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Deborah O'Toole is the author of Celtic Remnants, a novel of enduring yet impossible love and betrayal set in the turbulence of Ireland, glamour of London and wilds of Scotland. She is also author of Glinhaven, Mind Sweeper and The Crypt Artist. In addition, she writes darkly abstract poetry (Torn Bits & Pieces) and short-story juvenile fiction (Short Tales Collection), and is the author of a series of historical essays, articles and book reviews for Ambermont Magazine and Class Notes. Writing as Deidre Dalton, Deborah is author of the "Collective Obsessions Saga," which chronicles the extraordinary loves and dark obsessions between two families sweeping a span of more than one hundred years, all set against the backdrop of a magnificent seaside mansion in Maine. Books in the eight-part family saga include The Advent, Quixotic Crossings, The Twain Shall Meet, Enthrallment, The Keeper's Journal, Hearts Desires, The Twilight and Megan's Legacy. The novels were released by Club Lighthouse Publishing. Also writing as Deidre Dalton, Deborah is author of "The Bloodline Trilogy." The novels follow the uniquely magical yet ominous journey of three women through time. The trilogy includes Bloodfrost, Bloodlust and Blood & Soul. Using the pseudonym Shenanchie O'Toole, Deborah also writes for the recipe website Food Fare. She is writer and co-editor of twelve cookbooks, along with more than forty titles in the Food Fare Culinary Collection.

A young girl is shaped by horrific events which change her life forever. . . After Ava Egan's brother and parents are killed by British soldiers, she vows to avenge their deaths as she picks up the pieces of her shattered world. Before she can move on, Ava falls in love with handsome nobleman David Lancaster, eldest son of a belted Earl. Their relationship ends dramatically when his family refuses to accept her. Afterward, Ava sets her life on a course of violent revenge in the name of political justice with her childhood friend, Tim O'Casey. Unable to forget Ava, David hires a private investigator to look for her years later. When he finds Ava, she is hardened by more than a decade on the run and wants nothing to do with him. However, after being injured during an ambush in the English countryside, Ava and Tim go to David for help. He spirits them off to a remote Scottish hunting lodge to heal. Momentarily safe amidst the rugged beauty, Ava begins to wonder if she can give up her deeply-felt political beliefs to build a normal life with David. Or will happiness continue to elude them?Can Ava relinquish her political convictions, even for love?

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Category: Literature & Fiction; History

Struggling artist Luca Wolfe lives in a dilapidated warehouse loft in SoHo, New York, barely eking out a living from sales of his work. One night he begins to paint a reproduction of art from the past, but becomes too inebriated to continue. When he awakens, he finds the painting complete, but unlike the creation he began the night before. Frequent visits from the ghost of Malachy O'Leary - an Irish poet from the far distant past - convinces Luca he is on the verge of losing his mind. He hears strange music and sees lights coming from the vacant apartment Malachy used to occupy while he was alive, and soon discovers Malachy is not alone: he is often accompanied by a perpetually hissing cat, and shares his old apartment with a selection of famous artists from the past. Luca is the only one who can see the phantom visions and hear the ghostly talk, further convincing him he is slipping into a well of sanity from which there is no return. However, a budding romance with another troubled resident of the building - criminal psychologist Izzy Richards - gives Luca the self-confidence and inspiration he craves, allowing him to delve deeper into his spurt of remarkable creativity like never before. An unexpected windfall places Luca into a different arena, forcing him to deal with those who would take it away from him, even take his life for the circumstances he suddenly finds himself in. With the help of Malachy O'Leary and his odd stable of ghostly companions, Luca prevails. But if he cannot alter the course of his own life in the process, all he has achieved will be in vain . . .

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Category: Romance; Science Fiction & Fantasy

Glinhaven by Deborah O'Toole is a traditional gothic fiction novel in the style of 1970s authors Marilyn Ross and Dorothy Daniels. Piper Hunt leaves Boston to take over her grandfather's unique curio shop in Glinhaven. While adjusting to life in the quaint seaside village, she uncovers dark secrets hidden at the forbidding Glinhaven Monastery which may unlock mysteries from her past. Glinhaven Monastery drips with sinister eeriness, especially at night when bone-chilling fog rolls in from churning Massachusetts sea waters. The centuries-old stone structure appears as a hulking ghost in the mist, its walls bloated with history and unspeakable secrets. Yellow light from carriage-style lamps intensify the monastery's forbidding effect, the black-squared globes positioned in four-foot intervals on massive walls which surround the holy nucleus, gazed upon in deadly fear by residents of Glinhaven Village.

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Category: Romance; Science Fiction & Fantasy

Loch Ness Monster by Deborah O'Toole is an essay about the myths and legends surrounding the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, including information about Loch Ness, sightings of Nessie through history, expeditions, resources, related films and links for further study.

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Category: History

Anne Boleyn by Deborah O'Toole is a historical essay about Henry VIII's second wife Anne Boleyn, which includes information about Anne's early life, her involvement with Henry VIII and the reformation, her marriage and short tenure as Queen, her arrest and execution, quotes and notes, related films, biographical resources and links for further study.

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Category: History