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Seeley James

Seeley James

About

Seeley James is the author of the Pia Sabel series of thriller short stories and novels. He was first published in The Battered Suitcase, was a Finalist for DeMarini Award in fiction, and was short listed for the Fish Publishing Award and the Debut Dagger Award. He discovered his love of creativity at an early age, growing up at Frank Lloyd Wright’s School of Architecture in Arizona and Wisconsin. He carried his imagination first into a successful career in advertising and marketing, and then to his real love: fiction. He created Pia Sabel to be the kind of character that his friends and children would want to read. James has three children; he adopted his first, a precocious and beautiful three-year-old girl, when he was a single nineteen year old. Twenty years later he married, and he and his wife have two more children. They live in Scottsdale, Arizona, and enjoy youth soccer games and sunshine. Contact Seeley James: Seeley@seeleyjames.com http://seeleyjames.com http://www.facebook.com/SeeleyJamesAuth https://twitter.com/SeeleyJamesAuth

Second Book of the Gastar Series: Children of Discord

Second Book of the Gastar Series: Children of Discord

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<p>In the second of the four-part series of novellas, teen assassin Shevata re-enters the city of Gastar two centuries later, seeking the evil boy Goldeon as he plots destruction of the city.  The clash of the dangerous kids from the past affect the entire city, placing the people in danger.  Shevata also reflects back on her past actions and decisions and takes steps to re-claim her own humanity. Kindle, ebook versions to follow.</p>

Story Behind The Book

When I was nineteen, young, naïve and single, I adopted a three year old girl whose parents were dysfunctional teenagers. I raised her and always admired her strength of character. She grew up to be a hairdresser and wonderful mother. I love her every bit as much as my natural children who came along 20 years later. I tried several venues to capture her indomitable spirit and finally decided she should lead a thriller. At first, I made a humorous teenaged version but no one liked it. I shelved it and wrote several short stories that followed the character through college to adulthood. Those stories found more fans. When I felt I’d developed the character into a fully fleshed out young woman, I made her big debut in The Geneva Decision.

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Reviews

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">“This book really got into its stride and kept going strong. I loved the character of Pia Sabel – there’s a girl Charlie Fox would team up with any day!” </span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">Zoe Sharp, author of the Charlie Fox novels</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">“<span>Seeley James has created a protagonist that is strong and yet conflicted. This compelling heroine presents a multi-faceted character that readers will enjoy getting to know in this first project and probably for many more to come.”</span> </span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">PJReviewofBooks.com</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">“I loved this book! Seeley James has written a story with a unique, complex and fun heroine….I could not wait to find out ‘whodunit,’ and I even read it at work! A great new author and a great first book.”</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">            Cookie, Amazon.com reviewer</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">“If you're an adrenalin junkie who enjoys breakneck pacing and action on every page, then The Geneva Decision is the book for you… A great debut for a new series.” </span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">William G. Davis, author of <em>Pagan Moon</em></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#181818;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#181818;">“I always hear people say ‘gripping story,’ but in this case it fits.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>If you like women in lead roles, this is a great book.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">Miekey, Goodreads.com reviewer</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#181818;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#181818;">“I picked up The Geneva Decision based on a recommendation and I’m glad I did. Seeley James does a good job of…taking the reader to new places… James is a writer to keep your eye on, and I’m looking forward to the next Pia Sabel book.” </span></p><p></p> <h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Giacomo Giammatteo, author of <em>Murder Takes Time</em> and <em>A Bullet for Carlos</em></span></h1><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:5.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#181818;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#181818;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#181818;">“Great story! Vivid descriptions! Likeable characters! Action-packed yet realistic! Witty comebacks! Unexpected twists that I never saw coming.”</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">Sandye, Goodreads.com reviewer</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"></span></p><p> </p>