by admin | Sep 9, 2025 | Womens Fiction |
Named a Best Book of 2017 by Kirkus Reviews
Rising ballet star Dena Lindgren’s dream career is knocked off its axis when a puzzling onstage fall results in a crushing diagnosis: a brain tumor. Complications from the extraction surgery kick off a long and difficult recovery, prompting the company’s artistic director, Anders Gunst, to shift his attention to an overshadowed company dancer — Dena’s older sister, Rebecca, with whom Anders once shared a special relationship.
Under the heady glow of Anders’ attention, Rebecca thrives, even as her sister languishes. While Dena’s strength returns, residual facial paralysis sidelines her indefinitely, amid a world that demands beauty and perfection. Rebecca soon faces a painful choice: play by the artistic director’s rules and profit, or take shocking action to help her sister.
Exposing the glamorous onstage world of professional ballet, as well as its shadowed wings and dark underbelly, OUTSIDE THE LIMELIGHT examines loyalty, beauty, artistic passion, and asks what might be worth losing in order to help the ones you love.
by admin | Sep 9, 2025 | Biography & Memoir |
It’s the 1970s and newly qualified GP Edward Vernon has taken a job as an assistant to an elderly general practitioner in a small town in the English midlands. It is his first job in general practice; his first brave excursion into the dangerous world where patients walk round in their clothes. Dr Vernon soon finds himself bemused, fascinated and exhausted as he copes with the procession of ailing humanity that streams into his surgery and awaits his visits. A confused old lady, timid vet, puzzled diabetic, lonely housewife, hypochondriac, tipster with an ulcer, nun with dandruff and a persistent young lady with abundant charms and nothing wrong with her.
Just published as an e book, exclusive to Amazon, this book was a huge hit in England and America when first published in the 1970s.
Edward Vernon is a pen name of a well known British doctor/author.
Here’s what the critics said about the series:
Thoroughly delightful – Fresno Bee
Hilarious – Titbits
A delightfully funny book that keeps the reader laughing and appeals to one’s sense of the ridiculous – Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge
For entertainment, a chapter or two before bedtime is just what the doctor ordered – Sacramento Bee
Does for British GPs what Herriot has done for vets – Booklist
Hilarious, written with skill and zest – Grimsby Evening Telegraph
Very funny – Citizen, Gloucester
Thoroughly enjoyable, genuinely funny – South Wales Echo
Wise, funny, sad and heartwarming – Chattanooga Times
Good fun – Homes and Gardens
Most of his adventures are funny, some hilarious; but he has the good sense to leven the comedy lump with some that are sad, some touching. All are written lightly, easily, entertainingly – Oxford Times
The funniest of the funny doctor books – Richard Gordon
Jolly good reading – Publishers Weekly
Views the human species he treats with much the same affection, compassion and humour as Herriot brings to the animal world – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sometimes serious, sometimes hilarious – Lancashire Evening Post
Truthful, well observed and consistently readable – Daily Telegraph
Perceptive and witty – Surrey Advertiser
Will amuse, amaze and entertain – Yorkshire Post
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by admin | Sep 9, 2025 | Christian Fiction |
After their first meeting, Edith “Edie” Carmichael would have been content to never lay eyes on Lucas Brown again. She thinks he’s no more than the grumpy owner of Pine Creek’s lumber company, and he thinks she’s a know-it-all lady doctor intent on putting folks in their place. The two must quickly form a truce when suspicious accidents and theft at the sawmill threaten both his livelihood and the lives of his men, but can Lucas ever learn to trust a woman after a lifetime of being abandoned by them? Can Edie be content running the clinic in the hometown she thinks she’s outgrown, or will her dreams prove more powerful than her growing feelings? And when the world around them goes up in flames, will Edie and Lucas make it out alive?
by admin | Sep 9, 2025 | Mystery |
“I love these books. Sloane Monroe is a great character, tenacious to the end.” Rose, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer
If you’re looking for a gripping mystery full of twists, lies, and long-buried truths, I Have a Secret is the one for you …
Doug Ward has spent twenty years trying to forget, to put his harrowed past behind him.
But memories have a way of catching up—especially after a night of too many whiskies.
On a quiet evening aboard a luxury cruise to celebrate his high school reunion, Doug’s haunted past surfaces, and this time, he’s ready to talk. But When blood is found on the deck where Doug was last seen, Private Investigator Sloane Monroe goes in search of answers and soon discovers a chilling secret buried beneath decades of silence—secrets someone would kill for to keep hidden.
As she races to protect her former classmates from being the killer’s next victim, it’s up to Sloane to piece the past together, bringing the truth to light.
If you like stories that keep you guessing, you’ll be up all night with this page-turning mystery, written by a New York Times and 11-time USA Today bestselling author.
Praise for I Have a Secret:
“I loved the twists and turns in this story.” L. Smith, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????
“Quick-paced read with lots of twist and turns. I couldn’t put the book down.” Julia Crane, Bestselling Author of Keegan’s Chronicles ??????????
“I can officially declare that I am now a Cheryl Bradshaw fan and look forward to reading the other books in the series over the summer.” -Mel Comley, New York Times bestselling author of the Justice series ??????????
“Difficult to put down.” ??????????
“Cheryl Bradshaw delivers again.” ??????????
“Once I picked up this book, I couldn’t stop. I read it within 24-Hours.”??????????
Sloane Monroe Series in Order:
0. Silent as the Grave (prequel to series)
1. Black Diamond Death
2. Murder in Mind
3. I Have a Secret
4. Stranger in Town – Shamus Award Finalist
5. Bed of Bones – USA Today Bestseller
6. Hush Now Baby – USA Today Bestseller
7. Gone Daddy Gone – USA Today Bestseller
8. Smoke and Mirrors – USA Today Bestseller
9. Shadows of Silence – Coming Soon!
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by admin | Sep 9, 2025 | Mystery |
He thought he’d left his life as a detective behind. But the past has a deadly way of catching up.
Retired DI Gus Freeman is drawn back into the force to lead a new cold case unit. Join Gus and his team as they sift through old cases, uncovering a web of secrets that others have failed to see:
Fatal Decision
Gus Freeman’s first investigation: the brutal murder of Daphne Tolliver, a widow killed during her morning walk through the seemingly peaceful Wiltshire woods. With the killer still at large and watching their every move, Freeman must confront not only a cunning adversary but the demons of his own past—before another life is claimed.
Last Orders
Detective Gus Freeman is determined to solve the decades-old murder of Trudi, a beloved barmaid. But the truth has implications far greater than anyone can imagine.
Pressure Point
Detective Gus Freeman and his team delve into the murder of twenty-seven-year-old Laura Mallinder, a massage parlor worker, each step bringing them closer to the truth… and deeper into danger.
With gripping mysteries and unforgettable characters, this thrilling box set is a must-read for fans of Sally Rigby, Faith Martin, and Joy Ellis.
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Praise for The Freeman Files:
????? Cracking good stories
????? Good characters, tight plots and enough red herrings to keep you guessing until the end.
????? I loved the main character and the team that he works with.
????? Completely fell for Gus and his analytical way of thinking.
????? Enjoyed these books and will no doubt carry on till I’ve read all of them.
????? If you like good detective novels, this is a must.
????? I found I read more than I intended at each sitting, totally unputdownable.
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