Jared, moving slowly, touched the liquid, a mouth formed What is wrong, Great king? Jared explained his wound, I think there may be something wrong still, my friend. I need your special skill to investigate, Jared said. You honour me greatly, My King. Please dip your finger into the cup and leave it there. I will explain to your Healer as I work. Jared did so. Now, as part of me travels to the site of the wound through his blood system, I will try to explain. What you see in the goblet is not liquid, though it appears to be. It is millions upon millions of extremely small units.

Wonderful pages filled with the music of Jared's Song each character a single instrument intertwining with the others creating a symphony in words with adventurous passages, delicate movements, funny and sometimes sad melodies, resounding battles, heart stopping moments and dramatic tragedy. Elrek's Rise the third book in the series, is an amazing original story about Jared 'a legend in his own lifetime' and his son Elrek's life and adventures, the characters in the books leap into life before your eyes and are so easy to relate to even if you have not read the first books you will soon feel that the characters are more like members of your own family and you join the story with its unexpected twists and turns taking you by surprise and immersing you in the experience. Extract from book Someone above laughed and said something quite disgusting, and an arrow clanged off of Elrek's breastplate. "I'll take that as a refusal, then." He shouted. He had his standard take his horse away after he'd dismounted, and had four hundred Gold dismount, discard lances, and advance on foot with swords and shields. Elrek then approached the large gates of the castle and placed his hands against them and closed his eyes. This was Jared's trick, only sort of in reverse.

Jareds Song S- sometimes I dream special dreams. Alisha nodded her hand on her daughters shoulder. I dreamed that he was a snake in his wagon at night, and he was talking to rats riding wolves. I- I was frightened. Jared frowned, rubbing his chin. Druna peeked up at him, I dreamed of you too, just before I found you. You were a big lion with gold on your head.

"[A] novel that best expresses the American spirit." –The Chicago Tribune “If America was a melting pot, Butte seemed to be its boiling point,” observes Morrie Morgan, the itinerant teacher and inveterate charmer who stole readers’ hearts in The Whistling Season. A decade later, he steps off the train and into the copper mining capital of the world in its jittery 1919 heyday. While the riches of “the Richest Hill on Earth” may elude him, once again a colorful cast of local characters seek him out. Before long, Morrie is caught up in the clash between the ironfisted Anaconda Mining Company, radical “outside agitators,” and the beleaguered miners. As tensions build aboveground and below, Morrie finds a unique way to give a voice to those who truly need one, and Ivan Doig proves yet again why he’s reigning king of Western fiction.

Award-winning author Karina Bliss continues her Rock Solid series with a sexy, heart-warming story of a loner bad boy who can't resist his longstanding crush, a woman whose superpower is love. No more rock stars. Not ever. Lily Hagen Stuart has done that scene to death. Her new career in early childhood education is way more rewarding and she deals with far fewer tantrums. Then a stolen sex tape is posted online and her future is in jeopardy. She needs to escape the paparazzi and the only place that offers refuge is the world she swore never to return to: the music world. Fine. A few weeks—tops. That’s all she needs to get her life back. And keeping her hands off gorgeous Moss McFadden? Should be easy... Moss McFadden may be a rising rock star, but he’s quite happy to keep everyone at arm’s length. Until Lily needs help, that is. They strike a deal that puts them in closer proximity than is good for his equilibrium. Still, he can keep his fascination with her in check. Or can he? Because when she lends him a hand in a life-changing situation, all his defenses are shot. And as he goes down in a wave of longing, he wonders if she just might be his salvation. “Her series isn’t your run-of-the-mill rockstar romance–yes, there is certainly music and celebrity, but friendships form the core of these books, and that lends depth to the stories.” Bookdaze “This series is my favorite series about rock stars, with realistic characters and stories, and Bliss’s writing is simply amazing.” Way Too Hot Books THE ROCK SOLID SERIES What The Librarian Did (Opening Act) Rise Fall Play Redemption Resurrection * Fall and Play can be read in any order as the action happens simultaneously.

In Cartwheel, Indiana, the strange mingles with the commonplace until bizarre miracles are a part of the everyday, in this quirky and charming novel that celebrates the variety and dignity of human desire.

After leaving an abusive relationship, Kayla moves to California. She believes she will never find Mr Right. Her greatest dream is finding a guy who loves her and treats her with respect. Her life takes a new path when she meets her favourite musician, Jared Ruz. Jared shot to fame over ten years ago. He believes he can never trust a woman again since his previous girlfriend cheated on him. His greatest fear is never finding someone to share his life with who isn’t after his fortune. His routine life is interrupted when he meets a Kayla. She risks losing her job, saving the last maple tree Jared and his father planted, before his father passed away. Their bonds strengthen when she saves his mother’s life. Seeing Kayla and his neighbour kissing Jared ends their relationship. Kayla realising there is no going back returns home. Jared learns things weren’t as they appeared. Jared flies to Australia to try and mend their relationship. Kayla has come to realise she cannot be in a relationship without trust. Hearing this, Jared walks away and prepares to return home. Jared returns to Kayla declaring his unwavering love. Hoping it’s enough to save his relationship with the woman he loves.

Forced to choose between obeying her instincts or the laws of her tribe, is she willing to risk everything for the man she loves? BLACKBIRD is the first book in the compelling contemporary fantasy trilogy about a tribe of shapeshifters who dwell deep within the inhospitable forest of northern Maine USA, in an hidden dimension known as Blackwater Hills. Protected by the Great Shield, the tribe lives united in their love and reverence for the god, Corvus. The god of beasts had once bestowed a sacred gift, the ability to transform into the divine entity known as Bestiae, upon the males of this tribe. But generations of inbreeding with ordinary humans has caused the gift to become diluted and corrupted. The power of transformation has not been completely eliminated, however. What remains triggers a curse the Sacred Order calls the blood madness.Corvus's Sacred Law proclaims that in order to ensure the safety of the tribe and guarantee that the blood madness will not be passed on to future generations, any male found guilty of having the curse must be executed. Michael Singleton and Alena Andrick must fight to overcome the curse of the Beast God, while trying to escape the death sentence imposed by the Sacred Order. From the Back Cover: There is a world that exists within the world we think we know. There are gods who stay hidden from all but their descendants. One such group has lived for centuries in an isolated region of the northern Maine forest. Their surroundings are wild and harsh, a reflection of their father and creator Corvus the Beast God. Ten years after departing this world, Michael Singleton returns to the valley nestled along the Blackwater River. Michael suffers from a rare disease, the curse of his tribe. Because of this curse, Michael's soul will be damned to wander the Shadowlands, the domain of the Witch Goddess, for eternity. To escape this fate, Michael must unlock the spell that opens the portal to Corvus's kingdom, the Otherworld. It is a secret known to only one man, the powerful Guardian of the Dead. Michael is convinced that if he can invoke the spell and travel through the portal, he will finally be rid of his painful, debilitating torment. He cannot believe his luck when he stumbles upon the key in the form of Alena Andrick. Alena is the only child of the Guardian of the Dead. Her safe and predictable life studying to follow in her father's footsteps, is turned upside-down when she meets Michael at the Solstice celebration. Alena is inexplicably drawn to the handsome, charismatic stranger. But when Michael is arrested and accused of murdering the Captain of the Guard, Alena is forced to choose between obeying her instincts or the laws of her people.