Marissa Farrar

Marissa Farrar

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MarissaFarrar is a multi-published horror and paranormal author. Shewas born inDevon, England, loves to travel and has lived in both Australia andSpain. She now resides in Devon with her husband, two children, acrazy Spanish rescue dog and four hens. She has a degree inZoology, but her true love has always been writing.

Her dark take on a vampire romance, Alone, was first published in 2009 and had now been re-released by Red Hot Publishing. The sequel is scheduled for an October 2011 release.

Marissa Farrar's short stories have been published in a number of anthologies including Their Dark Masters, Masters of Horror, 2013: The Aftermath, and the monthly Digital Digest anthologies.

Her own collection of short stories, Where the Dead Live, is available to buy.

If you want to know more aboutMarissa, then please visit her website at www.marissa-farrar.blogspot.com.You can also find her at her facebook page, www.facebook.com/marissa.farrar.authoror follow her ontwitter @marissafarrar. She loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at marissafarrar@hotmail.co.uk.


Commitment

Commitment

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<p>It’s hard to be committed to anyone when you don’t know whom to trust.</p><p>Alexis Toles, a former FBI agent turned undercover CIA agent, is quickly finding that out in Nancy Ann Healy’s newest political thriller, <i>Commitment</i>.</p><p>Alex embeds in a secret organization of intelligence operatives known as The Collaborative. Its partners include operatives from the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, US Department of Defense, and an entanglement of foreign intelligence agencies.</p><p>It’s about half a year after the death of President John Merrow, a friend and someone she respected. But she remains committed to overthrowing The Collaborative as she works with a onetime adversary who believes the organization’s involved in the president’s death.</p><p>Meanwhile Alex; her wife, Cassidy O’Brien; and Cassidy’s son try hard to live as a family but must first overcome personal struggles, including a nasty custody battle with Cassidy’s ex-husband, Congressman Christopher O’Brien. The family has their own share of secrets that, if unleashed, could affect their hopes for the future.</p><p>There’s no place to turn without discovering people who are not who they claim to be. That can’t stop Alex. She must remain committed to the cause, both at home and as she works against The Collaborative.</p>

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<div class="widget LinkList" style="color:#515151;font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;margin-top:30px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:30px;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.4;"> <div class="widget-content"> <ul style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.2;list-style-type:none;"><li style="padding-top:.35em;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:.35em;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;text-indent:0px;border-top-style:none;"> <a href="http://www.layersofthought.net/2010/07/review-by-shellie-alone-by-marissa.html" style="color:#e33900;">&quot;A romantic, mildly horrific, urban fantasy...It was grand!&quot; Layers of Thought.</a></li> <li><span> </span> </li> <li><span> </span><a href="http://taliesinttlg.blogspot.com/2010/01/alone-review.html" style="color:#e33900;">&quot;Alone has...a violence, brutality and evil more pernicious for being real..&quot; Taliesin meets the Vampires.</a> </li> <li><span> </span> </li> <li><a href="http://sweetvernalzephyr.blogspot.com/2010/01/review-alone.html" style="color:#e33900;">&quot;This feels like real life. No neat packages tied up with strings. Just the truth, as much as you can bear it.&quot; Sweet Vernal Zephyr</a></li> </ul><div class="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> <div class="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> <span style="font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><br /></span></span>