Golden Storyline Books

21/07/2024

Golden Storyline Books is currently accepting open submissions of manuscripts and proposals of fiction and non-fiction. A traditional publisher with an ethos that matches our interest in literature.

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21/07/2024

What I Am To You is a young adult drama from author Nick Hupton.

Stevie Ray Felton lives the life most seventeen-year-olds could only dream of- touring the country on the heels of rock stars. But these rock stars just happen to be his parents.

After Stevie and his family embark on what may be his parents’ final tour due to his father’s cancer diagnosis, he struggles, not only with his own grief and self-confidence, but also, a newly revealed family secret that will force him to uncover his independence and his true connection to his parents.

What I Am To You eBook : Hupton, Nick: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

21/07/2024

Cassandra's Fate is a young adult paranormal novel from author Patrick Jones.

Descended from a long line of ancient creatures, Cassandra Grey looks like a regular teenager except she is not human, she is a tear collector. Just as vampires need human blood to survive, tear collectors need human tears produced by grief, anger, and other
intense emotions.

As a student at a large suburban high school, Cassandra feeds off the drama that surrounds her. When a serial killer strikes at her high school the tears increase as her friends are murdered leaving Cassandra grateful for the tears these killings provide her, but afraid for her own life.

A life that is complicated by a troubled student whose tears provoke in Cassandra the most dangerous emotion a tear collector

Cassandra's Fate.is a young adult paranormal novel from author Patrick Jones. Descended from a long line of ancient creatures, Cassandra Grey looks like a regular teenager except she is not human, she is a tear collector. Just as vampires need human blood to survive, tear collectors need human te...

21/07/2024

The Mysterious Mr. Banes is a novel from author Mae Stroshane.

Is he or isn’t he? A strange man appears as if from nowhere, claiming to be Ludwig van Beethoven returned from the dead.

After Stefanie Sontag, a nurse and single mother, rescues the man from drowning in a local pond, he tells her he is bringing new music to remind the world that if humanity is to survive, all war must cease.

The stranger begs Stefanie to shelter him while he composes his new music. She refuses until she recalls her Chinese grandmother’s tales about immortals disguised as beggars who richly reward those who help them.

The Mysterious Mr. Banes

21/07/2024

Shuttlers is a young adult science fiction thriller from author Stephen Oliver.

Trouble is brewing across the Multiverse and Justin Wilson, a young inter-reality traveller, is caught in the middle of the tumultuous events. Alternate versions of the Earth are being raided, plundered, and destroyed, by Shuttlers, beings like Justin who can slip between realities with ease.

The Sidewise Directorate, the organisation that prevents damage to these alternate universes, is on the case. Justin decides to work together with Pol Atkinson of the Sidewise Directorate to prevent a conspiracy from gaining control of all of Earth’s alternate realities everywhere.

Trouble is brewing across the Multiverse and Justin Wilson, a young inter-reality traveller, is in the middle of it. Alternate versions of the Earth are being raided, plundered, even accidentally destroyed by dimension jumping Shuttlers. The Shuttlers are beings like Justin who can slip between r...

21/07/2024

The Great American Coward is a reality bending science fiction mystery from author Jay Bechtol.

A coffee shop in the middle of the city disappears overnight. And Myron Flynn, as far as he can tell, is the only one who notices. When he learns that the coffee shop is only the tip of the iceberg, and that more buildings, and potentially thousands of people are doomed to disappear, he is trapped between shifting realities.
Myron endeavors to find the courage to stop the two strange men bent on destroying his city, overcome his internal uncertainties, and, perhaps most frightening of all, develop a close relationship with another person.

The rules from the world he knew no longer apply, so Myron must depend on his own memories and the help of another to resolve truth behind his own reality.

The Great American Coward

21/07/2024

Carnival Songs is a new novel by S.V. Brown that's about the complex themes of race, politics, society and family life.

A small city in Indiana nestled along the banks of the Ohio River, Torrenceburg is a place holding onto archaic beliefs that shroud long-kept secrets.

Beginning with the eradication of the native populations in the early 19th century, Carnival Songs explores the influence of the city’s founding family upon the next two centuries of politics, religion, and its transition into the new millennia.

Told from the perspective of the last heir to the family wealth and privilege, fueled by his dying mother’s confessions, the narrator searches for the truth about his parents and ancestors but discovers events far too difficult to reconcile with his love of southeastern Indiana and pride in his family history .

Carnival Songs eBook : Brown, S.V.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

21/07/2024

A Dark Heritage: The Nighthunter is a new dark fantasy novel from author Hansen Adcock.

A magical world where prehistoric animals coexist with humans and the Dead return as different species of Ghost.

Logan Bartholom, Nighthunter to the Emperor, wakes with Ghost-induced amnesia in a manor in Little Beddin, Ossyan. All he has from his previous life is a magical sword and a talking dog from Hell. To find his true identity and discover what happened to him, he must go on a dangerous journey to a land where magecraft is still legal, in the company of a child with terrifying powers and his own would-be murderer… who is falling in love with him.

On the way to Thosea they discover a cult which sacrifices people’s souls to a Ghost masquerading as a god. Logan finds out he can travel through time and to different worlds. And they encounter many individuals and beings who are attracted by Cailte’s budding magical powers.

A Dark Heritage: The Nighthunter eBook : Adcock, Hansen: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

21/07/2024

Sacrifice It All is a thrilling new novel from author Billy Lyons. A man is contacted by a mysterious organisation called The Illuminati Masters.

What would you give to have each of your deepest, most private wishes fulfilled?

These are the questions failed writer Harry Dunlop must answer, beginning on the morning he receives a mysterious email from someone known only as The Illuminati Masters. Intrigued, he opens the email, titled Sacrifice It All? The message is simple: The Illuminati Masters will grant you the fame and fortune that has escaped you for so long, but there is a price to pay, and that price is everything. Are you willing to SACRIFICE IT ALL?

Filled with danger, betrayal, and murder at almost every turn, it is a trip that not everyone will survive, and Harry learns that not all rewards are worth the sacrifices required to achieve them.

Sacrifice It All eBook : Lyons, Billy: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

21/07/2024

The Guardian is a new paranormal superhero novel from author Brian Smith.

Ben Slater was just an ordinary guy. When he was knocked off his motorbike, it ended his life. But that was just the beginning of his adventures. Who knew he would become an undead superhero known as the Guardian?

Trapped between the living world and the afterlife, he is guided by Mr. Gabriel, an enigmatic personality there to guide him through his transformation. When Ben sees a young woman being assaulted by two thugs, he desperately wants to help her. After they threaten to attack him, Ben’s face dissolves into that of a walking, talking, vengeance dealing dead man. The bad guy's resolve rapidly turns to ice.

Against the insistence of his new companion Mr. Gabriel, Ben resolves to defend those who cannot defend themselves. This is the birth of the Guardian.

The Guardian eBook : Smith, Brian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

21/07/2024

The Fading is a new science fiction mystery novel from author Alex Woolf.

Lemuel Swan enjoys his job at the Department of Unexplained Objects, until the day he receives a visit from Louise Dickens, a struggling writer of erotic romances. She’s been sent an inexplicable object that she insists he investigate.

Since the object came into her possession, Louise has noticed that she is gradually becoming less visible to other people. Now that Lemuel has been given the object, he, too, finds himself starting to fade from existence.

Despite personality clashes and frequent arguments, Lemuel and Louise decide they must work together to solve the mystery and reclaim their lives.

If you’ve ever suspected there may be more to reality than meets the eye, felt worried that someone might be out to get you, or are simply unnerved by the prospect of your own extinction, then The Fading is for you.

The Fading

20/07/2024

A Dance of Wind and Shadows is an adult fantasy about redemption and discovering one's true self.

Sariel Asheram is the commanding Fae general of the armies of The Haven, the ruling authority of the country of Keralis. The Haven is led by the brutal King Seraph and High Priest Belil. Sariel and his friend Aquiel and their dragons are tasked with ending rebellion in the northern neighbours of Nua.

They encounter powerful magic and Sariel’s shadow and lightening magic and Aquiel’s ice magic are tested to their limits. This pushes Sariel to draw from a power that The Haven, have deemed unholy, black magic.

Sariel and Aquiel embark on a journey where they learns the truth about the magic and The Haven. They discover the true source of magic’s power among the Fae and that The Haven are hiding some dark secrets. Sariel and Aquiel make the choice to fight back against the tyranny they once led. Sariel joins his found family to fight back against the Demons that threaten to end life across all worlds.

A Dance of Wind and Shadows

20/07/2024

The Half Paper Moon is a crime drama that touches on themes that are dark, painfully sketched and yet very relatable and real.

Connie Alvarez, a young college woman is still reeling from discovering that her beloved girlfriend Barbara is missing and presumed dead. Connie becomes involved in the high profile first degree murder case and as the trial commences other strange things come to light.

She is also trying to piece together the timeline with the help of their mutual circus friends, and understand the scattered and broken pieces of her past.

The series of strange and odd occurrences that had happened prior to Barbara’s disappearance force her to confront the truth about her own life. Connie and the others affected by the high profile case are forced to acknowledge their own feelings of guilt, redemption and loss.This is a story about fallible human nature, the need to stand out from the crowd and how are lives are touched by the people that surround us.

The Half Paper Moon is a crime drama that touches on themes that are dark, painfully sketched and yet very relatable and real. Connie Alvarez, a young college woman is still reeling from discovering that her beloved girlfriend Barbara is missing and presumed dead. Connie becomes involved in the h...

20/07/2024

Beneath the Hazel Crown in a new fantasy novel from author Anna Kirkup.

‘She wouldn’t let her friends turn into murderers. Wouldn’t let them do what she had done.’

The comfort of returning to her human home is only temporary for 17 year old Elara Anderson. With barely enough time to come to terms with her new reality, a summons from Forneus has her catapulted back into the witchy world of Felicia. A grand tour to display the new ‘darling’ of the Council means gowns and jewellery galore… and a kidnapping.

Twisted corruption under Forneus’ reign is coming to light, and Elara and her friends are caught in the eye of the storm. Xander has been plucked from the human world and Elara is forced to face the truth of their relationship whilst tensions grow with her mysterious Fender, Archer.

The two halves of her life are being forced ever closer, and book smart Ivy is determined to find the truth about Elara’s family history. But will it do more harm than good?

Beneath the Hazel Crown eBook : Kirkup, Anna: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

20/07/2024

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20/07/2024

Golden Storyline Books is currently accepting open submissions of manuscripts and proposals of fiction and non-fiction. A traditional publisher with an ethos that matches our interest in literature.

18/07/2024

Hastings Street: Boulevard of Blues is a historical drama from author Theo Czuk.

The ’20s are roaring. Jazz is igniting the speakeasies. Prohibition is spawning gangs and the industrial revolution is aflame with union wars! America is caught between the forces of progression and digression. And the neighborhood of The Black Bottom was ground zero for Detroit’s contribution to this mêlée.

It all comes to an apex as our hero, Kaleb Kierka, digs himself out of the amnesia of a violent beating. And the more he digs, the more he uncovers his personal unsavory history. A history rife with violence and liquor and he**in and jazz. Owner of a speakeasy. Colleagues of the Purple Gang. A jazz amming ivory thumper. A two-gun misfit with a heart of gold. All lost to the amnesia.
Time is short for Kaleb’s recovery as our piano jockey negotiates the seedier juice joints of 1927 Detroit, searching for identity while being the target of lawmen and gang wars and union wars and a he**in addicted best gal.

Hastings Street: Boulevard of Blues

18/07/2024

Passions Uncovered: Los Jefes Del Mundo is a romance mystery
from author Carmalisa Ford.

This book continues the story from The Love He's Always Wanted
first. Vince has a serious obsession with Bianca's best friend. The more he hangs out with Destiny, the more his feelings for her come to a head. Plus, he learns Destiny is keeping a secret from Bianca.
One that will shock his best friend. What is it that secret, you ask? Will Vince ever see happiness? Life has a way of changing us when we least expect it.

In the previous story, Bianca was told her father had murdered her
mother. And everyone must come together to find out the truth of what's going on. Will Vince and Destiny try for a relationship between themselves? Will Bianca finally say yes to Angel's proposal?

Passions Uncovered: Los Jefes Del Mundo is a romance mystery from author Carmalisa Ford. This book continues the story from The Love He's Always Wanted first. Vince has a serious obsession with Bianca's best friend. The more he hangs out with Destiny, the more his feelings for her come to a head....

18/07/2024

Blurring the Lines (Again) is a short story anthology from author Brad Center.

Blurring the Lines is a collection of stories that twist and re-shape reality - a reality that is not quite ours but exists in the land of "What If". Here you'll find a mix of speculative fiction and horror blended together in the cauldron of imagination.

These stories may lead you to some dark places, but don’t worry we will make the journey together and we will see what’s on the other side.

Blurring The Lines (Again) eBook : Center, Brad: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

18/07/2024

Rock’s Wages is a dramatic mystery from author Vivian Doolittle.

At the age of 23, Ricky Harris has it all: fame, fortune, and the woman of his dreams, until he discovers her in bed with his best friend. In this his darkest hour, he’s presented with an opportunity to begin again. Ricky seizes the moment, unaware of the ripple effect he will cause in the waters of fate.

Forty years later, those ripples have grown to a tsunami that is about to come crashing down on him. Ricky exits the road less traveled for a more mundane existence, only to find he can’t run from his past.

Rock's Wages is a dramatic mystery from author Vivian Doolittle. At the age of 23, Ricky Harris has it all: fame, fortune, and the woman of his dreams, until he discovers her in bed with his best friend. In this his darkest hour, he’s presented with an opportunity to begin again. Ricky seizes the....

18/07/2024

IRONBLOOD is a historical saga exploring the raw and complicated story of America’s industrial legacy, which gives voice to humanity’s worst fears yet displays our greatest hopes. A story told through the eyes of characters from various cultures and countries after the American Civil War, pitted against one another amidst the rise of steelmaking empires.

Pearl, a recently freed slaves formerly living on the run. Earl, who falls in love with her at first sight. Hans, a recent immigrant from Germany, with a murderous gang on his tail. When their mutual friend dies in the Battle of Gettysburg, Earl and Hans become owners of an ironworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Floods. Strikes. Massacres. Social upheaval, IRONBLOOD shows the experiences of America’s industrial history and the struggles between labor and management.

Superstitions and dark secrets create a backdrop of industrial smoke and flame boiling over. At times hopeful, at times tumultuous, this is a tragic and wondrous voyage of self-sacrifice, betrayal, and unbreakable love.

Ironblood

18/07/2024

Hello, Love is a romantic paranormal thriller from Samantha Long...filled with love triangles, jilted lovers, suspense, murder, and delicious encounters with the paranormal universe.

Victoria Staley’s parents are renovating again. Every time they promise it will be the last, they take on another project moving Tori from one side of the country to another. She starts to loosen up and settle in … until mysterious and strange phenomena begin to stir. Nightmares and ghostly music haunt her. Leaky writing steams on bathroom mirrors, and — she is even plagued by waking visions and attempts that could very well end her life.

Convincing herself it is stress and past traumas, she is shocked to discover the estate has a traumatic past of its own … a past centered around lies and murder.. Tori and the new, very easy on the eyes, stable boy, Harlan, are thrown together in a connection of past and present as they struggle in a race against time, trying to find some way to break the curse woven over their souls exactly one hundred years ago. If they succeed they can right so many past wrongs, but if they fail …

Hello, Love eBook : Long, Samantha : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

18/07/2024

Necromancers Amulet is an epic fantasy from author Rich Feitelberg.

A witch near the small town of Martingis is abducting orphan girls. When Evan Pierce, a demon hunter and protector of the realm, learns of this, he intervenes to find the missing children. He interrogates the townsfolk, disrupting local customs and angering the witch. She retaliates by murdering an orphan boy and abducting another girl. Tensions mount as concern grows over what the witch may be planning, but Evan’s hard work pays off and the witch’s evil scheme is revealed to him.

However, matters worsen with this information because her plans are only part of the larger necromancer plan. Realizing this, Evan races back to his liege lord only to find he has been abducted too. Now he must rescue the nobleman from the clutches of the dark wizards or plunge Thalacia into anarchy and chaos.

Necromancers Amulet

18/07/2024

Peace-Weaver is a story of myth and legend from within the world of Beowulf from author Anna King. In this alternative retelling of the classic legend, Hrut's epic journey will balance the fate of kingdoms.

Hrut, known to later generations as Freawaru, is the only daughter of Danish king Hrothgar. Her story begins shortly before the arrival of Northman named Beowulf, who seeks to bring an end to the attacks from the demon Grendel. When Hrut falls in love and resists her coming marriage designed to end generations of feuding, her father reveals a secret that changes her life. Her oldest brother, presumed dead, was stolen at birth by the Heothobards. The price for his exchange is Hrut’s marriage and an heir.

Before she leaves the shores of her native land, she conceives a child by force from the nomadic, ageless warrior Starkad, who is intent upon the destruction of the Danish kingdom. Later, she must mine the deepest realms of her courage to enter the halls of her enemies and protect a child the kingdom does not want.

Peace-Weaver is a story of myth and legend from within the world of Beowulf from author Anna King. In this alternative retelling of the classic legend, Hrut's epic journey will balance the fate of kingdoms. Hrut, known to later generations as Freawaru, is the only daughter of Danish king Hrothgar...

18/07/2024

Blackout is a speculative futuristic science fiction story from author Melissa Meaglia.

In a world without sunlight, darkness means death. There are four main things humans need to survive: water, food, air – and sunlight.

Somewhere along humanity’s existence, humans have lost the ability to absorb sunlight on their own and must rely on the use of solar discs. There are a full 17 hours of sun a day, astronomists are celebrated as celebrities – if not gods – and no one dares go out after dark, or you may be dead before dawn’s first rays.

When Roth discovers Carrow can make the growing problem of the black sun spots disappear, news spreads in a frenzy, to the surprise of the city’s top astronomers who are supposed to be the authority on the case. Dissension brews among them as Carrow’s identity and subsequent popu-larity skyrockets as the world’s savior.

But soon the black spots are growing faster than ever, nearly everyone is criticizing Roth, and pres-sure is mounting from all sides. Will Roth and Carrow be able to restore balance, or could this mean the end of everything they know?

Blackout

18/07/2024

Canaan Within is a speculative psychological science fiction story from author Robin Pond.

Canaan Within is about the quest of one individual, Timothy Ludden, fighting to find his rightful place in a series of competing worlds and situations. Tim journeys to different ver-sions of the world to correct changes to humanity and the world around them, which might threaten his own existing reality.

Tim is transported to an institute where he participates in a series of experiments conducted by Dr. Moran and his assistant. Tim and his study groupmates in this study reappear in differ-ent roles in many of the subsequent worlds. The nature of perception and memory are in ques-tion as Tim seeks out a better reality, pushing back against the series of menacing develop-ments taking place across the different worlds.

While traveling through alternate realities Tim must also struggle to achieve self-improvement and to find his way back to a world where he really belongs.

Canaan Within eBook : Pond, Robin: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

18/07/2024

Among the Wolves of Nottely Lake is a dark fantasy novel from author Chip Jett.

High school senior Rob Giroux has always wondered about his mother. Who is she? Why did she leave? Is she even still alive? At the urging of his girlfriend, Candace, Rob takes a DNA test that comes back with shocking results: Rob has the DNA of Canis lupus. Wolf. What Rob doesn’t know is that his father is a leader in a ruthless group of werewolf hunters, and now, Rob is the very thing his father wants to destroy.

When Candace disappears, Rob’s long-lost werewolf sisters arrive, offering Rob the chance to find the family for which he has always longed. Rob journeys with them to their ancestral home in North Georgia. There, in the swirling snows of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Rob must make a choice: reconcile with his human father and become a powerful werewolf Hunter, or accept his supernatural heritage, join his sisters, and embrace the one true love who has always been by his side.

Among the Wolves of Nottely Lake is a dark fantasy novel from author Chip Jett. High school senior Rob Giroux has always wondered about his mother. Who is she? Why did she leave? Is she even still alive? At the urging of his girlfriend, Candace, Rob takes a DNA test that comes back with shocking ...

18/07/2024

Moon-Touched: Dark Moon Rising is a science fiction dystopian thriller from author Don D'Arkko.

Dylan strives for a peaceful life after leaving Project Alpharius. He is now living under the radar with his fellow teammates, trying to avoid detection by their creators-- the World Order.

But their peace is shattered when Dylan's best friend Alexa is abducted, and discovers that the World Order has found them. A dangerous game of cat-and-mouse ensues as Dylan and his team try to rescue her from the World Order's grasp.

They discover the true motivations behind the World Order's actions-- and the reason why Dylan and his team are so pivotal to their success. Moon-Touched: Dark Moon Rising is a tale of survival, love, and redemption.

Moon-Touched: Dark Moon Rising