The Candidate (A Political Espionage Thriller) (The Candidate Series Book 1)by Josie Brown

Seduction and intrigue are rampant on the campaign trail when a political campaign adviser discovers that Washington’s power broker elite have embroiled his presidential candidate in a plot involving an act of terrorism on US soil.

Democratic political campaign consultant Ben Brinker can’t remember the last time he was excited by a candidate’s vision. He feels he’s lost his way, both emotionally and professionally. Worst yet, his show-me-the-money policy seems to have finally caught up with him. In no time at all the political pundits are calling Ben a “candidate cooler.” Now Ben is desperate for any campaign gig he can get. As luck would have it, Andrew Harris Mansfield, the charismatic junior senator from North Carolina and former Marine pilot, asks Ben if he wants to run his soon-to-be-announced campaign for president.

Little does Ben know what’s in store for Andrew, or their country. Nor does he realize that the key to saving both have been placed in his hands.

If you like political thrillers by David Baldacci, Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, Nelson DeMille, Chris Pavone or Daniel Silva, this is the book for you.

“Fast-paced, and full of twists. If you’re looking for great story that blends suspense, political corruption, and romance, look no farther than THE CANDIDATE.” Gail Chianese, author, A Navy Homecoming

Living in Cleveland With the Ghost of Joseph Stalinby Marc Sercomb

It’s the summer of 1953. Calvin Jefferson Coolidge is thirteen years old when the ghost of Joseph Stalin appears to him in his Aunt Evelyn’s cluttered Cleveland attic and wants to dictate his memoirs to him.

“I want to tell my side of the story,” Uncle Joe tells him. “They’re giving me one year to set the record straight, so we need to get started right away.”

Calvin’s life is falling apart at the seams. He’s a misfit and loner whose only friends are famous dead people. He loves polka music and Westerns and sometimes wonders what it would be like to kiss a girl. His con man father is in Florida looking for his bipolar runaway mother. His cousin Buck is abducted and experimented on by aliens. The lady next door wants to coach him in the ways of love. His pastor thinks he’s headed straight for Hell. His English teacher thinks he’s a savant. The school psychologist wants to have him committed. His shrink thinks he’s just plain nuts. Sometimes, Calvin believes it too.

Everybody’s trying to figure out what makes Calvin tick in this quirky, fast-paced metaphysical romp through the heart and soul of 1950’s America.

Alchemy of a Witch: Part Oneby April Aasheim

Centuries before Dark Root…
A once peaceful land is besought with unrest, as The Great Sickness spreads its malignant vines across towns and villages. Suspicion reigns, as neighbor fears neighbor, and The Church searches for the root of the plague, and a scapegoat.
As the dead accumulate, a verdict is delivered: witchcraft is to blame.
In a sudden upheaval, the once revered Keepers-of-the-Old-Ways are vilified and hunted, as a new consciousness sweeps across the world–
Submit to the new ways, or perish.

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Part One:
As plague rages across neighboring villages, Leckwich’s wise-woman, Almara, is arrested for witchcraft. Before she is taken away, Almara tasks her daughter, Morgan, with guardianship of two precious heirlooms. When Morgan herself is accused of witchcraft, she becomes a fugitive from her own village. Escaping with only her Mother’s strange book and stone, she disappears into The Great Forest, and the rumored beasts that reside there.

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This four-part, stand-alone prequel series reveals secret chapters of Dark Root lore.

Rolling Thunderby Matt Lincoln

Ethan Marston was once a master at his craft. Taking down criminals was easy like Sunday morning, but those days are far behind him. Now he runs a bar & is pretty comfortable in his new role, slinging drinks and saving the day. It turns out that his best days aren’t behind him after all.

Wolf Harvestby J. Michael

Love and friendship take a backseat to survival–especially if you’re a young male wolf on the outskirts of suburban Pittsburgh.
Coda navigates the city and forest, fascinated by these strange creatures called the two-legs and the metal beasts that transport them. He hunts game, encounters new allies, while enduring the brutality of bitter rivals. His routine of blood and stealth is interrupted when a mysterious female from another land enters his world, then turns it upside down.
Observing him is Amy–a beautiful, brilliant, but socially isolated college student–and Sam–a handsome, charming, college basketball star. Under the guidance of their zoology professor, they document the actions and movements of the coywolf species.
When they see Coda heading to northern Canada, Sam and Amy will drop everything during the blizzard of the century to follow him.
Together, these lost souls (human and animal alike) will discover that the only thing more important than knowing how to survive in this dangerous, chaotic world is knowing who you are, and what you’re surviving for.
Wolf Harvest is a tale of suspense, humor, heartbreak, bigotry, and cunning in the face of fear.

Creative and enjoyable for audiences of all ages and species, this book will keep you thrilled to the end. Buy Wolf Harvest and you won’t regret it.

Imbalanceby E. W. Johnson MD

A young reporter has stumbled into the story of a lifetime. Linking the deaths of three people to a designer drug with connections to a privately owned pharmaceutical company, his investigation is suddenly blocked by Federal authorities. In an instant the three bodies and all evidence in the case disappears. With nowhere else to turn, he calls Dr. Sean Nolan. Intrigued by the reporter’s account, the Federal involvement is a flashing red warning light. Dr. Nolan wishes the young man good luck but refuses to be drawn into the mystery.Days later, when the reporter vanishes without a trace, his regret at not helping becomes a growing burden of guilt. Now all he needs to do is track down the reclusive billionaire owner of Geneteer Pharmaceutical somewhere in South Sudan.
What could possibly go wrong?

Fallen Shroud: An Urban Fantasy Novel: Twisted Curse Series Book 1by D. J. Dalton

A deadly secret. A woman turning her visions tangible. An unbound magic battle …

Orlando, Florida. Keren Stewart longs to get on track. So despite constant intrusions from her imaginary elemental friends, the animation school hopeful is determined not to let talking to thin air ruin her chances. But her plans go sideways when her mother is hospitalized following a treacherous supernatural attack.

With her mom in possession of the book that bestows magical skills to humans, Keren is dumbstruck to discover they’re both under suspicion for connections to the villainous Dark Guild. And as she and her shifter buddies fight to clear her family name, she’ll have to learn to control her own powerful abilities before the truth about her birthright spells a bitter end…

Can she summon a defense against evil before they all fall to their doom?

Fallen Shroud is the explosive first book in the Twisted Curse urban fantasy series. If you like engaging characters, electrifying action, and a plethora of mystical races, then you’ll love D. J. Dalton’s tear through the veil.

The Imperial Orchidby Nicola Italia

At the end of the Victorian era, Orchid Mania has gripped the wealthy and aristocratic men of England. Collectors are willing to spend a small fortune to obtain the rare flowers from distant lands. Lord Holloway, president of the Royal Horticultural Society in London, has decided to finance an expedition team to Ceylon to capture one of the rarest orchids on earth.

Frances Wakefield is an educated woman and a gifted illustrator and has traveled throughout Europe documenting various plants and flowers for the Society. When she is handpicked by Lord Holloway to travel to Ceylon as a member of the expedition team, she is thrilled.

When she arrives in Egypt to meet the other members of the team, she comes face-to-face with Miles St. Clair, Lord Holloway’s son and heir. He is the arrogant, handsome, insufferable man she encountered at several soirees in London and the team’s leader.

As the team scours Ceylon searching for the orchid, someone has been watching Lord Holloway’s team intent on securing the orchid for themselves at any cost. As the team gets closer to finding the orchid, a growing attraction intensifies between Miles and Frances. As the danger increases, the couple must work together to evade the threat and escape Ceylon alive.