Just this past December, the last month of 2011, I published two ebooks in a series of MG/YA novels. The first is Lily, Unleashed, at only a mere $2.99 for over sixty-five thousand words of reading enjoyment; and the second one is Lily and PAWS: The Ghosts of Summer, retailing for less than a meal at Mickey D’s, a paltry $2.99! Get ‘em both, for less than the price of a sandwich at Subway, plus a bag o’ chips and soft drink! I truly hope you get the opportunity to read both books, and enjoy them.
What are they about? The first book, Lily, Unleashed, is told in the first-person by Lily Elizabeth Quince, a somewhat paranoid (but with good reason) terrier/pterodactyl. She is the leader of the crime-fighting organization, PAWS (Private Army of Warrior Sleuths). The other members of PAWS are Lucy Marmoset Higgins (a Great Dane/orangutan), Prince Alphonse Saed (a miniature dachsund/Mountain Lion) and Fuzzy Wally MacGee (perhaps the coolest but most mentally-challenged of them all–he’s a Chinese Crested/rhino). Twisted? Yes, most definitely–but funny and heart-warming, as well.
Lily, Celeste, and the other members of PAWS fight against the Dangers of Strangers and crime in all of it’s forms, especially their arch-enemies, the Scarlet SNURFLES (Super Nefarious Union of Rascals Formidably Linked in Everlasting Solidarity). It is headed by the Scarlet Macaw, Frankie Sinister. They also battle against the Scarlet Mafia, which is led by the Scarlet Macaw Benny the Beak. Other foes they face are the aliens known as the Greys, the cute but evil red panda, General Yao Xing, and the head of the Guild of Assassins, the Egyptian red fox known as Omar Khalid Ali.
Then, there’s the evil Oompah-Loompah-like Christmas elves of the Scarlet & Gold Marines, nefarious Leprechauns, and…more.
Oh, and Celeste’s parents are both multi-millionaire inventors of odd but useful items such as Melon Bottom Jeans. They live in the fictional city of 350,000, Centralia, Arkansas, a very strange city, indeed. There are references to other cities in Arkansas, such as Paris, though there are many,many more references in Lily and PAWS: The Ghosts of Summer. Her father is Quentin Quintilius Quince, and Lily often calls him simply Triple Q. Celeste’s mother is Clare, and she is, among other things, a wild life specialist and an inventor of animal care products such as parrot shampoo and doggie treats.
