FANTASTIC NEW REVIEWS FOR SHEBA

2 NEW 5 STAR REVIEWS FOR SHEBA. STILL ONLY 99p/99 CENTS. PLEASE KEEP VOTING FOR THE BOOK IN THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS
Still on offer until Thursday 30th November at http://getbook.at/sheba Sheba: From Hell to Happiness today received not one, but two terrific new reviews on Amazon UK. Currently nominated for the Top 50 Best Indie Books 2017, PLEASE vote for Sheba in the poll which closes on 4th December. Vote at http://www.readfree.ly/vote-50-best-indie-books-2017/ by ticking the box next to the title, entering your name and email address and clicking on Submit. It's as simple as that.

Here are the new reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sheba, rescued from Hell
By HZ on 26 November 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
Sometimes, man’s cruelty never ceases to amaze me. Training dogs to fight for human ‘amusement’ is bad enough, but stealing and using people’s loved and innocent pets to use as bait in order to train the fighting dogs is much worse. Poor Sheba was one such dog, used and abused, starved, beaten and tied up to be attacked as ‘training’ for the fighters. Just how cruel can people get? Near death, this poor dog was thrown away like a piece of trash on a rubbish tip, a living skeleton, and left to die. Somehow she was found, rescued and despite being close to death the author and his wife made it their priority to save this little dog and return her to health and a happy life. How they did it is beautifully described in Mr. Porter’s book, in which he doesn’t seek to dodge the mistakes they made along the way in trying to rehabilitate a dog that had been so cruelly abused, which adds to the poignancy of this excellent book. Needless to say, ‘Project Sheba’ was a resounding success and ten years later, Sheba is still with the Porter family, a much loved and loving, family dog.

I recommend this book not only to dog lovers but to anyone who enjoys reading about the ability of man to overcome difficulties as the Porters did in loving and caring for this dog, who most people thought would be dead within weeks of them rescuing her. I defy anyone, man or woman, to read this book without feeling a lump in your throat or a tear in your eye. The photos in the book are a testament to the great job the family did in restoring Sheba to health and happiness. Long may she live and enjoy her life with Mr, Porter, his family and their wonderful pack of rescue dogs.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brian and Juliet you are a truly amazing people with very big hearts for the lengths you ...
By A. nezy on 26 November 2017Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
i have the pleasure of greeting Brian, and his gorgeous doggies every morning after my school run, i new the circumstances of most of his rescue pets but having read this i cried all the way through. Brian and Juliet you are a truly amazing people with very big hearts for the lengths you go through to help these poor animals. This book is a highly recommended read as to is his other book "Sasha to" see how far they have come from the start of their life to the present day is unbelievable . Well done Brian and Juliet, and bigs hugs to the pack.

ABOUT SHEBA: FROM HELL TO HAPPINESS

Sheba is the sequel to Brian L Porter's award-winning bestseller, Sasha, and tells the story of rescue dog Sheba, Sasha’s best friend, starved, beaten and used as bait for the training of fighting dogs and then thrown on a rubbish tip and left to die, a barely living skeleton.

The author and his wife adopted this unfortunate waif and so began a long period of recuperation and training, as they gradually helped Sheba back to full health and helped her to learn to live sociably and happily within their pack of rescue dogs.

A story of real triumph over adversity, full of emotion and a fair amount of humor too, Sheba’s is a real-life tale of what can be achieved in rehabilitating a dog, having suffered a living hell, from the brink of death to a life full of happiness.

SHEBA: FROM HELL TO HAPPINESS - 99 CENTS/99p OFFER - PERFECT FOR BLACK FRIDAY (AND PLEASE VOTE FOR SHEBA, SEE BELOW)

SHEBA: FROM HELL TO HAPPINESS - 99 CENTS/99p OFFER - PERFECT FOR BLACK FRIDAY
(AND PLEASE VOTE FOR SHEBA, SEE BELOW)
Here's a great chance to get a hold of the Kindle edition of my bestselling SHEBA: FROM HELL TO HAPPINESS for only 99 cents or 99 pence from now until Thursday 30th November. It's a moving story of her life as a bait dog, her rescue and ultimate return to health and happiness as part of our pack of rescue dogs. Her story has done much to help raise awareness of the plight of these poor dogs and to encourage people to adopt a rescue, as well as helping to show the true, loving nature of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

A Review
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful heartwarming story from a first class author. Very highly recommended.
By Amazon customer on July 30, 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
Another wonderful book from a first class writer. I decided to start reading it in the hairdressers. Mistake! You feel rather foolish sitting sniffling into a tissue with tears running down your face. Only a person with a very hard heart could fail to be moved to tears with the start of the book when the young dog, cruelly abused and starved is not expected to live. But that is before she was adopted by the author and his wonderful family (human and canine) who were determined to love her back to health. I would not have thought it possible to write a whole book just about a dog, but (as he did with his earlier book Sasha) the author holds you spellbound from the first page to the last. If you love dogs, you will love this book. If you are neutral about dogs, but love truly heartwarming inspiring stories, this is a book for you. Very highly recommended.

Get Sheba's incredible story now from http://getbook.at/sheba (Universal link) Also in paperback and FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

PLEASE VOTE FOR SHEBA
Sheba's story has also been nominated in the 'Others' category in the awards for the Top 50 Indie Books, 2017. Please consider casting a vote for the book by going to It http://www.readfree.ly/vote-50-best-indie-books-2017/ only takes a minute to tick the box next to the book title and enter you name and email address and click on Submit. Thank you all.

SHEBA: FROM HELL TO HAPPINESS
Sheba is the sequel to Brian L Porter's award-winning bestseller, Sasha, and tells the story of rescue dog Sheba, Sasha’s best friend, starved, beaten and used as bait for the training of fighting dogs and then thrown on a rubbish tip and left to die, a barely living skeleton.

The author and his wife adopted this unfortunate waif and so began a long period of recuperation and training, as they gradually helped Sheba back to full health and helped her to learn to live sociably and happily within their pack of rescue dogs.

A story of real triumph over adversity, full of emotion and a fair amount of humor too, Sheba’s is a real-life tale of what can be achieved in rehabilitating a dog, having suffered a living hell, from the brink of death to a life full of happiness.

SASHA ONLY 99p/99 CENTS - PLUS TWO NEW REVIEWS

SASHA - ONLY 99 CENTS/99P, TWO GREAT REVIEWS
With a few days left of the special offer on the international bestselling Kindle edition of Sasha's life story, (ends on Nov 22nd), here are two recent reviews received in the USA for the book.

5 stars Five Stars
By pauline kavanagh on November 8, 2017

Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
Great determination

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr Porter writes with such love and compassion that you feel like you are right ...
By v tucker on October 22, 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
At times I was afraid to turn the page. Mr Porter writes with such love and compassion that you feel like you are right there in the same room as both Sasha and him.

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SASHA
Winner of The Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Award for Best Nonfiction Book 2016
Top ten finalist, The Best Indie Books of 2016
SASHA is the story of a very remarkable dog: a Staffordshire Bull Terrier abandoned close to death at the age of 6 weeks old. Rescued from a street gutter, she had the good fortune to be adopted by author Brian L. Porter and his family.

Despite suffering from a catalogue of injuries, including two broken legs and skin allergies, and eventually being diagnosed as a serious epileptic at just two years old, Sasha's story is one of triumph over adversity; of love, happiness and inspiration. Her love of life and capacity for enjoying every day to the fullest is nothing short of miraculous, and her story is told here by the person who shares every moment of her life on a daily basis, and how a disabled author and his dog have become dependent on each other.

It is a story that has already touched many who have come into contact with her, from vets to nurses and a whole host of followers on her own Facebook page. Read her story and join them in sharing in the life of an amazing and very special dog!

PLEASE VOTE FOR A MERSEY MARINER

PLEASE ADD A VOTE FOR A MERSEY MARINER. (AND SHEBA)
As well as Sheba's book, A Mersey Mariner is also in the running for the Best Indie Book Awards, in the Mystery/Thriller section. If you have a minute to spare please vote for A Mersey Mariner at http://www.readfree.ly/vote-50-best-indie-books-2017-mysterythriller/
Just tick the box next to the book title then enter your name and email address and submit. If you have a second email address you can vote again. If you haven't voted for Sheba yet, please add a vote in the 'Others' section at http://www.readfree.ly/vote-50-best-indie-books-2017/
THANKS EVERYONE.

DOG LOVERS, PLEASE VOTE FOR SHEBA

Sheba's life story, Sheba: From Hell to Happiness, is in the final of the voting for the Top 50 Best Indie Books of 2017. Her story has touched the hearts of so many people, telling of her early life as a bait dog for dog fighters, then being thrown on a rubbish tip, a living skeleton and left to die, and finally being rescued and brought back to health and happiness in the love and warmth of our family. Her book has done so much to encourage people to see staffies in a better light and to encourage people to adopt rescue dogs.
It only takes a minute to place your vote for Sheba. (It's in the 'Others' section.
just go to http://www.readfree.ly/vote-50-best-indie-books-2017/ and put a tick in the box next to Sheba and enter your name and email address. If you have a second email address you can use another name and vote a second time.
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO VOTE TO SUPPORT SHEBA'S STORY
(Voting closes 4th December) It would be lovely to celebrate Sheba's 12th birthday in December if she could do well in the voting.

5 STARS FOR 'A MILLIONAIRE'S CHRISTMAS'

With Christmas just around the corner, it's nice to receive a new 5 star review for my Christmas short story book, A Millionaire's Christmas, which was specially commissioned for a magazine's special Christmas edition some years ago. Available in Kindle version only and only 99p in the UK and less than a dollar in the USA.5.0 out of 5 stars A special Christmas miracle.
By HZ on 16 November 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
Aristedes Miklos is dying. No doubt about it. He knows he has an inoperable brain tumour, and nobody can help him. That is, until he is visited by a strange doctor, a newcomer to the hospital, where he lies on Christmas Eve seeing the days his youth in his mind’s eye. The doctor brings with him a young boy, Christos, also apparently terminally ill, who somehow reminds the old man of himself in his own younger days. And there we have a recipe for a very special Christmas miracle, one that will bring a smile to your face, as good Christmas stories should do.

Told in a really intriguing short story, A Millionaire’s Christmas is a brilliant and unusual Christmas tale, thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.

See more at  A MILLIONAIRE'S CHRISTMAS

A MILLIONAIRE'S CHRISTMAS
A dying man and a sick young boy are about to experience the miracle of Christmas.

On a snowy Christmas Eve, Aristedes Miklos lies in his hospital bed, dying from an inoperable brain tumor. His mind takes him back to his youth and his life plays out before him in a string of mental cameos. Suddenly, the door to his hospital room opens and a strange doctor enters. When the doctor speaks to him, Aristedes is at first confused, then comforted by his words. Soon they are joined by a young boy who is dying, like him. Before he can find out more, the doctor and the boy are gone, and Aristedes is left with nothing but their memory.

When everyone at the hospital later denies the existence of the strange doctor, Aristedes begins to realize that he has been cast to play a very special role in the life of young Christos. For one dying man and a very sick young boy, the miracle of Christmas is about to unfold.

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME IN THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2017

PLEASE.PLEASE, PLEASE, I NEED YOUR VOTES
My two nominations in The Best Indie Books 2017 awards have both reached the second voting stage.This will whittle the entries down to the final 50 best books of the year. PLEASE vote for A MERSEY MARINER in the Mystery/Thriller category and for SHEBA: FROM HELL TO HAPPINESS in the 'Others' category. You are entitled to two voted per category so if you have two email addresses you could vote twice for each book.

PLEASE go to the link below for the Others section at http://www.readfree.ly/vote-50-best-indie-books-2017/
and go to the Mystery/Thriller section at http://www.readfree.ly/vote-50-best-indie-books-2017-mysterythriller/  to vote for A Mersey Maiden. Every vote counts, as last years awards attracted thousands of votes, worldwide.

PLEASE share with your friends and groups and help spread the word if you'd like to see the books included in the Top 50 Best Indie Books of 2017

I hope all my friends and readers will help to make it a successful year for my books in this important and prestigious award.

Thank you all

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A GREAT REVIEW FOR A MERSEY MAIDEN

A  MERSEY WINNER
My thanks go to author Nick Sweet for his great 5 star review of book three of my Mersey Mystery Series, A Mersey Maiden. Nick is currently unable to post his review on Amazon so has sent it to me, and he will add it there eventually

A MERSEY WINNER
With A MERSEY MAIDEN, Brian Porter serves up an excellent police procedural. Porter is excellent on detail, as we see in his description of an autopsy, and the plot slowly rolls out in a way that only happens when it’s engineered by a skilful writer who’s in control of his materials. The style is also clear and eaaablesy to read. So far as the plot is concerned, gifted cricketer, Aaron Decker, who’s made the switch from baseball, which he played in his native America, is found dead in bed next to his girlfriend Sally Metcalf. Both have been drugged, but Sally comes round to find her boyfriend dead. Or at least, that’s her version of events, but she is nevertheless a suspect. The plot thickens when we learn that Aaron had been researching a project that Aegis Oceanographic, the company that is sponsoring his girlfriend Sally through university, is involved in. Did Aaron find something he shouldn’t have, and did the company then take the ultimate form of lethal action to prevent him from revealing this information? No spoilers here, but suffice to say Brian Porter has written a highly readable whodunnit here and that’s well worth 5 stars.

See more at A Mersey Maiden
Available in Kindle and paperback and please see the rest of the series at The Mersey Mysteries

A Mersey Maiden

A MERSEY MAIDEN 

A peaceful cricket match on a warm summer’s day turns to murder and mystery, as the star player Aaron Decker lies dead in his bed, his girlfriend sleeping soundly beside him.

The case takes on a new twist with links to the disappearance of a German U-Boat and a British warship in 1945. With the mysterious Aegis Institute hovering in the background of the investigation, D.I Andy Ross and his team find themselves in their most complex case to date.

With events in Britain, Germany, the U.S.A and a secret submarine base in Canada all involved, Ross and his team need to work together with international law enforcement agencies and a respected German historian to not only solve the murder of Aaron Decker, but the strange case of U3000's last voyage.

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The Mersey Mysteries

SASHA'S SPECIAL AWARD

SASHA'S SPECIAL AWARD
We are very grateful to Emma Turner at Facebook Group, Belle, Fee, Antonio & Friends for giving a special award to Sasha (and me), for helping to raise awareness and helping owners with dogs with canine epilepsy. Here's Sasha proudly showing off her lovely SPECIAL rosette. Thank you Emma and everyone at Belle, Fee, Antonio and Friends!

Sasha and I would like to say a big thank you to all those on Facebook who have sent us your 
congratulations and good wishes. It's lovely to know that the work Sasha and I do in trying to help other epi-dog owners is appreciated. It doesn't have to be an Oscar type award, it's the thought behind this special rosette that means such a lot to me. 

AN ITALIAN ARTICLE ON MYSTERY/THRILLER 'GLASTONBURY'

A terrific article about my mystery thriller Glastonbury, on the Italian literary blog of CP Traduzioni, and written by the book's Italian translator Ilaria Igieni, who has kindly provided me with an English Translation of the original article which is available to view at cptraduzioni

Glastonbury, an English mystery with  an insistent rhythm

Imagine a pale moon night in the English countryside, five men moving across a marshy field to bury some mysterious lead-lined boxes.

Then imagine an historical town in Somerset, where the ghosts of Arthurian legends hover around, and an annoying rain that has been pouring for days, preventing the main characters from getting their job done; that is to say, digging around in the surrounding countryside searching for an ancient and legendary artifact.

You'll get chills ̶ not only because of the mists swirling around Glastonbury Tor...

An ancient secret lies in the shadows of Glastonbury Tor

These are the preconditions for an engaging mystery novel full of plot twists. After millionaire Malcolm Capshaw hires Joe Cutler and his team to search for a fabled artifact, they enter a maze of lies, murder and betrayal.

The real purpose of their search is soon exposed, as an old London crime family displays an unusual interest in an ancient town where Christianity laid its roots in England.

There, aided by the enigmatic Professor Lucius Doberman, Joe and his team must solve the mystery of Glastonbury before the sinister historian Walter Graves makes the discovery that could cost him and the whole team their lives.

A simple, enjoyable and surprising reading: the reviewers' opinions

Glastonbury, the mystery novel by bestseller author Brian L Porter, has been receiving some terrific reviews on Amazon.com from 2014 onwards; and this year even the Italian version has had its successful debut on Amazon.it.

One of the reviews says it's “a beautiful, engaging novel shrouded in mystey, […] with a vortex of surprises and plot twists which make this book a real page-turner.

A reader talk about it as “a simple but enjoyable book”; another one enthusiastically affirms that “the plot is amazing, rich in coups de théâtre, original and not at all predictable”, and then she adds that “the novel is a fluid and quite light reading, and therefore it's extremely pleasant”.

Translating Glastonbury in order to make “friends”

As the translator of Glastonbury, I can just say that I had the time of my life. Describing the magical places and atmospheres was an easy job, because when I was 16 years old I visited the town of Glastonbury,  the quivering curiosity typical of teens, and my head filled with myths and legends.

A suggestive picture of Glastonbury Tor. Font: http://gardenofmidnight.blogspot.it

The characters surely required the most accurate and contemplated work, especially attempting to convey the peculiarities of everyone's own style: Winston's slang and humour, Professor Lucius Doberman's flamboyant and refined speech (my favourite one!), the obscene language of the London underworld.

I almost feel like I once knew them all in person, as if they were my friends unfortunately just for a few months, and then they left me for new adventures.

You can find the Italian version of Glastonbury on Amazon (Kindle and paperback), Google Books, Mondadori and other important digital platforms.

Brian, Harry or Juan Pablo?

Brian L Porter is surely a versatile author: in fact he has written novels, poetry and children books under three different names.

As Juan Pablo Jalisco he composed the romantic poetry collection Of Aztecs and Conquistadors; as Harry Porter he wrote two children's books and a young adults/teens adventure story; and finally, many other works, such as novels, poetry and short stories, all carry the Brian L Porter name.

Brian L Porter and his 'Miracle Dog' Sasha

Among all his works, I always like to remember a particular one, which reveals the generous and refined spirit of its author: Sasha, a touching true story about one of the rescue dogs adopted by the Porters; winner of the Preditors & Editors Award in 2016 and a real “climber” of Amazon Top Tens in its category all around the world, Sasha tells about the life of an unfortunate female dog, who faces every adversity with an incredible strenght, a lust for life and her permanently wagging tail, which is already become her most distinctive feature. Well, a very good example for all of us.

Italian edition Glastonbury, Italian
English edition Glastonbury, English

Ilaria Igieni for CP Traduzioni