First in a series of children's stories to leave you spell bound! An ancient run down house, an old settee and an eccentric uncle... These elements lead Marissa, and her family in a series of roller-coaster adventures into the past to learn about the future and what is to come...Hold onto you seats for the ride of your life...!

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Someone is killing empaths at the Sanctuary spiritual retreat in New Mexico and leaving cryptic Tarot cards at their murder scenes. To get to the bottom of what's happening, Meta Corps Agent Logan Reed is assigned to work with empath Sonny Blake, who boasts incredible clairvoyant skills. Within minutes of their meeting, the pair is swept into an erotic vision that leaves them both shaken and totally clueless as to the vision's meaning. Soon, they are knee-deep in secrets, snipers, and a growing sexual attraction while the body count climbs. When Sonny's father is murdered, Logan is forced to admit that even his partner may not be who she seems. But then Sonny disappears, leaving Logan only one clue: a High Priestess Tarot card. Can he decipher the meaning of the card in time? Or will he lose this chance at love to a psychotic predator? Sensuality Level: Sensual

A shattering biographical novel of J.D. Salinger in combat “Charyn skillfully breathes life into historical icons.” —New Yorker J.D. Salinger, mysterious author of The Catcher in the Rye, is remembered today as a reclusive misanthrope. Jerome Charyn’s Salinger is a young American WWII draftee assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps, a band of secret soldiers who trained with the British. A rifleman and an interrogator, he witnessed all the horrors of the war—from the landing on D-Day to the relentless hand-to-hand combat in the hedgerows of Normandy, to the Battle of the Bulge, and finally to the first Allied entry into a Bavarian death camp, where corpses were piled like cordwood. After the war, interned in a Nuremberg psychiatric clinic, Salinger became enchanted with a suspected Nazi informant. They married, but not long after he brought her home to New York, the marriage collapsed. Maladjusted to civilian life, he lived like a “spook,” with invisible stripes on his shoulder, the ghosts of the murdered inside his head, and stories to tell. Grounded in biographical fact and reimagined as only Charyn could, Sergeant Salinger is an astonishing portrait of a devastated young man on his way to becoming the mythical figure behind a novel that has marked generations. Jerome Charyn is the author of more than fifty works of fiction and nonfiction, including Cesare: A Novel of War-Torn Berlin. He lives in New York.

'I had not lived in the former pit village of Lynemouth since 1961 but the winding road north from Newcastle will always be the same nostalgic highway, each twist charged with vivid memories and powerful emotions...' So begins a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour and hardy tales of tough times - a quietly epic family saga set amid the pit villages of the North East . It stretches from the 1920s, before Sid's parents had even met, to the final closing of the mine and his mother's death in 1999. Sid paints a picture of a colourful, tight knit community full of good times and hard work, god-fearing women and hard-drinking men. Always dominating the skyline is Auld Betty, the pit head that took the men away each day and, with a prayer, brought them back each evening. Amongst the unforgettable cast of his extended family and friends, we follow the Waddells' attempts to stay afloat and provide a better future and possible escape for youngsters like Sid.

BOOK 1 of the trilogy, A RELATIVE INVASION. 70,000 words. "A powerful and compelling narrative with strong and relatable characters. (It) offers an evocative portrayal of England’s war-time home front,” Harper Collins. "... thoroughly enjoyed the book. The research is meticulously done with convincing historical detail..." Historical Novel Society. 1937 London. With ruthless Hitler in Europe and manipulative Cousin Kenneth at the doorstep, young Billy is unknowingly facing war. A fateful rivalry is born ... The frail and artistic Kenneth is hideously devious, Uncle Frank is an outright bully while Billy's parents fail to see Kenneth's darker soul.The same emotions that enable Hitler’s rise - envy over strength, desire for new territory - now ferment in the Wilson home. When Billy secretly sets eyes on a precious Cossack sabre, he imagines he owns it and its power. While Kenneth sets out to invade Billy’s emotional space the sabre becomes an icon that sustains Billy through the hardships, but is it destined to damage as well as protect? Intrusion is a tale of rivalry that mirrors world conflict. "Every character in the novel comes to life under Minett’s insightful prose. . .” Casee Clow, USA