Books with author Millie Michaels

Melanie Upton has everything an aspiring actress needs. Sass, smarts, skills, and sultry good looks. Everything except her big break. Lenny Gruse thinks he has everything a celebrity photographer needs. Persistence, a smooth spiel, and the willingness to do whatever it takes to create the perfect shot. Everything except his big break.Until he meets Melanie, and shows her the path to stardom.There’s one catch. Someone has to die first.Detective Robert Winter has a knack for solving seemingly random crimes by connecting dots no one else can see, yet even he is tested in a world where the players will stop at nothing to succeed and have the ability to con even the most seasoned cop.For fans of John Sandford and Michael Connelly comes a new detective as street smart as Lucas Davenport and as tough as Harry Bosch, with compelling, 3-dimensional characters. A Detective Robert Winter series standalone novel.

Enter the sordid world of aspiring and often desperate actors and actresses in the no-holds-barred scramble to make it to the big time, where sex is a currency—and a price—way before they reach Hollywood. Melanie Upton is an ambitious actress stuck searching for her big break. She’s got the talent, but so do thousands of other actresses. She needs an edge, and she’ll do anything to get it.Lenny Gruse sees himself as a celebrity photographer. All he needs is one great photo to catapult himself into the big time. Melanie, with her sultry good looks, is just who he needs, his ticket to fame. Together, they can blow past the hungry competition.If he can only convince Melanie.Detective Robert Winter has a knack for solving seemingly random crimes, yet even he is tested in a world where the players will stop at nothing to succeed and have the ability to con even the most seasoned cop. Standalone story.

Brian Wolf was an average teenager and a rising high school senior until a near death experience plunged him head first into the spirit world. Critically injured and semi-conscious, Brian is visited by an ancient Native American relative, Gray Wolf, who miraculously heals Brian. Brian inherits a powerful Native American ceremonial necklace containing a stone of great power and is informed that he has been chosen to take up an old family task of helping earthbound spirits return to the spirit world. Brian's best friend Todd Weller, also a rising senior, decides to help Brian with his family task and the two of them become modern day ghost hunters, encountering both benevolent and frightening spirits in their paranormal investigations. This intricate adventure will stretch your imagination by taking you on a wild and exciting ride through earthly, spiritual, and intergalactic realms.

Captain Nexus and First Mate Scopes are on a secret mission. The Border Space Worlds are in danger because the Krilt have a new secret weapon. Nexus and Scopes have to find it and destroy it! But are they ready for what they'll find?* * * * *Mick Michaels thinks first grade readers need exciting books like the ones adults enjoy. So he's creating what you might call "first grade novels" — books that are more involved than easy readers but not as big as chapter books. They tell science fiction stories, fantasy stories, myths and legends, and other types of action-adventure tales that will appeal to most modern kids, especially boys. Some will be standalone stories, while others like this Captain Nexus book will be part of a series.These action-adventure books average 2000-2500 words, each with 5 or 6 chapters of around 400 words or less. Each chapter includes a couple of illustrations to help ease the transition from picture-oriented books to text-oriented books. The sentences sound more adult than "See Spot run. Run, Spot, run!" but aren't overly complex. While each book includes two or three challenging new words, the vast majority of words are already part of a first-grader's vocabulary. And each book is checked by a children's librarian to make sure the reading levels are appropriate for young readers.Let Captain Nexus and his crew introduce your child to the joy of reading science fiction!"'The Krilt's Secret Weapon' is a great Early Reader for children that like science fiction but aren’t ready for Science Fiction chapter books. This book will pull you right in on this mission immediately as you look at the map and go to work figuring out how far they have to travel and what will happen next! Will Captain Nexus follow orders that he has been given or will the mission call for him to do more? Will his team be able to get the secret weapon from the Krilts before they destroy the Border Space Worlds? This book will have your child begging for more. They will enjoy this amazing ride with Captain Nexus, Scopes, Dr. Lish and Freggy! This book will be great for children reading on a level 2-3." -- Carolyn Lowery, Librarian Assistant, Public Library-Central Branch, Forsyth County NC

Finding Lorey is a marvelous story about friends coming together to brave the perils of the wide open Pacific Ocean. In order to save their home, the Great Barrier Reef, which is dying from a disease, they have been told by wise old Rusty that Lorey has the magic to restore the Reef to its lively old self.Their search takes them looking all over the Pacific Ocean. First to Hawaii to find Sid, an elephant fish that never forgets and knows where to find Lorey, a unicorn Seahorse who has the magical ring of Poseidon, the Greek god of the Seven Seas.Their journey takes them from Hawaii to the resting place of Atlantis where Lorey lives, then by Easter Island, Japan's Tokyo Bay, and a school of whales.They finally return to Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, where Lorey works the magic of the ring to bring the coral of the reef back to life.If you enjoy this adventure, continue to follow Lorey in the story of the Chinese Sea Dragons of Ying and Yang.