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“Starting books with a description of the weather since 2012.”

Book Author: J.B. Thwaite

  • Feudal Fisticuffs

    Feudal Fisticuffs

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    Jen

    Vaito Unenhalti roams the far-north valley of Feudal with his family, fishing hunting and tending to his reindeer while secretly performing his ancient duty of Maintaining the Guardian.
    But something keeps interrupting his otherwise peaceful existence: the infuriating, snot-nosed youngster, Kuura ‘Rime’ Marrasmiel. Not much can make Vaito lose his sh*t quite like the putrid botfly whose pet raven made mince out of Rehti, Vaito’s squirrel. And to add insult to injury, the Akkan gnat-brain uses Rehti’s hide as a handkerchief!

    An epic Iron Age enemies to enemies with benefits Scifi… ‘romance’?!

    This book is part of a series but can be read on its own at any time.

  • Solicitous Missteps

    Solicitous Missteps

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    Jen

    Hosta’s comfortable routines are derailed by the insidious family curse. Determined to not let herself or her newborn baby succumb to it, she works tirelessly to understand the Guardian—an ancient system guarding people as they sleep. She devotes her life to her research, but can she find what she’s looking for and or is it too late for her to save herself and her family from a grizzly fate?

    An alternative point-of-view retelling of the Catnap Ramblers.
    To fully enjoy the story and to avoid spoilers, please read the main Catnap Ramblers series before you dig into this book.

  • Private Afterwords

    Private Afterwords

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    Jen

    This book was written as thanks to all the lovely people who took a chance on the author’s whimsical debut series the Catnap Ramblers. It contains some delicious complimentary scenes that take place after the main story. If you felt the series could have used a bit more spice and wanted to get the juicy details of where the characters’ relationships were heading, this novella is definitely for you! It also includes all the maps and six new character illustrations.

    Join us for one more adventure to the cat-shaped continent of Furuyan to discover how Vincent and his family are faring back on Whitskersey and what Rhys and his roommates are up to in the pharmacy in Schadesborough. There are many hilarious and sweet moments in store for you as our motley cast of lovable characters learn to deal with their issues and trauma and explore their relationships with each other.

    If you haven’t read the Catnap Ramblers yet, please do so before reading this novella!

  • Aurora and the Guardian

    Aurora and the Guardian

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    Jen

    If your current lodgings deny your life-long dream of cat ownership, isn’t it only logical to become a brilliant scientist, land the big promotion and transfer to a prestigious sleep research team in Schadesborough?

    According to Dr Vesper, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’! But before she has even finished packing, something unexpected falls on her lap, and she’s no longer sure if it’s the cat she really wants or something else she’d long since sworn to do without (like ‘Gerard’).

    To find out how all of this is connected to the story so far, jump back into the fantastical world of the Catnap Ramblers, and hold on tight, because it’s going to be a rough ride, and some of us might not make it to the Midwinter Feast this year…

  • Rhys and the Voiceless

    Rhys and the Voiceless

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    Jen

    Rhys would bloody well want some Guardian-damned sleep, but the old shoe shop he’s inherited has a tenant that keeps disturbing him almost every night. It’s neither of the two new tenants who actually pay rent, so who the hell is the blistering piece of moose caca oozing from the ceiling?

    As if Rhys didn’t already have enough skeletons in his own closet, now he’s forced to deal with everyone else’s, too. But could there be a small blessing hiding amidst all this? Or is he doomed to be whisked from a bad situation to worse as he searches for the answers?

     

    Crawl back into the delightful chaos of the Catnap Ramblers in this awkward middle book that poses more questions than it answers but provides plenty of heartwarming camaraderie, intrigue and character growth, priming your appetite for the revelations in the last instalment of the series.

  • Vincent and the Cat

    Vincent and the Cat

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    Jen

    Please ignore the age recommendation on Amazon: this book is wholly UNSUITABLE for children.

    It’s a wildly mushrooming tale about Vincent and the multitude of bizarre adventures he embarks on as he tries to figure out whether he’s insane or whether something else explains why he keeps hearing voices in his head.

    Stuck on the Arctic island of Whitskersey in the middle of the polar night, is it just a case of fever-induced paranoia or is the young editor assigned to Vincent acting shifty?

    Even the cat, Mr Swifty, seems suspicious of the man, but can he save Vincent just by peeing on his biscuits? Can anyone save him from his chilly fate?

    Follow along to the cat-shaped continent of Furuyan and discover this atmospheric, fragrant onion of a character-driven Gaslamp Scifi saga about a man with a turd-shaped flying machine and the sweetest, most romantic and exciting quest to get some sleep.