At
present Heart Throb Books offers three full length books, Each
Angel Burns, a novel just published, The
Old Mermaid's Tale a novel published in 2007. My
Last Romance and other passions is a collection of eight
stories all on the theme of the wonder of discovering love first published
in 2006. Both of these books are available in hard copy from Amazon
and other online book sellers and in electronic format here.
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Angel Burns
by Kathleen Valentine
In the latter part of the 19th century the
Monastery of St. Gabriel the Archangel was built on a cliff overlooking
the ocean on a peninsula in Maine. From its earliest days there
were rumors of strange activity there --- tunnels through the cliff
were reported to give access for smugglers, a miracle-working nun
was said to live there, and a group of drunken lumberjacks who
stormed the convent to kidnap wives claimed to have been vanquished
by a giant angel with a flaming sword. One hundred years later,
when the last of the old cloistered nuns was removed to a retirement
home, the decision was made to close and sell the convent. That's
when it was discovered that he convent's treasure, a marble statue
of the Archangel Gabriel by Italian sculptor Giovanni Dupré,
was missing. More......
Each Angel Burns is available in the following
formats. A paperback edition will be available in December.
(Note: TXT and HTML format are compatible with most computers,
PDAs, e-book readers, and other hand-held devices. PDFs are most
suitable for printing.
Amazon Kindle |
TXT (.76 MB) |
HTML (2.44 MB) |
PDF (1.05 MB) |
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The Old Mermaid's Tale
When Clair Wagner begins college in
Port Presque Isle she dreams of meeting a "handsome sailor with
the constellations of the Northern Seas in his eyes". Into her
life comes Pio, a beautiful Italian fisherman, who dreams of life
on the big lakes under the aurora borealis. She meets Gary, the
dashing son of a wealthy shipping magnate, who introduces her to
Canal Street where she encounters The Old Mermaid Inn, a tavern
that, as Gary tells her, "deserves its reputation". But The Old
Mermaid Inn, with its giant painting of a seductive mermaid, is
home to some fascinating people including Tessie, the owner and
original mermaid, and the intriguing Baptiste, a Breton mariner
injured in a shipwreck, who earns his living as a musician. More... Read
the first chapter.
Hard Copy: Parlez-Moi Press, ISBN:
0978594061, Price $17.00
AMAZON • BARNES
& NOBLE • POWELLS
Electronic Copy: Price $5.00 |
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My Last Romance and other passions
Eight stories with a common theme...
the wonder of finding love... that sweep the reader into sensuous
worlds where ordinary people discover, or rediscover, love. Foolish
love, forbidden love, married love – even murderous
love, each story is a seductive jewel populated with characters
that seem like someone we could know – or someone we could
be.Read "Flynnie & Babe" free.
Hard Copy: Parlez-Moi Press, ISBN:
0-9785940-5-3, Price $12.00
AMAZON • BARNES & NOBLE • POWELLS
Electronic Copy: Price $3.00
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