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Showcase Book – A Year with Aslan: Daily Reflections from The Chronicles of Narnia
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A Year with Aslan: Daily Reflections from The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
“ Lewis combines a novelist’s insights into motives with a profound religious understanding.” —New York Times Book Review
In the tradition of A Year with C.S. Lewis, get your daily dose of inspiration from this one-of-a-kind devotional collecting 365 readings from the beloved Chronicles of Narnia. C.S. Lewis channeled his profound spiritual understanding into The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and the other books in his seminal fantasy series. This enthralling anthology (with lavish illustrations by Pauline Baynes) is the perfect gift for fans of the beloved children’s books, and a peerless set of meditations for anyone looking to step through that secret door to their own world of devotion.
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Ocean Kills (Ocean Breeze) by Jade Hart
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Fantasy & Futuristic, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary
A round the world, murderers and rapists pick off the innocent. Killing loved ones, separating families, and ruining lives.
As an eight-year-old girl, Ocean witnessed her family’s massacre and something altered inside her. Twisting her genetic code… unlocking an ability to teleport.
Ocean Breeze was never destined to be normal, especially having been named after air-freshener. She’s a shadow, a ghost–a dark saviour of the innocent. Armed with a switchblade in her bra, and a box-cutter in her pocket, she hunts the filth of the world.
Callan Bliss is a Sydney police officer whose skill-set is far above that of a normal cop. All his fellow officers see is a hard worker who loves to catch perpetrators and surf, but that’s because they don’t know about his past. When Callan arrests a suspicious-looking prostitute, he comes face-to-face with a self-confessed vigilante, and suddenly, his secrets aren’t so easy to keep silent.
Ocean hates the police with a passion, and has no intention of being held captive by a cop, even if he is sexy as hell. Teleporting from under his nose, Ocean hunts her next target–a man responsible for the largest sex ring in South Africa–and now he’s about to die. But she doesn’t count on Callan giving chase, nor the body-quaking lust that consumes them. However, Ocean’s dark hobbies take precedence over what her heart wants–her thirst for murdering is killing her too, and not even Callan can save her.
A Sexy New Adult Urban Fantasy that takes place in exotic locations, follows a kick-ass heroine, and a swoon-worthy hero. Warning – contains sex
January Exposure (An Ellie Craven Mystery) by Sunny Benson
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths
I n Fargo, North Dakota, it’s January, the mercury is hibernating below zero, and chemist Ellie Craven prefers playing hockey to playing detective. But to protect her family and keep her sister out of jail, she investigates bizarre pranks at her grandpa’s rest home, mingles with drug dealing outlaw bikers, searches for her kidnapped niece, and uncovers a murderer who uses an atypical weapon – the frigid Fargo weather.
Ellie uses her intelligence, her chemistry connections, and a sleigh-full of fortitude to rescue her niece and expose a murderer. Everyone’s a murder suspect, including Ellie’s kung fu queen sister Tandy, her senility-faking Grandpa, her potential love interest Brandon, and her brother-in-law Rick’s look-alike mistresses Barbie and Clarissa. But in the icy end, Ellie discovers perception isn’t always reality.
The Seventh Sister, A Paranormal Romance (Parched, book Two) by Z.L. Arkadie
Genre(s): Nonfiction, Romance, Series
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“He’s watching me with wide eyes; I know he felt it too…. The vampire fills me with warmth but the Wek makes my soul flutter.”
Zillael hates high school and the tiny one horse town she lives in. She has no friends and no social life, both by choice. But all of that changes the afternoon the fog rolls in and she finds herself face to face with three parched vampires.
Soon her cold, boring small town life starts to heat up and suddenly the girl who’s never found any guy interesting enough to crush on is falling in love with two very different supernatural creatures–the charming, popular boy that everyone likes and the sexy, bad boy that’s a lot like her in more ways than one.
But on the day the fog rolls into town for a second time, she finds herself on the verge of discovering who and what she truly is.
If this is the first book you’ve read in the Parched novel series, then the next book to read after finishing this one is Parched (book 1)
PARCHED SERIES BOOKS AVAILABLE:
Parched (Parched, book 1)
The Seventh Sister (Parched, book 2)
Quenched (Parched, book 3)
The Fifth Sister (Parched, book 4)Ignite (Parched, book 5)Light Speed (Parched, book 6)
The Buggy List by Courtney Rice Gager
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Contemporary Fiction
D rew and Libby Sullivan have spent the past six years building the perfect life together. They have a beautiful home, flourishing careers, and they’re finally ready to take the plunge into parenthood. Well, almost. Despite the endless prodding from family, friends, and even strangers, there still seems to be something holding the couple back from starting a family. Perhaps that’s why they decide to take the advice of Libby’s older sister and make a list of everything they want to do before they have a baby. Making their baby bucket list, or as they call it, “The Buggy List”, buys them just a little more time to be Drew and Libby, who sleep in until noon on Saturdays and eat Chinese takeout for dinner on the couch. Besides, it gives Libby the opportunity to pull straight-laced Drew out of his comfort zone and do something fun for once; like go undercover as singles to a speed dating event with their friend, Tom; or finally take the honeymoon they never had. Drew and Libby each write down five items that they must complete before having a baby. But what starts out as a little harmless fun quickly becomes more than this couple bargained for. When secrets, little white lies, and competing desires threaten to pull them apart for good, Libby and Drew must rediscover why they fell in love in the first place.
Beautiful People by James Alexander
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, High Tech
I n a world where beauty equates with wealth and power, Mary, a disadvantaged but intelligent, young student attending an elite college filled with beautiful, rich peers, must accept the reality that she will never be equal to her classmates because of her family’s economic station. Unable to enhance her beauty with the expensive gene therapy her fellow students have received, Mary is faced with a constant barrage of ridicule from her wealthy counterparts and instructors.
Mary’s life is about to change.
About to give up on her academic future, Mary is presented with a very expensive, early Christmas gift from her parents-one that would change her life forever. Sacrificing their life’s savings, Daniel and Bridget, hope to buy their daughter happiness with a gene therapy package. Now, Mary is confronted with accepting a new way of life filled with the possibility of money and power, but first she must make some difficult decisions.
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Wrong Place Wrong Time by David P Perlmutter
Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, True Accounts, True Crime, Nonfiction
M y name is David P Perlmutter, this is my story based on true events of my trip to Marbella, Spain. There are moments in the story that I’m not proud of but also there are some that I am. You will have your view and I would be delighted to hear what you think of my book.
“After successfully negotiating another property deal in London, I meet a friend to celebrate but due to my own reckless stupidity, events that night took a wrong turn & I end up losing everything I had worked so hard for. A month or two later I head for Marbella, Spain with its promise of adventure and fun.”
“Little do I know that I’m about to be thrust into the most terrifying time of my life. Wrong Place Wrong Time is a gripping true-life story of an unimaginable nightmare & how my ticket to a new life turns out to be a one way ticket to hell.”
On the 19th Feb: WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME became the #1 BESTSELLER in TRUE CRIME on Amazon in America.
Here are some of my 29 FIVE ***** US Reviews.
5*****WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME is the first book written by David Perlmutter & what a fantastic story he has to tell.
Highly recommended. Brilliant story Sir.
RJ Parker
True Crime Author/Publicist
5*****I disagree with David’s perception of himself as a writer. Wrong Place Wrong Time is written beautifully. It is a heartfelt & amazing story of courage and stamina.
5*****I am a fan of biography, autobiography, true crime & fact based literature. This book had elements of all these genres & it read like a thriller. David’s style of writing makes you feel like he is just a friend telling a story but just when you are thinking you are going to get a nice coming-of-age story, beer & women get involved, and then the plot begins to twist! This is a edge of your seat, can’t put it down PERFECT read. I am a reader & a thinker & this one kept me doing both. Do not for a moment think this is a ‘man’s book’. ANYONE who likes a great read will enjoy this one…the girls in the book club can’t put it down, my 80 year old dad loved it & any 20-something on the verge of traveling should read this cautionary tale! Well done!
5*****This is an incredible story, one of the few books that leave you cursing your surroundings for constantly distracting you.
5*****I would not be surprised to see this book be turned into a movie some day. If it does, I’ll be one of the first in line to watch it!
5*****A Thrilling, Gripping True Story…..I don’t normally read true stories but this one grabbed my attention & kept me hooked the entire way through. We all make mistakes in our lives, but for Dave his mistakes will never be forgotten. His mistakes also led to acts of Heroism which most of us could never dream of achieving. This is an incredible, honest account of one man’s journey which changed his life forever.
5*****I won’t ruin the suspense by telling you what happens next, but suffice it to say, it will bring to mind some scenes from Midnight Express.
5*****His tale is a roller coaster ride & you don’t want to get off until the end. The twists & turns will leave you breathless.
It is well-written and has a good pace. Your dialogue is very convincing and I could feel the sun & smell the sun-tan lotion! I thought you wrote honestly & without self-pity, which makes it all the more authentic.
I’m really impressed by your writing. It’s very polished and sails right along. Your descriptions are rich and effective. Dialogue is pitch perfect & meshes perfectly with actions & descriptions. Wonderful.
You are an excellent writer & your memoir is captivating. I was so enthralled with you story.
5*****Love a book that I can immediately connect with a character & Dave is truly one of those people. Would love to see this story on the big screen!
5*****Wrong Place Wrong Time is an absolutely captivating real life story from beginning to end.
5*****I warn you, start reading this book & you will not want to stop, it’s that gripping, you simply cannot wait to find out what comes next.
Delicacy: A Novel by David Foenkinos
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, World Literature, Romance, Contemporary Fiction
R eminiscent of novels by Nick Hornby, Muriel Barbery, and Jonathan Tropper,internationally acclaimed novelist David Foenkinosdelivers a heartfelt and deftly comedic tale of new love brightening the darkaftermath of loss–and of wounded hearts finding refuge in the strangest ofplaces. After her husband’s unexpected death, Natalie has erected a fortressaround her emotions–and Markus, clumsy and unassuming, will never be her knightin shining armor. Yet slowly but surely, an offbeat romance begins betweenthese two mismatched, complex souls, and contrary to everything Natalie knowsof affection, her perfect suitor may turn out to be love’s most unlikelycandidate–the fool, not the hero, who is finally able to reach her heart.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox (The Jenna Fox Chronicles) by Mary E. Pearson
Genre(s): Teens, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
W ho is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn’t remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers?
This fascinating novel represents a stunning new direction for acclaimed author Mary Pearson. Set in a near future America, it takes readers on an unforgettable journey through questions of bio-medical ethics and the nature of humanity. Mary Pearson’s vividly drawn characters and masterful writing soar to a new level of sophistication. The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a 2009 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year.
What Happened to Hannah with Bonus Material (Promo e-Books) by Mary Kay McComas
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction
F or a limited time, and at a special price, discover Mary Kay McComas’s What Happened to Hannah with Bonus Material. Plus, receive an excerpt from McComas’s new book Something About Sophie, available March 26th. What Happened to Hannah is a novel of love, hate, loss, and redemption; of a life full of unfinished business. New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay McComas weaves an unforgettable tale of a loner who is called back by tragedy to the home she ran away from years earlier, and finds herself the sole responsible party for a troubled teenage niece. Powerfully moving, deeply emotional, What Happened to Hannah is superior contemporary woman’s fiction that fans of Kristin Hannah, Kristina Riggle, and Jennifer McMahon will take deeply into their hearts and hold there forever.
Demon at My Door by Michelle A. Valentine
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Coming of Age, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal
G othic outcast Natalie Sugarman bartered her soul for her dying mother’s life sixteen years ago to a boy demon that could stop time. Now, days before her twenty-first birthday, the lifelines on her palms are slowly vanishing, and she knows it’s just a matter of time before Satan’s little helper collects.
Natalie’s tried numerous times to kill the demon and regain control of her soul’s destiny, but she always falls short. When she decides to try and gain the element of surprise for her next attempt, Natalie seeks answers about his location from a freaky, glowing-eyed fortuneteller. Creeped out by the psychic’s methods, she bolts from the reading and misses the warning that the demon who stole her soul is always closer than she thinks.
After some strange incidents with her new boyfriend, including a hot, levitating sex session, she realizes he’s the grown-up version of her little nightmare and he’s returned to collect on their deal. Natalie must figure out how to win her soul back from the demon before her lifeline completely disappears and she becomes his forever–even if that means making a deal to damn three other souls to take her place.
*Demon At My Door is a New Adult Paranormal Romance with very mature scenes from New York Times and USA Today Best Selling author Michelle A. Valentine*
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Taking Flight by Adrian R. Magnuson
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Literary, Chick-Lit, Domestic Life, Genre Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction
J eremy Walsh’s parents assume he’s been abducted by the elderly man he met on a cross-country flight, but it’s the other way around.
Share in the journey of two unlikely companions who meet in midair: 13-year-old Jeremy, sent against his will by his career-absorbed father to spend the summer with his bipolar mother in New York, and Harry Herndon, elderly, one-legged and afflicted with mid-stage Alzheimer’s, who escapes his the confinement of home for what may be his last adventure. Outcasts of sorts, they begin their cross-country getaway, trailed by Harry’s wife and Jeremy’s parents, each of whom threaten to cut their journey short. The story that follows is a race against time and circumstance as the two quickly bond over their mutual love of birding while experiencing the joys and growing pains of Taking Flight in their own, very different, ways.
The Unseen (a parapsychology mystery) by Alexandra Sokoloff
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Ghosts, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths
F rom Thriller Award-winning author Alexandra Sokoloff…
A terrifying novel of suspense inspired by the world-famous ESP experiments conducted by Dr. J.B. Rhine in the Duke University parapsychology department.
After experiencing a precognitive dream that shatters her engagement and changes her life forever, young California psychology professor Laurel MacDonald decides to get a fresh start by taking a job at Duke University in North Carolina. She soon becomes obsessed with the long-buried files form the world-famous Rhine parapsychology experiments, which attempted to prove if ESP really exists.
As she teams up with another charismatic professor, they uncover disturbing reports, including a mysterious case of a house supposedly haunted by a poltergeist, investigated by another research team in 1965. The two professors and two exceptionally gifted Duke students move into the grand, abandoned mansion to replicate the investigation, unaware that the entire original team ended up insane… or dead.
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Reviews:
“Sokoloff keeps her story enticingly ambiguous, never clarifying until
the climax whether the unfolding weirdness might be the result of the
investigators’ psychic sensitivities or the mischievous handiwork of a
human villain.”
– Publisher’s Weekly
“A creepy haunted house, reports of a 40-year-old poltergeist investigation, and a young researcher trying to rebuild her life take the “publish or perish” initiative for college professors to a terrifying new level in this spine-tingling story that has every indication of becoming a horror classic. Based on he famous Rhine ESP experiments at the Duke University parapsychology department that collapsed in the 1960s, this is a chillingly dark look into the unknown.”
– Romantic Times Book Review, 4 1/2 stars
“Alexandra Sokoloff takes the horror genre to new heights.”
– Charlotte Examiner
“Sokoloff shines, and deserves kudos for her crisp, direct style, excellent characterization, and for weaving the real life history of the Duke Rhine lab into her own fictional landscape.”
– Horrorworld
“Alexandra Sokoloff’s talent brings readers into the dark and encompassing world of the unknown so completely, that reader’s will find it difficult to go to bed until the last page has been turned. Her novels bring human frailty and the desperate desire to survive together in poignant stories of personal struggle and human triumph. But the truly fascinating element of Sokoloff’s writing is her deep dig into the human psyche and the horrors that lie just beneath the surface of our carefully constructed facades.”
– Fiction Examiner
“Sokoloff has provided a new and interesting twist to the genre, one that will stay with the reader long after the book has been read… the hair on the back of my neck may never lie down.”
– Bookreporter.com
Hey, Little Sister by Karin Cox
Genre(s): Social Situations, Family Life, New Baby, People & Places
Z ac is very excited to be getting a new little sister. But how will she arrive exactly? And will he like her after all?
Designed for parents to help initiate conversation about pregnancy, birth and the arrival of a new sibling, this engaging, beautifully illustrated picture book by Australian author Karin Cox raises some likely questions from young children while still allowing parents to decide how to explain a new arrival in their own terms. Follow Zac and his family as they prepare for a little bundle of joy to arrive.
Eat Your Way to Great Sex – Enjoy Superfoods for Enhanced Libido: Desire, Fertility, Energy, Erectile Function and Great Orgasms (Superfoods Series) by Karen Groves
Genre(s): Health Fitness & Dieting, Relationships, Love & Romance, Sex, Advice & How-to, Health Mind & Body
E at Your Way to Great Sex – Enjoy Superfoods for Enhanced Libido: Desire, Fertility, Energy, Erectile Function and Great Orgasms
Do you know what to eat, and as importantly, what to avoid, to help stimulate your desire for sex, to boost your sexual energy, your fertility, have good erectile function and great orgasms?
This book is about a natural solution to problems associated with your libido – the superfoods that can help you have great sex.
Why is this book so important? Because statistics worldwide show that more and more people are starting to experience problems with sex drive and sexual performance. Some of these statistics are reviewed in the Foreword to this book. There are a number of factors that may be causing these problems with libido, and what you eat is one of them. The declining quality of our food supplies is very concerning, and so the Introduction takes a brief look at our food supplies and points out the importance of consuming organic natural food for libido and health, versus the mass-produced food.
After a brief chapter on ‘What is Libido?’ individual chapters are devoted to:
• Superfoods for Stimulating Desire
• Superfoods for Boosting Energy
• Superfoods for Boosting Fertility
• Superfoods for Good Erectile Function
• Superfoods for Great Orgasms
Each of these chapters starts with a list of foods you should avoid; mood-killing foods, foods that don’t energize, foods that can cause low fertility and problems in pregnancy, foods that can cause problems with erectile function, and foods that can cause orgasms to fizzle and fail.
Superfoods that you should include in your diet for great sex are then described in these chapters.
Both ladies and men will learn more than a thing or two in this e-book. For example, ladies, do you know why you may want to feed celery to your men?
The Conclusion wraps things up by reinforcing the message: ‘healthy sex lives are enjoyed by people who are healthy and who are consuming organic superfoods to preserve that health.’
An Appendix lists problems with libido and the possible causes.
An Unkindness of Ravens – An Homage to Edgar Allan Poe by Patricia Lee Macomber
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Occult
E dgar Allan Poe is one of the most influential authors in the genres of horror and dark fantasy; his presence can be felt in everything from Sherlock Holmes to Stephen King. In AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS, you will find modern fiction directly connected to and inspired by the master, penned by two Bram Stoker Award-winning authors.
In Ennui you’ll find a descendant of Auguste Dupin, Poe’s version of Sherlock Holmes, an answer to the Jack the Ripper murders and a hint of a possible back-story for Dr. Van Helsing.
In The Purloined Prose, Edgar Allan Poe is the protagonist, and a very different version of how and why he wrote his stories is offered.
In W.W.P.D. (What Would Poe Do) you will find two young men with a particularly odd obsession with Poe’s fiction, and his solutions to problems…
Also included are an author’s introduction and the first two chapters of the new novel NEVERMORE – A Novel of Love, Loss & Edgar Allan Poe – by two-time Bram Stoker Award winning author David Niall Wilson. Nevermore is a brand new novel, just released by Crossroad press, soon to be available in Hardcover, trade paperback, and unabridged audio – available now for your Kindle. Also new from Crossroad Press is Patricia Lee Macomber’s debut novel – Zombie – A Love Story – available now for Kindle!
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The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman
Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Literature, Entertainers, Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Essays
F rom the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne Sarah Silverman comes a memoir–her first book–that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny. If you like Sarah’s television show The Sarah Silverman Program, or memoirs such as Chelsea Handler’s Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea and Artie Lange’s Too Fat to Fish, you’ll love The Bedwetter.
Blood Test by Jonathan Kellerman
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, United States, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Contemporary Fiction, Nonfiction
D r. Alexander Delaware, a child psychologist in Los Angeles, is called in to evaluate the case of a leukemia patient whose parents want to discontinue chemotherapy. When the boy disappears from the hospital and his parents are found dead, the only leads are the boy’s sensual older sister and a holistic-meditative cult called The Touch. Delaware’s search for the child takes him to a small town near the Mexican border where he finally unearths the dark secrets kept by the boy’s family and the townspeople. He also uncovers drugs and group sex in the commune and survives a few harrowing attempts on his life. (Particularly well-drawn is a failed assassination at the tale’s end, which has intriguing mythic echoes.) As in his praised first novel, WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, Kellerman draws on his experience as a clinical psychologist to enrich and broaden his considerable storytelling talents. Imbued with a vivid sense of place and featuring a strong supporting cast, including Milo Sturgis, Delaware’s burly gay detective friend, this second adventure points happily toward an Alex Delaware series.
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: Practical Guide for Improving Communication by John Gray
Genre(s): Health Fitness & Dieting, Relationships, Interpersonal Relations, Love & Romance, Parenting & Relationships, Self-Help, Advice & How-to, Health Mind & Body
T he most well-know, long-lived, and tried-and-tested relationships guide ever, the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is now available for the first time ever as an ebook. In this classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication by acknowledging the differences between their needs, desires, and behaviors. No other relationship guide on the market will give you the same level of evidence-based insight sure to help you strengthen and nurture your relationships for years to come.
You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Fiction
W hat happens when the one that got away comes back? Find out in this sparkling debut from Mhairi McFarlane.‘Think of the great duos of history. We’re just like them.’
‘You mean like Kylie and Jason? Torvill and Dean? Sonny and Cher?’
‘I think you’ve missed the point, Rachel.’Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart. It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away.They’d been partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on: Ben is married. Rachel is not. Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend.Hilarious, heartbreaking and everything in between, you’ll be hooked from their first ‘hello’.
Crazytown: The Witch Tree (The Darren Lockhart Mysteries) by Jon Grilz
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Suspense
C rayton Chief of Police Darren Lockhart hasn’t had the easiest time adjusting to his new role in life. Gone are his days with the FBI, the adrenaline of the hunt and his beloved tailored suits. It isn’t until a teenage boy goes missing that Lockhart once again finds himself at the scene of a mysterious disappearance and as a backup to the overly enthusiastic Duluth FBI Agent Caitlyn Rhodes. Lockhart will be torn between the position he once held for 20 years and the town he now protects while hunting a madman the likes of which neither could have ever dreamed of.
From the streets of downtown Duluth, Minnesota all the way to the frigid Canadian border, Lockhart and Rhodes will need to bridge their personal conflicts if they ever hope to find a killer that has eluded capture for a lifetime.
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The Ruth Valley Missing by Amber West
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Comic Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
J ameson Quinn is sick of trying to find herself in the big city. After a gallery opening ends in a trip to the ER and an argument with her self-involved boyfriend, she decides to take off for the peace and quiet of a small town — Ruth Valley.
The small town has everything Brooklyn lacked: simple people, peaceful surroundings, and a feeling of safety. Jameson even finds the perfect house to rent from the town’s most eligible bachelor, Sheriff Jack. Life is finally headed in a promising direction.
But something isn’t right. A young man is mysteriously injured, then disappears — and Jameson finds he isn’t the only person to suddenly vanish. The suspicious behavior of an abrasive nun and a creepy priest set her off on an investigation of what’s really happening. Will she figure out the secrets of Ruth Valley before she’s the next to go missing?
Lloyd Sisters Trilogy – Book One – Dera (Celtic Fae Legend) by Kathrine Emrick
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Fantasy & Futuristic, Paranormal
A pprox 12,000 words.
Dera is half fairy, half human. She is gentle and calm often the voice of wisdom until she meets Hawk.
Hawk is also a fairy and the most trusted advisor of the King. Due to a misunderstanding he has been banished to the human realm unable to access the fairy world. The Queen of the fairies has placed a curse on Hawk, stripping him of his powers. In order to lift the curse and get back his powers, he needs a fairy that is as powerful as the Queen Fairy to break the spell. His search leads him to Dera Lloyd.
Dera is not one to let her emotions rule her so when she meets Hawk she doesn’t know what takes over her. He stirs her senses in a way no one ever has and makes her feel things she’s sworn never to feel. She makes up her mind to avoid him at all cost. But Hawk has his attention pinned on her and until he gets what he wants, he is not letting her out of his sight.
C’est la Vie (Raja Williams Series) by Jack Thompson
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Police Procedurals, Series
W hat do a private detective, a hacker and an assassin have in common? The desire to help when justice needs a hand.
C’est La Vie is a rollicking detective mystery thriller featuring Raja Williams and his partner Vinny Moore. Neither the dark, tragic anti-hero nor the James Bond super-hero type, Raja Williams is a wealthy Oxford-educated PI of mixed Caribbean descent who possesses a strong empathic power and a sixth sense for evil that gives him headaches and steers him straight into trouble. His partner Vinny Moore is a gorgeous hipster geek who prefers hacking computers to haute couture.
In C’est La Vie, book two in the popular series, Raja and Vinny go to Paris when the wife of a visiting British professor disappears and three policemen are executed. The investigation leads straight into the world of club drugs, white slavery and an international criminal known only as the Scorpion.
The writing style is lean and fast paced, with a hint of hard-boiled and plenty of humorous banter between the two protagonists, a la Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man. A colorful cast of characters, great dialogue and a suspenseful, twisting plot make C’est La Vie an entertaining tale that can be read as a stand-alone book or as the sequel to The Color of Greed.
Sub-Human (Book 1) (Post-Human Prequel) by David Simpson
Genre(s): Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Series
B efore he was Old-timer, he was Craig Emilson, a young doctor, sucked into military service at the outbreak of World War III. Enlisting to become a Special Forces suborbital paratrooper, Craig is selected to take part in the most important mission in American military history–a sortie into enemy territory to eliminate the world’s first strong Artificial Intelligence. The mission is only the beginning of Craig’s story, and for the story of humanity as well, as they accelerate towards a world that is post-human.
If you’re already a fan of the smash-hit Post-Human series, this prequel to Post-Human, Sub-Human, will answer the previously unanswered questions of how the post-human world came to be. And, if you’re new to the series, Sub-Human will serve as an engrossing introduction to a possible future that has enraptured tens of thousands of readers in 2012 alone!.
“Wow! Reads like a action film in reeling off in your head!” -By Joanna Daneman
(VINE VOICE) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER).”this book is definitly one of my new favorites in science fiction, alongside Ender’s Game!” -By J. Kittrell
Broken Birdie Chirpin by Adam Tarsitano
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Coming of Age, Literary, Literary Fiction
B roken Birdie Chirpin tells the story of a watershed year in the life of a gifted, but mostly maladjusted, teenage rock n’ roller. He embarks on a journey from mysterious loner through the upper echelons of the London music scene in search of his rock n’ roll fantasy.
The story opens at St. Thomas’ School for Blighters, where our rock n’ roller seemingly falls for Becky, a rough-around-the-edges schoolmate who sees past his shortcomings. His life is quickly complicated by an encounter with Skeffington, a high flying jock with musical aspirations of his own. The not-so-chance encounter sets in motion a series of events that will forever change each of their lives. As the summer months unfold so do the dreams and tragedies of our protagonist. Bloody hell. Even the smallest decisions define life for decades to come.
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The Happy Hooker: My Own Story by Xaviera Hollander
Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Reference & Collections, Specific Groups, Women, Education & Reference, Health Fitness & Dieting, Sex, Advice & How-to, Health Mind & Body
H ow did you first learn about sex? If you grew up in the 1970s, it may have been from a gleefully lusty tour guide named Xaviera Hollander
In the late 1960s — that era of sexual chaos, when Playboy Clubs and love-ins were competing for national attention — a beautiful, intelligent young Dutch secretary named Xaviera de Vries moved to New York, grew swiftly tired of her desk job . . . and soon became the most visible and glamorous madam the city had ever seen. As Xaviera Hollander, she published a shockingly candid account of her life behind the brothel door. The Happy Hooker shot straight to the top of the bestseller lists, sold more than fifteen million copies, and made this enterprising young woman an international phenomenon.
Thirty years later, these delightfully explicit tales of the ’60s and ’70s swingers’ scene — including countless jaw-dropping stories of lesbianism, bondage, fetishism, and more — remain as titillating as ever, charged with the mix of shrewd observation and uninhibited appetite that made Hollander an irresistible storyteller. The Happy Hooker is a classic: the world’s greatest book on the world’s oldest profession.
Reflecting on Midnight by Bradley Convissar
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers
R eflecting on Midnight contains Brad Convissar’s four previously-released novellas. Purchased separately, the four stories (which combine for 76,000 words) will cost you $4.96; purchased together in this collection, only $3.99. Now what does it include?
“Dogs of War”- After divorcing his wife of two years, Gary Lettner thinks he has found the perfect house for himself and Molly, his eight-year-old dachshund. But when the throats of the dead begin to cry out in a voice that only Molly can hear, and when evidence of past atrocities committed in his new home begin to surface, Gary finds himself an unlikely participant in a brutal quest for vengeance.
Some crimes are too horrible to go unpunished, no matter the cost.
“King of the Merge”- William Brookshire is just an average college student on the way to a midnight rendezvous with the girl who used to be the love of his life when a spur-of-the-moment street race turns his life upside down. He knows it isn’t his fault when the driver of the Porsche runs a red light, knows it isn’t his fault when the driver dies of the injuries he sustained during the horrible accident, but William just can’t convince himself that he is completely free of responsibility. And when a vision of the driver starts appearing in his room, starts stalking him around campus, starts appearing in his car, it threatens to drive him mad.
“Fotoshop of the Gods”- Douglas McIntire is just your average college student, out buying replacement parts so he can fix his broken computer. But when he leaves the small computer store, he caries with him not just new parts, but a mysterious disk as well, one that contains a disturbing program. A program that allows Doug to bend and warp reality as he sees fit. Will he use it responsibly? Or will he allow the program’s dark voice to drag him down a dark path? Could you resist the temptation if given the power to reshape your little corner of the world?
“I Never”- Welcome to The Tavern at the Edge of Forever. I hope you survive your experience.
Marco Conti and his three brothers, the children of Chicago-area crime boss Adolpho Conti, have been abducted from their homes in the dead of the night. Their destination is The Tavern at the Edge of Forever, an almost-mythical place where the most powerful criminal masterminds in the world gather to work out business deals and to work out their differences. A place where games are played and where the losers usually end up dead. Marco can’t imagine what twist of fate has brought the four of them to The Tavern, but he is determined to make sure that they all make it out alive. Of course, survival is much harder when the deck is stacked against you by the Mistress of the Tavern herself.
DRY TORTUGAS by AFN CLARKE
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Literary, Chick-Lit, Domestic Life, Genre Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction
A young woman’s search for her estranged father, raises unwanted demons from the past and more adventure than either of them could have imagined. Especially dedicated by this best selling author to his daughters, this unforgettable, dramatic and moving novel will stay with you long after the last page is turned.
Nikki Kimble was brought up by her mother in the lap of luxury, with every conceivable material thing she could ever want, except for the presence and love of her father Jake, a former bestselling author who disappeared from her life when she was three years old. All she has are fleeting memories and a romantic notion of him gleaned from the central character in his novels.
On the death of her mother, Nikki decides to search for her father, and when she finds him, drunk on board a battered yacht in the Florida Keys her shattered illusions turn to anger. Demons from the past threaten to overtake them both as they embark on an intensely personal journey of self-discovery.
As father and daughter face-off in an emotionally charged atmosphere, adrift on a leaking yacht in the middle of a massive storm, their fury, sadness and sense of loss is countered by that mysterious and precious bond that exists between a father and a daughter, and a deep seated human need for love, belonging and new beginnings. Their only hope for the future is by healing the past. But the burning question remains. Will the truth really set them free, or will it create so much pain that it shatters them into tiny pieces, never to be whole again?
This dramatic and inspirational novel explores universal themes of family relationships, love, hate, betrayal, self-realisation and the power and strength of the Human Spirit to overcome seemingly impossible obstacles that Life places in our way.
“…AFN Clarke captures a father and daughter reconciliation in a poignant, gripping and heartfelt way. It’s a story which mirrors the journey many of us take in life … As a reader I felt both challenged and uplifted by this book… I highly recommend it.” 5 Stars, Roma Gaster.
AFN Clarke is the bestselling author of CONTACT (nonfiction) and various works of fiction: An Unquiet American, Dry Tortugas, The Book of Baker series (Dreams from the Death Age; Armageddon; Genesis Revisited), Collisions and the Thomas Gunn suspense series coming soon .
Book Length 87,445 words. 1.2MB
The Difference Between Night and Day by Melissa Turner Lee
Genre(s): Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Fantasy & Futuristic, Religious Fiction, Christianity, Christian Fiction, Paranormal
~ A Christian Paranormal Romance ~
Nathaniel Taylor was a Christian who thought believers were exempted from “dark times.” That was until he entered his own long time in the dark. When he meets Lilly, a young woman in danger, it sends him on a journey to discover the difference between night and day and that during dark times, the Light is hidden, not gone.
Decorah Security Collection by Rebecca York
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Suspense, Romance, Fantasy & Futuristic, Paranormal
N ew from USA Today Best-Selling Author Rebecca York
PRAISE FOR REBECCA YORK
Rebecca York delivers page-turning suspense.
–Nora Roberts
Rebecca York never fails to deliver. Her strong characterizations, imaginative plots and sensuous love scenes have made fans of thousands of romance, romantic suspense and thriller readers.
–Chassie West
OVERVIEW
A boxed set of the following Decorah Security series books by Rebecca York:
DARK POWERS (a novel) — Can his dark powers locate a kidnap victim?
CHAINED (a novella) — When death is stalking, only a phantom can save her–and love her.
HOT AND DANGEROUS (a short story) — What’s more dangerous–terrorists or a hot and sexy werewolf?
AMBUSHED (A short story) — Sworn to protect federal witness Elizabeth Bannerman, Decorah Security
Agent Jordan Stone fights the emotions building between them.
MORE PRAISE FOR REBECCA YORK
Rebecca York will thrill you with romance, kill you with danger and chill you with the supernatural.
–Patricia Rosemoor
(Rebecca York) is a real luminary of contemporary series romance
–Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World
Rebecca York’s writing is fast-paced, suspenseful, and loaded with tension.
–Jayne Ann Krentz
If you enjoy the action-packed plots of of Dick Francis, the sensuality of Angela Knight, and the B&D themes of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, you’ll LOVE Rebecca York’s books.
**For another sexy, action-packed thriller from Rebecca York, check out DARK MOON, the first novel in the Decorah Security series.
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Baby (Species Intervention #6609 Book One) by J.K. Accinni
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
A deeper, darker E.T. A tear jerker featuring the love of an alien creature and the lives he touches.
The series “Species Intervention #6609″ spans two hundred years, encompassing tender love between divergent species, political downfalls and violence of unspeakable order. It is an unfortunate tale of Armageddon and the despairing hope of redemption.
In Baby, Netty is a naive teenage farm girl given in marriage to an older brutal opportunist disguised as a successful citizen during the years of Prohibition in Sussex County, New Jersey. After years of enslavement, Netty flees into the night from her rapist husband, traveling back to the farm worked by her parents, where she rescues an unfamiliar damaged creature she finds in a cave in the woods of her childhood, falling in love with the enigmatic creature she names Baby. Together they find happiness and fulfillment despite the changes to Netty’s body wrought by the proximity of the unusual creature.
When a handsome Italian stranger comes into Netty’s life, complications ensue as she falls in love while trying to hide the bizarre and wondrous changes to her farm and her body. Netty, Baby and Wil strive to conquer obstacles thrown in their path by life, succeeding wildly until the heart-rending and astonishingly brutal climax to their story.
Deliver: How to Perform Your Best When it Counts the Most by Josh Matthews-Morgan
Genre(s): Education & Reference, Words, Language & Grammar, Public Speaking, Health Fitness & Dieting, Psychology & Counseling, Nonfiction, Applied Psychology, Reference, Words & Language
H ave you ever experienced a moment of peak performance? You feel in complete control of yourself. All of your thoughts and actions align in perfect flow to bring you what you want. You feel energy surge through you and clarity sweep through your mind. You feel powerful, like you are handling the task at hand with ease and nothing can stop you. In short, you feel like the best version of yourself.
Drawing on their experience as performance coaches, authors Josh and Dr. Nita Matthews-Morgan have created a guide to reaching this state of peak performance in any moment. Written to help performers in all fields–speakers, athletes, artists, musicians and salespeople–this brief but power-packed guide is like having access to your own personal coach. It was designed to bring you the greatest impact with the fewest words, so that simply reading each concise chapter will help you reach your best performance.
Whoever said big things don’t come in small packages? Read this book. Internalize the words. And watch as you Deliver like you’ve never done before.
TRANSCENDER: First-Timer (TRANSCENDER Trilogy) by Vicky Savage
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Teens
W hen a freak lightning storm turns terrifying, seventeen-year-old Jaden Beckett leaps for her life only to be glitched into an alternate universe. The destiny police want her out. Jaden’s got other plans.
Ripped away from her quiet Connecticut life and dumped into a post-apocalyptic version of earth, Jaden lands smack in the middle of a kidnapping–her own!
Agent Ralston of the Inter-Universal Guidance Agency (IUGA) rescues her and helps her to assume a new identity. And what an amazing identity it is …
In this world, she’s Princess Jaden a member of the royal family of one of the three surviving nations. Plus, her mother’s alive here–a miracle she never dreamed possible. If that weren’t enough, she finds herself falling hard for Ryder Blackthorn, the half-Cherokee half-Irish outlaw who kidnapped her in the first place.
So, when IUGA finally gets its act together and is ready to send her home, Jaden’s not budging. She’s pretty sure Agent Ralston’s been lying to her, and this whole thing isn’t really a cosmic accident after all.
Can the powerful IUGA force her to leave? Or is Jaden what some in this strange land believe her to be–a Transcender with the ability to travel among alternate dimensions at will?
Traitor, Book 1 of The Turner Chronicles by Mark Eller
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
L ast Chance – a small town set on the edge of the far frontier. It is a place of gentle manners and common civility. After all, it should be since more than three quarters of its residents are women. However times change when a Talent Master runs rampant, savages threaten war, and an illegal militia from an alternate universe plans invasion and empire. A hero is needed. A Savior. Meet Aaron Turner, the small unassuming man who runs the Last Chance General Store. He is this town’s–this world’s–only hope. Unfortunately for the town, Aaron also happens to be a soldier and Militia spy whose job is to prepare the ground for the Militia’s invasion. To help him with this task, he has a cellar filled with advanced weaponry and the unique ability to teleport between the two worlds. However after a year of living within Last Chance, Aaron is no longer sure in which direction his loyalties lie.
A Fine and Dangerous Season by Keith Raffel
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Political, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers
T he phone rings in the California home of businessman Nate Michaels before the sun is up on October 24, 1962. An hour later he’s on an Air Force jet to Washington. Michaels hasn’t seen or spoken to President Kennedy since they met at Stanford in the fall of 1940, but now JFK needs his help opening a back channel to defuse the threat posed by Soviet missiles in Cuba. In both the Pentagon and the Kremlin, pro-war generals want a showdown, not a humiliating compromise. As the world races toward nuclear holocaust during a fine and dangerous autumn, Michaels finds himself spinning in a maelstrom of statecraft, espionage, love, and betrayal.
“A compelling story, written with a sure hand, that keeps you intrigued. But watch out for the gut punches. They come often and unexpectedly. Raffel definitely has his game on.” –Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Columbus Affair and The Jefferson Key
“A rare historical novel – exciting and utterly believable – with Jack Kennedy as you’ve never seen him. Raffel is a master storyteller. I loved A Fine and Dangerous Season.” –Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Spies
“It’s been half a century since the Cuban Missile Crisis brought us to the edge of the abyss. It’s about time we got a page-turning thriller this good about it. The stakes are incredibly high, the action swift and chilling, the writing sleek and smooth. And the historical characters, from JFK to General Curtis LeMay, leap off the page. It may be fiction, but you’ll believe every word of it.” –William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Harvard Yard and The Lincoln Letter
“Think you know JFK? Think again. Keith Raffel’s novel A Fine and Dangerous Season is a nail-biting, meticulously researched foray into the real-life thriller territory of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Don’t miss it!” –Kelli Stanley, award-winning author of City of Secrets
“Raffel takes the reader on a wild ride from Stanford University right before World War II to one of the most dangerous moments of the Cold War. Loved it!” –Rebecca Cantrell, award-winning author of A City of Broken Glass
“A clever and deftly crafted retelling of the Cuban Missile Crisis through the eyes of JFK’s old Stanford buddy. Not to be missed.” –Robert Gregory Browne, bestselling author of Trial Junkies
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