When you're thinking of what presents to buy this Christmas, remember that a book is a gift that keeps on giving.
Today's Christmas Wish List is for non fiction books. Take a look below at these books by Writers and Authors community members for some inspiration.
When you're thinking of what presents to buy this Christmas, remember that a book is a gift that keeps on giving.
Today's Christmas Wish List is books for teens and tweens. Take a look below at these books by Writers and Authors community members for some inspiration.
When you're thinking of what presents to buy this Christmas, remember that a book is a gift that keeps on giving.
Today's Christmas Wish List for Mystery, Suspense, and Thrillers books. Take a look below at these books by Writers and Authors community members for some inspiration.
Christmas is fast approaching and holiday shopping has begun. When you're thinking of what presents to buy, remember that a book is a gift that keeps on giving.
Today's Christmas Wish List is for children's books so if you have a little one to buy for this season, take a look below at these books by Writers and Authors community members for some inspiration.
Want to throw yourself into the holiday season this year? Get in the festive mood this these Christmas reads:
Trying hard to stay awake, on Christmas Eve, a little girl begins to wonder what Santa might bring her--- and just how he gets all around the world to deliver all of those present in one night? Maybe it's not always reindeer. Wouldn't it be cool if he used a rocket, an airplane, or even skis sometimes? Or maybe he gets there different ways each year? While she's waiting to see what Santa puts under the tree for Christmas morning, she starts to dream of how he will cross the miles.....
Freelance journalist, Olanma Obinze, just landed the interview of a lifetime. She didn’t like the commercialism of Christmas, so the trip to Dubai was the perfect destination and it was happening at the perfect time. She’d get to escape the Christmas hoopla; and the big paycheck once the article was sold would ensure she didn't have to go crawling back to her father for money.
Abayomi Rice was in charge of scheduling interviews for his grandfather, but would only grant Olanma's request if she accepted his ultimatum—a trip half way across the world to Cape Town, South Africa.
Olanma wasn’t falling for the charm of a recovering playboy and a rich one at that. But with her plans going up in smoke before her eyes, Olanma must decide whether to give in to the ultimatum or leave empty handed. Who said it was the season to be merry?
Unwrap the gifts of tradition from cultures around the globe in this illustrated Christmastime storybook as Daniel discovers what the true meaning of Christmas is all about! Ideal for ages 6-8, children will be drawn to the read aloud-friendly format and the brightly colored, brushstroke illustrations. Teachers, parents, grandparents, librarians, and catechists will find this book an entertainingly educational way to illuminate the faith which celebrates the birth of Jesus in many ways.
Secret Santa Squirrels is a delightful look at the answer to "Just How does Santa deliver 60,000 presents a second,In 31 hours, without going completely around the bend?" The answer? "Well the answer is magic reindeer poo and Santa's little squirrel friends too!"
Marge Wilson was a happily married woman. She was madly in love with her husband Ted, and they had been blessed with two children, daughter Chris and son Sam. But as happy as Marge and Ted were together, they had a seemingly unsolvable relationship problem with daughter Chris, a maverick of a girl growing up if there ever was one. She was now a young adult who was promiscuous and not ashamed of it. She caused her parents many embarrassing moments, never caring what they thought about her lifestyle. On the other hand, Sam was a bright young man who was forging ahead with a bright future in the technical world of computers. It was a foggy and rainy night that triggered an event that changed all their lives forever. They suffered a family tragedy that dramatically brought a whole new perspective to each of their lives. Perhaps it was this event that helped start a change for the better with Chris’ lifestyle, or perhaps it was a traumatic health issue that eventually received her attention, or perhaps it was mostly due to the influence of her great friend. This story takes the reader on a bumpy ride of tragedy, trauma, romance, and intrigue in a foreign country, before the unexpected ending takes you where you weren’t expecting to go. The story will keep you spellbound to the very end.
If your ex lover and best friend was accused of killing your boyfriend would you stand up for him? Would your friends stand by you? Passion Killer by Yvonne McEvaddy is a story of how unrequited love, jealousy and obsession become dangerous, turning passion to murder. It revolves around a group of friends in a small town in Ireland. Sylvia arrives home one evening to find her boyfriend, Rick, in a pool of blood. In the course of their investigation, Detectives Barbara Molloy and Mick Naughton question the group of friends and uncover a web of deception. A party the night before the murder left many fingerprints at the scene of the crime. In the tangle of love triangles there are plenty of motives to choose from and few alibis, casting the net of suspicion wide.
As the story unfolds, the friends discover secrets and lies that test their relationships to the point of breaking. In order to cast suspicion away from one of their best friends, Alex, the group start to suspect a myriad of acquaintances. Will they succeed in finding out who killed Rick before Alex is put away for something he didn't do? Or will they find out that Alex isn't who they thought he was?
Author Bio:
Yvonne McEvaddy
Yvonne McEvaddy lives and works in Headford, co. Galway, Ireland. She is the author of two novels, Passion Killer, available on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk and smashwords.com, and Shadows of the Dead, coming soon.
She is currently working on her third novel, Thief of Hearts. Yvonne has been longlisted in the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition.She has been dabbling in the written word since early childhood, having decided at the age of 5, when she read her first Enid Blyton book, that she wanted to be a writer. Her summer holidays were often spent writing adventures in the remaining pages of her school copybooks. When not writing she was daydreaming about her books being available in her local bookstores, a dream which has recently come true.
She was first published under her maiden name, Yvonne Gaughan, at the age of 17 when she won a Western Health Board competition to have her essay published in 100 Natural Highs.Also as Yvonne Gaughan, in college she was a member of the Mystic Poets Society and had two poems published in their collaboration, Mystic Spirits.
Yvonne McEvaddy is a member of the Javawriters' group, who are currently working on a collaboration of their work. She took part in the first ever short story compiled by tweets, along with well known crime writers Val McDermid, Mark Billingham and Martyn Waites. The story is entitled First Stop: Revenge and can be found at https://twitter.com/eastcoaststory.
Book title: Dark Innocence: Book One of the Star-Seer’s Prophecy
Author: Rahima Warren
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0981627838
Purchasing links:
www.Amazon.com
www.starseersprophecy.com
Book blurb:
What if a slave who knows only pain and evil is the only one who can restore the Sacred Balance of the mortal and divine realms? Kyr has never even dared to think of disobeying Dauthaz, his vicious, all-powerful Master called the Soul-Drinker, yet the Star-Seer’s Prophecy foretells that he is the only one who can end the Soul-Drinker’s horrific reign. Hunted by his vengeful slave-brother, Gauday, and guided by the Warrior Mage, Rajani, Kyr begins a journey beyond anything he has ever known, painfully discovering new truths of human kindness and divine forgiveness.
Ultimately, his frozen heart melts and he finds himself in love with Jolanya—only to learn that his beloved is forbidden to him by her vows as a Priestess of the Banished Goddess, Zhovanya.
Author Bio
Rahima Warren
Rahima, born 12/16/1946, has been reading fantasy and science fiction since she learned to read, thanks to her father, who left F&SF magazines lying around the house. Her favorite authors include Ursula LeGuin, Charles De Lint, Sheri S. Tepper, Carol Berg, C.J. Cherryh and Patricia McKillip.
In 1999, she wrote a short story in her journal, just to get an inner fantasy character named Kyr to quit bothering her. Instead, he took over her life and demanded that she write his full story. She had to keep writing to find out what happened to him.
After three exciting years of ignoring the laundry and staying up late to write, she finally reached the conclusion of Kyr’s story.
Now knowing what the story was about, she began reshaping and revising the trilogy-length story, titled The Star-Seer’s Prophecy. To learn the craft of fiction-writing, she studied many books about fiction-writing, and hired an editor. Together they worked through a third draft of the trilogy. Then she applied all she had learned to revising and polishing Dark Innocence*, the first book of the trilogy.
After many revisions, critiques by readers, and a final edit by her publisher, Dark Innocence, was published by Rose Press on Sept. 21, 2011. This is her first published work, aside from a few poems and essays in very small journals.
Jennifer and Justin Barnes have been raised by their older brother Jacob since they were teenagers…little did Jacob know, he was raising a third personality as well.
The Barnes have been through it all. The loss of their parents in a car crash, rape, and incarceration. But nothing could prepare them for what they are about to deal with.
When Jacob decides to run for mayor of Springwood, Ohio someone else decides to haunt him and his family, using his younger sister’s alter personality as leverage in their game.
After Jen’s mental disorder is made public, the first of many shocking revelations are made, including who her biological father really is. She is ordered into custody in the mental health wing of Springwood Memorial as a case is built against her for the murder of Davis Cauley, a former local news anchor.
Jacob gets his sister released in time for the holidays, only for another murder to occur. The body of Brenda Sowers, Davis Cauley’s sister is found in Mercy Park, the same area where her brother was found—in a storage shed, with hedge clippers in his back, and Jen across from him with no memory of what happened.
More incriminating evidence links Jen to Brenda’s murder, as Black Friday looms. The big weekend draws Jacob to the mall, where he’s in for another surprise. A photo of his brother sent to his phone reveals another huge secret, involving all of Springwood.
As the Barnes recover from what has been a very turbulent Fall, other secrets are lurking and waiting to be revealed as a family faces a trial of issues to come.
Author Bio:
Jennifer Brown
Jennifer Brown lives in Springfield Ohio, and has written since third grade. She was taught to read at an early age and fell in love with books, mainly mysteries. Her love of books grew, and in the summer before she started high school she wrote her longest story, halfway filling an old school notebook. In high school she started to enter writing contests, and in her junior and senior years joined the Herald staff becoming entertainment editor over her high school newspaper.
After graduating, with a few writing contest awards under her belt she attended college a year later, and was urged by her English instructor to join the college paper. She did, writing a few reviews of restaraunts and movies, as well as writing a review of her first Alanis Morissette concert. A few years later she was asked to take the position of entertainment editor.
At 36, Jennifer has written several stories and has many more in store for readers. When she is not writing she likes reading, working on computer graphics, editing photos, listening to music, and brainstorming for new ideas!
Since getting attacked by a vampire, I didn’t believe in beginnings. Only endings. Every person born to this world comes with an expiration date, but I had never considered mine. At least not until I met John. Now the end was all I ever thought about. I woke up every morning wondering if that day would be my last. Venom pulsed in my veins and seeped into my bones, infecting all my vital organs and changing me from the inside out. Slowly killing me. But I’d welcome death in the end, if only because the alternative was even more frightening.
Popular girl Blake Ehlert has it all: a prime spot on the cheerleading squad, a jock boyfriend who’s strong and sensitive, and the winning vote for Homecoming Queen two years in a row. But when she strikes up a conversation with loner John Kelly, her entire world starts to crumble. John Kelly is a vampire—what’s known to his kind as a Compeller. It’s his job to recruit human Donors with a particular blood type. And Blake is his next target.
Author Bio:
Melissa Luznicky Garrett
Melissa Luznicky Garrett is an author of adult and young adult novels. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, three children, and numerous animals. Melissa is currently hard at work on her next project.
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