Winslow Eliot

Winslow Eliot

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As well as being a novelist, I’m an intuitive consultant and teacher. My non-fiction book, "What Would You Do If There Was Nothing You Had To Do? Practices to create your life the way you want it to be" is WINNER of Indie Excellence Book Awards (self-help). The titles in my Satyana Mystery Series are based on the fabulous lenormand oracle deck of cards.

The Seekers: The Stuff of Stars (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 2)

The Seekers: The Stuff of Stars (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 2)

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<p>This second book in <em>The Seekers</em> dystopian series continues the story started in the critically-acclaimed <em>The Children of Darkness</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Summer 2015 - Best Book in the Category of SCIENCE FICTION</strong>, and winner of the <strong>Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Stuff of Stars</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the second book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><em style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6em;">“But what are we without dreams?”</em></h2><p>Against all odds, Orah and Nathaniel have found the keep and revealed the truth about the darkness, initiating what they hoped would be a new age of enlightenment. But the people were more set in their ways than anticipated, and a faction of vicars whispered in their ears, urging a return to traditional ways.</p><p>Desperate to keep their movement alive, Orah and Nathaniel cross the ocean to seek the living descendants of the keepmasters’ kin. Those they find on the distant shore are both more and less advanced than expected.</p><p>The seekers become caught between the two sides, and face the challenge of bringing them together to make a better world. The prize: a chance to bring home miracles and a more promising future for their people. But if they fail this time, they risk not a stoning but losing themselves in the twilight of a never-ending dream.</p><p><strong>Be sure to start with the first book in this series, the multiple award-winning <em>The Children of Darkness</em>. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“Wonderfully Satisfying”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“This book is a rollercoaster of romance and intrigue, where both heartbreak and danger lurk behind every twist and turn of the story. Written by a wonderful and talented writer, HEAVEN FALLS is sure to tantalize and tease, and finally satisfy.”</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ </span></em></strong><em><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;font-style:normal;">Heloise Riddell</span></strong></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“Couldn’t put it down!”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“The suspense was great. I just had to keep reading to find out what was going on and why the family was acting strange. I found myself saying “just one more chapter” but ended up reading for hours. You definitely need to start this book when you actually have time to read because you won’t be able to put it down. I could never have guessed how the story was going to unfold. I was truly left surprised….I can honestly say that reading this book was one thrilling ride. A page-turner that kept me reading for hours at a time! I finished this book in less than two days, that’s how amazing it was…This is my first time reading a book by the lovely Winslow Eliot and it sure won’t be my last.”</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ Melanie Vatour</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“A gripping, contemporary rags-to-riches novel”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Winslow Eliot’s new novel, Heaven Falls, is a gripping, contemporary rags-to-riches novel, part romance, part mystery, part family saga, that kept me turning the pages until the end.  Eliot’s prose is carefully crafted – descriptive, balanced, and subtle – and faithfully captures the seductive tensions and the emotional turmoil of high-society life fully and completely realized.  This is a story you will wish you had lived!  This is a novel you will need to share with your friends!  </span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ <strong>Peter Damian Bellis</strong></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">(<em>author</em> <em>of the novel</em> The Conjure Man</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:right;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">and the short story collection</span></em></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">One Last Dance with Lawrence Welk<em></em>&amp; Other Stories<em></em></span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:right;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">a Minnesota Book Award Finalist</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">) </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"> </span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“A Wild Ride!”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“I’m not overly excited about reading romance stories, but this book took so many twists and turns it became more of a mystery novel to me. Who is the mysterious Ari, and what are his reasons for hovering over Freya and Tess? What is the story behind Philip, the scarred, wheelchair-confined brother who wants to marry Tess? Mystery abounds, and doesn’t give an inch till later after murder attempts, kidnapping across the globe and deceitful goings on in the family.  I give this book a resounding endorsement, definitely a wild ride.”</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ Bob Moats</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"><br /></span></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">author of </span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Classmate Murders<em>, and others</em></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“Brilliant”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Just finished reading Heaven Falls by Winslow Eliot – a brilliant book, couldn’t put it down … suspense, intrigue, fast pace, what more could you want! The little stories and facts about the essential oils were fab too, although I was so involved in the story that at times I didn’t read them till I’d finished the whole book.</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ Laura-ann Mc Donnell, Dublin, Ireland</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“6 Stars!”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Fans of Winslow Eliot (Bright Face of Danger) will be thrilled to know she has published another sensational novel, Heaven Falls. This dramatic story features single mom heroine Tess Duncan, who takes a trip to the world’s most exclusive spa and finds her entire life changed forever. This is the type of book that will have your family members shouting, “Can’t you put that book down for five minutes?” –And of course the answer is no, you can’t. I don’t review many books. But this one is definitely 5 Stars! –I’d give it 6 if they had a place for it.</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ John Locke<em></em></span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">author of </span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Lethal People, Lethal Experiment,<br /> Saving Rachel,<em> and </em>Now and Then</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“A Dream World”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">I loved reading this book. It is a true romance novel with lots of suspense. You will find yourself in a dream world. Well written and fun to read also.</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ Terri Himes<br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Amazon Review 5 Stars</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></strong></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“Engrossing”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Heaven Falls was a wonderful leap into the lives and intrigue of many generations of characters.  I was engrossed!  I loved the locations you went to and your fluid descriptions of the places as well as the people, and the weaving together of their story.  And, of course, the tension of the romance! So fun.</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ Ginny Guenette</span></strong></p><p></p> <strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"><br /></span></strong> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“This book was fantastic!!!”</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Heaven Falls is a thrilling adventure imbued with romance and mystery. It has a strong plot and a climactic ending with many mysteries unfolding right up to the end. The protagonist Tess is strong-willed and likable, and one of those characters that stays with you long after you finish the book. The exotic health resort setting makes the story glamorous and intriguing, a definite winner for any fan of romantic thrillers. I couldn't stop reading once I'd started. Winslow Eliot is truly the voice of romance novels. The offbeat courtship that develops between Tess and Jason ignites a passionate romance, and keeps you turning pages right up to the climactic, exciting end. There is something in this book for everyone, and I highly recommend it.</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ Samantha Stier<br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Amazon Review 5 Stars</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“Compelling and satisfying”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“I couldn’t put it down - compelling and satisfying!”</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"> <strong>~ Nadia Bedard</strong></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></strong></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“An entertaining story can also be a wonderful learning experience”</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">As a student of Geek and Roman ancient history, I especially enjoyed the short paragraphs at the beginning of each chapter. Each chapter header focused on a specific herb; its history and its primary uses over the centuries as an essential oil. I went so far as to bookmark each chapter for future reference when writing my next novel; proving that an entertaining story can also be a wonderful learning experience. <br /> As to Winslow Eliot's writing style...it is a mixture of: part Mary Higgins Clark, in that both authors weave a web of intrigue within their spellbinding thrillers; part Virginia Woolf, in sentence structure and character development; with a dash of Danielle Steel, delving into the dregs of human nature. <br /> I highly recommend, &quot;Heaven Falls.” It is one of the few novels that I started reading the moment I awoke, and could not fall asleep that evening until the last page was read. </span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Dee Marie</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Author of</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"> <span class="style2">Sons of Avalon: Merlin’s Prophecy</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"> </span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">“A story not to be missed”<em></em></span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Heaven Falls</span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"> is a mystery and a love story, both told against a backdrop of opulence and exclusivity, with a plot that has more twists and turns than a roller coaster. Winslow Eliot has put together a wonderful cast of characters who play their parts well; some we love, and some we love to hate, making </span></em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Heaven Falls</span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;"> a story you should not miss. Once you check in to Heaven Falls...you may never want to check out...!</span></em></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">~ </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">WebbWeavers</span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Book Antiqua', serif;">Books, Movies, &amp;  Music Reviewed</span></strong></p><p></p>