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“The Battle for Andrea Maria”

A cruise ship attack turns
six survivors into overnight celebrities after they take credit for the heroic
act of a stowaway who died saving them.

The cruise is just what
Jess needed--a bit of harmless fun far from her daily grind. But what begins as
a relaxing vacation turns into a desperate fight for her life when terrorists
take over the ship and start piling up bodies.  Teaming up with a mysterious
stowaway, Jess attempts to send out a distress call but knows they cannot wait
for help to come. If she or the few remaining passengers have any hope for
survival, Jess must act now.  The papers dub it “The Battle for
Andrea Maria
,”
but to Jess it is the moment she fought side-by-side with her enigmatic Romeo,
saving the ship--and losing him. She thinks the story ends there, but really,
the nightmare is just beginning…

“Insanely Deadly”

When the dead return to
life, it’s up to an admiral’s daughter and a mildly insane, former war hero to
save their small town.

Jetta Cross, a Navy
Admiral’s daughter, is tasked with keeping her father’s comrade, a former war
hero turned town crazy, grounded in the real world. Capt. John Hunter is still
fighting the war in his head, where imaginary dead people are part of his
world. When a viral outbreak brings about a zombie uprising, Hunter is left to
his own devices. He must resume his role as a one-man commando unit in order to
destroy the ravenous undead. With Hunter still fighting his own inner demons as
well as the undead, the townspeople fear their zombie neighbors may not be the
only threat. Stranded at the island’s luxurious resort with a handful of
workers, Jetta is forced to live up to her father’s reputation and take charge
of the deteriorating situation at the hotel. She must wage her own war against
the infected before the government declares her hometown a total loss.

“Deadly Institution”

A town recluse suspected of
killing his wife teams up with a young woman in order to stop a killer.

After being accused of
murdering his wife, Konrad Asher turns his back on the town that once adored
him.  Ten years later, he still holds his grudge and the title of the most
feared man in town.  With the reopening of the burned mental institution, where
his wife had died, former employees are now murdered one-by-one, throwing
suspicion back on Asher.  A young local reporter, Jacey, is forced to reveal
her long-time friendship with the infamous recluse in order to clear his name
not only in the recent murders but to exonerate him in the death of his wife as
well.  Will Jacey’s relationship with Asher invite the killer closer to her? 
Or is the killer already in her life?

“Screenplays:  The Island
Collection”

“Jungle Princess”, “A.L.F.
Resort”, “Brighton Island”

Discover how romance and
fun in the sun can be downright
chilling
!

“Jungle Princess”
is a romantic/thriller
that leaves a teenage girl stranded on an island with two male shipmates and a
creature of “unknown” origin.  She soon discovers the island is home to an
abandoned prison with several prisoners roaming free.  What really killed over
one hundred prisoners?  And is it still out there--?

“A.L.F. Resort”
is a romantic/thriller set
on an island resort with Artificial Life Forms as the main draw.  At this
resort, all your fantasies come true…until a malfunction removes safety
inhibitors on the A.L.F.’s.  Zombies, biker gangs, and mobsters run amuck,
turning fantasies into nightmares.  A young reporter gets more of a story than
she anticipates, but will she survive long enough to write the story?

“Brighton Island”
is a romantic/thriller set
on a private island.  When the owner’s niece brings her psychic friend to the
mansion, his presence awakens the spirits’ tortured souls.  As the psychic
attempts to solve the old murders, the niece is confronted with the possibility
that she’s next to join the mansion ghosts.  Stranded on the island with a
crazed killer, her uncle wages his own war to save them.  Will his “shock and
awe” tactics actually save them or get them killed?

 “
Reaper of Souls” A fantasy
short story

A young woman must outwit
an evil sorcerer in order to save her brother or become one of his minions
forever.

Unwilling to believe her
brother is dead, Reggie discovers an underhanded deal made with Kahn, a less
than ethical sorcerer, who collects humans to serve as slaves in his kingdom. 
In order to rescue her brother from his horrible fate, she must complete his
failed task or be forced to serve Kahn forever.  After being transported to his
world, Reggie realizes that even if she beats Kahn at his own game, she’s at
his mercy for him to uphold his end of the deal.  All seems lost until Kahn’s
discontented, self-serving brother, Helsing, arrives.  Can Reggie convince
Helsing to help her?  And at what cost?

“
Death Displacement”

A grief-stricken man
travels back in time to seek revenge on the woman who murdered his girlfriend
but inadvertently falls in love with her.

Kane is about to marry the
woman he loves. His life is perfect. A few weeks before the wedding, a
vindictive woman from his girlfriend’s past mysteriously arrives and kills her.
He learns of a traumatic accident that happened five years earlier, which
triggers Riley’s hatred for his girlfriend. Distraught over his girlfriend’s
death, Kane uses an antique time machine to travel into the past in order to
find and destroy the woman responsible. When he runs into Riley’s younger self,
he realizes she’s not the monster she later becomes, and he can’t bring himself
to destroy her. With a little help from his oddball friend from the past, they
formulate a plan to prevent the accident that sends Riley down her destructive
path. Kane’s plan backfires when he falls for the younger Riley. His new
tortured existence is further complicated when future Riley, his girlfriend’s
killer, shows up with her own devious agenda that doesn’t include him. Will he
be able to stop the time ripple, which ultimately ends with his girlfriend’s
death? Or will future Riley take him out of the timeline forever
--

“Dead Village”

After strange
happenings isolate a small resort town from the rest of the world, nearly one
hundred residents seek refuge at the closed hotel.  Only eight survive the
night.  And that’s just the beginning…

One day after
the entire population of Fox Ridge Village disappears, a car wreck forces
several unsuspecting crash victims to seek help at the closed summer hotel. 
Within the hotel, they discover the grisly aftermath of a brutal slaughter. 
Crash victims Vander and Devon, a reluctant clairvoyant, team up to solve the
riddle of the “haunted hotel” and the mass hysteria plaguing the remaining
survivors.  By the time they discover the hotel’s secret, they’re
already drawn into the hysteria.  As the body count continues to climb, it’s a
race to isolate the source and bring everyone back to reality before they kill
one another.  Will Devon be able to communicate with the traumatized spirits
before their fate becomes her own?

“Basement Dwellers”

A viral outbreak at a hospital leaves a mortician, sheriff,
and coroner fighting for their lives against a horde of undead and the CDC.

After a massive car wreck leaves several
survivors in critical condition at the local hospital, a surgeon uses
experimental drugs on his critical patients and accidentally causes a zombie
outbreak.  When local mortician, Lexx, receives an infected corpse as
her client, she becomes stranded in the hospital basement during CDC quarantine
along with the local sheriff and the coroner.  The infamous surgeon
struggles to find a cure for his infectious blunder by using the other
survivors as test subjects.  Meanwhile, Lexx and the sheriff attempt
to locate his missing sister, who’s stranded somewhere in the battle zone that
once was the emergency room.  It’s a race against time and the
ravenous undead.  Can they survive the undead before CDC sanitizes the hospital
of all infection? 

“
Town Darling”

After surviving a brutal
attack that claims the lives of those she loves, a young woman seeks revenge on
a corrupt town.

Going back home is never
easy, but for Casey, it means returning to her corrupt hometown where she
barely survived a brutal attack.  Accompanied by two
family friends
, she
seeks justice for the night that destroyed her life.  Her physical scars are
nothing compared to her emotional ones, forcing the local sheriff to believe
that the town darling is back for revenge.  As the conspiracy for her revenge
appears to be leading up to the coveted town fair, the sheriff is determined to
stop her from fulfilling her vengeful scheme...but guilt over his role on that
fateful night continues to haunt him.  His desperate need for Casey
’
s forgiveness could be his
undoing.

“Witness
Protection”

After
witnessing an execution, a resourceful young woman attempts to disappear while
being pursued by a hitman and a handsome federal agent.

A helicopter pilot, Jackie
Remus, reluctantly agrees to go on a date with one of her clients, but her date
is unexpectedly cut short when she witnesses a man being murdered. After
narrowly escaping with her life, she is placed into protective custody. When
the safe house is breached, Jackie makes a daring escape from both the hired
killers and the handsome FBI agent, who wants to return her to protective
custody. With a little help from her sly and crafty friend, Monroe, Jackie is
convinced she can disappear until the trial. While on her journey to meet with
her friend, she solicits help from a few shady but lovable characters along the
way. Although she manages to stay one-step ahead of the hired killers, the
federal agent remains in hot pursuit. Will Jackie reach Monroe before she’s
captured by the FBI and returned to protective custody? Or will the hired
killers silence her first?

Coming Soon!

“Unconditional”

A
young woman puts her life on hold to care for an unstable, highly skilled
combat soldier, who believes someone is trying to kill him.

A
botched military coup leaves a team of elite fighters injured with one clinging
to life in a coma.  When Harlan wakes from his coma, he’s left with no memory
of his past life.  His commander’s daughter, Indy, takes it upon herself to
care for the fallen war hero.  She’s challenged with more than just his
physical care as she combats with not only his memory loss but also his newly
found desire for her.  His infatuation with her becomes the least of her
worries when he sinks back into his role of a combat soldier.  Believing his
life is in danger, his fighting skills surface, turning him into an
unpredictable and dangerous man.  Will his memory return to him before Indy is
forced to commit him?  Or will he finally find his nemesis, “the coyote”, and
possibly claim the life of an innocent person?

Coming Spring 2016!

“Witness Protection 2”

“The Return of Whiskey Tango
Foxtrot”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Holly
Copella has been writing since the age of twelve when her frustration at a book
’
s poor plot drove her to author her own
story. Over the last decade, she
’
s
written a number of screenplays, some of which she
’
s now adapting into novels. Her
fascination with zombies and other darker material lends an edge to her
writing, which tends to lean toward horror. As a fan of Agatha Christie, she
appreciates the craft of a good plot and the importance of creating significant
characters.

Hailing
from Pennsylvania, Copella lives in the Endless Mountains on a farm with her
rescue horses and other animals. In addition to writing and reading fiction,
she enjoys riding horses and traveling to Las Vegas and Disney World.