Tag: Romance

Video Trailer: Outcome, a Novel

What if, through no fault of your own, you become ill and need an organ transplant? Who’s going to come to your rescue when you’re put under a bad surgeon’s knife? In this medical fiction novel, a young woman and her Labrador Retriever flee a barrier island as Hurricane Ivan roars towards them. But a policeman is about to make a horrible mistake.

There is despair and hope, loss and recovery, guilt and romance; and a world of characters who spring to life around the central tragedy of the ensuing car crash and it is through Karen’s organ donation that a woman with liver disease may be given a second chance. But what happens when a pilot aborts the transplant team’s flight? And what becomes of the hurricane-battered dog who escapes the crushed metal pile into the blowing sand and gusty wind? And above all, what happens in the operating room during one of the most difficult surgeries performed in medicine?

Outcome, the medical suspense novel by Dr. Barbara Ebel, is available through Amazon.com, Amazon UK, and Barnes & Noble.

Book Brief: My Temporary Life

MY TEMPORARY LIFE
by Martin Crosbie
Genre: Romantic/Suspense
Word count: 93,000

It has everything, simply everything-a coming of age, a romance, and a thriller rolled into one delightful read.

From the very first sentence, we’re drawn into the harsh Scotland schoolboy world of Malcolm and Hardly. Malcolm’s summers in Canada with his mother offer little comfort. He survives by running; running through the streets, running between Scotland and Canada, running from himself and his past.

Flash ahead 20 years. In Canada, Malcolm meets Heather, a woman haunted by an evil secret. When they camp at the Lake at the end of the World, they discover there is nowhere left to run, for either of them.

Like the great 19th century writers (but with a lighter touch), Martin Crosbie takes Malcolm from a life focused on the primary needs of food, sex and basic survival to loftier aspirations. He enters an intangible, often illusory world of evil that requires enormous human faith; and tosses the reader onto a thrilling rollercoaster ride. Mr. Crosbie’s deft character-development pen never allows the reader to question Malcolm’s choices. He has prepared for this journey since his boyhood days in Scotland. This time, he’s not backing down, whatever the cost.

This title is available from Amazon. Continue reading “Book Brief: My Temporary Life”

Sneak Peek: A Wedding in Ruby Lake

Today we have a sneak peek from author Sherrill Willis’s new novel, A Wedding in Ruby Lake.

A Wedding in Ruby Lake finds Sydney Myers and Zeke Greyson planning the perfect wedding, only to receive several unexpected, but not unwanted, houseguests. Illana Garet, Sydney’s city-savvy best friend, decides to come rather unexpectedly as does Zeke’s friend Tyler Shepard. They both arrive just in time to be embroiled into a new threat which proves to be far more dangerous than anyone at first had believed.

A Wedding in Ruby Lake is available from Amazon US and Amazon UK.

Here is an excerpt from A Wedding in Ruby Lake:

“I need a note pad so we can make a list of everything you need. Invitations, but first you have to figure out where you’re having it. We’ll need flowers, food, dresses, tuxes, and music. Do you have any idea how much preparation we need to do this?”

Sydney went to a drawer in the kitchen and opening it, pulled out a book. “Yes I do, which is why I got this wedding planner. I figured we could use this as a guideline. It’ll be fine Illana, don’t get so stressed out.”

Raising an eyebrow at Sydney, Illana said, “One of us should be and it shouldn’t be you.” Drinking the rest of her coffee, she rinsed out her cup and left it in the sink. “Give me a minute to grab my stuff. I’ll be right back, and then we can go.”

Illana walked quickly into her room and grabbed her black clutch purse, opening it to drop her cell phone in it. She checked her hair, red tipped today, and makeup one last time in the mirror above the dresser and then walked out the door, pulling it shut quietly so as not to wake the other houseguest. Turning around, she ran smack into his chest.

“Ow, hi, I didn’t hear you get up. Did we wake you?” she asked, her face turning pink as she looked at Tyler.

“No, I’ve been up for hours actually,” Tyler said, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. “Just so you know, my heart has already been spoken for. But if it wasn’t, you’d be very fun to chase…and catch.”

Illana felt a pang of disappointment, and a wave of relief. “Ha, like you’d catch me to begin with. I never date men who are prettier than me.”

Tyler’s small grin told her he didn’t believe her for a minute. “Is that so? Well, I guess we’ll never know now will we, little mshike?”

“What does that mean?” Illana asked, the word sounding strange and beautiful at the same time.

“It means ‘turtle’ and I’ll leave it to you to puzzle it out,” Tyler said, stepping into the bathroom and closing the door.

Illana stared at the door, not sure whether to be insulted or amused. She shrugged and walked back out into the living room.

Sydney looked at Illana’s furrowed brow and asked, “What’s the matter?”

Illana looked up, “I ran into Tyler in the hall and he called me a turtle. I have no idea what to make of it.”

Sydney laughed a little. “I can take a guess. He’s pretty quick if he picked up on that.”

Video Trailer: Operation Neurosurgeon

Can a successful doctor, one who scoops parasitic masses and embedded nails out of patients’ brains, save his own daughter’s life? Even Danny Tilson’s neurosurgical skills, his paramedic best friend, and his stable family life cannot prevent Danny’s asthmatic daughter from suddenly dying.

While reeling from this first tragedy, Danny falls prey to an alluring and calculating seductress who has wheedled her way into his OR through deceit and trickery, and to her Chesapeake Bay retriever, who is all innocence to her conniving. Vulnerable and shaken, Danny makes all the wrong choices for the love of this aqua eyed lady.

Danny’s torrid affair conjures up a gaggle of Tennessee attorneys who pursue him as he turns vagrant with the roguish retriever. But in the backwoods of Tennessee? The plot thickens to payback the woman who left in a hurry.

Operation Neurosurgeon, the medical suspense novel by Dr. Barbara Ebel, is available through Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.