Pirates swoop upon a rusty boat carrying children fleeing war and poverty for a new life who emerge from hiding to find the crew gone and a mighty storm brewing.
When retired teacher Eileen is asked to tutor Molly, a troubled teenager who refuses to attend school, a bond forms that helps both confront family demons-and learn to forgive. Molly Path is a moving reflection on the teacher-pupil relationship, the parents' critical role in a child's education-and the importance of a stable home to their destiny.
1610. Two 12-year old London kids accidentally travel back in time over four hundred years, landing jobs in the Globe Theatre where they work alongside William Shakespeare on the first production of The Winter's Tale. But the drama is not all onstage. They become involved in a battle with a notorious criminal that will ultimately decide their fate.
A beautiful woman is found frozen in the ice of Lake Munch, dressed as a Norse Valkyrie. Grammaticus Kolbitter, keyboardist in a Viking heavy-metal band, The Berserkers, is pulled into the investigation.
Ava, the twelve year old girl descended from a line of witches and blessed with with the Gift of Time, takes centre stage again on her continuing journey of self-discovery in this, the second of the Fae Sagas.
These tales are set in the liminal space of the forest where nothing is quite what it seems. Shape-shifting and trickery lurk behind every tree, and the figures we glimpse through the mist are mutable and indeterminate.
Set in 1612 in the aftermath of the Pendle Witch Trials, Jennet and Jimmy Demdike are forced to leave their home in Barley and travel with the Egyptians. A chance encounter with bear baiting at an inn leads them to a terrifying adventure where they must fulfill a prophecy in the Faery Realms.
Mortuary assistant Darryl buys a run-down seaside guest house, determined to make his life more interesting, embarking on his adventure with a willingness to learn, humour and love of his fellow men and women - but especially men. A page-turning, often hysterical, politically questionable read.
Emma is one of the rare few who can see their spiritual guardian, known as a SCAR. Suraya, just like others of her kind, takes the physical form of a rat as she watches over her fourteen-year-old charge who, used to being alone, is flattered and confused when the school heartthrob, shows her unforeseen attention.
