The Night Staffer

Wyatt starts work as a night staffer at the local Boy’s Home. He hopes it may be a stepping stone to a career as a social worker.

Fifteen-year-old petty offender Jai is taken to the Home after he is caught for a burglary that goes horribly wrong. Wyatt, who processes his admission, is the first staff member Jai meets.

Wyatt is an accomplished musician and most nights, once the boys are in bed, he sits in the night staff office and plays the guitar. It can be heard from the dormitories and helps to keep the boys settled. Jai also plays the guitar and he is intrigued when he hears his favourite tune Shuffle Rag. He sees an opportunity to learn it.

The two eventually form a bond around their shared love of music.

The Boys Home is a dynamic, volatile, and challenging environment. Both Jai and Wyatt need to find their place and learn how to survive.

As time passes, they experience a series of events that will significantly shape their futures.

The Novelist

A writer battles with her own mind to make sense of the different stories she is writing. From action/adventure on Air Force One to a budding romance to a magical fantasy kingdom, all these stories allow the writer to escape.

But what is she escaping from?

As the line between reality and fiction is blurred, can the writer tear herself away from her beloved characters to focus and discover the truth of her surroundings? 

The Oblivious Pool

Most murders don’t require a memory inspection of every passenger on board a train. But then most murders don’t happen aboard the Manchester to London express. When Marshall Sullivan finds himself investigating the killing of a high-profile criminal, it’s clear not all those on-board are who they claim to be.

A businessman with investments in memory tech, a Frenchwoman and a fellow officer do nothing to sooth his nerves. But when even his own memories are foggy, Sullivan begins to wonder if he’s not the one being investigated.

But then Cathy is a young journalist with enough money troubles to go after any story, no matter how costly. Animal abuse isn’t something London Bobbies take lightly, but if a plucky journalist can get the scoop before they show up, then what’s the harm in that?

The Ocean, Swords & Flowers

'A haiku collection formed from my ashes and rebirth.

On my own but not alone. A journey of longing, desire, and growth.

I hope you find yourself here.' Rei

The Ocean, Swords and Flowers contains some 80 haikus, arranged in three sections. The book also includes many beautiful and evocative illustrations by the author.

The Ocean’s Depths

I loved you.

My all, I gave to you

But It was an assumption.

I assumed you wanted my all,

My love, my protection, my flaws.

I gave blindly to a blind love.

Wondering why I got burnt

By a flame you never lit.

Cautiously entering the flames

Of love – alight with the spark from within.

My flames will keep me warm.

I no longer need yours.

A collection of poems about the journey of love, lust and loss.

The Official Skiver's Handbook

Have you ever noticed how some people seem to get away with doing very little productive work on a daily basis, often to the frustration and annoyance of their colleagues?

Some of these people are just lazy, and you would expect that a good manager will deal with their performance issues sooner rather than later. Some of them are just in a job that they clearly don’t like, aren’t suited to or can’t wait to leave. These people usually don’t stick around for very long before leaving and moving on to another job.

The other type of person is a skiver. A skiver will use all of their experience, skill and knowledge to find ways to do as little work as they can get away with, often while appearing to be a productive and popular member of the team.

This book is for you if you want to learn how to become one.

The Oldest Soak

“Things ’appened that changed me, is all. And when I pass this missive on to you, well, it could change the way you perceive certain fings.”

“I tell you what,” Jock began. “Following that introduction, there’s no way I’m passing this up.”

“No worries, squire,” said Ted, sighing. “Well, it all started innocently enough, just like you when you wandered in ’ere. I was coming back from the pub and it was raining. Really raining, like big fat drops that you could hear individually. It was warm, though, and the sky was full of lightning. But I didn’t care none, I was ten sheets to the wind.”

When viewed from the outside, Ted Johnson’s uninspiring penchant for living bottle to bottle was a meaningless and wasteful existence, but he alone harboured the unenviable secret of a potentially catastrophic fate for all the inhabitants of Planet Earth. Drawn together by a mutual fondness for alcoholic oblivion, Ted and Jock Ross ponder the future of mankind from the relative comfort of an everlasting tipple.

The One Who Got Away

I thought I would never see him again.

But here he is, standing there, not a care in the world. No thought to the pain he caused me a year ago.

Ruby thought she could move on from her break-up with best friend Danny until he shows up at her university campus with a quick smile, sexy abs and eyes that you could easily drown in. Ruby resolves to stay away, not entangling her heart again. But her hormones have other ideas, leading to a steamy night with Danny before she can think better of it.  

When the two lovers reconnect, how long will it last before the issues that broke them up the first time, start rearing their ugly head?

The Orcadian File

Stephen “Monty” Montgomery is a lonely city-based defence lawyer; who, despite being skilled in legal debate, is nowhere near to being offered a partnership by his firm when he is faced with compelling evidence of an age-old supernatural struggle between celestial entities and their arcane human disciples, forcing him to rapidly adjust his theological beliefs.

Monty soon finds himself called upon to represent ex-police officer Christopher Forsyth. Forsyth had been involved in investigating an alleged paedophile ring among the Edinburgh establishment which resulted in his commanding officer being gunned down in the street. Monty’s new client has since been railroaded out of the police and finds himself in their custody on a trumped-up murder charge.

Finding themselves opposed by a faceless conspiracy that is politically ambitious and prepared to destroy anything that gets in its way, the defence team will need every gram of their ability to get Forsyth off the hook. What Monty hasn’t reckoned upon, however, is being brought face to face with an immortal enemy – one more diabolical, cunning, and dangerous than any human conspirator.

Martone revives his haunting Kertamen tale with this vividly compelling and politically astute thriller, which is littered with moral complexity and legal intrigue. Told with ceaseless imagination through a rapid and intense narrative, The Orcadian File effortlessly meanders between ancient and contemporary judicial mischief.

The Orphan Plus Others

This collection of short stories traverses times in the distant past all the way up to more recent moments in the 20th century. These vignettes provide glimpses of lives very different to our own, from the experience of war and poverty to social attitudes which might appear alien to us today. To have lived through some of these times has been a privilege, and the author looks back on them with a sense of nostalgia. The memories of the past remain, and with the aid of stories they can be passed on to future generations. These stories can evoke both laughter and tears, plumbing the vast depths of human emotion to bring history to life in a vivid and compelling set of narratives.

The Other Suitcase

Beth had led a quiet life in Burnham-on-Sea with her mother and pet chihuahua, Toni. That was until she had holidayed in Majorca, and picked up the wrong suitcase from the carousel at the airport. Meeting up with the owner of the other suitcase, Beth was in for a vacation full of unexpected romance, intrigue, and a wonderful surprise that would change her entire life, forever; a secret discovered after thirty years.

Blake, having travelled to Majorca without his sister, Grace, had taken her suitcase with him to carry his belongings in. Deciding to continue their booked vacation on his own, after her sudden death in a car accident, his whole world was about to be turned upside down. Not expecting to enjoy himself, and missing his extroverted sister’s company, the aqua coloured clothes carrier somehow worked its magic for Blake, and everyone he’d come into contact with on his sole journey abroad.

The Outlander War: Book 3 of the Forever Avalon Series

It is an island frozen in time and space. For more than 3,000 years, the island of Avalon remained hidden from the outside world; a place of eternal magic, where the descendants of King Arthur ruled over a land filled with magical creatures, Elves, Dwarves and dragons. The island was only accessible through a rift in the Bermuda Triangle, where mariners and aviators disappeared throughout history. No one believed Avalon was anything but a myth. In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, in the heart of a naval exercise, Avalon suddenly reappeared, causing disruptions on both fronts. The US Navy, now circling the mysterious island, wants answers. On Avalon, they fear Outlanders would intrude on their home; and caught in the middle of it all is Lord Bryan MoonDrake, the Gil-Gamesh of Avalon, Knight Eternal and champion of the magical realm. The Gil-Gamesh was once a US Navy sailor, lost at sea in a freak storm, who found his way to Avalon. After his family followed him to the island, they decided to stay and make this their home. Now they are torn between loyalty to their new home and compassion for their old one. The tensions build as modern technology faces off against ancient magic on an island where the laws of magic supersede the laws of science, causing mechanical weapons to falter and shut down. As military forces continue to surround the mysterious island, bringing both sides to the brink of war, an ancient evil arises from within, one that has been seeking the throne of New Camelot for three millennia.