From Zumaya Otherworlds Imprint - Murder in Manatas

Murders in Manatas

by Roberta Rogow

No job is ever as simple as it seems

Halvar Danske, known as the Hireling, has come to Manatas to determine whether there’s fraud afoot in the Feria. His master, the Al-Andalusian Calif Don Felipe, has had a letter from an old friend named Leon di Vicenza claiming part of the calif’s share of the Feria’s revenues is being funneled into unauthorized pockets.

It’s more than an omen when Halvar stumbles on a brutally murdered man his first morning in Manatas, and the day goes downhill from there. Is the corpse really Leon di Vincenza, or is someone staging a gigantic hoax? And what does Halvar’s childhood love Dani Glick have to do with it?

In this first pair of novellas, filk-artist and author Roberta Rogow introduces a world where Spain rules North America and a Danish soldier turned investigator is thrust into a place where the primitive nature of the surroundings is a sharp contrast to the sophisticated intrigue that plagues the island of Manatas.

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ISBN:    9781612712178

ZP Author and Artist News for June 2013

June 2013

Chester Aaron will be at the Central Library in Santa Rosa, Ca on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 2 PM.

Wendy Dager, author of the Daphne Lee-Lee Series of Misadventures, will be the guest speaker at the June 11 meeting of the Ventura County Writers Club.

On June 21-23, 2013 Roberta Rogow will be attending Counterpoint a Filk Convention in the Washington, DC area

Rie Sheridan Rose will be attending Apollo Con in Houston, Texas on June 21-23.

Chester Aaron will be at the Rincon Valley Regional Library in Santa Rosa, Ca on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 2 PM

Gloria Oliver will be present at SoonerCon in Oklahoma City, OK on June 28-30.

Rie Sheridan Rose's flash story "Coyote Moon" will be appearing in the Shifters Charity Anthologybenefiting the American Humane Association’s Red Star Rescue Team.

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The Butcher's Son by Dorien Grey

 

From Zumaya's Enigma Imprint - Make Quilts Not War

Make Quilts Not War by Arlene Sachitano

Nostalgia can be deadly

It’s wintertime in Foggy Point, Washington, and tourists are as scarce as gold-plated thimbles at a thrift store. The denizens of the town decide that a colorful 1960s-themed festival is just the event to bring people out and get them moving and, hopefully, spending their money in the community.

Clad in bellbottom jeans, granny dresses and afro wigs, the Loose Threads quilt group is excited to participate in the associated quilt display. All, that is, except Jenny Logan, the only member who has an authentic quilt from that era. Reluctantly, she agrees to display and talk about her quilt.

A costumed participant is shot in front of Jenny’s quilt. Coincidence? Or is the quilt’s past endangering its owner’s future?

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ISBN:    9781612711393

Zumaya Authors News for May 2013

May 2013

Roberta Rogow will be at Malice Domestic (Mystery)in the Washington DC area - May 2 - 5, 2013.

Rie Sheridan Rose will be attending the 5th Annual Language Creation Conference in Austin, Texas May 4th and 5th. She will be presenting a poster about the language she created for The Luckless Prince.

Gloria Oliver will be present at Dallas ComiCon in Irving TX on May 17-19. The star lineup is mind boggling this year.

On May 24-27, 2013 Roberta Rogow will be attending BaltiCon an SF Convention in the Baltimore, Maryland area

On May 31-June 2, Gloria Oliver will also be at A-kon! Anime, J-Pop, voice actors and more!

Make sure to stop and say hello!

From Zumaya's Embraces Imprint - That's Amores

That's Amores by Linda Andrews

Love flies with the speed of an arrow 

How's a girl supposed to stay single with the entire town wants her married?

Alessa Lombard has a plan to avoid the marriage trap. It's not that she's opposed to marriage—wedded bliss is fine…for other people. All she needs is the help of the town's newest bachelor to help pull off a fake romance, and the family curse won’t have a chance to ruin her life.

Determined to fall in love, Sloan Dugan immigrates to the magical town of Amores. Surely, in a town devoted to love, he'll find a woman who doesn't use trickery and deceit.

But Cupid has other plans. Alessa and Sloan will find themselves playing the game of love whether they want to or not. Will winner take all? Or lose everything?

Available in trade paperback from Amazon as well as in ebook for Kindle and NOOK.

Zumaya Boundless Imprint - The Butcher's Son

The Butcher's Son by Dorien Grey

In the beginning…


Dick Hardesty's first case

Did the rabidly homophobic chief of police with political ambitions murder one of his identical-twin sons for being gay? And what secrets does the surviving twin hold?

Dick Hardesty, working for the public relations firm charged with helping the chief in his run for governor, is assigned the task of being liaison with the chief's dysfunctional family. Can he pick his way through the skeletons in the chief's closet in time to derail the man’s political plans?

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ISBN:    9781612710839