Upcoming Books from SKYBYRDE PRESS Author HILARY HAWKE


THE FIREKEEPER

The Firekeeper begins with the Inquisition in late seventeenth century Germany and ends in Fearndale, Massachusetts, a New England town reeling from the aftermath of the Salem Witchcraft Trials. The heroine, Norma Winston, is the designated heiress to a long tradition of occult knowledge. The Firekeeper chronicles her transformation from a helpless child unable to rescue her mother from being burned at the stake into a warrior who reclaims the heritage she’s long denied, attacks the negative association between women and witchcraft and champions the cause of the persecuted.

POETIC JUSTICE

Nelson James is an obnoxious oil executive with a spoiled teenage daughter and a frustrated wife. Nineteen-year-old Aria befriends punk rock singer Courtney Cyranac and introduces her to Nelson with the naïve notion he can help her career. He secretly agrees to back her in exchange for sexual favors his wife refuses him then reneges on the deal. Courtney, with the help of Wolf, her ex-con former boyfriend and co-band leader, abduct James and hold him hostage.

Entombed in a coffin-sized box in a remote North Jersey storage facility Nelson impatiently waits for his wife, Erica, to pay the ransom but his arrogant disregard for others has provoked an unlikely alliance.

Erica has learned bout his affair with Courtney. Her best friend, Carol Cane, despises Nelson for treating Erica like a two-bit whore. Carol’s husband, Bob, suspects his wife’s mysterious immunological disorder stems from Jameson Corporation’s illegal dumping of toxic waste. Courtney’s intent on collecting the money Nelson owes her and Wolf’s bent on avenging his band mate. Eventually everyone, except Aria, become co-conspirators in the kidnapping.