Up, Up and Away! by Vance Huxley

“Cheer up mate. You can always try online dating. I can just see your profile.” Banjo held up his hands, framing an imaginary screen. “Quiet, reclusive, enjoys travel and exotic locations. Offers an out-of-this-world experience. Will make the Earth move.” They were all laughing now, the somber moment gone.

Download Up, Up and Away! by Vance Huxley while it’s free on Amazon December 18th – 22nd.

Blood on Their Hands by Bob Brink

A Dance Towards Forever (The French Connection Series Book 1) by Alyson Root

If there’s one thing that Sam knows, it’s that life can suck! Yes, she’s a talented photographer, but that doesn’t mean much when she’s still working in the same position at the same company she started after graduating over a decade ago. Oh, and she’s nursing a broken heart. Every day is the same. She wakes up, drinks coffee, goes to work, comes home and sleeps. She’s stuck in a loop with no foreseeable way out. That is until her new boss ships her off to Paris on an assignment.

The project is a career maker; she has free rein over the city and no budget to worry about. It’s perfect. Paris appears to offer her everything she could ever want, including the attention of a beautiful woman who seems to be a constant presence in her life ever since her departure from the UK.

A chance of reviving her career is exciting and challenging, but the thought of putting herself on the line for a woman again is nothing short of terrifying. Sam learned her lesson a long time ago where matters of the heart are concerned and she isn’t going to make the same mistake again. So the last thing she needs is fate interfering with her well-conceived plan of keeping her heart locked-away where it will be safe from more heartache.

Anna has the life she’s worked hard for. She has a comfortable apartment filled with her precious books; she has her dream job working as the editor-in-chief at a successful publishing house in Paris, and a brother who loves her unconditionally. Life is good, right?
Well, not entirely because the one thing that Anna wants more than anything is a loving relationship, and that’s something she doesn’t have with her boyfriend, James. Yes, he’s kind and yes, they have a simple life, but for Anna it isn’t enough, not anymore. She’s never been the type of person to take risks. She’s always found it much easier to settle. But settling isn’t an option anymore, not after experiencing a dream so vivid it impacts Anna in her waking hours, too.

Anna’s life is turning upside down, her well-controlled existence is in free fall. If dealing with coming out isn’t hard enough, Anna also has to contend with the woman of her dreams turning up in Paris.

A Dance Towards Forever is free on Amazon December 18th – 22nd.

Bedtime Stories for kids 2: Five minute stories for boys and girls 4-8 years old by Alex Fabler

Laila the unicorn

There once was a Unicorn named Laila.

Each night, Laila would have the wildest, craziest dreams.

She dreamed of a world filled with rainbows and castles. She flew through giant bubbles of cotton candy that looked like clouds, and the sky was always a different mix of colours; sometimes pink and purple, sometimes blue and green.

Laila loved her dream world and she often wished she could stay forever.

Laila was adopted by a family of horses when she was a baby; she didn’t know what a Unicorn was, or that she was one.

She sometimes felt like she didn’t belong.

When Laila was sad, she looked like the other horses. But when Laila was happy, her coat brightened up, her tail became colourful and she grew a little horn too! Beautiful, fluffy wings would grow from her mane and her eyes would shine bright like the night sky.

This made her shy.

Laila didn’t want to be different; when she was excited, she would hide behind trees or inside caves, but when she was sad, she would hang out with her friends.

One day, a little frog hopped over to a cave where Laila was hiding.

“Oh wow! A Unicorn!” shouted the little frog named Fred.

Laila was puzzled. What on earth was the little frog talking about?

“You’re a Unicorn! I’ve never seen one before, I’ve only heard about them in stories!”

Fred the frog saw that Laila was confused. He asked her if she knew how special she was.

“I’m not special” stuttered Laila, “I’m strange” she said glumly.

“Strange? You’re the most beautiful and special creature in all the land!” exclaimed Fred.

“Everybody dreams of seeing a Unicorn!”

Download Bedtime Stories for kids 2 by Alex Fabler while it’s free on Amazon December 18th – 21st.