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Infiniti
Like many other books, this book is about a journey. But unlike other books, the destination of the journey is the point where the parallel lines meet. The narrator is locked inside the book. The only way he can get out of it is by persuading one of the other characters in the book to finish off the writing process for him. But before he can do this, he has to make a journey.
On his travels, there are a number of waypoints where he must stop and collect materials which are pasted into the book. When the book is completed, he can leave the book by delivering it to the individual whom he will meet at the point where the parallel lines meet.
This journey, which is accomplished across his lifetime, takes him from the birth of Christ to the near future, with the author bending time by complex double time schemes, riddles and mathematical formulae. Every waypoint appears incredible at first, but we are in the world of weaving narrative into fiction but not fantasy. Every one of the waypoints is historical fact.
There is no trickery. The narrator does indeed take us to the point where the parallel lines meet. It had been staring at us in the face all along.£3.50 -
Hurricane Maggie
British-born Maggie Barrington has become a very successful New York lawyer. When her marriage breaks up, she goes to Cuba, ostensibly on business but secretly in search of her cantankerous Marxist concert pianist father who decamped to Havana when she was a child and whom she has cut out of her life.When she finally tracks him down, she is pitched into a series of life-changing dramas that entangle her not only with her new-found family but also in the shadowy life of Cuba itself. She crosses barriers that in the past would have been unthinkable and that turn her into someone forced to try to flee the island to escape justice.As the hurricane season whips through Havana, Maggie discovers a buried part of her old self.“What a piece of storytelling... Strong passions, terrific characters...fascinating Cuba, a hurricane that made me feel that I was in the thick of it...the perfectly accomplished full circle of it all!”– Hilary Norman, bestselling novelist“I was riveted... Great story, great characters, great sense of place...tension superbly maintained throughout!”– Timothy West, actor
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How to Spend Someone Else's Money
Ever found a fortune or something of great value that is not yours? Lucky you?
If the owner is unknown to you, what do you do?
Nancy finds such an unclaimed fortune and wrestles with the notion of telling someone, or keeping silent.
In this peculiar situation, Nancy knows her husband would not approve of her keeping the money and so keeps him in ignorance whilst she works out what to do with it. Her husband dies never knowing that his wife has a fortune hidden in the house.
Can Nancy find a way of laundering the money and banking it legitimately?
Along the way, Nancy meets a friend who is having a problem with a baby and somehow Nancy feels an inexplicable psychic connection to this child, especially when she realises the child was born on the same day and at the same time that her husband passed away. As the child grows Nancy takes over financing his education and puts him through university and then on to medical school where he becomes a prominent physician.
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Happy Moon
West coast of Turkey, 1993: Everything seems to be going well for Yasmin, an ambitious 22-year-old. She has landed her dream job, has recently married her love, Metin, and is expecting her first baby. But a series of terrible events mars her happy life and leaves her heartbroken.
Marrakesh, Morocco, 2005: While playing around with his cousin in the family home, a 12-year-old boy finds his secure world crashing down around him after he happens to stumble upon some long-hidden secrets about his origins.
Marrakesh, Morocco, 2012: Yasmin, now 42 years old and living in London, is on holiday in a small hotel after breaking up with her fiancé. She is drawn to Tahiri, the hotel’s owner, and they begin a relationship. Unbeknownst to her, Tahiri holds the key to a series of mysteries dating back to 1993 and her doomed marriage to Metin…
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Freya Fontaine and the Winged Lion of Aretas
Freya was just a regular eleven-year-old from London until the friend she’d only just met told her something she’d never expected.
“There is buried treasure in Petra Freya, buried golden treasure,” Hiyaam whispered, her dark eyes sparkling with excitement. “A jewelled winged lion, Freya, and I know where it is.”
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Frenchy
In Frenchy, the author takes us on a journey through a life that defies convention. From drug dealing in the Netherlands to mercenary work in the Balkans, nothing was off-limits in the pursuit of money in a world where love and hate are delicately balanced on the currency of life. But what motivates someone to engage in a battle that is not solely driven by profit? This is the question at the heart of this enthralling trilogy, inspired by true events. Frenchy is the first volume, chronicling the story of a man who fought for both the women he loved and those who recruited him. It is the tale of an extraordinary destiny that will take you from the heights of passion to the depths of conflict, as he risks everything in the face of uncertain odds. Will he lose everything, or will he emerge victorious? Join him on this captivating journey of self-discovery, as he grapples with the complexities of love, war, and the human spirit.
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Frederick's Crises
Frederick a high achiever who, despite his success in business, struggles to achieve happiness. Through his friendship with a man whose life he saved and the birth of his son he is finally able to find contentment.
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Food, Sex, Respect
In a post apocalyptic world, there’s no idealism. You’re down to the bare essentials. Food and water. Safety and survival. Everyone is starving, desperate.
If you can’t defend yourself, you die. But also, if you don’t protect your family, you die.
The selfish do not survive.
Suffering from traumatic amnesia, a man struggles to relearn the rules of the desolate earth and not be a burden to his family as they fight to survive in the remnants of a dead planet. Monsters and robots roam the surface, few of them friendly.
Can he protect his family from the survivors of the end of the world?
Can he master his mental state and be the hero that humanity needs?
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Flight to Freedom
The planning was complete, and the three girls started their once in a lifetime journey. It had taken a lot of planning, but not as much as was needed later. It all started off so well but left Deb in a filthy cell with nothing to do but count the cockroaches, which there were many, the fetid water she was given gave her stomach cramps.
Then Dad arrived… but how?
He grabbed her quickly and pulled her near the door to unlock the hand and ankle cuffs that secured her. She sighed so he did not need to check her pulse. He managed to lift her onto his shoulder, noticing how light she was – a bonus in a way – as he managed to move quickly across the road. He quickly retrieved his bow and disappeared into the bushes, managing to trip only twice and never enough to floor him. Can they get away for good?
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Fighting Back
Fighting Back is the story of Cara, a bright, young law student who is captivated by the mysterious Ian, a fellow student studying business management.She is smitten by this arrogant, mystifying man who has the ability to make everyone hang on to his every word with cool ease.
But is she strong enough to cope with this man who changes her life, takes her across continents, forever chasing the big deal, or will she buckle under the pressures of murder, betrayal, heartbreak and grief in its worst form?
Her story takes you to the edge of your seat as she swings from love to hate and trust to terror. But Cara will not give up. She owes it to her parents who gave her everything to fight to the end, whatever the end will be.
Is she strong enough to outwit the man she once adored, whom she would follow him anywhere at the drop of a hat? For her survival, she needs to beat him at his own game and move on? But who will be the victor in the end? Cara or Ian?
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Enguard
Bill Peters was a world-renowned guard in a community who train all their lives to protect vulnerable figures in society. When he dies, he leaves his 13-year-old daughter May and her mother, Ann, with targets on their backs. When it is made clear to both women that they aren’t safe if they are together, precautions are taken.
Five years on, a newly 18-year-old May is sunning herself at her grandparents’ house in Cornwall, having recently been expelled from the high-security training academy that had been her home. The beautiful Tristan Knight sits in silent shock as his mentor, Bryan Malus, describes the events that led to May’s expulsion, assigning her as Tristan’s first client after his graduation. Tristan begrudgingly goes to Cornwall to guard May, whom he hasn’t seen in five years, and sparks fly.
When the duo returns from town, their bickering is cut short as they take in the sight of the man lying dead on the front porch. Tristan and May try to outrun the men chasing them while simultaneously trying to decipher the message Bill Peters left for only his daughter to find. As Tristan and May grow impossibly closer, secrets are revealed, and trust is put to the ultimate test.
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Elephants Do Cry
Innocence it is said, is a naïve and idealistic view of the world naturally occurring from a lack of experience. This was certainly true for Hugo, a young African forest elephant. He loved his family and the uncomplicated life he had as part of the herd into which he was born. Sheltered from the evil, pain and suffering taking place in the fragile environment in which the herd lived, he was free to be curious and pursue his passion for all the beautiful things surrounding him.
The herd’s seasonal pilgrimage in search of food and water had Hugo full of anticipation. Unaware of the dangers that lurked outside his immediate environment, he saw the trek as one big adventure full of new and exciting experiences. This year he hoped would be no exception.
Poaching was rife across the area the herd was travelling and it had placed the forest elephant populations under serious threat. The adult elephants in the herd were well aware of what they faced on their trek as they had completed it so many times before. This year however they were not alone and the journey’s end was not a guarantee.The first legs of the venture were fairly uneventful. However, a lack of worldliness and inexperience would soon see Hugo’s life take a turn for the worst in the unfamiliar territory.
How did a butterfly start a sequence of events that has dire consequences for Hugo and his family? What is a wildebeest doing in an elephant herd? And why will this year’s migration be remembered as the most challenging one the herd has ever undertaken?£3.50