SKYE MCNEIL
Synopsis
Adopted as an infant, Ireland Leighton grew up in the heart of the Midwest. After inheriting millions from her biological parents, she is determined to help others any way she can. The only string is a business engagement with another millionaire. Ireland returns to Iowa years later to plan her brother’s tropical wedding. The festivities would be easier if her sexy ex-boyfriend stayed out of reach and her future wasn’t already planned.
Time suppressed his feelings for the girl next door, but Gideon Taggart isn’t about to let Ireland escape again. A farmer by day, a veterinarian by choice, his second chance with his first love is far from easy. He soon discovers that no matter how much he loves Ireland, she’ll always choose her family over a future with him.
Oceans Away are book two in Skye McNeil’s stand-alone contemporary romance series, Atlas. Each book contains a millionaire to envy, snort-worthy comedy, and visits to many beautiful cities in the world. Yes, all of that, plus each novel ends with a fabulous HEA.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Skye McNeil began writing at the age of seventeen and has been lost in a love affair ever since. During the day, she moonlights as a paralegal at a law firm favouring criminal law.
Skye enjoys writing romantic suspense and contemporary romance novels that leave readers wanting more and falling in love over and over. Her books range from sweet and sassy to steamy and sultry.
Her constant writing companions are two cats and two dogs. When she’s not writing, Skye enjoys spending time with family, photography, volleyball, travelling, and curling up with a cup of coffee and reading..
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DEBRA A .WHITE
Synopsis
Drew Barret is about to start a new school after being suspended from his last one for fighting. He hopes he can survive the semester without running into bullies or becoming one himself, but his fiery temper keeps getting him into trouble. When he's snatched away from the lake near his home by a mythical monster, he finds himself trapped in a fantastical world, held captive by a maniacal beast, putting his true nature to the test. With his family and best friend, Trev, venturing into the world of Aqualor to find him, he relies on their support to help the Arvaks, Winged-Groshin and Lamera find peace and freedom in their homeland. Together, they experience a wild adventure and witness Drew's journey of self-discovery as he battles to control the rage within him.
Description
Drew Barret is a fourteen-year-old, confident and somewhat cocky boy who is growing rapidly and having problems subduing an unfamiliar and undesirable rage within himself. This rage caused problems at his previous school and he's, desperately, hoping it won't rear its ugly head at his new school.
Alexia, his younger sister, is also getting under his skin more so than usual and Drew is struggling to maintain his decorum so he doesn't have to hear his parents' constant nagging.
His parents, Frank and Maria, work hard to provide a well-balanced life filled with love, discipline, a good education, fun and adventure yet Drew feels a constant annoyance with them.
Drew finds most pleasure playing and talking about basketball with his best friend, Trev, whom he's known since first grade when he had fought off a group of boys who were bullying Trev.
When Drew is snatched away from the lake near his home by a monster, Chasqua, his family and Trev, discover Aqualor, a picturesque alien world. Although the world is beautiful, Aqualor's inhabitants are under duress and hiding away from Chasqua, a beastly and bully leader of the Lamera.
The alien newcomers struggle to discourage the Arvaks from going to war with Chasqua and the Lamera and to choose an alternate way. Drew garners the help of the Winged-Groshin to assist and gain freedom and peace for everyone in Aqualor.
Grappling with their own inner demons, the Barrets and Trev witness Drew's journey to self-discovery as they find themselves on the most daunting adventure of their lives.
Return to Isle of the Shallows is a gripping, coming-of-age, fantasy adventure which addresses many themes specific to teens - anger, love, grief, courage, friendship, and belonging among others. Its most prominent theme is anger with ancillary themes of love and respect.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Debra A. White is the author of four children's books and one book of fiction. She writes and paints at her home in Central Florida where she lives with her husband. Debra was born in Nassau, Bahamas where she lived until finishing high school. She graduated from Rider College with a Business Degree and worked in the business and education fields until she married and had two children. At that point, she decided to put her efforts into their education. During this time, she converted into books four of the many children's bedtime stories she told her children at night and also made the commitment to complete her fantasy adventure novel, Return to Isle of the Shallows.
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