WATTYS WINNER 2020 Two interconnected murders, 64 years apart. One woman's search for truth and identity. Readers' comments: 'a masterpiece', 'impeccably written', 'amazing', 'superbly crafted page-turner', 'hauntingly beautiful', 'tremendous plot and character development', 'one of a kind', 'fantastic story telling', 'loved this book', 'a wonderful read", 'absolutely beautiful', 'brought tears to my eyes' and many more Wattys judging panel: 'This is VERY good. We were HOOKED from the beginning, and the writing and plot hold up throughout. This is a very unique, polished, well-written and well-researched piece.' Plot Set partly in rural England, partly on the sun-kissed coast of southerm Italy, The Painted Altar is a murder mystery mixed with romantic and historical elements (World War Two). Given away at two days old, Mary Rice has spent her life in the shadows. When discovering the suspicious circumstances surrounding her biological mother's death, she embarks on a journey which will shine a light not only on the truth but also on her own identity. Brief extract Suddenly, the door had inched open, half a wrinkled face visible behind the tautened chain. "Hello. Who is it?" The words I was going to say had of course been well-rehearsed, repeated over and over in my mind like a mantra, but now that the moment had arrived I found myself struggling to remember them. "Mrs Harvey... I think that you might... well, that you might be..." The door closed, then slowly opened once more, the chain this time unlatched. And there she was before me - half a metre away, within arm's reach. Thin lips gradually crooking upwards at each corner like the slow beatific kindling of a summer's dawn. "Oh yes love, I know who you are." Length: 70,000 words About the author: Originally from England but for the last 16 years I've been living in Italy. I hope therefore that the Italian aspects of the novel will have a certain gloss of authenticity.

The Krestochian city or the night city of Krestochia, regarded for its beauty and enchanted serenity is ruled by an emperor named Henry Nicolov. Who is known for his charisma, wit and the fearsome aura that he holds. He is considered cruel and ruthless in a strange way because he is not just the ruler but a vampire as well, something away from the visual of local folk. The Kingdom of Krestochia doesn't only comprise humans but also the mythical creatures of night - Vampires. Besides this mystique city, there is another city of Vamparia comprising of Vampires, witches and demons which is a complete different and unknown place to the humans. When King Henry meets his beautiful mate - Rose Collins, an ordinary human girl wanting to live the life to the fullest. He instantly falls for her beauty but, will he be able to actually love her and fight his inner battle of lust, possessiveness and outer battle of dominance? [The Fiction Awards 2017 Winner] ***************** Highest Rank #1 in fantasy (With previous version) #1 in vampire (With latest version)

The KimJones Chronicles: PART 1 - Princess of the South ♕ "Here, we consider Kimberley as the princess of the south, or the Southside princess." The hardworking and humble, nineteen year old Kimberley B. Jones, had always dreamt about becoming a fashion designer since the elementary school days and it is something that never changed. When she makes her own decision of dropping out of her first year of college, she gets kicked out of her childhood home in Savannah, GA and moves in with her carefree sister, Katrina Jones in Atlanta, GA. She tries to find herself in the new city, and living without any rules. Kimberley offered a business card from a brand new modeling agency leads her to thinking that her career could possibly takeoff and branch off into other things that'll help her out with her passion. The moment she meets people that'll help her to expand further into her dream of fashion design, she has to figure out what would be best for her career, or trying to find a way to balance them both. Follow along the journey of Kimberley as she meets people who are interested in her for the wrong things and she deals with people coming to her for the outcome of her success as well as balancing a lot of her own personal issues and relationships. Cover created by:- DiaTheLit