Marlbury Mysteries Winter Unveils: Part Three

By Liz Nelms

Holly Ledford, 18, and Kelsie Harland, 17, have been best friends since pre-school. Life is perfect for them and their friends in the idyllic English village of Marlbury. They have just spent the summer lazing in the sun enjoying beach trips and pool tournaments. None of them suspect that Marlbury has magical links and that life for Holly and Kelsie is about to change dramatically. Adults in the village are keeping secrets, because they have been sworn to silence by the High Priestess of Avalon in return for protection.

Holly is unknowingly on a predestined path to help Avalon maintain an ancient pact between humans and the natural world. She is destined to fall in love with a man who isn’t fully human. Ultimately, Holly’s relationship leads to her best friend, Kelsie, being kidnapped by an angry Goddess. But Kelsie also has a soul mate waiting for her, and he too isn’t entirely human. Both girls have to cope with the consequences of having partners with superhuman abilities. The girls have to come to terms with the realisation that their lives, families and the village is not what they thought it was and deal with the deception of their loved ones.

In Winter Unveils, they embark on adventures that take them through dangerous snowstorms in the Scottish Highlands, across wind-swept Welsh beaches and deep in the green of England, to the mysterious island of Avalon itself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Liz Nelms
• Release date: Mar 27, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370839032

Liz Nelms

Liz Nelms is pleased to release her latest novel, a contemporary romance for adults, Scent of a Rose. The characters of wealthy, attractive rock star Sebastian Drake and timid, downtrodden Samantha have been stewing in her head for far too long. Liz is very happy they are now living their lives in print. An eclectic cast of eccentric English characters join Sebastian and Samantha in this tale of love, lust, faith and deceit, played out in luxury hotels in deepest Cheshire and Kensington, London. Sebastian has enjoyed a colourful past but is now keen to turn over a new leaf and leave all that behind him, he's kicked drugs and cigarettes, but it's not so easy to get rid of glamorous and clingy ex-girlfriend, Perdita. All he wants is Samantha's love and trust, but she has her own problems after having recently escaped from a controlling and manipulative mother. How can Samantha ever trust a man like Sebastian Drake? The cover artwork for Scent of a Rose was designed by the Graphic Designer and hugely talented Diane Elliott. She can be contacted at [e-mail]. Liz published her first novel with Smashwords in 2017, 'Marlbury Mysteries' is aimed at Young Adults. Prior to 2017 Liz had been attempting to write a full length novel for some time. To be truthful, for over thirty years. Needless to say after so many false starts her garage is crammed with boxes of discarded manuscripts, notebooks and at least one broken laptop. She is currently planning her third book.

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MARLBURY MYSTERIES

Winter Unveils

PART THREE

By Liz Nelms

Copyright 2017 Liz Nelms

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Chapter Seven

23rd December

Becoming Human

Holly could feel the warmth of the tree-man’s body through her soaked t-shirt, a reminder that the graceful Cedar tree of yesterday had done the unthinkable, become a human. And, despite his initial inertia, he was on his feet, walking, and without doubt, very much alive. Overhead, the storm shrieked through the trees as they crossed the bridge over the brook.

Holly pushed the wider implications of what had occurred that morning out of her head, they were simply too much to deal with. Instead, she concentrated on the pragmatics. Firstly, he needed some clothes.

Once inside, with the front door firmly closed on the storm, Holly guided him into the lounge.

She heard him gasp – he had seen himself in the mirror above the fire, he glanced from the mirror to Holly and back again.

‘Is that me?’

‘Yes. That’s a mirror, it shows us what we look like.’

He reached a hand out towards the glass and then withdrew it. He held his hand up to his face, ‘what is this?’

‘It’s your hand, you have two.’ She nodded towards his other hand. Holly pulled a