VEIL OF THORNS
Chris Holmes
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Veil of Thorns: Jamie Breen is a determined young woman trying to keep her late father's landscaping business afloat. She and her love interest, Tony Rizzo, accidentally uncover a chain-bound coffin while excavating a hole for a swimming pool for wealthy widow, Deidra Westbrooke.
When the coffin is mysteriously opened, a centuries-old spirit hell-bent on seeking revenge is released. The disappearance of Rizzo, police investigations, a greedy lawyer, a suspected vampire, a possessed widow, a blood-drained corpse and the rumor of an ancient curse bring an unlikely group of alliances together to help Jamie. Forced to reveal their own buried secrets, the group learns they all have a desperate stake in defeating the evil overtaking their small rural town. This is the third full-length novel from Chris Holmes. She writes horror and urban fantasy stories that emphasize engaging characters and imaginative stories with romance and a touch of dark humor. Other books: Light A Candle, Chase the Devil Away, Vamped, The Turning and novella, Inky: Nice Neighborhood. Bad Cat. |
DEADLY KISS
Bob Bickford
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Deadly Kiss: During the summer of 1946, three children play a kissing game behind a general store in rural Georgia. Kids having fun until one innocent kiss leads to the brutal beating death of a ten-year-old boy. The hate crime spawns a series of murders, and a secret that is hidden for generations. Mike Latta follows the story back into the heat and humidity of a seventy-year-old Georgia summer, back to dirt roads, wooden bridges, and muddy-water fishing holes, back to a single kiss that has killed, and killed again. The kiss has slept for decades, but now it’s awake. Deadly Kiss is the story of loves that don’t stay lost and ghosts that just won’t sleep.
Bob Bickford is the author of eleven novels, including Caves in the Rain and A Song for Chloe, books one and three in The Hollow Lake Series. He has spent his life haunting various corners of the United States and Canada. bobbickfordauthor.com “...although he would have you believe he prefers toughing it out with devils in murky back alleys...Bob Bickford dances with angels.” —Joanna Kafarowski, author of The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame “...the past is closer than you think.” —Nyla Matuk, author of Strange |
CAVES IN THE RAIN
Bob Bickford
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Caves in the Rain: Mike Latta can't forgive himself for the death of his daughter. It was a freak accident, but fathers should protect little girls from the bad things that can hurt them. He didn't, and a descent into divorce and the bottle has gotten rid of every happy ending he ever hoped for. A year of solitude on an island in northern Hollow Lake, away from the booze and the reminders of grief, may be the last chance he has. There's more than peace and quiet on the lake though, because the ghosts of a long-ago murder haunt Echo Island. If Mike can't figure out what the ghosts want from him, it may cost another little girl her life.
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FORTY HOURS
Mike Farris
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Forty Hours: In the winter of 1965, a single-engine airplane with two people onboard crashes in a densely wooded area of Texas known as the Big Thicket. While the pilot, Gabe Rogers, is killed, his passenger, preacher Corky Farris, survives to find himself confronting a crisis of faith. Paralyzed from the waist down due to a broken back, Corky struggles to stay alive until he can be rescued. One problem – because they took off a day earlier than planned, nobody yet knows to be searching for them.
For the next forty hours, Corky confronts the decisions in his life that led him to this spot. Has he truly followed God’s will, or is this his punishment for disregarding it? Egging him on, and also challenging his faith, is the spirit (angel? ghost? hallucination?) of Gabe, the dead pilot, who guides him on this painful journey of self-discovery. Based on a true story. FORTY HOURS IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON
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DEAR GHOST
Bob Bickford
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Dear Ghost: Love letters, born from high school dances and stereoscopic slides of toddlerhood, Ferris wheels and suntan oil, the streets of Hollywood and Toronto, 1980s music, driving too fast, Hershey bars and bottles of Molson Golden ale, first real kisses and broken hearts. Our eleventh birthday parties, our first cars, our true loves, and our monsters.
Getting old. Falling in love. A dash of each, and all together. Letters to all of us, from all of us—the things we remember and the things we’ve lost. DEAR GHOST IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON
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LOVE, GHOST: LETTERS FROM SUNSET AND VINE
Bob Bickford
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Love, Ghost: Remember when you were little? Remember when there were monsters under your bed and unseen things lived in your closet? You heard them at night even if no one else did. Remember when everyone you loved—your mom and dad, your grandfather, the impossible crushwho sat across the class from you, your dog—was going to last forever and never die?
Remember birthdays? Remember when every Christmas was an eternity away, and every day was a perfect surprise when you walked out the front door? It was all beautiful and terrifying, in ways that it hasn't been for a long time. Remember magic? They told you true love can't last forever and monsters aren't real. You believed them and you based everything on it, so you let your world go black-and-white. Come back. Love letters to all of us, from all of us—the things we remember and the things we've lost. LOVE, GHOST IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON
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VAMPED: THE TURNING
Chris Holmes
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VAMPED: The Turning : An overprotective mom, a domineering father, and a childhood of being bullied by his classmates has produced twenty-five-year-old Tim Gardner. By day he languishes in a boring IT job and by night he submerges himself in comic books, video games and vampire movies to escape his loneliness and fuel his fantasies.
Tim longs to be a strong, virile ladies’ man, but the reflection staring back at him in his mirror does not fit his fantasy. Desperate to change his looks and his life, Tim stumbles into a world of underground vampire nightclubs, and on one fateful Saturday night, a pureblood vampiress who holds the power offers to transform Tim forever—IF he can prove himself worthy to receive her gift. Determined to do whatever it takes to achieve his transformation, Tim blindly throws himself into his quest to be changed forever.
The only problem with change is, it can be a good thing, or sometimes a bad thing.
And forever is a very long time.
Tim longs to be a strong, virile ladies’ man, but the reflection staring back at him in his mirror does not fit his fantasy. Desperate to change his looks and his life, Tim stumbles into a world of underground vampire nightclubs, and on one fateful Saturday night, a pureblood vampiress who holds the power offers to transform Tim forever—IF he can prove himself worthy to receive her gift. Determined to do whatever it takes to achieve his transformation, Tim blindly throws himself into his quest to be changed forever.
The only problem with change is, it can be a good thing, or sometimes a bad thing.
And forever is a very long time.
THE CODED SCRAP
Bob Boese
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THE CODED SCRAP: Two U.S. secret agents discover their own government has turned against them. Jena is a fearless daredevil, a clever operative who never shies from danger. Katerina is a powerful Croatian witch and assassin hardened in the crucible of conflict. A product of her magical origins, in her world, the value of life is simply a question of whose life is at stake.
Jena and Kat call themselves the Red Dahlias, known to the world only by their sensational heroic acts. The agents fight for their lives with fists and clubs, guns and magical incantations while trying to protect a courier with a coded message that could change the future of a foreign nation. The courier is a beautiful musician determined to live her life to the fullest despite the danger. The three women are pursued across Florida where they face daily challenges as death follows them. Can it possibly end well as the Dahlias constantly face natural and supernatural enemies? |
THE KNIFE
Veronica H. Hart
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SILVER MEDAL WINNER - 2018 FLORIDA BOOK AWARDS
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LIGHT A CANDLE
Chris Holmes
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LIGHT A CANDLE: After winning a horror writing contest, it doesn’t take Nick Teravelli long to recognize the evil in his eccentric agent, Victor Ruby, whose world-wide entertainment and promotions company has cornered the horror market.
Nick finds himself caught up in the frenzy of pop culture, wild parties, and crazy women. With each royalty check and book-signing, Nick slides deeper into a dark abyss that jeopardizes his family and friends, especially his love, Katy. In an effort to keep them from harm, he deliberately alienates himself from them.
As death and destruction stalk him, Nick decides the only way to break his bond with the devil is to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Nick finds himself caught up in the frenzy of pop culture, wild parties, and crazy women. With each royalty check and book-signing, Nick slides deeper into a dark abyss that jeopardizes his family and friends, especially his love, Katy. In an effort to keep them from harm, he deliberately alienates himself from them.
As death and destruction stalk him, Nick decides the only way to break his bond with the devil is to make the ultimate sacrifice.
A BLUEBERRY MOON FOR CORA
Bob Bickford
“Start this one early, or it will keep you up all night.” ~Tom Towslee, author of Chasing the Dead
“...gritty intrigue, desire, and sweet yearning.”~Joanna Kafarowski, author of The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame |
A BLUEBERRY MOON FOR CORA: Spring of 1963, Los Angeles: The Dodgers are opening another season in their brand-new park, the Beach Boys sing from open car windows, and tourists clog the beach at Santa Monica. Stop at a red light, and a movie star might cross the street in front of you. It all smells of hot dogs and smog and suntan oil.
There’s a darkening shadow over the fun. Women are being found asleep on the streets of Hollywood, and they never wake up. Morning after morning, the L.A Times headlines shout about the Sleeping Beauty murders, but the cops have no leads. A young girl named Corah Glass dreams about a monster, one she says is real. Only a boy named Bink believes her. Fifty years later the killer is awake, and bodies again litter the sidewalks of Hollywood. Reunited after lives spent apart, Bink and Corah are forced back to their eleventh summer and the childhood nightmares they shared. Believing in kid stuff—true love and monsters—might be the only thing that saves them. |