Books with author A. Nicholson

A most inconvenient marriage of convenience.Simon Kingsley is in desperate need of a wife. After years of searching, he finally found love. Unfortunately, she wed another, and now, it is time to settle for someone with whom he can share his life. A friend, a companion, a helpmate. Love is no longer an option for a man whose heart is irrevocably broken.Mina Ashbrook longs for a loving marriage but accepts that at the age of thirty, she is unlikely to find it. Facing a lifetime of being the spinster sister living on her brother’s charity, Mina considers something she never thought she would—a marriage of convenience. She knows Simon is not marrying her for love but hopes it will blossom in his heart if only she can convince him that love comes in many forms.Will Mina find a way to heal Simon’s heart? Or will the shadows of the past keep them from finding happiness together?Set in Regency era England, Flame and Ember is a sweet romance about overcoming the pains of the past and learning to love.Though part of the Regency Love Series, it is a standalone story, and the entire series can be read in any order.Buy your copy today and escape into a world of romance!

Before Lucy found her wild White Cloud Station horse, Hope, she had a well-loved, black-and-white paint riding horse. But Paintbox was taken from her by his spiteful former owners and there was nothing Lucy could do. Despite having Hope, Lucy never got over losing Paintbox. The worst part was, she had no idea what became of him until, one day, a mysterious letter arrives…. www.whitecloudstation.comA White Cloud Station short story.

They were looking forward to wedding bells. Instead, she’s on a desperate rescue mission inside Afghanistan…RCMP Detective Bernadette Callahan’s tough exterior and rash thinking may have gone too far. Guilt-ridden after a fight drives her boyfriend to risky security work in the Middle East, she’s devastated when he disappears. And when he’s accused of stealing a sacred Muslim artifact, she’s determined to bring him back alive.Racing to Kandahar to free her beloved, the gutsy Mountie is forced to partner up with a terrified interpreter and a stoner bodyguard. As evidence piles up against her future husband, her ragtag team races the clock to reach him before someone collects the bounty on his head.Can Callahan survive a search-and-rescue in the middle of a war zone, or will her betrothed face a fate worse than death?Caught in the Crossfire is the fourth book in the action-packed Detective Bernadette Callahan Mystery thriller series. If you like courageous heroines, high stakes, and dangerous locales, then you’ll love Lyle Nicholson’s explosive page-turner.Buy Caught in the Crossfire to recover the missing today!

Bernadette Callahan has anger issues. Stranded between two cultures, native Cree and Irish, she doesn’t feel welcome in either. Her fists and boots punctuate her arguments. They lead her to trouble with the law.When a fight brings accusations, the police are brought in. The charges against her are false, but she needs to run. Her only hope is to flee south to a large city where she has no friends and a distrusting relative.Her anger will bring new challenges and her past battles will come to find her. How will she cope? A Native Legend tells of a Black Wolf and White Wolf, which one will she chose?This is a prequel to the Bernadette Callahan Detective Series. This story follows how the young Bernadette turned her anger into a force to fight for good. She’s not a superhero, but finds how to take down the bad guys in her own way.If you like a feel-good story, that keeps you turning the pages to see how this young girl grows up in a hurry, then download this book now!

Discover a wickedly funny fantasy that is The Princess Bride meets Once Upon a Time. Perfect for fans of fractured fairy tales!Not all quests are heroic. And neither are all heroes.Writing his memoir wasn’t something Geoffrey P. Ward had ever planned to do. He had enough on his plate, thank you very much, and that sort of self-indulgent behavior didn’t appeal to him. But answering the same questions about his backstory over and over irritated him more.Yes, he started off as a hero before he became the world famous fairy tale villain consultant he is today. When he mentioned it in passing in his Guide to Villainy, it hadn’t seemed that big a deal. Apparently, not. And now, he’s stuck penning the story about the grand quest that drove him from hero to villain all to appease people’s curiosity and to save his sanity.And if that wasn’t bad enough, another quest comes knocking on his door. Literally.Princesses are really more bother than they’re worth. Even if they are rather intriguing at times…***Bouncing between the quest that began Geoffrey’s villainy career and the quest that may end it, Geoffrey P. Ward’s Guide to Questing is a hilarious romp into the murky world of fairy tale heroes and villains.Though part of a series, this is the standalone novel and can be read on its own.Buy your copy today and dive into a different kind of fairy tale quest!

Discover a wickedly funny fantasy that is The Princess Bride meets Once Upon a Time and perfect for fans of fractured fairy tales!Successful villains aren’t born. They’re made.Unless you're born into the role of hero or handed it by misguided fairy godmothers, you can never hope to achieve anything beyond the measly life you've got. At least that's what the fairy tale fops would have you believe. They prefer people to think that only divine destiny allows others the right to join their exclusive club, but fate isn't a good enough reason to let the heroes get all the glory.However, from "once upon a time" to "happily ever after", heroes have stacked the deck against the intrepid villains. Until now.Geoffrey P. Ward is the world’s foremost (and only) fairy tale villain consultant, and in this guide, he outlines all the critical tips for success you need to achieve your villainous goals. Whether looking to overthrow a kingdom or put your unruly stepdaughter in her place, Geoffrey P. Ward’s Guide to Villainy will give you the tools and knowledge you need to succeed.Because even villains deserve a happily ever after.***Geoffrey P. Ward’s Guide to Villainy is a satirical how-to guide for fairy tale villains that uses the characters of those classic stories to illustrate the narrator’s snarky (yet impeccable) advice.Buy your copy today and leap into a new fantasy world where not all magic is good and not all endings are happily ever after.

Discover the bestselling young adult urban fantasy series that’s captivating readers…Dark secrets. A hidden power. An ancient evil is awakening.Annie Morgan hides in plain sight pretending she’s an average Wizard teen. Normal. Boring. Anything to keep those hunting her from seeing that she’s standing right in front of them. But when they discover her, Annie is forced to choose between saving those she loves and unleashing an evil into the world. She chose wrong and lost everything.Annie can’t undo the past, but maybe she can stop the darkness that is coming…Jake Faltz hides in the shadows pretending he’s an average non-magical teen. Constantly moving and changing identities, he and his dad have been running for most of Jake’s life. But even the cleverest prey get caught eventually, and Jake finds himself thrust into a war he’s not prepared to fight.Whether he knows it or not, Jake holds the key to the Drogue. A myth. A legend. So old, even the storybooks have all but forgotten it. Jake doesn’t know why anyone thinks he has that talisman of unspeakable power, but he must find it before those hunting the Drogue find him.Or more than his life will be lost…Can Annie save Jake before they find him? Will Jake unravel the mystery of the Drogue in time?Smoke and Shadow is the exciting first installment in The Shadow Army Trilogy.Buy your copy today and begin a magical adventure that is perfect for fans of Harry Potter!

“A braw Scots story for bairns!”Welcome to Thistle Sands, a beautiful sandy Scottish beach where you'll meet lots of friendly folk and some fun Scots words. Don't worry if you're PEELY WALLY, just grab a bucket and spade for a day of making sandcastles, exploring rock pools, and playing with beach balls. No need to look GLAIKIT, just watch out you don't fall on your BAHOOKIE and if you get MAUCHIT you can take a dip in the sparkling water.This funny story, told in bright rhyming verse, is full of the lively Scottish characters who've come to the seaside for the day. Packed with detail to spot on each page, the warm, bright illustrations will make children want to have their own splash about!

In book one of the MAGICK trilogy, The Awakening, teens Summer and Linc Page discover that their neighbor Jules Blakely is a witch and beg her to teach them the art of magick. Under Jules’ tutelage, they learn how to manipulate energy through spells and willpower, transforming reality and changing the material world around them. What starts out as an after-school adventure turns deadly when Jules is kidnapped by an evil Warlock from a parallel dimension. Armed only with the basic spells they have learned, Summer and Linc plan a desperate attempt to rescue their friend and teacher. Time is short and the price of failure is steep. To survive the rescue attempt, Summer and Linc will need every bit of skill, courage and cunning they can muster.

When a boy with grey eyes tells you it’s not your time to die, do you listen?Ever since the day her baby brother Axel died, Carson has been dreaming of the same boy—the one who told her it wasn’t her time to go when her family’s lift crashed through a bridge railing and sank to the bottom of a river, shattering her life forever. Trapped by the new divide between her and her parents, and by their drastic measures to shelter the only child they have left, Carson escapes into her dreams every night, floating among the clouds with the grey-eyed boy who saved her. Until her eighteenth birthday—when fate sends her family home up in flames, leaving her waking world flipped upside down.Suddenly, Carson finds herself on the other side of the country in the big city of Terigon, alone for the first time in her life and dropped into the only waking dream she’s ever had: to attend Yorker Specialty School. But sinister forces are at work beneath the surface of her world, and as the grey-eyed boy slips away from her dreams—only to be replaced by nightmares of flame—Carson finds herself engulfed by a world of deathly secrets and haunting shadows . . . one that makes her the key player in the ultimate game of fates.