A Little Treat For Me

From the authors of the best selling series ‘Viking Ventures’ comes the epic story of Harald Fairhair.

The boy who inherited a war and built a kingdom.

When King Halvdan the Black dies in 860, he is succeeded by his ten-year-old son, Harald. Immediately, rival kings and jarls unite to take advantage of the weakened state of the new king’s realm, and Harald’s army of 300 men is outnumbered three to one. The boy-king must step out from his father’s shadow and earn the respect of his men.

After years of battle, Harald falls in love with Gyda, the daughter of King Eirik of Horthaland. The maiden rejects him and declares she will not give herself to any man unless he is the king of all of Norway. Harald accepts her challenge and vows that he will not cut or comb his hair until he has conquered and united Norway under his rule.

At the great naval battle at Hafrsfjord, Harald faces an alliance of rival kings – rallied by Gyda’s father.

Fairhair is the story of the boy who set out to be the first king of Norway.

Sharon Watkins, much loved mother, sister and friend – found dead in the garden pond on the night of her son’s 18th birthday party. With a storm raging, and most of guests intoxicated, no one is quite sure how it happened. When the pathologist later rules that she was strangled to death, DS Jerome Roberts and DCI Richard Martin know they have a big job on their hands.

There are many questions that need to be answered. Why was there a delay in the family calling the emergency services? And why was the door to the study locked when the police arrived? Why has one of the party guests fled the country? And why has one only just returned?

From Sharon’s fiancé with his violent temper, to her deeply jealous elder sister – everyone has their own version of the night’s events, and everyone is a suspect. In this fast-paced whodunnit, you’ll be left wondering how well you really know your friends and family.

The greatest act of love the world has ever known… came at the greatest cost.

Heaven’s King stepped down from His throne — not to be welcomed, but to be rejected.
Not to be honored, but to be humiliated.
Before the nails pierced His hands, before the whip tore His back, before the crown of thorns broke His skin… He had already chosen the cross.

Jesus Christ — the Creator of the universe — walked willingly toward mockery, beatings, scourging, and death. Not because He had to, but because only through the cross could He save you.

Birds carry a message for Claire that she doesn’t understand.

Eleven-year-old Claire doesn’t tell anyone of her uncanny power to attract birds. She is a devoted birder, home schooled in the woods of central Pennsylvania, who discovers she’s part of a local legend, one involving a Red-tailed Hawk. The hawk saved her as a toddler; now it’s her turn to save the hawk.

Claire and her mother Louise live in a densely forested region of North Central Pennsylvania where her mother is about to open a small rural grocery store. While drifting through the woodland with her sheepdog, Claire encounters a local Red-tailed Hawk known as Big Red and a crusty old man (with a pet chicken), who tells her amazing stories about the female hawk. Like herself, Jerry is an oddball with an affinity for birds. But as Claire develops a cautious friendship with this mysterious and erratic elder, her new friendship with Victor falters. He is best friends with her foe, Billy, a bully in the seventh grade. And Billy’s father is a drunkard obsessed with killing Big Red. Claire works to defend the raptor, whose life increasingly entwines with her own, while dodging Billy’s mean-spirited plots against her. Finally, Victor comes to Claire’s aid. And together they work to solve the strange mystery of her ability to attract birds, a mystery including the wizardly old man and a mystical hawk to whom they give the name Ku-Khain.

The right road will always lead you home. But how do you know which path to choose?

As late summer fades into fall, Melinda’s efforts at her rented farmhouse are starting to bear fruit. She’s learned to preserve produce, outsmart some stubborn chickens and wrangle a flock of spoiled sheep. She revels in the peace she’s found in the country, where time is marked by morning-fresh eggs and stunning sunsets.

But even in the small town of Prosper, nothing stays the same. One member of the hardware store’s coffee group shares a startling announcement, and a trip back to the city makes Melinda realize how deep her roots run in rural Iowa.

When autumn’s changing winds bring new opportunities, will she seek the security of her old life or take a chance on an uncertain future? Escape to the heartland with this refreshing rural series!

Two ex-friends. One dead body. The beach town of Eden Bay will never be the same again.

A fast paced cozy mystery from USA Today Bestselling Author Stacey Alabaster

Claire is an up-and-coming movie exec who inherited her grandma’s book store in the quiet beach community of Eden Bay. Alyson is a surf-bum who embraces the small-town, beach lifestyle. When a surfer is killed, the two ex-best friends are pulled together to solve the murder. Can they put their differences behind them and find a killer before there are more bodies on the beach?

Bodies on the Beach is the first book in the Hang Ten Australian Cozy Mystery series, a fast paced cozy mystery with an authentic Australian flair. If you quirky characters and unexpected twists, you’re going to love the Alyson and Claire.