Eternal Elf Creations

Eternal Elf Creations

Michelle Dawn Poirier, owner of Eternal Elf Creations, is a writer, self-publisher, and makes chainmaille jewellery.

She launched her first two books in 2008.

The first, Quarter of a Century, is a poetry chapbook. It follows her in her twenty fifth year of life as so many things change. A relationship ends, grief over a lost loved one, determination for the future. Do you remember when you turned 25? Have you yet to reach it? It is a time of change, of having lived, but not enough. Of looking to the future and deciding.

The second book is a fantasy chapbook. Quest for the Gem Book 1. It's your usual save the world fantasy but its characters are not so usual. A Cleric, warrior-mage, warrior and bard join together to find the gem of Vishashiu and save their realm. Not only will brute force and magic be needed by our heroes but the strength that comes from friendship and love.
This is a twelve part series and book two will be released in March 2009.

Michelle also makes chainmaille jewellery. Some chainmaille weaves date back to medieval times. She makes necklaces, bracelets, anklets, handflowers, headdresses, belts and more. She invites you to look at her jewellery and books at www.eternalelfcreations.webs.com

Sleeping With Ward Cleaver, Jenny Gardiner

The funny yet poignant story of a woman at a crossroads in life, who years earlier married a man who swept her off her feet, but now finds that her Mr. Right has evolved into Mr. Always Right, and the only sweeping going on in her life involves a broom and a dustpan. As her dreams collide with reality and the one that got away shows up trying to worm his way back into her heart, she must decide if her once charmed marriage is salvageable, and if so, how she's going to go about saving it.

A fun, sassy read! A cross between Erma Bombeck and Candace Bushnell, reading Jenny Gardiner is like sinking your teeth into a big frosted chocolate cupcake...you just want more.

-New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot

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Eagle At Midnight, Ava James

For Deryn Philips life has hit a record low.
After losing her parents in a car crash, she follows their last request and takes a trip to Wales.
But this is no ordinary trip, and there is more to her new mysterious male friend than she can believe.
Then again, if you are in a medieval castle in a foreign country, what's wrong with meeting a knight in shinning Armani?

Excerpt From Eagle At Midnight:
The tour group milled around on the lower floors and the castle grounds out of consideration to the group members of an advanced age. Craving solitude, Deryn decided to see the view from one of the towers. The gaggle of widows departed, and she turned back to the gravel paths in the inner bailey. Each path led to a different tower.

“So which tower is it going to be? Black, Chamberlain, Eagle, or Queen?”

“I suggest Eagle’s Tower,” a male’s voice recommended from behind her.

The smooth timbre and Welsh accent generated tingles down her spine.

Turning around, Deryn met stunning cerulean eyes set in chiseled features, paired with heart-stopping good looks. Hot didn’t even begin to cover the essence of this man. Her jaw slackened at the sight. Raw desire shot down her body. Her eyes wide, she drank him in inch by tailored inch. He wore his light grey suit with confidence, and his honey locks, pulled back from his face into a short ponytail, brushed the collar of his black shirt. A seductive grin crept across his sensual lips, and a sigh almost escaped Deryn’s lips.

Holy David Beckham! This man could be his long lost, even hotter brother. His tawny skin, muscular frame, and blond locks were a triple threat. It was too much…. He was too much.

“I….” I want you…. No, too forward. Damn, what was I saying?

Her mind turned to mush with one grin from him. She didn’t recognize this man from their tour group. There was no way he’d been in the group—she would have seen him.

“There’s a breathtaking view from the Eagle Tower . You can see clear across the sea.” The handsome stranger’s voice enchanted her. She stood stunned. “Oh, sorry. Llaw Gyffes.” He extended his hand. She didn’t immediately take it, so he reached down and took her hand into his gentle grip.

Every nerve in her body pulsed with excitement. When his hand made contact with hers, Deryn swore the air sizzled with heat. She watched in utter fascination as he brought her hand up to his mouth, his lips inches from her skin. The whole world stopped in that moment. She held her breath while he turned her hand. His satin lips made contact with the sensitive flesh of her wrist, and her knees nearly gave way. His eyes met hers, and she couldn’t restrain the sigh that rolled off her tongue.

“And you are?” His eyes sparkled with mischievous curiosity.

Wake up, Sleeping Beauty! He’s talking to you…answer him!

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Deadly Secrets , Sylvia Dickey Smith

Rookie PI Sidra Smart thinks she knows where she’s headed. She’s divorced her preacher-husband, she’s inherited a private detective business, and she’s solved her first case. But then she moves into a ghost active house and discovers that the past holds the key not only to her future, but to the lives of innocent people trapped in an unholy web of deception that spans decades.

This mystery/suspense novel is set in a small Texas town where everyone knows everything about the other—or at least think they do—until the sins of the past catch up with the secrets of the present. Where yesterday’s lighthouses, yellow fever, and Civil War skirmishes play a significant role in uncovering the sins of today.

When Sid’s second case requires she clear the name of a dead man, she finds herself confounded by clues that lead nowhere. She battles her own prejudice, a burned-out office, the disappearance of a local preacher’s wife, and a midnight trip through a murky swamp before clues begin to fall in place. Then, with assistance from a seemingly unknown and perhaps ghostly force, Sid learns something about herself—when the cause is right she never retreats.

The interaction between Sid and her client, a tobacco-spitting, chair-rocking old codger more interested in the shine on his shoes than the dust on his furniture, once again brings small-town America to life.

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The Nicest Editor In The World

Is your manuscript a diamond in the rough? Would you like an experienced & talented editor to polish it to a literary shine?

Missy Harris of Harris Innovations Publishing in Ohio is available to take your art to its next level...

Publishers, agents, and readers take a book more seriously when it's professionally edited--especially when the book's editor has an eye for the inherent nuances of the art or writing and works with the author to find the clearest way to express his or her voice.

In the words of one author-client, "It's like she took what I was trying to say and said it more like I wanted to say it. I don't know how she did that!"

With reasonable, negotiable rates (all manuscripts and situations are unique), you can't afford NOT to do your career this favor!

Please visit www.harrisinnovationspublishing.com to contact Missy about her editing services.

Always and Forever, Pamela LaBud

In 1811, England, terribly wounded after a duel protecting his younger sister’s honor, Robert Houghton, the earl of Singleton’s body is broken and useless.

He faces a miserable existence as the shadow of the man he once was, until a cantankerous ghost appears and kidnaps him and transports him back through time to 1245 Scotland.

In order to be healed and made whole again, as well as return to his own time, he must rescue a Scottish laird's daughter from an arranged marriage to an evil and murderous clan chieftan.

But the red haired Fury, Jenna MacReynolds is more than he bargained for and has plans to vanquish her enemies and claim leadership of her own clan.

In their struggles to survive the castle intrigues and certain death at the hands of their enemies, the two build a love that is enduring, one that vanquishes the evil that faces them and transcends even time itself...

Is the magic that threw them together enough to last always and forever?

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Fire At Midnight, Lisa Marie Wilkinson

It is 1703, and Rachael Penrose is confined to Bedlam Insane Asylum in London after discovering her uncle Victor plans to kill her brother in order to inherit the family fortune.
Victor leads a gang of criminals and uses French privateer/smuggler Sebastién Falconer as the scapegoat for his crimes.
When Victor spreads the lie that Rachael informed the authorities of Falconer's smuggling activities, Falconer vows revenge on the girl.

A dangerously ill Rachael finally escapes from Bedlam, only to find shelter in Sebastién's carriage and ends up in his care. It is a twist of fate that will alter both their lives forever.
Believing she is in danger from Sebastién, Rachael meets up with his estranged twin brother, Jacques, a customs officer intent on bringing his brother, the famous privateer, to justice.
But the real criminal is still at large, and she and her brother are still in danger.

Will she discover the truth and save both their lives... and her heart?

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Marie Wilkinson

Love's Reflection, Carol North

Dr. Cort Hirsch, risks his career and fortune on the creation of a robot he envisions as the first of a race of service robots.

He expects that being the first to create a robot undetectable from a human being, and able to pass the Turing Test for artificial intelligence, will bring him fame and immeasurable fortune.

The love-besotted scientist creates his robot, Alpha, in the physical image of the unattainable love of his life, Zoe Parker, film superstar.

If he can't have Zoe, at least he will be able to control and manipulate her likeness.

Through Alpha, Cort learns that women, both real and artificial, don't always do as anticipated or as programmed. When Alpha refuses to clean the bathroom until Cort provides waterproof gloves to protect her hands, Cort thinks there may be a few flaws in her design.
Perhaps he uploaded too much feminine literature to her database.

Zoe, Alpha, and Cort are brought together when Alpha is photographed during a shopping trip, and thought to be Zoe. After seeing the robot's photo in a tabloid, Zoe and her manager devise a plan to catch a stalker using Alpha as the bait. Cort and Alpha move into Zoe's compound. During their stay, Cort's unwavering devotion is finally rewarded. Zoe seduces him.
When both Alpha and Zoe are in danger, Cort must decide which female to love and protect.

If you want a fun read ...then I advise you to buy Ms. Carol North's, Love's Reflection. ..I finished Love's Reflection in just one day, because I couldn't bring myself to put it down. I wanted to know what happened next that much."
An "8" from Rob Shelsky© for Novelspot.

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Mackenzie, Lost and Found by Deborah Kerbel

Watch for the upcoming release of a new YA novel, Mackenzie, Lost and Found, written by Canadian author, Deborah Kerbel and published by Dundurn Press.

Kerbel describes her debut YA (aimed for teens ages 12 +) as “part modern-day Romeo and Juliet, part archaeological thriller”.
The story, set in Jerusalem, touches lightly on some of the intricacies of the Arab-Israeli conflict (such as security threats, rights to land, and the cultural and religious divide) from the point of view of a fifteen-year old Canadian girl.

Book Synopsis

Still recovering from the loss of her mother, fifteen-year old Mackenzie Hill feels like she’s drowning in a sea of pain and loneliness. To make matters worse, her eccentric father is forcing her to leave behind the only home she’s ever known and move with him to Israel.

Coming of age in the ancient city of Jerusalem, Mackenzie forges a friendship with an American girl who’s also suffered a tragic loss. At the same time, she becomes caught up in a forbidden romance with a Palestinian boy and an unwitting involvement in a ring of black-market bandits. Mackenzie has to find a way to solve the mystery of the stolen artefacts without betraying her first love. And along the way, come to terms with the grief that has been slowly eating away at her heart.

If you’d like to find out more information on Mackenzie, Lost and Found please visit the author’s website: www.deborahkerbel.com

Alternatively, you can visit the publisher’s website here: http://www.dundurn.com/books/mackenzie-lost-and-found/detailed-product-flyer.html

Line of Scrimmage, Marie Force

She's given up on him and moved on...

Susannah finally has a peaceful, calm life and a no-surprises man.

Marriage to football superstar Ryan Sanderson was a whirlwind of passion, heat, energy, and excitement, but Susannah got sick of playing second fiddle to his team, watching women throwing themselves at him, and living in terror of the hard hits he took on the field.

With their divorce just days from being final, she's already planning a wedding with her new fiance...

He's finally figured out what's really important to him.

If only it's not too late...

Ryan has just ten days to convince his soon-to-be ex-wife to give him a second chance. He has just brought home his third championship and his career is at its pinnacle, but during the year of their separation, Ryan's come to realize it doesn't mean anything at all without Susannah...

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Crash Into Darkness, Suzanne Perazzini

Amber has no reason to leave the daily turmoil of life aboard a prison ship, created to house those with the violent Cleaven gene. Though now rehabilitated, she has chosen to stay and counsel the inmates who struggle to come to terms with their imprisonment. Possessing extraordinary gifts - an ability to assess situations with perfect clarity and to feel the emotions of others - her skills are in great demand in the volatile environment of the ship.

Jaden, also rehabilitated and with the special gift of mind reading, ploughs the seas on board the boat that delivers supplies and prisoners to and from the ship.

Amber and Jaden are thrown together when the prisoners rebel and an explosion breaches the hull of the ship during a storm. Together they battle the elements, a new, cold-eyed prisoner who has Amber in his sights and their traumatic pasts which sent them to the ship in the first place.

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EXTRACT FROM CRASH INTO DARKNESS

On Amber’s fourth trip back up the steps, laden with food supplies, she heard a crack. A crack which stilled the blood in her veins.

She turned slowly, her arms gripping a carton of canned peas, and saw the wall move. It wavered like a fish tail and collapsed in a rush of death water. It frothed and foamed, ripped and tore its way across the room towards Jaden.

“Get out,” she screamed at him.

He dropped the box and started towards her.

But the water moved faster.

It picked him up and threw him across the room sweeping cartons alongside him. His dark head disappeared from sight, and Amber searched frantically for him. She stepped backwards up the steps away from the approaching water. She had to seal off the room.

He had saved her when they had fallen from the boat, and now she remained powerless to help him.

“Jaden,” she shrieked, her voice hoarse and desperate.

The water rushed across her shoes, and she ran up to the door. She turned at the top. How could she ask for the room to be sealed with him still inside? Saturated cartons, cans of food, churned in a soup of bubbling flour and rice slop. “Hold your breath,” she willed him. “Just hold your breath.”

He burst from the swirling waters, his mouth open, sucking in air and sank under again. The water had crept halfway up the stairs. Soon, it would spill into the corridor, and the door wouldn’t shut. Amber couldn’t leave him. She whipped her belt from her jeans, pulled her sweater over her head and tied one sleeve to the buckle. She urged him again to hold his breath and waited, her gaze darting about for a glimpse of his dark head.

He erupted into the air, and she threw the line. He saw it coming and reached out before disappearing. A sharp tug on the belt, and she pulled with a strength born of desperation. Hand over hand, she hauled the line, fighting against the current.

The line slackened, and Jaden dragged himself from the water, climbing up the last steps on his hands and knees. She bent down and grabbed his arm.

He stood, and they staggered together out the door. Jaden kicked the door shut while Amber grabbed the radio from her pocket and shouted into it. “Seal cargo door one. Now.”

The door locked down, water tight and she collapsed onto the ground beside Jaden.

“Dear Jesus in Heaven, I almost saw him that time,” spluttered Jaden. He glanced at her half-naked state and pulled off his jacket, and then paused. He took her arm and stared down at the criss-cross of scars. He looked up at her.

“Please don’t ask,” she said. “That’s my past.”

The sympathy in his eyes felt almost unbearable, but then he blinked as if coming back from a far off place. “An unclothed woman on a prison ship,” he said, “is probably not a good idea..."

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Murder on the Mountain, Maddie James

A Ladies of Legend Novel...

In the two long years since her Tennessee state trooper husband's murder, Kate Carpenter thinks she's coped with his death, although everyone in Legend, Tennessee keeps telling her she hasn't. She can't see what the problem is, really.
She has her parents, and her best friend Patti Jo, and her students.

What else could a twenty-nine year old woman need?

A man, Patti Jo keeps telling her.

A thought that Kara quickly puts aside.

All is fine until one hot August afternoon when Trooper Mike Lehman invades her classroom, and her life. When she can't get out of working with the trooper, assigned to teach drug abuse prevention classes, she bites the bullet and tells herself it's for the good of her students.

Inside, she's fighting demons she hasn't fought in a while.

Sent to Kate's classroom on a investigation, Mike uses his drug prevention training as his cover.

His mission, however, is to find out what Kate knows, if anything, about Rob Carpenter’s supposed death. Recent reports indicate he is alive and that he faked his death because of his involvement in a drug-running operation.

Mike's task is to expose Carpenter, and if she's involved, Kate.

And he’ll stop at nothing, to get the answers he wants.

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Common Threads An Unique Literary Experience

Storybook Acres Press Presents…

An Interview With

Lisa Dunster Moeller

Creator of Common Threads Journals

What are the ‘Common Threads Journals’?

They are a unique line of journals that were created as a tool to help people connect with one another. Each journal has a unique theme, but all are meant to be shared and have more than one owner. They use journal writing as a way to identify the common threads we share with the people around us, and then allow us to connect with those people by sharing the journals and our thoughts and feelings that are contained within them.

How did you come up with such an original concept?

It was a combination of things. The driving force behind the idea was my desire to help two friends who were suffering from the pain caused by divorce. Having been through a divorce myself, I expected that I would be able to relate to them in ways that others couldn't and could perhaps even help by sharing my experience with them. What I learned was that although I could truly empathize with their pain, the advice I had to offer wasn't always what they needed to hear. It occurred to me then that what I really needed was a way to collect all the things other people had said to me during that difficult time in my own life and pass those bits of wisdom on to them in a way that allowed them to choose what they wanted o n their own terms. That’s essentially how the fist Common Threads Journal came to be.

You have expressed your concern over a “great disconnect” in our society. What do you mean by that?

It is my way of describing the barriers that we each create in order to shield ourselves from the daily assault of negative images we receive through the media. It's something we all do to keep the bad news from taking over our hearts and minds, but it also causes us to isolate ourselves.

Why do you think this is happening?

As a society we have become desensitized. The unfortunate result of that protection mechanism is that we become disconnected from more than just the negative images in the media; we begin to disconnect from our neighbors and community members (both locally and globally). After awhile it becomes easy to ignore and pass up the opportunities we have to make small positive changes in the lives of others.

How do you hope Common Threads Journals can help overcome this problem?

I believe that even the smallest of solutions can have an impact on the biggest of problems. I certainly don't expect to fix the world with this idea, but I do believe the journals will help people to create connections with one another that inspire them to express caring and compassion instead of fear or indifference.

What is the most important message you want these journals to convey to others?

We all have something to contribute to this world; reaching out to others, connecting and sharing a piece of your own life story is something we all can do to help bridge the gap of the "great disconnect."

Do you have plans for more journals?

Yes, I have plans for several more journals in the series. I am currently working on a journal for recording life's milestone moments. After that, I want to create a journal for creating lasting connections between loved ones who are separated by distance.

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Forever Promised, Shirley Bullock

Have you ever wished to be anywhere but where you are now?

Be careful.

That is just what nurse Geri Lanham did while assisting the doctor in removing her favorite patient from life support.

Something goes terribly wrong and she ends up in 1888 complete with a murder charge. Contending with time travel was bad enough but one onery, albeit handsome sheriff wants to put a noose around her slender neck.

Sheriff Andrew Robinson’s ordered world was black and white with no room for gray areas until he makes a slender green-eyed beauty his prisoner.

Trying to find her way back to her time, Geri realizes that once a promise is made from the heart it can transcend time to be forever promised.

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VICTOR'S, A MATTER OF CHOICE OR DEATH SERIES 1, Janet Enos

Jennifer receives a call of the tragic deaths of her friends and finds herself a parent to their three young children. Flying to Italy; there she consoles the children while making funeral arrangements.

After the funeral, they walk to the car only to be confronted by men presuming to give their condolences.

Once in arms reach, they are kidnapped and whisked away to some old abandoned buildings.

While there, arguments arise and a man is shot.

Jennifer is then instructed to fly only the children to America and return immediately.

Jennifer does as instructed to protect the children; only to find herself a prisoner.

It's a tangled web of deception that Victor, her captor, has spun.

Jennifer tries to understand the predicament she is in but Victor wants what she possesses and she has no clue what it could be.

Victor, a multi-millionaire, insists Jennifer holds something important and will keep her prisoner until his plan succeeds. But as time goes by, Victor begins to fall in love with Jennifer which complicates this plan.

A plan, that at all costs, he must prevail.

But does he?

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