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GODDESS OF THE MOON (A Diana Racine Psychic Suspense) by Polly Iyer

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Suspense

P sychic Diana Racine and her boyfriend, Lieutenant Ernie Lucier of the New Orleans Police Department, are drawn into a baby kidnapping case. Clues lead first to a hospital worker, then to Brother Osiris, the head of a homeless shelter, and finally to some of the richest men in the state. A combination of mysticism, mythology, and the black arts lures Diana and Ernie even deeper into a plot that puts both their lives in danger.

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Absolute Truth by Bill Larkin

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Crime

N ewly transferred to the Harbor Patrol in Newport Beach, Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Andy “Schmitty” Schmidt responds to a deadly boat explosion that turns out to have links to Schmitty’s past. Already under investigation for wrongdoing by his department, Schmitty is now being confronted by a hard line detective with a lot of questions.

As Schmitty races to stay one step ahead, he learns that the victim had invented a new lie detector. The traditional polygraph was invented in the 1920s and although it’s evolved, scientists, courts, and critics know it isn’t perfect. A clever liar can convince anybody and any machine – until now. This new lie detector can’t be beat. But it threatens a new future, and a lot of people will do anything to get their hands on this technology.

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Earthwalker (The Seduction of Decklan Holmes) by Lexa Roi Clarke

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Fantasy & Futuristic, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Angels, Demons & Devils, Werewolves & Shifters, Paranormal & Urban

A mazon Bestseller!
#4 in Contemporary Fantasy
#8 in Supernatural Romance

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At one time, Decklan Holmes may have considered herself well and fully inoculated against the intrigue of abnormal mysteries. She was a prominent detective with the Caplan City Police Department, the child of a suicide victim, and the survivor of one of the most notorious catastrophes in Caplan history. Yet, in the wake of another horrifying accident, Decklan encounters an all-too-familiar man who forces her to confront a forgotten past and reexamine everything she has come to believe concerning myth, legend, and the nature of reality. Now, caught in a mystery of the supernatural variety, the feisty detective is quickly learning to question everything… but, as it turns out, “everything” might not quite cover it.

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Falling in love with an angel is like falling in love with a supernova. It’s as cosmic as it is unrealistic. You can be physically shaken by its splendor, or so wholly debased by your own sense of awe that you weep to think it’s anything but a dream. You can tell yourself that simply being aware of it means something profound, something real. You can rationalize it all you want. But in the end, you’re bound to learn that this celestial body can never love you back. Not the way you need it to.

So yes, Decklan knew that falling in love with an angel was absurd. Maybe even a little insane.

But falling in love with a demon? That was something else entirely.
 

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The Great Leap Forward by Armand Burke

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue

N o. 1 Satire on Amazon (Top 100 Free Books in Kindle Store – April 10 –11, 2013).

If you enjoy Kurt Vonnegut, Catch-22, Chuck Palahniuk, the Illuminatus trilogy or the Fu Manchu novels of Sax Rohmer, you might enjoy THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD – a post-modern comic fantasy that defies categorization.

The year is 1978. China is an isolated empire of conspiracy, deception and delusion.

From Radio Beijing comes the astonishing announcement: China will unilaterally disarm. Is this a Great Leap Forward for mankind–or a plot to take over the world?

Into this surreal landscape steps Number Five, a master spy of undisclosed nationality. What he finds in China is so shocking, so strange, so far beyond the usual categories of fact or fiction, that the story of his mission must be passed off as fantasy for the next thirty-five years. It’s as if Kafka, Borges and Wittgenstein, after binging on Fu Manchu novels and the Illuminatus trilogy, had decided to write a spy novel, with a little help from Lewis Carroll.

Die-hard fans of thrillers and spy novels beware: Don’t buy this book unless you’re prepared to suspend your expectations in favor of a story that’s funny, literary, and trans-genre’d!

Be sure to use the Look Inside feature above to sample what the book is like and see if you might enjoy it.

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The Chicken and The Quail by Nissar Ahmed A. Naik

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction

A dead man stands up,
and boards a flight to Singapore from Mumbai.
Has he faked his death to escape financial troubles?
Have the doctors who certified him dead been his accomplices?
Or, has an imposter boarded the plane using his passport?
Eventually when the police unravel the mystery, it is so mind boggling that it sends tremors around the world.

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The Maze – The Lost Labyrinth (Suspense Thriller) by Jason Brannon

Genre(s): Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Mystery, Religious Fiction, Christianity, Christian Fiction, Fantasy, Suspense

A near death experience transports Jamie Burroughs into The Maze, a realm built by angels and demons and filled with traps and riddles for those haunted by their mistakes.

For Jamie, The Maze becomes a terrifying journey through a world of darkness where his soul and the lives of those he loves hangs in the balance. With his family in danger and his soul in peril, Jamie is forced to reevaluate the kind of man he truly is as he struggles to escape The Maze before it’s too late.

Praise for The Maze

“Jason Brannon shows us a place of reckoning and judgments, of creatures that wait to ensnare us. The Maze is a novel of damnation and deliverance, of corridors fortified with death and spirituality. I found a bit of myself in The Maze.” ~ Steven Lloyd, author of The Wooden Box

“From his style, you’d think Jason Brannon was the dark double of Ray Bradbury. He cares more about character and realism than most writers I’ve read and his plots flow like well-orchestrated music. Indeed, Brannon’s writing has a classical feel, reminiscent of the best traditional work in the genre, even when he’s going for gut-wrenching terror and torture in-extremis.” ~ Michael Arnzen, International Horror Guild Award winning author of Grave Markings (Dell Abyss)

“Warning! The Maze may get inside your head — and stay there.” ~ Harry Shannon, author of Night of the Beast

“Brannon’s work reminds me of the glory days of The Twilight Zone, when it was in black and white and carried bylines like Beaumont and Matheson. Often surreal, sometimes disturbing and sometimes enlightening, there’s real substance in his tales that few of his contemporaries can match.” ~ Mike Oliveri, Bram Stoker Award Winning Author of Deadliest of the Species

“It is a rare treat to find a modern writer whose work is truly a mirror of the darkest corners of the world we all share. Every one of his haunting stories is infused with clear ideas and startling notions submerged in a straightforward and engaging prose. His visions linger with you long after the book has been closed.” ~ Stephen Susco, Screenwriter (The Grudge, The Grudge 2, Pulse, Red)

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Born Lucky, The JD Chronicles by Christine Dougherty

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers

A t three days old, JD was blown clear of the explosion that killed his mysterious parents and set him on a path of uneasy discovery. A reluctant psychic, JD chooses to live in the safe world of a mental institution, unable to control the things he ‘sees’…sometimes with unwelcome, and even dangerous, consequences.

Join JD as he tries to help find a young couple who go missing in the forbidding Pine Barrens of South Jersey.

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The Helpers: Volume I (Deadly Discovery) by Suzanna E. Nelson

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Political, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue

E ditors Choice Award Winner – American journalist, Jenny Osborne, will not let fear stop her from getting a story. She is determined to report on the war between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the rebels that is causing political and social turbulence within the country. But after she and her photojournalist, John Spencer, arrive in Kinshasa, they soon discover that things are not as they seem.

Monsieur Lance Lemmand, a veteran French Intelligence Officer in DRC, suspects the hand of The Helpers in the current political unrest. He enlists his protégé, the brilliant and handsome Pierre-Jean Philippe, to help him investigate.

When Kai, a local schoolgirl, who is hiding a deep, dark secret, decides to take action, she seeks out Jenny for help. Kai gives Jenny damaging information that could bring down The Helpers. But can Jenny survive long enough to fulfill her duty to Kai and fight her feelings for Pierre, while trying to achieve her ultimate goal?

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Cold Open, A Sam North Mystery by Greg Clarkin

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery

“ COLD OPEN is red hot when it comes to action. A terrific book with plenty of inventive twists and turns. And who could write it better than this? A real reporter, Greg Clarkin sums up the electricity and crackle of a newsroom with a deadly twist. COLD OPEN is great entertainment.” -Kitty Pilgrim, former CNN correspondent and author of The Stolen Chalice and The Explorer’s Code

“Check out COLD OPEN…a thrilling mystery.” -Ali Velshi, CNN anchor

When the nation’s number one cable news anchor, turns up floating in the East River, the cops label it a suicide. But his gorgeous widow is convinced he was killed and carries a secret that proves it.

Now she has Sam North believing it. The story-hungry TV reporter starts nosing around and discovers what Jack Steele found out the hard way…asking questions can get you disturbing answers, maybe even killed.

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Flying Soup by Bobby Adair

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Political

F lying Soup is the whacked-out story of how a simple video recording turned into an accidental empire, all courtesy of a flying can of tomato soup. When bicyclist and computer nerd Christian Trist and his fellow techno-geek roomies decide they’ve had enough of the rudeness that cyclists and others encounter on the road, Christian’s near-miss with a can of soup flung from a car window starts the colorful and creative trio of friends off on a mission of revenge – and profit. As their dot.com venture, Flying Soup, takes off to record popularity, they find themselves embattled by religious zealots, extremist politicians, gun-toting good ‘ole boys and more, with surprising and often hilarious results.

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The Slaver Wars: Alien Contact (The Slaver Wars Book One) by Raymond L. Weil

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, High Tech, Space Opera, Hard Science Fiction

F rom the author of Moon Wreck comes the first full length novel in the series.

The Human Federation of Worlds thought they were alone in the galaxy. But now an alien spacecraft has appeared over one of their distant mining operations. The frightened miners immediately call for help to deal with this worrisome first contact situation.

Admiral Streth is sent to implement talks with the aliens and to find out what they want. The aliens inform the admiral that they are called Hocklyns and are from a large multi-world trading federation. In truth, they come from an empire that is expanding through the galaxy and conquering world after world for slaves, and they have set their sights on the human worlds as their next conquest.

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Goodbye Junie Moon by June Collins

Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Leaders & Notable People, Military, Memoirs, Professionals & Academics, Military & Spies

G oodbye Junie Moon is a memoir written by June Collins, co-author of The Khaki Mafia.

A curvaceous Australian dancer entertains the troops in Vietnam. She uncovers a get rich quick scheme involving the sergeants running the American Army clubs. Discovering that she has reported them to the CID, they place a high price on her head. She learns they are watching the only airport out, preventing her escape. Then fate steps in, triggering an unexpected turn of events. Goodbye Junie Moon is a memoir which reads like fiction and is guaranteed to keep you turning the page. This true story is verified by numerous newspaper and magazine articles.

Racy, action-filled, heart stopping, poignant; it is all of these!

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The Girl From Long Guyland by Lara Reznik

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Suspense

- Includes Reading Group Discussion Questions-
Ranked the #1 spot overall and in both Suspense and Contemporary Fiction, during its Amazon Kindle select promotional days. Over 80,000 e-books downloaded.

MEMOIR MEETS THRILLER:

Laila Levin enjoys a successful marriage and a thriving career as an I.T. executive in Austin, Texas, but she can’t quite shake her lifelong sense of not truly belonging anywhere.

When her company announces a major layoff, Laila finds herself caught between an unscrupulous CEO and her promiscuous boss. Then news of her college roommate’s suicide stirs up a dark secret involving three devious friends from her past. One has betrayed a vow, another wants to rekindle their romance, and the third is out for revenge.

Suddenly for Laila, it’s 1969 again. She’s only seventeen, and she’s left her sheltered home in Long Island for college in Connecticut. Amid protests of the Vietnam War, she’s tempted by the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll that rule her generation. Laila gets swept up in a deceptive love triangle with two older locals and initiated into their unethical hippie family. Too late she realizes her search to belong has led to tragedy.

Laila must now juggle the demands of her perplexed husband and her baby boomer past forcing her to make choices that endanger her survival and challenge her conscience.

She learns that the lines between right and wrong are often blurred, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.

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Light and Shadows by Michael Porter

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction

I n this dark comedy, Ezra Gentile, a mid-40s sales manager, goes to work for a tight-fisted, selfish owner, Howard Goodson, to manage Thoroughgood Studios, a faltering chain of family-owned Milwaukee wedding photography studios. Ezra has bounced around the business world with limited success, and although Goodson hires him on the cheap, Ezra sees this as an opportunity with potential.

Goodson wants to expand the chain, putting Gentile under enormous pressure to increase sales and devise a new training system. And yet, the foundation of the wedding business — the dream of everlasting love — is to Ezra a sham. A messy divorce has left him cynical and fearful about romance. He needs this job.

At work, Ezra’s efforts to train the existing sales force are generally rejected, as the staff continues to follow their own idiosyncratic methods and outmoded sales techniques, no matter how flawed, unethical, or manipulative. This often results in unintentionally hilarious situations, like the outraged mother of the bride who accused them of “fartography,” because their “work stinks!”

Since the average bride knows little about wedding photography,Thoroughgood Studios gives them as little as possible. The studio’s plagued by numerous problems – poor photography quality, poorly paid photographers, poor management policies, and inept salespeople, which lead to continuous customer complaints.

All too soon, Ezra discovers he has joined the photo studio from hell. Although their sales presentations paint Thoroughgood Studios as the perfect photography studio, the photographers show up late for weddings and upset the bride, and miss or mess up important shots. When the bride gets the photos, she’s appalled.

Like the company he has come to rescue, Ezra’s personal life is in shambles, and his divorce has left him with large debts. He has long given up on his own dreams of love. Ezra owes money to his ex-wife. During a visit to help her with a home repair, she falls, hits her head, and lapses into a coma, blamed on Ezra’s clumsy efforts to revive her. The police suspect he tried to kill her to save on alimony, and Ezra is dogged by an annoyingly inquisitive detective, which confirms his beliefs about the futility of change.

Paradoxically, Ezra’s ongoing spiritual discussions with a co-worker who has befriended him give new perspective on his ex’s coma. He also has a series of strange, unexplained visionary dreams while asleep. The conversations with his friend gradually causes Ezra to re-examine his relationships in more detail and question the direction of his life….

Alas, Howard Goodson doesn’t want to spend a penny to upgrade anything. Sometimes the employees are inept, other times they try to do their best. But everyone’s underpaid and under-appreciated. Typically, Howard ignores the quality problem and general insanity around the studios because of his central and overriding philosophy – THE AG FACTOR: He only acts when the aggravation from a problem is higher than the cost of changing it.

Howard’s only in it for himself and the money and really doesn’t care about anyone or anything else. If there’s a problem, the company tries to brush it under the carpet and spend as little as possible to remedy the situation. This makes customers even madder. But Howard doesn’t care because they only buy wedding photography once, and there are always plenty of new customers.

Howard is seeking an investor to expand his company. When a rogue financier with reputed gangland ties in Vegas, pretends to invest in the company’s expansion as a ploy to take over the studio, Ezra Gentile discovers personal resources he was not aware he possessed. Finally seizing control of his own dreams and fears, Ezra regains the mysterious woman he thought had been lost to him forever.

The Tesla Secret (The Project: Book Five) by Alex Lukeman

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers

W inner of Best Indie Books Award 2013
Action/Adventure Category
Plans for a devastating weapon invented by Nikola Tesla fall into the hands of
a centuries-old conspiracy bent on world domination. Powerful men will stop at
nothing to use the weapon to achieve their goal, even at the risk of nuclear war.

Nick Carter works for the Project, the shadow hand of the US President.
Selena Connor is his teammate and lover. Their relationship will be tested
to the breaking point as they are forced to question their commitment to the
other and to the violent life they have chosen.

From the streets of Prague to the jungles of Mexico, from the hills of Tuscany
to the plains of Eastern Russia, the story moves with relentless pace toward a
final, explosive confrontation.

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Love Drunk Cowboy (Spikes & Spurs) by Carolyn Brown

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, United States, Romance, Contemporary, Historical, Western, Westerns

P raise for Carolyn Brown’s Honky Tonk series

“Fun, sassy, and fast-paced romance.”–RT Book Reviews, 4 stars

“Sometimes humorous, sometimes touching, and Brown’s fans will be pleased to reconnect with her trademark cast of quirky characters.”–Booklist starred review

“Funny, witty, heartfelt, and sexy…a sizzling series!!!!”–Book Junkie

She’s a self-made city girl…

High-powered career woman Austin Lanier suddenly finds herself saddled with an inherited watermelon farm deep in the countryside. She’s determined to sell the farm, until her new, drop-dead sexy neighbor Rye O’Donnell shows up…

He’s as intoxicating as can be…

Rancher Rye O’Donnell thinks he’s going to get a good deal on his dream property–until he meets the fiery new owner. Rye is knocked sideways when he realizes that not only is Granny Lanier’s city-slicker granddaughter a savvy businesswoman, she’s also sexy as hell…

Suddenly Rye is a whole lot less interested in real estate and a whole lot more focused on getting Austin to set aside her stiletto heels…

Spiritual Anorexia: How Contemporary Worship Is Starving the Church by Doug Erlandson

Genre(s): Christian Books & Bibles, Worship & Devotion, Rites & Ceremonies, Arts & Photography, Music, Musical Genres, Religious & Sacred Music, Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Clergy, Worship

I n Spiritual Anorexia: How Contemporary Worship Is Starving the Church, Dr. Doug Erlandson presents a balanced but devastating critique of the contemporary-style worship model that the modern church has adopted and shows how this type of worship deprives Christians of the feast that true corporate worship should be

Drawing from personal experience and extensive research into the history of Christian worship, Dr. Erlandson analyzes the motivations for this type of worship and assesses its strengths and weaknesses. He argues that corporate worship should be a reverential dramatic presentation of the Gospel, with the theme of the redemption of God’s people and the rejuvenation and restoration of creation.

Historically, Christian worship has included certain distinctive elements that help make this presentation. These include the call to worship, the recitation of creeds, readings from each of the major divisions of Scripture, prayers, confession of sin and absolution, Christ-centered preaching, the Lord’s Supper, and the exhortation and benediction. By use of concrete examples Erlandson shows how contemporary-style worship either eliminates these entirely or includes them in a truncated fashion; thus, the elements that made traditional worship a true feast have disappeared. In their place the church has substituted slick musical performances and therapy-style preaching that blurs the central message of the Gospel.

Erlandson examines contemporary praise choruses that have replaced the theologically-rich hymns, demonstrating that the problem with the lyrics is not so much bad theology but lack of meaningful content. The music is often hard for the congregation to follow, having been written for well-trained musicians and not for congregational use. The greatest problem arises from treating the music as a performance by the worship team rather than as congregational worship.

Spiritual Anorexia also contrasts the historical role of preaching as the proclamation of the Gospel with various contemporary models (e.g., the moralistic, therapeutic, and teaching models) and shows how these models deprive the congregation of spiritual nourishment.

A chapter of particular interest is the one on physical symbolism, which argues that by doing away with symbols such as the cross and the pulpit the contemporary church has substituted the sterility of the modern auditorium for the rich symbolism of the historical church building.

The final chapter of Spiritual Anorexia examines the justifications typically given for contemporary-style worship, shows why they are unpersuasive, and argues that whatever value it might have is far outweighed by the spiritual starvation that results.

Throughout, Dr. Erlandson challenges the church to worship with the excellence of which it is capable so that it will truly offer its worship to the glory of God and will experience the feast that corporate worship should be.

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Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Genre(s): Teens, Love & Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance

J odi Lynn Anderson explores the world of Neverland and the elation and heartbreak of first love in her dark, romantic, and very original YA novel Tiger Lily.

Tinkerbell narrates the magical, bittersweet love story between Tiger Lily and Peter Pan. Tiger Lily has never been truly accepted by her tribe, and now the elders have decreed marriage to a man she doesn’t love. She spends more and more time alone in the woods, where she meets wild, fearless Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys.

Tiger Lily is intoxicated by the freedom she feels with Peter, and falls under his spell. Their love is all-consuming, and she risks everything to be with him.

Then Wendy Darling arrives in Neverland.

Tiger Lily has been optioned for television!

The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa Novels) by Alex Bledsoe

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary, World Literature, Mythology

N amed one of the Best Fiction Books of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews, The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe is an enchanting tale of music and magic older than the hills. . . .

No one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Enigmatic and suspicious of outsiders, the Tufa live quiet lives in the hills and valleys of Cloud County. While their origins may be a mystery, there are hints of their true nature buried in the songs they have passed down for generations.

Bronwyn Hyatt, a pure-blood Tufa, has always insisting on doing things her own way, regardless of the consequences. Even though Tufa rarely leave Cloud County, she enlisted in the Army to escape the pressures of Tufa life–her family, her obligations as a First Daughter, and her dangerous ex-boyfriend. But after barely surviving a devastating ambush that killed most of her fellow soldiers, Private Hyatt returns to Cloud County wounded in body and in spirit. But danger lurks in the mountains and hollows of her childhood home. Cryptic omens warn of impending tragedy, and a restless “haint” lurks nearby, waiting to reveal Bronwyn’s darkest secrets. Worst of all, Bronwyn has lost touch with the music that was once a vital part of her identity.

Now Bronwyn finds the greatest battle to be right here at home, where her obligations struggle with her need for freedom, and if she makes the wrong choice, the consequences could be deadly for all the Tufa. . . .

“A sheer delight.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
At the publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

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My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top: the ZZ Top Letters…and More 100% Real, Never Before Seen Documents from the World of Rock n’ Roll by Jon Glaser

Genre(s): Arts & Photography, Music, Musical Genres, Rock, Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Parodies, Satire, Literature & Fiction, United States

W ith this shocking tell-all, revealing the all-true, 100% fake secrets about music’s biggest names, Jon Glaser–a writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and the creator and star of Adult Swim’s Delocated–is about to rock the world of, well, rock and roll. The long-buried (or possibly, never-yet-imagined) dreadful secrets of music’s most notable talents–including Prince’s bar mitvah remixes, Fleetwood Mac’s deals with McDonald’s, and more–are, in the vein of John Hodgman’s More Information Than You Require and The Onion‘s Our Dumb Century, a wry and blasphemous tribute to the popular culture icons we hold dear.

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Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall

Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Memoirs, Specific Groups, Women, True Accounts, True Crime, Parenting & Relationships, Family Relationships, Child Abuse

“ Both creepy…and quite moving.”
–New York Times Book Review“Wall’s story couldn’t be more timely.”
–PeopleStolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous former member of Utah’s infamous FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. At once shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Wall’s story of subjugation and survival exposes the darkness at the root of this rebel offshoot of the Mormon faith.

Kindred (Bluestreak) by Octavia Butler

Genre(s): Education & Reference, Literature & Fiction, Classics, United States, African American, Politics & Social Sciences, Sociology, Race Relations, Discrimination & Racism, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction Classics, Chick-Lit

D ana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.

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F**k It by John C. Parkin

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Self-Help & Psychology, Self-Help, Spiritual, Stress Management, Health Fitness & Dieting

T o say F**k It feels good. To stop struggling and finally do what you wish . . . to ignore what everyone is telling you and just go your own way . . . feels really great. In this inspiring and humorous book, John C. Parkin suggests that saying F**k It is the perfect Western expression of the Eastern spiritual concept of letting go, giving up, and finding real freedom by realizing that things don’t matter so much (if at all). It’s a spiritual way that doesn’t require chanting, meditating, or wearing sandals. And it’s the very power of this modern-day profanity that makes it perfect for shaking us Westerners out of the stress and anxiety that dominate our daily lives. So, find out how to say F**k It to all your problems and concerns. Say F**k It to all the “shoulds” in your life, and finally do what you want–no matter what other people think!

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Queen of New Beginnings by Erica James

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Humor, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary Fiction

W hat happens when your best hope for the future is through the past? Voice-over artist Alice avoids telling the truth. It’s not lying, exactly, and the freedom of reinvention makes those tough years in the past a little easier to bear. So when she meets writer Clayton Miller, she recognizes the suspicious signs of someone who wants to shrug off his old life. Untangling the web of secrets they’ve constructed creates an unlikely friendship-until Alice discovers that Clayton has betrayed her in the worst possible way.

The author of fifteen international bestsellers, Erica James deftly explores infidelity, bereavement, and the bonds of family with a sparkling voice that will resonate long after the book is finished.

Praise for Erica James

“Intense, compelling stuff.”
-OK! magazine

“The author writes with a sturdy, feel-good optimism.”
-Sunday Times

“It is a captivating read: beautifully written.”
-Daily Telegraph “You know you have made it as a storyteller writer when readers simply cannot put your book down…Erica James has this page-turning ability in abundance…I wouldn’t have thought this writer could get any better, but she has!”
-Welsh Country

Pandora’s Key (The Key Trilogy) by Nancy Richardson Fischer

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary, Teens

W hen everything you believed about yourself is a lie, how do you unlock the truth? Evangeline Theopolis has nightmares about the violent deaths of women she has never met. Her single mother, Olivia, suffers delusions she can’t hide. And Malledy, a brilliant young man, may have a disease that will leave him paralyzed and insane. Their lives are about to collide.
On Evangeline’s 16th birthday her mother gives her a necklace with an antique key charm–a family heirloom, though no one knows what the key unlocks. Everything changes. Her mom is hospitalized. Her godmother attempts murder. An ancient Order tries to kill Evangeline, and a lethal sect to kidnap her. Nothing makes sense–especially Evangeline’s own face, which has morphed from geeky to eerily stunning; the ancient key that feels strangely alive against her skin; and the magical abilities she begins to possess.
Evangeline must use her wits and supernatural powers to fight her deadly adversaries and discover her true identity. But can she accept who she really is and save the world?

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Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors

Genre(s): Education & Reference, Teens, Love & Romance, Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Romance

W hen you’re the daughter of a best-selling romance writer, life should be pretty good. But for 16-year-old Alice Amorous, daughter of the Queen of Romance, life is an agonizing lie. Her mother’s been secretly hospitalized for mental illness, and Alice has been putting on a brave front, answering fan letters, forging her mother’s signature, telling the publisher that all is well. But the next book is due and the Queen can’t write it. Alice needs a story for her mother. And she needs one fast.That’s when she meets Errol, a strange boy who’s been following her. A boy who tells her that he has a love story. A boy who believes he’s Cupid. As Alice begins to hear Errol’s voice in her head, and begins to see things she can’t explain, she must face the truth – that she’s either inherited her mother’s madness, or Errol is for real.

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What Happened To Polly by Jennifer Hanning

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Drama, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Arts & Photography, Theater, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense

H ow would you feel if your little sister disappeared on your watch?

Carmel Hamilton makes a selfish decision which results in the kidnapping of little Polly.

The situation is further exacerbated when another member of the family sustains dreadful injuries.

Shunned by her father and elder sister, Carmel sinks to the depths of guilt and misery fearing she will never again be deserving of love.

Ellis Towers finds the key to unlock the Hamiltons’ deeply buried secrets – but what he discovers could save or destroy the whole family.

What Happened to Polly is a mystery drama following a moment in time when the decision of one changed the lives of many.

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Emancipating Alice by Ada Winder

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Family Saga, Chick-Lit, Domestic Life, Family Life

N ow that her husband George is dead, middle-aged homemaker Alice Owens thinks his oppressive reign over her life has ended–but she is wrong. George thwarts her attempts at freedom, mentally and physically, from beyond the grave.

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Homemaker Alice Owens returns from a routine grocery-shopping trip to find her husband George slumped over their kitchen table, as dead as her love for him. Hoping it’s the beginning of bringing her strangled life to an end, she starts preparing for the arrival of her adult children–a daughter who hates her and a needy son–who will inevitably show up for the funeral. But while cleaning out George’s belongings, Alice stumbles across enigmatic documents linking him to an African-American charity and a heinous crime committed over thirty years prior. Alice finds herself grappling not only with memories of her marriage’s turbulent past, but with murder and infidelity from George’s secret double life pushing themselves into her present. Will Alice finally gain the freedom she’s always desired? Or will George’s secrets take her over the edge?

Neverlove (Shadow Jumpers) by Angela Brown

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Series, Teens, Romance

P rovidence, Rhode Island

Six. Whole. Months.
The longest time her mother stayed home in the last few years.
Enough time that a sense of security snuck into Abigail’s heart, lulled her mind into forgetfulness.
But the monster hadn’t forgotten.
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So starts Abigail Bishop’s descent to the final low in her life. Seventeen doesn’t seem such a bad age to die.

For Basil Hines, perfection is the key to earning his parents’ love, especially his mother. He never suspected sharing this thought with a friend would bring hellish results.

Abigail’s rash decision, and failure to take her own life, leads her to V’Salicus Academy, a place to start anew, become a Cleanser, a guide to show lost souls the way to The Gates for Judgment. Basil ends up duty bound to hell, his soul gambled and lost to the Devourer, all for the price of a few words. As the devil’s newest Harvestor, Basil must steal lost souls to feed his new master’s constant craving.

In their new roles in life, love is forbidden, but when their paths cross, true love is what Abigail and Basil finally discover in each other. Can they hold tight to their love, or will duty trump all, leaving them both to a fate of Neverlove?

How to Beat Up Anybody: An Instructional and Inspirational Karate Book by the World Champion by Judah Friedlander

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Comedy, Satire, Literature & Fiction, United States, Sports & Outdoors, Individual Sports, Martial Arts

“ World Champion” Judah Friedlander tells you How to Beat Up Anybody in this insanely hilarious satirical martial arts guide. Better known as an award-winning stand-up comic, actor, and star of 30 Rock, Friedlander shares his adventures in butt-kicking with lucky readers in a self-defense handbook in the gut-busting vein of The Truth About Chuck Norris.

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The Miracle Inspector by Helen Smith

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, British, Humor & Satire, Genre Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers

T he Miracle Inspector was chosen as a “best book of 2012″ by reviewers at The Opinionated Geeks and For Books’ Sake.

The Miracle Inspector is one of the few novels that everyone should read, it’s a powerful novel that’s masterfully written and subtly complex. SciFi and Fantasy Books

A dystopian thriller set in the near future. England has been partitioned and London is an oppressive place where poetry has been forced underground, theatres and schools are shut, and women are not allowed to work outside the home. A young couple, Lucas and Angela, try to escape from London – with disastrous consequences.

In its feminist angle, The Miracle Inspector is reminiscent of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Smith has an extraordinarily rich imagination that never fails to surprise and delight. Huffpost Books.

Today after finishing the book, I paid attention to the smell of my lover’s hair as I embraced her when she came home, and I greeted my children with a little more enthusiasm after school. WIRED.com

Helen Smith crafts a story like she’s the British lovechild of Kurt Vonnegut and Philip K. Dick, only with a feminist slant. Journal of Always Reviews

One of the finest novels of its genre. For Books’ Sake

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Interesting Times by Matthew Storm

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary, Urban, Teens

O liver Jones was a dull man living a dull life, until one night a stray cat began speaking to him. In English. And that was before things got really strange. Now he is on the run, hunted by an inhuman assassin who will stop at nothing to kill him. His only hope for survival rests with a trio of unlikely new allies: A werewolf with a fondness for Hawaiian shirts, a strange little girl who just might be immortal, and a gunfighter with an anger management problem. Oliver always wanted a little excitement in his life, but now he finds himself living in Interesting Times…

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Happy(ish) by Cara Trautman

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Humor, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Contemporary Fiction

J ane Pearson is single, thirty-five, and reluctantly dressed as a squirrel.

When she’s not covered in fake fur, she sleeps with the wrong men, avoids laundry, sets her vibrator on fire, and dodges her mother’s demanding phone calls. Surrounded by eccentric friends, an offbeat family, peculiar coworkers, and a twenty-four-year-old goldfish, Jane searches for happiness through a maze of dirty clothes and hard lessons.

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Cadman’s Gambit (SHADER) by D.P. Prior

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Literary, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Epic, Literary Fiction

T he holy knight Deacon Shader has one last fight in him. This time it’s just a tournament, with the prize a sword steeped in myth. Win or lose, Shader intends to defy his Templum masters and retire to the Abbey of Pardes.

But when a horror from the past wrecks Shader’s monastic dream and leads him to the plague-torn city of Sarum, he finds an ancient power unleashed that imperils more than he could possibly imagine–a power now in the hands of a liche named Dr. Cadman.

Undead legions swarm toward Sarum in response to Cadman’s call, and sinister eyes are drawn from beyond the stars.

Shader’s dream lies in tatters as he learns he has been prepared for the coming conflict since the day he was born. With his faith shaken to the core and his inner demons threatening to break free, he has little choice but to stand firm against the unweaving of all Creation.

How to Learn Higher Paying Skills by Steve Churchill

Genre(s): Business & Investing, Job Hunting & Careers, Job Hunting, Skills, Careers, Reference, Office Skills

A re you happy with your employment? Do you want to be paid better for the work you do? Are you reluctant to spend a lot of time and money going back to school? You need the ability to learn new skills quickly!

This book will help you develop your personal learning strategy for mastering new, higher paying skills. This is not “get rich quick” garbage: it will take work and dedication. You need to discover how you learn best, what your own personal learning preferences are. You need to know what resources are “out there” for teaching yourself these higher paying skills. You need to know what some of the in-demand skills are and how to get them. This book will help you do all of that as you read and complete the 14 information-packed chapters.

As you work through the lessons and activities included in this book, you will develop the ability to learn new skills more quickly. You will create a “toolbox” to adapt to evolving job markets and technologies. While others worry about job security, you will feel confident and secure in your own marketability. This book will help you adapt to changing circumstances quickly. If you’re thinking about starting your own business, the ability to teach yourself will ensure you remain competitive and successful.

Chapters/lessons include:

• What is Higher Paying? – Why & how you can retool for better income and career success
• How You Can Learn Better – Proven ways for you to learn faster and more effectively
• Make Your Learning Active – How you can make your study time much more profitable
• How to Improve Your Attention Span and Concentration – How to regain control of your mind
• How to Ask Effective Questions – Ask better questions to accelerate your career
• Learn How to Solve Problems – A simple method for developing this money-making skill
• Learn Skills from the Internet – How you can learn new skills fast and free by going online
• How to Learn Software Skills – Free and effective ways to learn new software skills
• How to Make Your Business More Money – Learn to make and save businesses money
• Learn How to Persuade People – Persuasive principles to help people get what they want
• Learn to Develop Professional Relationships – Connect for professional success
• Learn the Basics of Management and Leadership – Get some upward mobility
• Learn How to Job Hunt – Hard-but-helpful facts about job hunting
• Learn How to Think for Yourself – How you can be versatile and innovative

What others have said:

• “Gave me great ideas to help pursue my career!”
• “Great advice about what to expect and how to transition in my career.”
• “Very informative and useful…helps shift the job hunting mindset.”

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Soul Purpose (The Conduit Sequence) by Nick Marsh

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure

A lan Reece is a young, unhappy vet, who thinks that getting called out in the night is about the worst thing that could ever happen to him.
This time, he’s right. A nocturnal encounter with a miracle will quickly turn into a nightmare, and as the world collapses around him, Alan will realise that he alone holds the key to a century-old secret.

Accompanied by Kate, a psychic-turned-physicist, and George, a credulous reporter, Alan will pit himself against a man who has already conquered death, and now has designs on the world.

Alan is going to discover that there are some things that really shouldn’t happen to a vet.

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The Great Leap Forward by Armand Burke

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue

I magine that Kafka, Borges and Wittgenstein, after binging on Fu Manchu novels and the Illuminatus trilogy, sat down to write a spy thriller, with a little help from Lewis Carroll. Set the novel in China in 1978–an isolated empire of conspiracy, deception and delusion–and tune in to Radio Beijing for the astonishing announcement: China will unilaterally disarm. Is this a Great Leap Forward for mankind–or a plot to take over the world?

Into this surreal landscape, this garden of forking paths, steps Number Five, a master spy of undisclosed nationality. What he finds in China is so shocking, so strange, so far beyond the usual categories of fact or fiction, that he returns a changed man, and the story of his mission must be passed off as fantasy for thirty-five years.

Chairman (now called Chairperson) Mao has passed on, leaving the nation torn between the Gang of Four and the shadowy Red Lotus Clique–and buzzing with rumors of a secret weapon to be unveiled when the disarmament is complete. Five has two weeks to save the West from annihilation. He finds himself stumbling into a shadow show of Foreign Devils, Puppet Emperors, Eunuchs, Revisionist Bandits and Running Dogs of the Imperialists. With help from the beautiful Wild Thing, he gropes his way toward the truth; but first he must face down the dreaded Chinese Olympic ping pong team and the mysterious Doctor who may be the mastermind of all this anarchy.

Die-hard fans of thrillers and spy novels beware: Don’t buy this book unless you’re prepared to suspend your expectations in favor of a story that’s funny, literary and trans-genre’d. On one level this is a spy novel, on another a literary and political satire, on another a philosophical investigation into the limits of knowledge and personal identity. Espionage (as John Le Carré taught us) is about deception, disguise, and the attempt to wrestle knowledge from ambiguous and deceptive appearances.

Does Five ever find the truth? The history of China in the past 25 years proves that given enough time, the surreal becomes the real. Who in 1978 could have foreseen that the Chinese Communist Party would become the world’s leading exponent of capitalism? Who could have predicted an opera about Richard Nixon?

Fans of the Fu Manchu novels by Sax Rohmer, the fictions of Jorge Luis Borges (particularly The Garden of Forking Paths), the film The Last Emperor by Bernardo Bertolocci, and Theravada Buddhism (particularly the Milinda Panha or 100 Questions of King Menander to Nagasena) might find a special interest in this novel.

Be sure to use the Look Inside feature above to sample what the book is like and see if you might enjoy it.

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Unintended Consequences by Marti Green

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Legal, Suspense

“ Unintended Consequences is an engrossing, well conceived legal thriller. Most enjoyable.”
- Scott Turow, NY Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent & Innocent
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How much would a father sacrifice for his child?

Nineteen years ago, Indiana police found the body of a young girl, burned beyond recognition and buried in the woods. They arrested George Calhoun for murdering his daughter, and his wife testified against him at the trial. The jury convicted him. Now his appeals have been exhausted, and his execution is just a few weeks away.

George said he didn’t do it. That the body isn’t his little Angelina. But that’s all he’s ever said – no other defense, no other explanation.
Dani Trumball, an attorney for the Help Innocent Prisoners Project, wants to believe him. After all, there was no forensic evidence that the body in the woods was George’s daughter. But if the girl isn’t Angelina, then who is it? And what happened to the Calhouns’ missing daughter?
For nineteen years, George Calhoun has stayed silent. But that’s about to change, and the story he tells Dani–if it’s true–changes everything.

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“This one will grab you by the neck from the very first page.”
– Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award winning author of Die A Stranger

“Unintended Consequences is a gripping legal thriller. A page-turning, compassionate, and thought-provoking debut.”
– Sharon Potts, author of The Devil’s Madonna

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The Chain of Lies, A Romantic Suspense Novel (Book #3, Paradise Valley Mysteries) by Debra Burroughs

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense

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“A Great Read! The suspense kept me turning the pages and it had a nice twist of romance. The romance and the suspense were well-balanced and I really enjoyed it!” ~ jne2003, Amazon Reader

“The best one in the series! I absolutely love it! The romance between Emily and Colin makes my heart flutter, but at the same time the murder mystery is a real page turner.” ~ B. Drewett, Amazon Reader

OVERVIEW of The Chain of Lies:

* A headstrong, smokin’ hot lady P.I. with a close circle of friends
* Two suspicious murders and a sex slave ring
* A sexy, heart-throbbing police detective in Paradise Valley

The Chain of Lies is Book 3 in the Paradise Valley Mystery series. Emily Parker’s world was flipped upside down when her private eye husband was killed, and through Books 1 and 2 she began to unravel clues that maybe he wasn’t who he claimed to be.

With the help of her close circle of friends and the sexy new police detective in town, Emily has taken over her late husband’s business and searches for answers to his murder. In the meantime, when disturbing coincidences keep popping up, she suspects there may be a sex slave ring operating in her town. Emily is determined to find out the truth and rescue the girls, even if it means putting her own life in danger.

Sensual and gripping with murder, romance, mystery, and intrigue–think “Sex and the City” meets “Women’s Murder Club”.

More 5-STAR Praise for The Chain of Lies:

“Debra Burroughs does it again! Debra Burroughs writes in such a way you’re sure you know what’s going on, and then there’s a twist and you aren’t sure how it is all going to come together. I hope she has a lot more planned for Emily and her loyal group of friends.” ~ yhavens, Amazon Reader

OTHER BOOKS by Debra Burroughs:

The Scent of Lies, A Paradise Valley Mystery: Book One, First in the series, a smokin’ hot small town lady private eye solves a provocative murder mystery with the help of her friends and the sexy new police detective in town. (In this entire exciting series, think “Sex and the City” meets “Nancy Drew”.)

The Heart of Lies, A Paradise Valley Mystery: Book Two, Second in the series, a sassy small town private eye teams up with her sexy police detective boyfriend, along with a few close friends, battle a ring trying to scam their town and solve a murder.

The Pursuit of Lies, A Paradise Valley Mystery: Book Four, Fourth in the series, feisty private eye, Emily Parker, launches on a new case as the man she loves is accused of murdering a lovely blonde Assistant District Attorney. The police believe he was having an affair with her and the District Attorney is asking for the death penalty. Struggling against her own doubts, Emily must prove her boyfriend innocent before she loses him to Death Row.

Three Days in Seattle, a delicious blend of Romance and Suspense in the Emerald City (light Romantic Suspense – think “Castle” meets “Sleepless in Seattle”)

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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?

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Film Critic: A Decade Behind the Scenes in the Movie Industry by Laremy Legel

Genre(s): Arts & Photography, Photography, Cinematography, Humor & Entertainment, Pop Culture, Art

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“Film Critic: A Decade Behind the Scenes in the Movies Industry” is an insider look at the world of criticism, celebrity interviews, and movies. Ever wanted to know how a professional critic goes about his or her job? “Film Critic” alternates between hilarious and serious, all with the goal of entertaining the reader. So yeah, it’s pretty much the opposite of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. Enjoy!

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Laremy crushes it as he goes behind the scenes of film criticism and gives some of his best and worst experiences working as a film critic, the pros and cons of going into work full time as a critic, and breaks down exactly why criticism of films is warranted at all. It’s funny and smart and fairly quick read. Highly recommended. – The Cradleman (Amazon Verified Purchase)

AUTHOR BIO
Pop culture maven Laremy, a Seattleite with a heart of gold, has traveled to Hollywood and back to bring you some laughs, entertainment, and perhaps a thinker or two. His favorite series in the world is Douglas Adams’s “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and he can be found walking his golden puggle Bugsy each and every night.

Laremy was recently interviewed by Indiewire.com:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/an-interview-with-film-critic-laremy-legel-on-his-new-book-film-critic

Chapters include:
Matt McConaughey
Spike Lee
Joss Whedon
Kristen Stewart
Darren Aronofsky
Joan Cusack
Adam Carolla
Podcasting
Radio and Television Appearances
Screenings
Screeners
The Highs and Lows of Sundance
Expertise vs. Enthusiasm
Great Expectations
What Makes a Masterpiece?
Why The MPAA is Terrible
The Reader vs. The Dark Knight
Tucker Max
Bribes
The Critic / General Public Divide
Commenters
Disagreeing with RottenTomatoes
The Notebook
Babel
V for Vendetta
The Dark Knight
Inglourious Basterds
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The Review That Ended up Costing Me a Job
Novels and Screenplays
Writing Gossip
Should You Write for Free?
FAQs
In Defense of Film Criticism

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REACHING FOR THE GODS by Laith Doory

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Family Saga

M erle LaBrune seems to have it all: the star of a long-running soap opera and a handsome young lover, but she has a burning ambition to join the Hollywood A-listers and is not going to let a few dark secrets regarding her past get in her way.

It is 1984, the year of the Los Angeles Olympics, and Merle sees herself as a latter-day Aphrodite, goddess of love. She plans to remain young for however long it takes for her to ascend a pantheon of Hollywood idols and be worshipped as a goddess.

However, she has the unerring feeling she is about to be dropped from the soap in which she stars. Her life is further complicated by her live-in lover’s decision to bring his daughter, Heidi, to come live with them. Heidi does her utmost to make Merle’s life a living hell.

The story starts at the very beginning, so to speak, with a dream sequence of the archetypal Eve and ends with Merle’s dream of godhood almost being pulled off: banged up in jail as she atones for the sins of mankind. But her delusions are finally shattered when she is confronted with her true identity.

Characters also include a transgender hooker, a dominatrix to the stars and an interior designer with designs on Heidi. Please take a look inside.

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Seeing Through the Eyes of Love by Valarie Lovelight

Genre(s): Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Fiction, Christianity, Christian Fiction

R emember, please rate and review the book. Thank you. This book is listed under Christian/Religious fiction and not Romance although there is a thread woven in.

RAMONA CARSON is a Christian who is extremely opinionated, even judgmental, especially toward homeless people and those on public assistance. She sees nothing wrong with how she treats people or her attitude. While enjoying lunch in the park with her coworker Liz, a homeless man interrupts, asking for food. So much for loving thy neighbor and walking in love–she begins to belittle and insult him.

However, things are about to become interesting. Seeing him over the next few weeks, Ramona engages him in brief conversations, and learns his name is GARY DAVIDSON. From their very first encounter, she has no idea just how much he would affect her world and shatter her preconceived notions. She begins to question her heart and walk with God, facing her hurts and disappointments.

They say pride comes before a fall… so, watch out! One afternoon spent in an abandoned lot with a reverend and homeless people compel her to reevaluate the Christian values she previously prided herself on having. Now she’s forced to see how cruel and hurtful she has been to so many people and ask for forgiveness while finding love for herself. MAYBE. PG/ PG-13

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The Lost One (Sahae) by L.G. Pace III

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary, World Literature, Mythology

T here are things that go bump in the night, and things that do more than bump. Behind the world that we know is the world of the Sahae, a shadowy reflection of our own. Once the dominant species on the planet the Sahae fell from power due to infighting and left mankind to its own devices. In just a few short millennium man has risen as a power to thwart the Sahae and now they have returned to reclaim their place of power.

Eric Green is an unknowing part of this mysterious world. Half human, half Sahae he is lost between two worlds. One that would see him destroyed the other that would use him for their own ends. An orphan that spent his entire life feeling unwanted and fundamentally broken Eric has finally found a real home with the Greens in Seaverville, IA. No sooner has he settled in to his new life than mysterious things begin to happen. From his unexplained martial prowess to an unbelievable visitor from his past his world has been thrown into chaos.

Now faced with the truth of who and what he is Eric must survive long enough to figure out where he fits into this new reality…if a place exists for him at all.

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The Dalius Cure (A Medical Suspense Thriller) by Mason Black

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Medical

* *Newly Updated and Edited (March 2013)**

Have you ever wonder why there is still no cure for cancer, despite millions being spent every year on research? The Dalius Cure is a controversial medical thriller that questions pharmaceutical companies’ true motives.

Deep in the jungles of Brazil, a brilliant young doctor, Dennis Parker, searches for a natural cure for cancer. Dr. Parker is employed and funded by one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, the Brennan-Finewayne Drug Company. Unknown to Dr. Parker, his employer is part of a powerful secret organization whose main goal is to prevent a cure for cancer from being found in order to guarantee there will always be customers for their drugs. When the Council learns of Parker’s cure, they attempt to destroy the cure and kill everyone who knows of it. With a motley crew assembled, including Colombian drug cartel members, a prosecutor, a former MI-6 agent, a stripper, and an aspiring Rabbi, they devise the perfect plan to get the cure back at all costs and deliver it to the world.

If you enjoy reading conspiracy theory books and/or medical thrillers, then this is a book you should read!

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FLYING DRUNK: The True Story of a Northwest Airlines Flight, Three Drunk Pilots, and One Man’s Fight for Redemption by Joseph Balzer

Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Memoirs, Health Fitness & Dieting, Addiction & Recovery, Alcoholism, History, Military, Aviation, World, Professional & Technical, Transportation, Commercial, Recovery

M arch 8, 1990: An intoxicated three-man crew, including Flight Engineer Joseph Balzer, fly a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with 91 passengers aboard from Fargo, North Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

July 25, 1990: All three pilots stand trial for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol; all three are convicted and sent to federal prison.

July 26, 1990 – present: Joe Balzer fights for redemption and to regain all that he has lost. Flying Drunk is his story.

Since he was a young boy, Joe Balzer dreamed of flying. He pursued his goal with a vigorous passion and earned his pilot licenses, piling up hours of flight time with a wide variety of planes and jets with one overarching goal: to one day fly for a major airline. But Joe had a problem. He was an alcoholic and refused to admit to himself that he had a problem.

His alcoholism caught up with him in March 1990, when Joe was arrested with two other pilots for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol. His world began crumbling around him and his new marriage faced the ultimate test. He lost his promising career and his dignity. Every major media outlet, including The New York Times, Newsweek, and Time Magazine covered the shocking story for the stunned American flying public. The trial that followed drained Joe’s life’s savings and federal prison nearly broke him. Flying Drunk is Joe’s bittersweet and thoroughly chilling memoir of his twisted journey to a Federal courtroom, his time in the notorious Federal penitentiary system in Atlanta, and his struggle to recapture all that he held dear.

Today, Joe is a recovering alcoholic, celebrating more than nineteen years of sobriety. The long road back from perdition led him to American Airlines, where good people and a great organization recognized a talented pilot who had cleaned up his act and was ready to fly again, safely.

Flying Drunk is an incredible journey of the human spirit, from childhood to hell, and back again. Everyone should read and heed its message of hope and redemption. No one who does will ever forget it.

About the Author: Joe Balzer is a pilot for American Airlines with more than 15,000 hours of flight experience. He has a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Education and is also an inspirational speaker, traveling around the country speaking to pilots and other groups on the dangers of alcohol and other addictions, bringing his audience to laughter and tears with his powerful message of hope. Joe lives in Tennessee with his wife Deborah and their two children. Flying Drunk is his first book.

REVIEWS

“Balzer was part of the infamous three-man crew that in 1990 piloted a Northwest Airlines commercial flight from Fargo, ND, to Minneapolis while intoxicated. All three lost their jobs and flying licenses and served time in federal prison. Driven by his faith in God and the support of his family and friends, Balzer struggled to overcome his addiction. Today, sober for nearly two decades, he flies for American Airlines. Listeners will be captivated by his tale of redemption, which he engagingly reads. Recommended for those dealing with their own or a loved one’s addiction issues.”Stephen L. Hupp, West Virginia Univ. Lib., Parkersburg

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The Famous Union by Michael Meyer

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Comic Fiction

A ROLLICKING ROMP THROUGH THE HALLS OF ACADEMIA, THE FAMOUS UNION by Michael Meyer has readers saying that it has “flashes of Vonnegut,” that it is “an academic version of Catch 22,” that it “is a hoot!” and that it is “one of few books that has made me laugh out loud.”

Famous Union is a pretty little college with expensive fountains, cute coeds, and brand new artificial turf on the football field. It seems like the perfect place to work, but not all is as it seems, especially when bungling administrators create theater-of-the-absurd conditions in this once very proud institution of higher learning. Hampered by severe budgetary problems, the powers-that-be at Famous Union College create situations that bring about comical chaos for faculty and students alike. How will the often eccentric characters cope with the drastic changes suddenly thrust upon them, where compromise is a four-letter word? Famous Union College is a place where what is what is not.

EXCERPT

But after a particularly unproductive day cluttered with nothing more than boredom, Bill Ferris finally had had it; he knew he had to get away, or else, so he ventured across campus to the college cafeteria for an early dinner.

“What’s the special today?” he asked the young coed who was on the ready to take his order.

“Buzzgetti.”

“What’s that?” asked Ferris.

“Buzzgetti.”

“What?” asked Ferris again.

“Buzzgetti,” said the young unsmiling coed, her face clearly demonstrating her growing impatience with the guy.

“Is that some type of local specialty. I’ve never heard of it,” said Bill Ferris.

“Buzzgetti,” the tortured young thing said, two octaves too loudly for the crowded cafeteria.

Bill Ferris, finally resigned to the fact that he was not about to get any further information from her, decided what the hell. “I’ll take a stab at it,” he said.

When his plate was finally handed over to him, Ferris sighed deeply, refraining purposely from uttering what he truly felt inside. What good would it do? What purpose would it serve? As he looked down at his plate of probably day-old spaghetti, most likely heated-over canned stuff, to boot, he was thinking that nothing around the place made any sense at all. The place had gone completely insane, crazy. Loco. It seemed more a lunatic asylum than a place of scholarly reflection and application.

But what a fitting end to his day, he also thought, as the tasteless special of the day churned around his intestines like worms squirming to their death on a sunburned sidewalk.

Strangely Sober by Essa Alroc

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Humor, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Humor & Entertainment

W hen Angelica Salvatori, AKA Sal, originally got her diagnosis, she decided to accept it and adapt. Nearly four years later, she’s learned to live with being a paranoid schizophrenic. So maybe she still occasionally takes advice from a Gary Busey hallucination. At least her career is booming. Of course, being a criminal mastermind in a city like Miami is easy for a genius…even a delusional one.

Between running cons with her mismatched family, trying to burn down her bar, and dealing with her occasional breaks with reality, Sal has enough on her plate. Then fate decides to toss a long lost twin into the mix, along with a mysterious man who wants to abduct them both. Did one of Sal’s jobs go bad? Sal doesn’t know, but she’s intent on finding out. So she does what any good delusional sociopath would do; she packs her suitcase for a cross country crime spree, ready to confront her adversary.

Unfortunately for Sal, her well-meaning sister hires Cole Warner, a private security consultant, to track her down and protect her. Cole is determined to do his job; no matter how many times Sal drugs him or steals his car. He is soon dragged into trailer park shootouts and meetings with drug cartel as Sal jumps from state to state, obsessed with solving the mystery.

Sal and Cole find themselves drawn into the illicit underworld of human trafficking, where they begin to unravel the secrets of Sal’s past. With the help of Sal’s diverse family, a suitcase full of explosives, and a recurring Gary Busey hallucination, the two embark on a journey to defeat a man who may be as dangerous to Sal as she is to herself.

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Bitter Cold by J. Joseph Wright

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers

A full-length novel from the J. Joseph Wright Horror Collection

Journalist April Murray always went after her stories with the tenacity of a pit-bull, only she never thought she’d be covering her own demise. Braving a winter storm, in a sleepy Oregon town, she investigates a possible radiation leak at a defunct nuclear plant. What starts as a routine assignment takes an ominous turn when a boy is attacked by a lethal and mysterious predator that lurks in the snow, turning it black as night. With the help of a local handyman and his son, April finds herself in a battle for her life, and soon discovers the ravenous creature living in the frost isn’t the only one who wants her dead.

Bitter Cold…Don’t go into the snow.

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Freak of Nature by Julia Crane

Genre(s): Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science, Nature & How It Works, Teens

D onate Body to Science. Check.

When seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn checked the box, she never suspected she’d have her life–and her body–stolen from her. She awakens one day in a secret laboratory to discover that her body is now half-robot and is forced to hide her own secret: that she still has human emotions and a human mind. If the scientists who made her find out, they’ll erase what remains of who she was.

Kaitlyn finds an unlikely ally in Lucas, a handsome, brilliant scientist who can’t get over the guilt he feels knowing she was once a vibrant, beautiful young woman. He never expected a science project to affect him the way she does. As he tries to help her rediscover her past, he finds himself falling for the brave girl struggling to find her place and acceptance between the human and computer worlds.

*For mature teens due to some sexual content.

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Boys For Sale (Book 1): A Novel about Human Trafficking by Marc Finks

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Violence in Society, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Alternate History, Alternative History

M ore than 2,000,000 children worldwide are bought and sold each year to be used as slaves. This may be just one of their stories….

When his parents agree to send Tavi off to a special school in the city that promises wealth and success, they have no idea that they are handing their son over to real life human traffickers.

Tavi’s excitement soon turns into horror as he learns what kind of a life he has been forced into and the things that are expected of him. As his world comes crashing down around him, he struggles to stay true to himself in the midst of the darkness.

But when one of his friends dies a horrific death, Tavi knows that he must escape if he is to survive and ever have a chance at a normal life again.

This is a story about Tavi, a boy who has been sold into human trafficking, and the man who is responsible for Tavi’s fate.

Disclaimer – This book does contain a couple of very brief sex scenes and minor drug usage. It’s based on real-life anecdotes from children who have forced into this kind of situation, and so there are a couple of gritty, unpalatable images that would have been unrealistic to leave out.

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Max Xylander and the Island of Zumuruud by Jon Thomason

Genre(s): Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy & Magic, Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror, Science Fiction Fantasy & Magic

C oveted 5 out of 5 stars! ForeWord Clarion Reviews

“Impressively inventive and enjoyable…vivid storytelling and exceptional characterization…Max’s personality is layered and complex…conveyed flawlessly…keeping readers intrigued and engaged…writing style is smooth, and a subtle sense of humor comes through…narrative tension builds at a good pace and easily flows toward a satisfying and exciting conclusion…parents are likely to both approve of the story and enjoy reading it themselves…talented writer…sure to find an appreciative audience that will eagerly anticipate the next book in the series.” –ForeWord Clarion Review

“Thomason shines in his heroine’s characterization…magical…” –blueink Review

Max has anger management issues. But she has a dangerous secret, too. She can make things happen. Like magic. She almost killed a kid and nearly used it on her stuck up older sister. Can she learn to do anything other than blow things up? And is it really possible that a teenage girl is the key to keeping humanity safe?

Philip just got his ring back. He got it taken away for messing with his teacher’s mind to cheat on a test. Now that he has his ring, he thinks he should be able to use his power to make his life better. But people want him to be responsible. But if you could do magic, wouldn’t you use it to escape work?

Aaron wants to be a soldier. Lots of people would try to take over, and he’s determined to stop them. The problem is that there’s this new girl who might be not be on the right side of things. She’s really talented and pretty, but she might be able to destroy everything. Whatever happens, he needs to be world class with his magic sword while figuring it out.

Brynn never gets out. Her grandfather won’t permit it. Her access to the outside world is magazines, so she has unusual ideas about what to wear. She’s dying to travel. And adopt animals. Is she a lonely future cat granny or are her clothes the next fashion craze?

Max Xylander and the Island of Zumuruud is a fast-paced fantasy adventure for all ages. Fans of magic, swordplay, secret agents, and conspiracies set in a modern everyday world will not be able to put the book down. Jon Thomason paints a vivid world of magic right under our noses and delivers rapid-fire action that keeps the pages turning.

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20 Shades of Purple by Chris MacRye

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Love, Sex & Marriage, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction

J oanna and Otto Levell are ordinary, middle-aged, empty nesters; until Joanna reads a popular series on sex, bondage, and domination. Armed with sex manuals, marital aids, and the advice of her best friend Wendy, Joanna pushes the boundries of their love life.

20 Shades of Purple is a delightfully naughty, fast-paced story which perfectly blends honesty, laugh-out-loud humor, and adult themes. This book contains sexual references and is intended for adult readers.

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Professor’s Daughter by R. Igor Gamow

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Biographical, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers

P rofessor’s Daughter is an illustrated, fictional memoir about an eccentric professor who’s been a non-conformist his entire career. He’s a former ballet dancer, an expert horseman and an inventor. He’s lead research expeditions to Nepal and explored the depths of the ocean. After his wife’s death, he tries to re-establish his relationship with his estranged daughter, Athena. She wants to know about her father’s secret life that he lived apart from both her and her mother. The professor tells Athena about his romantically adventurous life through stories filled with passion, humor and irreverence. It’s a volatile debate between a strong-willed daughter and her maverick father. Don’t we all fall in love with many others during our life? And what happens when we pursue those passions? In writing what he calls a “fictional memoir”, the author knows that there is always a risk that friends and family might take offense. However, his aim is to explore the mysteries of romance and have a good-natured laugh at the wild chemistry created when mixing men, women and love.

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Shark & The Wolf: Predators and Prey by Daniel D. Shields

Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Science & Math, Evolution, Professional & Technical, Professional Science

“ A cross between Planet of the Apes, The Hunger Games and Indiana Jones…” J. Hungerford.

Pack your bags for the wild side and hang on tight! Stamp your passport for adventure and enter an exotic world where animals have evolved side by side with humans. Prepare to be transported into an Indiana Jones style adventure and taken on a globe-trotting trek from the vast open plains of Africa, to the breathtaking beaches of Key West and Fiji, to the mysterious jungles of South America, before finally landing inside the gates of Sin City itself – Las Vegas, Nevada. Suspend belief and lose yourself in this roller coaster of a sci-fi thriller that has been called a cross between Planet of the Apes, The Hunger Games and Indiana Jones.

In Las Vegas, Shaw, billionaire casino magnate and self proclaimed world’s greatest showman, nears completion on the massive Serengeti Resort & Casino. Its amphitheater is being transformed into an authentic slice of African savanna for the show Predators and Prey which will savagely pit animal against animal in the bloodiest gladiatorial spectacle ever created for human entertainment. The only thing missing is the main attraction – which Shaw soon finds in Shark, the world’s only Great White pool-playing shark to be exact.

Shaw envisions the show’s tagline as “Come One – Come All To See – The Only Great White Shark In Captivity” but soon learns that capturing the world’s top predator and delivering him to Vegas is easier said than done. This daunting task will require the cruel tactics of the evil animal slave trading hyena, Old Jack. The heartbreaking plans they devise and innocent pawns they use to try to coerce Shark’s allegiance will force all to rely on primitive instincts to survive.

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The Super Spud Trilogy by Michael Diack

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction

G enetic engineering has accomplished many things, one of which has been to create the Super Spud! The humble potato elevated to new heights, creating the most flavoursome crisps ever known to humankind! But that’s not all – A magical transformation occurs to all Super Spud crisps not eaten before their use-by date. They take on a life of their own. And so long as they remain undetected by humans, they enjoy life in their own Super Spud cities, take part in major Super Spud sporting events and even start the odd Super Spud war or two. Join Colin, Cougar, Hannibal Vector, Generals Rock, Jock and Strap and all the others in their rollicking adventures. You’ll never look at a packet of crisps in the same way again! Fun, quirky and totally original, Michael Diack’s debut is strictly for those who are still big kids at heart.

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Regina Puckett’s Short Tales of Horror by Regina Puckett

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror

M ine- A night of ghost hunting with a sexy coworker turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse with an evil spirit. Can anything save them when the spirit decides they belong to him? Crying through Plastic Eyes-A messy divorce, a room filled with creepy dolls, and a missing six-year-old all create the perfect storm for a young mother’s worse nightmare. Will Work for Food- You see them everywhere begging for money or food. When an older couple decides to lend a helping hand to a young man and his son, someone gets more than they bargain for. Pieces-A battered woman confesses to the mutilation and death of her husband, but did she really commit this heinous crime? Paying the Hitchhiker-You see a beautiful young woman on the side of the road with her thumb out, asking for a ride. Who should be the most afraid: the hitchhiker or the person picking her up? Inheritance-A confession from Accalia’s grandmother about a curse and an inheritance are just the prologue to seven days of suffering through a living hell.

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The Sisters Montclair by Cathy Holton

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Family Saga, Humor, Humor & Entertainment, Comic Fiction

A tale of family secrets and sisterly bonds set against the unlikely friendship of two remarkable women: Stella Nightingale, a twenty-one-year-old runaway from a broken home, and Alice Montclair Whittington, a ninety-four-year-old Southern grande dame with a dry sense of humor, a wicked tongue, and an illustrious but mysterious past.

The last thing twenty-one-year-old Stella Nightingale wants is a job as a caregiver for wealthy Alice Montclair Whittington.

Alice, a ninety-four-year-old Southern grande dame with a dry sense of humor and a wicked tongue, has already run off a long line of caregivers. But Stella, a former runaway from a broken home who’s only recently begun to put her life back together, is desperate for work. And she figures she can handle Alice.

But strange things are happening at Alice’s rambling mountaintop estate. As an unlikely friendship develops between the two women, Alice, whose memory comes and goes, begins to reveal long-ago tales of her illustrious past, tales that pose more questions than they answer. Who is her mysterious sister, Laura? Why won’t Alice and her sister, Adeline, ever speak of her? And why are the other caregivers afraid to go down in the basement?

As Stella tries to separate fact from fiction in Alice’s life, she struggles to overcome her own devastating family secret, compelled by a deepening friendship that will change the lives of both women forever.

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A View to Die For by Richard Houston

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Cozy

I f you’re in the mood for a gripping mystery/ suspense book, then Richard Houston’s debut novel, “A View to Die For”, is the right choice for you. The author proves his talent by offering the readers an engaging plot, likeable characters and an intricate puzzle that will keep them on edge, because nothing is what it seems and discovering the real criminal is not an easy task.

Jacob Martin is an unemployed software engineer who lives with Fred, his beloved Golden Retriever, and dreams of becoming a novelist. When his mother calls to tell him that his sister, Megan, has been arrested for killing her fourth husband, Jake knows that he needs to take Fred and go to his sister’s rescue. For the local DA and sheriff everything is clear because Megan is known for collecting her husbands’ life insurance policies and the last one is worth a million dollars. Their mother insists Mike committed suicide, but this supposition might be very far from the truth. Jake is determined to take matters into his own hands and find the criminal before his family has even more to suffer. From illegal entry to computer hacking and surveillance camera sabotage, Jake is willing to do anything to prove Megan’s innocence.

“A View to Die For” is that kind of mystery novel that puts ordinary people in extraordinary situations, which makes you truly relate to the characters. My favorite was Jacob Martin, and not only because he is a dog person. Jake is witty, generous, loyal, he loves his family and is smarter than any detective. You can count on him to solve this case and clear his sister’s reputation. He makes a great team with Fred and is always concerned about the dog’s well-being, which is incredibly sweet. There’s no doubt you’ll love Jake from the very first pages.

Richard Houston knows how to build up suspense, so you will find this book impossible to put down. The good thing is that you’ll forget about everything for a couple of hours. The bad thing is that you’ll have to be patient until the author publishes the next novel in the Jacob Martin series. When you enjoy the first book so much, this never happens fast enough.

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For Love of Bluestone, A Boxed Set by MJ Fredrick

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary

F or Love of Bluestone is a collection of the three Welcome to Bluestone novels previously released as three complete novels. Fall in love with Bluestone Lake, Minnesota, and the people who are trying to keep her alive.

BLUESTONE HOMECOMING

War correspondent Leo Ericson returns to his hometown of Bluestone Lake, Minnesota, when his parents notify him his young son is having trouble fitting in at school. Leo doesn’t know how to be a single parent since the death of his wife, and he certainly has no desire to return to Bluestone. But he needs a place for his son, a place where he’ll be with family, while Leo does his job. He’ll stay long enough to get Max settled, then go back to work.
School counselor Trinity Madison watches Leo struggle with his son, trying to overcome the mental barricade she’s erected against the man who sent his son away when he’s perfectly capable of caring for the child. The situation brings about her own unsettled feelings about giving her child up for adoption when she was young. But as she observes Leo’s difficulties, his sacrifices, she softens toward the man.
While he’s in town, he ends up working with some old friends and Trinity on a committee to revitalize Bluestone. The former resort town is struggling and looking for ways to bring tourists back. Leo finds himself charmed, then smitten with the feisty counselor, but will he still love her when he learns her secret?

BLUESTONE SONG

Beth Lapointe has her hands full–her teenaged sister is struggling with new motherhood, her job as a waitress is becoming more strenuous as her boss is pulled in different directions, and her alcoholic father is demanding she help him or he’ll return to Bluestone.

The last thing she needs is her high school sweetheart to show up live and in person and to realize she still has feelings for him.

Country singer Maddox Bradley has returned to Bluestone, the only place he’s ever known peace. A car accident has the tabloids speculating over whether he’s drinking again, so he heads to the town where he used to spend his summer vacations.

The town where he fell in love for the first time.

He’s surprised Beth is still there, but pleased. When he finds out she needs help, he wants nothing more than to give it to her, to make up for leaving her behind all those years ago. But is she willing to take it from a recovering alcoholic who has no plans to stick around?

LEAVING BLUESTONE

Quinn Alden is leaving Bluestone. As soon as he can get someone to buy the bar he bought with his Army buddy, the one who didn’t come home, he’s heading for someplace where the fishing is as good, but the winters aren’t so miserable. This was never his dream, the lake, the bar, the girl…

Lily Prater is the heart of Bluestone. As the owner of the landing where people dock their boats, rent a launch or a cabin, she has a lot invested in the town. She’s fighting hard to save her town, hit hard by the recession. Her mind is always spinning with ideas, ideas she can usually get Quinn to help her carry out.

They work together on the summer celebrations, the outdoor movies, the winter carnival, the tension growing between them.

But it takes leaving Bluestone for him to see her as more than his best friend’s girl, and make him wonder if leaving Bluestone for good is what he wants at all…

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Lamb by Christopher Moore

Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Genre Fiction, Horror, United States, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Religious Fiction

T he birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years — except Biff, the Messiah’s best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work “reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams” (Philadelphia Inquirer).Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior’s pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there’s no one who loves Josh more — except maybe “Maggie,” Mary of Magdala — and Biff isn’t about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.

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Vigil Annie by Lia Fairchild

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers

A nnie Crawford is an ex-cop living a double life. After her fiancé is murdered and she is left for dead, a desperate Annie steps outside the law to seek vengeance. She turns to a vigilante agency headed by a man with his own secrets. Annie must work for them as they investigate the murder and help her find the answers she needs.
Now working on the wrong side of the law, Annie’s life has one purpose: justice. Justice for her fiancé and for the city she lives in. But as Annie’s taste for the vigilante life grows, the agency struggles to control her, putting everyone involved at risk. And the deeper she sinks into this new unsavory life the more she fears she may never return.

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Ashes in the Fall by Christopher Martinez

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Epic

A nger is a gift.

The Arusyan Empire controls half the known world, and its borders are still expanding. After ruthlessly conquering Somaria, the king turns his armies westward and leaves his son, Prince Azelas, to ward the southlands.

Against the mighty empire stands Carleon Orion, a former imperial soldier now leading the southerners in rebellion. Using their shared hatred of the Arusyans, Carleon took a band of outcasts and rogues and turned them into deadly warriors.

Caught in the wake of the escalating conflict, Danario Solidor is taken in by the rebels after his village is burned to the ground. He finds other orphaned children like himself, and together they train and wait for the day they can avenge their loved ones.

Ashes in the Fall is a new action-packed adventure about a young boy and an ex-soldier struggling to carry on after their lives have been turned to ashes by the empire.

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Dreamspell by Tamara Leigh

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Historical, Time Travel, Historical Romance

A time to live. A time to die. A time to dream.

Sleep disorders specialist Kennedy Plain has been diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. When her research subject dies after trying to convince her he has achieved dream-induced time travel and her study is shelved, she enlists herself as a subject to complete her research. But when she dreams herself into 14th-century England and falls into the hands of Fulke Wynland, a man history has condemned as a murderer, she must not only stay alive long enough to find a way to return to her own time, but prevent Fulke from murdering his young nephews. And yet, the more time she spends with the medieval warrior, the more difficult it is to believe he is capable of committing the heinous crime for which he has been reviled for 600 years.

Baron Fulke Wynland has been granted guardianship of his brother’s heirs despite suspicions that he seeks to steal their inheritance. When the king sends a mysterious woman to care for the boys, Fulke is surprised by the lady’s hostility toward him–and more surprised to learn she is to be his wife. But when his nephews are abducted, the two must overcome their mutual dislike to discover the boys’ fate. What Fulke never expects is to feel for this woman whose peculiar speech, behavior, and talk of dream travel could see her burned as a witch.

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The Scourge by Roberto Calas

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical, Science Fiction, Alternate History, Alternative History

G od has forsaken this land.A mysterious plague descends upon 14th century England, ravaging the country and trapping the souls of the afflicted in eternal madness. The feudal hierarchy–and even the church itself– slowly crumbles as the dead rise to feed and the living seek whatever shelter they can. The bishops of England call for calm and obedience, but one man isn’t listening.
Sir Edward of Bodiam has been separated from the woman he loves and nothing on heaven or earth can stop him from seeking her out.
Edward and two of his knights travel through the swiftly changing landscape of England, a countryside now overrun by the minions of hell. The knights encounter madness, violence, and sorrow, but Edward fights his way ever deeper into the thickening darkness of unholy terror.
Roberto Calas brings you along on a dark, historical tale full of love, death, and black humor. Follow Edward as he journeys to save his wife, his kingdom, and his very soul.

Episode List
This book was initially released in episodes as a Kindle Serial. All episodes are now available for immediate download as a complete book. Learn more about Kindle Serials

Episode 1: Released on November 13, 2012. 37 pages. Sir Edward leads two knights through zombie-plagued England in search of his wife, despite the Church expressly forbidding the mission.
Episode 2: Released on November 27, 2012. 38 pages. Sir Edward and his band fight past the river only to find the countryside plagued by more than just the afflicted–it’s plagued by madness.
Episode 3: Released on December 11, 2012. 30 pages. A battle with the French saves England from foreign invasion, but the internal struggle with the plaguers has just begun…
Episode 4: Released on December 24, 2012. 40 pages. Edward finds himself in single combat with his toughest opponent yet, then must match wits with a peddler selling ‘shards of heaven.’
Episode 5: Released on January 8, 2013. 37 pages. A village that hasn’t suffered much plague seems like the Garden of Eden, but the serpent approaches.
Episode 6: Released on January 22, 2013. 37 pages. Paradise is lost. Edward and his knights try to escape Eden with their lives.
Episode 7: Released on February 5, 2013. 39 pages. Morgan seeks vengeance, but revenge proves more complicated than any of them anticipated.
Episode 8: Released on February 19, 2013 (Final Episode). 55 pages. Will Sir Edward’s journey end in the arms of his love, Elizabeth … or have the trials only begun for the three knights?

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How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Memoirs, Professionals & Academics, Journalists, Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Satire, Literature & Fiction, British, Humor & Satire, Politics & Social Sciences, Women’s Studies, Nonfiction

“ Caitlin Moran is the profane, witty and wonky best friend I wish I had. She’s the feminist rock star we need right now.”
–Ayelet Waldman, author of Bad Mother“Caitlin Moran is so fabulous, so funny, so freshly feminist. I don’t want to be like her–I want to be her.”
–Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My DaughterCaitlin Moran puts a new face on feminism, cutting to the heart of women’s issues today with her irreverent, transcendent, and hilarious How to Be a Woman. “Half memoir, half polemic, and entirely necessary,” (Elle UK), Moran’s debut was an instant runaway bestseller in England as well as an Amazon UK Top Ten book of the year; still riding high on bestseller lists months after publication, it is a bona fide cultural phenomenon. Now poised to take American womanhood by storm, here is a book that Vanity Fair calls “the U.K. version of Tina Fey’s Bossypants….You will laugh out loud, wince, and–in my case–feel proud to be the same gender as the author.”

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Laiden’s Daughter (The Clan MacDougall Series) by Suzan Tisdale

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, Romance, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance

S cotland, 1344
She believes men are not honorable nor are they kind-until she meets one that changes her heart forever.
Betrayed by lies told before her birth, Aishlinn is raised by a harsh and cruel stepfather. Her life is forever changed one horrifying night when she is forced to flee England for the safety of the Scottish Highlands. Rescued by a fierce band of highland warriors, Aishlinn soon learns that honorable men do exist. She finds a strength she never knew she possessed and it will be tested to the limits when she is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision…allow the English to kill those she loves, or surrender for the crime she committed.

She is everything he never knew he wanted in a woman….

As a fierce highland warrior, Duncan McEwan has survived numerous battles, bed countless women, and survived a horrific storm at sea. He has scaled mountains and even survived hand-to-claw battle with a cat-o’mountain. But none of that could have prepared him for how his life forever changed one fateful spring day when he rescued a lass from a freezing stream. He will do anything to keep her as his own and will risk everything to keep her out of the hands of the English.

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Guardian’s Grace (Guardians of the Race) by Jacqueline Rhoades

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Occult, Romance, Fantasy & Futuristic, Fiction, Paranormal

G race Masters always dreamed of a family she could call her own and always knew that for her, those dreams would never come true. Yet here she is, in an old Victorian home, living and loving under the cover of night. Who knew the source of her lifelong torment was really her gift as a Daughter of Man or that this gift could be controlled and used for something good? Who knew there was another race called the Paenitentia who live side by side with humans? Who knew that demons were real?
Grace certainly didn’t until one fateful night when her world falls apart and comes together again in a place where she finally belongs. Sometimes a person just knows when something is right and destined to be. Sometimes convincing someone else of that fact is a little more difficult. Canaan ad Simeon is that someone else.
Canaan is Liege Lord to a House of Guardians whose job is to protect the Race from a demon threat many no longer believe in. Already breaking away from the outdated traditions that are depleting their numbers and threatened by a hierarchy resistant to change, the last thing Canaan needs is to fall for this innocently sexy Daughter of Man. But fall he does, with a mixture of comedy, drama and tantalizing sex that will touch your heart.

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Half Way Home by Hugh Howey

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Teens, Fiction

F ive hundred of us were sent to colonize this planet. Only fifty or so survived.

We woke up fifteen years too early, we had only half our training, and they expected us to not only survive … they expected us to conquer this place.

The problem is: it isn’t safe here.

We aren’t even safe from each other.

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Fade the Heat by Colleen Thompson

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, United States, Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense

“ First, you gotta find the perfect bottle,” the Firebug rasped. “Too hard, and it won’t bust when it hits the floor. Too thin, and it explodes on impact with the window, splashing you with the fuel mix and burning you to hell.”
Someone is setting fires in the Houston barrio, and Dr. Jack Montoya is the first intended victim. Is there some connection between the torching of his apartment and the gorgeous blonde from his past who appears at his clinic that same day? For sure, Reagan Hurley turns up the flames of his libido, but these days the beautiful firefighter is more interested in putting out conflagrations than fanning old sparks. Yet when a hotly contested mayoral race turns ugly, when Reagan’s life is threatened and Jack’s career almost destroyed, when desire sizzles uncontrollably between them, it seems that no one will be able to… Fade the Heat.

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