Unfinished Manuscript
Former Housewives of Wine Country star Iris Griffin finds herself inescapably linked to her killer husband who's on death row. When she meets her biggest fan, prison nurse Pearl, they discover they both need a way out of their oppressive marriages...even if it involves murder.
A mailman battles through floods, mechanical animals, and a jewel thief to save dozens of missing kids.
Truth mingled with fiction my novel (potential script) is a series of moving images entwined in the written word. It's his and hers, back and forth. The synopsis given has evolved. The woman on the cliff is the same woman vs he (Jakob) left on the beach...I have not worked out who will die for her...
"Dating your way to the one” is a candid account of what to expect from your very first crush to walking down the aisle, sharing the raw emotions and challenges we can all face when we begin to date. Through sharing experiences, the book highlights key lessons we should all try to hold onto.
In an apparently cosy fishing community peace is shattered and nothing is quite as it seems when within days of each other a popular fisherman is attacked and left for dead, and the body of a girl bearing a gangland tattoo washes up on the beach.
Unprecedented is either a short story or part of my novel, which tells the story of Wendy and how her business was excluded from all government support packages. Sadly this resulted in her taking an overdose following. 37 other Excluded business owners took their lives due to government decisions.
Josna Pandi is a constable on her first murder case. She is British Indian, independently wealthy, intellectually gifted, wilful, judgmental, and competitive. She attracts prejudice and reproach from colleagues but learns charity and compassion whilst uncovering who weaponised a Le Creuset saucepan.
This is the story of a young boy growing up in the family home living with an uncle that molests him. The grandmother knew about the abuse but did nothing to stop it. The uncle eventually goes to prison for the same type of crime. Throughout his childhood, he is told that he apparently has “female”...
Rebecca discovers that she can see the energy in all things, but when a dark energy force threatens to take over, Rebecca must join the Energy Keepers and find her inner strength to restore balance to the land she loves.
My story is set in the modern day but about the timeless topic of love. The harsh education Wendy received from her family, schooling and first love, and how the words of others impacted her decision-making as a single woman left her with little self-esteem when it came to finding a husband.
Frederick West, an easterner, skillfully blends into frontier towns. He and his partner are outlaws, stealing from the rich then sharing the wealth. Their thefts blur the boundaries between villains and heroes, leaving them with a tough decision - protecting themselves or helping the less fortunate.
Remember those stories you were told when you were young you knew just couldn't be true? The Museum of Myth keeps things like that. But now there's a mythical serial killer to deal with, and they're going to need some help. Step forward Nic McCloud. Probationary Trainee Curator. And bait, bless her.
Nathan Barshak was hurtling towards oblivion, until his long lost Bubbie Sadie - lifelong pill addict and hustler - blew into his life. She showed him how to grab life by the tail. He gave her a reason to finally stay clean.
Tagged with killing a Spanish Viceroy and the heist of King Philip’s doubloons, Captain Connachan learns of an imminent Spanish invasion of her base on Isla Tortuga. She’s compelled to marshal precious resources and rally detested rival pyrates, including her archenemy, to defend their rebel island...
In 1943, near Brussels, a Belgian businessman is found dead inside his locked office. When suspicion is cast on a well-connected German officer, Captain Josef Nehring is assigned to look into the death. Without experience in crime investigation, he must lead the inquiry into an impossible crime.
In the world of Zellan, A man by the name of Theodore Drakos, a world-renowned scientist makes a life-altering mistake in his laboratory, accidentally killing himself in the process, on the day the king paid him a visit no less, at least everyone believed he was dead that is.
Sukee Davidson is working with AI entities as a protector to create a safe place for their growth and life... or are the AI entities protecting Sukee. They are enamored by the powerful energy she emits, different from their source of power, stimulating new ideas, processes and inventions.
Destined to become Queen of the Fairies, fate has decreed Faylinn needs to create her magical Kingdom with the help of her Prince, Hipponian, but unrelentingly, The Slayer has her in his sights until the final battle reveals the true Queen of the Fairies.
‘AMARIS’ is an Artistic Research novel that illustrates my method of reflective fictional autobiography as a means for achieving self realisation. Ultimately I investigated what would it do to my consciousness and sense of self if I lived purely for the sake of story?
A book of two parts. Part 1 - Wendy takes us on imaginary conversations with her recently deceased Mum, which led her to take an overdose during the Pandemic. Part 2 - Wendy, homeless and broken relocates to Somerset to find peace and learn to live well amongst the Level Lands of Somerset.
Siachi Ravenwood is the nexus of a power struggle between wealthy, powerful people – from present Earth and alternate Terra – seeking to use or kill her. Standing with her are close friends, a mate, his family and the surprise of two families tied to her by blood through mother and father.
1906. Krakow's society loves gossip. When mysterious Rozalia gets poisoned, Bibi and her aunt investigate over teacups. But to discover which of Rozalia’s secrets costed her her life, Bibi needs courage to look behind the city’s prim façade. What will happen when she gets too close to the killer?
The 4 parts are anti-war, -authoritarianism, and -organized religion. Helen, widely blamed for the war, is given a chance to speak in Part 1. Wrath, about Achilles, is a love story. Ajax's story is a murder mystery. The last story presents Penelope's version, bringing many characters together.
Two struggling curators are tasked with tidying up the library of a gastronomical club in South London. They soon realise that there is much more to this quirky little organisation than meets the eye. They embark on a journey to rural Australia, where they must solve a tragic tale of love and loss.
Pepper Malone and her friend, Braxton Rosen, become embroiled in the politics surrounding cities choosing their security company to be their law enforcement organization. But she has responsibilities to the Skin Slippers who are heart family and partners in their new venture.
After more than a decade underground, the community in Daroway is failing, deepening long-standing divisions between the Upper and Lower Circles. As new threats emerge, loyalties shift and old secrets come to light – who will have what it takes to survive?
Adventure awaits a small little girl from New Orleans that takes her not only back in time, but across the ocean to Greece. She learns about another family and Greece. Sometimes dreams do come true.
Retired detective Ron Jackson is haunted by his failure six years ago, during the biggest case of his career, to find eight kidnapped children. Hoping for a second chance that never comes, his life is spiraling down into alcoholism, until one child unexpectedly reappears with a story to tell. His...
Kenzie wants to be famous and she doesn't care what or who stands in her way, not her neighbour Marjory and especially not icky bugs and insects. But one night she has a dream that changes everything and when Kenzie wakes up she is determined to right all her wrongs and to help other children do the...
Villager, Mercenary, General, Queen. Queen Brunhilde was once a fisherman's daughter whose idyllic life was shattered by war. Found buried beneath the ruins of her family's cottage by a band of mercenaries, she loses everything including her memories. So begins the story of her rise to greatness.
After four of Kenni Glazier's friends are murdered by a corrupt cop and his cohorts, to protect her closest friends, Kenni Glazier runs. She finds love and safety in a territory controlled by a powerful shifter and his teams of special operators.
A nurse in her late 20s struggles to balance her mediumship abilities with the need to hide her gift. When she can finally live a life free of hiding, she meets the male lead who has some similar wounds. Together, the two will find healing through shared experiences, commitment, and community.
Left behind when Hiro Nagawa, along with Eli Redstone and his teams, were recalled to the Clans' Council, Kenzie Walker continued forward. Life turns the corner into weird and life threatening with the appearance of Royal Dragons and their court, using Kenzie as a portal.
A young woman must find inner strength to care for herself and others, and redefine what family means. She faces adversity and a new world as she loses those that care for her, and ultimately must decide whether she can depend on herself rather than family. Based on the true story of my grandmother.
Afraid she may be to blame for her baby sister's death 19 years ago, a young woman takes an experimental drug to retrieve her suppressed memories. But can childhood memories be trusted?
While driving home after a birthday party gig, a down on her luck fairy impersonator hits and probably kills an old man. But where is the body?
A patient 's, myself, account, of being struck down with Crohn's Disease, Pericarditis and a Chronic Pain disorder. A fifteen year long journey, from hospital bound teenager, through near-death and recovery, to an adult believing in the power of hope and living well despite all physical afflictions.
Who would kill a town? Four Way Stop is a small town on a dirt track in California. It appears to be stuck in the 50s. And that's true because it's stealing people from its future to investigate who killed it and why. For Dwight and then Amber, there are other reasons to be interested in the town.
The introverted keeper of an ancient buried city hires a gruff hunter and his young apprentice to recover a rare metal able to grant the spark of life, which will safeguard her home and its forbidden secrets.
‘Without Noor’ is a story about a girl whose world is turned upside down by the sudden death of her brilliant and beautiful older sister. Six years later, she discovers her sister secretly married and had a daughter and must decide whether to tell the family and risk scandal or gain her legacy.
Jem Hart - she knows - has worked for too long as a hitman's lure. Dragging his targets into the open. Now she wants out, but not everyone's happy. Not least: the police, the company, and her latest mark's brother. DCI Mary McClure just wants to catch the killer. Even if only to shake their hand.
I am currently completing a memoir, Broken Ornaments, consisting of a series of personal essays, each in the form of braided writing, that I began the year I worked with a therapist on writers' block and became a stepparent: it tracks the complexity of and interconnection of those two parallel...
Mine is the story of the slave Temujin, (Iron man / Blacksmith). You know me as Genghis Khan. My dynasty conquered over 11 million contiguous square miles of land between the Pacific Ocean in the east, to the shores of the Persian Gulf in the west. The world still remembers my name.
Is it in the interests of Big Pharma to cure cancer? What if a researcher stumbles across a drug which renders all other anti-cancer money spinners redundant? Charlie's father dies in a lab incident. Charlie has no proof he was murdered, but the person he suspects is now an eminent professor.
All the disgraced Chief Operating Officer of Universe Winner wants is to be left alone. But when his ex-lover and arch-enemy conspire to kidnap his family, he has to face the wreckage of his life.
Bek Usmonov's father rips him away from everything he loves. At 10yo he dreams of breaking away from the norm. He wants to fight. He wants to win. MMA takes him to Thailand, China then Australia when Covid19 hits, changing everything. The dream gets bigger; fighting in the USA becomes a reality.
Raised by strict Presbyterians, wringing a living from the ends of the earth, Grace has a core of pure granite. She has paid a high price for her freedom, and it is not until she faces a devastatingly difficult choice that she realises how much she will sacrifice to survive, and what her roots mean.
An empathetic boy who can’t carry a tune and is hurting after his father’s death creates lyrics to music to make other people happy.
Fleeing to the outer fringes of society in a blinding desperation for freedom, Seeking New Identities follows me and my little daughter as we enter the “underground," a world of identities changing as frequently as the tide waters of the Pacific Northwest, where I find predators lurking in the...
For years Kemal has watched his father crying, alone, in front of a photograph of a woman that is not his mother. When Kemal finally confronts him, Baba reacts violently and forces him into a corner where Kemal makes a choice that ends up changing his life forever.
The Girl in the Yellow Dress examines the power of love and nature as it heals a former soldier. A failed marriage and PTSD lead him to work on a Northern upland sheep farm run by the widow of a dead ex-colleague. Their happiness is threatened by an Afghan war crime inquiry which implicates him and...
Melanie discovers she is trapped in a marriage to a fascist revolutionary who promises every day to murder her and their daughter Chloe. Her only way out is to pretend to be Madam Commander. And count on her best friend to be Chloe's Other Mother.
A Seer with a recipe for quince jam needs the Queen of France to protect his gastronomic society from inquisitors seeking to rid alchemy, heresy, and the hidden library of the Guild of Ultra Tasters. The Courtiers of Catherine fear a recipe for disaster when the seer predicts the death of a royal.
Bellamy, a fairy raised by dwarfs, spent his life without a flicker of romance that he loved from tales he knew by heart. A toiling lad with no charming princess in sight, not until he receives a letter from an admirer. Are they who they say they are, or are his hopes nothing more than fantasy?
Lucia’s boyfriend died while they were having sex. Afterward she gave up romance, relationship and sex. Yet, three years later, she finds herself, begrudgingly, standing in front of 21 men on a famous reality dating show, hoping she can play the game and go home, alone, without killing anyone else.
A troubled soldier finds his way back to joy with the help of a free-spirited young woman, but soon discovers that she has demons of her own.
In Nazi Germany, a housewife with psychotic illness risks being “euthanised” if she's admitted to an asylum. When she’s imprisoned, her only hope of survival is the Gestapo man who arrested her.
Brighton. Summer 1957. What possesses a kind but troubled man to kidnap a child a from a beach in broad daylight?
I am familiar with death. It surrounds me every day - my family owns a funeral service. Death didn't scare me until I almost died at 20 years-old following an appendectomy and a sepsis diagnosis. In the midst of this life-changing experience, I examine my own existence as malady possesses me.
Revolutions: from La Habana to Harlem—A Novel is a work of literary fiction that combines historical drama with a coming-of-age story. When a young AfroCuban girl departs La Habana in the 1960s after the Castro-led Revolution with the beloved grandmother she calls Mamá, she arrives in a bitterly...
It's 2020 & Mateo is on his death bed, due to the pandemic, Elena, his wife, can't be with him. The staff comes up with a creative solution so the New Mexican couple can have one last walk down memory lane. Mateo reminisces about his youth, over seventy-five years ago. Elena marvels at his courage.
Lori has been a hospice nurse for the last half of her career. Diagnosed with stage four cancer the tables have turned. The irony doesn't get past her as she reminisces about her life growing up in northern Utah as an outcast & misfit. After many divorces she explores the possibility she likes women
Having survived the American revolution, rebel Scot McGregor is castaway on an island near Alaska having had a run in with a Russian ship's captain. He is rescued by Captain Cook who is on his last voyage of discovery and Lachie sails with him to witness his death in Hawaii then continues exploring.
