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Books with author Michael J Paton

  • Rhonda and the Hollywood Ghosts

    Michael J Paton

    Paperback (Dorrance Publishing Co., Dec. 20, 2019)
    Rhonda discovers she can see ghosts - all of them. With her father and famous paranormal researchers she learns how to free the Stanton-Caruthers ghosts (the famous 1920s era Hollywood actors), from their prison in their own home. In gratitude, they help raise Rhonda through her years, learning about and fighting off poltergeists, and discovering her innate "powers." All of which complicate a young child just reaching puberty. She helps to change the philosophy of society by re-introducing ghosts into today's society. Watch Rhonda grow to adulthood, marriage, and beyond eventually traveling the world with the help of famous ghosts, and politicians, even to the Papal office. Rhonda is a fun-loving typical child who has a very special future. It will be an exciting life. Come join her in her adventures of life with much more Rhonda to come.About the AuthorMichael J. Paton, author and dreamer, lives in multiple worlds of fantasy. He talks to ghosts, sorcerers, fairies, heroes and villains, and inter-dimensional races as he writes their stories. He takes readers through adventures that encompass colonial America through to the world of Zynar. His first published book was Shannon Shaman Woman. He has been writing since he was sixteen years old.
  • Death Makes the Devil Dance: A Dan Williams and Syd Novel

    Michael L Patton

    Paperback (Independently published, Dec. 6, 2019)
    A dead congressman lives a double life, one of which leads to Dan’s past.Dan and Wally, led by Syd, find a man hanging in a tree on a rural stretch of road. This story takes the team on a wild ride that eventually leads back to Dan's door. Who is this guy? Why is he dead? And how the heck does it have anything to do with Dan, who swears he's never met the man? Now, Dan finds himself under suspicion for murder once again. He learns secrets long buried, revealing a painful truth. This case will leave a lasting impact on Dan's life.“Death Makes the Devil Dance” is the third novel in the Dan Williams and Syd mystery series. If you like murder mysteries in a rural setting and canine characters who often outfoxes humans, all mixed with a bit of humor, you’ll enjoy this novel.Buy “Death Makes the Devil Dance” on Amazon today!
  • Death Makes the Devil Dance: A Dan Williams and Syd Novel

    Michael L Patton

    eBook
    A dead congressman lives a double life, one of which leads to Dan’s past. Dan and Wally, led by Syd, find a man hanging in a tree on a rural stretch of road. This story takes the team on a wild ride that eventually leads back to Dan's door. Who is this guy? Why is he dead? And how the heck does it have anything to do with Dan, who swears he's never met the man? Now, Dan finds himself under suspicion for murder once again. He learns secrets long buried, revealing a painful truth. This case will leave a lasting impact on Dan's life.“Death Makes the Devil Dance” is the third novel in the Dan Williams and Syd mystery series.If you like murder mysteries in a rural setting and canine characters who often outfox humans, all mixed with a bit of humor, you’ll enjoy this novel. Buy “Death Makes the Devil Dance” on Amazon today!
  • POEMS FROM A TWISTED MIND

    MICHAEL PATTON

    eBook (MICHAEL JOSEPH PATTON, March 8, 2017)
    This is the first book in a series of poems that I have written.The poems range from love to hate, From common themes to complex dreams.The style can best be described as brutally honest sarcasm with a twist of wisdom.
  • Disney's Cinderella: Classic Storybook

    Michael Paxton

    Hardcover (Mouse Works, June 1, 1998)
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  • POEMS FROM A TWISTED MIND

    MICHAEL PATTON

    eBook (POETS FOR PEACE PUBLICATIONS, July 25, 2017)
    Mr. Patton takes us on a twisted journey through his mind with thought provoking and creative wordplay. He is not afraid to tackle sensitive and controversial subjects and seems to toy with the reader by use of his phraseology.Mr. Patton's style of writing can best be described as brutally honest sarcasm with a twist of wisdom.
  • The Bully

    J. Michael

    language (Canel Publishing, March 9, 2018)
    A bully, who spends a lot of time alone, drawing, is visited one night by one of his drawings that comes to life. This "Vision" then makes him live a day in the life of the other kids he bullies until he learns the lesson of empathy. He then turns his life around and becomes friends with the kids as he helps them with certain problems in their life.
  • Show Me How: I Can Make Music: Easy-to-Make Instruments for Kids Shown Step by Step

    Michael Purton

    Hardcover (Armadillo, April 7, 2015)
    16 fantastic projects on how to make, decorate and play your very own musical instruments - make a bass from a cardboard box, a bottle xylophone and a bugle from a funnel and garden hose!
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  • The Haunting Grin: A Horror Short Story

    J.M. Michael

    eBook (NightFire Books, March 13, 2015)
    The Haunting Grin is a Horror Short Story which will dissuade you from ever robbing a grave. When three grave robbers take on a job from their boss, it all goes horrifyingly wrong - with fatal consequences. They are chased, haunted and ultimately their lives are changed forever by what they find in one of the coffins they try to steal from.
  • STAINED

    J. Michael

    language (, Oct. 4, 2013)
    Long distance prank calls, T.P. strung from the hotel ceiling, fire alarms pulled in the absence of fire. Sixteen-year-old Jonah Gray will do anything for attention. But when his work-obsessed dad ignores his most shocking prank yet, he turns his attention elsewhere. Girls. He meets Claire. Not only is she French and gorgeous, but she seems genuinely interested in him. The only problem: she wants Jonah dead.Kidnapped and dragged to Corsica, Jonah wakes to find himself imprisoned. But he isn’t alone. Locked in with him is Cassandra, a woman with no recollection of her past. Between piecing together the mystery of Cassandra’s former life and wrestling with a deadly attraction to Claire, he learns the truth. Claire is hunting a water witch who has plagued the Mediterranean for centuries. And Jonah is the bait.When a storm rolls in and cuts the power, the witch creeps ashore to seize the one she came for. Not Jonah. Cassandra. Now Jonah, who has never committed a selfless act, must confront a life-altering decision: save himself or descend into the witch's lair and sacrifice everything for a friend. But if he chooses the latter, he’ll discover just who Cassandra really is, and some secrets are better left unearthed.
  • The Emperor's Mistress

    Michael Staton

    language (Wings ePress, Inc., Aug. 1, 2010)
    Teenaged Stealth is an artful thief with an attitude. Hired to burgle an exiled mage’s villa, she tangles with Derrius, an apprentice mage of revoltingly noble birth. Trapped by political upheaval and their own antipathy, Stealth and Derrius undertake a mission to avert civil war. The two must learn to work together and dovetail her thieving skills and his magic.Long ago, Larenia's Sword protected their nation from evil, but the blade has been lost for a hundred years. Now, evil arises anew in the sultry form of the emperor’s mistress, Illisandra Zayla. If Stealth and Derrius fail to find and recover the Sword, the sorceress will enthrall the emperor and seize the power her tormented soul lost long ago.
  • GOOD TWIN, BAD TWIN

    Michael J Peck

    eBook (Michael J Peck, Nov. 28, 2019)
    When seventeen-year-old Ethan awakens after being drugged and kidnapped, he has no memory of his life or the world around him. Society is fractured and full of twins, each pair harbouring the secret of who is good and who is evil. Enlisting help from four teenagers at his treating hospital, and a shrewd detective named Jessica, Ethan's new-found companions are just as surprising, as they freely use potions and technologically advanced rings, items which prove to be invaluable protections. For not only is Ethan confronted by the evil Nuns, he finds there are many dangers in this unknown world, the least of all being the morphing Snake-shifts. But the danger does not end there, as somebody is still after him, and a creature beyond his imaginings is about to be unleashed. But worse than that, he eventually learns the reason why he himself is the biggest danger to all.To be enjoyed by teenagers and adults alike, this novel will leave you guessing as to who is good and who is not, and poses the question, can a bad person choose to be good? For ages 10 plus.