The fate of all humankind hung in the balance. Trouble was, they didn't know it. S.S. Wilson is the screenwriter of such films as Tremors and Short Circuit.S.S. Wilson's first novel Tucker's Monster is the Winner of the 2011 Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book - Fiction, presented at the 23rd annual Benjamin Franklin Awards.

In in a chilling "what if" tale, writer S.S. Wilson (screenwriter of such films as Tremors and Short Circuit) calls into question everything we think we know about life - and death. Be forewarned that it's a little darker than my usual happy-go-lucky writing. Might seem controversial to some, too. Let me know what you think!.S.S. Wilson's first novel Tucker's Monster is the Winner of the 2011 Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book - Fiction, presented at the 23rd annual Benjamin Franklin Awards.S.S. Wilson, screenwriter of such films as Tremors and Short Circuit has just finished his first novel Tucker's Monster after 30 years. "It really was 30 years in the making," jokes the author. After being "side-tracked" by success in screenwriting and directing, Wilson returned to a book he began over three decades ago and is now writing his second novel Fraidy Cats.S.S. WILSON has always been a storyteller with a love of fantasy. His high school science project was an animated dinosaur that demonstrated the concept of persistence of vision, the "flaw" in human optics which makes movie watching possible.As a teenager, Wilson made backyard stop-motion animation "epics" with 8mm film and later went on to study film and television at Pennsylvania State University and the USC graduate film program, where he met writing partner Brent Maddock. He and Maddock landed early jobs writing material for animation giants Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng's television specials featuring the Road Runner and Daffy Duck.Wilson also wrote a book on special effects stop-motion animation, PUPPETS AND PEOPLE.

In Book II, Tamras moved from her home into the lands beyond its border. In Book three, the stage widens further: she deals with the struggles of whole peoples. Caught up in intrigues that would once have been far above her, the heroine risks everything unless she can not only learn to swim in treacherous waters, but to master them. The heroine 's inner journey continues to match her outer one. She must confront the meaning not only of personal love, but the love that extends beyond oneself and those we hold dear. Catherine Wilson 's skill at tackling the big issues of love, meaning, and humanity is so deft that it all seemed, to me at least, to flow naturally from her narrative in a way I found technically quite breathtaking. "--from a review by Charles Ferguson on the Goodreads website "Being the third and last volume in a series I enjoyed immensely, I knew that I could expect this last book to deliver a happy and satisfying ending. What I didn t expect was the intricate and daring storyline of this last volume. It is bigger and broader than what has come before, and it is spectacular. this time the story unfolds on to a whole new level. More characters, more intrigue, greater losses, wonderful reunions. There 's no taking the easy road here the story opened up into unimagined dimensions to tell a tale that really is that of a hero." When Women Were Warriors manages to blend mythic storytelling with characters who feel so real you could imagine stepping into the pages and having a conversation with them. A Hero 's Tale skilfully weaves the questions of love, faith and fairness into a dramatic story; not only of a relationship between the main characters, but of a quest so much bigger it takes the breath away. There is everything you could wish for here power struggles, forces for good and evil, dramatic tests of faith, daring rescues, fatal rivalry, but it is managed with such a deft hand that in the end it is all one beautiful story. What else is there to say? This is not just lesbian fiction, but a story about being human. It 's not to be missed.--from a review by Kate Genet on the website, Kissed By Venus In Book III of the trilogy, Tamras must make her own hero 's journey. She ventures into the unknown and encounters a more formidable enemy than any she has ever faced. Character is destiny, and the destiny of Tamras and all her people will depend upon choices that come less from the skills she has been taught than from the person she has become, from her own heart.

This book was previously published with a different cover and the title "Blood Submission".Her blood saves his life.Her embrace slays his soul.Dante Gabor has survived many things since becoming a vampire, but jumping from a plane and crash landing in the desert without a parachute was pushing it, even for him. To survive the relentless sun, he buries his broken body in its own sandy grave. But healing is painfully slow, and he's forced to rise and hunt for larger prey. Half mad with thirst, he's brought to his knees by the seductive taste of a lone female whose sweet blood heals his body, but leaves him craving still more.MINE.Laney Moss loves the Mojave desert that surrounds her home and hikes the upper trails often, prepared for anything she might run across. But nothing prepared her for the monster that comes with the setting sun to stalk her. In the moments before he attacks, one word crashes through her terrified...

Born and educated in Belfast, Paul Wilson studied at Queen’s University Belfast School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences before beginning his training at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. During this time, he treated patients affected by the Troubles at both the Royal Victoria Hospital and Craigavon General Hospital, Portadown.

He gained experience across various specialties, including Surgery, Orthopaedics, General Medicine (including a small Coronary Care unit) and Trauma, before moving to England for further training. After further posts, including at Alder Hey, a specialist Paediatric Hospital, and an SR post at Luton and Dunstable, he secured a Consultant A&E position at Cheltenham General Hospital. Prior to taking up this role, he spent a year at Sunnybrook Trauma Centre in Toronto, Canada.

In his later years, he worked in peripheral hospitals, managing a wide range of fractures locally, reducing the need for patients to attend District General Hospitals.

This book was previously published with a different cover and the title "Blood Vengeance".A vampire bound by chains.For seven long years, Master Vampire Luukas Kreek has vowed to take revenge on the raven-haired witch that has taken his power—and his sanity. The witch with the face of an angel. Emaciated and weak, he desperately tries to hold on long enough to get his revenge. But with one taste of her blood, a single word bursts through his fragile psyche...MINE.A witch bound by love.Keira Moss has spent the last seven years trying to figure out a way to get herself out of this hellhole—and to save the strong-willed vampire she's grown to admire—and love—while she's at it. But she's afraid not even a witch as powerful as she will be able to get out of this one. For she knows that the vampire who holds her heart will kill her the moment he is free. And she won't stop him. Tortured and starved, Luukas's...

Can a mother and child...Win a stubborn cowboy's heart?Single mom Harmony Gabriel never thought she'd set foot on Flaming Sky Ranch again, until rodeo veteran Caleb Donovan hires her to plan his parents' anniversary. Suddenly she's grappling with rocky childhood memories and maddeningly charming Caleb, who has ruled out marriage and kids. But as her baby girl, Joy, warms his heart, could their different lives come together on Christmas Eve?From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.Flaming Sky RanchBook 1: A Cowboy's Christmas Joy

A STOLEN BRIDE. A TERRIFYING BRIDEGROOM. THE GAME THAT WILL DETERMINE THEIR FATES.No one told her the most important law of the court - the Law of Greeting.If they had, maybe she wouldn't have greeted Bluebeard when he arrived to claim a mortal wife. And if she hadn't greeted him, she wouldn't have become his sixteenth wife or been swept away to the lands of the Wittenhame.But if none of that had happened, then she wouldn't have been an integral part of the game that takes place every two hundred years - a game that determines the fates of nations .For not all is as it seems, not in her homeland of Pensmoore, not in the Wittenhame, and certainly not in her new marriage.For lovers of SPINNING SILVER, OATH TAKER, and THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE comes a tangled fantasy story of faeries, epic adventure, magical trickery and wagers of crowns and thrones from USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah K. L. Wilson. Prepare to be enthralled, spell-bound, and utterly addicted to this chillingly hopeful tale.

Ever wonder what goes through a man’s mind as he attempts to be Mr. Fixit? A Husband’s Lot is a light-hearted look at a “honey do” project gone wrong. A short story laced with humor, but oh, so true.Ever wonder what goes through a man’s mind as he attempts to be Mr. Fixit? A Husband’s Lot is a light-hearted look at a “honey do” project gone wrong. A short story laced with humor, but oh, so true.What could possibly go wrong with a simple “honey do” project? A short story laced with humor describes this true story as a devoted husband tries to fulfill his wife’s wishes and at the same time trying to save a buck. What a man won't do for the love of his life!

Finding love... Was never this rancher's plan Ben Arias knows to keep things simple. After being raised in foster care, he was lucky to find a home and a family at a Wyoming ranch. Now Ben and his family are turning the ranch into a summer camp for kids, and pretty Chicago attorney Anna Watters is his best hope for the help he needs. Except Ben's feelings for Anna are anything but simple. Is he too late to reach for love?Eclipse Ridge RanchBook 1: Under a Christmas MoonBook 2: Her Wyoming HeroBook 3: A Cowboy's Hope

This book was previously published with a different cover and the title "Blood Choice".A vampire cursed to be untouchable.Happy to be back in Seattle, Shea Bennet wants nothing more than to forget about the enigmatic warlock who saved her from a fate worse than death. But his topaz eyes haunt her, and his wicked scent makes her crave something she will never be able to have, something more than his blood — his touch. Though she feels his presence everywhere she goes, she is taken off guard when he suddenly appears to disrupt her hunt. Shea finds the tables have turned, and it is she who is the prey.A warlock determined to break the curse.Ever since he released her from his mountain home, Jesse Moss finds he's possessed with the memory of a vampire he feels compelled to protect for reasons he can't explain. Night after night, he lies wrapped in her scent, her whiskey voice invading his dreams, and for...

*The ranch should have been his... * To struggling single mom and L.A. waitress Grace Evans, a ranch was a place for horses and cowboys - not a place for her and her daughter to live. Now, thanks to a shocking windfall from her estranged father, she ownes one! It's a crazy notion, but Wolf Lake could be her shot at a whole new life in New Mexico. The only question is: can she handle it?  Obviously Jack Carson, the handsome and haunted rightful heir to Wolf Lake, doesn't think so. And he isn't about to hand over the reins without a fight. But the more he tries to scare her off, the more intrigued she's becoming....

This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis. C. S. Lewis was a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the clever child from the 'Little End Room' of his Ulster childhood and adult life, exploring Lewis's unwilling conversion to Christianity, the genesis of his writing, and the web of his relationships.

In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood, master craftsman possessed with a burning scientific vision, embarks upon the thousand piece Frog Service for Catherine the Great. Josiah's nephew Tom journeys to America to buy clay from the Cherokee for this exquisite china. Tom is caught up in the American rebellion, and falls for a Cherokee woman who will come to play a crucial role in Josiah's late, great creation: the Portland Vase. As the family fortune is made, and Josiah's entrepreneurial brilliance creates an empire that will endure for generations, it is his daughter Sukey, future mother of Charles Darwin, who bears clear-eyed witness. A novel of epic scope, rich in warmth, intellect and humanity, The Potter's Hand explores the lives and loves of one of Britain's greatest families, whose travails are both ordinary - births, deaths, marriages, opium addiction, depression - and utterly extraordinary.

Dr. Gemma Halliday is so ready for her fresh start! After a spectacularly public custody battle for her precious daughter, Isla, Gemma’s determined that their new life on the Isle of Arran will be safe, secure and—for Gemma—single! Yet an embarrassing first encounter with her ridiculously attractive new colleague Dr. Logan Scott ignites feelings Gemma thought long-buried. This sexy island bachelor has the potential to break down all Gemma’s carefully constructed defenses, but when her deepest, darkest secret comes to light, will Logan be the one man to stay by her side?