<p>Winner - Gold Evvy Award - Legacy, as a book that continues to prove itself over time. Told through both text and anecdotes by two professionals, this book is a full description of correct protocol for actors from the auditioning through the last day of shooting a film or television project. The definitive text for acting students at all levels. Suitable for classroom, seminars, and private study. Wickedly funny, ruthlessly honest, the authors' tattle on themselves and honor their colleagues.</p>

Act Right: A Manual

Mara Purl

Erin Gray

Humor & Entertainment

Haven Books

Winner - Silver Benjamin Franklin Award. Finalist - USA Book News Award. In a half-built house high on a bluff overhanging the ocean, reporter Chris Christian persues a treacherous lead and fails to appear for her clandestine dinner date. While in an endangered forest overlooking the Cove, artist Miranda Jones is sharing a secret location with a stranger who might be the man of her dreams. Meanwhile on Main Street, Sally is dishing up home cooking and perfecting her eavesdropping on everything from Jack Sawyer's nefarious building practices, to Zack Calvin's unexplained attraction to Milford-Haven, and she'd give a free basket of fresh, hot biscuits to know the secrets locked away in Samantha Hugo's journal.

What the Heart Knows (A Milford-Haven Novel)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Winner - Gold Evvy Award - Fiction. Finalist - USA Book News Award - Fiction/Romance. Finalist - Indie Excellence Award - Fiction/Romance. With the disappearance of reporter Chris Christian, Deputy Delmar Johnson searches the Central Coast for clues. Against a web of complex backstage relationships, artist Miranda Jones is swept into the excitement of a sold-out Doobie Brothers concert at the Central Coast Bowl. And in the town of Milford-Haven, Jack Sawyer's building schemes threaten the environment, Sally O'Mally's eavesdropping undermines careers, Meredith's dissembling entraps Zack Calvin, whose own indiscretions entangle both Miranda and Cynthia. And Samantha Hugo would do anything to ease the anguish of secrets locked away in her private journal...

Closer Than You Think (A Milford-Haven Novel) (Milford-haven Novels)

Winner - Indie Excellence Award - Fiction/Romance. Winner - Beach Book Award - Romance - Hottest Read for Summer. Finalist - Book Of the Year Award - Fiction/Romance. In the small coastal town of Milford-Haven, Mara Purl delves deep into the misadventures of her characters, revealing childhood imprints that become adult issues, as Child Secrets have a way of surfacing. The third in the award-winning Milford-Haven Novel series.

Child Secrets (A Milford-Haven Novel) (A Milford-Haven Novels)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

EVVY Award - Fiction - Gold. Like a magnet, the unfinished Clarke mansion overlooking the Cove draws Deputy Delmar Johnson, battered wife Stacey Chernak, rebellious environmentalist Susan Winslow and missing reporter Chris Christian-- whose diary comes to light. And while wildlife painter Miranda Jones escapes to an entirely new adventure in Alaska, Zack Calvin tries to recover from his brush with death and sinks deeper into a tangled romance with Cynthia Radcliffe. Sally O Mally s conscience tells her to confess an ancient sin to her old love, disabled veteran Tony Fiorentino, Zelda proves she has no conscience at all, and the deep issues of higher purpose are tackled in the private journal of Samantha Hugo.

Cause and Conscience (A Milford-Haven Novel)

Genre Fiction

<p>Book Two of the Milford-Haven Novels, based on the author's own hit BBC Radio Drama, reveals the complexities of life in a beautiful coastal town and its several residents, including protagonist Miranda Jones. She attempts to map her life balancing her passion for the art that is bringing her success, and the temptation to date a man who hasn't been honest about who he is. While she explores Los Angeles for research, a missing-person investigation launches in Milford-Haven. Author Mara Purl is a former soap opera celebrity from Days of Our Lives, as well as a former journalist from the London Financial Times and the Associated Press. Through her novel series she has established a loyal following in the Women's Fiction genre. Short stories appear as prequels to each novel, extending the five-book series.</p>

Where the Heart Lives: A Milford-Haven Novel - Book Two

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