It is the summer of 1976 in the Yorkshire Dales village of Fowlbeck. The boys are 12 years old and Michael has fallen out with his mum. Jack has decided to take his best friend out on an adventure to help him escape for a while. This excerpt is from Michael's point of view: CHAPTER SIX Michael followed Jack as they rode their Chopper bikes across the parched, rock hard fields toward The Beacon, thinking it would have been sweltering if it weren’t so gusty. He watched that

Teacher Carmen Munoz (also Guardian within the Secret Society of the Willow Wood Women) Carmen Muñoz Supporting Character — The Women of the Willow Wood Trilogy By day, Carmen Muñoz is a dedicated fifth-grade teacher at Mesa Luna Elementary in Albuquerque, known for her calm authority in the classroom and her unwavering advocacy for vulnerable students. After dark, however, she serves a far more clandestine calling: Guardian within the Secret Society of the Willow Wood Women,

IDEA FOR THE BOOK The Trouble with Empaths is book two of my new series. The main characters were in the first book and everyone loved them and thought they deserved their own book. Connor and Regan have known each other most of their lives, but one kiss creates an unexpected deep connection, and one giant secret proves they don't know each other as well as they thought. ********** EXCERPT Connor cringed as the noise from the party hit his senses, loud and booming in his head

Author Natalie Horner AUTHOR BIO Natalie Horner lives in South Yorkshire with her husband, son and a cat called, Puss. When she isn't day dreaming about her stories and characters, she's writing about them instead. She has lived in Barnsley all her life. Natalie loves reading, obviously! She also likes sports and has played soft ball and hard ball cricket for a while and was part of the team that won the South Yorkshire Championship. Natalie's 9 - 5 job is a project coordin

The Passenger The Pyro translates into normal space, right in the middle of an ion storm. A cascade of alarms start to reverberate throughout the ship. "Jesus, what the hell is this?" shouts Captain Nordstrom. His tactical officer yells, "Neutron armor charged captain." The sensor officer nervously screams, "I think I've found it." "Where about Mr. Sanders?" asks Captain Nordstrom. The sensor officer yelps, "It'll take us through the worst of this storm sir!" "Where about Mr.

ROCKY The True Story of a Dog Who Adopted Humans Nobody Else Wanted “Do you have someone you can call?” A man in scrubs stands before me, waiting for my answer. Just over his shoulder, I can see the emergency room door slightly ajar. Inside, the love of my life is struggling to breathe through an oxygen mask. I want to hope, but I feel that this might be where our story ends. This morning, I have to make a decision—alone, just like I have many times before—but this time is th

CROSSROADS - THE CLONES The Call Chapter 1 I got the call at 7 am. Not the best time to call me. I'm a night owl. Then again I have never meet a psychic that was a morning person. Me, I just can't seem to get to sleep before 2 am, so as you can imagine when the phone rang I was a little grumpy. The call wakes me up. Too bad, I was having a real adventure dream. The call is from this guy at some institute. They needed me to come in and try to read the mind of one of their dyin

'LOVE FLOATS' - EXCERPT I stretched to lift the first of the four kayaks we’d take out on the Bay this evening. It was the inaugural moonlight float for my company, Love’s Kayaking Floats, and Tours. My clients and fellow paddle enthusiasts were scheduled to be on-site within the next half hour. The full moon reflected off the mirrored surface of the bay. Despite the fog moving in, it promised to be a perfect night for a float. I pulled four life vests from the Amish-built sh

THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN EXCERPT The light is fading fast as afternoon smudges into evening. An inky bloom of rainclouds rolls in from the northern horizon. Ivor Martin glances through the studio window and rinses his brush at the sink. He’s stayed working longer than he intended to but, at his age, he figures he does not have time to waste. He has so few hours left and, suddenly, so much work to do, so much love and longing to pour and scrape and etch into his canvases. This wil

IDEA FOR THE BOOK The Trouble with Empaths is book two of my new series. The main characters were in the first book and everyone loved them and thought they deserved their own book. Connor and Regan have known each other most of their lives, but one kiss creates an unexpected deep connection, and one giant secret proves they don't know each other as well as they thought. ***** EXCERPT Connor cringed as the noise from the party hit his senses, loud and booming in his head. He