A power kept secret for 2000 years. A woman who stands to lose everything. India. When a nun is burned alive on the sacred ghats of Varanasi, and the stone she carried is stolen, an international hunt is triggered for the relics of the early church. Forged in the fire and blood of martyrs, the Pentecost stones have been handed down through generations of Keepers who kept their power and locations secret. Until now. The Keepers are being murdered, the stones stolen by those who would use them for evil in a world transformed by religious fundamentalism. Oxford University psychologist Morgan Sierra is forced into the search when her sister and niece are held hostage. She is helped by Jake Timber from the mysterious ARKANE, a British government agency specializing in paranormal and religious experience. Morgan must risk her own life to save her family, but will she ultimately be betrayed? From ancient Christian sites in Spain, Italy and Israel to the far reaches of Iran and Tunisia, Morgan and Jake must track down the stones through the myths of the early church in a race against time before a new Pentecost is summoned, this time powered by the fires of evil. The first in the ARKANE series, PENTECOST is a fast-paced thriller that explores the edges of faith against a backdrop of early Christian history, archaeology and psychology.

A young man and his mother move halfway across the country to escape his abusive step-father. With his mother's new dream-job at a tech firm, their new life together is off to a great start... But they soon learn that dreams are often too good to be true. Isolated in a new town with no one to trust, they must dig up the past to escape the far-reaching grasp of the hand that feeds them. #Wattys2016 #Writing-Contest

《 Sequel to Kissing Is the Easy Part 》 High school sweethearts Flora and Sean went through the most horrible kind of breakup - the kind where they were both still disastrously and irreversibly in love with each other.

MOONLIGHTING IN VERMONT: Sometimes a girl just has to get dirty TROUBLE FOLLOWS SOME WOMEN... Bella Bree MacGowan is your average country girl. She works two jobs to support her farm and the menagerie of stray animals that accumulate there; she's almost always covered in mud; and everyone in her small town of South Royalton, Vermont, feels free to comment on everything from her love life ("That Jim just isn't right for you!") to her expired inspection sticker ("Better get that car looked at!"). Is there any such thing as privacy anymore? ... BUT IT FELL IN LOVE WITH BREE MACGOWAN. When Bree finds a dead body at the five-star resort where she moonlights as a maid, her life careens out of control. Her lawyer boyfriend, Jim, dumps her; the surly and sensual investigating officer, Lieutenant Miles Brooks, keeps giving her the beady eyeball; and a reporter at the paper where she works names Bree as the primary suspect in the murder! Can your average hard-working country girl prove her innocence, rein in a love life gone wild, and maintain her sanity all at the same time?

For two years after Cassie had helped solve the case of the mysterious 'Rose Killer,' all was well in her life. She got her friends back, and things went back into place, just as they used to be. She's studying criminology in the University, and she finally feels like nothing can ever go wrong in her life again... Or so she thinks. Another mystery comes knocking at her door, one she hoped would never visit, one she feared for a long time, one that tormented her, but most of all, one she's too weak to resist. She receives an image, one of her and her childhood best friend , Avril, who was mysteriously and brutally murdered when they were kids. She knows there's a reason why someone sent her that image, someone is trying to tell her something, maybe even threaten her. Her obsession returns in full force, and she won't rest until she uncovers the mystery behind Avril's murder.

When a mysterious curse threatens to transform everyone into shadowy demons, a magical eleven year-old girl must travel to a sunken city ruin-fighting pirates, monsters, and an undead sorcerer along the way-to find a weapon that can save her world. Silver Medal Winner for best pre-teen ebook at the 2013 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.

Brusenna is the last. All the other witches have been captured, their songs stolen and twisted from harmony and growth into chaos and death. She alone must stand against an evil much older and darker than anything she could ever imagine-an evil every witch before her has failed to vanquish. In that, Brusenna must be the first. And join my mailing list to stay up to date on my latest releases, cover reveals, and free books: http://eepurl.com/l8fl1 Purchase links: Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/amber-argyle Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=amber+argyle Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Amber-Argyle/e/B004YE1BR4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

COMPLETED Book One of the Phoenix Trilogy Winner of "The Best of Fantasy World" in The Angel Awards ✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴ LET THE FIRE BEGIN! Venuscha "Venus" Andrews. Impulsiveness was just one of her "adorable" traits when she decided to go with a stranger towards an unknown magical realm as a student for a fire-wielding school-The Phoenician Academy. However, she was plunged into an ancient prophecy the Phoenicians believed. A heavy burden of being the "Perfect Vessel" of a goddess along with the rivalry of two dashing princes vying for her heart wherein she confusingly, equally adored. Moreover, her predicaments dramatically escalated when a circle of evil beings called Sorcerers claimed her as their princess. Having the lowest level of fire and equipped with no fighting ability other than running away while shrieking like a cow who was about to be slaughtered... Would she be able to live up to Phoenician's standards and survive? Join our feisty but comical heroine on her journey towards the unveiling of the Phoenix Saga. ✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴ © 2016 by Mariam Sarhan. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author. Disclaimer: I made the cover myself from the free pictures in the internet, however, I do not put any claims on the media used in this book. All credits belong to each own respective owners. If there is any complaint or violation, please let me know. I will not hesitate to take it down at once.