Kindle Countdown Deal: On the Soul of a Vampire

Forget everything you think you know about vampires...

On sale on Kindle, starting at $0.99, from  8 am PST, Tuesday, July 15 through 11:59 pm PST, Monday, July 21, 2014.

The answer is in neither blood nor life; the key to the mystery is in the human soul.

Vingede: The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files FREE on Kindle 28 Feb. - 1 Mar.

Vingede, the 2nd book of The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files series, will be FREE on Kindle Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1, 2014.

A possibly schizophrenic adolescent boy who speaks mysterious, rhyming riddles… a mute teen girl who can only communicate through art and has an odd collecting habit… Two young people held captive by unrelated mental illness or is there a sinister connection between the cases – a swan song cry no one has yet heard?

When former novitiate turned PI, Tobias Berger, is hired by the foster father of a teen whom his unusual new client believes may have knowledge of an undiscovered crime, the private eye finds himself immersed in two cases stranger and darker than the one which introduced him to his current secretary, a young woman who’s much more to him than an employee. As the pieces in an eerie puzzle come together and the couple begins a relationship that Tobias has been hesitant to let take flight, the two discover that the supernatural is far from done with them and that the mystical may well be at work in more than one aspect of their lives.

Another fairy tale mystery in which the paranormal proves itself business as usual.

Each book of The Friar Tobe Fairy Tales Files series is a stand-alone mystery, but for those readers who would like to see how it all started, Mareritt, the 1st of The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files, is on sale on Kindle for only 0.99.

Christmas Kindle Sale: 3 Books at 0.99

To celebrate the Christmas season, from now until January 6, On the Soul of a Vampire, the first book in the On the Soul Series, and both books of the Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files, Mareritt and Vingede, are on sale on Amazon Kindle for only 0.99.

For some it takes a lifetime to discover their raison d’être. Imagine searching for eight centuries. In 1997 Philadelphia, an 800 year old vampire comes face to face with his reason to be when he discovers a young mortal woman whose understanding of immortality is about to change all he’s known as truth. Obsessed with the mystery of her knowledge, he embarks on a journey that leads him not only to his childhood home in the Provençal Alps, but into his greatest hopes and dreams, fears and disappointments, and into the strange and frightening past that shaped him. A novel about faltering faith and never-ending hope, On the Soul of a Vampire will not only alter everything you think you know about vampires, it will change the way you see your very soul.

 

 

 

As beauty lies sleeping…

 

Four pretty, partying high school seniors, four strange and startling accidents the police believe the girls have brought on themselves. Do demonic nightmares and fairy tale visions bury a dark secret haunting the girls or is the past simply struggling to reach the light?

 

Twenty-eight year old former novitiate turned PI, Tobias Berger, hired to discover who, if anyone, is threatening the four troubled young women, is about to embark on a wild “mare ride” to slay their dragon and uncover the truth.

 

A dark fairy tale mystery with a touch of mystic light.

 

 

 

A possibly schizophrenic adolescent boy who speaks mysterious, rhyming riddles… a mute teen girl who can only communicate through art and has an odd collecting habit… Two young people held captive by unrelated mental illness or is there a sinister connection between the cases – a swan song cry no one has yet heard?

 

When former novitiate turned PI, Tobias Berger, is hired by the foster father of a teen whom his unusual new client believes may have knowledge of an undiscovered crime, the private eye finds himself immersed in two cases stranger and darker than the one which introduced him to his current secretary, a young woman who’s much more to him than an employee. As the pieces in an eerie puzzle come together and the couple begins a relationship that Tobias has been hesitant to let take flight, the two discover that the supernatural is far from done with them and that the mystical may well be at work in more than one aspect of their lives.

 

Another fairy tale mystery in which the paranormal proves itself business as usual.

 

 

I'm also currently finishing work on my fifth book, a new stand-alone novel, called Unless, which is in a different genre from my previous supernatural/metaphysical fiction stories. It's a New Adult/Contemporary Fiction novel about power, pain and the problem of physical pleasure that can know a body but can't know a person. A sneak peek at the cover and preliminary book description will be coming soon and an early 2014 release is expected.

 

A beautiful and blessed Christmas to those who celebrate it and a happy holiday season to all.

 

Vingede Now on Kindle; Mareritt Only $0.99

To celebrate the Kindle release of  Vingede, the 2nd book in The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files, the 1st book in the supernatural mystery series, Mareritt, is on sale on Kindle for only $0.99, now until the end of October.

$0.99 on Amazon Kindle

through Nov. 1, 2013

As beauty lies sleeping…

Four pretty, partying high school seniors, four strange and startling accidents the police believe the girls have brought on themselves. Do demonic nightmares and fairy tale visions bury a dark secret haunting the girls or is the past simply struggling to reach the light?

 

Twenty-eight year old former novitiate turned PI, Tobias Berger, hired to discover who, if anyone, is threatening the four troubled young women, is about to embark on a wild “mare ride” to slay their dragon and uncover the truth.

 

A dark fairy tale mystery with a touch of mystic light.

 

Now available on Kindle

 

 

A possibly schizophrenic adolescent boy who speaks mysterious, rhyming riddles… a mute teen girl who can only communicate through art and has an odd collecting habit… Two young people held captive by unrelated mental illness or is there a sinister connection between the cases – a swan song cry no one has yet heard?

 

When former novitiate turned PI, Tobias Berger, is hired by the foster father of a teen whom his unusual new client believes may have knowledge of an undiscovered crime, the private eye finds himself immersed in two cases stranger and darker than the one which introduced him to his current secretary, a young woman who’s much more to him than an employee. As the pieces in an eerie puzzle come together and the couple begins a relationship that Tobias has been hesitant to let take flight, the two discover that the supernatural is far from done with them and that the mystical may well be at work in more than one aspect of their lives.

 

Another fairy tale mystery in which the paranormal proves itself business as usual.

 

Paperback version of Vingede coming soon.

Vingede: The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files 2 Coming This October

To celebrate the month of the mysterious and mystical, I'm looking forward to the release of the second book in my new supernatural mystery series,  The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files:  Vingede.

A possibly schizophrenic adolescent boy who speaks mysterious, rhyming riddles… a mute teen girl who can only communicate through art and has an odd collecting habit… Two young people held captive by unrelated mental illness or is there a sinister connection between the cases – a swan song cry no one has yet heard?

 

When former novitiate turned PI, Tobias Berger, is hired by the foster father of a teen whom his unusual new client believes may have knowledge of an undiscovered crime, the private eye finds himself immersed in two cases stranger and darker than the one which introduced him to his current secretary, a young woman who’s much more to him than an employee. As the pieces in an eerie puzzle come together and the couple begins a relationship that Tobias has been hesitant to let take flight, the two discover that the supernatural is far from done with them and that the mystical may well be at work in more than one aspect of their lives.

 

A second fairy tale mystery in which the paranormal proves itself business as usual.

 

(Although the story contains no graphic content, some themes may be considered inappropriate for younger teens.)

 

Look for it in both paperback and e-book format in the next few weeks.

 

Mareritt: The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files Now Available in Paperback and on Kindle

My newest release,  Mareritt, the first book in the  Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files, is now available in both paperback and on Kindle. Readers who enjoy mystery/suspense, fairy tales and supernatural metaphysical fiction, or those simply looking to try something new, can check out sample chapters at the links below. (The paperback and Kindle pages aren't linked yet, so I've included a link to each separately.) The paperback is currently on sale for $9.49 and the Kindle version is only $2.99.

Paperback

Kindle

As beauty lies sleeping…

 

Four pretty, partying high school seniors, four strange and startling accidents the police believe the girls have brought on themselves. Do demonic nightmares and fairy tale visions bury a dark secret haunting the girls or is the past simply struggling to reach the light?

 

Twenty-eight year old former novitiate turned PI, Tobias Berger, hired to discover who, if anyone, is threatening the four troubled young women, is about to embark on a wild “mare ride” to slay their dragon and uncover the truth.

 

A dark fairy tale mystery with a touch of mystic light.

 

My thanks to anyone who gets a chance to check it out and to all who give the story a read, I hope you enjoy it. Other e-book versions will be available soon and more Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files will be on the way.

 

Mareritt: A New Fairy Tale Mystery Coming in June

I'm excited to share that I have an upcoming release in June of a new book in a new series:  Mareritt, the first story in the  Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files. Below is a peek at the front cover and book description.

As beauty lies sleeping…

 

Four pretty, partying high school seniors, four strange and startling accidents the police believe the girls have brought on themselves. Do demonic nightmares and fairy tale visions bury a dark secret haunting the girls or is the past simply struggling to reach the light?

 

Twenty-eight year old former novitiate turned PI, Tobias Berger, hired to discover who, if anyone, is threatening the four troubled young women, is about to embark on a wild “mare ride” to slay their dragon and uncover the truth.

 

A dark fairy tale mystery with a touch of mystic light.

 

 

For those who enjoy fairy tales and crime mystery/suspense,  Mareritt  offers a bit of a unique slant on both, as well as a little supernatural speculation on the side. A somewhat different style than the On the Soul series, it’s a fast-paced novel for both YA and adult readers but, although not explicit, parents may want to consider whether some of the subject matter is too intense for readers under 13.

 

Expected release date: mid-June 2013.

New Editions and On the Soul of a Vampire on Sale

This month I am releasing new paperback editions of my gothic, speculative fiction novels  On the Soul of a Vampire  and  Pro Luce Habere Volume 1  to celebrate the paperback release of  Pro Luce Habere Volume 2.  All three novels have new interior formatting and artwork, as well as updated covers, and will be available at new, lower prices.  Aiding in the celebration, Amazon is presently offering the new edition of  On the Soul of Vampire on sale for only $8.92, which is a five dollar savings from the regular price.  Just click on the book cover link to Amazon below where you can take a peek inside the book.

The answer is neither in blood nor in life; the key to the mystery resides in the human soul.

 

For some it takes a lifetime to discover their raison d'etre.  Imagine searching for eight centuries.  In 1997 Philadelphia, an 800 year old vampire comes face to face with his reason to be when he discovers a young mortal woman who knows everything about him and whose understanding of immortality is about to change all he's known as truth.  Obsessed with the mystery of her knowledge, he embarks on a journey with her that leads them to his childhood home in the Provençal Alps, as well as into the strange and frightening past that shaped him.  A novel of faltering faith and neverending hope, On the Soul of a Vampire will not only alter everything you think you know about vampires, it will change the way you see your very soul.

 

The new edition paperbacks of  Pro Luce Habere Volume 1  and  Volume 2  will be available within the next two weeks.

 

 



On the Soul of a Vampire FREE on Kindle August 21 & 22

Read a vampire novel that's much less about darkness and death than it is about light and life.

On the Soul of a Vampire, Book I in the On the Soul series is FREE on Amazon Kindle Tuesday and Wednesday, August 21 & 22.  Just click on the book cover link below:

The solution to the mystery has always been in the human soul.

On the Soul of a Vampire FREE on Kindle Tuesday, August 7

On the Soul of a Vampire, Book I in the On the Soul series, will be FREE on Amazon Kindle this Tuesday, August 7, 2012.  Discover how the truth behind the legend has always resided in the human soul.  Just click on the link below to start the journey towards a secret as old as mankind:

On the Soul of a Vampire FREE on Amazon Kindle Mon. & Tues., March 5-6

On the Soul of a Vampire, Book I in the On the Soul series, will be FREE on Amazon Kindle Monday and Tuesday, March 5th and 6th, 2012.

Just click on the book link below:



A vampire's desire isn't blood or life; the key to the mystery is in the human soul.

Pro Luce Habere FREE on Amazon Kindle TODAY thru SAT.

Pro Luce Habere, the prequel to On the Soul of a Vampire, is FREE on Amazon Kindle today (2/23) through Saturday (2/25). Just click on the book link below:



Look beyond fiction and folklore and believe again.

Stealing Jenny by Ellen Gable FREE on Kindle Today

Don't miss Ellen Gable's wonderful pro-life suspense novel, Stealing Jenny, FREE on Amazon Kindle today, Feb. 21, 2012.

Click on the book link:




or visit Ellen at Plot Line and Sinker.

See History Through the Eyes of an Immortal Legend

Pro Luce Habere Volume I only $0.99 on Amazon Kindle.

From now until December 30, 2011, get Pro Luce Habere Volume I on Kindle for only $0.99.  And check out the just released Pro Luce Habere Volume II on Kindle for only $1.99.  Both are full-length novels and Pro Luce Habere is a stand-alone story that can be read before Book I, On the Soul of a Vampire.  This dark epic tale of eight hundred years of human history through the eyes of an immortal is also available in a combined Volume I & II e-book edition for only $4.99 on Amazon and Smashwords.

Volume I

In the place between life and death, the soul is exposed to the light. Relive the memory of an 800 year old vampire's descent into darkness as he does, from child of faith who set out on the Children's Crusade in 1212 to desperate 14th century creature of the night. Sometimes the key which unlocks the secret of what's to come is hidden in the past. Book II of the On the Soul Series.

Volume I on Amazon 

Volume II

After an earth-shattering revelation, vampire Valéry seeks a new world, free of the Old World's pain. Trapped in the darkness he can't escape, his attempt to determine who really is the monster further leads to him becoming one whose greatest deception is the lie he tells himself. Until the illusion is shattered to behold an enigmatic mortal girl.

Volume II on Amazon

Volume I & II Combined Edition

From his departure on the Children’s Crusade of 1212 at fourteen through his remaking as a creature of the night, Valéry seeks answers to the mystery and meaning of his existence over the course of eight centuries of human history. Forced to kill so he might live, but cherishing the lives he knows intimately in death, he is both shaped and haunted by the battle between light and darkness within his victims and within himself. See the inquisitions and witch hunts of the Middle Ages, two history-changing revolutions, world war and modernity through the eyes of this living myth, before the final unfolding of the mystery in the legend’s origin and purpose and the incredible revelation of how profoundly it is linked to that of every human soul.

Volume I & II on Amazon

The On the Soul Series on Smashwords

Excerpt from Pro Luce Habere Volume I:

“I see Heaven,” he breathed to me, his voice soft and distant and, it seemed, filled with joy.  I tightened my hold on him as he grew more relaxed against me, and I felt his heartbeat speed up in his chest, to a rate even beyond that which my touch had provoked.

I closed my eyes and I knew him.  All he was, this man not much older than my own nineteen years, who had nevertheless lived a life just as long.  His wish to be free of the family that did not understand the passion in him was my wish, and the music he made to ease his pain and celebrate life, was also for a moment mine.  His faith in God gave me back my own faith and for those brief moments that I held him, I believed again with all the fire of my mortal youth.  All his dreams, all his hopes, his every wish and fear and desire, they were all mine and they were touchable, somehow made a reality I could hold in my hands.  All the pleasure he had ever known and all the sorrow in his knowledge filled me; and I knew the answer to it all was there.  Not close, not painfully near and just out of reach, but right there, and a light penetrated my entire being.  A light brighter than any sun and a living force of shifting color more beautiful than anything I’d ever seen.

His heart stopped with a final violent beat like an explosion, and his lifeforce seemed to remain there for a moment, uncertain, while I reached out with a part of myself I barely recognized, trying to touch it.  Wanting desperately to make it mine as it merged into that light and so make its knowledge and final acceptance my own.

And then it was gone.  I held his inert body in my arms – a shell now, it seemed, which no longer contained the thing I’d so badly wanted of it.  The thing in him I’d loved with a love I’d never even imagined could exist.

He is dead, a meek, numbed voice spoke inside my head.  Dead, dead, dead, and you are the reason.

I lowered his body away from me and rocked forward on my knees, lowering my head to his chest.  I stroked it in the place over his heart, as if my touch could make it beat again.  Then I lifted my head a fraction, staring at his face, still and serene and at peace.  The peace Sebastian should have had, I thought, but he hadn’t, and it did not matter that I’d tried to give it to him through this young man.  However I might want to justify what I’d done to recognize I’d taken him to death in great pleasure and erased every fear a dying man might hold in his heart, it changed nothing.  He was dead and I was the reason for it and as much as I wished it, I could not bring him back.

I gathered his lifeless form into my arms and I rocked him.  For minutes or hours, I didn’t know.  All I knew was that this was going to be the result with every human being I touched – for eternity, if Lukios had not lied.

“Oh God, oh please… make it stop,” I whispered once or twice or a hundred times.

My heart constricted so tightly it was excruciating; my breath came in ragged gasps.  Then I leaned forward over the man I’d just murdered, the human being whose very life I’d experienced the greatest pleasure I’d ever known to feed on, and I vomited up the blood I’d not long ago drunk with no qualms.  The blood that had tasted so sweet in its promise of fulfilled desire.

“Make it stop!” I screamed, rising to my feet and lifting my arms to the sky in desperate supplication.  “God, my God, strike me down.  Kill me.  Please, kill me now!”

But no bolt of lightning struck me; no fiery death rained down from the sky.  God did not answer in voice or in action, just as He never had before this monstrous desire made me the killer I’d never believed I could be.

I fell to my knees, vomiting again, and as I fell forward, my hand landed on the dagger I’d just taken a life with – an innocent, beautiful life that I had known so intimately it might have been my own.

Screams were torn from me again, but this time there were no words – just terrible sounds that could not convey the horror which provoked them – and I raised the dagger above my head then slammed it down, driving it through my wrist so forcefully, it pierced my arm completely and pinned it to the ground beneath it.

I pulled it back out and, watching the blood gush from it, I wondered dazedly if I’d have enough strength to do with my right hand what I’d just done with my left.

But then someone was rocking me as I’d rocked the young troubadour’s body, clamping my bleeding wrist in his hand.  And as a blessed darkness descended, I heard a soft sob that sounded like “I’m sorry.”

Pro Luce Habere Volume I is also available in paperback.  Volume II and the combined edition coming soon in print format.

Stealing Jenny by Ellen Gable

5 *****

Reviewed on September 18, 2011

Stealing Jenny by Ellen Gable is a terrifyingly realistic suspense story that could be ripped from the headlines, but it’s also a beautiful life-affirming novel that offers so much more.

Jenny Callahan, a devout Catholic mom overjoyed by the imminent birth of her sixth child after three heartbreaking miscarriages, stands on the bus stop with her young son, waiting for her daughters’ return from school. When she’s approached by a woman offering to share some maternity and baby clothes, she accepts, with no idea of the terrible ordeal she and her family are about to face.

Flawlessly transitioning between Jenny enduring her captivity at the hands of the disturbed woman who means to steal her unborn child and her distraught family trying to hold to their hope she will be rescued, author Ellen Gable offers another amazing portrait of the power and gift of faith in the most horrific of circumstances.

As is the case in all of her novels, in Stealing Jenny the author again excels at smoothly weaving the Catholic understanding of marriage and family – the sanctity of life and the precious gift of children and the sexual relationship – into a moving story of real people facing real world challenges and traumas. The characters of Jenny, her husband, Tom, and their children, as well as those of the unbalanced kidnapper, Denise, and the police officers who search for Jenny, are developed wonderfully. Through the family’s present suffering and glimpses of both the joys and sorrows Jenny and Tom have experienced throughout their relationship, the reader descends into this nightmare with them, but is also lifted up by the Callahan family’s faith and hope in God and by the strength He imparts in the very love which unites them.

Another powerful novel from a favorite author that I highly recommend to all suspense readers, especially those who appreciate not only exceptional storytelling, but the depth and meaning in a novel whose creativity is so perfectly intertwined with its spirituality.