A Major Affair

A ghost grieving over a past love Bakery worker George Major is determined to make something of himself; he wants to run his own bakery, and make his name as a businessman. He is ruthless in his ambition, and will use anyone he can to achieve it.

Polly and Emily White are the daughters of bakery magnate Alfred White. He loves them dearly, but sorely wishes he had a son to carry on the business.

When Alfred invites George to lunch one Sunday at his opulent home, it begins a chain of events that will change the lives of all those involved, forever.

Set in working-class Leicester in the early 20th century, A Major Affair paints a vivid picture of class difference and the role of women at that time, in an intriguing - and often painful – story, of love and loyalty pitted against naked ambition and bitter betrayal.

A Major Affair
Omi Copley
ISBN 1-905621-62-0 UK £5.99
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A Major Miracle

Hollytree House is a well-run care home where its elderly residents enjoy their last few years in peace and happiness…

That is, until three unscrupulous characters use underhand methods to try to close the home for personal financial gain. The home’s newest resident, the Major has a long held ambition to find four winning horses at the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival.

He decides, with a mixture of skill and good luck, to try and save the home from closure.

A Major Miracle
Edward Donohue
ISBN 1-905621-95-7 UK £5.99
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Highland Enchantment

A ghost grieving over a past love affair …

Alyssa Mead’s well-ordered life is turned upside down when she inherits a bleak and rambling house on a remote Scottish island. Curious to know why the house was left to her, Alyssa soon becomes dangerously entangled with the local islanders. Increasingly aware of an unseen presence which lurks in the shadows, she finds herself slipping between two worlds.

With a growing sense of unease, Alyssa fears a ghost from the past is trying to possess her. To her dismay she discovers there is a rival claimant to the old house. And what about the enigmatic Rory, where does he fit in? The island holds many secrets for Alyssa to uncover…

Hauntingly and exquisitely atmospheric, Highland Enchantment is a story of love and betrayal.
Captivating

Highland Enchantment
Charmian Stewart
ISBN 1-906206-17-1 UK £6.99
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Brainbiter - The Saga of Hereward the Wake

From the darkest depths of the woods appears Umbella, an ancient clairvoyant. For Trifena and her husband, Hestig, and their pagan Atrebate tribe, the hag predicts a terrifying future:

“Folk will curse the day you returned to Byden, bearing your mongrel child and unleashing sword, fire and total destruction!”
But will the prophecy be fulfilled?
Part I tells the story of Bron as her parents, aided by Veneta, priestess and friend, struggle to shield their young daughter from High Priest, Vortin, whose powerful determination to have Bron as his High Priestess becomes an unhealthy obsession…
All this against the background of a changing Britain, as a new religion challenges Ashuba, their sun god, and the Roman empire falls apart.

The authenticity brought by Iris Lloyd to this poignant novel makes it a fascinating read.

Brainbiter - The Saga of Hereward the Wake
Jack Ogden
ISBN 1-905621-70-1 UK £8.99
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Charity Begins

When Gillian Morris begins a new job as Area Manager for a large national charity, she anticipates a challenge. She is not wrong. From an amorous stalker, power failures and a team of highly eccentric staff, to a shop demolished by a runaway truck and a thief among her workers, her first few days are enough to make her feel like her very own charity case.

But even this is nothing compared to her personal life, which goes into freefall as she is forced to face the harsh truth about her feckless husband – and revisit a golden memory from the past in the shape of her charming, strangely familiar boss…

Charity Begins
Christine Williams
ISBN 1-905621-81-7 UK £6.99
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The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Stephen Markham is a phenomenally talented guitarist, a handsome rock superstar, the epitome of a successful musician. Yet Stephen is miserable. Haunted by the loss of his first love, beautiful, compassionate Lynn Jackson, and trapped in an increasingly difficult marriage with the vivacious, demanding Antonia, Stephen finds solace only in playing guitar as the frontman of his world famous rock band, Sid's Six.

Meanwhile, Lynn, still desperately in love with Stephen, throws herself into her career as a speech therapist, finding new loves and challenges, as her work takes her from Britain to war-torn Africa and back.

Then, in 2001, nearly 20 years after they parted, Stephen is involved in a violent car accident, and their lives are intertwined once again. But how can Stephen come to terms with what has happened? Can his love for Lynn enable him to cope with its devastating effects and accept his limitations? And have the years of yearning for Stephen taught Lynn the same lesson?

At times sad, funny and poignant, but never less than gripping, The Sound Of One Hand Clapping is the engaging story of Stephen and Lynn's struggle to find themselves, and each other, and rekindle their passionate romance, set against the glittering backdrop of the vibrant, heady international rock music scene.

The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Fay Doxford
ISBN 1-906206-05-8 UK £12.95
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