Free eBook 6/5/13 - 6/7/13: The Lantern: A Renaissance Mystery

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Author Joanne Lewis’ The Lantern: A Renaissance Mystery chronicles the story of two girls, one from modern-day Miami and another from 15th century Florence, which spans two continents and five hundred years.  The story takes readers on a whirlwind journey across time and space. Along the way, they are joined by some familiar figures, including members of the Medici, Michelangelo, Brunelleschi and Donatello.

In Miami, Filippa George is released from prison and faces a choice: should she return to her abusive boyfriend or should she pursue her grandfather’s dream and go to Florence to find the girl who dared to compete to build the lantern on top of Brunelleschi’s dome? Personal setbacks make it difficult for her to travel to Florence. However, it soon becomes clear to her that it is more important than ever that she pursues her grandfather’s dream and that she do it quickly.

The novel’s other heroine, Dolce, is the mysterious fifteenth century girl who Filippa seeks.  Despite many obstacles, Dolce is determined to become an architect like Brunelleschi and enters the contest to design the lantern on top of Brunelleschi’s dome.

This compelling novel has already received notable praise. The New York Times best-selling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome, Ross King, calls The Lantern a “delightful and imaginative fable of hope, redemption, and rebirth” and the author of The Feud that Sparked the Renaissance, Paul Robert Walker, calls The Lantern an “entertaining, provocative tale of dreams pursued, told with humanity and passion.” The Lantern won first place at the Royal Palm Literary Awards in the category of historical fiction. Readers will, undoubtedly, find the story of Dolce and Filippa compelling.

Joanne Lewis

Joanne Lewis is an attorney and author who lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As a lawyer, she is a family mediator and guardian ad litem who represents the best interests of children. As a writer, she creates character driven novels and has a special interest in mysteries and historical fiction.

When not working as an attorney, Joanne is writing. She is the co-author of the award winning novel Wicked Good, which tells the story of a boy with Asperger’s syndrome who searches for his birth parents. Joanne used her experience as a former prosecutor to bring Make Your Own Luck: a Remy Summer Woods Mystery to life. 

The Boomers Guide To Story:A Search For Insight in Literature and Film

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Art Illuminates Life

It is often said that art reflects life; for Roemer McPhee, art illuminates life, giving insight to the human experience and humanity itself.  In The Boomer’s Guide to Story: a Search for Insight in Literature and Film, Roemer McPhee captures relevant human themes through essays on several hundred readers’ favorite stories from novels, films, television, plays, and music.

In Wall Street, Bud Fox gives mega-investor, Gordon Gekko, non-public information of serious consequence and is showered with the trappings of the good life; he soon realizes that “the wine doesn’t taste as sweet when it is tainted” and that “crime doesn’t really pay.”  In Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? we learn that “people depend on myths and facades” and that the horror comes not from “what particulars of a person are exposed, but exposure itself.”  In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey offers readers many insights into human nature and has many thematic elements intertwined, among them, the idea that “The genius and the madman could be called close; they have many traits in common.”  Among the many stories from every form of media, every genre, and every decade, that McPhee explores are: American Beauty, Bonnie and Clyde, Casino, Gone with the Wind, The Hunt for Red October, The Shawshank Redemption, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Although art often reflects life, it is often through art that we are given the greatest insight into the various facets of the human soul and the human experience.  Through Roemer McPhee’s unique and perceptive lens, readers of The Boomer’s Guide to Story will be guided through the various themes and ideas that have either been missed or forgotten over time, showing that there is far more to a great story than just plot, and that the human element is what makes a story memorable and timeless.

Contact: Roemer McPhee - roemermcph3@gmail.com

Not Just A Hearer But A Doer

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We sit in the pews. We sing the songs. We recite scripture - scripture we know by heart. And yet buried in the midst of this routine are commands and requests straight from the Most High that go ignored. We've become so reliant on God fulfilling His end of the bargain that we fail to follow through with ours. We've Become Hearers. In 31 days, Yolanda Shanks' devotional study, Not Just a Hearer but a Doer, will help you find calls to action within Scripture... and then act upon them. Starting with small things, like seeing that the Lord is good and working your way up to bigger actions, such as being a bold witness for Christ, you'll soon have the tools, desire and confidence to put Scripture into practice. Just as God intended. God wants doers.

Sci-Fi Thriller: Manhunt on the Far Side

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In the Manhunt on the Moon Tata O’ Reilly, the Chief of POLICE OF Lunar City, half Massai Warrior and half Irishman, teams up with Inge Pierson, the beautiful Swedish chief of the Copernicus city Special Victims Unit to track down Charlie Truong through the wild parties of Copernicus City and into the deep canyons of the Far Side. Charlie has raped and murdered 7 women in Lunar City and Copernicus city. The pace is fast and never slows down. As in The Moon is not For Sale, the voice is very chatty and you feel you are perhaps listening to your uncle or grandfather tell you about people he knows. You get so close to the characters you get to feel what they are going through.

YA Fantasy - The Healers - Free on Kindle 5-23-13

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 Koemi can rescue people from their deepest despair. Harata can intuit a person's innermost thoughts. Eleanor can make sick people well.

None of them knows each other, but these three young people share an astounding destiny: they were born to heal the world...They are The Healers.

With the guidance of an old master named Agostino, the three teenagers embark on separate missions around the globe to vanquish the planet's darkest forces. Koemi saves people from self-destruction. Harata thwarts would-be terrorists. Eleanor instructs others on how to grow their natural psychic abilities. Individually, they are powerful agents of good. Melded together as a group, who knows what unimaginable energy might be unleashed?

That question is what drives the villainous Venceslao, who is on a mission to capture the three healers and others like them, then harness their talents for his own malevolent purposes. And it will be up to Koemi, Harata and Eleanor to find a way to stop this deadly adversary in time to save all of humankind from utter annihilation.

About the Author

Donna Labermeier has a bachelor's degree in English literature from Vanderbilt University and has spent years studying energy healing and spiritual development. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.
The Healers is her first book.