Extract from Missing Boy – Michelle Kidd (published 3 May 3023 by Joffe Books) Tuesday 30 October 2018 5.30 p.m. He placed the chair in the centre of the room and smiled. The sight of it always gave him a fluttering sensation in the pit of his stomach — the sense of anticipation, the intoxicating sense of what was yet to come. The room was slightly bigger than the one back home. He’d boarded up the single window, telling his brother he needed the room to be dark for his photo

Lawyer Simon Banks - leaving the gym Simon Banks, the lawyer. What can I reveal about the dodgy Simon? Let me think... He's a lawyer with a questionable reputation but he manages to always stay on the right side of the law...just. How does he do that? Well, it's because he employs others to do his dirty work...with no 'come back' on him. In court, he has earned himself a reputation for being arrogant and extremely ruthless in his usual role of being on the prosecution team. A

IGLOO Grand Prize Winner of the Eyelands International Book Awards, 2023 A coming-of-age-adventure-romance for everyone YA and upwards Nirvana, aged sixteen, is on a surprise skiing holiday in the French Alps for Christmas with her family, including Mum, step-mum Dominique and little brother, Claude. Disliking school at home, she’s equally fed up with ski school. What she wants to see in the Alps are not the back of the child in front of her or a white out but mountains! So,

Firebound is the first book in the five book series – Fire Series: The Guardians. It is available to buy on Amazon. Book Blurb: Suddenly,...

Character: Latrice Burke from The 'Women of Willow Wood' Trilogy Latrice Burke: The Shadow Sister of Willow Wood Women There’s always one—the rebel, the risk-taker, the one who dances too close to the flame. For the Sisterhood of the Willow Wood, that sister is Latrice Burke. A long-standing member of the ancient and secretive society—born out of the deserts of New Mexico but rooted in something far older—Latrice has lived more lives than any mortal woman should. Whispers cla

The Artists Of Wildwood Canyon A Memoir By Lorlinda Osborne A Memento For My Soul Sisters Our Friendship is too Precious to Allow Time to Forget or Erase And to anyone who has dared to dream. Glossary of Characters Lauren: Main character – me. Husband, Brad. Jasmine: Folk singer/song writer, alien artist, and writer. Husband, Aaron. Heather: Jazz singer, artist and Tarot reader. Husband, Brooks. Dog, Mary Jane. Lizbeth: Illustrator and artist. Husband, Jon. Josie: Saxophone p

The cold March wind whirled the now-fallen oak leaves into vertical tunnels along the gutters in Enid, Oklahoma. Not yet spring and not winter either, March was always the coldest month. The young man hurried down the street, collar up against the wind, one hand in his pants pocket, the other holding onto his gray fedora to keep it from blowing off his head. Glancing up, he saw her waiting to cross at the light, her dark hair blowing in the wind. Her light tan coat seemed not

LOVE AND UNCERTAINTY   I’m not supposed to be here. I shouldn’t have come again today, but I just can’t help myself.   I watched her walk over the car park, giggling with a couple of friends. She spotted the car. Her parents had turned up to collect her from college. She said goodbye to her friends, got into the vehicle, and once the door closed, they drove away. She’s gone...yet again! I walk to a nearby park and take a seat in the cold, misty weather. I want to be alone wit

Chapter 4. Mental Plane Cognition Do you know that your Mental Plane’s cognitive decline can begin as early as your late 20s and early 30s? A University of Virginia study published in 2009 discovered “top performances in some of the tests were accomplished at the age of 22. A notable decline in certain measures of abstract reasoning, brain speed and in puzzle-solving became apparent at 27.” Considering the life expectancy age in the U.S. is about 78, that’s a lot of years to

Lidia looked up as her husband entered the house. “Marcus, what happened?” Then she saw the child in his arms. “Dear Creator! Is that—” Marcus nodded. “Seámus and Deirdre are dead. We arrived just in time to save Liam.” The toddler whimpered and clung to him, still in shock. “Mommy, Daddy?” The two turned as their seven-year-old son, Randolf, enter the room. Randolf’s eyes fell on the child. He looked confused. “The bugs killed his parents, Randolf,” Marcus explained. “Liam d