If you’d like to read a sample you can find it here.
LIES OF THE DEAD
Family secrets can be deadly.
Liam is a charismatic smooth-talker, but when the police accept his disappearance as suicide his older brother Tom doesn’t believe them and begins a deadly hunt for answers.
He is followed and threatened by a criminal gang who demand the money they claim that Liam owes them.
Liam’s legacy of deceit is dangerous, and when Tom follows his trail, his sister Andi and her daughters are kidnapped. Only then does Tom realise the truth may have too high a price.
Can Tom follow Liam’s trail and find what the criminals want before they exact their punishment?
Lies of the Dead is part mystery, part thriller with a little romance and lots of twists and turns.
It is a stand-alone novel and has received a B.R.A.G. Medallion and an Awesome Indies Award.
If you’d like to read a sample you can find it here.
LIVES INTERRUPTED
She’s fighting for her family’s survival. He’s playing a dangerous game with their relationship…
Rosa is desperate to make ends meet for her family. With her husband Matthew out of a job, she struggles to pay the mortgage and bills. As she’s pushed to the brink of hopelessness, her only option may take her down a dark path that could change her forever.
Matthew doesn’t know where to turn. After concealing his depression and pain from his wife, he can barely cope with his new full-time responsibility of looking after their young son. But his despair drives him to risk everything when he starts an affair.
With the couple’s relationship hanging by a thread, a London terrorist attack and a selfish decision unleash devastating tragedy.
Can Rosa and Matthew ever recover from a betrayal that wrecks their lives?
Lives Interrupted is a powerful contemporary drama that explores the far-reaching consequences of personal trauma. If you like flawed characters, family dramas and life-altering challenges, then you’ll love this emotional rollercoaster.
If you’d like to read a sample you can find it here.
A KIWI CHRISTMAS ROMANCE
Two sisters plus one special Christmas. How hard can it be?
Lauren and Poppy Munro are set to spend the Christmas holidays with their parents in the small town of Clearwater Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand.
December brings the start of summer, and Lauren, an uptight workaholic, knows she can’t miss Christmas with the family again. But can she get through the holidays without them finding out that she’s lost her job?
Meanwhile, Poppy has finished with her boyfriend after discovering he was married. She has no intention of letting anyone else fool her. However, after saving a handsome holidaymaker is she going to make the same mistake again?
Lauren always keeps emotions at a distance, the further the better, and this Christmas she’s focussed on managing her job anxiety levels. But, when she bumps into Dylan, one of her old high school group, keeping her emotions under control becomes just about impossible.
A heart-warming read of romance, family, friendship and a different kind of Christmas down-under.
If you like sweet romance with a bit of heat, then you’ll love this emotionally-driven Christmas-at-the-beach novel. Blossoming romance and well-developed characters that you’ll want to read about again.
The sequel to this novel is The Second Chance Christmas. Both are standalone stories with many of the same characters but they can be purchased together in the compilation A Kiwi Christmas Collection.
If you’d like to read a sample from A Kiwi Christmas Romance you can find it here.
THE SECOND CHANCE CHRISTMAS
Two sisters. A worrying secret and a broken romance.
Can the Munro sisters still make this a special Christmas?
Last Christmas Lauren and Poppy Munro both found love, but with the approach of the current festive season problems are arriving faster than the sisters can cope with.
Lauren’s worrying nature is sending her anxiety levels sky-high. However, it’s not the thought of Christmas causing her stress, but the secret she can’t bring herself to share with Dylan.
Poppy loves Rob, but when he proposes to her unexpectedly he takes her hesitation to mean that the answer is no. Later, when she tries to explain, he believes that she’s bored with him and wants to finish their relationship.
As they gather for a family Christmas, can the magic of the season help them create their second chance?
If you like sweet romance with a hint of mystery, then you’ll love this emotionally-driven tale of love, family and friendship, and a New Zealand summer Christmas at the beach.
This is a sequel to A Kiwi Christmas Romance. Both are standalone stories with many of the same characters but they can be purchased together in the compilation A Kiwi Christmas Collection.
If you’d like to read a sample from The Second Chance Christmas you can find it here.
WRITING THE STARS
Anna King is an astrologer whose life is crashing around her. Why didn’t she see that in the stars?
Her boyfriend has been cheating on her and she’s about to lose her part-time job.
If she missed seeing that in the stars, how can she call herself an astrologer?
When Anna and her best friend Corinne can’t find work, they start a Girl Friday business. As if that isn’t a big enough challenge, Corinne decides the best way for Anna to rebuild her confidence is to get back into the dating scene.
If Anna thought things were bad, they’re about to get a whole lot worse.
If you love your romance complete with strong females, hunky heroes and a touch of the stars then pick up Writing the Stars today.
If you’d like to read a sample you can find it here.
JENNY’S STORY AND OTHER TALES
A love story across the ages. Murder. And a second chance.
Multiple genres come together in this compilation of tales.
Author Shauna Bickley writes in a variety of genres, from crime fiction to romance to contemporary drama. In Jenny’s Story you get a taste of each of these in one collection.
Jenny’s Story and Other Tales is a compilation of short stories that can stand alone from their individual series. If you like strong heroines, breath-taking suspense, and emotionally driven writing, then you'll love this multi-genre collection.
It includes:
Jenny’s Story: Jenny is struggling to cope with a life-changing diagnosis when she is caught up with the bomb explosions in London.
In Plain Sight: A Lexie Wyatt stand-alone short story. Lexie becomes involved in the cold case of an abducted child.
A Private Investigation: A young woman working as a receptionist in a Private Investigator’s office finds a dead body.
Footprints: The breakdown of a contemporary relationship set against the survival of people who lived 20,000 years ago
In the End: A psychological tale of a young woman attempting to escape a modern monster.
Copyright 2014 Shauna Bickley
http://shaunabickley.com
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Still Death is a work of fiction. All the characters in the book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the express written permission of the author.
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