Judge vs. Nuts by Una Tiers (On Sale Now!)

Fiona Gavelle is living a dismal existence. She works in a dusty law office where she does more secretarial than lawyer work and her husband thinks she should work and keep house simultaneously.

One snowy night, Fiona learns she has been unceremoniously booted from her crummy job, has the final argument with her spouse, leaving her no choice but to move in with her favorite aunt. With little else to do, she drives a friend to the funeral of a judge she saw at a reception. Luck strikes, or does it, when her influential friend finds her a new job and Fiona ends up involved in the probate case of the dead judge.

Before long, Fiona begins to discover things that don’t fit, but blithely moves along trying to focus on building her own law practice. She puts her heart into her work and tries to ignore her personal life, especially the raspy-voiced detective determined to prove the judge was murdered.

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Meet the Author:

Beginning with Sherlock Holmes, Una Tiers (pen name) loves the twists and turns of mysteries. Initially she planned to be a famous author, (after the veterinary dream died down, that is,) but her father encouraged her to go into business.

The business plan didn’t bode too well and Una studied English literature, Speech and Theater. Later, she followed her new dream of becoming a lawyer. Little did she suspect how the practice of law had become a business.

Her favorite authors include Sue Grafton, Harry Mark Petrakis, Miriam Grace Monfredo, and Phyllis Richman. She wrote a story after a particularly unfair incident in court and it grew into Judge vs. Nuts. Keeping in mind her squeamishness, Judge vs. Nuts, is a nice cozy murder mystery suitable for mint tea and ginger cookies.

Once Upon a Clockwork Tale

Echelon Press is pleased to announce the selection of participants in the upcoming Steampunk anthology, Once Upon a Clockwork Tale.

Contracts for inclusion in the anthology have been submitted to the following:

  • Ella Grey: Wings (The Wild Swans)
  • Kat French: Bitter Cold (The Snow Queen)
  • Matthew N. Mitrovich: The Enchanted Bean (Jack and the Beanstalk)
  • Robin Wyatt Dunn: John and Pearl (Hansel and Gretel)

The 2013 anthology will feature four carefully selected authors/stories that effectively retell a specific traditional fairy tale set into a solid Steampunk theme. This anthology will be published in both print and electronic formats.

Special thanks to everyone who submitted queries, and we hope you will all keep us in mind for future projects.

 

Marcel’s Gift by Marie Colligan (On Sale Now)

Marcel's Gift by Marie ColliganOne heart: two men.

She’s found the love of her life, too bad it isn’t the man she’s in love with. Love is fickle. It comes disguised in many forms.

It sneaked up on Canadian artist, Solange Bernard, like an intangible fog, breathing its magic whispers into her heart–compelling her, bewitching her, smothering her in the enchantment that was Ambrose. Her heart should have warned her when it recognized loves’ breathless spell. But she threw off the trappings of guilt and sin and wrapped herself in the shining aura of divine pleasure and discovery with Ambrose.

However, one question loomed with its confounding answer. “How was it possible for her to love two men at the same time…her husband and a priest of the Catholic Church?”

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Meet Marie Colligan:

A native of Jersey City, NJ, Marie finds her retirement in Lynchburg, VA. just the ticket for an ex-city girl. Having spent most of her leisure time sitting in the audience of New York City theaters, she now sits at her computer crafting lovely characters in authentic settings that populate her sensual, romantic novels.

She has won several writing awards in Fiction–most recently a 1st Place Award in a Writers’ Journal contest. Marie facilitates a weekly writer’s critique group. and is a member of the Hampton Road Writers, the Hillcity Writers the Piedmont Literary Group –all in Virginia–and the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers in Pennsylvania.

She is married, has one son and one grandson…and a rascal dachshund, Ebenezer.