BOOKS BY WALLACE PUBLISHING
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND TRUE STORIES
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TITLE: Taboo: My True Story.
AUTHOR: Thomas Piggott PUBLISHED: 4th August 2016 GENRE: Biography / Memoir FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Set in the Midlands during the 1970’s, Taboo tells the harrowing true story of the brutal abuse Thomas Piggott suffered and the childhood that was so heartlessly stolen from him as a result. It also follows him into adulthood, highlighting how the pain and emotional damage caused by these attacks blighted his relationships, his career and his life in general, long after they had stopped. |
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TITLE: Dublin Calling
AUTHOR: Robert Sanasi PUBLISHED: 17th December 2016 GENRE: Biography / Memoir FORMATS: Paperback and eBook A Southern Italian man who finds himself hungry for life decides to emigrate to the crazy Northern European city of Dublin. From that moment onwards, no matter where else he chooses to travel, Dublin is forever calling him! Dublin Calling is a fascinating and honest insight into the life of a 2.0 migrant. “I was jumping on a rollercoaster for a long and amazing ride. I was a young soul waiting to take-off and experience unpredictability. Hope, pain, love, sex… and everything in between. Dublin was calling me.” |
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TITLE: Dear Chronic Illness
AUTHOR: Pippa Stacey PUBLISHED: 8th June 2018 GENRE: Short Stories / Compilation FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Dear Chronic Illness features a collection of short letters written by young people, addressed to their long-term illnesses and impairments, detailing what they would like to say to them. The letters are not your typical sob stories, and provide a light-hearted and humorous commentary on the writers’ various experiences, yet they also give insight into the challenges of navigating life whilst learning to live with their conditions. Share your thoughts and join in the conversation by using the hashtag #DearChronicIllness |
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TITLE: Unpacked Sparkle
AUTHOR: Patrick A. Roland PUBLISHED: 28th September 2020 GENRE: Biography FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Unpacked Sparkle chronicles Patrick Roland’s transformative journey upon finding his partner, Pack, dead in January 2017. The journey begins on the day of the funeral which he was not allowed to attend by Pack’s homophobic family, and details a nearly two-year journey back to a now thriving, joy-filled life. This story discusses addiction and recovery from it, grief and the journey to the acceptance, the family dynamics and DNA that resulted in a life-saving bi-polar diagnosis, and the importance of civil rights and marriage equality. This miraculous journey is threaded together by a tapestry of amazing friends who helped Patrick find his way back to happiness, where he continues putting his hand out to other in search of their own sparkle. The author hopes that by sharing his experience and strength with readers, they will find hope. He believes everyone deserves to sparkle. Let’s take this journey together so you can unpack yours. |
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TITLE: The Sparkle King
AUTHOR: Patrick A. Roland PUBLISHED: 26th March 2019 GENRE: Biography FORMATS: Paperback and eBook In 2014, Patrick lost his partner, Pack, suddenly and without warning. As he struggled to come to terms with this, he was faced with homophobic prejudice from his partner's family. In horrendous emotional pain and feeling desperately lonely and depressed, he started to use recreational drugs heavily and hit rock-bottom whilst on a trip to Las Vegas. After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and getting clean from drugs and alcohol, Patrick thought his fight was over. However, this was not the case. Life had many other obstacles in store for him but this time, he knew how to be strong and he knew he had God on his side for support. This inspiring and emotive true story shows how anyone can overcome the hurdles life presents them with, if they just have faith and focus on their inner strengths. |
CHILDREN'S FICTION
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TTLE: Whispers from the Past
AUTHOR: Alison Hurley PUBLISHED: 13th October 2016 GENRE: Children's fiction (ages 7+) FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Dean has just started secondary school and, apart from football, is finding it a bit of a bore. Somehow it's always his name that is on all of his teachers' lips, his name on the report card and his mother who seems to be on first name terms with the Head of Year. Lessons are 'boring' and never manage to maintain his concentration. The only joy he has is meeting with his mates and playing in the school team. Despatched to his grandparents' house with no phone and no tablet, Dean is bored senseless until something quite inexplicable happens and causes him to question his entire history. |
CHRISTIAN FICTION
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TITLE: Where is the Mind?
AUTHOR: Rex Holdren PUBLISHED: 4th July 2016 GENRE: Christian Fiction FORMATS: Paperback and eBook I know at some point you have thought to yourself "I need some time to myself or I wish everyone would just leave me alone". Come with me on that journey, and experience what happens when that wish comes true. Imagine, you wake up one morning and discover you are alone, the last person on the planet, or so you think. Could you put yourself in that position and survive? How long would it take before you start hearing voices, seeing images, or pretending the family of mannequins is real? How do you plan for each day? Each season? How long can you last and how do you plan for your final days? When is alone too much to take? Step inside the Last Man Alive's shoes and take a 10 year journey by yourself. |
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TITLE: Where is the Soul?
AUTHOR: Rex Holdren PUBLISHED: 11th July 2018 GENRE: Christian Fiction FORMATS: Paperback and eBook How would you like to take a trip through the universe, with God as your tour guide? Where is the Soul? takes you back to school, as you travel throughout the universe. Become the student, be graded on the importance of Universal Balance. Step inside the traveler’s soul and see if you can pass the test. Ask yourself, “What if I found myself having to make the ultimate decision between life and death, when it involves someone’s life other than my own?” Step inside the living shell of a tortured mind and see if you have what it takes to escape with your sanity intact. If you suddenly found yourself in a place with no pain, no sickness, no death, and the God given ability to do whatever you chose to do, could you walk away from paradise? Do you have what it takes to walk through the Valley of Hell and turn away from the gates of Heaven for the sake of others? And what if you finally returned from the spiritual world? Would you be able to use what you experienced to help others? Could you spread God’s message and deal with the doubters? Where is the Soul? offers you the opportunity to look inside the soul of not just yourself, but others. It is part-dream, part-reality, with a blending of the physical and spiritual. If you truly believe that through God, all things are possible, then Where is the Soul? will take your mind (or should I say, your soul) on the journey of a lifetime, while you experience the “afterlife”. |
FANTASY
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TITLE: It Is The Demon In Me
SERIES TITLE: The Deanna Series (Book 1) AUTHOR: Kate Trinity PUBLISHED: 27th March 2015 GENRE: YA Fantasy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Born a witch, Deanna knew she had powers but not the extent of them. Her parents and their coven bound her to keep her safe from the demons that wanted to find her. But as her powers grew, the bindings weakened and they were found. |
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TITLE: Sheriff of the Eternal Law
SERIES TITLE: The Deanna Series (Book 2) AUTHOR: Kate Trinity PUBLISHED: 27th November 2015 GENRE: YA Fantasy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Sheriff of the Eternal Law is about a witch with powers greater than she ever expected, who must now decide her path. Will she accept her destiny, take on the role offered to her, or try to live a normal life? It's a lot to take in for a girl who was having trouble deciding which college to attend. But when her friends’ troubles become hers, she realises destiny has a funny way of getting what it wants. New allies, new friends, and a new job mean she has a lot on her plate. How much harder can it really get? Deanna's gifts are going to drop her in a whole heap of trouble, but they might just help her get out of it too. |
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TITLE: Jane World
AUTHOR: M.D.R. Gregg PUBLISHED: 9th June 2015 GENRE: Fantasy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Jane is a young woman on an adventure through a distant, magical world. Follow her and her friends on their travels as they help out those in need and fight off the unexpected. Jane World is an enchanting, endearing and compelling compilation of short stories that will leave you constantly wanting more. |
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TITLE: Feeerie Stories
AUTHOR: M.D.R. Gregg PUBLISHED: 9th September 2018 GENRE: Fantasy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Mard was on a field with his students, hoping to discover more about the forest. However, there was more to this field trip than merely teaching his students what was already known. Walking inside the night of the streets, something lurked in the cracks. These ‘strains’ were growing and Mard felt the obligation to gather more information, learn more stories from the past. He knew the shadows were coming. From those, it was only a matter of time before more shadows would form. Delight felt like she was waiting for something; something she felt trained for. When she saw him and smelled his scent, she wondered if it was about to begin. As she focused on the possibility of finding a hero, she discovered her own ability to move beyond the drama of the frozen history she had not been told. Discovering what she was told could not prepare her for what she wasn’t. As they investigate this, they find her muted history reveals the world they belong to is a solution to war. If a battle were to come, only someone who understood what had never been directly said, would be able to find any answers to peace. She thought a hero was needed for the survival of her kind, but was there more to preventing the secrets taking over? They must take the shadows on directly, to find the story. |
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TITLE: Echoes Catalyst
AUTHOR: M. J. Deskovic PUBLISHED: 15th September 2017 GENRE: YA Fantasy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook We are all monsters, demons who have fallen from grace. Our faces drag amongst the soil as we inhale the bitterness of this world. There is no end to our sorrow as the gnashing of teeth plays on. We are the fear that fills your veins, we are the darkness, we are inescapable. Every family has its secrets, darkness that remains buried deep within the family tree. It feeds off of your fears, temptations and those silent thoughts that plague your mind. Nothing of life grows from it, for its only footprint is destruction and decay. It echoes through time until someone, somewhere decides to take a stand. |
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TITLE: The Chronicles of Crallick
AUTHOR: Brad C. Baker PUBLISHED: 15th November 2017 GENRE: Fantasy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook The Chronicles of Crallick, the first book in The Spirit of Amathrain series, tells the story of Crallick Oakentree, a man with a checkered past that finds himself widowed in a cruel jest of fate. As a result, Crallick becomes a failed farmer, a single father, and an alcoholic. One day, after awaking from one of his many drunken stupors, Crallick finds his daughter has been kidnapped and his favourite drinking hole has been set ablaze. Leaving the serene beauty of his home in Gladeholme, he travels across beautiful countryside and over a wide ocean full of danger, before tackling the seedy ports of a pirate-ridden archipelago. Still though, the kidnappers remain one step ahead of him and his accompanying friends. Crallick is intent on one thing: rescuing his daughter. Failing that, he wants to inflict his revenge upon those that do her harm. But after ten years of drinking and aging, does he still have what it takes? Follow his Chronicles and find out. |
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TITLE: Wanda's Dirge
AUTHOR: Brad C. Baker PUBLISHED: 20th August 2019 GENRE: Fantasy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook After rescuing his daughter from a group of dangerous zealots who were in possession of a powerful book, the Malefecorum, Crallick and his men think that their battles are now over. However, on returning from their mission, they learn that the Bannathyrran Queens wish to see them. It soon becomes apparent that the zealots were not the only people seeking the Malefecorum and the power it contains. They wish Crallick, a former Knight-ranger, to come out of retirement and take on one last mission, aiding a former enemy King. Crallick reluctantly agrees. A decision he may yet learn to regret. |
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TITLE: The Damned Society: Smoke and Mirrors
AUTHOR: L. J. Elliot PUBLISHED: 10th November 2020 GENRE: Fantasy FORMAT: Paperback and eBook Lexia Luccen is a seventeen-year-old girl with a fiery power that is slowly destroying the last fragments of her sanity. Having lost her abusive father, Lexia is left scarred from the way he treated her and by the grief of his death. When she accidentally uses her ability to create a devastating explosion that takes many lives, she is moved from her life of solitude into the hectic youth facility that is Lucida. Lucida is no ordinary youth facility. It is a secretly run technological agency for supernatural wayward youth, set up to teach them how to control their abilities after they have caused disturbances in society. These youths think that once they have been reformed, they will be freed. However, the truth is a very different story. Lies, love, and more death await Lexia at Lucida, and she soon realizes that this facility is not quite what it seems. Now she knows she must make a choice: does she finally give up to the darkness that slowly consumes her like her father did, or does she follow the firestorm that runs through her veins and for once in her life, battle for something? Time is running out. Lexia needs to make her decision fast, before Lucida makes it for her. |
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TITLE: The Famous Flower of Serving Men
AUTHOR: Rachel McDonough PUBLISHED: 12th November 2019 GENRE: Mythology / Fantasy / Romance FORMAT: Paperback and eBook Just hours after giving birth, Lady Helen of Wallingford is convinced that her daughter, Elinor, has been replaced. Certain that the child is a changeling brought upon her by a Romani caravan travelling through their lands, she casts her aside, leaving her to be raised by her chambermaid. From a young age, Elinor finds that she has the ability to transform into a white deer at will. After her father dies in a tragic accident, Lady Helen suspects foul play. Meanwhile, when the Romani return to Wallingford, Elinor comes to realize that she is not the only one touched by magic. King Andrew wakes to find a strange young man asleep in his stables. Taking the boy, William, on as a serving man, the king finds himself bewitched and an illicit romance blossoms. Blinded by desire, King Andrew does not see that William is not what he seems. William has been witness to unimaginable horrors, turning to deception to avoid facing the reality of his past. But he can only go on hiding for so long before he is forced to seek vengeance. |
DYSTOPIAN
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TITLE: Players
AUTHOR: Bridget Nash PUBLISHED: 11th October 2015 GENRE: Dystopian Science Fiction FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Ryan Scribe is eighteen and has it made. He lacks nothing and doesn't even know anyone who lacks anything. Then he hears a beautiful actress say, “Truth is often stranger than perception,” and he begins to look at his world with new eyes. All it takes is one wrong question and he is swiftly banished from the only home he's ever known. Forced to join a band of traveling players, stage actors who look like they could have stepped straight out of Elizabethan England, Ryan begins to question his life, his country and everyone around him. Can he really trust a group of actors? Will his questions land him in even more danger? |
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TITLE: Necropolis
AUTHOR:: Bethan Evans PUBLISHED: 9th February 2021 GENRE: Dystopian, Young Adult FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Wyn is a sixteen-year-old who has been brought up in the care of the Sisters, members of the religious community called The Old Collection. Between their lifestyle and the oppressions of society—which is trying to regain control through segmenting cities, bringing in a gender divide and restricting freedom—Wyn is desperate for adventure and excitement. Approaching the end of her education, Wyn is looking at her options, and the lack of opportunities fuels Wyn’s desire. After years of watching the soldiers in the city’s army training base, she decides that this is where her excitement could be and, with some persuasion, Wyn decides that somehow she needs to sign up. To do this she must deceive them all and prove herself in training; a lot of hard work ensues as she prepares to go undercover as a cadet in The Southern Company. Once in the Company, the hard work doesn’t stop. Wyn must work hard to maintain her cover whilst also trying to prove herself and create allies along the way. However, when new organisations get involved, the pressure and challenges faced by the cadets only increases, and things get more complicated. Can Wyn achieve her goal and prove societal oppression wrong, or will she crumble under the pressure? |
HORROR
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TITLE: Squat
AUTHOR: Leesa Wallace PUBLISHED: 4th September 2014 GENRE: YA Horror FORMAT: Paperback and eBook Nat and Spud are young and in love. One slight drawback; they are homeless. They spend their days eking out an existence on the cold, uncompromising streets of London. All they want is a roof over their heads. So they go looking for the perfect squat. One that will offer them some much needed respite. However, they get a lot more than they bargained for when they find an old, abandoned psychiatric hospital and use it as their squat. Is it the spirits of the inmates that roam the creepy old mental hospital, or a more human nemesis that threatens their very existence? |
PARANORMAL
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TITLE: The Inn
AUTHOR: D.R. Mather PUBLISHED: 29th November 2017 GENRE: Paranormal FORMAT: Paperback and eBook The Inn is a supernatural thriller in the style of King, Koontz and Barker. The Stranger uses his supernatural abilities to exact justice on criminals, low-lives and sickos. His journey brings him to a mysterious inn, where he must gain help and support from the residents for one final grand fight against supernatural evil. It’s a case of kill or be killed. Who will be the last man standing when last orders are called in The Inn? |
POETRY
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TITLE: Whisperings and Wonderings
AUTHOR: Lynn Gerrard PUBLISHED: 8th December 2017 GENRE: Poetry FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Whispers and Wonderings is the third in a series of four books of poetry for Wallace Publishing by St. Helens born writer and spoken word performer, Lynn Gerrard. The Grumblings of a Gargoyle can be found at thegrumblinggargoyle.co.uk |
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TITLE: Darkness and Decadence - The Grumblings and Gargoyles
AUTHOR: Lynn Gerrard PUBLISHED: 19th May 2015 GENRE: Poetry FORMATS: paperback and eBook Lynn Gerrard presents her first collection of poems, Darkness and Decadence - the Grumblings of a Gargoyle. Taking you on a trip through the dark and the humorous sides of reality and fantasy alike, this book makes an excellent read for poetry and dark humour fans. Inspiring, unique, and insightful - Lynn Gerrard perfectly captures the darkness that lurks in our society and peppers it with humour along the way. The gargoyle has grumbled and it is definitely well worth listening to what it has to say |
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TITLE: Musings and Mischief - The Grumblings of a Gargoyle
AUTHOR: Lynn Gerrard PUBLISHED: 11th February 2016 GENRE: poetry FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Lynn Gerrard presents her first collection of poems, Darkness and Decadence - the Grumblings of a Gargoyle. Taking you on a trip through the dark and the humorous sides of reality and fantasy alike, this book makes an excellent read for poetry and dark humour fans. Inspiring, unique, and insightful - Lynn Gerrard perfectly captures the darkness that lurks in our society and peppers it with humour along the way. The gargoyle has grumbled and it is definitely well worth listening to what it has to say! |
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TITLE: Taking Steps
AUTHOR: Helen Sims PUBLISHED: 19th May 2016 GENRE: Poetry FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Taking Steps is an entertaining and inspiring collection of poems, short stories and articles by the incredibly talented Helen Sims. |
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TITLE: Nobody, Nothing, Nowhere
AUTHOR: Neeta Parmar PUBLISHED: 15th November 2018 GENRE: Poetry FORMATS: eBook Neeta Parmar's unique collection of inspirational thoughts and poems will help you find and keep tranquillity in your life. |
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TITLE: Hitting the Black Wall
AUTHOR: Paul Scott-Bates PUBLISHED: 15th June 2016 GENRE: Poetry FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Hitting the Black Wall is a dark and thought-provoking collection of poems, inspired by Paul’s battle with depression and often written at the more sombre times in his life. Despite this, the book still provides light relief in places and often proves inspirational. |
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TITLE: The Way Back Home
AUTHOR: Elle Smith PUBLISHED: 24th November 2017 GENRE: Poetry FORMATS: Paperback and eBook In this collection of riveting poems, poet and artist Elle Smith takes one’s heart, mind and soul on a strong woman’s transformational journey in poetic form. With her rhythmic lines and undeniable literary talent, she invites the reader into a vibrant world of self-reflection, courage and expansion. Ultimately, Elle Smith utilizes profound symbolism and impeccable alliterative language to bridge the gap between one’s inner world and what lies outside of themselves, inspiring them to delve deep to experience life afresh. Through life’s many disappointments and difficult moments, this award-winning poet teaches the reader the importance of facing ones fears head on as opposed to sitting at the sidelines, for this is the only true way to be freed of that self-made cocoon and become a fearless butterfly. |
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TITLE: Dark Woods
AUTHOR: Leesa Wallace PUBLISHED: 31st July 2013 GENRE: Poetry FORMATS: eBook Leesa Wallace presents her first collection of poems, Dark Woods. A dark trip into the Woods and the corners of your mind that everyone often takes. It takes someone as deep, complex and thoughtful as Ms Wallace to give these things voice and understanding. This is the perfect book to make you think, to inspire, console, and give a voice to every facet of our deepest and most complex human emotions. It is deep and dark, very dark in places. But so is life. Dark Woods still has a great heart and is light and humorous in all the right places, with some wonderful thought provoking images. |
ROMANCE AND WOMEN'S FICTION
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TITLE: I Know You, Don't I?
AUTHOR: Bethany Askew PUBLISHED: 6th October 2020 GENRE: Women's Fiction FORMATS: Paperback and eBook When Carly Spurway is mistaken for old school friend Caroline Westminster, she has the chance to re-invent her life. As the lines between fantasy and reality become blurred, the web of deceit Carly weaves around herself for protection threatens instead to trap her. But what has happened in her past to make Carly want to escape? And is Caroline’s life as perfect as Carly thinks it is? This story explores how well we really know the people we have relationships with; the different versions of the truth we tell ourselves and others; and the impact of the past on the present. |
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TITLE: Follow Me Home
AUTHOR: Jen Benjamin PUBLISHED: 25th March 2015 GENRE: Romantic Comedy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook When writer Katie Kendall moves to LA to turn her best-selling novel into a film, she is pretty sure it should be the happiest time of her life. But with an unsupportive husband who suddenly files for divorce, the paparazzi assuming she's having a fling with the leading actor, and her friends left miles away in her old hometown, she begins to think she's made a big mistake. Can her new crowd of friends help her through these times? And could those paparazzi snappers have a point about that leading actor...? This witty romantic comedic debut novel by Jen Benjamin is a tour de force that will have you coming home to it again and again |
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TITLE: Quick, Fast and in a Surrey
AUTHOR: Jen Benjamin PUBLISHED 28th September 2017 GENRE: Romantic Comedy / Contemporary Women's FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Annie Gallagher is a modern woman. She has a home, a career and a great sense of fashion. She also has some very historic notions. As a museum curator for a small-town museum in Oklahoma, Annie can't help but get wrapped up in the past. She's sure fate has a hand in the story of her life and nobody will convince her otherwise. When a handsome historian named Zake comes to town, Annie is sure theirs is a love that's meant to be. But things keep getting in the way. Will tornados, vandals, cowboys and even Annie herself ruin her own epic love story? Quick, Fast and in a Surrey is a fast-paced romantic comedy with a quirky heroine who is forced to realize that she's been looking at the world with rose-coloured glasses. Twists and turns and handsome men abound in this sweet story that's sure to make you laugh out loud. |
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TITLE: Snap, Cackle and Pop
AUTHOR: Carol Kearney PUBLISHED: 25th April 2016 GENRE: Comedy FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Snap, Cackle and Pop introduces us to Cathy, a 54-year-old woman who has everything her heart desires. A big house, a new car and a husband who adores her. But what does Cathy do when the life she knows and loves is destroyed in eight minutes? Thrown into turmoil, Cathy has no choice but to go back home to live with her elderly parents, Stan and Joan. There she finds herself back in her old bedroom with the poster of Donny Osmond still tacked to the wall and a glitter ball still hanging from the ceiling. Warm, funny and compelling, Snap, Cackle and Pop is about surviving whatever life throws at you. Even when your own mother’s advice is “Cheer up Cathy. The worst is yet to come”…. |
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TITLE: The Draughtsman Damsel
AUTHOR: Emily Klein PUBLISHED: 9th March 2018 GENRE: Historical Romance FORMATS: Paperback and eBook When Annabelle's father, the closest counsellor and architect to the Duke at Calais, is called back to the English court, his ten-year-old daughter Annabelle is torn from her home and from her best friend, the Duke's youngest son, Thomas, whom she swears she will one day wed. Though forlorn and homesick, Annabelle grows up to be a sensitive, precocious damsel. She loves mathematics and drawing, but her aversion to the 'female arts' causes her to use her girlish trickery to avoid them. This risks her eligibility as a bride, and compromises others. When her family's connection to the Duke diminishes, and the Duke's mental health falters, her parents are at their wits end about procuring a love match for her. Especially as all their efforts amount to naught, because of Annabelle's anxiety. They are then torn with conflicting loyalties between the king, and the desperate, mad duke who now calls them back. Perhaps here lies the solution for their wayward daughter? Pride, politics, madness, and falling unwittingly and unwillingly in love complicate matters to the point of disaster. The Draughtsman Damsel is a compelling story of long-lasting love and age-transcending friendship. It is well-seasoned with politics and science, castles and knights, maidens and romance, and is set in medieval England and France. |
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TITLE: A Good Knight's Kiss
Author: Emily Klein PUBLISHED: 12th July 2019 GENRE: Historical Romance FORMATS: Paperback and eBook A Good Knight's Kiss is a romantic coming-of-age story. John's uncanny cleverness and insight, and his red hair, cause his stepmother to fear him, thinking him a devilish daemon. He sets off, much to his chagrin, to start his new life as page, squire, and then knight to his uncle-by-marriage. As often happens, he falls in love. But it is with his lord's daughter, no less. John is sensitive, astute and fiery, and his conflicting loyalties and desires are what drive him onwards. When he's faced with a choice between heeding his father’s decree for a simple life, and his oath to his brother on one hand, and the love of his life on the other, how will he choose? Simplicity or love, honour or happiness? |
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TITLE: Arabella
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Blake Thomas PUBLISHED: 24th August 2017 Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Arabella is a thirty-year-old mother of one who is happily married until she makes the grim discovery that her husband has been seeing another woman. Aware that Christmas is just around the corner and that they are not likely to spend another one together, she decides to keep her knowledge a secret, to ensure that their daughter has the best Christmas ever. The only way she can get through it though, is to make sure her husband thinks he's going insane. Set in rural England and Los Angeles, Arabella goes on a physical and metaphorical journey of revenge which eventually results in her finding herself. From the snowy local village at Christmas time to the palm trees of Hollywood a year later, Arabella proves to be heart-warming comedy about mother who will do anything to protect her child whilst trying to keep her head above water in a newfound world as a single mother. Think Bridget Jones on speed! |
SCIENCE FICTION
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TITLE: Subliminal 2: Messiah
AUTHOR: C. B.Barrie PUBLISHED: 2nd November GENRE: Science Fiction FORMAT: Paperback and eBook It is 2058, only a short time after the death of Elliot Mason, the man who made and then destroyed the extreme right wing British National Union's grip on British politics. Elliot Mason was always convinced that his use of modulated Subliminal Imprinting (SI) was at the root of what made the election of the British National Union in 2025 possible, and led to what became known as the ‘Fascist Interval’. But many subsequent scientific investigations indicated that SI was wholly ineffective, and could never have played a part in any apparent successful application of SI. And yet, many of the prominent scientists involved in disproving the application of the so-called Delta modulated SI still have worries; that regardless of a lack of proof that Delta SI had the effect expected, there were still anomalous psychological outcomes from the investigations. When one of them persuades the government to give yet another dispensation to allow further research, it is in order to establish a way of negating the effect of SI. Permission is given to attempt to counter the chance of an effective use of SI, at risk of being found by foreign research teams pursuing the same interest. However, as the new research programme starts, one of the research team, a devout Christian, harbours a grudge against his old church, its elders and its congregation. His church had created a deliberate antipathy towards him after a theological question had been answered by him in a deeply unorthodox way. When, after some time, he stumbles on the method of making modulated SI highly effective, he decides not to disclose it until, as a punishment, he imprints his old church congregation with the notion that he is blessed and of divine standing. Unfortunately his approach is deeply flawed and he comes to be viewed as the new Messiah; the result being a countrywide religious uprising that disrupts life and moves the nation towards civil war. There is only one remedy – give the ‘Messiah men’ what they want. But even that proves disastrous. |
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TITLE: Transient state
AUTHOR: M.D.R. Gregg PUBLISHED: 9th December 2014 GENRE: Science Fiction FORMAT: Paperback and eBook When Nipeyaire and Kypruss are abandoned by their parents in order to save their lives, their young minds send them on an adventure that proves fatal for the world they know. Now, stranded on a distant planet with a prophesised curse looming over them, they find themselves incompatible with the natives and contemptuous of each other. But did their home planet really get destroyed as they believe? And will they ever find love and happiness in their long, immortal lives? |
SHORT STORIES AND COMPILATIONS
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TITLE: Caboodle and the Whole Kit
AUTHOR: Kevin Cooper PUBLISHED: 26th October 2016 GENRE: Short Stories FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Caboodle is filled with relaxing episodes of life, family, love & romance, faith, and even the odd, inadvertent run-ins with some quite unsavory characters. The wonderful collection of short stories, poetry, and songs has been grouped together to bring a variety of tales that are mostly based upon true events, people can easily relate to. The whole kit is designed to ignite a mixture of emotions to bring smile, laughter, and moisture to the eyes. There is something for everyone in Caboodle. |
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TITLE: We Need to Talk About the Conditions of My Imprisonment
AUTHOR: Michelle Tan PUBLISHED: 21st April 2018 GENRE: Humour, Short Stories, Parenting FORMATS: Paperback and eBook We Need to Talk About the Conditions of my Imprisonment ...and other funny parenting stories is a funny, quirky and original collection of short stories revolving around the less-than-favorable aspects of parenting. If you've ever found yourself eating chocolate in the bathroom while hiding from your children, tearing your hair out as your bundle of sweetness and joy decorates the living room wall with their dinner for the umpteenth time, or pacing the floor, Zombie-like, as they cry the house down at three in the morning for reasons only they understand, then this is the book for you! Compiled by Michelle Tan and containing contributions from some of the most popular writers from the parenting community, this book promises to be the humorous antithesis to all those 'How To Be A Perfect Mother' books out there. |
THILLER
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TITLE: Squealer
AUTHOR: Christopher Calcara PUBLISHED: 26th February 2021 GENRE: Thriller FORMATS: Paperback and eBook With tongue-in-cheek and dark overtones, Squealer examines the life of an impressionable Midwestern Catholic Italian choirboy who grows into a mob-worthy assassin in order to avenge high school nemeses from his past. As ‘Pete Casanova’ takes us on a journey through the heart-land, his early ethnic and religious experiences expose the motivations for his deadly actions. We come to realize why, for him, it’s never too late to seek revenge. Squealer addresses topics of physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse inflicted on students by their teachers and religious authorities. It deals with the difficult subjects of homophobia, prejudice and bullying, but with wit … and suspense! |
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TITLE: Decoherence
AUHOR: Chris Kirkham PUBLISHED: 7th April 2020 GENRE: Crime Thriller FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Murder most foul, passions running amok, an unreliable narrator, an unabashedly frank heroine, a dog, and vats of red wine This is combined with meditations on life, death and the meaning of it all. Oh, and a beginner's guide to quantum physics! What's not to like? Transport yourself into a state of decoherence and enter the world of Sirius Peabody, full-time theoretical physicist and part-time sleuth as he attempts to unravel the underlying meaning of this quantum mystery. |
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TITLE Catwalk
AUTHOR: Paul Drewitt PUBLISHED: 9th April 2020 GENRE: Thriller FORMATS: Paperback and eBook Enter the world of international fashion and become immersed in a journey of intrigue, suspense, desire and blackmail. Experience the grandeur of Sarah's journey, as she grows from a shy lawyer to catwalk model on the big screen, fully emancipated and ready to set the world on fire. In the heat of the day, Sarah dreams of glitz and glamour, desiring to be more than what she has become. Before this occurs, she must battle her inner demons, a blackmail attempt and become a leader among others, strutting the catwalks of the world as a lead model in the most glamorous fashion shows on earth. Follow Sarah’s journey from old to new, from lawyer to model, and from girl to woman. An example that anything is possible and that anyone can change. An adventure where dreams come true, if one can only see new possibilities, and above all… to believe. |
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TITLE: On The Devil's Side of Heaven
AUTHOR: Roger Peppercorn PUBLISHED: 9th January 2018 GENRE: Crime Thriller FORMATS: Paperback and eBook With the drop of a judge’s gavel, Walt Walker has finally lost everything. The badge and gun he used to carry and the moral certainty of right and wrong, good and evil that used to keep him grounded. Now Walt, sans gun, gets his badges from an Army Navy store. He spends his days in South Florida, working for a boutique insurance firm as their investigator. He spends his nights in dive bars, trying to forget the mess he has made of his life. Ronald Jacobs always preferred the title Human Resource Manger to Hitman. But now that he's retired, he can concentrate on living in the shadows as a respectable gentlemen farmer. Far from the reach and pull of his past life. Their transgressions are behind them but a chance encounter and a failed assassination attempt sets the two of them on a collision course of violence and retribution. Hunted by contract killers, the law, and corporate bag men, they are pursued across the unforgiving adobes and the sweeping vistas of the Mesa Valley in Western Colorado. Survival means putting their past in front of them and their differences aside, because in this world the only thing that matters is to cast not others on the devil’s side of heaven, lest you be cast in with them. |
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TITLE: A Fool's Circle
AUTHOR: Suzanne Seddon PUBLISHED: 17th March 2019 GENRE: Crime Thriller FORMATS:Paperback and eBook Kate Sanders has suffered many years of physical and mental abuse at the hands of her abusive husband Alan, and convinces herself that she is only holding the family together for the sake of her eight-year-old daughter. If it wasn’t for her best friend Jill Reynolds, she would have taken the suicide option a long time ago. As she desperately seeks a way to escape, she is contacted by a solicitor. Kate’s old aunt has died and she has been left a small fortune. For the first time, she sees the light at the end of the tunnel. She dreams of a fresh start, a new home, a new life. What Kate doesn’t know is that Jill and Alan have their own secrets, and are both desperate to get their hands on her money. Kate soon finds herself falling for the charms of Jonathon Jacobs in what she believes to be fate finally intervening and offering her a second chance, unaware that each move he makes has been directed, orchestrated and well-rehearsed as he begs her to leave her husband, Alan. But is it all too late, as she finds herself in the frame for murder? |
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TITLE: Southpaw
AUTHOR: Dennis Sweeney PUBLISHED: 10th October 2019 GENRE: Biography FORMATS: Paperback and eBook There seemed to be a huge gaping hole inside of me. I wanted some answers but didn’t know where to look. I felt like there was a huge world-wide conspiracy afoot to keep me in a state of utter confusion, making me so numb that I had no choice but to give up and let the experts get on with it. What a wonderful thing democracy is. You can say what you want as long as you do as you’re told. It all seemed so superficial, so inadequate. Where would it all lead? Lying in some hospital bed in thirty years’ time, dying of some ‘disease of civilization’; up to my neck in debt, alcoholism, depression, loneliness and insanity. There had to be more to life than this. I am talking about liberation here. Freedom from the bondage of self. Freedom from our blinkered, prejudiced, opinionated thoughts. If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got. The more stoned I got, the more abstract yet somehow meaningful it all became. We were one and the same. I was he. He was me. That bald little Chinese monk on TV was beckoning me to follow the path, the way of the warrior, the way of the Grasshopper. The monk was right; change was the natural way of the universe. Things were not always as they appeared to be. Please Note: This book contains out of date stereotypes and adult themes. Although these are key to the characters and plot, reader discretion is advised. |