About
I am a writer from Hull, in the North of England, living in Belgium.
I also help run a publishing company called Night Publishing (http://www.nightpublishing.com) which is dedicated to the cause that "all good books should be published", via its Night Reading (http://nightreading.ning.com) community.
I have currently written 10 novels and one business book, and edited one collection of short stories:
1. Blood & Marriage
2. Little Fingers
3. Girl On a Bar Stool
4. Shade+Shadows
5. Fishing, for Christians
6. The Ghoul Who Once
7. The Dance of the Pheasodile
8. The Blue Food Revolution
9. (Just like) El Cid's Bloomers
10. Mission
11. Marketers from Mars (brand marketing book)
12. .... at last! (short stories, editor and contributor)
My most popular books are 'Girl On A Bar Stool', 'The Dance of the Pheasodile' and 'Missio'. 'The Blue Food Revolution' gets love / hate reactions.
Description
<p>(Book 1)<br />Betrayed by the woman he loved and on the verge of destitution, artist Jonathan Martinez channels his anguish and rage into what will become his greatest masterpiece—Passion and Betrayal. The painting, critically acclaimed, ushers him into the world of fine art and allows him to realize his dreams. Stepping out of the shadows, he transforms into Phillipe, a wealthy artist and sought-after bachelor who enjoys an extravagant lifestyle—including his pick of any woman he desires.<br /><br />But when Phillipe least expects, the woman who almost destroyed him returns on the arm of his agent. Despite his anger, she awakens the part of his soul he entombed long ago. The part of him that can never forget her, no matter how deeply he buries himself in his art.<br /><br />With everything he's accomplished at stake, can Phillipe overpower the demons that haunt him and learn to love again? Or will his heart remain a shattered work of art that can never be restored?</p>
Story Behind The Book
'Shade+Shadows' is based on a real charismatic healer - Jack Temple, who used to be the 'healer of last resort' in the UK until he died. If there was no hope for you, you went to Jack and he obtained extraordinary, even miraculous, results.
He also had bizarre methods - much more bizarre than those attributed to Alan Harding here. His main approach was divining but he also worked with concentric Hebrew texts and mineral water. What the hell, it worked. Apparently he looked remarkably like Yoda in Star Wars.
The other part of the story comes from my Amnesty International days and the way the secret police and the 'justice' system work in Saudi Arabia.
The idea that brings both elements together is that cancer is related to imbalance and despair in the body, and terrorism is related to imbalance and despair in the body politic.
Reviews
<p style="margin:0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">Comment from Bob Ellal, author of 'By These Things Men Live':</span></strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"></span></em><em><span style="font-style:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">Absolutely brilliant! I was captivated from the get-go, and the story intensified with every page. Gripping, with completely unexpected plot lines which culminated so neatly. As expected, the writing was flawless and I love how you used dialogue to propel the action. Amazing command of the English language, which you explore but never as an end in itself.</span></em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"></span></p>
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