Today on our
Cyber Launch Party Blog, we're celebrating the July releases for
Wild Child Publishing and
Freya's Bower!
In
Book #5 of The Bekka Chronicles, Bekka of Thorns awakens one morning to
complete silence. She looks around and notices that the only magic item she
possesses, The Carven Flute, is a dead wooden brown in color instead of its
usual flush yellow pink.
Alarmed, she hurries from her hut and heads for the
nearby bramble bower hedge, home of her bendo dreen (bramble dwarf)
younglinghood. Slipping inside, she heads down the tunnel toward the Assembly
Bower and encounters a pair of bendo dreen frozen in place. Carefully passing
them by, she peers into the Assembly Bower and sees the rest of the bendo dreen
population, some sitting or caught in the act of sitting, some standing, some in
mid-stride, some with mouths wide, some posed gesturing, but all motionless,
all silent.
Now fully stricken with fear, she flees the hedge to return to her
hut. Her steps falter, and she slows to a standstill at what she sees. What
does she see? A bird. A beeketbird. Above her hut, midair, wings spread wide,
hanging motionless.
Thus begins for Bekka a new quest, a new journey.
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Pete Barnes a
successful art thief with a knack for forging masterpieces gives up the life of
crime to paint his own masterpieces. Settling in Switzerland, Pete falls
in love with the beautiful Carly Sims, who eerily reminds him of his first love
Jenny who died unexpectedly of meningitis.
Pete is
thrust back into the world of crime when Carly is kidnapped. To get Carly
back, Pete must steal the Remsky Portrait, a hi-tech work of art, from the
Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The planned exchange of Carly
for the portrait goes awry when the Russian Mafia interferes, and Pete and
Carly find themselves on the run from the kidnappers and the Russians.
The stakes
elevate considerably when an unknown entity marks Pete and Carly for
assassination. Surviving several close encounters while chased across two
continents, Pete discovers that Carly is not who he thought she was, that love
is not easy and that the Remsky Portrait is anything but a work of art.
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Dinosaurs, a wall of skulls, and mummies,
oh my!
One
fateful night, Mia and her best friend Jody stow away in the Bradford Museum to
investigate the mysterious mummy exhibit from the Cairo Museum. Rumors of the
Curse of King Ramesses II have surfaced. It’s believed that due to the king’s
tyranny the Egyptian people vowed to rise up against him. In revenge, Ramesses
II vowed he would never rest until all of the perpetrators against him and
their ancestors were brought to justice.
Now,
spend the night in the dark, deserted museum. Experience the roar of the
dinosaurs, the cold blast of the arctic, and always run past the wall of
skulls. Be prepared for a night of heart-racing action as the girls dare to
solve the ancient Egyptian curse of King Ramesses II.
Will Mia and Jody survive
the investigation or will the mummified king’s revenge be fulfilled?
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LUCKY'S CHARM by Jenn Nixon
To protect her family and find a killer, Felicia
“Lucky” Fascino assumed her adoptive father’s identity and joined the network,
of moral assassins, to finish the job he began. Eliminating the man responsible
for murdering her mother has consumed her for the last five years. Completing
the job is the only way Lucky and her family can return to a safe and normal
life. Lucky’s uncle, Stephen Chambers, hasn’t come close to tracking the
killer. He announces he’s stepping down as her handler to concentrate on the
investigation and names Elizabeth, his daughter, as successor.
Keeping secrets is a family trait, and
Elizabeth’s addition to the business tests Lucky’s ability to maintain the
pretense that the job doesn’t affect her despite the fact that all network hits
are hardened criminals. While keeping her family at arm’s length, Lucky begins
to feel the weight of her career choice and reclusive lifestyle. Then a chance
encounter with an enigmatic hit man during one of her jobs turns into a
provocative and dangerous affair. Distracted by the secret trysts with Kenji
Zinn and mounting tension within her family, Lucky starts to make mistakes that
threaten her livelihood and almost claim her life. When her family is targeted,
Lucky must make several rash decisions she believes can save them and preserve
her own sanity.
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MOTHER NATURE'S PASSION by F.L. Bicknell
An afternoon viewing an apartment becomes more than Simon expects. His landlady is a beautiful, mature woman whom he finds very attractive.
When a summer storm sweeps through and clothes are discarded, can he resist temptation? Or will he give in to Mother Nature's Passion?
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WIN - Leave a question today for Wild Child Publishing and/or one or more of the authors at today's Cyber Launch Party and your name goes in the hat for a $10 gift certificate for Wild Child Publishing or Freya's Bower! Please leave your email address so we can contact you if you are today's winner - Good Luck!
It’s 1970. The world is in upheaval. Can two people
really make a difference and find love at the same time?
Wendi Zwaduk always dreamt of writing the stories in her head. Tall, dark, and handsome heroes are her favorites, as long as he has an independent woman keeping him in line. She earned a BA in education at Kent State University and currently holds a Masters in Education with Nova Southeastern University.
