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Updated: April 15th 2012
Coming Very Soon! The Greek Seaman- Romance adventure - suspense on the high seas. Based on a true story.
Note: The Greek Seaman ebook novel was removed to be given another proof-edit in order to satisfy some readers. TJ Proofs is a wonderful editor and is in the last phase of re-editing for me. I hope to have it re-published in the next week or so. I shall also be placing up a Free re-edited excerpt to sample.
Don't forget to check my Blog for updates in the sidebar or from the link at the bottom of this page.
Thanks for passing by!
Author Jacqueline Howett.
Coming Very Soon! The Greek Seaman- Romance adventure - suspense on the high seas. Based on a true story.
Note: The Greek Seaman ebook novel was removed to be given another proof-edit in order to satisfy some readers. TJ Proofs is a wonderful editor and is in the last phase of re-editing for me. I hope to have it re-published in the next week or so. I shall also be placing up a Free re-edited excerpt to sample.
Don't forget to check my Blog for updates in the sidebar or from the link at the bottom of this page.
Thanks for passing by!
Author Jacqueline Howett.
Product Description to The Greek Seaman novel
The thunder clapped and the mysterious voice of the sea made itself known about them, and as the ship made its sudden precipitous descent once more it rendered them powerless to move.
The captain shook his head. "This is not a hurricane, this is something else. I have never seen a hurricane like this before, have you?"
The Greek Seaman novel.
What is an eighteen year old newly wed doing travelling on a massive merchant ship anyways? Hadn’t she gone to Greece on tour in a ballet as a dancer? These are questions Katy asks herself while travelling the high seas with Don, her Chief Officer husband. However, little do they know a smuggling ring is also on board for this ride. When explosions, injured sailors, and threats to sink the ship for the insurance turns into the smugglers perfect cover up plan, Don and Katy must try to save themselves. Various ships pass in the night, and the smugglers must finaly try and reach their last contact aboard a rescue operation coming from Crete in order to complete their blue diamond exchange.
This is an exciting sea adventure with just enough suspense, and romance to take you on a voyage to experience magnificent, soothing wonders of the sea, before taking you through storms and hurricanes where Katy also finds herself at times alone on the bridge navigating through it with a seasick crew. From Piraeus, Greece, you'll visit the ports of Lebanon, and Libya, and enjoy the exotic magic of the bazaar. The love between Don and Katy in their ordeal at sea makes this a memorable story.
Reviews posted at Amazon before March 2011, prior to my misfortunate mishap and graffiti.
5 stars from amazon UK. For The Greek Seaman novel.
I really enjoyed this read. It is light and easy to read but not lacking in entertainment and interest. I paricularly enjoyed being made a part of the story (or the feeling that I was) and also how discriptively it is written so that you can see the places and feel like you have visited them, which I find very important in a book. A good all round read! Very well written.
5 stars
from Amazon- USA for The Greek Seaman novel.
Very much enjoyed reading the book. The experiences that the author encountered while on the ship with her husband were very well written. You couldn't help find yourself in her place as you were reading. Whether it be when she was steering the ship, seeing dolphins for the first time or experiencing a hurricane at sea, just to name a few. The descriptions of each new daily adventure she encountered seemed to effortlessly find themselves on each page for the reader to enjoy.
Appraisal:
2 stars
If you read The Greek Seaman from the start until you click next page for the last time I think you’ll find the story compelling and interesting. The culture shock felt by the newlywed bride, Katy, who finds herself far from her native England, living on a cargo ship with her seaman husband Don is a good story in itself. Katy adapting to this all male environment with a crew of mixed nationality, most non-English speaking, is compelling. Whether Katy and Don will survive the criminal conspiracies the ship owner and captain have planned is yet another conflict that should keep a reader in suspense to the end.
However, odds of making that final click are slim. One reason is the spelling and grammar errors, which come so quickly that, especially in the first several chapters, it’s difficult to get into the book without being jarred back to reality as you attempt unraveling what the author meant. At times, you’ll be engrossed in story when you’ll run across a flowery description of the emotions Katy is feeling about her situation or her husband. These are numerous and sometimes very good. Chances are one of these sections originally pulled you so deeply into Katy’s world. Then you’ll run into one that doesn’t work and get derailed again. Reading shouldn’t be that hard.
Format/Typo Issues:
Numerous proofing, typo, and grammar issues.
4 stars
I enjoyed reading the book, The Greek Seaman. The story is about a seaman with his younger wife that use to be a ballet dancer. The seaman takes on a job on an old ship and brings his young wife along, and the adventure on the high seas begin. The story is told very well and has vivid descriptions within every page
The captain shook his head. "This is not a hurricane, this is something else. I have never seen a hurricane like this before, have you?"
The Greek Seaman novel.
What is an eighteen year old newly wed doing travelling on a massive merchant ship anyways? Hadn’t she gone to Greece on tour in a ballet as a dancer? These are questions Katy asks herself while travelling the high seas with Don, her Chief Officer husband. However, little do they know a smuggling ring is also on board for this ride. When explosions, injured sailors, and threats to sink the ship for the insurance turns into the smugglers perfect cover up plan, Don and Katy must try to save themselves. Various ships pass in the night, and the smugglers must finaly try and reach their last contact aboard a rescue operation coming from Crete in order to complete their blue diamond exchange.
This is an exciting sea adventure with just enough suspense, and romance to take you on a voyage to experience magnificent, soothing wonders of the sea, before taking you through storms and hurricanes where Katy also finds herself at times alone on the bridge navigating through it with a seasick crew. From Piraeus, Greece, you'll visit the ports of Lebanon, and Libya, and enjoy the exotic magic of the bazaar. The love between Don and Katy in their ordeal at sea makes this a memorable story.
Reviews posted at Amazon before March 2011, prior to my misfortunate mishap and graffiti.
5 stars from amazon UK. For The Greek Seaman novel.
I really enjoyed this read. It is light and easy to read but not lacking in entertainment and interest. I paricularly enjoyed being made a part of the story (or the feeling that I was) and also how discriptively it is written so that you can see the places and feel like you have visited them, which I find very important in a book. A good all round read! Very well written.
5 stars
from Amazon- USA for The Greek Seaman novel.
Very much enjoyed reading the book. The experiences that the author encountered while on the ship with her husband were very well written. You couldn't help find yourself in her place as you were reading. Whether it be when she was steering the ship, seeing dolphins for the first time or experiencing a hurricane at sea, just to name a few. The descriptions of each new daily adventure she encountered seemed to effortlessly find themselves on each page for the reader to enjoy.
Appraisal:
2 stars
If you read The Greek Seaman from the start until you click next page for the last time I think you’ll find the story compelling and interesting. The culture shock felt by the newlywed bride, Katy, who finds herself far from her native England, living on a cargo ship with her seaman husband Don is a good story in itself. Katy adapting to this all male environment with a crew of mixed nationality, most non-English speaking, is compelling. Whether Katy and Don will survive the criminal conspiracies the ship owner and captain have planned is yet another conflict that should keep a reader in suspense to the end.
However, odds of making that final click are slim. One reason is the spelling and grammar errors, which come so quickly that, especially in the first several chapters, it’s difficult to get into the book without being jarred back to reality as you attempt unraveling what the author meant. At times, you’ll be engrossed in story when you’ll run across a flowery description of the emotions Katy is feeling about her situation or her husband. These are numerous and sometimes very good. Chances are one of these sections originally pulled you so deeply into Katy’s world. Then you’ll run into one that doesn’t work and get derailed again. Reading shouldn’t be that hard.
Format/Typo Issues:
Numerous proofing, typo, and grammar issues.
4 stars
I enjoyed reading the book, The Greek Seaman. The story is about a seaman with his younger wife that use to be a ballet dancer. The seaman takes on a job on an old ship and brings his young wife along, and the adventure on the high seas begin. The story is told very well and has vivid descriptions within every page
Poetry eBook. Amorphous Angelic (Selected Poems) By Jacqueline Howett is now FREE for the holidays at Smashwords Also available at Smashwords in many formats. On Amazon $4.95
Product Description. Amorphous Angelic, selected poems by Jacqueline Howett are poems of wisdom, death, rebirth, and the inner workings of the souls journey. They are also 35 selected poems of love, inspiration, wonder, visons, hope, faith and connecting to the higher self as well as with the sad & strange, to elevating out of darkness, to reveal the mystery of life that cover an important time factor in the poets life between 1980-1985, while still living in London, England and have remained her most memorable since she moved to live in America.
5 star.
Amazon review- USA.Good For The Soul. February 25th 2011
DeAnna. L
Just got done reading and re-reading the of poems. I loved so many of them and they held special meaning with me. My favorities are "How Many butterflies Can You Be" and "Until I Rest In Jesus". P.S. After reading this book it gave so much more meaning and appreciation for the author and person as I just finished her book "The Greek Seaman".
Click on book to buy your Kindle copy of my poetry.
or get it Free at Smashwords. (Limited Time only). Enjoy!
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/41423
Amorphous Angelic Selected poems by Jacqueline Howett has been published at Borders, amazon and local stores and is now available in some libraires. It is now finally here as a Kindle eBook at Amazon and at Smashwords in various formats You can now download right to your computer also without a Kindle. You just download the Kindle APP.
Here on my bio page there is a small section written there about this poetry book, or you can go over to Amazon. They still have a good bio up about my poetry book. Check it out. (But you'll have to excuse the grafitti from my mishap in early March 2011, not all was removed.)
For a signed copy, please query by E-mail the author. Signed copies are twelve dollars. Place in E-mail description: Signed copy of Poetry book AA, Thanks, Jacqueline.
Free samples of my poetry from my book Amorphous Angelic, are also posted right here, or download samples from amazon or smashwords.
Click on link here or from the side bar called My other Poems. Enjoy!
.
5 star.
Amazon review- USA.Good For The Soul. February 25th 2011
DeAnna. L
Just got done reading and re-reading the of poems. I loved so many of them and they held special meaning with me. My favorities are "How Many butterflies Can You Be" and "Until I Rest In Jesus". P.S. After reading this book it gave so much more meaning and appreciation for the author and person as I just finished her book "The Greek Seaman".
Click on book to buy your Kindle copy of my poetry.
or get it Free at Smashwords. (Limited Time only). Enjoy!
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/41423
Amorphous Angelic Selected poems by Jacqueline Howett has been published at Borders, amazon and local stores and is now available in some libraires. It is now finally here as a Kindle eBook at Amazon and at Smashwords in various formats You can now download right to your computer also without a Kindle. You just download the Kindle APP.
Here on my bio page there is a small section written there about this poetry book, or you can go over to Amazon. They still have a good bio up about my poetry book. Check it out. (But you'll have to excuse the grafitti from my mishap in early March 2011, not all was removed.)
For a signed copy, please query by E-mail the author. Signed copies are twelve dollars. Place in E-mail description: Signed copy of Poetry book AA, Thanks, Jacqueline.
Free samples of my poetry from my book Amorphous Angelic, are also posted right here, or download samples from amazon or smashwords.
Click on link here or from the side bar called My other Poems. Enjoy!
.
The Secret Passion of Twins. Short Story eBook- FREE at Smashwords. Amazon $0.99 cents.
Ebook Description. Short Story. Approx: 3000 words.
ISBN: 0-9702868-8-0
Published by Elivlio Publishing/Author Jacqueline Howett. Copyright February 8th 2011
They say twins know eachother's thoughts, but are these twins in denial of this while on vacation? When it comes to much needed love and there's only one man, and in reality only one can have him, it may appear everyone's in denial, as they live out a fantasy with deep, and somewhat strange psycholigical consequences, while learning to let go of the guilt of a tragic family accident.
Available now at Smashwords, and Amazon Kindle.
5 star review from Amazon USA- Lotus
You'll notice something about the writer's choice of words that locks the reader in and won't let him go. One of those talents all of us writers envy and seems to come so natural for Jacqueline Howett, though it is the result of years of writing in a number of different occupations.
For the lover of short stories, this is one you must experience as Mr's Howett writes with a modest elegance and compassion for these twin sisters; the one who was confined to the wheelchair and the one who was not. It will make you think of life's strange twists and turns and the inner strength it takes to sometimes adjust.
Smashwords allows downloads to Kindle (.mobi) epub and so many more formats. Here is the link. Enjoy! http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/41423
ISBN: 0-9702868-8-0
Published by Elivlio Publishing/Author Jacqueline Howett. Copyright February 8th 2011
They say twins know eachother's thoughts, but are these twins in denial of this while on vacation? When it comes to much needed love and there's only one man, and in reality only one can have him, it may appear everyone's in denial, as they live out a fantasy with deep, and somewhat strange psycholigical consequences, while learning to let go of the guilt of a tragic family accident.
Available now at Smashwords, and Amazon Kindle.
5 star review from Amazon USA- Lotus
You'll notice something about the writer's choice of words that locks the reader in and won't let him go. One of those talents all of us writers envy and seems to come so natural for Jacqueline Howett, though it is the result of years of writing in a number of different occupations.
For the lover of short stories, this is one you must experience as Mr's Howett writes with a modest elegance and compassion for these twin sisters; the one who was confined to the wheelchair and the one who was not. It will make you think of life's strange twists and turns and the inner strength it takes to sometimes adjust.
Smashwords allows downloads to Kindle (.mobi) epub and so many more formats. Here is the link. Enjoy! http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/41423
CASS by Jacqueline Howett (2nd novel)
CASS by Jacqueline Howett (2nd novel) will be available now in late 2012.
My third novel, a WIP, takes place in America, in present times, and is all I shall reveal for the moment. It's still only in first draft. No book cover for this novel - as yet, and the title has changed several times, but it's coming along nicely. There's also a forth novel and various shorts.
Author Jacqueline Howett
Don't forget to check out my latest news and updates twice a month on my Blog. http://jacquelinehowett.blogspot.com/
Concerning queries, requests or chit-chat, I like recieving e-mail best. My e-mail is checked mostly every day, or you can send private notes at Facebook. I have also just joined Twitter. All links and updates can be found on my Blog.
Thanks for stopping by. Jacqueline.
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Concerning queries, requests or chit-chat, I like recieving e-mail best. My e-mail is checked mostly every day, or you can send private notes at Facebook. I have also just joined Twitter. All links and updates can be found on my Blog.
Thanks for stopping by. Jacqueline.
jacquelinehowettAtyahooDotcom
