After losing her parents in a suspicious boating accident, Harley Brandon is determined to keep the family hotel out of foreclosure. Unfortunately, the hotel ghosts have other plans. Built with tainted money, the century old Horizon Hotel thrives on a tradition of murder, scandal, and suicide. As the paranormal activity increases to alarming levels, Harley discovers the truth about the hotel and its residents. Can Harley save her friends from the hotel’s frightening hidden secrets?
“Castle Bloodshed”
Murder Collection
From a deadly island paradise to haunted castles. Three novella length tales of murder, mystery, and malicious intent.
“Castle Bloodshed” – A tour of Wesley Castle turns into a fight for survival as six stranded tourists discover the haunting secrets within the castle walls. A mystery writer teams up with an uptight butler in order stop a killer who may already be dead. Novella length paranormal murder mystery.
“Fleshies” – Is Uncle Rutger crazy? Five years ago, four business partners died within their newly purchased, fixer-upper castle. Their bodies were never found. The surviving partner, Rutger, claims a demon keeps him as its slave. Rutger’s nephew schemes to save his uncle by sacrificing the lives of a group of stranded motorists and a high-profile novelist. Novella length supernatural murder mystery.
“Demon Island” – A group of strangers are invited to a remote island for the reading of a will. The guests soon discover they were brought to the island to be executed one-by-one. It’s up to a private detective and a tenacious young woman to solve the murders and find a way to escape paradise. Novella length murder mystery.
“Brighton Island”
When a psychic visits a haunted island mansion, he inadvertently awakens the ghosts’ tortured souls.
Something’s not right with Simon. When Jacklyn brings her eccentric friend to her uncle’s island mansion, she didn’t expect him to slip into psychic overload. As Simon attempts to solve a decade-old, double homicide, Jacklyn is confronted with the possibility that she could be next to join the mansion ghosts. When they find themselves stranded on the secluded island, her Uncle Hyland wages his own war to save them from a flesh and blood killer. Will her uncle’s “shock and awe” military tactics save them or get them killed? Can Simon bring peace to the tortured souls or unexpectedly join them?
“A.L.F. Resort”
A fantasy vacation turns into a nightmare when the resort’s artificial life forms are compromised.
Welcome to A.L.F. Resort where you can live out your fantasies with safe, state-of-the-art artificial life form robots! When a young journalist and a photographer are sent to A.L.F. Resort to do a story for their magazine, Shay and Becka believe they’ve hit the jackpot of all work-cations. The engineers pull out all the stops to make their fantasies memorable. Unfortunately, the newly designed A.L.F., the Gen X, is smarter than his programming and creates havoc within Shay’s fantasy. A computer malfunction removes their safety inhibitors and the A.L.F.s play out their own hostile fantasies. Zombies, bikers, and mobsters run amuck, turning fantasies into nightmares. Shay gets more of a story than she anticipates, but will she survive long enough to write it?
“Jungle Princess”
While stranded on a prison island, a young woman discovers a creature of “unknown” origin.
After their cruise ship sinks, Alex and two of her shipmates are stranded on a deserted, tropical island. Unfortunately, the castaways soon realize they’re not alone. They discover an abandoned prison with over two dozen inmates living on the island’s south side. While avoiding the prison on the far side of the island, Alex discovers a strange but loveable creature of unknown origin. When one of her fellow castaways is in trouble, Alex reluctantly seeks help from the prisoners. After the brutal murder of several inmates, their questions surrounding the abandoned prison are about to be answered. What really killed over one hundred prisoners? And is it still out there?
“Murder in Wax”
A series of brutal murders plague a quiet farming community when beautiful women audition for the same acting job.
While all the young women in town are fighting over a once-in-a-lifetime acting opportunity, Devon Vincent is excited about her new job at the local wax museum. Although supportive of her friend’s acting aspirations, Devon has a hard time understanding the rivalry among the women in town. When the aspiring actresses are brutally murdered one-by-one, Devon fears her friend may be the next victim. Devon finds herself in the middle of a murderous revenge plot that leads back to the wax museum’s doorstep and possibly implicates her boss as the killer. Will Devon’s newly found feelings for her boss bring a killer closer to her? Or is the killer already in her circle?
“Witness Protection 6”
Alpha Dogs
An easy rescue turns into a wild ride for retired Navy SEAL team Whiskey Tango Foxtrot when everyone wants to kill their client.
It was a simple task. Rescue a young woman from her mob boss father-in-law. Little did Jackie and company realize that rescuing the young woman was the easy part. Keeping her alive would be a massive undertaking, especially when everyone wants a piece of the mafia heiress. The team fights for survival against their toughest adversaries yet. How many innocent people must die in order to save one woman? Can the team survive the ultimate battle between mercenaries and assassins?
“Midnight Requisition”
A series of brutal murders leaves a traumatized young woman on a hunt to find a killer.
When they were just babies, Scorpio and her twin brother, Kane, tragically lost their parents under mysterious circumstances. Refusing to accept his father was dead, Kane set off on a mission to find a man he’d never met. A home invasion gone wrong leaves Scorpio grieving the loss of those she loves. Out of the tragedy of her loss, two fallen heroes are thrust upon her. Scorpio soon realizes someone wants her dead and the killer may already be in her circle. As her entire life unravels in a web of betrayal and lies, can Scorpio trust her new, slightly questionable friends?
“Until Death”
Liars, cheaters, blackmail and murder. It would be a wedding no one would forget.
Despite knowing he’s making the biggest mistake of his life, Raina Steele reluctantly attends her father’s third wedding. What should have been a boring reception turns into a web of lies, betrayal, and murder. With no one above suspicion, Raina must put aside her feud with the arrogant yet insanely handsome butler in order to catch the killer before he finds his next victim. With a murderer waiting to strike and lives hanging in the balance, the real question remains…the bride is wearing white? Seriously?
“Tainted”
What happens at the Dark Forest Hotel, stays at the Dark Forest Hotel…for all eternity.
What secrets surround Dark Forest Hotel? After her parents die under mysterious circumstances, sixteen-year-old Jeri escapes foster care and seeks refuge at a “closed for the season” hotel. Over the next six years, Jeri graduates from teenage runaway to the hotel’s assistant general manager. When she learns a convention is secretly held every year in her absence, she demands answers from her boss, friends, and co-workers. After getting conflicting stories, Jeri sets out to discover the truth. She’s suddenly thrown into a horrifying new world where vampires and vicious creatures are craving her virgin blood. After six years of everyone lying to her, is there anyone she can trust?
“Witness Protection 7”
Bravo Foxtrot
An Army deserter on the run brings mayhem to a retired Navy SEAL team when his teenage daughter is caught in a mercenary’s cross-hairs.
A weekend of fun turns into a race for survival as Monique and Colleen’s surrogate big brother, Bogart, rescues the girls from mercenaries hunting Colleen’s Army deserter father. With the girls safely stashed at their Colorado hideaway, trouble brews when the team discovers Colleen’s father was framed by his former commander over a stolen, high-tech weapon. In order to clear Colleen’s father and bring him home, the team must
fight one of their toughest advisories yet…a high-ranking military officer with countless mercenaries and the U.S. military behind him.
Coming Soon!
“Witness Protection 8”
Midnight Requisition
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Holly Copella has been writing since the age of twelve when her frustration at a book’s poor plot drove her to author her own story. Over the last decade, she’s written a number of screenplays, some of which she’s now adapting into novels. Her fascination with zombies and other darker material lends an edge to her writing, which tends to lean toward horror. As a fan of Agatha Christie, she appreciates the craft of a good plot and the importance of creating significant characters.
Hailing from Pennsylvania, Copella lives in the Endless Mountains on a farm with her rescue horses and other animals. In addition to writing and reading fiction, she enjoys riding horses and traveling to Las Vegas and Disney World.
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