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At the end of Prophecy of Thol, D'laine returned to Earth leaving a broken-hearted Trakon behind on Thol. She returns to Thol with her family and one of the scientists who had investigated her disappearance from Texas. D’laine is happy that her family is settling in at the Egrom village and getting used to their new surroundings. She knows that Thol changes people from Earth who cross over so she's looking forward to finding out what their gifts will be. Lee and Stanley are on a quest to find Greg Claymore, the man who disappeared from Earth in 1952, returned in 1975 and left again. ...

Prophecy of Thol is the first book in the Thol series written by Dawn Greenfield Ireland and is similar in tone to the Chronicles of Narnia. It has received the following acknowledgments: Quarterfinalist ~ Geneva International Science in Fiction Script Competition 1/13/2024 Finalist ~ Sensei Film Fest 12/11/2023 Quarterfinalist ~ Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards 12/15/2023 Semifinalist ~ CLIMAX Critics Awards 5/18/2023 Finalist ~ MAGMA Film Festival (Hawaii) script award 4/19/2023 Quarterfinalist ~ PageTurner Screenplay Competition 3/28/2023 Readers’ Favorite Silver Star 2018Synopsis: Is ...

The Pact is book #4 in the Katz’ Cat / Twinkle, Texas cozy mystery series by Dawn Greenfield Ireland A fire in the neighborhood scares Jimmy. He explains to his animals what to do if there was ever an emergency and none of the humans were home. Brian and Mrs. Potts go to the Foo, then the Wham-A-Rama. There’s a roast in the oven on low heat and a pan of shelled peas on the stove to be cooked later. Guppy could not resist the peas so he flies to the stove and helps himself. He flies upstairs for his nap. Maddy wakes to the smell of smoke. She alerts Guppy to get the basket. Maddy grabs ...

The characters you loved in Hot Chocolate are back with more escapades of life in Houston’s wealthy River Oaks. Bitter Chocolate by Dawn Greenfield Ireland is the second book in The Alcott Family Adventures series. Lila Mae is in a tizzy over the Chocolate Ball – a huge event that she and her sisters, Dorothea and Madge, host every year. But due to unusual circumstances, Dorothea and Madge dump everything in Lila Mae’s lap. If it weren’t for Julian Gillespie of Event Is King, the Chocolate Ball would have melted. Bernie, the Alcott sisters’ 92-year old father, decides he wants his...

Join the eccentric, middle-aged Alcott sisters (Lila Mae, Madge, and Dorothea); Bernie, the 92-year old chocolate magnate; Bambi, his former nurse; Joseph, the family spiritual advisor; Uncle Tito, the trance-inducing fortune teller; and the whole Alcott clan as they traverse murder, mystery, and mayhem in Houston's elite River Oaks.

Love of Thol, book 3 in the Thol series by Dawn Greenfield Ireland.D’laine and Trakon are mushy in love. Brian and Jamie can barely stand to be around them. Stanley has a new girlfriend after many failed dating attempts. They are a perfect match.Thol is a welcome haven for Earthlings whose gifts benefit all Tholians. More Earthlings emigrate. They get to watch a baseball game between the Plotals and the Egroms.D’laine is snatched from a crestrider by a never-before seen insect-man. Trakon, Herish and the Ebscalon fleet pursue.Ekka gets sick. The large borjo appears to be on deaths door....

Earth Calling Thol is book 5 in Dawn Greenfield Ireland's Thol series. A New York publishing giant publishes Al Jordan’s book Doorway to Thol which becomes an international best seller. US Government agents read it. They take Al into custody to grill him about the portal at Coronado Beach in California. While Al sticks to the story that the book is make-believe out of his wild imagination, the agents aren’t buying it—they know all about Greg Claymore. They send the army, a team of scientists and physicists to the beach. Unfortunately, the government agents, scientists and physicists ...

Lee began having strange dreams shortly after the trip to the cave at the crest of Ingosaquille, on the Aguberro mountains. Ethaderia woke one morning to discover that Lee sported a trimmed beard. He didn’t have one the night before.Ghury proclaimed Lee was the direct descendant of King Jangston. No one in the palace at Ebscalon had ever heard of him. Research uncovered that several hundred paths ago, King Jangston ruled all of Thol—not just the Ciertrons of Ebscalon.Everyone agreed something strange was going on with Lee. Finally, after the eight kingdoms, along with Ta’Byu’Vohon ...

Bill and Teresa Maxwell are settled into their new home in TMZ with Abby, Apollo, the pups, and Rex. They discover Texmexzona is not the lawless place the World Guild portrays to the world. The Tranquility Force raid Bill and Teresa’s house in WestUS. The place is an empty shell. They discover Bill & Teresa’s Dots on the kitchen counter. The Tranquility Force realize that the Maxwell’s defected. Global News Network (GNN) reports the Maxwell’s were killed while climbing a mountain in search of Abby. Becky and Percy are arrested in the middle of the night and brought to Tranquility ...

2018 Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review (8/11/18) ~ 2018 Book Excellence Award Winner (6/26/18) After the Unified World Pact of 2045, people lived in a state of peace and prosperity previously unknown in human history. The World Guild, a new global government, managed all the needs of humanity and the animals it loved. Then in 2086, a security breach of Xavier Labs in Colorado and Zheng Industries in China released the deadly experimental agent XSKL435. Anyone outside was dead within minutes. As statistics on the death toll are gathered from all over the world, Abby, the six-week old dog-...

Hot Chocolate by Dawn Greenfield Ireland is the first book in The Alcott Family Adventures series. Meet the middle-aged, eccentric Alcott sisters: Madge, Lila Mae and Dorothea, heiresses to the Alcott Chocolate fortune and mavens of Houston’s elite River Oaks. Madge ambushes Lila Mae with Dorothea’s manipulative plea: she can’t care for Bernie, their 92-year old father, any longer. Lila Mae explodes in a hissy fit—she had warned Dorothea years ago that they should put Bernie in an assisted living center. Robert, Lila Mae’s astrologer, warns of impending problems and he’s rarely ...

Katz’ Cat is the first book of my new cozy mystery series. Here's what it's about:Jimmy Katz, a young journalist from the Big City, throws in the towel after he's robbed at gunpoint at a gas station. He finds a job at the Twinkle Independent News in Twinkle, Texas, 385 miles from the closest shopping mall.He settles into country life in the town of 3,000 at Mrs. Potts' boarding house with his Amazon parrot, Guppy, who has an extensive vocabulary.Three months into his new lifestyle, Jimmy discovers a tiny kitten he names Maddy. Then his life is turned topsy-turvey.The town matriarch, his ...

Everyone croons over Dorothea’s twins and Bambi’s baby in Lila Mae’s dining room. Louie jumps up and barks, waking the babies. Lila Mae and Amelia look to see who arrived - everyone was already accounted for. A young Hispanic woman gets out of a cab with luggage. She sashays to the kitchen door and waves at Amelia and Lila Mae. Amelia opens the door, and the woman barges in. She’s Chiquita, one of Uncle Tito’s nieces. She was sent to train for Amelia’s job. Everyone is flustered. Why would Uncle Tito send Chiquita? Was Amelia going to quit?

When the boundaries blur between dreams and reality, a woman must learn to trust her dream lover. * * * * What if you learned that everything you thought you knew about your quiet, ordinary life was a lie? And what if you discovered that a far-away world in trouble, an insane rebel, and coming to grips with your husband’s death had more in common than you’d ever expect? Alma fears for her sanity and the safety of her children in a dangerous adventure that takes her to the depths of space, where a vehicle isn’t even necessary.

Jimmy Katz wakes walloped with a cold, allergies, or the flu. Maddy, his cat, and Guppy, his Amazon parrot fret, but still demand breakfast. Mrs. Potts sends Jimmy over to the Wellness Center where Bill Hill sends the Katz-Diaz heir home with his special formula, Wellness in a Bottle. Brian, Jimmy’s best friend, and Danny, his coworker at the Twinkle Independent News, come to visit, followed by Aunt Betty, the matriarch of Twinkle and Starlight County. Celebrity stops by, sees how awful Jimmy feels and tells him she’ll be back later. The town drunk attacks Celebrity, and she ends up in ...

The Detectives by Dawn Greenfield Ireland is book 3 in the Katz' Cat cozy mystery series. Jimmy Katz, heir to the Katz-Diaz empire in Twinkle, Texas, 385 miles from the closest shopping mall, never has a dull moment with his two conniving animals. Guppy, an Amazon parrot, and Maddy, his cat are a picture of innocence. They learn language skills while watching children’s programs on TV. The town experiences a rash of identity thefts, one ending in murder. The thieves empty bank accounts. Meaty, the Foo IT guy, is on the trail. The secret cameras Jimmy installed catches his animals watching...

Lila Mae and the girls are busy planning Bernie’s 93rd birthday party. For an old geezer, it doesn’t appear that he is slowing down anytime soon. Expect Bambi to clobber him a time or two, and for Chewie to keep him in line. The chocolate factory has Pearl Hicks making the news, and you’ll meet Miranda Shoo, artist extraordinaire! While things are all lovey-dovey with several of our favorite people, there’s a mighty unrest among the clan—a lot of flux with old jobs and businesses. Risks are weighed and taken. Henry walks in on an unethical situation with a client and her soon-to-...