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Members' Showcase:
May 2008
 Mary
Montague (Monti) Sikes' Secrets by the Sea
now available.
Mystery, suspense, and romance intertwine in Secrets by the
Sea, set on the exotic Caribbean island of Antigua.
When Dana Sinclair learns of her grandfather’s murder, she heads to
the island to find out what happened. But she soon discovers that
Edgewater Manor, the dark mansion overlooking the sea, is filled
with secrets and no one there is willing to answer her questions.
Clifton Wilder, a suspect in the murder, knows more than he will
admit, and he wants the house Dana has inherited. For Dana, danger
lurks at every turn, and she doesn’t know whom to trust. Can she
trust Clifton, a man her grandfather wanted her to meet? Did the old
man die because of his search for the Brasher doubloon, a coin worth
a small fortune? Who is stalking Dana and why?
Secrets by the Sea, is the third book in Sikes’
Passenger to Paradise series. All the novels are set in
glamorous and mysterious locations. She is working now on a fourth
book in the series which is set in Trinidad. Hearts Across
Forever, set in Jamaica, was the first book in the series.
A travel writer for many years, Sikes is author and artist for a
coffee table book, Hotels to Remember. Her travel
articles have appeared in the Buffalo News, Miami Herald,
Chronicle Telegram, Caribbean Beat, Southern Boating, and many
other newspapers and magazines. She is co-author of Published!
Now $ell It! written for authors to guide them in promotion
and marketing of their published books.
Sikes is also an award-winning artist who maintains a studio/gallery
at Petersburg Regional Art Center. She teaches art at West Point
Elementary School and for more than a dozen years has written
freelance articles for the Newport News Daily Press. She has
presented both writing and art workshops for local, state, and
national organizations. In April she was a featured speaker at the
Public Safety Writers Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Winner of numerous writing and photography awards, Sikes recently
received first place in fiction for Eagle Rising
in the Virginia Press Women 2008 Communications Contest. She
also won a first place award for articles in a special series for
“Connecting Past and Present,” “Bridging Past with Present” and “A
New Face for West Point.” Sikes’ other first place was for
photography in a daily newspaper - feature photo for “Walking in
Unison to Cure.”
For more about Sikes’ work, please visit her Web site:
www.marymontaguesikes.com. Her books are available at fine
bookstores everywhere and from
Amazon.com. |