Books with author Willis

Two disappearances, over a century apart...The truth waits inside Byrne House.For five generations, Evelyn's family has lived in the same small brick house, shadowed by the mansion across the street. Her Nana filled her childhood with stories about Byrne House: tales of missing children, of lovers gone mad. The mansion loomed every night in her dreams. Even now, at seventeen, Evelyn watches the sprawling Victorian from her second-floor bedroom, unable to explain her obsession with a house she's never been inside.Then one of the boys in Evelyn's senior class disappears. Evelyn is the last person to see him--just a pale face in Byrne House's tower window.The police don't believe her. Even her friends think she just imagined the face in the window. Only Alex--a handsome newcomer with his own ties to Byrne House--shares her suspicions. Alex believes that this latest disappearance is tied to the mansion's long-buried past. But there's more that Alex isn't telling her. Evelyn has no idea how far she'll have to go to find the answers. Or what she'll have to remember.A gothic, romantic mystery that's perfect for fans of supernatural suspense by Simone St. James and Wendy Webb, as well as dark YA by Kiersten White and Madeleine Roux.Praise for Under Glass And Stone:"...an intricate plot weaved around engaging characters that I couldn't help but root for. I stayed up for over three hours reading this and I swore I didn't blink once." Celia McMahon, author of Unspoken"A.N. Willis has captivated me yet again! Under Glass And Stone is an expertly-woven gothic romance with a mystery that kept me turning pages." Cheyanne Young, author of The Last Wish Of Sasha Cade"Under Stone and Glass was such an amazing story with a well-written plot and I loved all of it. I was blown away by the story of the house. A.N. Willis wove such an intricate story in such an amazing way, I was absolutely captivated." BreeAnn, reviewer at She Just Loves Books"Just when you think you know what the answer is a new clue emerges and you're left turning the page to find out how this piece of the puzzle fits." Emily Bybee, author of Fractured Magic"I received an advance copy of Under Glass and Stone and found it to be a truly hair-raising page turner that you'll have a hard time putting down." Johanna Garton, author of Edge of the Map"Suspenseful, mysterious events unveil one after another. It sent chill down my spine while reading and following the story lines, wanting to know more about what's going to happen next." -Tara, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭"I loved it. I didn't put it down unless I had to. A fast paced, nail biter with twists you won't see coming. I found myself so immersed with the characters that my heart pounded along with them." -Linda, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭"Wow! The first part of the book was scary and I freaked but I'm so happy that I kept with it! There was so much going on and so many twists that I stayed hooked until the very end! This is a must read!" -Elise, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭

Are you ready to laugh? Shhh… don't tell anyone about this fantastic book.Kids love jokes!330+ jokes!BONUS - gift for you!Short/not boring for kidsKids become more confidentHave fun anytime and anywhereGreat gift idea for any child.Joke telling is a very effective and fun way of building a child’s confidence.This book is especially great for traveling, waiting rooms, and reading aloud at home.Jokes for Kids is chock-full of Q&A, knock-knock jokes, and short stories for kids for endless hours of fun and laughter.Keep kids laughing, learning, and reading for hours with this book of jokes-of-the-day for kids.There are jokes about animals, food, monsters, school, knock-knock jokes for children, and funny stories for kids!If you're looking for a fun way of getting even reluctant readers to read, this book will not disappoint.Don’t wait to enrich your child’s imagination, improve comprehension and strengthen their confidence!Pick up your copy today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!Reviews Here's what readers are already saying about this amazing book:★★★★★"Absolutely hilarious! Amusing and entertaining joke book for kids with children stories" – Emily Vats★★★★★"I haven't heard my daughter laughing and giggling that much since she started school." – Conny F.★★★★★"Jokes for kids. Laugh-out-loud jokes and funny stories for kids" is an amazing and fun book for my children. Else in this book are exciting the social stories for children" - David Johnson​★★★★★"This book is the best thing in the world! Laugh-out-loud jokes and dad jokes aren't only for kids. I love this book like my child" – Jessie M.

In a long-forgotten room, something evil is waiting. All she has to do is open the door.It’s been four months since Evelyn Ashwood escaped from the tunnels beneath Byrne House, and nothing about her life is the same. Alex Evans still hasn’t returned to Castle Heights. She’s spending more time with Jake—her former enemy—whose macabre sense of humor conceals a darker affliction. And she’s plagued by disturbing visions of the past that she cannot control, much less explain.When Evelyn is forced to return to Byrne House, she discovers another murder in the mansion’s history. The victim is someone with close ties to her family, someone who supposedly left Castle Heights years ago. As Evelyn tries to uncover what really happened, she must face not only her family’s true history, but the darkest truth about Byrne House itself. Because the mansion hasn’t yet given up all of its secrets…In a long-forgotten room beneath the gardens, something malevolent is waiting. All Evelyn has to do is open the door.Advance Praise for Doors Of Gold And Rust:"A true escape that won't disappoint and will leave you breathless once again!" Johanna Garton, author of Edge of the Map“Just when I thought it couldn’t get more exciting than the end of the first book, this one started off with a bang and threw me headlong back into the weird happenings in their neighborhood.” Jinsok, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭"The excitement kept building and had me over-whelmed with a yearning to see what could be lying just beyond the next door…” Wanda, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭"Follow this exciting read of crime, mystery, off the wall characters and see what more secrets this house of horrors has still hidden in the walls! ." Trick, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭“Emotions are palpable, alliances are questioned, and suspense carries the reader through the story from beginning to end.” Mary, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭“This one left me really happy after a nail biting rollercoaster of sadness, joy, betrayal and holding my breath moments. I don't want to give any spoilers but I promise you need to read this book!” Elise, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭

Are you ready to laugh? Shhh… don't tell anyone about this fantastic book.Kids love jokes!330+ jokes!BONUS - gift for you!Short/not boring for kidsKids become more confidentHave fun anytime and anywhereGreat gift idea for any child.Joke telling is a very effective and fun way of building a child’s confidence.This book is especially great for traveling, waiting rooms, and reading aloud at home.Jokes for Kids is chock-full of Q&A, knock-knock jokes, and short stories for kids for endless hours of fun and laughter.Keep kids laughing, learning, and reading for hours with this book of jokes-of-the-day for kids.There are jokes about animals, food, monsters, school, knock-knock jokes for children, and funny stories for kids!If you're looking for a fun way of getting even reluctant readers to read, this book will not disappoint.Don’t wait to enrich your child’s imagination, improve comprehension and strengthen their confidence!Pick up your copy today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!Reviews Here's what readers are already saying about this amazing book:★★★★★"Absolutely hilarious! Amusing and entertaining joke book for kids with children stories" – Emily Vats★★★★★"I haven't heard my daughter laughing and giggling that much since she started school." – Conny F.★★★★★"Jokes for kids. Laugh-out-loud jokes and funny stories for kids" is an amazing and fun book for my children. Else in this book are exciting the social stories for children" - David Johnson★★★★★"This book is the best thing in the world! Laugh-out-loud jokes and dad jokes aren't only for kids. I love this book like my child" – Jessie M.

In a long-forgotten room, something evil is waiting. All she has to do is open the door.It’s been four months since Evelyn Ashwood escaped from the tunnels beneath Byrne House, and nothing about her life is the same. Alex Evans still hasn’t returned to Castle Heights. She’s spending more time with Jake—her former enemy—whose macabre sense of humor conceals a darker affliction. And she’s plagued by disturbing visions of the past that she cannot control, much less explain.When Evelyn is forced to return to Byrne House, she discovers another murder in the mansion’s history. The victim is someone with close ties to her family, someone who supposedly left Castle Heights years ago. As Evelyn tries to uncover what really happened, she must face not only her family’s true history, but the darkest truth about Byrne House itself. Because the mansion hasn’t yet given up all of its secrets…In a long-forgotten room beneath the gardens, something malevolent is waiting. All Evelyn has to do is open the door.Advance Praise for Doors Of Gold And Rust:"A true escape that won't disappoint and will leave you breathless once again!" Johanna Garton, author of Edge of the Map“Just when I thought it couldn’t get more exciting than the end of the first book, this one started off with a bang and threw me headlong back into the weird happenings in their neighborhood.” Jinsok, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭"The excitement kept building and had me over-whelmed with a yearning to see what could be lying just beyond the next door…” Wanda, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭"Follow this exciting read of crime, mystery, off the wall characters and see what more secrets this house of horrors has still hidden in the walls! ." Trick, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭“Emotions are palpable, alliances are questioned, and suspense carries the reader through the story from beginning to end.” Mary, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭“This one left me really happy after a nail biting rollercoaster of sadness, joy, betrayal and holding my breath moments. I don't want to give any spoilers but I promise you need to read this book!” Elise, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭

John Porter didn’t expect his experiment to go horribly awry and send every Tommy in town on a rampage. The steam-powered metal men tore down half of Sprocketville before they were stopped. After that debacle, John expected a visit from the sheriff ... not a robber who stole his heirloom crystal—a mysterious gift from his long-lost mother—and then shot him in the chest for good measure. Left for dead, John is revived, and then deputized, by legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok, who represents shadowy powers that are also after John’s crystal. Throwing in with Hickok and the daughter of the world’s greatest thief, John embarks on a perilous journey to recover his crystal, discover his legacy, and ultimately save the world from a villain who intends to use the crystal to create the most deadly weapon ever known.

Where would you look for alien life? An astronomer and science popularizer explains the basics of astrobiology to outline five plausible scenarios for finding extraterrestrials Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy. Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe, Willis asks readers to imagine—and choose among—five scenarios for finding life. He encourages us to wonder whether life might exist within Mars’s subsoil ice. He reveals the vital possibilities on the water-ice moons Europa and Enceladus. He views Saturn’s moon Titan through the lens of our own planet’s ancient past. And, he even looks beyond our solar system, investigating the top candidates for a “second Earth” in a myriad of exoplanets and imagining the case of a radio signal arriving from deep space. Covering the most up-to-date research, this accessibly written book provides readers with the basic knowledge necessary to decide where they would look for alien life.

Infinite worlds. Endless possibilities . . . Stel Alaster has never known life without the Corridor. It appeared suddenly seventeen years ago, the only portal to a parallel version of our world—Second Earth. Everyone on First Earth fears Mods, the genetically modified Second Earthers who built the Corridor. They are too smart, too strong, and have powers that can’t be controlled. Any Mod found on First Earth is branded, then detained in the Corridor’s research labs.Only Stel has a dangerous secret. She has a power, too: She can open a portal to Second Earth . . . and several other parallel universes she’s discovered. If anyone ever finds out, she’ll be imprisoned, no better than a Mod or common lab rat.But when the Corridor starts to fail, emitting erratic bursts of energy that could destroy First Earth, Stel must risk everything to save the people and world she loves. With the help of an escaped Mod and an infuriatingly arrogant boy from a third universe, Stel sets out to unravel the mysteries of the Corridor and stabilize it before it’s too late. The fate of every world lies in the balance. . . .

The third title in an all-new Dragonlance series for young readers. The Dragon Well continues a new series of Dragonlance adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a new group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.

Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature: the ramming of the Essex by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary Titanic whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the Kyrenia ship of 300 BC to the Mary Rose, through to the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians.

Time is running out for Stel Alaster. The Corridor, the only portal between First and Second Earth, is failing and the barriers between all twelve worlds are thinning. Using her unique ability to travel through the multiverse, Stel sets out to save the Corridor . . . and ends up discovering a mysterious new world.In the sequel to The Corridor, will the thirteenth world hold the key to the Corridor’s secrets? Or will the portal implode and take every last universe down with it?

Two disappearances, over a century apart...The truth waits inside Byrne House.For five generations, Evelyn's family has lived in the same small brick house, shadowed by the mansion across the street. Her Nana filled her childhood with stories about Byrne House: tales of missing children, of lovers gone mad. The mansion loomed every night in her dreams. Even now, at seventeen, Evelyn watches the sprawling Victorian from her second-floor bedroom, unable to explain her obsession with a house she's never been inside.Then one of the boys in Evelyn's senior class disappears. Evelyn is the last person to see him--just a pale face in Byrne House's tower window.The police don't believe her. Even her friends think she just imagined the face in the window. Only Alex--a handsome newcomer with his own ties to Byrne House--shares her suspicions. Alex believes that this latest disappearance is tied to the mansion's long-buried past. But there's more that Alex isn't telling her. Evelyn has no idea how far she'll have to go to find the answers. Or what she'll have to remember.A gothic, romantic mystery that's perfect for fans of supernatural suspense by Simone St. James and Wendy Webb, as well as dark YA by Kiersten White and Madeleine Roux.Praise for Under Glass And Stone:"...an intricate plot weaved around engaging characters that I couldn't help but root for. I stayed up for over three hours reading this and I swore I didn't blink once." Celia McMahon, author of Unspoken"Under Stone and Glass was such an amazing story with a well-written plot and I loved all of it. I was blown away by the story of the house. A.N. Willis wove such an intricate story in such an amazing way, I was absolutely captivated." BreeAnn, reviewer at She Just Loves Books"Just when you think you know what the answer is a new clue emerges and you're left turning the page to find out how this piece of the puzzle fits." Emily Bybee, author of Fractured Magic"I received an advance copy of Under Glass and Stone and found it to be a truly hair-raising page turner that you'll have a hard time putting down." Johanna Garton, author of Edge of the Map"Suspenseful, mysterious events unveil one after another. It sent chill down my spine while reading and following the story lines, wanting to know more about what's going to happen next." -Tara, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭"I loved it. I didn't put it down unless I had to. A fast paced, nail biter with twists you won't see coming. I found myself so immersed with the characters that my heart pounded along with them." -Linda, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭"Wow! The first part of the book was scary and I freaked but I'm so happy that I kept with it! There was so much going on and so many twists that I stayed hooked until the very end! This is a must read!" -Elise, Goodreads ✭✭✭✭✭