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The Super Spud Trilogy

Has a specific Santa Claus chapter too...

Hi. Sheila here. Thank you (again) for the much appreciated opportunity. Please accept my nomination of Longevity (Longevity Law Enforcement) for the indie BotM.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/13500377-...
Available on Amazon.

In Longevity, a speculative fiction novel set in the relatively near future, kick-ass LLE rookie Livvy joins legendary detective Chris and his unique, neuro-enhanced dog Louie to investigate a trillionaire with especially heinous plans to circumvent the Longevity Laws. The real issue, as ever, remains the need for secrecy. Public outcry surrounding LLE crimes leads to civil unrest severe enough to threaten the collapse of civilization.

"This is excellent work - and I don't mean 'excellent for it's price bracket', I mean excellent in an absolute sense. The quality of the writing stands comparison with established authors. It does what a good book should; makes you forget you're reading and transports you to a world which is sharply defined in your imagination.

The exploration of the subtle consequences of longevity on society, and the character development of the main protagonists, is superbly done." - Paul Spooner, Amazon UK reviewer

YA Fantasy....

Walking in the Shadows
GENRE: YA Romance>Suspense

Seconds seem like a lifetime when the life you lived is slowly drained out of you by those who care not what you felt, hoped, or dreamed. When the darkness comes it is all-consuming; there is no light and there is no pain. It is the never-ending loss of hope that now consumes me as I die in his arms.

This is Abigail Martin’s nightmare. After her parents become the first victims of a serial killer obsessed with the vampire saga, "Crimson Reign," Abigail does the only thing that she thinks will save her from her parent’s fate–she becomes some one else. As Vera MacIntrye, she falls in love with the very handsome Tad Knightley, and then walks into her first day at her new school to see him standing at the front of the classroom. He’s every teenage girls fantasy, but as he writes “Mr. Knightley: AP British Literature” across the white board Vera realizes the one person who filled the gaping hole in her heart will soon rip it wide open again.

Vera struggles to adjust to being a ‘normal’ teenager with very adult responsibilities like paying the rent, buying groceries and making sure that lights stay on, while being drawn time and time again back to her off-limits teacher. What’s worse is he is drawn to her too, and their worlds refuse to stay apart when Tad finds Vera screaming in terror in the parking lot after the winter formal. The murderer has struck again and is getting closer to the next target–Vera. Tad will do whatever he can to save her, even if it means losing his dream job, but will it be enough when the murderer is closer than anyone ever thought?

I'd like to put "A Life Worth Dreaming About" up for January consideration.

Blubber Island
Long shot here

TROLL

At what point did humanity learn to fear each other? To hate? Paleo-Anthropologist Ariel Connor thinks she knows. She just can't prove it yet, but her newest find, high in a Norwegian Valley may give her the proof she needs. Those scary stories we've told our children to keep them from roaming too far outside the gleam of the porch light may have come from real incidents, many, many years ago. Recent theories about our earliest ancestors suggest that fear and racism may be "hard-wired". Troll reveals the story of how this occurred and why.



Amazon for Kindle & Print
Smashwords for all eBook formats

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Ahh... they all sound so good.

Dragon Fate is a heroic fantasy adventure in the classic tradition of the genre. Delno Okonan is a young former soldier eager to put the swords and strife of war behind him, when a chance encounter leaves him inextricably entwined in a tangled web of dragons, magic, and intrigue, as he struggles to find his place among dragons and men, and stave off a plot by renegade dragon riders that threatens all he now holds dear.

The book is available at Amazon in Kindle and trade paperback formats, and at Barnes and Noble in ePub and trade paperback. The paperbacks are available through most other major book retailers, as well.

I'm also happy to provide a review copy in the reviewer's choice of e-book formats.

Dark Waters

True story, attacked by a croc, 111 days alone at sea almost dying of blood poisoning, hit by a drunk driver while rollerblading across the US, arrested and held as a spy, pirate problems...all in a days work for Adventurer Jason Lewis.

Brezlun by Chris Mason is a thoughtful sci/fi story.

Non-fiction, but reads like fiction. About a Gypsy girl who's family moves from Russia to America to live the dream.

I would love to put my latest novel, Onio up for the January BOM consideration.
here is the blurb-

In this modern world of science and high technology, in secret places deep under the ground and in the forest primeval, legends still walk the earth and what we think of as myth and fairy tale are all too real.
Driving home late one night, Melody Carver, bereft and grieving after the death of her mother, sees a strange creature standing on the lonely road. This being will change her world-view forever, and open her eyes to a reality beyond her imagination.
Melody’s chance encounter on that dark and snowy road will mark the beginning of a journey of discovery and wonder that will bring two worlds together in hope and despair.
Can one person bridge the gap between the ancient and the modern, the mundane and the magical?
An urban fantasy filled with adventure, romance, war, heartbreak and triumph!