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Jewels In Time by Kathleen Heady.
The year was 1216, and Brianna’s life changed the day her mother left to save herself from being burned as a witch. Brianna was left alone in her small English village knowing just enough magic to be labeled a witch herself, but not enough to survive on her own.
Brianna knew she had to flee, but to where? She had to follow her instincts and escape the village. Ending up in the market town of Newark-on-Trent, she took a job as a kitchen girl and was befriended by Sir Michael, a knight in King John’s court.
Brianna was unable to hide her magic and was soon accused of witchcraft which would have surely led to being burned at the stake. Sir Michael helped her to escape. After a frightening confrontation with their pursuers, Michael led Brianna to the home of Rowena, a kind and loving old woman, and a witch.
Brianna learned from Rowena that she was the granddaughter of a most powerful wizard and his witch wife. They were helping to guide Brianna and Sir Michael from the magic realm. The magicians had the power to visit forward and past in time. With this power, they had banished Brianna’s mother 700 years in the future to Dover castle during WWII, so she could not cause havoc in her abandoned daughter’s life.
Brianna learns magic along the way and the truth about her past, while always staying one step ahead of the King’s men who would surely kill her.
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Product Details:
Print Length: 235 Pages
Publisher: Sage Publishing (April 1, 2024)
Language: English
Horror (Literature & Fiction)
Mystery (Thriller & Suspense)
Fantasy: Historical)
Horror (Occult)
5-Star Review From 12-Year-Old Boy!
Reading Ages: Enjoyed by Teens and Adults!
Hotel Saint Clare by Kathleen Heady.
A Caribbean Island paradise, a place filled with happy carefree people whose only concern is the pleasure of the tourists. NOT. Appearances are superficial. Lust, greed, envy, jealousy, murder… all can be found within the Hotel Saint Clare and Nara Blake: young, beautiful and inexperienced, meets them all when she takes on the job of hostess at the hotel. Fortunately, not everyone falls into those categories, and help and support and the promise of romance help Nara into her new life.
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Product Details:
Paperback: 162 Pages
Publisher: Sage Words Publishing (June 24, 2014)
Language: English
Mysteries (Contemporary)
Mysteries (Thriller & Suspense)
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The Gate House by Kathleen Heady.
It’s not just the cold and damp clime of the English midlands that is keeping Caribbean beauty Nara Blake awake at night. Her father is dying at her aunt’s bed and breakfast at the historic Gate House in Springfield, Lincolnshire–and the man she hoped to marry is suddenly avoiding her.
An attempted break-in during the middle of the night and a mysterious key lead Nara on a dangerous quest to unlock the many secrets of the seemingly quaint old Gate House: hidden rooms and stairways that aren’t on the blueprints… nosy guests who seem overly interested in the history of the Gate House… dusty crates and boxes left behind after the former owner’s sudden death.
Soon, the small English town where nothing ever happens is besieged with burglaries and a murder–and Nara and her family quickly fall under suspicion. Can Nara trust police liaison Alex Collier to help solve the mystery and clear her family of wrongdoing–or will he help build the case against them?
In this intriguing mystery, the story revolves around a railway Gate House used in the trafficking of antiques and stolen works of art from tiny country churches through to Lincoln Cathedral itself. As Nara and her father, visitors from the Caribbean, become enmeshed in the secrets of the house, they uncover hidden chambers, nosy guests, and a web of intrigue.
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Product Details:
Print Length: 296 Pages
Publisher: Sage Words Publishing (April 1, 2024)
Language: English
Horror Literature & Fiction
Mysteries (Private Investigator)
Romance (Suspense Thriller)
Mysteries (Contemporary)
Mysteries (Thriller & Suspense)
Lydia’s Story: The London Blitz Files by Kathleen Heady.
A simple box of mementos, hidden in a farmhouse in Wales for nearly seventy years, is enough to set Nara Blake on a search for the truth about her great-grandparents, and to put her own life in danger. Even as she begins to read her great-grandmother’s diaries, a French brother and sister whose family lost everything in World War II, blame Nara’s family for their lost wealth, which includes a priceless Cézanne painting. As both families learn the truth of their ancestors’ activities during the war, they are put on a collision course that can only end in the destruction of long-held beliefs, and ultimately one must pay the price for the losses of the past.
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Product Details:
Paperback: 298 Pages
Publisher: Sage Words Publishing (September 17, 2012)
Language: English
Fiction (Historical)
Mysteries (Contemporary)
Mysteries (Thriller & Suspense)
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Sacrifice by Kathleen Heady.
In this fourth book in Kathleen Heady’s series featuring Nara Blake, the story takes us to a small Spanish town in the Pyrenees, where Nara and her now-husband Alex Collier travel to retrieve several notebooks that belonged to a British artist who died there during the Spanish Civil War. Nara and Alex have plans to meet the parish priest, who has possession of the notebooks, in the church during siesta. When they arrive at the church, they find that he has been killed by a vicious blow to the head. They soon learn there is a history of crime in the town going back many decades. But as they are caught up in the criminal investigation, they also learn of the strong ties of family and friendship that exist, even extending to Nara’s own family.
Awarded 5 Stars By The Editor At Book Marketing Global Network. Mysteries Brought To Light In Tardienta!
You will learn some Spanish Civil War History while enjoying ‘Sacrifice’ (book four) in Kathleen Heady’s series. Featuring woman sleuth Nara Blake, each book in the series stands alone, so I invite you to travel with Nara and her husband Alex to Tardienta (a municipality located in Huesca Province, Aragon, Spain) on behalf of the Tate Museum in London, where they both worked as art historians.
The mystery begins when the parish priest discovers notebooks written in English, containing sketches by Felicia Brown. Although a British artist, it is Felicia’s fight against fascism in the 1930s that makes her notebooks a rare find.
Nara and Alex’s visit to Tardienta takes an unexpected turn. It is here, I bring you into the story and the beginning of more than one mystery.
…“From the café, Alex and Nara watched the activity on the plaza. Several police vehicles were parked next to the church when a long black sedan entered the center of the village and parked just past the police cars. A smartly dressed driver emerged to open the back door for a clergyman dressed in a black cassock with red trim.
…“Someone from the diocese,” Alex commented. “I was wondering if the church would have to be re-consecrated since a murder was committed.”
…“They won’t let us look around now,” Nara answered, shielding her eyes from the sun with her hand. She badly wanted to get into the church and maybe the rectory too. The notebooks were there somewhere.
Tardienta is rich with history; there have always been goods and human beings smuggled through the surrounding mountains. For Nara and Alex, the mysteries are numerous, the danger is real and suspicions abound. Turns out it takes more than a village to catch a criminal.
The suspense and drama will keep you turning the page. When you are done, you will be ready to try Maria Laura’s Orange Cake recipe. Can’t wait to bake this one.
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Product Details:
Paperback: 219 Pages
Publisher: Sage Words Publishing (September 2, 2021)
Jake George (Editor)Language: English
Women Sleuths
Mysteries (Contemporary)
Mysteries (Thriller & Suspense)
About The Author: Kathleen Heady grew up telling stories – to pass the time, or just to exercise her imagination. She spent her childhood on a farm in southern Illinois, where she was fortunate to have parents who encouraged her to study, read, and learn about the world. Besides rural Illinois, she has lived in Chicago, Costa Rica, Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and now North Carolina. Her current new “challenge” is learning to play the ukulele.
Kathleen has spent most of her professional life as a high school teacher, teaching English, Spanish and social studies. She shares her “almost a tree house” home with her husband and two cats, Macavity and Violeta. She has a daughter, two sons, two daughters-in-law, a grandson and a granddaughter who are all really cool people.
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