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Mandy Ward

Mandy Ward

About

Mandy thought she was a Teacher, until Life pointed out toher that she is actually a writer. As her Cats, Kids and Partner approved, shedecided to agree with Life.

Currently she is working on a five book  Sword & Sorcery Novella Series and a Children's Book series collaboration with an Illustrator  as a number of other projects. As If that weren’tenough, she spends a week or two a month putting together “Welcome toWherever”, along with trying to juggle Cats, Kids, Partner.

She does all this from a body in South Wales, UK. Where hermind is, she hasn’t yet worked out...

Dark Mind

Dark Mind

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<p>A Serial Killer Plagues an Island Paradise<br /><br />Vigilante detective Emily Stone continues her covert pursuits to find serial killers and child abductors, all under the radar while shadowing police investigations.<br /><br />Emily searches for an abducted nine-year-old girl taken by ruthless and enterprising slave brokers. Following the clues from California to the garden island of Kauai, she begins to piece together the evidence and ventures deep into the jungle.<br /><br />It doesn’t take long before Emily is thrown into the middle of murder, mayhem, and conspiracy. Locals aren’t talking as a serial killer now stalks the island, taking women in a brutal frenzy of ancient superstitions and folklore. Local cops are unprepared for what lies ahead. In a race against the clock, Emily and her team must identify the killer before time runs out.</p>

Story Behind The Book

Ever since I started the journey to become an author, people have been telling me that I needed to get my work out there, to be published in magazines and anthologies... Once I became involved with the internet, a whole world of writing competitions and writing websites opened up to me. I spent a lot of time writing short stories in an effort to win the recognition I felt I deserved. Many times, my efforts fell at the first hurdle, something that many people have experienced and given up at. I just filed the story away on my hard drive and tried again. In 2010, I was doing a little hard drive cleaning (deleting unwanted files) when I realised exactly how many short stories I had filed away like this! So I polished some of them up and put them into a manuscript... and thus "The Necklace of Harmony" was born.

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<div style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="vertical-align:middle;"><strong>A flight of imagination</strong>, 3 Mar 2012</span></div><div style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="color:#666666;">By</span> Maria K. - <span style="color:#009900;font-weight:bold;">Published on Amazon.com</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;">If you have ever asked, while reading one of your favorite authors, &quot;How do they come up with this stuff?&quot; &quot;The Necklace of Harmony&quot; is a great opportunity to find out. Kira Morgana - a tremendously versatile and gifted writer - presents a sampling of stories in a variety of styles and sci fi/fantasy sub-genres, each accompanied by a story behind the story. Not only do you get to enjoy some wonderful and absorbing tales, but you also get to peek into the author's mind that brought them forth.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;">A magical delightful collection through and through, and definitely a re-reader.</span>