Newest release: Escaping the Shadows

A Tuesday teaser from the latest Women of Strength series By Lucy Appadoo Passing several ambulances, Eva stepped inside the hospital with Francisca, dodging the hustle and bustle of medical staff and civilians as they made their way towards the reception area. Sounds of monitors going off, flashing warning lights, […]

Hearts Unravelled—a Tuesday teaser

From the new romance novel coming 4 April 2025 From Lucy Appadoo Lucy Appadoo has completed the third in her billionaire romance series. Hearts Unravelled will release to the general public on 4 April 2025.  What’s it about? Can you leave your wounded pasts behind? Gina Cassani, a driven data scientist, dreams of […]

Our wishes to you for the coming year

At the end of one year, and the beginning of the next, we want to give you our best wishes for the coming 12 months. Elyse Salpeter  We all talk about making New Year’s Resolutions. What would we “like” to happen in 2025? How much weight are we “hoping” to […]

You are prey: The Children of the Seventh Son

A creepy sample from the Dark Age novel By Scott Bury Javor ran out of the crevasse just in time to see something huge, long and dark disappear up the cliff face. Ionnes pointed up after it. His jaw moved up and down, but no sound came out of his […]

A Vampire in Waikiki—to the rescue

Enjoy this Tuesday terror from the first novel in the series, then enter to win a #free copy of the book By A.J. Llewellyn Fresh blood filled my senses and I felt alive again. My vision was sharper, my hearing was intense. It was the part of my condition I […]

The Gateway opens

Tuesday terror in this sample from the spell-binding novel By David C. Cassidy “Jesus,” Jared muttered. He had thought the kid looked familiar. It was Bobby Duncan’s son. “Stay with me, Kyle.” The boy looked up at him, dazed. He was fading fast. Jared searched the crowd. His heart was […]

Echoes: Soft summer rain

A Tuesday teaser from the latest Hawaiian Storm mystery By Scott Bury Summer 2004 Vanessa recognized the Kahuna’s Dodge as soon as the bumper cleared the mailbox on the corner, sleek and black as a seal in the bay. She let it come to her, reclining on her parents’ front […]

Tuesday teaser: Fatal Designs

An excerpt from the new romantic suspense novel By Lucy Appadoo Sex and cigarettes hung heavily in the dark room. On the bedside table, the syringe he had put there over an hour ago lay against a burnt spoon. A scalpel nestled in a thick red smear of blood on […]

Tuesday terror: Blood suckers in Dacia

Enjoy this blood-chilling excerpt from The Bones of the Earth By Scott Bury An owl hooted, and then another. Javor felt his amulet trembling again as owl after owl screeched from the trees. Fluttering like a hundred wings came from the tops of the huts, and then from under the […]

Monday musings: Seb Kirby tests ChatGPT

Open AI’s ChatGPT has been making headlines with some claiming it will take the place of those working in many professions. Yet I’ve also heard it makes errors. So, I tried it out with the request:  Write a biography for Seb Kirby author.  Here’s what came back: Write a biography […]