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Five Great Reads:

From the Chrysalis

Review
Drugs, bikers, prison breaks and incest provide surprising plot twists in this rough-and-tumble romance novel…set in ’60s and ’70s Ontario…Black has a flair for historical novels..and she shows remarkable storytelling depth… – Kirkus

Dace…is about 17 when the book begins and the reader knows from the start that he is drawn to trouble. He sort of reminded me of James Dean, handsome, tempting and sure to cause suffering. -Readers Favorite
Product Description
A forbidden love affair between a college student and an ex-convict threatens to destroy them both.

Liza’s bad-boy cousin, the handsome, magnetic D’Arcy “Dace” Devereux is nothing but trouble. Falling in love with him can only make things worse. Especially for a girl who knows more about books and monarch butterflies than she does men.

The cousins’ mutual infatuation flares into an obsession long before Liza is out of her teens. Even when Dace is arrested and sent to jail, their feelings don’t change.

When she’s old enough, Liza enrolls in a local university to be closer to him, but a prison riot breaks out and Dace is forced to make decisions that will jeopardize both their relationship and his life. He’s always been loyal to his old buddies—too loyal some say.

The cousins spend one wonderful summer together when he’s briefly paroled, but Dace is still drawn to trouble like the monarchs down to Mexico.

In the end, nobody—not the biker gangs, the authorities or Dace’s own demons—is going to let him go. The only way they can both break out and fly free is if Liza walks away. But how can she leave him when he has become her whole life?

“From the Chrysalis” is a taut novel of romance and survival against all odds,set in the shifting political and moral background of the early seventies.

Review Highlights:

“…courtroom scenes are so well written, I thought I was reading a John Grisham novel but without half the tediousness of his long drawn out court battles. The sexual scenes are also beautifully done, a real part of the plot, not woven in to titillate the reader.” Book lover “Elsee” (Malvern, UK)

“..this is an eloquently crafted tale about love, guilt, and human resilience.” Ben Avery

“Both Liza and Dace are haunted by the decisions that they made in their youth- his a charge resulting in a jail term, and hers a relationship with an older man which results in a heartbreaking decision.” Nadia

“I fell in love with the character of Dace (during the prison riot). His perseverance and resilience, whether making good or bad decisions, can’t be matched.” Francine1898

“The author is a woman but she really nailed it in portraying a desperate man, driven both by his violent circumstances and his desperate need for his girl, Liza. But as much as I liked him, it was Liza I really cared about…” Goalie

“I would have loved to have more about the two characters and their relationship….how they rationalized the fact that they were first cousins…”
K. Kendall (California)

“…a meditation on obsessive love,free choice and fitful fate. “From the Chrysalis” asks us to consider how much of life is the result of choices we’ve made,and how much is determined by circumstances beyond our control.” Joseph A.

Heavy Bags of Soul

“The book is in essence, ‘Spirituality for Rebels’ and perfect summer reading for college students on break. It’s the book that I wish had existed when I first started out,” said the author, K.D. Rose. “It definitely has an edge and is not for everyone.”

It is half past dark and we are in a graveyard orbit. Travelers have lost their way. Mankind is hard of hearing. We have abandoned insight and revelation for commerce and merry-go-rounds of distraction. But wonder is still in the palm of our hand. Wisdom is everywhere when we pay attention. We hold the key to orchards in camouflage and we are charged with the task of taking vision and making it into reality− beyond anything that exists and beyond what others say can be done. Learning this is an absolute requirement to survival.

What you do next is up to you.

(Also available in paperback)

Vengeance! (Stories of Everyday’s Woe)

Whistling, Alexander Gijzel comes home after work. But the welcome is different than he imagined. His wife Lydia angrily throws a letter from an escort service in his face and leaves immediately with their little son Björn. On the way to her parents she has a collision with a fatal consequence. Also, Björn does not survive the accident.
Alexander’s life is shattered. And all because of a letter from an escort service that he never heard of. When he inquires, it appears that someone made a mistake. In the days after he decides that there is only one thing possible: vengeance!
It becomes a sacred mission for him, a new purpose to live for. And Alexander lets nothing stop him from actually taking vengeance.

Ed van Eeden is a Dutch writer and journalist.

A Dutch reviewer of his crime fiction wrote: “Ed van Eeden makes you feel as if you are there, while you face the sometimes horrific and always very outspoken scenes he puts into motion.”

More information on his website: http://www.edvaneeden.com

What do you think about justice? Buy the book now! Vengeance!

A Taste For Life (Lust and Mistrust)

An ever evolving tale of Tara’s uncontrollable taste for life…any life…! A successful designer craves the quiet life in a sleepy town away from the madding crowds of New York. A captivating story unfolds and the reader gets sucked into an ever darkening but addictive world.

“That night, Tara dreamt. It was the type of dream she’d had since she was a girl and she first discovered the joys of her burgeoning womanhood, refined further when she discovered how much pleasure her body could bring. Feral dreams of wordless passion, of a language expressed only in touch and desire.
In her dream the man whose face was hidden between her legs, between the legs of her jeans in the closet, rather, pursued her. Tara ascended up a steep path, which she knew led to the top of the bluff called the Knob. She breathed heavily, exerting herself both in the climb and with the tremulous excitement of her seducer behind her. He seemed not to share the same difficulties in ascending the path, although Tara knew with her background in cross-country marathons she should be easily ahead of him. Instead he slowly sauntered after her as though he knew she would not run far beyond his reach. It was the pursuit of a predator who had already caught his prey.”

The Seven Thrones of Isidra

To witness your mother’s death would be horrifying beyond all belief. Rogan, a prince from the mystical kingdom of Isidra, is haunted by such an event. On the night of his glorious sixteenth birthday, he meets a mystifying woman who inexplicably vanishes before his eyes. After receiving a cryptic clue that the mysterious woman is somehow tied to his mother’s death, Rogan sets out to find the woman – against his father’s orders and the betterment of the kingdom.

Rogan’s quest takes him to far away lands where extraordinary and exotic creatures lurk around every dangerous corner. His crusade leads to self discovery, unearthing hidden abilities, and causing him to confront his past. With the unexpected help of his siblings and new found allies, he locates the alluring woman, imprisoned in a fortress.

Standing in his way is a vicious and powerful tyrant who is curiously tied to his past, wanting nothing but harm towards his royal family. Rogan faces the venomous ruler in a terrifying battle that threatens the extinction of a rare species of man.