2024 Golden Writer Award
This dark comedy gives a bird's-eye view into the life of a graveyard caretaker (above ground) and the souls that dwell beneath the black earth. The squabbling departed interact, highlighting past grievances, while Peter (above ground) comes to terms with the death of his father.
What do you get when you cross the pressures of a deadline, a seductively creative mind, and two bottles of wine? A psychological merry-go-round, that’s what. Follow Arimé, and her loyal dog, Becky, in this humorous observation of mental collapse.
Once an introverted, law-abiding tailor, Heckie’s life turns upside down after a fetching woman hands him a mysterious package. Driven by territorial righteousness and a little bit of uncharacteristic greed, Heckie makes a choice that will change him forever.
Ensnared by betrayal, one man’s chilling rendezvous with his former spouse unravels a nightmarish odyssey culminating in a battle of dire consequences.
A London Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector feels compelled to accept an offer to head a new clandestine crime fighting initiative, working on the fringes of the law and sometimes beyond.
A portrait of the progress of World War II as experienced by a commando officer, a tank driver and a naval gunner; by their loved ones at home, fighting to survive the blackout, ration books, the blitz and the doodlebugs; and how their intertwined lives are dramatically affected by the war.
A terrifying nightmare sets off a series of attacks on Deena’s five senses, and her elderly aunt is responsible. Agatha has made a bargain with the Sensu, an evil entity that attacks a person's five senses one-by-one. It has promised Agatha health in return for one evil act—the killing of her niece...
Ninety-four-year-old doll maker Juniper Tandy's most prized possessions were her ten hand-crafted soft dolls. When Juniper passes the dolls are sent to a charity shoppe with no regard for Juniper's delicate handiwork. Will the dolls be separated for good, or will they find a new home...together?
A high wire queen jumps into an old war: a corporation is cutting old growth redwoods where Pomo Indians were massacred in 1856. She joins a Pomo reporter aloft in the trees. When corporate thugs put targets on their backs, world media swoop in. But no one sees the real enemy waiting in the wings.
A man imprisoned for murder escapes to hunt his mother’s killer and avenge her death.
A compassionate seminarian is sent to interview psychiatric patients, all of whom think they're Jesus, to discover the voice behind a viral Twitter account warning of the Vatican’s “false teachers”. The account is seen as a growing threat by Vatican conservatives, who are determined to silence it.
When Granny June brings six-year-old Juniper to a U-Pick flower farm, the child meets Bumble, a resident bee, and the two form a summer-long friendship. Wandering rows of colour, the two learn about each other and the value of caring for others. Includes audio of text and three songs.
When U.S. Marshall Kate Swift enters a trauma-recovery workshop, she never expects to be caught up in a fiery romance and a violent crime wave.
Meet our future selves, resisting globalised control. Enter the world of hologram consciences looking for independence and follow the tumultuous path our defectors must take to attain freedom in one of the few remaining free zones. Who can be trusted? Who is to be feared?
When a privileged Norse girl is kidnapped and enslaved by Saxons, she must use her wits both to escape and to secure her destiny as the Viking Queen of Dublin.
I transformed from an average high-school senior and slightly above-average swimmer into the youngest person ever to finish one of Earth's most dangerous long-distance swims.
When two teens, born 150 years apart, meet on the Civil War battlefield where one of them died, grief unites them. One lies in an unmarked grave. The other longs for a father who disappeared in a foreign war. Can these two lost souls help one another find home?
After book 1 introductions, we now expand and explore further day-to-day joys and predicaments of the clan and forest dwellers. Can the fairy children help a duckling who is terrified of water? Will they help their mouse friend find love? Includes audio of text and three songs.
When a genetic scientist is kidnapped through time to 1918, her mutated son is the only one who can rescue her before her captives use her science to change history.
Three young descendants of the Guild of Ultra Tasters navigate their ancient rules in a modern world, resulting in a series of tragedies and triumphs. They learn that their calamitous family history is never too far forgotten to stir the bitter broth of entitlement, power, and legitimacy.
Capt. Jake Rogers leads his crew on a daring mission to rescue his beloved’s father from the Nazis, but a shocking betrayal forces them to flee across occupied Europe with the SS, French gangsters, and a ruthless bounty hunter in hot pursuit.
Miriam, an ambitious young woman, longs to escape the confines of her small Caribbean island but as she faces the challenges of a dysfunctional home life, her own poor decisions, and personal tragedies, she wrestles with the belief that God is good.
Nash the Dash, inventor, poet, and loyal friend, is looking for a new community and is on an adventure to find one. He meets the Ó Murchú fairy clan and is adopted into their fold. With a knack for getting himself into pickles, Nash always finds creative ways to get out of them.
Never lose hope – a photo tells why. A Northern Irish schoolgirl turned pig farmer, a German prisoner-of-war, an adopted Belfast nurse, an Irish doctor, and a German spy, are thrown together in Australia. Stars of Hope is an intergenerational family saga appealing to book clubs.
Welcome to the Ó Murchú fairy clan, who live In Carabeg, where cooperation is the best rule of thumb. Cheer on the fairies as they search for alternatives for their new sister's missing wing. Nothing could go wrong, right? Includes audio of text and three songs.
Chartered by the Queen to eliminate a Spanish Viceroy, Captain Connachan’s unexpected attachment to the man leads her to violate the order. Imprisoned, they escape to a pirate-infested island. She’s forced to protect the Viceroy from pirates plotting against him. He’s her only ticket to freedom.
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.
June 1908. Cross-dressing Dolly Butler is striking out as a private investigator but is blind to the mysteries surrounding her lover, Caroline. As Dolly infiltrates the brutal world of a plumage factory, at home their servant is intent on destroying her employers' happiness and exposing the truth.
After discovering she was adopted under cloaked circumstances and having been subjected to extreme religious confines, seventeen-year-old Beatrice formulates a plan of escape while simultaneously discovering love and desire. Complicating matters, her biological mother shows up at a local event.
Victoria Bentwood is convinced that once again she, her daughter and granddaughter must investigate the hit and run death of her friend Cameron if they are to prove a connection to the similar killing of her husband Robert twenty years before. The second in the Brentwood Women Mystery Series.
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.
In a dream, a missing father tells his daughter he was saved by MerPeople after his plane went down off the North Carolina coast…and all evidence seems to point to it being the truth.
A pair of 19th Century resurrection men are commissioned by a famous anatomist to retrieve the body of a hermaphrodite. But the corpse holds secrets and there are some who will kill to keep them hidden.
An eventful story of an intrepid adoptee discovering her background and gaining strength for her future.
New Orleans plastic surgeon Joe Dean Swift’s sabbatical to the Far East goes horribly wrong when he’s mistaken for a messiah come to lead the tiny city-state of Chonda Za in rebellion against China. Nevertheless, Swift succumbs to the deadly charms of Arunima, self-proclaimed Deb Rani of Chonda Za.
In the heart of Long Island Sound, the Execution Rocks Lighthouse stands as a beacon of eerie tales and hidden truths. Stories of slavery, heroes, romance and betrayal are etched into the very stones of the lighthouse, blurring the lines of history. Beckoning all who seek the truth.
Madison is experimental, transgressive, and never turns away from love. Her drawings of an alien vessel have exposed a deep government cover-up. Her only hope is the lead agent who risks her career and heart, to help. Racing to save the planet, she holds the brush that will rewrite human history.
Midnight-Christmas Eve, 1920. On a small island off the west coast of Ireland, in the midst of a wild Atlantic storm, a husband attempts to find the local doctor for his wife, who has just delivered minuscule twins. Will the children survive? If so, what will their lives bring?
Wander back to a simpler but more secretive time, when Neala meets Imogen, and unspoken love unfolds over a lifetime. Will love win out for these two women, living in rural Ireland in times long past or will social constraints keep them apart?
While all contact with the living is forbidden, the only way this phantom can save his ghosts is by teaming up with someone with a heart. A story about ghosts but never a ghost story.
In the midst of BLM protests after a police shooting, Dallas detectives Sarah & Angel are thrust into the investigation of two midnight murders, while desperately clinging to the threads of their partnership that is threatening to unravel like a cheap sweater.
Hildy Brentwood, PR exec at Gulf State University, must discover who killed her friend faculty member Adrienne Harrington and student Bobby Jake before the university and the police shut down the investigation labeling Adrienne guilty of murder/suicide. First in the Brentwood Women Mystery Series.
A woefully undersized young giant is born to fulfill an ancient prophecy to become a mighty warrior who must win a war by not waging it.
To save the life of his son, a resurrection man and his partner must hunt for a cursed diamond, a task which will take them from the gentile drawing rooms of Regency London to the grim boneyards of Limehouse.
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.
Vice Admiral Sylvestre Villeneuve, prisoner of war after the battle of Trafalgar, must as a man of honour return to France to explain the disaster of Trafalgar to Napoleon, but circumstances force him to become a political shuttlecock between Britain and France.
Set on the Suffolk coast, The Blessed Decline of Wordsworth Miller tells the story of one man’s painfully funny journey to discover the value of a simple life.
Israel 1949. SIB officer, Ash Carter, is sent to collect an AWOL soldier who's handed himself in to Acre prison. However when Carter arrives, the solider has gone on the run again.
After Suzanne Morley goes missing during her morning run, a series of shocking portraits of her appear in the media, apparently created by her abductor. It's now up to disgraced Detective Nick Vargas to decipher the clues in the paintings in time to save Suzanne.
From harsh beginnings, a cunning and convincing con artist arises. In a moment of impulsivity, our heroine makes a life choice that leads down a dark and twisted path. Would you judge with compassion or scorn? Detectives versus Delilah: who will prevail?
A young girl challenges the ruthless and uncompromising leaders of her village and undertakes a quest which reveals a world beyond her village she does not know exists.
