Books published by Emily W. Skinner

SPOILER ALERT - To avoid spoilers, it is advised to read the first novel, Marquel, before reading Marquel's Dilemma.Marquel's DilemmaThe dramatic conclusion of Emily Skinner's first novel Marquel brought requests from readers to continue the story. Marquel's Dilemma begins three years after the actress Marquel's tragic past has been exposed by tabloid journalist, Mark Collins. The media exploitation of her life brought a new responsibility. She would become a voice of hope for others, not as the actress Marquel, but under her married name.Zach Manning, Marquel's psychiatrist, lover -- and now husband -- made a huge mistake in protecting her. Unbeknownst to his wife, Zach asked for a favor, not weighing the consequences. Now Collins is back for revenge. The first time it was his job... now it's personal!

Marquel is a fast ride from Florida to Hollywood, California and back to Florida again. An emotionally broken, yet rising star, Marquel is struggling with haunting memories, a romance with her psychiatrist, and a mystery man who is stalking her, all while an aggressive tabloid journalist Mark Collins is trying to unveil her past. It’s a race to see who will discover her secrets first and how that knowledge will affect her career and the men who love her.

SPOILER ALERT – Please read no further!To avoid spoilers, it is advised to read the first novel, Marquel, then Marquel’s Dilemma before reading Marquel’s RedemptionMarquel's RedemptionRecovering from a kidnapping that ended lives on Mt. Lee, Los Angeles, the actress best known by the stage name Marquel no longer has to worry about her abductor returning. Her live-in bodyguard, retired military officer Rick Jones, and his agency are keeping watch over tabloid-journalist-turned-kidnapper Mark Collins' friends in the Vasquez cartel. While her living arrangement with Rick is strictly professional, their chemistry becomes unavoidable, making their proximity ever more challenging as she works through the losses that brought them together.As past demons collide with unforeseen events, the present becomes a dangerous landscape where no one is safe!Can Marquel endure the winding roads of fame and loss that will ultimately lead to her redemption?

The 3rd in a series, (Book 1—St. Blair: Children of the Night and Book 2—St. Blair: Sybille’s Reign) this installment opens with an introduction by Sybille Malone, the beneficiary of Blair Carlisle’s diary in the year 2202.Blair is a devoted Catholic girl who altar serves, attends public school and soon realizes she is a liaison for the supernatural. In her openness to the mysteries of faith, she soon finds herself a magnet for angels, saints and otherworld entities. It is through the twists of Blair questioning her earthly purpose, extolling her love of family and journaling about encounters with St. Michael the Archangel, that we begin to understand her God-Flashes into a future she’ll never see.We discover, as Blair’s spiritual director Sister Jo does, why God might call her the most unlikely person to save the world.

Twenty-four hours earlier the world was a pristine, productive, demon-free society and Sybille Malone an unknown Region One Fabric Counsel designer. Global Good's curator and guardian of banished relics warehoused in the Arctic Region, Eston Cote, needs to act fast. As Global Good's North Quad leader, he must prepare his colleagues in the other three Quadrants of the world for something they have never known... warfare. Celestial warfare. A fight for souls. Eston has discovered Sybille's connection to a chain of supernatural events that not only caused planetary earthquakes, but unleashed the Holy Warrior St. Michael the Archangel and his enemies. Michael's sole mission is to defend Sybille's calling, slaying the hounds of hell who threaten to possess the citizens of her world. Divinely foreseen and journaled by 21st century teenager St. Blair, Sybille's only hope of reining in the evil she unleashed on September 14, 2202, is to follow the directives of Blair and the saints before the demonic possessions outnumber the innocents.

Sybille Malone lives in an overpopulated Manhattan, Region One, of Global Good 2202. Their society is the fulfillment of utopian ideals developed by the surviving masses of 2100. Seventeen-year-old Sybille is a resident of Dayshift and longs for a Nightshift boy known only as Mark. Distraught by Global Good's restrictive culture, Sybille is desperate until she finds a relic of a past civilization. The discovery of Blair's diary sets off a chain of supernatural events that not only affects Sybille's close relationships, but has Global Good scrambling to find the culprit.Note: The first book is written in multi-perspectives as a puzzle that needs piecing together. The story concludes as the characters find their common thread. Book 2 in the series - St. Blair: Sybille's Reign finds Sybille in the eye of a celestial storm.