Book Releases || April 18, 2016 || Baseball & A Christmas Murder

2016-04-19


"The Rovers"~ Baseball / Historical ~

The Rovers

by Paul Ferrante

Like the Irish Chieftains of Old
They Boldly Went Forth, Seeking Adventure

During the Roaring Twenties anything was possible
for those who dreamed big and were willing to risk it all.
This is the story of two men who traveled different paths,
yet whose fates were inextricably entwined.
Theirs is a tale of love and lust,
truth and deception,
history and fantasy,
damnation and redemption—
and Baseball.


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"On A Midnight Clear"~ Mystery / Thriller ~

On a Midnight Clear

A Christmas Mystery

by Henry Hoffman

The lives of an enchanting young girl and a determined detective become forever bound following an unconscionable Christmas Eve crime.

It’s Christmas Eve and private investigator Adam Fraley has lost his way while traveling a remote rural road in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies during a heavy snowstorm.

At a loss as to where to turn next, he happens upon an isolated cabin in the woods where he stops to seek directions. There to greet him is the dwelling’s lone inhabitant, an enchanting young girl who invites him in out of the storm.

Puzzled by the circumstances of a child left home alone under such conditions, Fraley soon discovers the horrific reason why, a revelation that launches him into an intensive search for both a killer and a trove of buried gold.


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Melange Book Releases || November 6, 2013

Melange Book Releases || November 6, 2013

Melange Book Releases || November 6, 2013

We’re bringing more holiday stories to you today from Jaden Sinclair, author of the Shifter series, as well as newcomer Aubrey Wynne!

Over at Fire and Ice we have the first book in the Dark as Night trilogy, a fantasy novel revolving around the descendents of both Dracula and Merlin!

Melange Releases

"Toy Soldier" by Jaden Sinclair“Toy Soldier” by Jaden Sinclair

His kingdom stolen, banished to another world, prince Cleto of Eltora is trapped in the casing of a toy soldier for five years. Unable to use his magic to free himself he is lost, but not forgotten.

Clair Meloni is what some might call hopeless. She’s been battling illness for the last several years and her only family member is gone, so what is a girl to really do when she’s alone in the world? Going home seems like a good idea. She arrives at her home and enters a room she’d been forbidden to ever enter. Never did she think that by lighting a fire would she free a prince from another world.

Is it a dream or is it real? Only time will tell. But will time be on her side to see how her dream ends?

"Merry Christmas, Henry" by Aubrey Wynne“Merry Christmas, Henry” by Aubrey Wynne

Henry, a shy and talented artist, moonlights as a security guard at a museum and loses his heart to a beautiful, melancholy woman in a painting. As his obsession grows, he finds a kindred soul who helps him in his search for happiness. On Christmas Eve, Henry dares to take a chance on love and fulfill his dream.

 

 

 

 

Fire and Ice Release

"A Day as Dark as Night" by JT Adeline

“A Day as Dark as Night” by JT Adeline

“A Day as Dark as Night” by JT Adeline

A Prophecy Is Written

On a day as dark as night three will be born with powers that will surpass all others, with unique names to remind them of their passage. These three will be born of Dracula with traits as black as night, identical in face, but individual in appearance.

The firstborn will be able to travel undetected; the second-born will be able to hear all but not be heard; the third-born will be able to detect danger from miles away.

On the hour of the three’s seventeenth birthday, only when the fourth with unknown and unsurpassed powers is linked, their powers, passed down from Dracula and Merlin, will combine to make them as one.

A Quest Has Begun

If you think being a teenager is hard, try being told you were born to stop immortality and save mankind.

A Fight to Win

Rove, Roam and Rune Gustavo, with the help of their friend Maya Stewart, find they have no choice but to race against time to find the fourth to fulfill their destiny. But do they have what it takes to beat the odds and win?

Melange Releases for November 4, 2013

Melange Book Releases ~ November 4, 2013

Melange Book Releases ~ November 4, 2013

Christmas is starting early here at Melange!

No, we’re not forgetting about Thanksgiving, but we wanted to give you a jump start at some great new holiday stories! Scroll down to read more.

"The Three Gifts of Christmas" by Nell DuVall

“The Three Gifts of Christmas” by Nell DuVall

“The Three Gifts of Christmas” by Nell DuVall

The Three Gifts of Christmas by Nell DuVall is a tender love story of people facing difficult choices in an uncertain world.

Family or love? Stephanie Graham must choose between her frail elderly grandmother and Craig, her fiancé, when he gets a promotion that would take him to England. She’s never traveled far from home and dreads leaving her friends and all she knows, especially her grandmother, to migrate to a strange country. Besides, if he loved her, he wouldn’t go.

"Angel of Kindness" by Joanne Rawson

“Angel of Kindness” by Joanne Rawson

“Angel of Kindness by Joanne Rawson

Megan Shepard was not looking forward to Christmas. Now divorced, all she had to look forward to was spending Christmas in Derbyshire, with her sixty four year old, bisexual, hippie mother, and a scrawny little sapling tree, overdressed with cheap decorations from the pound shop. However, her friends had other ideas, like taking her to Pinkie’s Night Club, their old stomping ground as teenagers. This brought back memories of rah-rah skirts, fishnets, and legwarmers dancing to Madonna, until the DJ played The Power of Love, whereupon Richie King would take her hand and lead her to the dance floor.

Seeing Richie leaning against the bar in his unforgettable Danny Zucko pose, she knows the right thing to do would be to walk in the opposite direction, yet finds herself walking straight to him, and taking the advice of her unconventional mother. Swept off her feet to the winter wonderland of Manchester’s Christmas Market, romantic walks in the snow of the Derbyshire Peak District, and fireside dinners, she has to wonder if Richie really changed, or has he something to hide?

 

Melange Releases for October 16, 2013 plus print book giveaway!

Melange Books Releases for October 16, 2013

Melange Books Releases for October 16, 2013

If you are waiting for the next installment of Sherry Derr-Wille’s Outlaw Series you are in luck! “Outlaw’s Daughter” is available now!

We’re also happy to bring you another great fantasy novella from Megan Hussey, “House of Lavender Dreams.”

We’re getting ready for Christmas here at Melange by bringing you an interracial romance novel that spans years, Johnny Dragona’s “Santa’s Special Girl.”

And wrapping up our Melange releases, we’ve combined two novella’s – “Shadow Trail” and “Bearly Christmas Darling” by LuAnn Nies – into one to bring you these great stories in print!

Over at Fire and Ice YA Books we’re happy to share the release of the second in the Horse Rescuers series by Patricia Gilkerson – “Nickel-Bred.”

Melange Books
release October 16, 2013

 

"House of Lavender Dreams" by Megan Hussey ~ Melange Books

“House of Lavender Dreams” by Megan Hussey

House of Lavender Dreams
by Megan Hussey

Laira, a quirky Florida storeowner, seeks the perfect doll for her July Fourth display. Fireworks ignite when ‘living doll’ Roman comes magically to life—introducing Laira to love and untold pleasures in the walls of his mystical dollhouse—also known as the House of Lavender Dreams.

"Outlaw's Daughter" by Sherry Derr-Wille (Outlaw Series #3) ~ Melange Books

“Outlaw’s Daughter” by Sherry Derr-Wille (Outlaw Series #3)

Outlaw’s Daughter – The Outlaw Series #3
by Sherry Derr Wille

Jesse Tyler spent her life riding with her father’s outlaw gang. When she sees her chance to escape she takes it, only to catch a bullet in her back from one of her father’s men. Waking to find a lawman at her bedside she knows it’s only a matter of time before she loses her life at the end of a rope.

After losing his wife and unborn child when the Tyler gang robbed the bank in the town where Russ Martin was the sheriff, Russ only wants to see a Tyler hang. Instead of the satisfaction he hoped to gain from Clay Tyler’s death, Russ learns of the two youngest members of the gang Gary and Jesse Tyler. When Jesse Tyler appears in Loveland, Missouri, the town where Russ is the sheriff, he has a decision to make. Can he come to love her in the way she deserves to be loved?

"Santa's Special Girl" by Johnny Dragona ~ Melange Books

“Santa’s Special Girl” by Johnny Dragona

Santa’s Special Girl
by Johnny Dragona

They couldn’t forget that first touch

In this interracial romance, a seven-year-old, African-American girl and a seventeen-year-old, Caucasian boy meet for the first time after he had been manipulated into dressing as Santa Claus and visiting a hospital. Seeing the girl’s impoverished condition, his heart goes out to her.

During the years that follow, Jennifer and Johnny occasionally meet again. She takes his advice and works hard in school, eventually becoming an attorney. He takes his own advice and stops working as a laborer in the construction business and goes to college.

But they keep meeting and eventually fall in love, which makes some people happy and others unhappy.

"Bearly Christmas Darling" and "Shadow Trail" by LuAnn Nies ~ Melange Books

“Bearly Christmas Darling” and “Shadow Trail” by LuAnn Nies

Shadow Trail & Bearly Christmas Darling
by LuAnn Nies

Shadow Trail – A quiet romantic weekend in the north woods of Minnesota turns into a dangerous adventure that Crystal hadn’t bargained for.

Bearly Christmas Darling – Trisha Thomsen planned a romantic holiday weekend in a cozy cabin with her husband. Romance flies out the window when she’s forced to escape when a black bear shows up for dinner. While tracking down a rogue black bear, Game Warden, Jason McKnight finds himself looking down the barrel of his rifle at the woman who abandoned him—breaking his heart.

Fire and Ice Young Adult Books
release for October 16, 2013

 

"Nickel-Bred" by Patricia Gilkerson ~ Fire and Ice Young Adult Books

“Nickel-Bred” by Patricia Gilkerson

Nickel-Bred
by Patricia Gilkerson

Piper and Addie, looking for another horse, find the perfect one in Nickel, but discover the owner is part of a gang of criminals. Nickel’s life is in danger. Can the girls save him from the slaughterhouse? Will they be able to save their friends and family as the vicious criminals take revenge?

WIN IT!

We’re giving away FIVE printed ARC’s (Advanced Release Copies) of Geri G. Taylor’s “The Kitchen Dance.”

Being ARC’s, these books may contain print errors in the text and/or the jacket.

"The Kitchen Dance" by Geri G. Taylor ~ Melange Books~ ARC ~ WIN IT!

“The Kitchen Dance” by Geri G. Taylor ~ Melange Books~ ARC ~ WIN IT!

About the book:

According to Rene Descartes, no two bodies can occupy the same space at the same time and any physical motion of a body involves moving other bodies from the space they occupy. In my first work of contemporary fiction, Joule and Allen create their own movements in THE KITCHEN DANCE.

Joule Dalton, a successful interior designer with a prestigious architectural firm, lived her life choreographed by her loved ones until a tragedy forces her to learn her own steps. Allen Brooks has endured his own share of manipulations and all his hard work and sacrifice has left him with nothing. He wears his troubles like the too large overcoat he picked up at a mission while living on the streets. This coat brings them together in an unexpected way. Joule takes the misfortunate Allen into her home in hopes of turning his life around. She gives him a place to live, a job, even introduces him to her wealthy friends. What she does not give him is her trust. This he must earn. The two combine their dreams and create a wonderful relationship. Then Allen gets a call that will challenge his sense of responsibility. He makes a choice, one that Joule cannot begrudge. Allen struggles with his decision while Joule goes back to her old life until they both realize what they really want.