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ALL THAT SHINES
Glitter Bay Mysteries, Book 2
A relaunch of a favourite Mystery Novel by critically acclaimed mystery writer, Diane Bator
Released for Pre-Sale on February 1, 2025
The book is available worldwide in print and e-book formats
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When Sage Miller’s sister, Laken, decides to host a fashion show as a grand opening for the new location of Vintage Sage, she’s not amused. Even less so when she discovers her sister hired an infamous Hollywood fashion designer to help. Not only does the designer show up in the middle of renovations, but he drags along a protégé who harbours many secrets.
Then Sage finds Sebastian Hayward the Third dead in her store.
Suddenly it seems half of Los Angeles—all unwelcome guests from Laken’s past—appears in Vintage Sage seeking something Sebastian had in his possession. Can Sage deal with renovations, a fashion show, and a murder before she and Laken come unglued?
All That Shines: Glitter Bay Mysteries, Book 2—Kindle edition by Bator, Diane. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
https://books2read.com/u/m00Yxy
“Harrowing, creative, and entertaining, author Diane Bator’s “All That Shines” is a must-read mystery and the perfect next entry in the Glitter Bay Series. The way the author adds more depth to these characters from book 1 to now and the shocking developments will keep readers engaged thoroughly.”—Anthony Avina
“Very likable characters with a lot of depth and the right amount of humour in this quickly read cozy mystery. The “who done it” had me guessing throughout as secrets were found and unfolded.”—Ms Cat’s World
“This was a fun read! With cutthroat and outlandish characters straight from LA, the small town of Glitter Bay is teaming with the underbelly of the fashion and movie industry. With her former fashion model sister Laken, Sage finds herself in the middle of opening a new store, organizing a fashion show and solving a murder. I loved the characters in this story and who the murderer is was surprising.”—Sonja11
“I feel in love with this town and it’s quirky characters. Fun, and entertaining, it kept me guessing until the end.”—Katie O’Connor, author of Fire Magic
“The story starts slowly, but quickly builds. Sisters who not always on the same wavelength were very believable. Anyone who has a sister can relate. But you do see the love. Fashion, Murder and mayhem and quirky characters kept me turning pages. I liked this mystery and will be reading more from this author.”—Joan Havelange, author of The Séance Murders
“Really enjoyed reading this book and would love to move to Glitter Bay. The protagonist Sage was so likeable and I really felt connected to her. The story was gripping and I couldn’t put the book down once I started to read it. Would highly recommend.”—J. Storer, author and poet
“A fun story from the first page! A cozy mystery in every sense with likeable characters, a small-town feel and an unexpected ending. Diane Bator’s second book in the Glitter Bay Mysteries series builds on the first, "All that Sparkles". A prolific writer, it’s easy to understand why she attracts a loyal and growing number of readers!”—Gary McGugan, author of Contention
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About The Author
A prolific Canadian mystery writer, Diane is a mom of three kids and two cats, as well as author of Wild Blue Mysteries, Gilda Wright Mysteries, Glitter Bay Mysteries, Sugarwood Mysteries, and Dash Allman Mysteries from Escape With a Writer Publishing—with many more relaunches, books, and short stories to come! You can find her at:
Blog: http://dbator.blogspot.ca/
Website: https://dianebator.ca/
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Henchmen
In the spirit of A God in Hiding, the newest epic fantasy by critically acclaimed novelist, Matthew Hughes
The book is now available in e-format in North America
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| | Vunt is building a career as a gambler. Oldo is a young man fresh from the farm. But the Duke of Vanderoy has decreed that every able-bodied man must have a job or be conscripted for unpleasant chores.
The two meet when they come seeking work at a riverside warehouse that handles goods being shipped up- and downstream. The job pays more than it ought to, so long as they keep their mouths shut. They do that, but they also keep their eyes open, and soon they discover their new employer is engaged in shifty operations. Worse, they suspect his brutish bodyguard may have killed the workers Vunt and Oldo have replaced.
From there, the two young men embark on a perilous adventure that will see them hired on as caravan guards—while acting as undercover operatives of the Vanderoy wizards’ Guild—traveling north to Ur Nazim then pursuing the developing mystery in the city of half-mad thaumaturges, Olliphract.
They’ll encounter wonders and terrors, worlds they never dreamed of, visiting the Underworld and even the unknown depths of the human psyche, struggling to fight their way free of the schemes and duels of powerful spellslingers and madmen.
Henchmen eBook : Hughes, Matthew: Amazon.ca: Books |
| Praise for Matthew Hughes:
“I really enjoyed Barbarians of the Beyond. Matthew Hughes does Jack Vance better than anyone except Jack himself.” —George R. R. Martin
“Lock the door, turn off the phone, get into a comfy chair, and deep-dive into a marvellous continuation of Jack Vance’s Demon Princes series. Matthew Hughes is a treasure and Barbarians of the Beyond is a terrific adventure.” —David Gerrold
“Matthew Hughes follows nimbly in Jack Vance’s footprints, then breaks some fresh trail. First-class space opera.”—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids
“Lock the door, turn off the phone, get into a comfy chair, and deep-dive into a marvellous continuation of Jack Vance’s Demon Princes series. Matthew Hughes is a treasure and Barbarians of the Beyond is a terrific adventure.” —David Gerrold
“Matthew Hughes follows nimbly in Jack Vance’s footprints, then breaks some fresh trail. First-class space opera.”—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids
“Engaging and enchanting... a fine companion adventure to Jack Vance’s The Demon Princes series, told with Matthew Hughes’s excellent sense of charm, ethical complexity and exotic worldbuilding. Let’s hope this is just the beginning!”—Kurt Busiek
“…a tale that captures that special ‘golden age’ feel in which mankind has travelled far into the stars yet still behaves as though it’s the Wild West.”—David White, RNR Magazine
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About Matthew:
Matthew Hughes is a Canadian author of science fiction and fantasy.
His speculative fiction novels are: Fools Errant, Fool Me Twice, Black Brillion, Majestrum, The Commons, The Spiral Labyrinth, Template, Hespira, The Other, The Damned Busters, Costume Not Included, Hell to Pay, Song of the Serpent and Wolverine: Lifeblood (both as Hugh Matthews), A Wizard’s Henchman, A God in Chains, Baldemar, and Passengers & Perils.
His magnum opus is What the Wind Brings, a historical novel with magical realism elements. It was the first Canadian work to win the international Endeavour Award. He waited more than forty years to write the novel, and spent a year composing several drafts, made possible by a $25,000 grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.
His major influence as a writer of speculative fiction is the Grandmaster Jack Vance. Booklist has called Hughes Vance’s “heir apparent.”
In 2021, Vance’s estate (Spatterlight Press), published Hughes’s Barbarians of the Beyond, an authorized companion novel to Vance’s iconic revenge series, The Demon Princes. The book prompted George R.R. Martin to say, “Hughes does Jack Vance better than anyone except Jack himself.”
His short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Pulp Literature, Postscripts, Storyteller, Interzone, Amazing, Unfit, and several anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin, including the bestseller, Rogues.
His works have been short-listed for the Aurora, Locus, Nebula, Philip K Dick, A.E. Van Vogt, Neffy, Alberta Book Publishing, and Endeavour Awards.
In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association’s Hall of Fame.
Before turning to writing fiction, he spent three decades as the top-ranked speechwriter in British Columbia, writing for leaders of all three provincial political parties and CEOs of the province’s largest corporations.
Since 2007, he has travelled the world as a housesitter, living in twelve countries.
His web page is at https://www.matthewhughes.org
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Breakfield and Burkey, critically acclaimed writing duo and now multiple Book Award Winners
The remarkable writing Duo, Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey have been acknowledged as Award Winners with two separate books in two separate awards. Their critically acclaimed novel, Enigma Forced, which is the second book in their Enigma Heirs trilogy, was the recipient of the 2025 Independent Press Award in the Techno-Thriller category. In addition, their short story collection, Trusted Friends and Lovers, was the winner of the 2025 Pencraft Seasonal Book Award Winter edition.
These awards are the latest highlights in several accomplishments, including positive Five-Star reviews by Publishers Weekly and Readers Favourite along with other Award wins including the reputable Page Turner Awards, the ABR Award, which focuses on audiobooks and is sponsored by Audio Book Reviewer, and Gold and Bronze Award recognition at the prestigious Global Book Awards.
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Charles Breakfield is a technology expert in security, networking, voice, and anything digital. He enjoys writing, studying World War II history, travel, and cultural exchanges. Charles is a fan of wine tastings, winemaking, Harley riding, cooking extravaganzas, and woodworking.
Rox Burkey is a technology professional who excels at optimizing technology and business investments. She works with customers all over the world, focusing on optimized customer experiences. Rox writes white papers and documentation but has a marked preference for fiction.
Together these Texas authors create award-winning stories that resonate with males and females and young and experienced adults. They bring a fresh new view to technology possibilities today in exciting stories. Visit their website for more information and free stuff. Https://www.EnigmaSeries.com.
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The newest thriller by award-winning author and broadcaster, Bob Brill
Released and published by Oracle Book Art
NOW ON PRE-SALE AND WILL BE RELEASED March 25, 2025 |
| A hard-nosed private investigator learns from a former movie star of a plot to take down humanity for greed and profit. P-I Casey Order teams with Ginger Queen and the pair are charged with foiling the plot of a coalition of brutal criminal gangs. With the world’s premier sporting event set to take place in Los Angeles, the criminals plan to execute a massive hack that could devastate economies and wreak havoc across nations. With the help of various law enforcement agencies, their own wits, some strategically placed friends and a lot of luck, can Order and Queen survive?
Filled with relentless action, sharp dialogue, and unexpected camaraderie, “5 Seconds to Die” is an adrenaline-fueled journey that explores the lengths two unlikely heroes will go to protect the world. The clock is ticking—are you ready to hold your breath until the final second?
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About Bob
A native of Pittsburgh, PA and a hardcore Pirates and Steelers fan, Bob began in radio career in 1972 and worked all over the western US, several times in the L-A market. He’s currently a news anchor at the all-news radio station in Los Angeles, KNX News 97.1 FM
Bob has won multiple broadcast awards including an Edward R. Murrow Award (among others) for anchoring KNX’s storm coverage in 2011.
Bob made his mark with the UPI Radio Network when a gunman went crazy in a San Diego fast food restaurant and Bob covered the story. It was his first big break. He later became a UPI National Correspondent and Bureau Chief. He has interviewed presidents, covered Super Bowl games and Hollywood as well as major news stories.
He lives in L-A. He has survived earthquakes and a beating during the 1992 L-A riots while covering the story, which was recorded on audio tape. More information about Bob can be found at: BobBrill
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Sanctity Of Freedom
An Inspector William Fox Adventure
The adventures of Inspector William Fox continue by critically acclaimed author, Peter Thomas Pontsa
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| | While Inspector William Fox and girlfriend Tracy Jordan cruised on his cigarette boat The Midnight Fox, a crackle of the police scanner informed him a body had washed up on a beach. Much to Tracy’s disapproval, William chose to investigate. The Montreal police investigator already on the scene discovered a note on the body intended for William’s friend and taekwondo master, Mr. Kim. He is certain the note was from his long-lost sister, Mi-Cha. Kidnapped, while still a child, and trapped in North Korea, Kim is convinced she is still alive and implores William to help get her home.
Sanctity of Freedom plunges RCMP Inspector Fox and FBI Special Agent Patrick Reilly into an investigation of a savage assassination of a Canadian diplomat and two Australian intelligent agents. Meanwhile, Kim and his old friends chase down leads to find his sister that point to Pyongyang, the North Korean leadership, and the shadowy operatives of Bureau 39 who skirt the NATO sanctions.
All of them get drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse leading Mr. Kim to face the man who took his sister and William Fox to match wits with the cunning killer.
https://bit.ly/49Yr0IXSanctityoffreedom |
| The Book that started it all!
Sometimes Inspector William Fox likes to go off script, like when chasing gangsters in his cigarette boat on the St. Lawrence River. For one case, the RCMP officer with a penchant for luxury fashion finds himself teamed up with FBI Special Agent Patrick Reilly, an Irish lad who prefers absinthe to Guinness. The pair travel overseas to track down members of a gang who have kidnapped Tracy Jordan, an American academic and archaeologist with teenage ties to William. In China, Tracy has been stealthily searching for evidence of Admiral Zheng He’s 15th-century connections to the area that would later be known as Nova Scotia. It’s here that Tracy and her team discover what might be Ming dynasty artifacts transported by Zheng He’s “massive treasure ships” left behind on Mi’kmaq peoples’ ancestral land.
Outfoxed—a William Fox Adventure is a slick, globe-trotting adventure that involves the RCMP and FBI chasing the Foo Dog Triad operating in Hong Kong, mainland China, and New York City. Like Tracy and Kevin Steptoe, a Mi’kmaq lawyer, the gangsters are after the ancient Chinese treasures. Outfoxed is also a political thriller, diving deeply into the power struggles of the Communist Party of China and its shadowy operatives. It wades into the Fox family’s political past in South Korea, where a tragedy took place that still haunts William years later. https://bit.ly/Outfoxed-inspectorfoxadventure |  |
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During the years Peter Thomas Pontsa operated his dental supply business, he shared his knowledge writing dental articles which appeared in many dental journals. He was president of the College of Dental Technologists of Ontario, where he helped develop the quality assurance program and was an associate publisher for a denturist magazine. He is an avid British sports car enthusiast and while president of the Headwaters British Car Club, wrote numerous stories about cars in the club’s newsletter, “British Driven.” Peter spent two seasons racing with Jagged Edgers Motorsports and is a student of Taekwondo and holds a second degree blackbelt. He belongs to the Wordsmiths and is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada. Peter Pontsa lives in Loretto, Ontario, with his wife, Angela, and their orange tabby, Mr. Tee, where he combines his passions—British cars and writing.
More information can be found at his website: Welcome—Peter Thomas Pontsa |
| Hoodwinked
Book Five of The Nemesis Series
The critically acclaimed series continues by author and PGA Championship Winner, John Mahaffey
Released and published by Crosswind Press
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| | In concert with her cybercrime team, spearheaded by computer genius Levon Vargas, Chairperson Liz McCall Lonagon quarterbacks Nemesis agents on a worldwide rollercoaster ride. Previously hoodwinked by czar imposters, their arduous mission is to unmask the actual mastermind behind the Shadow State.
During the operation, Nemesis Agents Maxwell Silver and Chloe Devonshire blindside a crooked judge and his less-than-loyal cohorts to settle a multigenerational grudge. But their work isn’t over, as an opportunistic antagonist, Myra Gates, thrives in the shadows, dealing in illicit services on the dark web. Her ruthless hustle for wealth and control knows no bounds—until Nemesis sets its sights on her plans.
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| | From Book 1: Trey McCall, an up-and-coming superstar on the golf circuit, staggered past a mirror and gasped at his reflection; horrified, he froze and stared at his pathetic image—sweating profusely through a torn and faded Bob Seger tee shirt, eyes blood red and glazed, hands shaking, mouth dry and scratchy as sandpaper. The disciplined essence of an athlete, a thing of the past—each intoxicated day mirrors the last and the next—lured from his principled sheltered life on The Circle M Ranch by unscrupulous forces in the real world.
Suddenly fully aware—he must escape this highway to nowhere—to regain purpose in and for his life.
Nemesis Series (5 book series) Kindle Edition |
| Autobiography of professional golfer John Mahaffey
Amazon.com: Hogan’s Boy eBook : Mahaffey, John: Kindle Store
“Hogan’s Boy, is a must read for ANY golf fan from the perspective of someone who spent his whole life around the game. It is a story of a tremendous man and a mentor to a lot of us in the world of golf. Hogan’s Boy is not another instructional publication yet it does teach us that there are many roads to greatness. It is real collection of heartfelt and compelling tales from a man who not only loved the game but the colleagues he competed against on and off the course. This book will serve as a constant reminder that a great man has nothing to do with being perfect” _
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| | About John
John Mahaffey was born in Kerrville, Texas, and attended the University of Houston, where he was a two-time All-American in golf. John was a member of two NCAA national championship teams and the individual NCAA champion in 1970, a feat he accomplished one week after he tied for low amateur in the US Open at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. He graduated from U of H with a psychology degree in 1970 and turned pro in 1971. Mahaffey is a ten-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the PGA Championship and the Players.
In 1978, John won the individual title in the World Cup and partnered with Andy North to win the team competition at Princeville on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The following year he partnered with Hale Irwin to win the World Cup for the US in Athens, Greece, and was a member of the victorious 1979 Ryder Cup team.
After playing the Tour for over three decades, John enjoyed the role of announcer/analyst on Golf Channel; broadcasting live golf for the Champions Tour. During his tenure as a commentator, Mahaffey wrote his first book, Hogan’s Boy—A Journey in Golf; an autobiography of stories and recollections of a career that spanned from the end of the Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and Sam Snead era to the beginning of the Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson era—a time in which Mahaffey was fortunate enough to have Ben Hogan as a mentor.
Inspired to write more, Mahaffey embarked on a mission to author a collection of fictional works—the Nemesis series. Shafted is the first of the cybercrime thrillers. Golf takes a holiday when the McCall family is plagued by a corrupt narcissist who seeks to bring the golf star Trey McCall’s world down around him. The ingenious family of survivors stands up to fight for what is right.
Bonus:
John weaves inside-the-ropes golf into his stories and if the reader pays close attention, they may just pick up a tip or two from some of the best to ever play the game—Ben Hogan included. |
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