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Viola Stewart is a widowed optician with a penchant for detectiving. This Victorian Mystery series is set in a steampunk fantasy world and has a gaslamp flavour.Viola needs a holiday. But even at the beach… there are things afoot.

A collection of ten speculative fiction short stories. Dwarves, vampires, time travel, detectives, steampunk adventures or supernatural events - take your pick.With a Twist of the Nib is full of quick-read stories - reading times from under two minutes to under fifteen minutes per story.Perfect for commuting, waiting in line or when time is short.

Viola has returned for her last adventure – a grand tour of Europe. Will she finally let go of the past or will it haunt her forever? A chance meeting at the Carnivale di Venezia leads Viola to Paris and the worlds of Illusions and magic and intrigue.Seeing is believing… or is it? This...

Daemons, fairies, magic: it's all real! The Otherworld is bleeding through cracks into our world. And Adelaide is ground zero. Something is coming. Something dark - trading souls for passage. And only one person stands between The Dark and the fate of the world. Aunt Enid is just your average seventy-something...

Princesses are not exactly known for having a great sense of humour. Especially if they've been waiting patiently up in a tower for their knight in shining armour to rescue them ... only to find the result completely unacceptable.Knights are not exactly known for delicacy and tact. Especially...

"The Gauntlet" is a short story connected to the New York Times bestselling Cassandra Palmer and Dorina Basarab series of urban fantasy novels. It features Kit Marlowe in a supernatural thriller set in Elizabethan England. First published in the Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance 2, it is now being offered as a free ebook. The sequel is "The Queen's Witch."

Life as the gods and goddess was changing and a new religion was taking over. Magic was practiced by heretics and were considered devil worship. Temples fell into ruins and churches were built over the top of them. Christians took the known holidays and made them theirs. Samhain became Halloween,...

Edward Cranston a tough, no nonsense reporter for the New York Chronicle was murdered while investigating police corruption. Detective Michael Emmett Doherty, a twelve year veteran of the New York City Police Department was assigned the high profile case. As he delved deeper into the investigation,...

Take responsibility instead of blaming every Tom, Dick and Deity for your lot in life. This is a handy guide to taking a look at what’s really out there and what’s really in there (in you). You know that you are a creative being, or at least that’s what you’ve been told. Now just how...

Solitudes assumées est un receuil de quelques textes , une tentative pour laisser s'exprimer l'artiste que je voudrais être. M'ancrant dans l'abscence et l'être seul, j'y decris certains aspects de mes états d'âmes.

In 1927 Boston, Marie Tranton, vivacious and in love, thinks all handsome men are like Douglas Fairbanks. But once she becomes engaged, she sees a side of her fiancé she doesn’t like. She goes for a walk to think and wanders through the fog into a strange garden. In modern-day Boston, Rick...

John had given up on life when he lost his girlfriend and his job within days of each other. He decides to leap to his death from an old steel bridge in Oregon just as the autumn time change takes place. Fall back in the fall, that’s his plan. But instead of drowning, he falls back through time....

Based on a true story, this novel is a witty, zingy story of Dodi Hastings who impulsively one day leaves a violent husband, taking her three young daughters with her. She discovers cottage country in which to hide in. If you love to laugh, this book is for you. It pulses with wit and wily wisdom,...

This inspirational book from two-time Emmy Award–winning journalist Mara Schiavocampo takes you on her journey of weight loss—and helps you shed pounds and find peace, health, and happiness in the process. Like so many people, Mara Schiavocampo struggled with her weight for most of her...