Books published by Horizon Publishing Group

If you've ever been involved in network marketing, either as a distributor or a customer, cafe will have you nodding and laughing out loud. And if you haven't, you'll still laugh too much to risk reading cafe in a public place.cafe is told by Ed Sharock, a burnt-out advertising copywriter who will lose his job unless he comes up with a winning brand for an American pet-food company. Although Ed is elated when he hits the jackpot, he is dismayed to find that the miraculous products are sold only through network marketing, which he detests. But the attraction of huge incomes and the magnetism of Nat Cohen, a leading member of the network, suck Ed and his friend Sid Willis into giving it a try. Ed struggles through prospecting his 'warm circle' until he hits the brick wall of the cold call. Does he find a way over the wall or turn and run?Ed lets us into his quirky and highly inventive mind as he grapples with handling rejection, sexual preferences, loyalty and, finally, the demands of his conscience. While cafe hilariously sends up network marketing, there are also truths for those contemplating it.When your friend calls to invite you to a mysterious business meeting, insist that he first read cafe .

It is 30th November, 1962. The setting, night on idyllic Hayman Island in the Great Barrier Reef. The music of Buddy Holly has faded when David turns to Irina: 'What do you mean I ignored you?'¿Here is challenge - and attraction. They dig deeper to find words. 'Art is going to be my life now,' she tells him. 'My parents are nice people, but they don't understand art …I'm a rebel …I'm going to start my career as a painter here, on Hayman Island.'Then, as they look across the darkened garden, he begins to tell her about his past in France because, 'I was running away from my mother'. Soon it's clear that they share interests in art, that they are both facing big challenges and are determined to live life on their own terms.David takes Irina to meet his mother to reveal their wedding plans. His mother's response? 'You little fools!' She turns on Irina: 'David has absolutely no money and no prospects'. And Irina is shocked - she's never experienced brutality.It will not be easy for either of them. But in this climate of rebellion, their love ignites. Irina's life becomes a choice: my art or David. Or can they co-exist?