Sweet Painted Lady

A restless young physics teacher whose life is in danger of passing him by… An attractive and sassy American art scholar with a painful past…
A beery and portly security expert who owes an unforgettable debt…
A happy family man with everything to lose… Four people who have little in common - except the germ of a frivolous idea that grows into the most audacious plot the art world has ever known. Driven by needs that go far beyond avarice, they head for Paris with only one thing in mind: to steal the Mona Lisa from under the snooty noses of the French establishment. Breathtakingly ingenious and sparkling with comedy, Sweet Painted Lady is a hugely enjoyable novel that suggests not all thieves are bad guys motivated by greed.

Sweet Painted Lady
Andrew Derham
Paperback -249 pages
ISBN 1904754-26-0 UK £6.99
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Snowdrops for Ada

Snowdrops: delicate February flowers, symbols of both mourning and rebirth... Yet for five-year-old Ada Porter, they are simply 'the worstest flowers', cruel reminders of her beautiful young mother, snatched away by consumption in the prime of her life.

Then Ada's beloved father is also taken from her, and a shocking clause in his will sees Ada wrenched from her wealthy Cambridgeshire home, to endure poverty and emotional insecurity amid relative strangers.

It is only when a distant aunt attempts to adopt Ada that there is a glimmer of hope, but Victorian prejudices are stacked against them. Will Ada's winter ever turn to spring?

Set in Ely and Preston and based on actual characters and events, Snowdrops for Ada is a beautifully written novel that vividly evokes the social tapestry of England at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Snowdrops for Ada
Virginia Aitken
Paperback -215 pages
ISBN 1904754-70-8 UK £7.99
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Living with the Devil's Angels

The devil comes in many guises, wrapped in 'weed', masked as inner voices, ugly tormenting demons with one assignment - to take you down and take you out.

Alex Pryce's life was a roller coaster, a living hell of paranoia, that is until his father Pastor Pryce re-enters his life. Determined to banish Satan's angels and reverse his son's personality change, he takes Alex under his wing and guides him into a spiritual sanctuary. Facing up to the past and intent on changing his lifestyle, Alex finds a new added strength that carried "a guarantee without an expiry date on it - Jesus."

Dramatic and vivid descriptions of a soul suffering in the grip of the devil enhance a tale guaranteed to make absorbing reading.

Living with the Devil's Angels
Donna Powell
Paperback -204 pages
ISBN 1904754-65-1 UK £6.99
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Dangerous Legacy

A precious cargo of parchments was loaded carefully onto the Knights Templars' pack horses, a cargo so sacred that if it fell into the wrong hands history would be deprived of the truth. The destination, for safekeeping, a small island in the middle of a lake in the grounds of an abbey in England. The year - 1307.
The normally peaceful existence of the monks of Besk Abbey was about to be shattered with the arrival of the knights, the original Soldiers of Christ. For some, the warrior knights' vocation was surrounded in mystique. 'They say that you worship the dead, that you speak blasphemy, that you spit on the cross, and are a secret organisation.'
An atmospheric tale, part-fact part-fiction, Dangerous Legacy is set against the backdrop of the Crusades, the persecution of the Warrior Knights in France, and the historical events leading up to the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland. An exciting read, full of intrigue - will the truth of the manuscripts which men risked their lives to bring back to Britain ever be unveiled?

Dangerous Legacy
Harry Walters
Paperback -203 pages
ISBN 1904754-74-0 UK £7.99
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Our Story

Strangers to any small community are usually eyed with initial suspicion - it takes time to be accepted. The small Caribbean village of Leon Town was no exception, but here a 'stranger woman' would always be an 'out of Towner'. The odds were not in Zea's favour, there were too many secrets…

This is the heart-warming story of a young girl desperately needing to feel accepted and loved. Rejected by the man she thought was her husband and robbed of her mother's affections, would Zea ever find happiness?

An engaging tale, Our Story delves into traditional customs, cleverly capturing the local flavours. A most enjoyable read.

Our Story
Janet Nangle
Paperback -71 pages
ISBN 1904754-63-5 UK £5.99
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