Janet McNulty

Biography

I began construction on Legends Lost Amborese ten years ago while in high school. At the time it was merely a few pages of notes in a notebook. I continued working on the story of Amborese while in college in the hope of publishing it. That day came in August 2011 when the book was first printed.

Most recently, I have published the second book in Legends Lost: Tesnayr.

I keep myself busy writing the third and final novel in the Legends Lost trilogy: Galdin, which will be released in Summer 2013. You can learn more here: www.legendslosttrilogy.com

If you prefer something more contemporary try the Mellow Summers Series. Mellow Summers moves to Vermont to start a new life only to discover that she has a acquired a new ability: she can speak to ghosts. Join her as she is pulled from one mystery to another.

I have also published in the area of nonfiction: Illogical Nonsense. I had never planned on writing nonfiction, but when I had the chance to write a political commentary book, I took it. I enjoyed it and hope that it is insightful to any who read it.

Besides writing I also read, hike, and crochet. Sometimes I just wander around doing nothing at all. Every once in awhile a girl needs a break and these are great past times.

Where to buy in print

Series

Mellow Summers
My name is Mellow Summers. I never believed in ghosts, until the day I moved into an apartment whose previous tenet was murdered. Now they won't leave me alone, especially Rachel, and I seem to trip over dead bodies at the most inopportune times.
Solaris Saga
A disgraced security guard from another planet. Four heroes from different eras of Earth's history. A madman bent on dominating the universe. An artificial intelligence with an attitude. What could possibly go wrong?
Solaris Seethes
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Solaris Seeks
Price: $7.99 USD.
Solaris Strays
Price: $7.99 USD.
Solaris Soars
Price: $7.99 USD.
Dystopia Trilogy
Imagine living in a world where everything you do is controlled. Dana has lived a hard life and has now been forced to work in the waste management plant, where everyday is a struggle for survival. Will she rebel against her masters, or succumb to the perils of her world like so many before her?
Dystopia
Price: Free!
Tempered Steel
Price: $4.99 USD.
Liberty's Torch
Price: $4.99 USD.

Books

Hey Diddle Diddle The Zombie In The Middle
Series: Mellow Summers. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 30,780. Language: American English. Published: January 25, 2020 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Book 14 in The Mellow Summers Series Mel and Greg are trying to have a romantic evening together when Rachel shows up and informs them that their neighbor is dead. Never one to turn down a mystery, Mel rushes to her neighbor’s apartment only to discover that the dead man is not her neighbor at all, but a stranger dressed up like a
Easy As Pie, Until Someone Dies
Series: Mellow Summers. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 49,940. Language: American English. Published: January 25, 2020 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Book 15 in the Mellow Summers Series Thanksgiving is coming up and Mel is looking forward to a few days off, but all of that goes out the window the moment a strange cat shows up at her door. Thinking that it is lost, she lets it in, but soon learns that not all is at it seems.
Violets are Blue More Trouble Brews
Series: Mellow Summers. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 50,390. Language: American English. Published: October 18, 2017 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Book 13 in the Mellow Summers paranormal mystery series. Mel is enjoying her Fourth of July holiday in the park with her fiancé, Greg, and best friend, Jackie, when a contestant in a local beauty pageant collapses and dies. At first, Mel decides to let the police handle the matter, but soon receives a tip from an unlikely source, the obnoxious Tammy, that the woman was part of an old family and
Hickory Dickory Dock The Ghost In The Clock
Series: Mellow Summers. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 43,240. Language: English. Published: October 28, 2016 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Book 12 in the Bestselling Mellow Summers Cozy Mystery Series Mel receives a phone call from Detective Shorts asking her to come down to the new amusement park that has just opened. When she arrives, she learns that a man has died and the detective wants to use her ability to converse with ghosts to
Dystopia (The Complete Trilogy)
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 129,550. Language: American English. Published: September 4, 2016 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
The complete Dystopia Trilogy in one volume set. Dystopia Tempered Steel Liberty's Torch
Solaris Seethes (The Complete Saga)
Price: $24.99 USD. Words: 387,200. Language: American English. Published: August 4, 2016 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Get the entire Solaris Saga in one complete set! Solaris Seethes Solaris Seeks Solaris Strays Solaris Soars
The Mellow Summers Mystery Series Boxed Set Two: Books Five to Eight
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 102,860. Language: American English. Published: June 23, 2016 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
The second boxed set of the Mellow Summers series, featuring books 5-8. Oh Holy Ghost Where Trouble Roams Two Ghosts Haunt A Grove Trick Or Treat Or Murder
The Mellow Summers Mystery Series Boxed Set One: Books One to Four
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 112,560. Language: American English. Published: June 22, 2016 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Get the first four books of the Mellow Summers Mystery Series for one low price. Sugar And Spice And Not So Nice Frogs, Snails, And A Lot Of Wails An Apple A Day Keeps Murder Away Three Little Ghosts
Ring Around The Rosy, Not Another Ghosty
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 11. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 37,570. Language: American English. Published: January 29, 2016 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
The circus is in town and Mel decides it’s the perfect place to take Jackie for her birthday… until one of the acrobats turns up dead. Soon Mel finds destruction following her everywhere she goes as she sets out to prove that the woman dies not because of an unfortunate accident, but because it was murder. Will she discover the truth before she suffers the same fate?
Solaris Soars
Series: Solaris Saga, Book 4. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 115,440. Language: American English. Published: August 4, 2015 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
The final book in the Solaris Saga. Every legend has an end. Wounded and dependent upon Klanor for help, and pursued by the FBI and Stein, Rynah treks across the New Mexican desert in search of Solaris and the others. Knowing that they are following a lead from the ancient poem, she and Klanor make their way to Albuquerque to rendezvous with them.
Solaris Strays
Series: Solaris Saga, Book 3. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 103,510. Language: American English. Published: July 10, 2015 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
Book 3 in the Solaris Saga. A teen & young adult science fiction series full of action, adventure, mystery, and a little bit of time travel. Sometimes the real enemy is you.
Double, Double, Nothing But Trouble
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 10. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 43,910. Language: American English. Published: May 13, 2015 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
The Candle Shoppe has been robbed! Mel has just returned from her romantic getaway with Greg, but all is not well in the college town she lives in. When opening the Candle Shoppe the next morning, she finds that it has been ransacked, but nothing is missing. While investigating why someone would break into the store, but not take anything, Mel learns of a secret that goes back 20 years.
Solaris Seeks
Series: Solaris Saga, Book 2. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 96,140. Language: American English. Published: March 31, 2015 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Regret is the bane of every heart. Following the tragic battle with Klanor, sorrow fills the crew aboard Solaris. Rynah locks herself in her quarters, refusing to speak with the others, but Solaris convinces her to put aside her grief and continue the mission Marlow had entrusted to her. During a meeting in the ship’s galley, Rynah and the crew resolve to pursue the next crystal.
Trick Or Treat Or Murder
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 8. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 22,060. Language: English. Published: March 17, 2015 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
A murder on Halloween? Who would have thought that? Halloween has arrived and so has everyone’s favorite ghost: Rachel. Invited to a Halloween party, Mel and her friends hope to enjoy a night of fun. The party soon turns sour when a man turns up dead during a murder mystery game.
Roses Are Red; He's Dead
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 9. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 25,230. Language: English. Published: February 14, 2015 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Book 9 in the Mellow Summers Summers Series. Mel and Greg are on a romantic getaway when murder falls into their laps. While spending time at an exclusive resort, Mel discovers a body, except when she tries to tell someone, it disappears. Soon the same body appears wherever she goes, and the other tourists, including Greg, believe that she has imagined the entire affair.
Solaris Seethes
Series: Solaris Saga, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 71,330. Language: American English. Published: December 9, 2014 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Every myth has a beginning. Klanor has destroyed Rynah’s home planet, Lanyr, by stealing the crystal that controls the planet’s magnetic field. His plan is to find all six of the crystals, unite them to create a deadly weapon, and destroy the entire star system ... Enabling him to create his own empire!
Two Ghosts Haunt A Grove
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 7. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 31,670. Language: English. Published: July 31, 2014 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Mystery & Detective
Book 7 in the Mellow Summers Series College Student Candle Shoppe Employee Amateur Sleuth Ghost Magnet While working at the Candle Shoppe, a man rushes in demanding to speak to Mel. He tells her that someone is trying to kill him and then drops dead. Though the coroner informs her it was a heart attack, Mel cannot get the man’s words out of her head. Soon she is drawn to an abandoned inn that d
Liberty's Torch
Series: Dystopia Trilogy, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 44,450. Language: English. Published: November 11, 2013 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure
All it takes is one spark to ignite the flame of liberty. Six months have passed since Dana and Kenny parted. Forced to live as a wanderer, Dana discovers a crashed drone and learns of the chaos within Dystopia and what President Klens has planned for the resistance. Realizing that she must go back, Dana acquires the help of a seventy-year-old man and an old friend. Upon her return, she finds th
Where Trouble Roams
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 6. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 21,720. Language: English. Published: April 24, 2013 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit
Yee-Haw! Mel’s out west and murder isn’t far behind. While on vacation with her aunt and Jackie on a dude ranch in South Dakota, a dead body shows up in her room. In an area she does not know very well it is up to Mel and her friends to solve the mystery. During the investigation Rachel shows up and so does the ghost of Jedidiah: a man who died in the late 1800s.
Dystopia
Series: Dystopia Trilogy, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 46,610. Language: English. Published: April 7, 2013 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Plays & Screenplays » American, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Horror
Imagine living in a world where everything you do is controlled. In the distant future the United States has been split into two regions separated by a barren wasteland; this is the country of Dystopia. Here the individual is discouraged, freedom is an illusion, food is rationed, and everything you do is tracked by a chip implanted in your arm. This is Dana Ginary’s world.
Are You The Monster Under My Bed?
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 540. Language: English. Published: February 27, 2013 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Monsters, Fiction » Children’s books » Readers / Beginner
Poor Sally knows that there is a monster under her bed. Is she brave enough to crawld underneath and dsicover who it is?
Rhymes-a-lot
Price: Free! Words: 90. Language: English. Published: February 26, 2013 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Poetry, Fiction » Children’s books » Nursery Rhymes
Welcome to the ttown ofRhymes-a-lot. Where its children are a quirky lot. Cockmakes, laplighters, maids, and squirrels Will take you on quite a whirl. So stop on by and say, "Hello." Don't be shy. It'd be a shame to see you go.
50 Shades Of A Grey Lady
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 110. Language: English. Published: November 29, 2012 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Contemporary, Fiction » Children’s books » Animals » General
A picture book for children featuring fifty different poses of a cat. It is humorous and can be enjoyed by both kids and adults.
Grandpa's Stories: The 20th Century As My Gradfather Lived It
Price: $10.99 USD. Words: 47,460. Language: English. Published: November 5, 2012 by Janet. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
My grandfather grew up in Arizona during the 1920s and 1930s. One week after the attack on Pearl Harbor he joined the Navy. During the summer of 2012, my mother visited him and recorded his stories about growing up, World War Two, and time as an employee at the Pacific Bell Telephone Company. This is the history of the 20th century as he lived it.
Oh Holy Ghost
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,760. Language: American English. Published: September 12, 2012 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
It's Christmas time and all Mel wants to do is spend it at home with her friends. But quiet isn't in the cards when she sees a woman get murdered during the Christmas Parade. But without a body, no one believes Mel and it's up to her to prove not only that a murder took place, but who the killer is. Can she solve the mystery in time for Christmas dinner? Find out in the fifth installment of the Me
Three Little Ghosts
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 33,140. Language: American English. Published: September 12, 2012 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
In this fourth book in the Mellow Summers Series Mel finds herself on a new mystery with the ghosts of three little girls. While at the library investigating a ghost story for Tiny, a woman is murdered. As the investigation intensifies, Mel discovers that the victim was not so innocent after all. Embarking on one twist after another, Mel tries to find the murderer and help the three girls cross
Slayer
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,880. Language: English. Published: July 27, 2012 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » General
O'Gan hunts for the dragon the destroyed his village. He is close. Very close. But will he do once he finds the terrible monster. Find out in this short story that focuses on the climax of a man's quest for revenge.
An Apple A Day Keeps Murder Away
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 27,400. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2012 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Rachel is back. And so is trouble. Mel wakes up covered in blood and with a knife in her hand. She has no memory of what happened. Rachel gets word about it in the spirit world and decides to help Mel out. Now the prime suspect in a murder investigation, it is up to Mel's friends to prove her innocence. But can a ghost get Mel off the hook and catch the real killer?
Frogs, Snails, And A Lot Of Wails
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,530. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2012 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Chick Lit
Mellow Summers has already solved one murder mystery when she met the ghost Rachel. But now that Rachel has gone, Mellow hopes to continue with a normal life. But normal is not in her future. One night Timothy shows up claiming to have been murdered.
Sugar And Spice And Not So Nice
Series: Mellow Summers, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 50,630. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2012 by Janet. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Mystery & Detective
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Mellow Summers just wanted to go to college and get her film degree. She moved into a furnished apartment with her friend Jackie only to find that it already had a tenant: the ghost of a girl who was murdered a year earlier. Now it is up to Mellow to not only discover who the murderer is, but to prove it as well. With the help of the ghost Rachel, Mellow sets out to solve the year old mystery. Sh

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