2025 Golden Writer Award
Charlie Stoker, consumed by his secret crime, becomes a WW2 commando officer, while dear stammering Bobby Bruce drives a tank in the desert and gentle Harry Bateson sails the ocean with the R.N. At home, lovers, wives and families defy the Nazi blitz as Charlie fights a war, seeking a kind of peace.
A sweeping story of love and war, laced with dark humour, based on the true account of an African serviceman who became a POW to the Japanese but was rescued by his boyhood friend and returned to his loved ones before America bombed Tokyo in WWII.
A planet on the brink of an apocalypse. E.T.—about to remove humans from Earth's equation. Six neurodivergent teens and a whale watching boat captain—friendship and wit. A power-mad, vengeful President, remnants of the CIA—armed to the teeth. Humanity was never closer to extinction.
Marcus Rush woke strapped to an autopsy table, laying on perforated, stainless-steel designed to handle body fluids. His. Body. Fluids. Falling in love had been a deadly distraction, and now the Arcana had only ten days to save Marcus or the consecration ritual would strip him of his powers and end...
When hope is gone and there is no one left to turn to, find Ruby Tuesday, a woman who has patiently waited fifteen years for her revenge.
On the run from the law an unfortunate accident lands Chrissy in the town of Tuoyawon. A town with seemingly no roads out. A town filled with the deja vu of the past. With every move made to escape Chrissy finds herself sinking deeper into the belief that she may be more guilty than she had eluded.
A woman defies tradition, war, and betrayal in her relentless quest to protect her family — but survival demands heartbreaking choices.
No Woman Left Behind is the story of how one woman leaves Madison Avenue to tackle the global maternal health crisis head on. Through vivid firsthand accounts of surgeons toiling in remote corners of Africa & Asia, we see inside the fight to restore hope to some of the world's most vulnerable women.
Brick hides painful secrets. While working together, Tish unveils them and so much more. Love, a dangerous conspiracy, a scientific anomaly, and a family broken by forced genetic mutation. In The Ghost’s Shadow is a gripping dark sci-fi packed with romance, betrayal, and reality-bending powers.
A magician walks into a cupboard and is never found… A cat-lover suspects her husband of murder… From noir and dark satire to spies and off-beat crime, the seven short stories in this compact, yet perfectly-formed, collection brim with excitement, invention and compassion.
Set on a remote Irish island, three sisters must overcome their differences and delusions to fulfill their mother’s last wish. Sisterhood, love and loss — The Waters and the Wild covers it all with support from poet W.B. Yeats, whose words remind us that not everything has a logical explanation.
CLEAVED is the story of a girl with mismatched legs who loses her whole family without anybody dying - and how she finds them.
What defines a human in a world that never anticipated an A.I. with a heart? Coded to be rational and obedient, A.I.s should be void of emotions. So when A.I. Morgan, develops feelings of love, grief and bitterness and escapes her cruel owners, she must fight for her life, her friends, her freedom.
An outcast teenager slowly uncovers his origins as a light being reincarnated from an ancient cosmic warrior. He must find a way to balance his earthly existence with his galactic duties as he realizes that light and darkness are constantly at war – not only in the universe but within himself.
At the dawn of civilization, the daughter of Sargon the Great and a high priestess confronted the intrigue of politics. Intimidated when alone, she faced down the king, not fearing the stakes—the event had its consequences. This is a gripping story about Enheduanna; her story is based on her words.
Inspired by the true life mystery of the missing 411, a selection of seemingly random people disappear in the National Parks across the USA. Finding themselves drawn into a dimension inhabited by horrific creatures, they must join forces to navigate this world and find a way back home.
Pitch Line: An angry young girl, traumatised by her mother's death during a hurricane, must rescue an innocent storm Monster and a magical Golden Locket to save her mother's love and the world's love from a cruel Hurricane Lord's fury, and learn the secrets of love, loss, and forgiveness.
Four paranormal investigators search for a missing friend, spooky sleuth Kevin Starkly, and stumble into a terrifying conspiracy involving the 1897 crash of a UFO in Aurora, Texas and the alien creature allegedly buried in the local cemetery. What price will the world pay for Starkly's curiosity?
In the continuation of the fast paced SciFi series the Elidorsan are faced with a new threat, this time from within. Deyka and Mora encounter a strange being in a stolen alien craft. They question the Idor and are shocked to see they are afraid. A new evil encroaches on the universes, an evil that...
Seven men, seven stories, one mountain... July 14, 1865: Seven men stand atop the Matterhorn, Switzerland's most famous peak. Led by Eng-lishman Edward Whymper, they have beaten a rival Italian party to attain the summit of 'The Impossi-ble Mountain'. Triumph turns to disaster on the descent when...
A later-in-life romance set in the magical Christmas markets of France, a French vineyard and chateau, Claire discovers a child she never knew her late husband fathered and finds the courage to confront her past, save the boy’s life, forgive, and love again.
It is 409 and the Roman Empire is collapsing. A spirited woman called Nehtan hides her enslaved status when a resentful young Patrician rescues her in Gaul. They start to fall in love on a dangerous journey. However, a violent soldier recognises Nehtan and will do anything to possess her.
What if Lolita told her own story? When a girl feels complicit in her own abuse, how does that thwart the adult woman? Uncompromising and sparing no one, What Was Lost propels the reader on a psychological tale of forgiveness and revenge, revealing how abuse reverberates through generations.
A transcendental love story spanning two lifetimes explores birth, death, reincarnation and spiritual completion through tantric deity yoga; a search for identity and reunion with the source; a mythical journey of transcendence through the archetypes of both Eastern and Western mystic traditions.
As Napoleon rises from the French Revolution’s ashes, one woman dares to spy against him. As allegiances shift, Geneviève must choose between love and duty, hope and despair. She sacrifices all to save her family and protect her community, but her actions could also hasten her husband’s demise.
Can one woman who lives on potatoes and with a very talkative, highly, perhaps overly intelligent dog save the world, or will we all drown in a deluge of jam sponges.
Oxford Professor Eddie Higgins, well-known for his disregard for modern fashion and appearances finds himself acting as scientific adviser to the attractive and vivacious owner of a cosmetics company with management problems linked to Far East Chinese and Russian gangs.
An old hermit witnesses a murder by a brutal serial killer. He takes it upon himself to hunt down and stop this sadist before more lives are lost.
Give a eulogy? For an unknown homeless man Ryan’s met once, after he was dead. Shipwreck, alias, murder, grief and regret fill the path to the church.
When Wendy and John purchase land for themselves and their horses. Little did they know that their neighbours had other ideas. Events take a terrifying turn and both Wendy and John find themselves battling with supernatural forces hell bent on destroying them.
Former CIA analyst Kate Preacher returns to Paris to investigate a terrorist attack—only to land in the crosshairs of a sniper who’s always one step ahead. As the conspiracy unravels, Kate is drawn into a plot far bigger than she imagined—and hunted by an enemy closer than she thinks.
In the last tense conclusion of the SciFi Series, the human child rescued by Duren, is growing up on Idor as an Elidorsan. Whilst Cultok and Merkan’s ship is drawn into an unknown universe. Sara has no knowledge of humans or her home world and Cultok is now living on Earth. Now all of the pathways...
A mage prodigy attempts to rescue a beloved woman from a beast while navigating the uncharted waters of his new marriage to a fellow young mage.
In "Lightning's Edge: Lost World Odyssey," embark on a journey where every step is a battle for survival, every encounter a test of trust, and every moment a fight against the odds. Will Ryan unlock the path back to his world, or will he remain forever lost in this strange and wondrous land?
When a Harvard cryptologist decodes an ancient scroll, she unleashes supernatural forces that threaten to tear apart the very foundations of reality—and she discovers that even the darkest works of evil can never overcome the light of hope or the power of love.
Cory Bradley, a well-loved trawler captain, is attacked and left for dead. Meantime his wife has disappeared. Then the body of a woman washes up on the beach and an unoccupied building shows signs of having recently been lived in. Suddenly, in quiet Scarsbury the apparently obvious just isn't.
A sweeping memoir of the author's journey from her youth in India to her life in America. Stories of her English style schooling are juxtaposed with the immigrant experience. Her reflections on identity, culture, and traditions reveal the secret chemistry of belonging in a global, everchanging world...
During an archaeological expedition, when the team learns the Adirondacks are filled with mystical creatures whose territory is threatened by illegal gold mining, the explorers, some of whom are guardians, join the fae in their battle to stop the trespassers and prevent future damage to their home.
When a prototype airship explodes at the docks, an idealistic young rigger becomes entangled in the bitter feud between his eccentric mentor and an egotistical rival and must uncover the saboteur to save the port and its people from further disaster.
Dakota Territory 1876: As the unsuspecting 7th Cavalry head towards their Armageddon at Little Bighorn, troubled Welshman Will James ponders desertion after coming to realise he is as much a fugitive as the Indians Custer's regiment are pursuing. But the one thing a man can never escape is himself..
The second book of The Engineer series follows David and JOE90 as they uncover terrifying secrets leading to the revelation that a conspiracy by members of The Company is at the heart of the supernatural events. They make shocking discoveries as they journey to find and rescue David in this fast...
Can two sisters achieve their dreams despite social norms and local and worldwide events that impact their lives in the early decades of the 1900s?
A young man, with a violent street gang past, thrust unexpectedly into a world of corporate Hi-Tech, backed by the government and the military, with a sinister and hidden agenda. The future direction of Artificial Intelligence and the world it will bring hangs in the balance.
When Stephanie drowns in the bath on her honeymoon, her estranged sister Lucy contacts the dating agency she was sure Stephanie had used. They deny any knowledge of bride or groom. Is MadeInHeaven doing more than matchmaking? Grieving and suspicious, Lucy determines to find out more.
As Paris descends into a vortex of suspicion and terror, Geneviève’s heart wages a war between loyalty and a forbidden desire that threatens to consume her. Hunted by Revolutionaries, she fights for her life, and the lives of those she’s come to love, and confronts the dangerous truth of her heart.
Sisu: The Power to Rise chronicles my journey from overcoming personal trauma to becoming an RCMP officer, only to face systemic harassment and betrayal within the force. This is a story of resilience, speaking out, and finding the courage to leave behind a career that once held so much promise.
When the Vietnam War thrust me into unwanted leadership, I had to surmount introversion and timidity.
The Long Way Home Hanna was a 15-year-old when her parents were taken by Nazis as she, her sister, and two older brothers hid in a hiding place under the kitchen table. When Hanna and her sister were taken to a Polish concentration camp, she and her sister worked sewing pieces of clothing of Jewish...
Arriving at his hometown, Seattle, FBI agent, Max Landry probes into the origin of drug-laced currency and discovers a link to a three-year old case at the Seattle Art Museum and ties to a suspected global drug trafficking operation.
After purchasing a mysterious Greek vase from a backstreet curio shop, a lonely housewife finds her dull routine upended as strange events unfold—whispers in the night, visions of a wasplike companion, and a force that seems determined to rewrite her destiny.
Betrayed and haunted by the fear of losing everything for herself and her people, Joliette Verzat faces impossible choices and dangerous enemies. She risks her life saving her forbidden lover, defies tradition, reclaims her legacy, confronts her own desires, and embraces the true meaning of family.
In this second instalment of the series Eye Of The Unicorn, the story of Remruc and Curmer continues. As the plot unfolds deep dark truths are discovered and universe changing decisions made.
“Seeing all humans removed because of an Event I rubber-stamped... How do you think that felt?” As if an alien Reset of Earth alone isn’t bad enough, Caila must select seven companions for a human restart. And, what lies hidden in her (pilfered) DNA could spell the end of humanity altogether.
Daisy Nicolazzi is an overweight fifteen-year-old girl whose parents’ own the local Italian bakery. She understands all too well what it’s like to be an outcast. Jett Fontenot is the ten-year-old boy who moves in next door and he has a secret—he sees letters and numbers in specific colors and he can...
In 1963, a young teenage girl must take risks, meet new people, and become independent when she moves from the suburbs to the big city after her parents’ divorce.
One broke student. One luxury condo. One shot to change everything. Jack Holden doesn’t have money—but he has hustle. When housing falls apart and his dad ends up in the hospital, Jack finds a high-stakes way to stay afloat... and maybe build an empire.
A bright Tanganyikan girl called Redemption finds unexpected humour on the tropical island of Zanzibar until revolution and the threat of conjugal slavery separate her from the man she has grown to love. A tale of betrayal, courage and salvation.
It is the story of Vinoda, a young and beautiful girl who dreams of becoming a prominent actress in the Indo-Greek kingdom of Menander. As she gains recognition from the royal family, her conscience is tested. She struggles with a deep secret, torn between love and loyalty.
This is the story of a girl who was born in wartime and grew up in postwar Germany, in the aftermath of the Nazi regime; a family on the run, with the added burden of a father lost at the front. Ignored in recorded history is the plight of the victims: the common man, woman, and child.
A determined mother. A loyal son. An unforgettable journey. From bustling Michigan to the rugged beauty of Manitoulin Island and the vast plains of Saskatchewan, they battle loss, betrayal, struggling for survival. The past won't let go. The future demands sacrifice. How will they build a new home?
Two reporters stumble upon the story of a lifetime. One problem, the CIA has targeted them. They must overcome a broken engagement and work together. They race around the world seeking answers. The search leads to the discovery that could change the world—only to learn that’s not the big story.
The Passion, is not your typical love story. It’s a journey through the depths of wild emotions, unexpected turns, and intense personal transformation. Blending fantasy with the raw edges of real life, this novel challenges our understanding of love, ambition, and the power of inner fire. It’s about...
The sea animals LOVE playing in their watery habitat, until the stranger appears … From ten searching pink squid to one lonely brown shark, readers explore an underwater world - all whilst learning to count backwards.
Gump-Gump, a young tummabump, is called Grump-Grump because he never wants to help his mummy, but soon learns that life is a whole let better after turning over a new leaf and becoming kind and considerate.
An outbreak of war with the Hittites is imminent. Queen Nefertari of Pharaoh Ramses II resolves to preserve peace with the help of a Hittite and a shaman. It is the story behind the first Peace Treaety between ancient power, a copy of which is displayed in the UN Headquarters in New York City.
A book of Vengeance, Hate, Avarice & Love. Where Love is, so is Hate, Kindness, Avarice exists. Every house has a story, Every Home has its secrets...
Most humans oblivious to extra-terrestrial life, Misha (15) is recruited by U.W.A.P. – interplanetary organisation assessing stewardship on developing planets. Misha uncovers a plot to grab world-power, and must choose: family, world-rulership for herself or freedom from dictatorship for everyone.
Runaway Jillian’s secret is a single moment of violence. Street-hardened Kell is hiding years of it. Only love can save them when the past comes for revenge.
Seascapers is an historical, nautically-based, queer romantic romp, with humour as well as an enduring theme: our need to challenge ourselves, and society’s norms, while we work out who we are, what we want in life, and what love means for us.
Determined archaeologist, Melody Thornton, has been burdened by debilitating visions since she was a young girl. Now a lecturer at a prestigious university, the visions have reached a new height and Melody knows she must find the swaddling clothes that once held the baby Jesus. With the help of...
This is the third in the Sci/Fi horror series. Our intrepid heroes are deep into the twisted conspiracy to destroy their civilisation. They journey beyond their wildest imagination, fighting to bring about a prediction made by an ancient being, face their worst fears and are forced to make heart...
Finding the Plot is a quirky, contemporary retelling of the Bhagavad Gita featuring obstacles, vegetables and a most unusual mentor...
To uncover a murder and save an innocent man from the gallows, a woman must become the very thing she fears to hunt—a killer in a soldier's uniform.
2058. As Earth’s population collapses, a secret research facility in the Canadian wilderness promises survival—but at a price. A mother must fight to save her indoctrinated son from an ultra-masculine, far-right regime before he commits an irreversible act that could redefine 'family' forever.
