CRESCO BOOKS

This season, Cresco Books brings

four literary pieces to rejoice

Suspended Animation

Ants on Peonies

How I won the Love Deal

The Book of Secrets

Suspended Animation Suspended Animation is

an anthology of short stories by author Shweta Ganesh Kumar. The 22 stories depict the different states of Suspended Animation that all of us go through. Scattered across the length and breadth of the world from the Phillipines to Scotland to India, the stories delve into the human condition of waiting, sometimes without

hope.

Be it the wait for a natural disaster to pass or the wait for a forever absent spouse or even the wait to transform oneself and fight the odds, Suspended Animation will take you through the whole spectrum of emotions

and insecurities.

In these stories some of which are funny, some are ironical, some are sweet and some plain heart wrenching, we join 22 characters

for whom waiting is a constant reality of life.

Shweta Ganesh Kumar is the bestselling author of „Coming Up On The

Show‟ and „Between The Headlines‟, two novels on the Indian Broadcast News industry. Her last worldwide release „A Newlywed‟s Adventures in Married Land,‟ a modern take on Alice In Wonderland has been getting rave reviews from critics and readers alike. Her travel columns have been featured in The New Indian Express, One Philippines and Geo. Her non-fiction pieces have appeared in multiple Indian editions of the Chicken Soup series. Her short fiction has been published in more than twenty anthologies and online literary magazines in more than four continents.

She has a monthly travel column called „Trippin With Shweta‟ in Travel and Flavours

Magazine.

Shweta currently lives in The Philippines with her husband and two-year old daughter.

Ants on Peonies

A riveting tale of desire and deceit, Ants on Peonies is an intriguing story told through the eyes of protagonist Valentine Scott. On the surface, Valentine appears to have it all – a glamorous career as a photographer, a handsome husband and a beautiful daughter. But under this veneer lies a fragile reality – a lingering brain injury from a devastating car accident that threatens to destroy her life and her relationships. The sudden appearance of her first love, Jack, further complicates things. The question becomes: How much, or who, is she willing to risk, in an effort to silence the

demons and conquer the past? Ants on Peonies is a page-turner you

won‟t be able to put down.

Beth Thompson is an award-winning magazine writer and editor living in Toronto,

Canada. She has spent the last two decades focusing on consumer health, beauty and style. Beth previously co-wrote a business book called Kidfluence: Why Kids Today Mean Business. She is married with three children. The “Ants on Peonies” is her debut novel.

How I won the Love Deal Making a deal with an arrogant guy is difficult. Making a love deal with the same? It is

complicated. Here are the few pointers to win

a deal, with your ex-childhood best friend.

Cook for him and make sure it‟s a mess. If

it makes him sick, all the better.

Buy him a gift. It is better if it is something

really cuddly.

Ignore him completely, when he starts to

notice you.

Go on a date with the new guy and get

caught while you‟re trying to kiss

And finally, get yourself kidnapped.

His heart, body and soul will be yours to keep.

As Liana tries to make Asher fall for her, just

so she can humiliate him, she realizes she isn‟t

the right person for the job. She needs the

help of her friends and a little bit of luck. But

what she needs most is restraint; the love deal

has more fine print than she gambled for.

How I Won the Love Deal is a head over heels tale of hate, love and

all the ridiculous stuff that teenagers all over the world do. Liana and Asher‟s fight to the

finish to win the love deal will make you smile throughout.

Ada Wiam is a self-confessed chocoholic and a book worm, a writer and a dreamer.

She loves creating characters and their worlds with her imagination and a little ink. She finds

both contentment and escape through writing stories.

Happily married with a wonderful family, a loving husband and supportive friends, Ada

divides her time between writing and reading. Ada Wiam is a pen-name.

The Book of Secrets

The Book of Secrets, though it is fiction, it

does contain elements of factual drama. The story blends

historical facts with fiction which makes the tale a little more

interesting to read. Whether such book supposedly written by

angels does exist, it is for the person to believe in its existence

or not. The story takes the reader from one country to

another; Australia, Italy and Spain where history begins to

unfold as the tale takes you deeper into its mystical and

thrilling ride before the climatic ending, where you will find

yourself feeling a little sad or relieved as you turn the last

page. Angelic beings, the supernatural, adventure through

time and learn secrets that have been embedded in thousand

year old walls, tombs and in the minds of the dead to uncover

the resting place of the Book of secrets.

Carlo Vella was born in Melbourne Australia and is currently resides in Barcelona,

Spain where he divides his time between being a teacher of ESL and writing. Carlo spends a

lot of time exploring and investigating the land of Spain; his adventures have been thrilling

and educational serving as research to write his stories.

Completely in love with Spain, Carlo finds inspiration in abundance and his muse constantly

with him in Barcelona and he The Book of Secrets is his third book and the first in the

Quest for Knowledge trilogy.

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