Check out author Amanda Matti’s latest radio interview with Homefront Media, the first in-studio interview concerning her Iraq War memoir A Foreign Affair and her soon-to-be-released prequel to it Voicing the Eagle. She also promoted a near-and-dear nonprofit organization she volunteers for, No One Left Behind – San Diego, CA Chapter. Listen on Soundcloud at http://bit.ly/2syYtXD
Johnnie Bernhard, author of A Good Girl, to sign at Gulfport B&N TODAY!
June 17, 2017 @ 2pm Gulfport B&N, 15246 Crossroads Parkway, Gulfport, MS, Gulfport – B&N Store & Event Locator https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2961
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When Kade Turner lost her husband and son to a freak automobile accident, she tried to commit suicide and was hospitalized for a year. Daily sessions with Dr. Luke Bradshaw brought her back to the land of the living… and also of loving. Or so she made him believe, as an unexpected and suppressed emotion is kindled and an eternal flame ignited on the night of her departure.
She flees to Destin, Florida with the goal of being reunited with her family ‘on the other side,’ unable to believe Luke could love a ‘lost cause’ like herself. Instead, she is targeted by a serial killer who sees her as a challenge. Unbeknownst to Kade, her worst nightmare is her next-door neighbor; a man who knows her every move and hears even her thoughts. Will Luke find her in time? Is what they shared strong enough to turn a determination to die into an undeniable desire to live?
Maryann Wakefield is a retired academic professor who has garnered many distinguished awards and was the Sleuth’s Ink contest winner, 2006. She is currently a member of several writing organizations, former Board Member of Missouri Writers Hall of Fame, member of Ozarks Writers League (OWL), Springfield Writers Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and Sleuth’s Inc. She was a panel member for Missouri Writers Hall of Fame, October 2012. This is her first novel, but far from her last. Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency Published by Argus Publishing
MANY opportunities to meet Johnnie Bernhard, author of A Good Girl!
June 17, 2017 @ 2pm Gulfport B&N, 15246 Crossroads Parkway, Gulfport, MS, Gulfport – B&N Store & Event Locator https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2961
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July 1, 2017 @ 10-1 pm Biloxi, MS Public Library, Howard Ave.
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July 8, 2017 @ 5-7 pm Second Saturday, Bay Books, Bay St. Louis, MS
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July 13, 2017 @ 7-9 pm Bayou Writer’s Club, Mandeville, La.
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August 9, 2017 Book Signing, Reading, Gulf Coast Writers Association, Biloxi, MS www.gc.org TBA
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August 12, 2017 @ 7-9pm Book Signing, Reading, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS www.walterandersonmuseum.org
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August 18/19, 2017 MS Book Festival, Featured Author/Panelist, Jackson TBA
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August 31, 2017 @ 5-7:30 pm Southern Bound Books, 280 Eisenhower Drive, Biloxi, MS, Reading
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September 9, 2017 @ 2pm Literary Council of Jackson County 1713 Kenneth Ave, Pascagoula, MS
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October 1, 2017 Book Signing, Reading, Lane Library, Butler County, Ohio TBA www.lanepl.org
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October 6, 2017 @ 6-8 pm Paige & Palette Book Store, Fairhope, Alabama http://www.pageandpalette.com/
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October 13-14, 2017 Bayou Writers Conference, Lake Charles, Louisiana www.bayouwritersgroup.com
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November 4, 2017 Texas Book Festival www.texasbookfestival.org TBA
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December 6-8, 2017 Words & Music Literary Feast, New Orleans, LA www.wordsandmusic.org Bernhard is part of a panel discussion with Texas Review Press, as well as teaching a panel on developmental editing.
June 20/21, 2017 @ 5:00-7:00 PM Book Launch for A Horde of Fools
Kwitzky’s Dugout (signing) http://kwitzkysdugout.com/
1025 Government St. Ocean Springs, MS 228-875-7827
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July 8, 2017 @ 12:00-4:00 PM
Hillyer House (signing/wine) https://hillyerhouse.com
920 Washington Ave., Ocean Springs, MS (228) 875-8065
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July 13, 2017 @ 5:00-7:00 PM
Ocean Springs Yacht Club (signing) https://www.osyc.com
100 Front Beach Dr., Ocean Springs, MS (228) 875-1915
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July 15, 2017 @ 2:00-5:00 PM
Barnes and Noble (signing) https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2961
15246 Crossroads Parkway, Gulfport, MS (228) 832-8906
Charming little Affinity Bell may not be exactly what she appears in Affinity’s Window by Douglas Wilson. You realize this pretty quickly as each day starts out the same … except for the added intensity and horror Affinity experiences as she tries to prevent The Others from hurting her. With her threadbare doll, Mr. Moppet, who promises to protect her, Affinity rules her home while gradually succumbing to the strength of The Others’ magic, especially when she loses Mr. Moppet.
The Others, in fact, are a writer trying to find evidence of ghosts and two psychics who are along to help. Together, Taylor Dann, Claire Cookmeyer, and her mother, Linda, confront Affinity and the demons she has been trying to avoid. Learning more about Danny’s past and the connections between generations of missing children, the psychics grow increasingly concerned about what they are facing. Undeterred, Danny tries to figure things out on his own by confronting his dreams in the haunted Bell mansion and receives a unique gift when he picks up Mr. Moppet. The question becomes: who is really haunting whom and how will they all escape – if at all?
Affinity’s Window is an amazing horror story that builds up the suspense at every turn. Douglas Wilson has created a multi-dimensional setting with realistic characters, terrifying demons, and more than a few surprises. In a cyclical style, the action is repeated with new layers of meaning and added understanding building tremendous tension as the mystery is slowly revealed. Affinity’s Window certainly has all the elements of a top rate paranormal tale that is guaranteed to keep you turning the pages and leaving on the lights. Fantastic story – I can’t wait for the rest!
Cry for Rain is the true story of soul-consuming, bitter, childhood battles within a young girl’s home amidst Iran’s political and religious upheavals.
As a Christian minority growing up in Tehran, Iran, Ariana and her siblings face harsh physical and emotional abuse from their unstable mother. On the other hand, her love for her Papa leaves a yearning for his protection and next return from his trips as a truck driver. She holds onto hope, suffering through a bitter childhood, the loss of friends and family during the revolution, the regime change to an Islamic government, and a city embattled with Iraq. But most of all, Ariana struggles to survive her mother’s cruelty.
Melineh Petrosian penned this memoir as an encouragement to those who have experienced abuse and hardship; to let them know all hope is not lost, and choices do exist. A tangible, real-life story, it shows us what it was like growing up in Iran, being an Armenian Christian within an Islamic government, and never having sanctuary or feeling safe… anywhere.
Melineh Petrosian is a self-made woman, born in 1963 to an Armenian family in Tehran, Iran. She endured regular abuse from a mother with a personality disorder. Despite being suppressed regularly for her talents, Petrosian’s love for poetry and narrative writing has been a constant through the years, finding published status in several Farsi magazines. She finally writes the bitter yet poignant tale of growing up in a war-torn country and home, neither of which she could escape.
Before migrating to the United States in 1987, she lived in Athens, Greece, for almost two years. She earned not only a cosmetology license, but also one in naturopathic science and massage therapy and has been in practice for over twenty-five years. Petrosian is fluent in four languages and is actively involved in Houston Writers’ Guild and multiple writers’ critique groups. Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency
Ian McLean, author of Legend of Shane McLean — Quest for Vengeance, will be signing books this Saturday at the Wimberley Book Festival June 9 @ 9:00 am – June 10 @ 2:00 am
Legend of Shane McLean — Quest for Vengeance — At sixteen, Frank “Shane” McLean covets a commission in the Texas Rangers. With the shadow of civil war on the country’s doorstep, he uncovers a dark family secret. His God-fearing father Kirby is an Illuminati henchman and hired assassin for the secret society. Kirby is responsible for the death of a renegade Freemason with ties to Governor Sam Houston. A staunch Freemason and secret Illuminati, Houston hires bounty hunters who kill Kirby in front of his wife and son.
Shane begins a violent life of revenge for his father’s death and as a member of Terry’s Texas Rangers in the Civil War. The battles of Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg leave him wounded and emotionally scarred, while his inner demons cry for vengeance.
Quest for Vengeance is the first in an action/adventure series detailing Shane’s lifelong pursuit to punish the men who made him a widow’s son.
Ian McLean is a freelance writer and member of the Houston Writers Guild. He was born in Long Beach, California and graduated from University High School in Waco, Texas. A love of literature led him to Sam Houston State University where he played football and excelled in storytelling. For the past twenty-five years, he has devoted his life to teaching and coaching high school and middle school athletes. In 2010, Ian entered Legend of Shane McLean in a HWG writing contest and was named a finalist. He is a member of the Texas High School Coaches Association and Texas Federation of Teachers. Ian is a husband and proud father of three.
He is currently working on the sequel, Curse of the Gun.
Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency
Published by Black Opal Books
Enemies at Peace – God bless America and God bless President Trump!
“When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him” Proverbs 16:7
Just as the Lord promised Abram that He would bless those who blessed him and curse those who cursed him (Genesis 12:3), so God will go before those who faithfully walk with Him today. The world is a difficult place in which to lead. There are many people vying for money and power. Evil has numerous strongholds and wickedness reigns in many of society’s high places. Potential enemies abound.
Yet when God is pleased with someone’s life, God has innumerable ways to demonstrate His favor. One way is the manner in which God deals with those who oppose us. At times, God may deal severely with our enemies on our behalf. In all times God will provide us the wisdom and strength to endure whatever others inflict upon us.
Ultimately, God is one who reconciles (2 Corinthians 5:19). He is able to transform our most bitter enemies into friends. Only God can change peoples’ hearts. Only He can open peoples’ eyes to truth. God can soften a person’s heart. The Holy Spirit can convict people of their wrongful behavior and attitudes.
Is there someone who is currently opposed to you? Believe God for more than merely your protection. Regularly pray, and trust that God can bring peace and reconciliation to that relationship. Do you believe that with God, all things are possible? How you relate to your enemies will provide vivid proof that you do.
Wild-eyed evangelist Kuku Peter inflames the pauper hordes of Europe, raising a violent peasant army of 30,000 men, women, children, and elderly intent on recapturing Jerusalem from Islam. Untrained, armed with farm implements, lacking provisions, this ragtag mob scorches a path across Europe and into Byzantium, leaving behind a horrid trail of intolerance and destruction.
Young Bishop Tristan de Saint-Germain is sent by the Pope to stop Kuku Peter’s ‘march of madness,’ but ends by trailing it all the way to Constantinople. Arriving there, he unexpectedly discovers beautiful Mala the Romani awaiting him, still hoping to pull him from the grasp of Pope Urban and the Vatican. As their heart-breaking, obsessive past unearths itself,e promising resurrection, the future of Christendom hangs in the balance as Kuku Peter’s renegade army tramps into the Sultanate of Rüm… and destiny.
Clinging to each other in defiant desperation, driven by hope and an illicit love forbidden by the Church, Tristan and Mala struggle to survive the raging currents of race, war, and faith as humanity approaches the greatest cultural war of all time… the Holy Crusades.
Robert E. Hirsch received his undergraduate degree from Cameron University and began teaching history and French, then earned his Master’s Degree at the University of Southern Mississippi and Doctoral Degree from Nova Southeastern University of Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. Having experienced his own adversities concerning racial stigmas and Catholic doctrine, Hirsch writes with distinct accuracy of the walled façade individuals construct to insulate themselves against others and the terrors of life no less formidable than those constructed by powerful and established institutions. Promise of the Black Monks (in e-book, print, and audio), Hammer of God, A Horde of Fools, God’s Scarlet Fury (2017) and the final, yet to be announced, are all being published by Argus Publishing. Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency Also found on other online sites and in local and chain bookstores.