Ian provides warmth and empathy and seduces her with the offer of time alone on his remote Shetland island. She can stay in his croft for a couple of weeks, allowing her to come to terms with her heartache and start healing. It’s an offer she can’t refuse.
But as the deadline to leave the island comes and goes, Ian finds ways to extend her stay until Emily fears she’ll never be allowed to leave. Ian’s behaviour becomes increasingly disturbing
and Emily realises she must fight back if she’s to survive: a fight only one of them can win.
Available as an eBook from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Emily spirals into depression after a series of terrible events, and an overprotective family threaten to send her over the edge. Escape seems her only option.
After drawing out her savings, Emily takes the train north to Scotland, where she is soon befriended by Ian, a strong and confident older man. It’s not long before she’s confiding in him.
Ian provides warmth and empathy and seduces her with the offer of time alone on his remote Shetland island. She can stay in his croft for a couple of weeks, allowing her to come to terms with her heartache and start healing. It’s an offer she can’t refuse.
But as the deadline to leave the island comes and goes, Ian finds ways to extend her stay until Emily fears she’ll never be allowed to leave. Ian’s behaviour becomes increasingly disturbing
and Emily realises she must fight back if she’s to survive: a fight only one of them can win.
Available as an eBook from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
From the bestselling author of Plague: Part one of the Sulham Close series.
Pete rubs his hands together and waits for midnight. Neil tightens the noose around his neck and jumps from a stool. Kellie collapses to her knees, making the sign of the cross, even though God no longer listens. Sean and Amelia hold each other and wait for the screams. Harold pins Eloise to the kitchen floor as she shrieks her warnings. And so another August passes.
The residents of Sulham Close are cursed. Each year they must provide a sacrifice or suffer the wrath of a goblin-like creature called the ellyllon. Pete finds the victims, vagrants, junkies. People no one will miss.
He lures homeless Mark to Sulham Close with promises of getting him off drugs and giving him an education, installs him in the sacrifice cottage and leaves him to his fate. But Mark has a secret, a girlfriend Pete didn’t see. Heavily pregnant Louisa arrives late in the evening. Unsure whether to believe Pete or clear the house out of valuables, they decide to go exploring. They find a noose and then a man in a tub full of blood, one hand hanging by a sliver of skin at the wrist.
Nothing is worth getting caught up in a murder, so the pair make a run for it, but the gates are locked and there’s no way out of the close. Time has nearly run out. There are noises coming from a cupboard in the cottage and as midnight arrives, the handle turns from the inside…
Available as an eBook from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Pete rubs his hands together and waits for midnight. Neil tightens the noose around his neck and jumps from a stool. Kellie collapses to her knees, making the sign of the cross, even though God no longer listens. Sean and Amelia hold each other and wait for the screams. Harold pins Eloise to the kitchen floor as she shrieks her warnings. And so another August passes.
The residents of Sulham Close are cursed. Each year they must provide a sacrifice or suffer the wrath of a goblin-like creature called the ellyllon. Pete finds the victims, vagrants, junkies. People no one will miss.
He lures homeless Mark to Sulham Close with promises of getting him off drugs and giving him an education, installs him in the sacrifice cottage and leaves him to his fate. But Mark has a secret, a girlfriend Pete didn’t see. Heavily pregnant Louisa arrives late in the evening. Unsure whether to believe Pete or clear the house out of valuables, they decide to go exploring. They find a noose and then a man in a tub full of blood, one hand hanging by a sliver of skin at the wrist.
Nothing is worth getting caught up in a murder, so the pair make a run for it, but the gates are locked and there’s no way out of the close. Time has nearly run out. There are noises coming from a cupboard in the cottage and as midnight arrives, the handle turns from the inside…
Available as an eBook from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Kathy is going to die. All that’s left to do is prepare for
the end.
While waiting for her chemotherapy session, a woman called Janie approaches Kathy, offering a revolutionary treatment for cancer. Janie pitches the cure like an expert and what does Kathy have to lose? The doctors now measure her life in months, not years.
Kathy follows Janie to an abandoned church where a futuristic machine is hidden. Made of silvery metal, long, and with rounded edges, the pod is like nothing Kathy’s ever seen before. Janie encourages her to climb in telling her the process is painless and quick. A few sessions are all she’ll need to be cured. Despite serious reservations, what does she have to lose? She gets in. And the results are miraculous.
A few days later, when the wonderful sense of well-being she experienced begins to ebb, all she can think about is having another session. In spite of the apparent improvement, Kathy’s renewed energy is soured by doubt. What exactly is this machine? What if none of this is real and the next MRI shows all the tumors are still there? Time is so short…
THAT ELUSIVE CURE is about facing up to illness, both mental and physical, of family struggle and above all, the amazing power of hope.
Available as an eBook from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Reviews:
What does the Fluffy Fox say.
While waiting for her chemotherapy session, a woman called Janie approaches Kathy, offering a revolutionary treatment for cancer. Janie pitches the cure like an expert and what does Kathy have to lose? The doctors now measure her life in months, not years.
Kathy follows Janie to an abandoned church where a futuristic machine is hidden. Made of silvery metal, long, and with rounded edges, the pod is like nothing Kathy’s ever seen before. Janie encourages her to climb in telling her the process is painless and quick. A few sessions are all she’ll need to be cured. Despite serious reservations, what does she have to lose? She gets in. And the results are miraculous.
A few days later, when the wonderful sense of well-being she experienced begins to ebb, all she can think about is having another session. In spite of the apparent improvement, Kathy’s renewed energy is soured by doubt. What exactly is this machine? What if none of this is real and the next MRI shows all the tumors are still there? Time is so short…
THAT ELUSIVE CURE is about facing up to illness, both mental and physical, of family struggle and above all, the amazing power of hope.
Available as an eBook from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Reviews:
What does the Fluffy Fox say.
Plague
In this enthralling debut thriller written in the vein of Contagion, a young couple struggles to save their plague–stricken son as they desperately fight back against a tyrannical government.
A new strain of the bubonic plague is diagnosed in London. Before it can be contained it spreads through the population, faster and deadlier than anyone could have imagined. Three weeks is all it takes to decimate the country.
Johnny and Liz are devastated when their young son, Nathan, starts to show symptoms, but Liz phones the authorities anyway, and a few hours later the army arrives and boards up their house.
Now Nathan is dying and there is nothing they can do to help him. Hours pass like weeks as their little boy grows weaker and weaker. All Liz wants is for them to die with some dignity, but the authorities refuse to help. Then their Internet and phones stop working. Cut off from the world and stuck inside their house, the family tries its best to cope—but there is nothing they can do to stop the lethal epidemic.
Released by Simon & Schuster December 9th, 2013 and available as an eBook in the USA and Worldwide at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other good retailers.
Reviews:
She Treads Softly
The Sweet Escape
That's What She Read
Twin Opinions
My Bookish Ways: Top 10 Reads
Summer Reading Project
Addictive Readings
A new strain of the bubonic plague is diagnosed in London. Before it can be contained it spreads through the population, faster and deadlier than anyone could have imagined. Three weeks is all it takes to decimate the country.
Johnny and Liz are devastated when their young son, Nathan, starts to show symptoms, but Liz phones the authorities anyway, and a few hours later the army arrives and boards up their house.
Now Nathan is dying and there is nothing they can do to help him. Hours pass like weeks as their little boy grows weaker and weaker. All Liz wants is for them to die with some dignity, but the authorities refuse to help. Then their Internet and phones stop working. Cut off from the world and stuck inside their house, the family tries its best to cope—but there is nothing they can do to stop the lethal epidemic.
Released by Simon & Schuster December 9th, 2013 and available as an eBook in the USA and Worldwide at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other good retailers.
Reviews:
She Treads Softly
The Sweet Escape
That's What She Read
Twin Opinions
My Bookish Ways: Top 10 Reads
Summer Reading Project
Addictive Readings
The Ultimate Choice
To be released by Simon & Schuster February 10th, 2014.
In this nail-biting thriller for fans of The Hunger Games and V for Vendetta, a spirited young mother must bring down a tyrannical government to save herself—and her illegally born son.
In a dystopian near-future, overpopulation has led to a government dedicated to reducing citizen numbers. Suicide is legalised, food is rationed, and reproduction forbidden without permission.
Cassie O’Neil broke the law, she had sex before marriage. She is sentenced to die on the game show, The Ultimate Choice, but when a contestant collapses Cassie takes her chance and runs. Staying alive is hard with no ration card or place to hide. But she is a woman who refuses to die.
Available on pre-order as an eBook in the USA and Worldwide at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other good retailers.
Review:
Trips Down Imagination Road
In this nail-biting thriller for fans of The Hunger Games and V for Vendetta, a spirited young mother must bring down a tyrannical government to save herself—and her illegally born son.
In a dystopian near-future, overpopulation has led to a government dedicated to reducing citizen numbers. Suicide is legalised, food is rationed, and reproduction forbidden without permission.
Cassie O’Neil broke the law, she had sex before marriage. She is sentenced to die on the game show, The Ultimate Choice, but when a contestant collapses Cassie takes her chance and runs. Staying alive is hard with no ration card or place to hide. But she is a woman who refuses to die.
Available on pre-order as an eBook in the USA and Worldwide at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other good retailers.
Review:
Trips Down Imagination Road
Plague
A new strain of the bubonic plague is diagnosed in London. Before it can be contained it spreads through the population, faster and deadlier than anyone could have imagined. Three weeks is all it takes to decimate the country.
Johnny and Liz are devastated when their young son, Nathan, starts to show symptoms, but Liz phones the authorities anyway, and a few hours later the army arrives and boards up their house.
Now Nathan is dying and there is nothing they can do to help him. Hours pass like weeks as their little boy grows weaker and weaker. All Liz wants is for them to die with some dignity, but the authorities refuse to help. Then their Internet and phones stop working. Cut off from the world and stuck inside their house, the family tries its best to cope—but there is nothing they can do to stop the lethal epidemic.
Available in the UK at Amazon.
Reviews:
Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews
Eclectic Electric
The Avid Reader
Night Owl
Johnny and Liz are devastated when their young son, Nathan, starts to show symptoms, but Liz phones the authorities anyway, and a few hours later the army arrives and boards up their house.
Now Nathan is dying and there is nothing they can do to help him. Hours pass like weeks as their little boy grows weaker and weaker. All Liz wants is for them to die with some dignity, but the authorities refuse to help. Then their Internet and phones stop working. Cut off from the world and stuck inside their house, the family tries its best to cope—but there is nothing they can do to stop the lethal epidemic.
Available in the UK at Amazon.
Reviews:
Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews
Eclectic Electric
The Avid Reader
Night Owl
The Ultimate Choice
In a dystopian near-future, overpopulation has led to a government dedicated to reducing citizen numbers. Suicide is legalised, food is rationed, and reproduction forbidden without permission.
Cassie O’Neil broke the law, she had sex before marriage. She is sentenced to die on the game show, The Ultimate Choice, but when a contestant collapses Cassie takes her chance and runs. Staying alive is hard with no ration card or place to hide. But she is a woman who refuses to die.
"In this impressive novel with a surprisingly unpredictable plot, Cassie O’Neil lives in a distant future, where individuals must obtain government permission for romantic relationships and reproduction. Unfortunately, Cassie meets a man and becomes pregnant without permission. Overpopulation, which has resulted in a lack of food and farmland, has given the government the power to cull citizens. When Cassie is found out, her young son is taken from her and she is told she must either offer herself up to be euthanized on a nationally televised show or sacrifice her son. But Cassie escapes and eventually finds herself an outsider amongst a group of rebels. When a mission goes awry, Cassie and a handful of the rebels, including their leader, are captured--and the only solution is another mission, the price of which may be too high. There are many clever shifts in the narrative, and the story is entertaining and gripping." – Publishers Weekly Review of The Ultimate Choice
Available in the UK at Amazon.
Review:
Trips Down Imagination Road
Cassie O’Neil broke the law, she had sex before marriage. She is sentenced to die on the game show, The Ultimate Choice, but when a contestant collapses Cassie takes her chance and runs. Staying alive is hard with no ration card or place to hide. But she is a woman who refuses to die.
"In this impressive novel with a surprisingly unpredictable plot, Cassie O’Neil lives in a distant future, where individuals must obtain government permission for romantic relationships and reproduction. Unfortunately, Cassie meets a man and becomes pregnant without permission. Overpopulation, which has resulted in a lack of food and farmland, has given the government the power to cull citizens. When Cassie is found out, her young son is taken from her and she is told she must either offer herself up to be euthanized on a nationally televised show or sacrifice her son. But Cassie escapes and eventually finds herself an outsider amongst a group of rebels. When a mission goes awry, Cassie and a handful of the rebels, including their leader, are captured--and the only solution is another mission, the price of which may be too high. There are many clever shifts in the narrative, and the story is entertaining and gripping." – Publishers Weekly Review of The Ultimate Choice
Available in the UK at Amazon.
Review:
Trips Down Imagination Road
Blue Smoke and Madness
Blue Smoke and Madness is available as an eBook on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Clive beguiles and seduces and only Alex can see, hear, and touch him. The demon comes bearing a gift … and a warning. With the fate of their universes in the balance, Alex is the best candidate, hand-selected to save the human race, and Clive offers his guidance and support to help her fulfill her destiny.
It’s like having an imaginary friend but nineteen year old Alex soon learns that the line between reality and perception is murky, with consequences too terrible to ignore. The gift is ‘sight’and what she sees is chaos and danger lurking on every corner.
Clive makes claims—and promises—manipulating and punishing at will until he drives her to incomprehensible acts of desperation. Terrified, Alex must choose … but can she trust those closest to her?
Blue Smoke and Madness was formally titled My Demon.
Reviews:
Books and Movies and Crap
Ignite Books
Indie Book Review
Darkiss Reads
Clive beguiles and seduces and only Alex can see, hear, and touch him. The demon comes bearing a gift … and a warning. With the fate of their universes in the balance, Alex is the best candidate, hand-selected to save the human race, and Clive offers his guidance and support to help her fulfill her destiny.
It’s like having an imaginary friend but nineteen year old Alex soon learns that the line between reality and perception is murky, with consequences too terrible to ignore. The gift is ‘sight’and what she sees is chaos and danger lurking on every corner.
Clive makes claims—and promises—manipulating and punishing at will until he drives her to incomprehensible acts of desperation. Terrified, Alex must choose … but can she trust those closest to her?
Blue Smoke and Madness was formally titled My Demon.
Reviews:
Books and Movies and Crap
Ignite Books
Indie Book Review
Darkiss Reads
Coombe's Wood
Coombe's Wood is available to buy in ebook format at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Now a bestseller on Amazon.com.
Izzy Santana and her 13-year-old son Connor move into a Reading Council-provided flat in the sleepy village of Cedham. Locals darkly warn her to stay away from nearby Coombe’s Wood, hinting first at elves, then at multiple murders… which may or may not have taken place in the woods hundreds of years ago. It’s all ludicrously superstitious, and Izzy is so delighted to have found a haven for her son – after being threatened by her sadistic ex-partner George – that she takes little notice.
She meets a neighbour who seems kindly, if a trifle fey, and who takes a great interest in her son. Connor seems instantly comfortable with him. She begins to feel as if she is also falling under his spell. But Connor is bullied at school, and one night she finds herself tracking those bullies in the wood, where she believes they are waiting for him. She doesn’t find them, but something closes in on her – something that sounds like a savage animal. As she runs she realises she may have been set up – or Connor was – to be caught by whatever the animal was. She strengthens the barricades in her flat, no longer puts all the local tales about ‘danger in them woods’ down to superstition, and even begins to wonder about the way she was selected by the Reading Council officer to live in the village in the first place.
Then a slit rabbit turns up on her doorstep, along with a distinctive cigarette butt, and she knows George has found her. Desperately compassionate, her neighbour calls the police, who turn up next day, harumph the ceiling, and take the attitude: You’ve not been attacked, then, Miss? You haven’t actually seen him? Why, if your ex-lover has tracked you down, do you suppose he would he dump a rabbit at your door…? Her own question, more urgent, is: if George can get in the front door of the building, can he get into her flat?
What Izzy needs to do is protect Connor. She has already started to uncover the ancient secrets of the village, and now she works out the perfect way to get rid of George… for good.
Reviews:
Michele Brenton's Prize Winning Banana Blog
Knick Knack Book
Izzy Santana and her 13-year-old son Connor move into a Reading Council-provided flat in the sleepy village of Cedham. Locals darkly warn her to stay away from nearby Coombe’s Wood, hinting first at elves, then at multiple murders… which may or may not have taken place in the woods hundreds of years ago. It’s all ludicrously superstitious, and Izzy is so delighted to have found a haven for her son – after being threatened by her sadistic ex-partner George – that she takes little notice.
She meets a neighbour who seems kindly, if a trifle fey, and who takes a great interest in her son. Connor seems instantly comfortable with him. She begins to feel as if she is also falling under his spell. But Connor is bullied at school, and one night she finds herself tracking those bullies in the wood, where she believes they are waiting for him. She doesn’t find them, but something closes in on her – something that sounds like a savage animal. As she runs she realises she may have been set up – or Connor was – to be caught by whatever the animal was. She strengthens the barricades in her flat, no longer puts all the local tales about ‘danger in them woods’ down to superstition, and even begins to wonder about the way she was selected by the Reading Council officer to live in the village in the first place.
Then a slit rabbit turns up on her doorstep, along with a distinctive cigarette butt, and she knows George has found her. Desperately compassionate, her neighbour calls the police, who turn up next day, harumph the ceiling, and take the attitude: You’ve not been attacked, then, Miss? You haven’t actually seen him? Why, if your ex-lover has tracked you down, do you suppose he would he dump a rabbit at your door…? Her own question, more urgent, is: if George can get in the front door of the building, can he get into her flat?
What Izzy needs to do is protect Connor. She has already started to uncover the ancient secrets of the village, and now she works out the perfect way to get rid of George… for good.
Reviews:
Michele Brenton's Prize Winning Banana Blog
Knick Knack Book
From best-selling author Lisa Hinsley comes this peculiar collection of short stories with dark themes.
Available as an eBook at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and all good book retailers.
Available as an eBook at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and all good book retailers.
