The Secret Portal & The Vampire Returns: 2 Book Set

by Reno Charlton

Enjoy both The Secret Portal and the sequel The Vampire Returns in this great value two book setThe Secret PortalRoom Thirteen might be the smallest bedroom at Earls Boarding School, but newcomers Jack and Simon soon discover that there's far more to their new room than meets the eye when they discover a hidden portal - a portal which leads to another school in the fifth dimension! The boys quickly find themselves involved in a variety of wonderful and exciting adventures when they start using the portal and meet some of the other-worldly students who are studying there. They make many new and unusual friends including an inept witch, a student from Venus, two ghosts, a nutty gnome and even an angel. However, things take an unexpected - and frightening - turn when a ruthless and bloodthirsty vampire from the alternative universe also discovers the portal and threatens to bring terror to the human race. It is left to Jack, Simon and their new friends to find a way of saving the world from the wrath of the vampire, the fearsome Gladstone Gore. Yet how will they manage...when the invisibility potion is running dry, the apprentice Witch spells disaster by turning friends into mice, and trainee shape shifters just can't seem to master their skills? And on top of all this the two resident bullies at Earls are constantly prowling the corridors!Reno Charlton casts a spell that will leave you breathless from suspense on one page and from laughter on the next. The Vampire Returns (Secret Portal II)The New Year at Earls Boarding School starts well for Jack and his friends but danger lurks behinds the seemingly innocent face of Gerry Fellowes. Gerry, a former school bully, has been infected by a vampire who escaped from the Human Race Studies Academy after Jack and his friends accidentally opened a secret portal between the two worlds. With their memories of the alternate universe having been erased, the boys have no recollection of the vampire and no hint of the horrors ahead. However, when their other-worldly friends from the fifth dimension are sent to monitor the problem, the boys find themselves on a rollercoaster ride where magical surprises, thrills and shocks seem to be waiting around every corner. Can Jack and his allies trap and defeat the vampire before he manages to break free of the confines of Gerry's body, leaving the whole world at risk of being taken over by vampires?This is the thrilling sequel to The Secret Portal in which Reno Charlton takes her readers on a whole new journey into another dimension

262 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 10, 2012

About the author

Hi everyone! I'm a full time copywriter, working from home to provide clients around the world with content for websites, magazines and other media. I am also an author, having written and published three children's fantasy novels and two short stories for older readers. The short stories were created under my pen name of Emily Ho. One of these stories, The Journey Home, won a Curtis Brown Short Story Competition.

I love the craft of writing and enjoy helping others who want to learn more about this craft. I always welcome emails from people who want to know more about getting into copywriting or who are keen to get into writing for children. Readers can contact me via my website here.

You can also find all my books and short stories in Kindle and paperback versions at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com