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The Alcatraz Rose is composed of three disparate mysteries that, in the beginning, appear to Lawrence Kingston, retired professor of botany and sometime sleuth, to be completely unrelated.
To begin, a thirteen-year-old child begs him to re-investigate the disappearance of her mother, a cold case closed eight years prior. A second mystery presents itself in the form of a rare and extinct rose that shows […]
Giving the classic werewolf theme a reboot, Baray crafts a rock-and-rolling tale, as John Braxton, of the Lycan persuasion, has his place as the Texas Alpha in his Pack challenged after he returns from Europe to his homeland with Lizzie Smith in tow, his mortal lover, known as his mate, who must now keep up in her parallel existence in the ‘real world’ […]
As the owner and editor of Self-Publishing Review, I deal with hundreds of self-published and indie books every year. People ask me, “How do I get a good review?” Apart from actually writing a good book (snort) there are a few other things you can do to make sure you get your readers to invest and feel they can sing your praises on Amazon, Goodreads or Barnes and Noble.
1. Get a professional edit for your manuscript. This is 101 stuff, but still I see authors saying they are doing it themselves, or have let it loose on a friend. […]
While there are other sales options open to you as an indie author, Amazon sales will feel like they count the most to most writers. Here are five quick ways to help you sell more books on Amazon.
As I have mentioned before, keywords on Google don’t really make sense in the same way […]
Set in New Zealand’s gateway to the South, Christchurch, this New Adult Urban Horror is a brilliantly sinister and completely original story of despair, darkness and the horrors of teenage life in a broken home.
You won’t read anything like Skeletal anywhere. Forget Carrie, and her weird religious-driven telekinetics, or Christine, and her firestarting habits. Forget Gone Girl’s Amy and her psychotics. Compared to Skeletal, these unbridled female psyches would seem like a picnic to Daina Harrow, our protagonist. Daina’s life is at its absolute limits of stress, and not […]
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Above all, ‘Dublin in the Rain‘ is a haunting tale of redemption. It is the story of Jonathan Melton and his quixotic, sometimes funny, often heartbreaking journey through life. There are strong elements of passion, romance and love to the book. The vital importance of friendship is also a key theme.
Jonathan Melton is basically a good guy to whom some terrible, tragic and very unfortunate things happen. However, he is also his own worst enemy and the person who is most stopping him from finding happiness […]
The Arrow is the first in a trilogy about a family of women who are direct descendants of the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. In The Arrow, a young woman named Fynn Kildare tries to escape the magical yet oppressive family commune by living on the world’s terms as a University medical researcher. She finally has her life the way she wants it, including a new romance with her old rock star god boyfriend. Yet when a local pharmaceutical company threatens humanity with a demon virus, she has to decide […]