Unpublished novels waiting for a good home

PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS

AFTER RACHEL DIED

A psychological thriller

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Meg, Sami and Jen, now in their mid-twenties, navigate life after the horrific murder of their friend Rachel. At school, they formed The Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse, which they used to punish boys who were nasty to their friends. They all harbour secrets and guilt about what they did and now fear that one of their boys has returned to exact revenge. Many people hated Rachel, including them. Who will be next? Or, is the murderer closer to home?

Running throughout, we follow Mitzi, a traumatised child, who, as she grows up, has her own code of conduct, where she maims and kills men she believes have hurt her friends. Boyfriends disappear or die mysteriously. Mitzi and her friend Belle have their own dangerous secrets.

THE SYMBOLS

A psychological thriller

Twenty years after being found high on drugs and covered in her best friend Amy’s blood, but with no memory of what happened, Lizzie Poole must fight to uncover the truth of that horrific night, and the trauma that shattered her mind. All she has are two symbols she has repeatedly drawn. Could they be the key to unlocking her hidden memories?

THE COPYCAT

A psychological thriller

A psychological thriller in four parts, ranging from 1989 until the present day.

Over this time frame, we follow Maggie and Hester from their childhood until they have their own children. Their intertwined lives are complex and heartbreaking. Hester, due to an unresolved experience in her youth, believes that Maggie has destroyed her life and any chance of happiness. She is intent on revenge. Maggie, believing that bridges can be mended, invites Hester to be her bridesmaid but nothing goes to plan. Hester ramps up and plans to sabotage not only Maggi’s life but those of her children, too.

Who can stop her?

MIDDLE-GRADE BOOKS

THE WITCH OF EDAINE

A middle grade fantasy trilogy

‘What did her father buy from the slave market for three gold coins?’

Emmeline's world is tightly structured and dangerous. Women are weak and submissive, so her deeply religious mother is frightened when Emmeline shows extraordinary strength. Her father is the village priest, and he seems to know why she is different but will not tell her. When she begins to have visions of a strange and terrifying place, Emmeline searches for answers but is horrified by what she finds.

Another story runs parallel to Emmeline's, seen through the eyes of her unknown warrior brother Jed. She thinks his world is dangerous. But she’s soon to learn the danger is closer to home.

SO NOT ALONE

Young adult Sci-Fi

No one should die at seventeen. When Kate Bluen is involved in a horrific car accident, she doesn’t expect to wake up in the morgue after having a fantastic dream of being catapulted into space. In the dream, she encounters a ‘space coffin’ with a strange man inside. He somehow sucks her into him. After leaving the hospital, Kate’s extensive injuries heal, her appearance changes, and vivid dreams plague her. The only option is to confront the ‘other’ in her head. What she discovers leads her on a perilous journey. Her new and somewhat strange ‘friends’ are there to help, as the world's fate now depends on her.

EAZEE LIFE

A YA DYSTOPIAN TRILOGY

EAZEE LIFE (Part 1) is a futuristic view of England and ‘genre-bending, high-stakes fiction that grapples with social justice’.

What makes you human? The ability to pass your genes on into the future? Or maybe it’s how rich you are? Could it be that you were born and have the right to a soul? But what about Benedict? He is a clone—not born but grown in a tank to fulfil a purpose, not his own. Is it his capacity to care and to love that will make him human?