Portfolio Category: MYSTERY

  • A Witches Carol by Amanda M Lee

    A Witches Carol by Amanda M Lee

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    A Witchmas Carol by Amanda M Lee, A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Fantasy, Dec 18, 2017

    Christmas is here but the Winchester witches aren’t exactly teeming with good cheer.
    Well, they are, but it’s not the sort of Christmas cheer Aunt Tillie wants waiting for her under this year’s tree.
    When Aunt Tillie finds out her great-nieces want to separate for Christmas Day – forgoing the family’s annual tradition – she decides to teach them a little lesson. Of course, since she’s Aunt Tillie, her dose of retribution comes in the form of her favorite holiday Christmas stories.
    For Bay and Landon, that means they’re shoved into A Witchmas Carol, one of Aunt Tillie’s favorite tales. That should mean hugs and happiness, right? Yeah, try toil and trouble instead.
    Bay and Landon have to work their way through memories of the past, guilt over the present and absolute terror when facing their future if they expect to come out the other side. To escape, they have to figure out exactly what Aunt Tillie wants … and she’s got a few tricks up her sleeve.
    So, it’s that time of the year. Things are about to get merry … and maybe a little messy … for the Winchesters. There’s no better time to hitch a ride on the mayhem sleigh.

    A Witchmas Carol is a fantasy set in the Wicked Witches of the Midwest World. It falls between A Witch Before Dying and All My Witches in the timeline.

  • They Call Me Alexandra Gastone by T.A. Maclagan

    They Call Me Alexandra Gastone by T.A. Maclagan

    They Call Me Alexandra Gastone by T.A. Maclagan, Narrated by Lesley Ann Fogle, Release Date: Winter 2016

    They Call Me Alexandra Gastone

    When your life is a lie, how do you know what’s real?

    Alexandra Gastone has a simple plan: graduate high school, get into Princeton, work for the CIA, and serve her great nation. She was told the plan back when her name was Milena Rokva, back before the real Alexandra and her family were killed in a car crash.

    Milena was trained to be a sleeper agent by Perun, a clandestine organization from her true homeland of Olissa. There, Milena learned everything she needed to infiltrate the life of CIA analyst Albert Gastone, Alexandra’s grandfather, and the ranks of America’s top intelligence agency.

    For seven years, “Alexandra” has been on standby and life’s been good. Grandpa Albert loves her, and her strategically chosen boyfriend, Grant, is amazing.But things are about to change. Perun no longer needs her at the CIA in five years’ time. They need her active now.

    Between her cover as a high school girl―juggling a homecoming dance, history reports, and an increasingly suspicious boyfriend―and her mission in this high-stakes spy game, the boundaries of her two lives are beginning to blur.Will she stay true to the country she barely remembers, or has her loyalty shattered along with her identity?

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    Reviews
     “…the intersection of action, espionage, and drama makes for solid…entertainment: readers will gladly sit back and watch Alexandra navigate the obstacle course that comes with playing her role too well. It’s a strong debut for New Zealand author Maclagan.” –Publisher’s Weekly

    “Death-threats,global takeover, double-agents, hidden files and a blown cover–by the time youget to the shocking conclusion of this cliff-hanger, you won’t know who to trust…” –Girls’ Life

    “An intricate,debut spy thriller…readers will keep turning pages, and the surprise ending will have them anxiously awaiting a sequel.” –Booklist

    “I couldn’t put They Call Me Alexandra Gastone down–Maclagan’s clever, never-what-they-seem-characters and authentic trade craft tidbits lured me in, while Alexandra’s resourcefulness against overwhelming odds kept me constantly guessing.” — Lindsay Smith, author of the Sekret series”

    A solid debut that has both heart and smarts. Clever, solidly paced, and power-packed with a killer voice. They Call Me Alexandra Gastone is a blast to read. A perfect balance of mystery, romance, and betrayal. Bring on the sequel!” — Lindsay Cummings, author of The Murder Complex

  • Windwood Farm by Rebecca Patrick-Howard

    Windwood Farm by Rebecca Patrick-Howard

    Windwood Farm by Rebecca Patrick-Howard

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    Retail Sample – Taryn confronts the presence in the house.

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    Character Sample – Taryn hunts down answers to the mystery. She stops in at the diner for a bite to eat and question young Tammy, then heads over to the Stokes County Historical Society where she questions Phyllis and Geneva.

    Windwood Farm (Taryn’s Camera) Book I, Ghosts & Haunted House, Mistletoe Press, Narrated by Lesley Ann Fogle, Audiobook Release June 26, 2015

    Windwood Farm has a terrible secret–one that’s been buried for nearly 100 years. Taryn Magill aims to uncover it…or die trying.

    As a mixed media artist and urban explorer with a love for abandoned houses and a big imagination when it comes to the past, 30 year old Taryn has never really met an old house she didn’t like. In fact, she’s made a career out of painting these sad, often derelict structures, to show them in their former glory for her clients.

    With Windwood Farm, though, she might have bitten off more than she can chew!

    The locals refer to it as “the devil’s house” and even vandals have stayed away from this once grand stone farmhouse in Vidalia, Kentucky. Hired by the Stokes County Historical Society to paint it before it’s demolished by a land development company, Taryn’s determined to make friends with the house and farm everyone around her seems to be terrified of.

    As it turns out, though, their fears may just not be unfounded.
    Who is the woman whose cries echo throughout the farm and what does she want? What negative force about the house is so powerful that it won’t even allow the upstairs bedroom to be touched? Does the 93 year old vanishing of the next door neighbor have anything to do with the house’s mysteries?

    Taryn wants the answers to these and the house may just be trying to tell her because now, when she looks through her camera, she doesn’t have to use her imagination to see the past–

    SHE CAN SEE IT!

    Will Taryn be able to figure out what happened here AND escape with her sanity and life before the house comes down? Because now it seems like someone is trying to kill her! Using what her camera reveals to her and her wits, she’ll try to unravel the mysteries of the farm and get out before it’s too late.