Are You Hooked? Blurb #5

THE GENTLEMAN OF CHAOS

As a boy, Edmund Morcant fell into the pit at the center of the world and vanished for thirty years. No one noticed.

Now he's returned to Blencock, the Gray City of Steam, alive and rich, accompanied by two mystic bodyguards, and with unwholesome plans for his birthplace. Although he claims he wishes to restore the dilapidated city, the sudden spike in crime raises suspicions and unease.

Morcant isn't the only new arrival in Blencock. A mysterious criminal mastermind known as the Gentleman has staked out the city for his own and has started a turf war with the oldest demon in the city--the Minister. Both have the same ambition: to detach Blencock from the world, and reality, and use the city as the new capital in Hell.

Morcant has connections with both the Gentleman and the Minister, and his aid may tip the balance between the two and give one victory. Or he could singlehandedly destroy the city, an outcome he favors more and more.

Are You Hooked? Blurb #4

TIME IS HELL

Troy "Heckler" Sinclair is used to days from hell. It comes with working for demons most of his life. But when Baal shows up to collect debts Heckler owes, Hell would be a vacation compared to the week ahead.

Father Time's three split personalities are waging a private war and screwing with the space-time continuum. The conflict threatens to make Duluth the next Brigadoon, so Mr. Past wants Heckler to assassinate Present and Future. If he doesn't, Mr. Past has nasty plans that don't stop with killing him. Baal wants Heckler to take out the Hell Team, and if he doesn't, Baal has even nastier plans. And then there's the entire Summer Fey court after Heckler for past insults.

When Heckler slips up and starts to care about his team mates--never a good plan when you're supposed to murder them--it gets downright messy.

Yeah, hell doesn't begin to describe it.

Are You Hooked? Blurb #3

Book title: TREESPEAKER

"Jakan, Treespeaker (seer and healer) of the Fifth Tribe of Arrakesh is convinced that a visitor from outside the forest is the evil he was warned of in terrifying visions. However, his only real supporter in this belief, the Chief Elder, has just died, and the rest of the village seems to have come under the spell of the charismatic Beldror. Jakan's efforts to have Beldror expelled from the village lead to tragedy, and send the Treespeaker on a seemingly impossible journey. This journey is as much about personal discovery as saving his people, but will Jakan survive?"

Are You Hooked? Blurb #2

Merlin’s Bookshelf: Mason and the Pirates

Shiver me timbers!

Minutes after entering the new bookstore, Merlin’s Bookshelf, nine-year-old Mason finds himself marooned on a deserted island with no way home. Could things get any worse? That question is answered all too soon when he uncovers a coded message buried in the sand—a message belonging to Captain Silverfang and his pirate crew.

Caught red-handed with coordinates to a treasure hoard, Mason is forced to join Silverfang’s crew and search for their stolen booty. Codes, puzzles and deadly traps await, but even if Mason can recover Silverfang’s loot, how will he ever unravel the biggest mystery of all—finding the way back to Merlin’s Bookshelf?

Are You Hooked? Blurb #1

Rose Connolly comes from four generations of famously beautiful women. Her great-great grandmother was the first spokes-model for the most successful cosmetics company in America, and that title has been passed down from mother to daughter for one hundred years. On her sixteenth birthday, it's Rose's turn - except Rose has gained fifty pounds in the past three months. Her mother has hired a personal trainer and put her on a rigid schedule. But, no matter how little she eats or how hard she works, the weight just isn’t coming off. If something doesn’t happen soon, how will she be able to face the entire country on her birthday?