Books published by publisher Linda Ruth Brooks Publishing

The Adventure Continues… Alice Trivett thought she didn’t have a family. Her mother told her it was just the two of them – that the rest of her relatives were dead. She just forgot to mention they were the living dead. When Alice leaves her vampire cousin’s castle by way of his magic attic, she finds herself face to face with her three werewolf brothers! The brothers are convinced Alice just isn’t cool enough for them – she acts too much like a little sister. Alice is content to find their padlocked attic and say farewell to her flea ridden, slobbering brothers but soon finds herself being dragged through the woods in a wolf-skin costume while her brothers bring her face to face with the one and only BIG BAD WOLF! And with her vampire uncle, Amadeus, breathing down her neck, Alice knows she’d better figure out where her brothers’ attic is, and FAST! My Weird Family Series: My Werewolf Brothers is the second book in this exciting new series. Join Alice as she makes her way through the Monster World meeting more weird and wacky relatives.

A white blanket of snow lay deep on the ground. Blistering cold winds brought sheet after sheet of swirling snowflakes. The 7.45 from Astonville was late. The clanking steam train only came twice a day.The town had once set their clocks by its arrival, but that was before the war. The women who lived in the valley just out of town noticed its lateness first. They put their children to bed by the sound of the whistle and the trail of steam behind the ancient grinding engine.However, they had other things to concern them. Ever since war broke out the routine of their daily lives had become unpredictable in so many ways.Now the war was over, but not the waiting.‘Come away from the window, Beth,’ begged her mother in a tired voice. ‘You are fogging up the whole front window.’Beth sighed and stepped back a little, eyeing the circles of cloud her breath made on the glass. Grown-ups were so tiresome, she thought. Sometimes they didn’t understand anything at all. Her mother had told her a hundred times that looking out that window wouldn’t make her father come home any quicker. Truth be told, none of them knew whether Peter Renshaw had even survived the war, much less when he was coming home.Beth was too young to know that it wasn’t her tireless vigil that irritated Miriam, her mother, but it was the visible hope that shone on her daughter’s face that pained Miriam. A hope that mirrored her own. A hope buried deep inside a woman weary with waiting and exhausted from caring for three children. A woman with the toil-worn hands of a man.

Alice Trivett thought she didn’t have a family. Her mother told her it was just the two of them - that the rest of her relatives were dead. She just forgot to mention they were the living dead… Alice, an average 12-year-old, stumbles into extraordinary circumstances when she wanders too far into the woods behind her house. With the babysitter distracted, Alice just can’t resist the urge to explore where her mother told her never to go. Trouble is sure to follow when Alice stumbles upon an old castle and decides to investigate. As Alice wanders the castle, she discovers she is not alone. A creepy man with a cape is trailing her, and he introduces himself as her cousin! It doesn’t take her long to figure out that this so-called cousin of hers is a vampire, and he’d like to invite her to be his dinner! My Weird Family Series: My Vampire Cousin is the first book of an exciting new series. Join Alice Trivett as she makes her way through the Monster World meeting weird and wacky relatives and dodging vampire fangs.

One boy in his village has a very important job. His job is to make the sun rise every single day. This boy doesn't yell or scream to wake the sun. Instead, the boy has developed his own unique way of waking up the sun – he dances, and the sun rises to see him perform. The community counts on the boy to complete this task so that each day will be a good day.

My Weird Family Series: My Vampire Cousin By J.K. Hawkins Spooky castle, fangs, caped man....It all equals one thing....Vampire! Alice Trivett thought she didn t have a family. Her mother told her it was just the two of them that the rest of her relatives were dead. She just forgot to mention they were the living dead... Alice is just an average 12-year-old girl: curious, bold, and mischievous. With her babysitter distracted, she simply can t resist the urge to explore where her mother told her never to go deep into the woods behind her house. As she strays far into the woods, she stumbles upon a No Trespassing sign and, beyond that, an old castle. Within its cold, stone walls lies a secret that has awaited her for years. Wandering through the castle, she finds she s not alone. A creepy man with a cape is trailing her, and he introduces himself as her cousin...her vampire cousin! In My Weird Family Series: My Vampire Cousin, clever and lovable little Alice just can t escape her kooky family. Join her as she meets the family she never knew she had and discovers a world of monsters she never knew existed. You ve heard it said, Laughter is the best medicine. Twelve-year-old author J. K. Hawkins certainly thought it was true when she wrote My Weird Family Series: My Vampire Cousin. Straight from the mind of a child, this children s story immerses you in a land where monsters are as close as kin. Miss Hawkins is a first time children s book writer who envisioned the character, Alice, at a young age of eight. Since then she has written twenty stories for the My Weird Family Series, the first of which is My Vampire Cousin. Quick wit and lively characters keep this first installment going from cover to cover.

Stormi Claver is a seventeen-year-old girl living in a land driven by prejudice and fear. When Stormi is captured by Rylan, the rogue Finin prince, she fears her death is near, for their clans share a common curse – to war with one another until none remain. Her fear heightens when she learns Rylan is taking her to the Temple of the Swords – home of the evil Goddess that cursed their clans; a place where no Claver has ever left alive. Stormi knows her brother, Gideon, pursues her rescue, but her captor continues to evade him. While the desire to kill one another burns strong in Stormi and Rylan, they find themselves working together toward a common goal – to retrieve their clan swords from the temple and break the curse that is devastating their people. Gideon is forced to abandon Stormi’s rescue when he learns the Finins are plotting a war against the Claver’s homeland of Malinna. With war at hand and the curse consuming their clans, Stormi and Rylan must battle friend and foe to defeat the curse while Gideon, aided by a mysterious, dark ally, raises an army to battle the blood-thirsty Finin forces that have set out to annihilate the Clavers. Young adult readers will be swept away to a world of dark secrets and vengeance, where the triumph of good over evil lies within the hands - and heart - of a young, captive girl. “Quest of the Swords: Swords of Blood” tells a story about finding the strength to love and trust in the face of hatred and war; about the power of the human spirit to defy the destiny thrust upon it. With open hearts and minds, and a dash of courage, even the most difficult of circumstances can be overcome.

Tiny Bridget is eighteen months old. She has been in hospital for three months. Home and family is a distant memory for the tiny tot. whose only friend is a mangy toy monkey. How will her parents help her remember home?Through the eyes of Bridget’s guardian angel, Andriella, Brooks portrays a poignant image of a desperately ill child in hospital, her disconnection and retreat from the world and her eventual reconnection to family, home—ultimately remembering the sense of belonging we all crave.

Miranda couldn’t have told anyone when the knowing began. It was an essence as familiar as her own face in the mirror, or the colour of her eyes. She had always known too much, felt too much.She wondered how it was that feeling deeply connected to the inner parts of other people’s lives could make her feel so ... separate. She longed to be like the other girls with their carefree school yard chatter. The wrong thing always seemed to be ready to fall from her lips. It was hard to remember to hide things she knew.When her new friend Rosa is badly hurt in a bus accident while sitting next to her on the school bus, Miranda feels helpless. She hadn’t known. She should have known. Nothing made sense. Where was the knowing when she needed it? It seemed the closer she was the less she knew.She most wanted to know about her father, who was lost at sea. It had been three months, and still no sign of him.