You can always count on Maria E. Schneider to bring all of her hard won storytelling skills to any tale she tells, and she does not disappoint us with her incredible range of different genres in today’s selection. Mystery, drama, and magic, there is something for everyone. Enjoy!
Soul of the Desert
Maria Schneider
Genre: United States | Family Life
Soul of the Desert was shortlisted in the CWA’s Dagger Debut competition in 2003. It’s the story of an adopted child on the run from the mob.
In 1976, the best a black kid in Harlem can hope for is to work for the mob or pick up extra bucks as an informer. Rand’s choices are a quick bullet or a long, tortured punishment with death hanging off the end. The only oblivion is the drugs; Rand can either sell them, take them or both. It may be too late for Rand, but that won’t stop him from trying to save his baby brother, Bo. So when strangers appear on the streets of Harlem, Rand hatches a crazy plan to use them to save Bo from a similar fate. Rand must send Bo to a place that is so desolate and removed from Harlem that no one will dare follow him.
Once there, all Bo has to do is find a way to stay alive.
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Under Witch Moon (Moon Shadow Series)
Maria E. Schneider
Genre: Horror | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Romance | Fantasy
Adriel should have known that with a werewolf, it never stopped with just one body. She would have gone to the police after witnessing Dolores’ death, but she wasn’t certain the killer she saw was responsible for the other murders. Besides, the police didn’t believe in werewolves, and they weren’t going to believe she was a witch either so what could she tell them?
She kept her eyes and ears open while she tried to help her latest client escape the clutches of a voodoo witch, but things went from bad to worse when more bodies turned up. She was greatly relieved when she met White Feather, an undercover cop. Unfortunately, he wasn’t convinced she was innocent of all wrong-doing.
It was going to take every spell she knew and a few she hadn’t tried to solve the murders and stay alive.
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Executive Lunch (A Sedona O’Hala Mystery)
Maria E. Schneider
Genre: Action & Adventure | Contemporary Fiction | Humor & Satire | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Sedona is given the opportunity of a lifetime: play an up-and-coming executive with all the trappings of wealth with someone else footing the bill.The catch: find out who is stealing company funds before the criminals find out that their program is being debugged.
Sedona runs into danger, the corporate glass ceiling, and an occasional chance at romance in her quest to figure out who is stealing money from Strandfrost.Unfortunately, Sedona is better at writing computer code than deciphering political vitriol, and if she doesn’t find a way to wade through the red tape and red herrings, she could lose both her job and her quarry!
Maria Schneider has published stories in Coyote Wild Magazine, TownDrunkMag.com and “Over My Dead Body.”
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Dragons of Wendal
Maria E. Schneider
Genre: Romance | Fantasy
Learning new magic isn’t as easy as Zoe expected, especially when the mages at Gorgon University seem dead set against teaching. Add in some necessary late-night sneaking about, and Zoe is almost certain to be kicked out. As for exploring the intriguing mysteries across the border in Wendal, well, it has more teeth than she ever imagined.
Dragons of Wendal was inspired by the short story, Snitched, Snatched, which is still available in English and Spanish in one e-book.The English version is included in Dragons of Wendal as the prologue.
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Executive Affairs and Under Witch Ghost (A Sedona O’Hala Mystery #3.5)
Maria Schneider
Genre: Humor & Satire
Two short stories, one from each of Maria Schneider’s popular series:
The Sedona O’Hala series is a humorous mystery series: Sedona must solve a few crimes while fighting her way up the corporate ladder; mostly she dangles from her fingertips just trying to survive.If she is lucky, she might find love along the way.The first in the series is Executive Lunch.
The Moon Shadow series is an urban fantasy series: When dead bodies start turning up Adriel has no choice but to talk to White Feather, an undercover cop. Unfortunately, Adriel is a witch and White Feather isn’t convinced she’s innocent of wrongdoing. She’s going to have to talk fast—and set spells even faster.The first in the series is Under Witch Moon.
These short stories include many of the characters in the novels and add to their ongoing adventures.
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