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Skipping Stones by J.B. McGee

Genre(s): Chick-Lit

They say there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

Not everyone will grieve in this order, nor will everyone go through every stage. It’s during the stage of denial when Alex Hart meets Andrew Foster. He takes her one-step closer to acceptance: the stage when new, meaningful relationships are formed. The stage when the realization occurs that this is now the new state of normal.

Just when Alex thinks she is on her way to healing, she enters the bargaining phase. That’s the phase where you wonder what you could have done differently. You wonder “what if?” Specifically, what if the ones you loved hadn’t left you?

Leaving…this is what makes heading off to war so difficult and frightening for Alex. She knows all too well what it’s like to be the one on the losing end of life, which is why she’s made it her personal mission in life to save as many lives as possible. The extreme high she gets from treating trauma victims turns into Alex’s own form of therapy, or so she thinks.

When faced with her world being turned upside down, Alex may just find that her true therapy is in the one who has always saved her.

Skipping Stones is a stand alone novel.

Mending (This) by J.B. McGee

Genre(s): Contemporary Fiction

Gabby has finally started to break down the walls she has worked so hard to build up from all of the heartache she has felt through the years, just as ghosts from Bradley’s past begin to show themselves. Will Gabby find healthy ways to cope with the new heartache she experiences or will she go back to running from the people who pose a risk of hurting her?

The Snitch, Houdini and Me – Humorous Tales of Death-defying Childhood Misadventure by Johnny Virgil

Genre(s): Humor

“Go Out and Play and Don’t Come Home until it’s Dark.”

Growing up in the 70′s wasn’t easy. No internet or smartphones, video games or HDTV — nothing but time to kill and the endless potential of a summer day. Only parental threats and a newly-developed sense of right and wrong could steer Johnny Virgil and his two younger brothers away from trouble…or directly into it.

Join Johnny on this hilarious and irreverent romp through his childhood as he recounts the stories that made him what he is today – an unimportant cog in a vast, corporate financial services machine. But he wasn’t always this way, and this book is proof.

Booby traps, severed deer legs, runaway bulldozers, young love and fresh cow pies — all this and more, brought to life by Johnny’s sometimes twisted, sometimes touching but always hilarious tales of suburban childhood.

If you have kids of your own, these are the stories you don’t want them to read. If you like to laugh even when it’s wrong and long to return to a more innocent yet treacherous time, this book will leave you wishing Johnny’s childhood had never ended.

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Important Note: This book is not intended for young readers. It does contain some profanity and may not be suitable for all audiences. There is a PG version available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DSOUU82

When Godly People Do Ungodly Things: Finding Authentic Restoration in the Age of Seduction by Beth Moore

Genre(s): Religion & Spirituality

It is reported in the headlines, confessed in the pulpits, and hidden in the pews in churches around  the world. The seduction of God’s people by the deceiver is a tale as old as the garden, but we are always surprised when it happens. We must realize that Satan is a lion on the prowl and we are his prey. Beth writes with a passion fueled by the Biblical warnings of the schemes of Satan’s seductive activity and the broken-hearted concern of a teacher who receives countless letters from repentant Christians limping on the road to finding restoration. Delivering dire warnings to Christians to safeguard themselves against Satan’s attacks, Beth also reveals how you can know if someone is vulnerable. Beth writes, “We, Christ’s church, are in desperate need of developing His heart and mind in issues like these.” She fears that often God is far more merciful than the Body of Christ is with the deeply repentant and those desperate to find their way home. When Godly People Do Ungodly Things will be a guide to authentic repentance and restoration.

Alchemy by Mike Wood

Genre(s): Coming of Age

“Mike Wood is Massachusetts’ answer to Carl Hiaasen. Alchemy is a great and funny tale of wayward manatees, love, fatherhood and pirate treasures, not necessarily in that order.” – AJ Jacobs, bestselling author of The Know-It All

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When a migrating manatee makes a prolonged stop off the coast of Cape Cod, his unexpected arrival (and the beautiful daughter of the marine biologist who is following him) sets into motion a charming chain of events that will result in 15-year old Al learning the truth about his missing father, the joy and pain of first love, and ultimately even the fate of Hugh Manatee!

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The summer of 1984 was a golden time in America. From California, where gymnast Mary Lou Retton was winning Olympic gold, to Cape Cod, where explorer Barry Clifford was discovering pirate gold, the nation seemed obsessed with the precious metal. But for 15-year old Al, that obsession hits a little too close to home when he finds a code-filled notebook belonging to his missing father that may contain the ancient formula for turning lead to gold. Convinced that his father’s sudden disappearance is connected to his secret experiments in alchemy, Al sets out to find the truth. He enlists the help of Cammie, a beautiful girl staying for the summer while her marine biologist father tracks a wayward manatee, and together they begin unraveling the mystery. But the closer they get to an answer, the closer they grow to each other, and as the end of summer draws nearer, Al wonders if they can break the code without breaking his heart.

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The HerStories Project by Stephanie Sprenger

Genre(s): Relationships

The bonds of women’s friendship can be more intimate than marriage, and just as essential to emotional health. From the childhood friend who broke your heart to the college roommate who witnessed you at your highest and lowest, from the lost friendship that ended bitterly to the devoted companion who is still in your life, from the bond that was forged due to shared grief to the shaky connection born with new motherhood, all women have stories to tell about their friendships. The HerStories Project: Women Explore the Joy, Pain, and Power of Female Friendship is a collection of essays from over 50 women writers, encompassing tales of friendship from the sandbox to the inbox.

The book includes a foreword from Jill Smokler of Scary Mommy and several chapters on understanding friendship from friendship experts Shasta Nelson and Carlin Flora.

In this book, you will read stories of childhood friendship, relationships between sisters, mothers, and daughters, grown-up friendships–both real life and online– friendships during motherhood, and stories of friendship break-ups and losses. Whether you identify with the new mother who struggles with loneliness, the woman who looks forward to her social media notifications, the challenging and complex relationship of sisters, or the stories of friends that have drifted apart, you will recognize yourself somewhere in the pages of this book.

On The Buckle (Dreamhorse Mystery #1) by Candace Carrabus

Genre(s): Humor

Her favorite panties have taken a float downstream without her, and when she finally gets to the store to buy whipped cream, people are already talking about it…yet another bad day for Vi.

Smart-mouthed New Yorker Viola Parker might be one of the best show-jumper riders around, but her attitude just landed her out of work. Again. She can barely keep her horse in hay let alone support her whipped-cream-in-a-can addiction. Now, all that’s between her and a surprise trust fund is keeping a job for one full year by the time she’s 30. And a glowing letter of recommendation.

But it’s hard to keep a civil tongue when within minutes of arriving at her new post at a Missouri horse farm, Vi runs headlong into a bull, has to catch a runaway, and her horse kicks her kilt-clad boss, Robert Malcolm.

If Malcolm doesn’t make the farm a success within the year, his father will sell it to developers. The moment Vi and her long legs and keen gaze step into his bull’s path, he knows he’s in trouble. But someone else has their eye on the land, too, and they will do anything to kill his success.

It’s supposed to be a relaxing–boring!–year of riding “on the buckle.” Between the dead horse visiting Vi’s dreams and the dead bodies piling up, the question isn’t whether she can keep her mouth shut long enough to earn a reference, but whether she’ll live long enough to get it.

Bonus: Includes an excerpt of The Good Horse, The Bad Man & The Ugly Woman, a Witting Woman novella, coming soon from Candace Carrabus.

What’s Your Secret?: Freedom through Confession by Aaron Stern

Genre(s): Education & Reference

Shhhh…. Is there something about you that you hope no one else ever finds out? You’re not alone. Everyone has secrets–hurts, abuses, bad habits, fears. Big or small, secrets can destroy you from the inside out. The good news is that confession is more powerful than secrets–or the fear that keeps you from telling them. In What’s Your Secret? Aaron Stern shows you · the powerful roots of secret-keeping· the difference between “good” secrets and “bad” secrets· what confession is (and isn’t)· why letting go of secrets is so much more enjoyable than living in fear· how to strategically live a secret-free life Using personal stories and anonymous confessions from others, Aaron will remind you of the beauty of forgiveness and the joy that comes from living in the freedom God has always wanted you to have.

Just Breathe (Just Breathe #1) by Heather Allen

Genre(s): Fantasy

Ever Harding, an average teenager with a passion for swimming is about to turn eighteen. Out of the blue she has been dumped by her long time boyfriend, which is the ultimate of tragedies in her life. Little does she know that on that fated eighteenth birthday, she will have to make a choice that will change her life as she knows it, forever.

A month before her birthday, Ever meets Jack, a mysterious new boy with mesmerizing eyes. He affects her like no one else. This meeting sets things into a whirlwind she never would have dreamed. With Jack’s guidance she discovers a family line that leads her to the sea. She must make the ultimate choice, stay on land where life as she knows it, won’t change, or go and live in the sea as a mermaid with Jack.

Ultimately her choice sets into motion an even bigger decision, in which she has the fate of a race of people, in her hands. The people in the sea are in a feud, she will tip the balance. She must battle the ageless moral delimma of prejudice and race. Once she comes to terms with her life changing choices, she must ask herself, did I make the right decisions? and Is Jack really who I think he is?

Trinity: Military War Dog (A Breed Apart) by Ronie Kendig

Genre(s): Romantic Suspense

A year ago in Afghanistan, Green Beret Heath Daniel’s career was destroyed. Along with his faith. Now he and his military war dog, Trinity, train other dogs and their handlers. Though his passion is to be back in action, the medical discharge has forced Heath—and Trinity—to the sidelines. Military intelligence officer Darci Kintz is captured while secretly tracking the Taliban. Only one dog can handle the extreme conditions to save her. Trinity. Only one man can handle Trinity. Time is running out on the greatest—and most dangerous—mission of their lives. 

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Corporate America by Jack Dougherty

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment

Thank You For Smoking meets House of Cards in this fast-paced, sharp satire about the business world.

After aspiring novelist Francis Scanlon is expelled from a prestigious graduate creative writing program, he is forced to become a spin doctor at the Prock Chocolate Corporation while he awaits the publication of his masterpiece.

But Francis’s expectations of easy money and literary glory are thwarted by a paranoid boss determined to run him out of the company, a charlatan writing coach, a snarky reporter, a sanctimonious public health crusader more Goebbels than Gandhi, an oily U.S. Senator with presidential aspirations, and a radical Muslim cleric with absolutely no sense of humor.

As the story unfolds in San Francisco, Washington, New York, Krakow, Mumbai, Jakarta, and a series of lush equatorial corporate jet refueling stations, Francis is swept up by market forces and transformed from pretentious literary cliché to reluctant executive to master practitioner of the black art of corporate power-politics. The story ends up, rather unexpectedly, as a surprisingly sweet romantic comedy as well.

A unique exploration of the way business, politics, career trajectories and interpersonal relations intermingle, Corporate America is a smart, literate comedy that deftly blends bone-dry satire, high ideals and bad taste without ever showing its seams.

Shadows Burned In by Chris Pourteau

Genre(s): Literary Fiction

Have you ever worried about–ever feared–becoming your parents? Shadows Burned In tells the story of one man grappling with that question…and one family afraid of the answer.

David Jackson moves his wife, Susan, and daughter, Elizabeth, to his home town of Hampshire, Texas. He thinks he’s doing them a favor. Houston is rife with crime, smog, and traffic jams. Surely Hampshire, with barely 3,000 residents, is a safer place to raise a family.

But David discovers that old ghosts are hard to kill. Behaviors surface in him reminiscent of his abusive father, and David’s actions begin to overshadow his best intentions. Soon tensions with Susan erupt into arguments over why they moved to Hampshire in the first place. Family life in this small town is anything but tranquil.

To escape their feuding, Elizabeth explores the once-elegant home of Old Suzie, the object of local gossip and whispered tales of children in years gone by. Though Suzie is long dead, her abandoned home seems to simmer with phantoms from Hampshire’s past.

What will Elizabeth find there? A refuge from her bickering parents…or the dark force transforming her father?

Chest of Souls Book One by Michelle Erickson

Genre(s): Action & Adventure

A new series sure to please the pickiest fantasy readers.., August 12, 2011 By Readers Favorite “Book Reviews and Award Contest” (Hawesville, KY USA) – Reviewed by Anne B. for Readers Favorite

Michelle Erickson has created a new series sure to please the pickiest fantasy readers. In Chest of Souls Book 1, we meet nine year old Talon and the adventure begins . Talon and a young man named Nyk end up running for their lives. Talon meets Brenna, a beautiful six-year-old with power beyond the imagination. Talon and Brenna are the only hope to destroy Sogo. Together they would make a formidable team…if they could live long enough to develop their powers.

Michelle Erickson does exactly what all authors should do…begin the book with a dynamic, attention grabbing scene. However, she doesn’t stop there; she continues with one heart pounding scene after another. There are plenty monsters to fear and battle in Chest of Souls. Brenna was one of my favorite characters. Although only six years old, she already has self confidence and knows she belongs with Talon. This is the first book in a new series; I can hardly wait to see what our two heroes face in the next book.

From the back of the book:

Brenna doesn’t know that her mother is Hi-Sha of Eyes, or that her father was an assassin and he’s supposed to be dead. She doesn’t even know her pet is the Queen of all Shee’s. Brenna is safe because she is oblivious to all but Talon.

Talon felt safe until he met Brenna.
Once he is ordered to protect her, he’s had to fight monsters he never knew existed, run away from an assassin, and escape a forest full of carnivores. His father burned down their cottage and left him with people he just met and he isn’t sure who to trust.

Talon and Brenna are destined to bring down the wickedest city in the world. They’ve been hunted their entire lives by the very evil they must destroy. They don’t know that when they finally meet that evil, they may not win.

In the meantime the Chest of Souls waits to be powered and neither child can guess the price.

Life and Laundry: Surviving the Spin Cycle by Gay Wayman

Genre(s): Humor

If George Carlin and Erma Bombeck knew each other in the Biblical sense, their offspring would be genetically destined to view the world through Gay Wayman’s eyes. This “truth is better than fiction” salmagundi is a romp through life and living as only Wayman can spin it. It’s funny. Quirky. Tender. Sobering. It’s all here. Laughter, tears, philosophy and out right silliness. Common threads in our shared humanity. In one essay, Wayman recalls her 4-year-old nephew who couldn’t yet hear the difference between peanuts and penis. At a minor league baseball game, the peanut vendor wandered through the crowd hollering, “Get your peanuts………get your fresh, hot peanuts here.” Think about it. Her wee nephew did.

Mercy by Pam Dingée

Genre(s): Romance

*Contains some explicit scenes*

*Not intended for readers under the age of 18*

Eden has had a tough year and is trying to bounce back from the tragedy of her father passing recently, and she’s also hoping to learn to love and trust again all while going through a sticky divorce with the Dick.

Dom is Eden’s BFF’s brother, he’s also a bit of a player and a sexy distraction for Eden. He wants to earn Eden’s trust, but she’s been burned before and is skeptical. Can Dom help by being a good friend to Eden and steer her in the right direction?

Review by Deb from romanceswithalittlekick.com HEA Romances With A Little Kick

Mercy by Pam Dingée is a sweet, hot and very intense romance with a few twists. I enjoyed that even with this book being mostly in the first person for the hero and heroine, since I mostly don’t do first person stories this was quite an enjoyable read.

Dom is sexy, funny and a true “Bad Boy” and he has it bad for Edie. Dom’s character is so open that he is easy to connect with. Ms. Dingée never leaves you asking what is the angle of this character. The true question that Dom is asking himself is will he let Eden see what is in his heart?

Eden is flat out fun and sweet. I liked watching her go through her paces as it were with her character, and trust me there were a few of them. Her bond with Dom’s sister Aly is a hoot! I laughed so much when these two were together. With everything that Eden learns in her travels, could the one thing she needs, be the one she loses?

Dom and Eden no matter what the setting between passions rising to fighting themselves and each other, there is one thing never lacking and that is the sparks between them.

Secondary characters helped add richness to an already strong plot, especially Aly & Sloane. The only others were Eden’s men. *grin* The plot had some interesting points, twist that I even did not see coming. The only fault I have with this whole book is the switching back and forth to present and past that for me I had to really stay with the book so not to lose the feel.

If you enjoy sexy characters, sweet dialog then you need to add Mercy by the temptress known as Pam Dingée.

Rated 4 Stilettos by Deb!

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The Great Corporate Escape by Michael J Holley

Genre(s): Humor

Ben Jenkins’s corporate career is killing him slowly with boredom whilst his boss, Rupert Savage, has the potential to kill him quickly with his bare hands.

It seems as though he has everything; a good job, a loving family and great friends, but the thought of spending the next thirty years in the corporate world is making him desperately, desperately miserable.

He’s lost but dreams of escape, and the only refuge he has is his imagination. The more obsessed he becomes the more his imagination takes hold, until he’s only left with one option…

… to take freedom into his own hands.

The Great Corporate Escape is a comedy for anyone who has ever had trouble finding out what’s important in their life.

The Untold Want: A Novel by Ronnell D. Porter

Genre(s): Coming of Age

Young Adult Novel.

What would you do if the bible was law, and you didn’t fit in?

My name is Catianna Breaker. I live in a community that lives by the word of the Lord, and unquestioningly obeys the laws of the Bible. My father was a Gatekeeper, a soldier of God who enforces these laws and dispenses justice as our Prophet sees fit. I’m a painter, and an average student. I help my Aunt Shelly run a pottery store after school. I’m sixteen years old, and I’m dying.
When you’re sixteen, nothing could possibly happen to you. Things happen to friends of friends, to relatives or complete strangers, but not to you. Strip that away, and you lose something inside of you. It’s the spark of youth that adults often refer to in reminiscence, something that makes every young boy and girl take daring risks, makes them happy-go-lucky and carefree. What you lose is your invincibility.
So who am I now? What do I believe in when what I see and hear around me leads to suffering? What path do I follow when the rules I’d clung to for safety seem to turn their fangs on me in my hour of need?
This is my story. These are my words. Please, listen, because this will be my only chance.

Sunset Rising by S.M. McEachern

Genre(s): Action & Adventure

February 2024: Desperate to find refuge from the nuclear storm, a group of civilians discover a secret government bio-dome. Greeted by a hail of bullets and told to turn back, the frantic refugees stand their ground and are eventually permitted entry. But the price of admission is high.

283 years later… Sunny O’Donnell is a seventeen-year-old slave who has never seen the sun. She was born in the Pit, a subterranean extension of the bio-dome. Though life had never been easy, the last couple of months had become a nightmare. Her mom was killed in the annual Cull, and her dad thought it was a good time to give up on life. Reyes Crowe, her long-time boyfriend, was pressuring her to get married, even though it would mean abandoning her father.

She didn’t think things could get any worse until she was forced upstairs to the Dome to be a servant-girl at a bachelor party. That’s when she met Leisel Holt, the president’s daughter, and her fiancé, Jack Kenner.

Now Sunny is wanted for treason. If they catch her, she’ll be executed.

She thought Leisel’s betrayal was the end. But it was just the beginning.

“Sunset Rising” is Book One of a series.

KILLER DEADLINE by Steve Trotter

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

San Francisco Daily Pulse crime reporter Mike Green is a man killing time. Waiting to join his wife in paradise while fantasizing about her kid sister. Waiting for his Navy SEAL son to respect his draft dodger dad. Wishing he had the guts to play hardball with murderers the system doesn’t have the balls to strike out. But the thought of slow death behind bars terrifies Mike. Until his doc tells him he has less than a year to live.

Tasked with hunting this killer vigilante is SFPD homicide inspector Siena Mancini, a single mom with a bullseye on her forehead and a drinking problem she thought she’d beat. A problem that dogs her as the bodies pile up and she races the clock to save her only child, herself, and the ex who dumped her for a younger, hotter model.

The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You’ll Ever Face, Answers to Every Question You’ll Ever Ask (Answer Book (Storey)) by Margaret Radcliffe

Genre(s): Crafts & Hobbies

Every avid knitter has faced this dilemma: deep into a project at midnight, just trying to finish one more row, and, then . . . oh no, a dropped stitch three rows back! Help! If only there was a 24-hour hotline to answer every question a knitter might encounter. Well, now there is, with The Knitting Answer Book . The expert authors, Margaret Radcliffe and Edie Eckman, leave no question unanswered, no quandry unaddressed. Each book contains detailed, illustrated answers to literally hundreds of questions, from the common to the more unusual:

• Are certain needles better for certain yarns?
• What if I dropped a stitch several rows back?
• Why do my edges tend to curl up?
• Can you use a different weight yarn than the pattern calls for?
• What can I do to keep my yarns from tangling up?
• Oops, I see my ribbing is way too tight. Now what?

Covering the whole range of situations a beginner is likely to face, along with the problems that may arise for those working more advanced patterns, this Answer Book will help knitters and crocheters of all levels. Each book is packaged in a small, take-along trim size, in a friendly-to-use Q&A format, and belongs in the bag of every knitter. Available 24/7, The Knitting Answer Book is always open, ready for yarn lovers to browse and consult to their heart’s content.

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Santa Fe Fortune by Ginny Baird

Genre(s): Romance

SANTA FE FORTUNE
Gwen’s got ten days to raise twenty thousand dollars in cash. Can she rope a rancher in the ride?

“A cute, light read with quite a few touches of humor.”
~ InD’Tale Magazine

A hot new release in humor!

SANTA FE FORTUNE
Some things are worth more than money…

North Carolina artist Gwendolyn Marsh is on a New Mexico mission. She’s got ten days to raise twenty thousand dollars in cash. In financial straits herself and hoping to help her sister, Gwen’s determined to bring monetary relief fast. What Gwen doesn’t bank on is getting the utterly handsome and irresistible Dan Holbrook in the bargain. Still recovering from a failed first marriage, Gwen’s not sure she’ll ever love again. Can a midnight ride in the desert convince her to change her mind?

Billionaire bachelor Dan Holbrook is an outdoorsy man who knows how to behave in polite company. So when his sister Nancy asks him to run her Santa Fe gallery while she’s away, Dan thinks he’ll have no trouble manning the store. That is, until Ms. Gwendolyn Marsh blows into town like a wild, west wind, upending his world with her womanly ways. Dan’s heart hasn’t healed from its last disaster. Can he risk opening himself up to hurt a second time?

SANTA FE FORTUNE…
He moved nearer now, his mouth just inches away. “I’ll be damned if I don’t want to kiss you,” he said, his voice a husky rasp.
And she’d be damned if she didn’t want him to. “Dan…” she said, tilting up her chin and closing her eyes.
“But I won’t,” he said, snapping her back to attention, eyes open. “Not now. Not here. Not like this…”
She started to speak as he brought his fingers to her lips. “If ever I’ve seen a woman who deserves to be kissed well, it’s you. But the timing has got to be right. You have to be sure.” He cast a cursory glance at her wedding band and backed away. “I need to be sure. Something tells me we’ve both gone down a path neither of us wants to travel again…”

A sweet, traditional PG-rated romantic comedy.
Short contemporary category-length, approximately 50,000 words.

Angels in the Snow: A Novella by Melody Carlson

Genre(s): Christian Fiction

Themes of grief, love, and renewed faith intertwine in this winsome novella by best-selling author Melody Carlson.
The recently widowed Claire Andrews is mourning the deaths of her husband and young son who were killed in a boating accident. Grief-stricken and angry with God, Claire, a professional artist, finds she is no longer able to paint. In her sorrow, she flees to an isolated cabin in the Cascade Mountains to find solace and healing, and hopefully, her talent again.
As Claire walks through the woods each day, she discovers two sets of footprints in the snow-an adult’s and a child’s. Although Claire desperately wants to believe that the prints belong to the loved husband and child she has lost, discovering the true identity of the ones who make the tracks will reawaken romance and restore her faith.
Melody Carlson’s legions of readers will embrace this newest tale of love and hope that has seasonal appeal for Christmas gift-giving and the timeless allure of a story well told.

Wet Linda by Paul Parducci

Genre(s): Horror

Revised Kindle Edition:For fans of Stephen King, Jack Ketchum and Poppy Z. Brite- "A Terrifying Novel about a Bad Thing from the Water.""Popular Hollywood Actor/Filmmaker Paul Parducci’s first Psychologically Intense and Twisted Horror Novel will have you looking twice at all things liquid."

A self-hating Eighteen year-old moves into a sterile California suburb and her life becomes a lung-filling nightmare as she comes under the control of something very evil met at the community pool.
Mandy Helger has not fit in anywhere her entire life. At eighteen, she is an innocent
floundering in the brutal social environment of the upscale Southern California
world she is trapped in.
When she moves with her family to a new home for her senior year, she makes a
decision to take drastic actions in order to fit in.
In an attempt to lose weight and be accepted by her
attractive peers Mandy begins swimming at a mysteriously unused community pool.
It is there at the pool day after day that Mandy learns the
pool’s dark past and becomes the handmaid of its unspeakably evil resident.

Plum Spooky (A Between the Numbers Novel) by Janet Evanovich

Genre(s): Humor

The First Full Length Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers Novel from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich.
Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys. Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He’s chosen Martin Munch, boy genius, as his new business partner, and he’s chosen the Barrens as his new playground. Munch received his doctorate degree in quantum physics when he was twenty-two. He’s now twenty-four, and while his brain is large, his body hasn’t made it out of the boys’ department at Macy’s. Anyone who says good things come in small packages hasn’t met Munch. Wulf Grimoire is looking for world domination. Martin Munch would be happy if he could just get a woman naked and tied to a tree. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has Munch on her most-wanted list for failure to appear in court. Plum is the all-American girl stuck in an uncomfortable job, succeeding on luck and tenacity. Usually she gets her man. This time she gets a monkey. She also gets a big guy named Diesel.  Diesel pops in and out of Plum’s life like birthday cake – delicious to look at and taste, not especially healthy as a steady diet, gone by the end of the week if not sooner. He’s an über bounty hunter with special skills when it comes to tracking men and pleasing women. He’s after Grimoire, and now he’s also after Munch. And if truth were told, he wouldn’t mind setting Stephanie Plum in his crosshairs. Diesel and Plum hunt down Munch and Grimoire, following them into the Barrens, surviving cranberry bogs, the Jersey Devil, a hair-raising experience, sand in their underwear, and, of course . . . monkeys.

Afloat by Erin Healy

Genre(s): Chick-Lit

Dark waters are rising. Who will stay afloat?Architect Vance Nolan has crafted a marvel–shining apartments floating in the peaceful cove of a winding river. The project is partially occupied and about to make investors rich when a sinkhole gives way.Torrential rains quickly flood the cove, leaving a handful of builders, investors, and residents cut off from the rest of the world.The motley group is bitterly divided over how to survive.Vance insists they wait for rescue. Developer Tony Dean wants to strike out into the darkness. And single-mom Danielle Clement, obligated to each man and desperate to protect her young son, Simeon, isn’t sure which one is wiser.Power failure, an unnatural daytime darkness, explosions, and a murder expose hidden intentions and dark histories. Then Simeon spots something strange underwater–beautiful, shifting lights in the dark depths.In this watery world, everyone’s secrets will eventually come to light. And deliverance may mean more than just getting out alive.Another stunning exploration of the human spirit and supernatural possibilities from best-selling author Erin Healy.”Heart-pounding suspense and unrelenting hope that will steal your breath.” –Ted Dekker, New York Times best-selling author (for Never Let You Go)”[Afloat] is full of danger, intrigue, and compelling characters. Readers will enjoy the way she intersperses supernatural elements into this action-packed novel.” –CBA Retailers and Resources“[Afloat] is original and engrossing, with a unique plot and relatable characters.” –Romantic Times

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The Man Called Bowdry by Van Holt

Genre(s): Westerns

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The Man Called Bowdry
Not much is known for certain about the man called Bowdry. The bare facts are as follows. Sometime around 1880 he rode into Gray Buttes, Nevada–a long forgotten town–stayed for a time at the Pollard shack out in the hills and, after the old man was killed, made relentless war on the neighboring 3-Bar outfit which was run by the Wadley clan, known thieves and rustlers. Then he disappeared, to be seen no more, nor was he ever heard of again.
He was the only one who knew how so many men ended up dead in the boulder-strewn hills around the old Pollard shack, and he never told anyone, unless it was the wild and beautiful redheaded woman named Lucy Reardon.

There were those who doubted if his real name was Bowdry. Some even suspected that he was really old man Pollard’s long-lost son and that his name was Will Pollard, a mysterious gunfighter who roamed the early West. But before the stranger appeared it had never occurred to anyone that old man Pollard might have a son, and most would have laughed at the notion that he was related in any way to the legendary gunfighter who happened to have the same last name.
No one knew very much about the old man. No one even knew what his first name was. The people of Gray Buttes just called him old man Pollard or old Pollard, and smiled in a certain condescending way when they mentioned him.

More old West gunfighting novels by Van Holt:

• Curly Bill and Ringo: They Rode to Hell Together
• The Last of the Fighting Farrells
• The Bushwhackers
• Hellbound Express
• Wild Desert Rose
• Dynamite Riders: 9/11 in the Old West
• The Fortune Hunters
• The Stranger from Hell
• Blood in the Hills
• Hunt the Killers Down
• The Vultures
• Six-Gun Solution
• The Bounty Hunters
• So Long, Stranger
• Riding for Revenge
• Dead Man’s Trail

Coming soon by Van Holt:

• Wild Country
• Death in Black Holsters
• The Long Trail

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Thirty Something (Nothing’s How We Dreamed It Would Be) by Filipa Fonseca Silva

Genre(s): Contemporary Fiction

Joana is a conservative, controlling woman who expected much more from marriage; Maria is trying to get back on her feet after being dumped just before her wedding; Filipe hides his broken heart in failed relationships. Is this as good as it gets when you’re thirty something? That’s what these three friends from college times will find out during a dysfunctional dinner party. Because life is not always how we dreamed it would be.
Considered by some ‘The Big Chill’ of the 21st century, this debut novel originally published in Portugal by a major publisher (2011), is all about the end of innocence. Funny, clever and real.

Dead Next Tuesday by John P Gibson

Genre(s): Humor

Ed Porteneau is a nerdy 28-year-old who lives an uninspiring life in a rundown apartment in a suburb of Seattle. He works as a Produce Manager in a general store, for a boss he despises. He has a best friend who beats him hands-down in the nerdiness stakes, and his social life consists of playing on his Xbox, visits to comic book stores, and daily phone calls from his overbearing mother.

Not so different to many other nerds his age.

There is one major difference though, and this is that Ed knows when he is going to die.

He is given seven days’ notice and he decides to make the best of the time he has left. He needs a plan and creates for himself a ‘bucket list’ – things the must do before he kicks the bucket -consisting of seven highly ambitious tasks. One for each day he has left.

During the following few days, as he attempts to complete his list, Ed finds himself in one highly unusual situation after another. Some thrilling, some scary, some funny, and some downright embarrassing.

Is there any way Ed can complete his list on time?

Whatever the outcome, he is guaranteed the week of his life.

Dead Next Tuesday is a funny, warm story which will appeal to nerds and non-nerds alike.

Readers can associate with Ed’s occasional lack of confidence and frustrations at his quiet, uneventful life.

He is a thoroughly likeable character and anyone reading the book will be willing him on to complete his bucket list and make a success of his last week on Earth.

County Ops: The Vengeance of Gable Fitzgerald by Joel Jurrens

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

Gable Fitzgerald has spent his life as a covert operative–first with SEAL Team Six, and then with a highly covert Black Ops team. Now retired, Gable will search for the killer of his mother with all the skills he has developed to take down enemy governments. Working against both the good guys and the bad guys, he will go up against a beautiful state agent who will do everything she can to keep him inside the law. With his only rule: the mission must be accomplished, Gable will work his way through organized gangs and drug dealers to find out not only who would execute his seventy-seven year-old mother, but why.

Any Witch Way You Can (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Book 1) by Amanda M. Lee

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

Bay Winchester is having a tough week.

As the local editor of Hemlock Cove’s only newspaper, she just happens to be present when a body is found in an area corn maze. To make matters worse, the police believe the murder may have something to do with the occult.

This wouldn’t be a problem for a normal reporter, but since Bay is descended from a well-known line of actual witches, the town is understandably on edge.

Between the suspicious townspeople, the befuddled police presence and that random hot biker guy that may or may not have something to do with the murder — Bay has her hands full.

When you add the typical family problems, multiplying ghosts — and one monster of a zit that she’s sure came from her aunt’s curse — Bay is just struggling to make it through the week.

Of course, when the killer sets his sights on Bay, things could get a whole lot worse.

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Bad Advice by S M Mala

Genre(s): Romance | Humor

Sometimes following your heart isn’t the best advice…

Ruby’s having a problem looking for love. The divorced single mother needs someone to mend her heart.

Scottie’s avoiding any commitment, wanting to focus on his high flying career.

But one party, a moment of madness, it all changes.

Two people, with completely different views, find themselves colliding when it comes to love and life.

Especially when they both have secrets they don’t want the other to know about.

And to make matters worse, they are drawn together by a serial killer seeking revenge on Samaritans!

A romantic, sexy, funny tale about love, murder and bad advice.

The House on Persimmon Road by Jackie Weger

Genre(s): Romance

Need Help? Hire a Ghost! Lottie Roberts is restless and lonely. She’s been sitting on her bones for decades, waiting for her ticket to heaven until… Justine Hale and her family take up residence in Lottie’s two-hundred-year-old plantation house. Lottie senses in Justine a kindred spirit–filled with heartache and in reduced circumstances–which Lottie considers mirrors her own situation exactly. Yet Justine is trying to do the right thing. Else why is she burdened with a bankrupt mother without an ounce of common sense? Or an ex mother-in-law who looks like a pickled beet with a tongue sharper than a hatchet? And where is the father of the recalcitrant eleven year-old boy and the eight-year-old afraid of her own shadow?
Justine needs help and Lottie is of a mind to provide it. But before Lottie can say squat and Justine even unlocks the front door, Tucker Highsmith shows up to steal her thunder. His dark eyes, lazy grin, and sexy Alabama drawl coupled with the dern braggart’s Mr. Fix-it talents just might be the answer to all of Justine’s problems. Or maybe not…

Desolation Run by James Snyder

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

70-something Oreny “Big” Johnson has a problem. Actually, he has two. Or maybe three. The first is that he’ll be dead from cancer, less than a year, which doesn’t particularly concern him: “Things I’ve been through, dying is just one more page in a long bad book.” But spending his last living days, taking his last living breath, behind steel bars does. That’s the second problem: Inmate #78903 in the notorious level-four Washington State prison known as Horseneck Bay.

Then there’s the money. Two million dollars of stolen military payroll, supposedly buried in some remote and mysterious south-Texas mountain range called Los Despoblados, or The Uninhabited, which sounds to Oreny like one of those places his Mama Maybell always told him to avoid. But he’ll worry about that later. He has to get there first. Problem number three.

That’s when he brings those two smoldering dynamite sticks he’s attached himself to–his Luke-boy and Jaime–on board to help his tired old body break out of Horseneck and go dig up that money and then hightail it across the border into Mexico. And when they do break out, and Luke decides to bring his girlfriend Lauren along, and her enraged ex comes after them, and then the manhunt starts multiplying faster around them than those cancer cells inside him, Oreny still thinks he can control them. The problems, that is. At least, until Cade arrives.

Cade, the prison investigator Oreny knows is dangerous and unpredictable as a six-foot-two wolverine on eight gallons of adrenalin gone bad. And who won’t stop until he catches them and does to them what Cade does best.

Cade, Oreny knows better than anything else, is their biggest problem of all.

“No Country for Old Men meets Silence of the Lambs!”

The Summer Called Angel: A story of hope on the journey through prematurity by Sola Olu

Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs

“My journey to motherhood began with a siren flashing, horn-blaring ride to the emergency room of a hospital. Within a day, everything I had imagined for the birth of my child changed.”

In June of 2004, graduate student Sola Olu was expecting. She was primed to receive a hard-won graduate degree from DePaul University. And, she was entering the third trimester of pregnancy with her first child. Amid the shimmering expectancy, one unexpected event turned her summer into a daze of apprehension and emotional agony.

When Sola went for an essentially routine visit to her doctor twenty-eight weeks into her pregnancy, she felt, at worst, a little tired. Instead, she was soon to deliver her daughter Angel at a perilously premature time. From the birth, Sola and her husband Chris were thrust into an unimaginable odyssey spanning seven months, several surgeries, and a painful imposed separation with their physically compromised newborn fighting daily to gain critical strength.

Punctuated by the actual medical reports during Angel’s protracted development, The Summer Called Angel provides intimate, hands-on details of the complexity of preeclampsia and prematurity as well as the emotional toll taken on parents who must witness their tiny baby struggle for life. With equal parts remorse and resolve, Sola and Chris struggle along, with the sole, all-consuming focus on their daughter’s survival. Throughout, Sola’s ever-growing knowledge of every new medical challenge underscores a love that knows no bounds of knowledge or time.

The Summer Called Angel also touches on Sola’s second premature birth and the emotional toll that ensues. Through everything the family is able to triumph and share their experiences to bring hope to others.

With candor and incandescence, The Summer Called Angel serves as a powerful tribute to maternal love in the face of unexpected challenges. It is certain to offer strength to readers attempting to process prematurity in their lives–and salve to those who have undergone a similar experience. All in all, rare and profound celebration of devotion is certain to resonate with parents everywhere.

Kick Your Fat in the Nuts by T.C. Hale

Genre(s): Diets & Weight Loss

Not only will Tony have you laughing out loud while he reveals the secrets behind weight loss and how the human body functions, you will also learn how to look at your own body chemistry to understand the underlying cause of YOUR weight issues. Since the reasons for weight gain vary from person to person, once you understand what is going on with your chemistry, this book will help you understand what foods, supplements, or lifestyle changes could eliminate your need to continue buying bigger pants.

Here’s what some of Tony’s celebrity clients have to say:

"Working with Tony is like jumping into the arms of your favorite aunt. Except it’s not. At all. I mean, his methods work. But it’s not like that at all."
– Jane Lynch – Glee

"I confess to being a full-blown ‘gymophobe.’ (I still have flashbacks of my mean fourth-grade gym teacher!) Tony actually makes the gym panic-attack free."
– Tom Kenny – Voice of Spongebob

"Wait. You mean the short skinny trainer dude with the neon sneakers who writes books about women’s menstrual cramps? Did he ever get a single menstrual cramp? I don’t think so. The guy who helps fat people get skinnier? Was he ever fat ? I don’t think so. And what’s with th whole fake I don’t talk thing? Is it turrets? If he did talk, would it be a string of expletives even I would be offended by? I guess he has a sense of humor. That’s something good."
– Betty Thomas – Director – 28 Days, The Brady Bunch Movie, etc.

"You can argue with Tony, or you can do what he says and buy smaller jeans."
– Kari Wahlgren – Voice of Tigres – Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

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Shoot To Thrill (4-Book Box Set) by J Carson Black

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

4 complete, edge-of-your-seat thrillers from 4 bestselling authors!

DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (J Carson Black)

When CI Laura Cardinal is called in to investigate the murder of a fourteen-year-old runaway found murdered in a park, Laura knows immediately she’s up against a cunning sexual predator. Worse, the incident has her confronting ghosts dredged up from her own past. Then another child goes missing–and Laura must put aside her own conflicting emotions and race the clock to find her. A Daphne du Maurier Award nominee.

THE DEVIL’S DEEP (Michael Wallace)

Chad Lett is a mute witness to an attempted murder. He suffers from total paralysis, locked within a prison of his own mind. After years of silence, he establishes contact with a young nurse’s aide through a single blinking eye. But then she is abducted, and a staff member begins to administer dropperfuls of cleaning solution into Chad’s lone communicating eye…

NIGHT GAME (Carol Davis Luce)

Nevada. The King’s Club resort casino is a playground for gamblers with everything to gain … and the hunting ground for a shadowy killer with nothing to lose. An expert at undercover surveillance, PI Kasey Atwood is drawn to the sensual, enigmatic owner, Jay King, who’s placed his bets on her talents. As their love affair heats up, though, she becomes a pawn in a game of passion and revenge that puts her heart — and her life — at risk.

FOUL JUSTICE (M A Comley)

Before DI Lorne Simpkins can get comfortable with her new partner, the two are assigned a tragic murder case that looks like a robbery gone wrong. Further compromising Lorne’s focus is the personal news that her fiancé, M16 agent Tony Warner, is involved in a dangerous covert operation in Afghanistan. Then another wealthy footballer’s family meets the same deadly fate within twenty-four hours, and Lorne must bring all her resources to bear to stop the killers…

Zen Of Zombie (Zen of Zombie Series) by Scott Kenemore

Genre(s): Humor

Do you struggle out of bed each morning and sway lifelessly across the room, mouth agape, arms hanging slack, murmuring unintelligibly? Well, take heart: you’re not alone! But these other staggering, limp, perpetually drowsy folks just happen to be zombies–and it turns out they can teach us a lot about enjoying life. And only here, between the covers of this book, will you learn their secrets to happiness. Learn how to slow down and move at your own pace, become your own boss, and just devour those irritating people who get in your way. And there’s more, because zombies can offer no-nonsense advice on love, playing to your strengths, and on becoming more adaptable.

When You Were Older by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Genre(s): Literary Fiction

“A fantastic read which will have people talking about it for many weeks and months to come.” -Sarah of Sarah’s Book Reviews

“My favourite novel yet by this author!” -Lindsay of The Little Reader Library.

Russell Ammiano works on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center. On the morning of September 11, 2001, the phone rings while Rusty is rushing to work. The news is devastating: Rusty’s mother has died of a stroke, leaving his brain-damaged older brother Ben alone. This news also saves Rusty’s life. He’s still at home when two planes hit the World Trade Center–and only one of his friends and colleagues survives. In a single day, the life Rusty built in New York crumbles to the ground.

Rusty returns to his tiny hometown and the brother he was more than happy to leave behind. Ben hasn’t changed a bit, but the town has. Tensions are running high in the wake of the terrorist attack, while Rusty struggles to put the the past behind him and care for the exasperating brother he loves. He finds refuge drinking coffee in the early morning with beautiful Egyptian-American Anat in her father’s bakery.

Rusty is beginning to get his life back…until one awful night threatens to take it all away again.

By the bestselling author of DON’T LET ME GO, WHEN I FOUND YOU, SECOND HAND HEART, and PAY IT FORWARD, WHEN YOU WERE OLDER is the poignant, uplifting, and thought-provoking story of two very different brothers who try to build a new life together, against the backdrop of an uncertain and uneasy time in our shared history.

“…and the award for the amount of humanity woven into a book goes to Catherine Ryan Hyde.” -Ivana of Willing to See Less

The Legend of Sasquatch (The Clint Buchanan Series) by William T. Prince

Genre(s): Contemporary Fiction

Man or beast? The same question asked about the mythical Sasquatch might be asked regarding its namesake, young Texan Clint Buchanan (“Buck Hannon”). Read Clint’s story, and judge for yourself.

Pick-Up Line: A New Orleans Love Story (Formerly Side Effects) by Patty Friedmann

Genre(s): Contemporary Fiction

“Friedmann’s charming story of the … affection among three diverse co-workers at a New Orleans pharmacy also now reads as a tribute to a unique American city.” -Publishers Weekly

“The story is by turns humorous and heartbreaking, and the author is adept at capturing that quirky combination of love and resentment that characterizes so many families. Friedmann’s themes of sibling rivalry and unlikely friendships will linger with readers.” -School Library Journal

ROMANCE IS THE BEST PAIN-KILLER…

Cupid’s working overtime in the unlikely venue of N.O. Drugs, where plus-sized beauty Ciana Jambon works with dread-locked pharmacy student Lennon Israel, who’s so handsome, so meticulous he just has to be gay. But she can’t help herself–she’s got the crush of the century. Unbeknownst to her, Lennon’s carrying his own torch. Family problems distract both of them (alongside the true New Orleans oddballs who scuffle between the Seasonal Specials and Depends aisles) until tragedy leaves Ciana reeling. Lennon wonders if there’s a murderer in her clan, and he’s pretty sure he’s the only one who can help. What woman can resist a knight in shining armor?

Friedmann’s witty portrayal of Ciana’s and Lennon’s families from hell, as well as the deliciously dysfunctional relatives of their wise co-worker, Vendetta Greene, will have you laughing out loud as well as nodding in recognition.

WARNING: This is anything but a formula romance. But it is a great love story–and the perfect prescription for anyone feeling tired, rundown, and depressed from reading the same old thing over and over again. The only side effect is a slight watering of the eyes as the first tender shoots of love start to bud and blossom.

A veritable (prescription drug) cocktail of Walker Percy’s southern elegance laced with the zany black comedy of the Silver Linings Playbook.

Originally titled Side Effects

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Alice in Wonderland (A Novel) by Elle Lothlorien

W hen high school math teacher Alice Faye Dahl attends a Texas Hold’Em home poker tournament, she doesn’t know a royal flush from a toilet flush. Four months and dozens of “wins” later, she’s one of the Final Nine–the championship table at the International Poker Tour in Surfer’s Paradise, Australia–and way out of her depth. When a fluke shark attack throws her and sports reporter Lapin “Rabbit” Montgomery together, it seems to challenge the saying “lucky at cards, unlucky at love.” A veteran of the poker circuit (and gorgeous besides), Rabbit offers to help her go all the way to win the multi-million dollar prize, a deal she can’t refuse. In this modern-day twist on Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Alice discovers much too late that when it comes to poker (and love), sometimes you win, sometimes you lose–and sometimes it’s both.

Australia, love, card sharks, belly-aching laughs, real sharks, poker, Wonderland, and a touch of intrigue–there’s just no telling what you’ll find down the rabbit hole…

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“Nothing I enjoy more than a good riff on Alice in Wonderland. Alice takes heads in Lothlorien’s latest tale.” -Barbara Silkstone, bestselling author of The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland, Age 42 and Three-Quarters as well as Criminally Funny Fables–Boxed Set

“If you like funny, snappy chick-lit that deals with deeper issues than finding the right pair of shoes, follow high school math teacher Alice Dahl to her Texas Hold’Em tournament Down Under–you won’t be disappointed!” -Beth Orsoff, bestselling author of Romantically Challenged and Disengaged

“Let’s get this out of the way – LOOOOVED IT! I think I started and finished this book in a 24-hour period.” -Kindles & Wine

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The Pretend Marriage: A Werewolf Romance by Dawn Steele

Genre(s): Romantic Comedy

Now at a promotional launch price of 99 cents! (Usual price $2.99)

Handsome Jake Savage is a young corporate climber in a world where shifters coexist with humans. He wants nothing more than the promotion he has worked his ass off for. But when he is usurped by an office drone, he is left jobless and desperate.

Along comes his dream job . . . with one caveat. His new boss-to-be is rumored to favor ‘married’ employees. As luck would have it, his two closest rivals wear those all-important wedding rings on their fourth fingers.

"But I have too have a wife! Here she is!" Jake declares, grabbing the only picture of a woman he has on his iPhone: Terry, his hot neighbor, caught in an embarrassing photo position. So now he has to hatch an elaborate scheme to get Terry to pretend to be his wife. The only trouble is Terry really, REALLY hates his guts.

Terry Contralto has just been dumped by her boyfriend, who stole most of her cash. She’s desperate not to be evicted, and even though she’s wary of her handsome werewolf neighbor with his strange ‘if you agree to be my wife for the weekend, I will give you cash’ proposition, she accepts.

Now they have to survive the weekend retreat organized by Jake’s potential new boss, where he will pit the three job candidates against one another in contests that will require cunning, strength, agility, memory, compatibility and a whole lot of shifting.

Can Jake and Terry first survive each other? And will their ‘pretend marriage’ ruse actually work?

You will not have read anything like this shifter romance before! With laughter and romance thrown in for good measure, this is a twist on both the romantic comedy and shifter tropes that is guaranteed to have you feeling fuzzy and warm inside!

Excerpt:"So, Terry," Martha says, "how did you and Jake meet?"

Terry says in a well-rehearsed note, "We met at the library."

Jake clenches his left fist in a gesture of triumph under the table while his right nonchalantly spears a baby potato with his fork. He affects a look of innocence.

"That’s a fine meeting place," Martha exclaims. "I met Peter at the library too!"

"No kidding." Terry’s smile is plastered.

"Which library would that be?"

Uh oh, Jake thinks.

"Foxhall," he says as Terry simultaneously says, "Briggs".

They both stop to glare at each other.

"Briggs," Jake says as Terry says, "Foxhall".

They glare at each other again.

"It was either one," Jake says. "We can’t remember."

"Your memory is always faulty, darling."

"Not always, sweetie."

"Most of the time, darling."

"Libraries are such wonderful meeting places. Hardly anyone meets in libraries these days with Kindles and iPads and gyms and clubs and websites offering everything from dating services to hookups," Peter declares.

Martha says eagerly, "I want to hear every single detail of how you both met. Please . . . tell us."

"Yeah," her daughter, Karina, chimes in. As do the rest of the women at the table with the exception of Mika, who looks bored, and Cassie Hirsch, who looks paler by the second. Jake seriously hopes she is not going into premature labor.

Ugh. He hasn’t rehearsed details with Terry.

This Crazy Little Thing (A New Adult Billionaire Romance) by Tawny Taylor

Genre(s): Romantic Comedy

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From the USA Today Bestselling author of MY ALPHA BILLIONAIRE and HOPELESSLY BROKEN, a New Adult romance about the joys–and challenges–of walking in another girl’s Manolos…

Meet Jane Brown.

Jane Brown isn’t a millionaire.

Jane Brown doesn’t wear a size two like her model-perfect coworker Monica Starke.

Jane Brown doesn’t have an uber-hot billionaire boyfriend either.

Until…

One wish leads to waking in Monica’s French lingerie…and her size-two body. It’s a dream come true–until she learns Monica’s life isn’t the fairytale Jane had always imagined. Well, with one exception: her ripped-from-the-pages-of-a-romance-novel billionaire ex-boyfriend, Jason Foxx.

But could a guy like Jason fall in love with a regular girl like Jane…who looks like a girl like Monica?

Did she even want him to?

“This is a delightful take on the adage about walking a mile in
another’s shoes…light and humorous and will keep readers turning the
pages.” 4 Stars, Romantic Times

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Buried Secrets (New Adult Dark Suspense Romance) by Emme Rollins

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

FROM USA TODAY and NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR EMME ROLLINS
Author of DEAR ROCKSTAR
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Should some secrets remain buried?

Dusty has always been a hothead, far more impulsive than her twin, Nick, the calm, cool and collected one of the pair. But Nick is dead, found murdered in their local cemetery, and Dusty simply can’t rest until she finds out who-or what-has killed her brother.

Sure the local authorities aren’t being straight with her-or anyone else-about what’s been going on in their little upper Michigan town, Dusty delays going off to college for a semester, defying her father and stepmother and taking a job in the local bar to start doing some digging.

Her focus soon fixes on Shane, her brother’s best friend and the town bad boy. The tension and rivalry between Dusty and Shane has always been palpable and sparks fly as the two collide. Dusty finds herself sinking in deeper with Shane and the mystery of what happened to her brother-and a lengthening list of victims-grows even stranger.

When everything comes to a head, Dusty focuses on one thing: What happened the night her brother was killed in the cemetery? She’s sure Shane is keeping a secret and she’s determined to find out what it is, one way or another……………………

Note: This title was previously published as Graveyard Games – but it has been considerably rewritten and contains a great deal of new material for your reading enjoyment – I think it’s a far better story now, but if you happened to read the original, you can be the judge!

Memoirs of a Bad Dog by Curtis Moser

Genre(s): Humor

Bogart is in jail. He’s been there before, but he never felt like he deserved it until now. Peeing on the carpet is one thing, but now he’s killed a man. And it wasn’t just any old man–any old man may have been forgiveable. Bogart killed Swifty’s father, and Swifty is Bogart’s human, so now he deserves his jail sentence. Now he deserves a death sentence. He’s truly a bad dog.

In an effort to give Swifty back the part of him that he took away, Bogart escapes and embarks on a journey to recover the dead man’s Red Sox hat. Joined by his border collie girlfriend, Ginger, and an abandoned kitten named Snowball, the three of them set out to become good again.

The Black Bullet (Sean O’Brien mystery/thriller) by Tom Lowe

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

Glenda Lawson believes her husband was the only U.S. serviceman shot and killed on American soil during World War II. But in 1945, investigators ruled that Billy Lawson died in a “mugging turned ugly.”

In 2012, Sean O’Brien, learning the ropes of commercial fishing, gets his anchor caught on something underwater. He discovers a German U-boat partially buried in sand, and inside is a frightening cargo. The media pick up the story, and a 35-year-old woman who has a haunting tale, visits O’Brien. Her grandfather, Billy Lawson, was fishing one night on a Florida beach when he saw something very disturbing.

THE BLACK BULLET is a thriller that combines an unsolved murder from 1945 to a modern-day discovery connected to America’s entry into nuclear weapons, the Manhattan Project.

The last thing Sean O’Brien wants is to investigate a sixty-seven-year-old murder. But Billy Lawson’s granddaughter and his cancer-stricken widow are desperate for closure. For O’Brien to bring it to them he has to pry the lid off a secret buried with the Manhattan Project. It’s information that got Billy Lawson killed, and O’Brien soon learns the old murder and his new discovery at the bottom of the sea are inextricably knotted. O’Brien is thrust into a world where nothing is as it appears, and everything is riding on a secret Billy Lawson took to his grave.

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Midnight Brunch at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta

Genre(s): Humor

“Wonderfully funny…sexy characters and sizzling passion. Milagro is off on a quest to further her career but finds that she’s been plunged into more trouble than she alone can handle.” –Darque Reviews

Hilarious party girl and writer Milagro De Los Santos is finally in a serious relationship with a fabulous man, Oswald Grant, MD, and living at his wine country ranch with his career-fixated relatives. It’s true that Oswald accidentally infected her with the rare family condition that makes them crave blood cocktails and need protection from the sun, but what family doesn’t have quirks?

She thought they accepted her, so she’s hurt when she’s excluded from a midnight ceremony with special guests including a creepy family elder, Oswald’s hostile parents, and Milagro’s ex-lover, decadent and powerful Ian Ducharme.

When Milagro’s life is threatened, she flees to the desert to hide and work on a screenplay. Instead of solitude, she encounters an egomaniacal actor, a partying socialite, a sly tabloid reporter, and a lavish spa full of dark secrets. It’s all lots of fun until the bwaa-ha-ha laughter and the knives come out. Now all Milagro has to do is finish her screenplay, ambush a world domination movement, and overcome a terrible infection before she can make her way back to Casa Dracula.

First World Problems in an Age of Terrorism and Ennui by Dominic Peloso

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

First World Problems tells the existential struggles of a gen-x would-be revolutionary/terrorist who is frustrated that he can’t find a greater purpose or a cause worth fighting for. Set in DC between the WTO protests in 2000 and the attacks of 9/11, the protagonist- a disaffected, unreliable narrator who is irritated and bewildered with the world and the attitudes of those around him, wanders aimlessly through his interactions with coworkers, friends, and his girlfriend, all of whom seem to care about him but don’t understand him. He lashes out in a passive-aggressive way by maintaining a blog filled with tips “terrorists and anarchists” can use in their attacks, but the blog receives few hits or feedback, no matter how incendiary the posts. He attends the WTO demonstration hoping to experience a riot, but is disappointed at how artificial and tame political protests have become in the new millennium. He dreams of a major attack, just to shake up the status quo. But when 9/11 unfolds he is forced to reassess his goals and what is important in his life.

THREE DAYS to DIE (Aaron Quinn thriller series, No. 1) by John Avery

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

HE DIDN’T MEAN TO OVERHEAR … but he did.

HE ONLY HEARD A FEW WORDS … but he heard too much.

HE RAN … but he was followed — a mistake that would turn thirteen-year-old Aaron Quinn’s, and his beautiful, courageous, single mother, Ashley’s, worlds upside down.

THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING … when Aaron is stolen from his mother by a psychotic killer and thrust headlong into a dark underworld of armed robbery, prostitution, and death. Will Aaron lose his mind as he’s forced to participate in a deadly crime spree and witness first hand the horror of cold-blooded murder?

THE WALLS CLOSE IN … on Ashley when she listens to a tape recording left on her pillow by the killer, giving her two choices:

1) Call the police and risk being responsible for her only child’s death …

2) Offer herself as a sacrifice in exchange for his life …

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE HER?

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A CRIME THRILLER

An ACTION MOVIE

A LOVE STORY

In THREE DAYS to DIE, debut author John Avery takes you on a perilous journey unlike any suspense thriller you’ve read before.

From the opening sequence to the smashing ending, THREE DAYS to DIE moves at lightning speed, introducing the world to an exciting new hero, a beautiful and plucky heroine, and a truly frightening villain.

“John Avery opens Three Days to Die with a bang and then sprints toward the finish line … taking thriller lovers of any age on a heart-pounding, pulse- tingling ride, and he does it with style. Five Stars!” – Jill Allen, Foreword Review

“I truly got lost between the pages of this wonderfully told story – though I did cringe and even cry sometimes and wanted to hit someone at other times, which is totally against my nature. It just goes to show how totally absorbed I was in the world John Avery created in Three Days to Die.” – N. Budden – Amazon Top Reviewer

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*** Adapted from the original screenplay, THREE DAYS to DIE, by John Avery – Shortlisted for Hollywood’s prestigious 2010 – PAGE International Screenwriting Awards ***

Approx 225 pages
Recommended for adults 16+

CRAWLSPACE by Evans Light

Genre(s): Thrillers

Fooling around on your wife can be hazardous to your health. Jusk ask Tom.
He’s a man with a lot to juggle: a frustrated wife, a secret new girlfriend, and the unpleasant task of trying to keep his deteriorating vintage farmhouse from falling down around him.

Now with his wife out of town for the week, Tom is eager to get busy under the covers with his beautiful new lover – but first there’s something he has to finish up…in the CRAWLSPACE.
(CRAWLSPACE is a short story selection from SCREAMSCAPES, a collection of dark tales by Evans Light, now available in paperback and ebook editions.)

Animate Me by Ruth Clampett

Genre(s): Romance

She seemed far beyond his reach…could love draw them together?

For years shy animator Nathan has carried a torch for Brooke, the beautiful and dynamic Director of Development at their animation studio, even creating B-Girl, a comic-book heroine in her likeness. When a new project throws the two of them together, lovestruck Nathan finally seizes his moment – only to find Arnauld, head of the animation studio, claiming exclusive rights to Brooke’s affections.

But Nathan, it turns out, is not giving up on his dreams so easily. With inspired determination, he sets out to be the super hero of wooing his girl. Threatened by his persistence, Arnauld plays dirty – only to spark an uprising at the studio that unleashes the sort of havoc only a building full of frustrated animators can create. While Nathan pulls out all the stops to win his B-girl, Brooke has to choose. Should she pursue the sparkling career that has taken her years to build…or follow her heart?

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The Sock Wars by Maia Sepp

Genre(s): Chick-Lit | Humor

“A delightful and fresh read.” –Cryssa, Goodreads reviewer.

Lucy Tuttle is a workaholic financial planner whose biggest worry is how to line up the sticky notes on her desk just so, until her only relative dies a car accident halfway across the world. Suddenly Lucy (apartment-dwelling, doesn’t-own-a-hammer Lucy) inherits a handyman’s delight on the other side of town. Her boyfriend, a laid back environmentalist with an affinity for organic lentils and sock thievery, convinces Lucy to move into her aunt’s brokendown house. The two of them embark on a quest to settle down, renovate her aunt’s home, and start a family, but as it turns out, living happily ever after in a house that’s about to be condemned isn’t so easy after all.

The Sock Wars — Amazon bestselling fiction about love, loss, and what gets left behind.

Fast (The Fast Series) by Ryan Ringbloom

Genre(s): Coming of Age

Senior year in high school goes by fast. Young hearts fall in love and mistakes are made…by everyone.

Robin Barnes plays the violin. She’s quiet, shy and has a huge crush on the boy next door. She’s the good one. She may get the guy, but soon discovers the difficulties in moving too fast.

Ashley Simons loves strawberry gum. She’s rich, popular and puts out so guys will like her. She’s the bad one. She only knows fast and is knocked off her feet when someone offers her the chance to go slow.

What happens after the big kiss? After “I love you” has been said? After the happy ending? Does it always stay happy?

Warning: Mature Content

Cruel Justice (Justice series Book 1) by M A Comley

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense

New release Sole Intention the first book in a new series by M A Comley is also now available. A top 20 best-selling novel on Amazon 2013. The Justice series in order are:
Cruel Justice #1 in Police Procedurals 2012 and Women Sleuths. $0.99
Impeding Justice #1 in Police Procedurals
Final justice #1 Action and Adventure
Foul Justice #1 Hard-Boiled mysteries
Guaranteed Justice #1 Women Sleuths Ultimate Justice – #2 Women Sleuths Virtual Justice – Due out October 2013. Two short stories accompany the series also.It’s a Dog’s Life 10,000 words $0.99 or UK 77pMerry Widow 4,500 words $0.99 or UK 77p Romance boxed set, A Time For Romance is also on offer at $0.99 or UK 77p. #1 Best-selling novel in two categories, Police procedurals and Women sleuths in both US and UK.
The headless body of a wealthy widow is discovered
decomposing in Chelling Forest. Then a second victim is found. Detective
Inspector Lorne Simpkins and her partner, DS Pete Childs are assigned the case.
Before they can discover the identity of the killer they must make a connection
between the two victims.

After a third murder, Lorne receives a grisly surprise. Clearly, a vicious
serial killer is on a rampage…and Lorne has become the killer’s fixation.

Lorne can’t allow her failing marriage or her new boss–a man with whom she
shares a sensuous secret–keep her from focusing on her job. She must catch the
macabre murderer, or risk becoming the next victim.

Approx 88,000 words

This is the first in the Justice series, Impeding Justice, Final
Justice, Foul Justice, Guaranteed Justice and Ultimate Justice are also available.

Tamed by the Billionaire (The BAD BOY BILLIONAIRES Series) by Judy Angelo

Genre(s): Romantic Comedy

NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY Best-selling Author, Judy Angelo, presents:

Volume 1 of 12:

THE TAMING OF A PRINCESS…

Serena Van Buren, the privileged daughter of a wealthy businessman, can’t wait to begin her three-month tour of Europe with her college mates. Little does she know that fate has other plans in store!

Instead of dancing with handsome Italians and dining with charming Frenchmen Serena finds herself trapped in a six-month internship with overbearing business tycoon, Roman Steele – an arrangement orchestrated by her own father.

Serena is determined to show Roman that she won’t yield to the demands of any man, boss or no boss. She’s a Van Buren, after all, known to wither a man with one look. But Roman Steele is like no man she’s ever met before. Suave, sexy and stunningly handsome, there’s something about him that she can’t resist. It looks like Serena Van Buren has finally met her match.

A sweet and saucy romance that will have you smiling…

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I Love My Healed Heart: Omnibus Parts 1-4 (Jessica’s Romance) by Sabrina Lacey

Genre(s): Anthologies & Literary Collections | Humor

“I got sucked into the vortex of Jessica, and could not put my kindle down. She is smart, sexy, and funny as hell!! I laughed out loud throughout the series, and didn’t want it to end…” – Conne Review
When David cheated on me, it sent my whole world crashing down, and by “my whole world,” I mean ME.
But sometimes the best thing for us, is horrible crushing heartbreak. I wish it didn’t have to be that way, but that’s what happened.
What I thought was the worst thing that’s ever happened to me… turned out to be the absolute, most amazingly, best.
This is my story… of how I learned to trust myself again, by way of some steamy adventures.

xx, Jessica
“Her internal dialogue is vulnerable, passionate and even funny a la Bridget Jones…a girlfriend sharing an intimate story…she is us.” – SweetGia Review
This is the complete collection “box set” of Jessica’s sexy and hilarious romance!

• I Love My Breakup (Book One)
• I Love My Office Fling (Book Two)
• I Love My Freak Out (Book Three)
• David Sucks (Story of the actual breakup.)
• I Love My Destiny (Book Four)

Angel’s Flight by Juliet Waldron

Genre(s): Romance | Historical Romance

Angelica is a Patriot heiress, stalked by a brutal, fortune-hunting British officer. Forced to trust Jack, the mystery man who pledges to take her on a dangerous war-time journey up river to her Albany home, she expects to encounter brigands, Tories and Indians. What she doesn’t expect is to lose her heart along the way.

It’s quite a journey. If you like detailed historical novels, road romances, and war stories, then Angel’s Flight is for you. —IRRS @ Amazon

This story has heart… Linda @ Romance Studio

I found Juliet Waldron’s attention to detail and historical accuracy refreshing and entertaining…a unique voice … Readers will be transported to a time of peril, divided loyalties and intrigue as Angelica triumphs over threats and danger. — Southern Gal @ Amazon

…deftly written and well researched, concealed under a layer of romantic frosting.. Celia Hayes @ Amazon

Previously published as Independent Heart

Broken Birdie Chirpin by Adam Tarsitano

Genre(s): Literary Fiction

A Rock n’ Roll Coming of Age Roller Coaster Ride.

Broken 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.

Do the Work by Steven Pressfield

Genre(s): Self-Help

Could you be getting in your way of producing great work? Have you started a project but never finished? Would you like to do work that matters, but don’t know where to start?
The answer is Do the Work, a manifesto by bestselling author Steven Pressfield, that will show you that it’s not about better ideas, it’s about actually doing the work.
Do the Work is a weapon against Resistance – a tool that will help you take action and successfully ship projects out the door.
“There is an enemy. There is an intelligent, active, malign force working against us. Step one is to recognize this. This recognition alone is enormously powerful. It saved my life, and it will save yours.”
Available in both a 5-pack and 48-pack for you to share, as well as a special collectible edition, Do the Work may be just what you need to get out of your own way.

Into the Deep: A Rock Harbor Novel (Rock Harbor Series) by Colleen Coble

Genre(s): Mystery & Suspense

A canine search-and-rescue team find the missing link between disparate crimes that have authorities perplexed.A local scientist misses his son’s birthday party and turns up dead in Lake Superior. A radical environmental group blames a mysterious lab for dead fish found in a remote stream. Then an Alzheimer’s patient goes missing and his home is ransacked.Bree Nichols and her beloved search-and-rescue dog, Samson, pitch in to help investigate the events disrupting their small community. But new discoveries soon throw her shaky love life into tilt, dredge up her painful past, and threaten her family. Bree must dive deep for the faith to keep going, the strength to defend those she cares about, and the courage to keep her fearful heart open to love.

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A Memory in the Black (The New Aeneid Cycle) by Michael G. Munz

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense | Science Fiction & Fantasy

The sequel to A Shadow in the Flames comes to Kindle!

Save humanity from itself. It is the goal of the worldwide conspiracy known as the Agents of Aeneas. For months they have struggled to unlock the secrets of an alien spacecraft buried on the Moon. Now word of that craft has leaked, and multiple groups plot to seize it for themselves.

One man has plumbed its depths and returned alive. While Agent Michael Flynn protects him from those who believe that he knows too much, together they must find a demon from Michael’s past: the freelancer Diomedes. Michael’s violent ex-mentor, Diomedes murdered a man at the heart of the spacecraft’s discovery. They must learn why.

Meanwhile the vigilante Gideon, slain by Diomedes six months ago, has been seen alive in the city of Northgate. His baffling return will draw two women into dangers far beyond those that lurk in the city.

Memories that haunt them all will entangle their fates as one in the blackness.

Praise for Michael G. Munz
“Munz treats his characters with a generous heart and even those characters from whom the human heart has been eviscerated, Munz treats with a strong, delicate touch.” -Wanda Phillips (A Shadow in the Flames reader review)

“Munz has a talent for painting a picture of a mid-21st century Earth that is both plausible and intriguing.” -Capital Gamer blog (A Shadow in the Flames review)

“I absolutely cannot wait for the next book from the rising first time author.” -Debbie Harris (A Shadow in the Flames reader review)

Raveled by Anne McAneny

Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense | Crime Fiction

What’s a girl to do when her imprisoned brother begs her to delve into their father’s sixteen-year-old murder conviction? How about peel back the lies, upend the fairy tales, and roil the populace of Lavitte–a sweet apple of a town with a wormy, festering core? That’s what Allison Fennimore chooses. Despite her infamous surname and people’s wilted memories, this jaded cynic of a daughter sinks her teeth in and refuses to let go. She can practically taste the bitterness of that long-ago, twisted night when two teenagers died, linked to her father by bad luck and a few strands of rope.

Ignoring the dense local atmosphere where image trumps substance and lies become legend, Allison stirs the pot. The more layers she discards, the more elusive the truth becomes. And when a key source of information turns up dead, the dark edges of resentment coil in around her like a slowly tightening noose. As revelations get ugly, Allison may wish she’d never ventured toward the forbidden fruit of truth.

Thin Rich Bitches by Janet Eve Josselyn

Genre(s): Chick-Lit | Humor

An uproarious romp through the minefield of female one-upmanship!

Leaving her cheating husband in Boston with the paralegal he impregnated, Pippin Snowe and her son move to a ramshackle farmhouse in the exclusive community of Dover, Massachusetts. Pippin finds employment with a local architect, designing kitchen renovations for wealthy Dover women who treat her as they treat the rest of the hired help. Concluding that social climbing is just another sport that she is no good at, Pippin opens a country club for dogs that offers services that the Dover women didn’t know they wanted until they found out that admission was required and spaces were limited.

With irreverent wit, Thin Rich Bitches is a humorous chronicle of one woman’s quest to find her place within a community of people who are more blessed physically and financially, while learning valuable lessons about life, love, competition, and canine couture.

Mason McQueen and the Gargoyle’s Curse (book 1) by Graham Batten

Genre(s): Science Fiction & Fantasy | Teen & Young Adult

When Mason McQueen’s overbearing mother hears strange animal sounds from inside her son’s room she is convinced that he is harbouring a stray dog, but only the old stone gargoyle statue that sits outside Mason’s bedroom window knows the real truth. Lucky to be alive after surviving a horrific traffic accident, the hardy teenager should be able to deal with anything life has to throw at him, but not everyone has a P.E teacher quite like Mr Tyler. The cat is really set amongst the pigeons, (or would be, if all the cats in the area hadn’t mysteriously gone missing), when Chloe Draper the local ‘weird girl’ gets weirder and wakes up trapped inside her school locker. Mason, his friends and Hunter the school bully, are unexpectedly thrown together by chance and discover the bizarre secret plaguing their small town and why certain residents are gaining supernatural powers. Struggling to make it through another school term at Darwin Grammar soon becomes the least of Mason’s problems as he is about to discover, for where there is a price, someone will have to pay it.

Daring Masquerade by Margaret Tanner

Genre(s): Historical Romance | Romance

In Margaret Tanner’s Daring Masquerade published by Books We Love, by the time Ross Calvert discovers Harry Martin is in fact Harriet Martin she has fallen in love with him. Realizing she has failed in her final effort to protect her shell-shocked brother, she puts a desperate proposition to Ross. Marry her and she will give him an heir.

Ross accepts. However, he is tormented by the betrayal of his former fiancée Virginia. On his honeymoon he meets her again and is still infatuated. With the army recalling him to the trenches of France, he faces a terrible dilemma. Taste Virginia’s passion before he marches off to war, or keep his marriage vows to Harry.

Rating: 5 books

Reviewed by Camellia LASR

Margaret Tanner writes awe inspiring descriptions of Australia’s landscapes along with horrifyingly realistic descriptions of the carnage and misery in Europe during World War I that take the reader on an emotional journey that makes her feel as if she is right there in the moment. Ms. Tanner also creates some breathtaking love scenes far from “Edwardian morality and war” that are “pure magic”. These scenes accentuate the emergence of a soul mate, consuming love that gives super strength and courage during the somber, troubled times in which Harriet and Ross carve out a life for themselves.

The antagonists are so vividly portrayed the reader can almost feel the meanness in them–no redeeming qualities–just evil use of social position and power to aggrandize themselves and subjugate others.