Candlelit Calamity

A menacing winter storm is forming in the Atlantic Ocean and Frostfall Island is in its path. Anna St. James and her quirky boarding house family are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. There are candles and flashlights and firewood if the power goes out. As much as Anna dreads a bad storm, she’s looking forward to a few cozy days locked inside with her favorite people and most especially her favorite guy, Nathaniel Maddon. The storm brings ice and wind and utter chaos, but the Moon River boarders are hunkered down and safe. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for everyone on the island. Four women arrived for an ill-timed weekend reunion at one of the island’s top rentals. When one of the women is murdered, Anna is called to sort things out. The storm has cut the island off from outside help, and now there’s a killer on the loose. Book 6 of the Frostfall Island Cozy Mystery series

Frostfall Island is getting ready for a big harvest moon celebration! Dozens of boats have arrived in Bayberry Harbor, and the island is buzzing with activity. Anna is looking forward to the delicious food and dancing. Her sister, Cora, is looking forward to meeting all the yacht owners, especially the single ones. Anna’s plan for a fun weekend is thrown into turmoil when the current owner of her late husband’s fishing boat shows up at the boarding house. He hands her a photo that he found in the wheelhouse. It’s a photo that stirs up far more worrisome questions than it does fond memories. The weekend is further disrupted when one of the yacht owners dies in a deadly fire. As usual, Detective Norwich jumps to the conclusion that the death is an accident, but Anna finds evidence that points to murder. Looking for a killer is always a nice distraction when your life has taken a bittersweet turn. Book 5 of the Frostfall Island Cozy Mystery series. More in the series: 1. Murder at North Pond 2. Death by Rocky Road 3. Ice Cold Killer 4. Bakery Bump Off 5. Harvest Moon Misfortune 6. Candlelit Calamity

Naveen Sridhar has writtena literary love story which is partial memoir, partial biography. Sridhars connection with the subject of the story, his wife Renate, gives a unique..perspective about growing up in Germany during WW II and what life was like behind the Berlin Wall. Whilst most books focus on Allied soldiers and their families or the Holocaust, this book focuses on how the German people also suffered during the pivotal and haunting timewhat life was like for ordinary Germans living the rule of government policies and ideologies in which many could not be trusted What I specially lovedwas the glimpse this gave into the unsung heroesthe wives and mothers who silently endured the pain and heartbreak of missing loved ones while keeping the country running.Another fascinating partwas looking at the difficulties citizens faced when traveling between East and West Germany. Seeing how the country was divided because of a border wall and making enemies out of former neighbors really resonated with topics made instant connections with todays headlines. a careful look will show that modern people deal with the same issues. The lessons of diversity and acceptance, so new to us today, were also challenges for the characters during this time period. A modern reader will have a lot to consider and much to learn from Renates examples. At the end of the day we are all Berliners. Pacific Book Review For anyone thinking of writing this sort of family biography, this is a textbook in how to do it.stylistically richboth detailed and breezy, with enough dialog.due to the strength of his writing and the thoroughness of his research SPR Review .erudite without being overbearinga unique, spellbinding biography..both charming and elucidating. IndieReader Review you feel with the flowconnect with the pages as you move ontrue events peered with a beautiful narrative. Ashvamegh Int. J. of English Literature Sridhar has a talent for highlighting the goodcreates a charmed story with continual reinventions. Clarion Review effectively portray the hardships of lifeshows how the sustained love of two people can surmount any adversity blueink Review much more than the history of one individual; it is a window o to the struggles ordinary Germans faced during the Cold War years.an excellent account.as a chronicle of Cold War Germany, Sridhars well-written and informative narrative sheds new light on the often underreported trials of its citizens and foreign residents. Recommended by the US Review of Books www.naveensridhar.com

Katherine of Valois, raised amidst the madness and lechery of the French court, wed to a conquering English king, Henry V, and now alone and afraid in a world of treachery and violence. Owen Tudor, incredibly handsome and gifted, a poet and singer by nature, a warrior by necessity, and now a man ready to risk life for love. Theirs was a passion too perilous to reveal and too fiery to be long restrained or concealed...