Authorpreneur Dashboard – Tonya Macalino
Spectre of Intention
Science Fiction & Fantasy
“Secrets, Kaitlin. Secrets.” Kaitlin Osgood has a stowaway. Underneath the glossy shell of the Senior VP for Countermeasures International lurks the tattered remains of the girl she once was: street rat and thief, Ashley Porter. Every day, every decision is brittle with the fear of discovery. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean on the cruise ship acting as the platform for the latest space elevator, she should finally be safe… …safe from the sexy, enigmatic eyes of Director of Port Security Camden Glaswell who seems to see through Kaitlin’s ruse. …safe from the relentless, burning pursuit of master thief, Stephan Chen, the chief architect of Kaitlin’s former life of crime—the onetime lover who haunts her still. But Kaitlin has another secret: her talent for security comes not from the latest technology, but from her ability to sense people’s emotions, to see the ghosts of their intentions. It’s a talent she must learn to wield as a weapon before the mistakes of her past cost Kaitlin her life… www.tonyamacalino.com
Book Bubbles from Spectre of Intention
The Courage to Become Something More
On the space elevator platform, Kaitlin is surround by the stories of pioneers, of great men and women who stood on the cusp of an impossible decision. Warnings and examples from all side told them if they took this step, this insane stride across the ocean, across the continent, across the heavens, they would die. The Pilgrims, the pioneers, the rocket men of the early space program...the victim of abuse. But they did it. And they changed the world. And now Kaitlin must decide if she will let the terror of that decision stay her or if she will take that stride beyond the prison-like safety of her artificial life. Will she stop running? Or will she dreg up the courage to become something more?
So many kinds of runaways...
Sometimes who is strong and who is weak is all a matter of perspective. Is it weakness that Kaitlin fled her former life of crime or is it strength that she finally found the courage to? Did that initial strength decay into weakness from year after year of that relentless fear of discovery? As Kaitlin looks to those pioneers of space and sea and faraway lands who came before her, will she see a lesson of promise and renewed hope? Or will that fear keep her from finally facing down the spectres of her past that threaten to break both her life and her mind.
Faces in the Water
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Who created that slide of silk across your skin as you reached for your cinematic lover? Who recorded the crushing weight of the grizzly as you fought for your life in the fictional wilderness? It is Lone Pine Pictures’ Alyse Kate Bryant who wraps your body in the story only your mind was privy to before. A brilliant sensory immersion artist and a wild daredevil, Alyse will do almost anything for the perfect sensory file, but the violent death of her father has her teetering on the very edge of reckless sanity. For just one night, Alyse seeks refuge in the arms of a beautiful stranger. And her recklessness finally has consequences. Now Alyse finds herself trapped in the flooded ruins of Venice, a quarantine camp for the carriers of Sleepers’ Syndrome. But it can never be that simple. Because the Sleepers’ Syndrome carriers who populate the camp are no longer as human as they seem. The city of legend is bringing its legends back to life. They come now, Alyse. Run.
Book Bubbles from Faces in the Water
The Intoxicating Juxtaposition Between Past and Pr
Part of Alyse understands now that she has crossed over into the realm of fairytale. And as collector of these stories, she also understands what fairytale really is. She knows these stories aren't brightness and light and inevitable happy endings. These stories explore the shadows: beloved fathers who betray their children for a new wife, witches who devour lost souls, woods that tangle and entrap, shadow demons that lure the unsuspecting with promises of love and lust and fortune. She knows these stories force us to recognize the shadows of our hearts, the darkness that is always a part of us. But she isn't ready to know these secrets. So, she doesn't heed the warnings. And walks straight into the shadowed wood.
A different kind of reckless...
Alyse and her team revel in a world of controlled danger. They arrange enactments that take Alyse physically and emotionally to the edge, then at the last moment yank her clear of the danger - all in the name of movie making. But what happens when they push to that thrilling edge when Alyse is already wildly unsteady with grief and anger? What happens when the incarnations of Mother Nature's most elemental forces make control impossible? Will Alyse's iron will be enough to stop the free-fall down the rabbit hole? Will the steadfast love of her friends be enough to guide her home?
