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Offered by Charlotte.Blackwell: This is a free download of Immortal Embrace on Amazon Kindle. For one day only you can get the best selling book for FREE. 02/04/2012 until midnight international. Remember ONE DAY ONLY!Immortal Embrace has been re-edited and re-released, so we want to give you a chance to get the new version at our expense.
Description: Sophia Pierce has suffered since her brother left, and is unsure if she will ever get over it. That is until her family decided to move to Wenham, Massachusetts. Her and her siblings have been ordered to protect their little sister, and must return to High school. This is where Sophia finds her soul mate Nathanial and life as she knows it is about to change. As a vampire, Sophia has always kept to herself, but as a high school student will she learn to step out of her comfort zone a little? Sophia has found a best friend in a powerful witch and a love to call her own. That is until something tragic happens and blood is spilled. Will Sophia be able to resist the sweet scent of her beloved’s blood? This is Sophia’s story, a story of a girl who finds herself, love and everlasting friendship. The excitement of this story wraps mortals, vampires, witches, and shape shifters all into a romantic tale of young love, friendship, the meaning of family. The story of a girl who tries to finds herself when she thought it was all lost.
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Offered by ccomish (author): This eBook is available at Smashwords.com in multiple formats. Winners of the book receive a coupon for the free ebook download at Smashwords.com. Reviews of the book are requested at Amazon.com in exchange for getting the free copy. Available in multiple formats.
Description: This book contains 24 free attunements to Usui Reiki, New Usui Reiki, Full Spectrum Healing, Lavender Flame, Silver Violet Flame, Karuna Ki, Kundalini Reiki, Imara Reiki, Green Tara Seichim, Golden Ray, Gold Reiki, Shamballa Multi-Dimensional Healing, and an Axiatonal Lines Connection. This book also contains 21 additional Ray attunements. This book contains embedded attunements prepared for you by Chris Comish. This book contains introductions to the modalities but does not contain detailed training manuals for the modalities. Manuals are available at the City of Shamballa social network.
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Description: This is Book One of the Ascension Rays Series. The Ascension Rays Book Series was created by Reiki Master Teacher and Lightarian Ray Practitioner Chris Comish as a means to deliver attunements and accelerate global consciousness world-wide. The Ascension Rays Series consists of six books: Empowerment, Clearing, Healing, Activation, Manifestation and Source Connection. Each book has been designed to deliver one specific Lightarian Ray Client Attunement. Please read Book One, Empowerment, prior to reading the other books in the series and please wait seven days between Ray Attunements to allow for integration of the energies. This is a powerful series which is being shared with readers world-wide for the increased acceleration of Global Awakening and Universal Consciousness that is needed in these times of intense change and transformation.
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Description: This is the book for initiates and spiritual guides during times of transformation and ascension. It contains unlimited Alpha Omega Healing sessions for humans and for animals, an Alpha Omega Healer Activation attunement, an Axiatonal Lines Connection, a powerful invocation connecting directly to the Archangels and over 45 powerful attunements including the Orb of Life and much more.
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Offered by JamesHutchings (author): This giveaway is for anyone who agrees to do a review on Amazon. Of course you're welcome to put the review anywhere else as well.
Description: Death gets a roommate...
An electronic Pope faces a difficult theological question...
A wicked vizier makes a terrible bargain...
44 stories. 19 poems. No sparkly vampires. There's a thin line between genius and insanity, and James Hutchings has just crossed it - but from which direction?
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Offered by LukySherman (author): Former Muslim Child Bride To Give Away FREE Copies Of Her Memoir, BENGALI GIRLS DON'T, February 8 & 9 On Amazon
Yes, that's right. For two days only Bangladeshi Author L.A. Sherman's memoir, Bengali Girls Don't, will be FREE to anyone who has an Amazon account. Read it on your iphone, android, blackberry, Kindle, tablet (ipad, etc.), or computer. All that's needed is the free Kindle app. And since everything's FREE, you really don't have any excuse!
BENGALI GIRLS DON'T A modern day Cinderella story about the author Luky and her incredible journey from her birth during Bangladesh's liberation war to the present. Her desperation to be a 'normal teenager' turned into a nightmare when she was betrayed by her parents and forced into an arranged marriage with an older man at age 15. My heart ached when I read what horrendous conditions she endured. Her descriptive writing had me visualizing everything she suffered through. I was amazed at Luky's strength and determination she used to survive each day in the hope of one day being home again. This is one story that will forever be etched in my mind and heart. --Maureen Ruehl
"Despite all the struggles she went through in life, she still managed out strong! My god, she metamorphosed into a fabulous individual." -- Rajesh Unnithan
"Her story will break your heart and at the same time you'll be thankful for the life you've had." -- Rick Willard
"Really shows the other side and view of things that many people take for granted." -- Alamin Hahs, lawyers without borders
"You are in for a journey of emotions." -- Heather Smith, freelance writer
"Would make a great movie." -- Jlynn Evol
"The most courageous women in the world!" -- James Faulk
Description: Tells a triumphant story of a young woman achieving her own personal freedom after enduring years of oppression. You will travel with Luky to Bangladesh and England (and back again) while experiencing her painful journeys and betrayal by those closest to her. Her experiences will provoke an emotional response that causes the reader to rally behind Luky. —Nicole Renguso, Hillsborough County Chair at The Children's Movement of Florida
A modern day Cinderella story about the author Luky and her incredible journey from her birth during Bangladesh's liberation war to the present. Her desperation to be a 'normal teenager' turned into a nightmare when she was betrayed by her parents and forced into an arranged marriage with an older man at age 15. My heart ached when I read what horrendous conditions she endured. Her descriptive writing had me visualizing everything she suffered through. I was amazed at Luky's strength and determination she used to survive each day in the hope of one day being home again. This is one story that will forever be etched in my mind and heart. —Maureen Ruehl
Offered by greenbones (author): Feel free to read it, post reviews, print it out and burn it if you don't like it (or throw it across the room a few times), smack your enemies over the head with it, or whatever else you find useful. This is an e-book, so it will be e-mailed to winners.
Description: Remy and Dennis are scam artists. Their daily life consists of simple yet effective scams that put even the most experienced homeowner out of commission. But something isn't right with Dennis. His world is spiraling out of control, and when he meets Shannon, the gothic interpretation of his dreams, things only take a turn for the worse... or do they?
Description: Set in New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Gradually, though, Moses’s twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
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Offered by Lenorewolfe (author): Book is in English only. Review is requested but not mandatory. Thank you for your consideration on this. Reviews are requested to be posted at Library Thing, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Shelfari, Goodreads and Smashwords. Winner will receive a coupon from Smashwords, where there are multiple ways to download it for your convenience.
Description: An ancient race and a prophesy fortells of four dark princes, the sons of the dark mother, who will rise up with a nation of old vamps to stop the rogue factions from ruling over mankind. Justice is the first in that prophesy, from the ancient Jaguar People. He is the Prince of Fire. Jess is one of the three sisters of the Jaguar witches who must help him to stop these factions of rogue vamps—or none of their lives will ever be the same.
Description: It’s Lorelei’s last year of school and she has no plans for the future. Well, she does plan to drink, smoke weed, bang boys, and get as far away from her abusive mother as possible. What else is there to do in a small New Jersey town?
But when the seizures start, Lorelei enters a Technicolor dream world where she meets a pink-eyed little girl named Darby. She has something important to tell Lorelei. Something about a murder.
Lorelei doesn’t want to deal with Darby and does all she can to forget about her. She even goes as far as finding love and a possible future. But Darby is persistent, so persistent that she starts breaking into Lorelei’s reality.
Now she must solve a murder and face a dark secret in her past that could reveal a truth so horrifying that death could be the only way to forget it.
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Offered by zstopper (author): If anyone likes the book, a few review comments on Amazon, or any other site, would be hugely appreciated.
Description: This is the story that originated the term “sponge crushers.” Against a backdrop of divorce trauma two sisters trying to save each other explore a human potential group that makes some dubious claims.
The story is written so as not to be exploitive of either its characters or its readers. More than just a fun read, it’s a journey through the politics of pleasure.
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Description: This is the story that originated the term “sponge crushers.” Against a backdrop of divorce trauma two sisters trying to save each other explore a human potential group that makes some dubious claims.
The story is written so as not to be exploitive of either its characters or its readers. More than just a fun read, it’s a journey through the politics of pleasure.
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Offered by Karensbell (publisher): I am the author who has just taken over as publisher and I am trying to get the word out. This giveaway is connected to a request for a review. Please post reviews at Amazon, B&N.com, Goodreads, and any other online outlet. I will give you a smashwords coupon to download all e-formats.
Description: Suze Hall is at a crossroads. Her nemesis at work, Wanda, has been promoted and now will be her boss. Her husband, Bob, is leaving her and the three kids for a six-month sabbatical down under. To top it off, her best friend, Marcia, is missing in action—playing footsie with some new boyfriend!
Adding to this disaster stew, David, the gorgeous hunk who broke her young-girl's heart has coincidentally popped back into her life and has something she desperately needs to keep her job.
Walking with Elephants, a lighthearted slice-of- life story, brings to the table the serious work/family issues facing women today. It explores the modern dichotomy of a workplace that is filled with homemakers who still must cook, clean, carpool on nights and weekends, shop for prom dresses, and "create" the holidays—such as Suze. But it also is filled with women who have the same drive as men, have no family responsibilities, and will do what ever it takes to get ahead.
So step into the shoes of Suze Hall and commiserate over workplace politics, titillate your sexual fantasies, ride the wave of a working mother, and fall-down laughing.
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Offered by ncpenn (author): I am the author of City of Chaos and in exchange for a copy of the ebook (any format you would like), I would appreciate a review on Amazon.
You can read a sample of City of Chaos here (click here).
Description: Ray Crusafi, private investigator, heads to Oklahoma but never makes it. Halfway there, he takes supposedly simple job investigating a shooting in tiny Eris, Missouri. Someone wants the local grocery store out of business, and will do whatever it takes.
However, Ray's presence escalates things. The store owner's son is killed, and the sheriff suspects Ray of murder.
Ray's wife joins him, but she is seen as the perfect opportunity, and she is kidnapped. Then the ultimatum comes; his wife will die in 24 hours unless he personally levels the grocery store to the ground.
To save his wife, and wrap up the case, he has only one day to discover who is behind it all.
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Offered by TimCTaylor (author): Winners will receive a link to a site where they can download a Kindle, ePub or PDF edition of the book. These editions of the book also contain a link to get a free copy of book2 when it comes out in the spring.
Reviews would be greatly appreciated if you can find the time. If not, no worries and I hope you enjoy my debut novel.
Description: In 1992, Radlan Saravanan runs a small business out of a Tudor cottage in the sleepy English village of Elstow. But Radlan was born in 2951, and when he falls in love with a local girl, he has to choose between running from his own people and condemning his lover to die.
He makes the wrong choice.
Travelling into the past, falling in love... it turns out that he was meant to do these things. He's been manipulated all along. But now he's slipped his handlers, and Time isn't following the right script any more. Other versions of history vie for dominance, and our reality is losing. Did the dinosaurs really die out? As the human reality becomes ever less probable, it's increasingly likely that dinosaurs are still very much alive.
In 1992, Radlan Saravanan sparked The Reality War.
The Reality War is a two-novel series inspired by The Pilgrim's Progress, an allegorical novel by 17th century author John Bunyan. It is both an action-adventure series, and a spiritual journey made by two people, mirror images of each other from rival realities.
The Reality War Book1: The Slough of Despond will be published as a Kindle eBook on February 9th, 2012, to be followed by paperback and ePUB editions.
The Reality War Book2: The City of Destruction will be published Spring 2012
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Offered by ianashe (author): Copies of TEN KINDS OF TROUBLE are available in PDF and MOBI/PRC for interested readers and reviewers. If possible, I would appreciate your review posted on Amazon, LibraryThing, your blog and related sites.
Description: TEN KINDS OF TROUBLE is a collection of crime fiction and thriller stories in the tradition of Elmore Leonard, Blake Crouch and Stephen Leather. The set includes:
FADE TO RED
After a newly married couple rents a DVD for a relaxing night at home, they become unwitting players in a nightmare plot blending murder and greed. As they come face-to-face with the killer, nothing is what it seems and the line between good and evil blurs irreversibly.
JUMP
A man sits on the ledge of a high-rise in downtown Chicago, preparing to end his life after a disastrous and ill-advised attempt to blackmail a friend who launders money for a mid-level drug dealer.
A NIGHT WITHOUT MERCY
Years after a clerical error results in the murder of an innocent girl, the night of her death is replayed with tragic consequences and a second shocking killing.
TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH
When fate brings two families together, nothing goes as planned. In a matter of minutes, promises are shattered, tables are turned and the dark night becomes a battle to see who will survive.
CONFESSION
In an alternating series of heartrending statements, a mother and her son reveal the lasting damage caused by one violent act from the distant past—damage that simmered for decades and ignited a shocking sequence of death disguised as harsh and noble justice.
AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE
When two college friends unsuspectingly knock on the door of an isolated Nebraska farmhouse, they meet a depraved, murderous couple tidying up the mess of their most recent killings.
TEN KINDS OF TROUBLE also includes a preview selection from RANSOM THE DEAD, a suspense thriller novel by Ian Ashe.
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Offered by sammykay30 (author): I am the author of Andy the Spider. I am giving away 100 free ebooks,(PDF FILE) in hopes that more children will be able to enjoy the series! All books are available in paperback and Kindle. Visit my website for more information about my books.
Description: The first installment in the series
Andy and his sister Emily have a great life, until one day when Emily is kidnapped by Harry (the meanest and ugliest owl of the forest). Now it is up to Andy to find his sister before anything terrible happens. Along the way, Andy meets new friends that help Andy in his quest to find Emily. Once Emily is found and returned to Andy, that's when more problems arise. Harry wants what he had back and he's determined to get it. Nothing ever escapes from him, and it isn't going to start now. Can Andy and his friends keep Emily safe from Harry? Or will Harry come back for Emily and take her away forever? Join Andy and his friends on their first adventure....
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Offered by wuebben (author): This giveaway is only for those who agree to do a review on Amazon. Of course you're welcome to put a review anywhere else as well. thank you!
Description: About Content is Currency: Developing Powerful Content for Web & Mobile
In the digital age, content is no longer confined to the written page. It is spread across web and mobile, taking the form of podcasts, webinars, widgets, and blog posts. Powerful content tells the story of your product or business, but it means nothing if its not written well, optimized for search and social and properly marketed.
In Content is Currency, content strategist Jon Wuebben explains the fine art of content development, utilizing the latest Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Media Marketing (SMM) techniques, providing you with the tools and strategies you need to get your online content noticed. Drawing on the latest research, ideas, and case studies in content marketing, you will learn:
• What types of content best suits your specific business, target market, and industry • How certain content “tricks of the trade” influence search engine rankings and sales conversion • How to develop, distribute, and leverage social media content to connect with your target market • How to integrate the unique elements of your web presence (including landing pages, autoresponders, and pay-per-click ads) • And many more tips to help you become an online marketing success
Description: Expecting a marriage propsal but ending up jilted, Kathryn Hendrix wanders into an art gallery and becomes lost in the eyes of a portrait of a beautiful woman painted 200 hundred years before. Suddenly, she’s transported into an eighteenth century English world of luxury and decadence—now occupying the body of the woman in the portrait, Lady Nadine Elsingham. Kathryn finds herself confronted by the arrogant yet disturbingly handsome husband of Lady Elsingham, Lord John, all the while thrust into an old world that thinks her mad when she tries to explain what’s happening in the “colonies.” How will she escape being sent to Bedlam before she can get back to her old life?
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Offered by andystraka (author): My name is Andy Straka. I am the author. I am giving away 100 ebooks of my newest release, The Blue Hallelujah.
Description: How far would you go to rescue your grandchild and redeem your long dead spouse?
Detective Jerry Strickland and his wife Rebecca shared a secret calling. When Rebecca died of cancer in prison—branded as a disturbed vigilante after killing one of his murder suspects—Jerry knew he needed to put the truth in writing to set the record straight.
Now, as an old man nearing his own demise, Jerry is unsure whether to share his narrative about Rebecca with the world. But when his eight-year-old granddaughter Marnee disappears, Jerry learns she’s been taken by someone close to the killer depicted in the pages hidden in his dresser drawer.
It’s time for Jerry to finish the story—by confronting an evil that threatens Marnee’s life and the lives of everyone around her. And by placing his faith in a higher power to redeem the love for Rebecca in his heart.
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Offered by Ian_Dalton (author): Would love to get some reviews, but who are we kidding... just enjoy it. A smashwords coupon code will be provide so you can download the eBook format of your choice or I can send you a copy via email.
Description: The first in a new erotic contemporary romance series, Inappropriate Thoughts is a scorching mix of desire, sex, love and slightly inappropriate comedy.
Victoria Wilde's best friend, Jillian, is a disillusioned divorcée and best-selling romance novelist who can’t write a chapter without her hunky male heartthrob suffering ED, an STD, or even worse. Brian Nash is a tennis-obsessed, college senior who’s unlucky in love and the roommate and best friend of Jillian’s son, Rob. After Brian learns he's being manipulated by a college love, Rob offers him a spring break escape to his home in Miami. There Brian meets the surprisingly young and also tennis passionate Jillian, and their shared interest quickly develops into an intense mutual attraction. As they struggle to fight their feelings, they develop a unique superintimate, yet non-physical connection that provides Jillian with the inspiration to write again while erasing Brian’s brokenhearted funk. Will the lonely pair continue with this distinctive relationship, actually explore their passion or will they discover all of it is a really bad idea?
READER ADVISORY: This story contains content some readers may find objectionable, including voyeurism, anal play, multiple partners and explicit language.
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Offered by jmeyers (author): A YA contemporary fantasy/paranormal. An honest review posted at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, LibraryThing and/or anywhere else you'd like is requested. Winners will receive either a mobi or epub file. For more information about this book or to find links to the bonus short story "Intuition" that precedes this book and is available everywhere for free, please visit author's site at www.jmeyersbooks.com.
Description: Twins Sera and Luke Raine have a well-kept secret—she heals with a touch of her hand, he sees the future. All their lives they’ve helped those in need on the sly. They’ve always thought of their abilities as being a gift.
Then Luke has a vision that Sera is killed. That gift they’ve always cherished begins to feel an awful lot like a curse. Because the thing about Luke’s ability? He’s always right. And he can’t do anything about it.
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Offered by CSEinfeld (author): This Giveaway is sponsored by the author, C.S. Einfeld. This ebook is available in multiple formats and will be given in the format requested by the winners.*
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Description: Award Winning Middle-Grade Fantasy Adventure!
The Faeries of Southnut are in big trouble. Lord Darkwater is up to no good.
The White Castle of Doru is under attack by the greatest army Princess Fiera's ever seen. Lord Darkwater is poised to crush her tiny kingdom unless the king gives Fiera up to become his wife.
Well, fffungus! She's having none of that!
The race is on for Fiera to outwit Lord Darkwater's Dragonfly Riders, Bat Brigades, and even a giant, faerie - eating Spider to save herself and, before it's too late, her whole world. *** As reviewed by HarperCollins: NEVERDARK is a charming fairytale - adventure for children of all ages. It is a traditional tale, but it certainly doesn’t feel old-fashioned. This is in large part due to the vivacious writing and the very engaging authorial voice.
I found NEVERDARK a really enjoyable read. The writing style feels quite effortless, and the story romps along at a fantastic pace. Princess Fiera’s world really came to life.
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Offered by JonathanGarrett (author): I am the author of this story and it's my first novel that I'm making available for people to purchase and review. If anything about the story piques your interest, then go ahead and put in a request for a free copy. Reviews of all kinds [from 10,000-word essays to short blurbs, from lovingly positive to hatefully negative] is greatly appreciated.
This ebook is available in EPUB, HTML, MOBI, and PDF formats.
If you have any questions, contact me at biggbyshand@hotmail.com
Description: When the wife of a politician is murdered in the isolated port-city of Illdara, junior detective Allison Newberry is sent in to keep the case from growing cold. It's the assignment that no one else wants to deal with.
The case is immediately complicated by the nature of the city. Everyone is cold and unfriendly, unwilling to answer even the most basic questions from an outsider. Even the chief inspector is more concerned with Allison's eventual departure than with the actual outcome of the case.
To make matters worse, clues are scarce and little about the murder makes sense. No attempt was made to hide the woman's body, nor was her money or jewelry taken. The initial investigation turns up nothing but dead ends. Then a second victim appears: a homeless man killed in exactly the same manner. A single clue is left behind, the petal of a flower, which leads Allison to the darkest corners of the city.
The suspicion and paranoia, the empty buildings and empty streets, the whispers of strange happenings in the night, it's clear that something is wrong in Illdara. Somehow it all ties back to the murders, somehow everything makes sense, but Allison constantly struggles against the very nature of the city to try to find some clue, some shred of evidence that will bring the killer to light. Something is wrong in Illdara, something very wrong, and it may put Allison's life in danger.
Even so, murder has been committed and there's still a murderer out there who needs to be brought to justice.
MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD is a mystery novel that blends elements of fantasy and horror with the traditional detective story.
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Offered by EdenmaryBlack (author): Sanctum Angels: Shadow Havens Book 1 is in ebook format only at this time and is being offered in exchange for reviews at online retailers, such as Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com.
Winners will receive a free code for use at eBookIt.com, which will allow them to download the ebook in pdf., epub or mobi format. Members may visit www.edenmaryblack.com to read the Prologue and Chapter One as a preview of the book. Just click 'Excerpt,' at the website. Thank you in advance for your time and / or review.
Description: Sanctum Angels: Shadow Havens Book 1 is intended for adult readers only. Approximately 83,000 words.
When Priana Grey walks into a bank, she isn’t expecting to be taken hostage by a violent thief; nor, is she expecting Detective Joe Cafaris to offer his life for hers. The stepdaughter of fallen angels of the Sanctum, she has concealed her true nature to move among humans for years, but Joe’s courage astounds her. Although she knows that falling in love with a human is a disaster, she just can’t ignore what she feels.
Joe is a tough loner, cool in the most dangerous situations, but he’s not ready for the scorching desire he feels for Priana. He has a million logical reasons to walk away, but his heart wants something else.
Priana’s stepbrother, Keirc, warns that she’ll find only misery with Joe, yet he guards a perilous secret of his own. His lover, Iridea, is the daughter of Sebastien Galaurus, a ruthless vampire who leads the Demesne, a powerful supernatural haven quite unlike the Sanctum.
When a stunning crisis forces Priana into the heart of the Demesne, a maelstrom explodes in the shadow of supernatural havens on the brink of war, where fallen angels, vampires, weres and daemons call the shots and humans are viewed as critically frail - a place where men and supernaturals can die.
This ebook contains an excerpt from Chapter One of Sanctum Warriors: Shadow Havens Book 2, which has not been published yet.
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Offered by J_Royce: “Combines history and myth with action and adventure to create a fast-paced, well-informed tale … belongs in most libraries’ adult and YA collections.” ~ Library Journal
“Thrilling and intelligent fantasy...” ~ US Review of Books
“One of those works you will remember forever…” ~ Reader Views Literary Awards
“Captives on a carousel of time … illuminated with the touch, scent, and emotion that only a true horseman could know and understand…” ~ Top 50 Amazon Reviewer
“Vivid historical tale through the ages … great plot and character development, wonderful descriptions of equine history, and a tension-ridden cliffhanging ending that will leave you gnawing at the bit for more.” ~ Historical Novel Society
The history of civilization is told in the faraway gaze of the mankind’s ancient partner … old legends and religions honor the horse as a gift from the Creator…
Eclipsed by Shadow is the 1st book of a new fiction trilogy, The Legend of the Great Horse. This volume begins the journey of a modern-day teenager traveling back in time to encounter how horses were used in the past.
Meagan Roberts is warned to never ride her young horse, Promise, for legend claims the treasured filly is the mysterious Great Horse … come to ‘wing its rider into the dark.’ Meagan soon discovers that surviving that journey will take all her strength, courage and skill with horses.
Description: Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners may receive their copy in one of multiple formats, including Kindle, PDF, and ePub (via Smashwords).
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Offered by LichenCraig (author): I would love to give away some free copies of this new novel in exchange for reader reviews posted at Amazon or LibraryThing or both!
Description: When young playwright Greyson Foster agrees to attend a party at the penthouse of a millionaire, he has no idea how profoundly it will change his life. His journey will take him into spaces in his mind he never knew existed, bring him face-to-face with needs he never knew he had, and challenge him to travel to the precipice of lust, revenge, and love. From their first meeting, the powerful and charismatic Jack Miles weaves an enticing web around Greyson, drawing him into the dangerous game three millionaires play in secret. But Jack's personal life is complicated and his demons are many, and as they strengthen they threaten to destroy all that Jack holds dear - including Greyson.
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Offered by CarterVance (author): This giveaway is offered in exchange for a review on Amazon. Of course, if you would like to put a review anywhere else as well, it would be most appreciated.
Winners may receive their copy in one of the following formats: MOBI/PRC, EPUB, or PDF.
I hope you enjoy tne book. Thank you.
Description: Thriller, suspense, action, intrigue
The Return is a story of the modern day fulfillment of the Grail prophecy.
The time has come for the prophesied return of Christ. Long thought extinct, the secret Order of Knights Templar battle the Dark Forces that fear His return.
At the center of this battle of good and evil is Sarah Davidson, an expectant mother, who has a unique heritage, and Peter Christos, her shipping magnate husband. The couple, who were married in the presence of the Ark of the Covenant, is confronted with a series of surreptitious schemes and attacks causing them to flee and seek a secure birthplace for their son.
They are aided in this endeavor by the Knights Templar, a clandestine organization that has, over the centuries, amassed enormous wealth and power and the organization to deliver it in anticipation of this day.
Ultimately, they engage in a grand battle for the prophesied birth
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Offered by js_lawhead (author): Howdy, my name is J.S. Lawhead and I'm giving away copies of this book for review. As this is a bizarro novel, trying to get conventional book reviewers on board to check it out has been more difficult than it would've been if the novel had been a different genre and I'm particularly interested what readers, who are tired of the same genres and structures, may think of this unconventional offering.
I am currently giving away 25 electronic copies for review. I may be able to do more down the road if LibraryThing allows for it. I have .doc or .pdf versions available and I may be able to get more. Whether you love it or hate it, please review it as brutally honest as you want.
Thank you and enjoy!
Description: "Vulgarity For The Masses" is a 246 page whirlwind of bizarro-horror insanity, black comedy, dark fantasy and even some lite Christian fiction in one disturbing and wildly unconventional novel.
This book contains 9 short stories loosely connected by similar themes and a couple recurring characters as protagonists are forced to throw out logic and deal with their bizarre circumstances - a whale being sexually assaulted by an errant chainsaw leading to an apocalyptic district court trial, a drug addict forced to rob two banks to repay a drug debt to Santa Claus, an abusive father who reincarnates as his victimized son's infected hemorrhoid, a left-wing extremist demonic nightmare terrorizing white people for racial vengeance, a Bible version of the Three Little Pigs and an academic conspiracy to hide the world from God and feed the iron snake in the sky - among others.
This novel was written for fans of David Lynch and Adult Swim, and readers who are tired of the same old stories and characters over and over and over again. If you want something REALLY different that fights for your attention without giving into cliches, this book is for you.
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Offered by SarahSchofield (author): Solo is a YA Romance Fiction. This is my debut novel. Winners will get a coupon for the free download from Smashwords. If you enjoy the book feel free to post a review on Smashwords, B&N, and Amazon. Thank you.
Description: As a military brat, Eliana Davis is no stranger to moving from place to place. However, moving in the middle of her sophomore year to the small Oregon town where her parents grew up is something she never expected. Knowing she will only be there for a year, she is torn between making new friends or keeping to herself. Will she listen to her heart or keep flying solo?
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Description: A stroll through an old cemetery will reveal very little about the people buried there. Their headstones will whisper of father, wife or lost child——but they don't sing of the lives those men and women led. Even our national heroes are lucky to have one or two of their life's accomplishments inscribed on their markers for future generations to marvel at.
Cemeteries are filled with forgotten people. They were people who had lives rich with or empty of the joys that just being alive creates for us.
Once we are dead and gone, our lives quickly fade into small morsels of oral history and are slowly forgotten by family and friends as time and generations pass.
What would these forgotten souls tell us if they could talk?
Conversations With a Dead Man answers some of those questions from a dead man's point of view. John Wesley Elder will share his loves, failures, accomplishments and the simple life he led with you.
Spending a few hours with him will allow you to understand not only the man, but glimpse the times he lived in. You'll come to understand that although he's dead, he still has a few quirks in his personality and one or two sorrows———he's much the same as you or I.
John Wesley Elder was an ordinary man who lived, loved and built a life for himself. He invites you to join him for a quiet chat or two, if you have the time he'll share events in his life that you can't find on his headstone.
He'll share his life and also try to help you understand the times he lived in and introduce you to some of the people who filled his life with joy and sorrow.
So set down, lean against the coolness of his head stone and just listen.
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Offered by chrisvaccari (publisher): 20 advance reading copies of Feeding Eden offered by Chris Vaccari, Director of Library Marketing, Sterling
Description: Imagine rushing your child to the hospital, terrified for his life…just because he took a mouthful of the wrong food or a few drops of milk touched his skin. Susan Weissman knows how that feels. From birth, her son Eden suffered from allergies so intense that an errant bite could be deadly: Dairy, eggs, soy, nuts, fish, shellfish, and several fruits all wreaked havoc with his body. Susan had to make food the focus of her existence just to lead him safely through a world filled with edible landmines. In Feeding Eden, Susan writes with poignancy, honesty, and humor about her quest to help her son—including trying a cluster of alternative therapies-as well as the effect of Eden's illness on their entire family. More than just a story for parents with severely allergic children, this is a stirring account of one woman's recipe for motherhood as she rises to a challenge she has no choice but to conquer-and successfully restores her entire family's appetite for life
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Offered by Leighton (author): This is the recently-released trade paperback of a book the New York Times referred to as "irresistible".
Description: From Publisher's Weekly: It's the victim, not the crime, that concerns the authorities in Gage's gripping fourth mystery to feature quick-witted Chief Insp. Mario Silva of Brazil's Federal Police (after January 2010's Dying Gasp). When Juan Rivas is found shot and beaten to death in his apartment in Brasília, it's "a major political incident" because Juan was the 32-year-old son of the Venezuelan foreign minister. Silva, who's struck by the crime's violence, checks the countrywide database and finds four similar unsolved murders and only a tenuous connection among the victims, who include a petroleum engineer and a social psychologist known for his best-selling books on sex. Aided by his longtime sidekick, Arnaldo Nunes, and the other members of his diverse team, Silva winnows a list of suspects who may also be potential victims. In the end, Gage's policemen are willing to go to extremes, even illegal ones, to achieve justice.
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Offered by DawnPub (publisher): Dawn Publications is looking for early reviews of this new children's book coming March 2012. We're offering a free review copy to the first 20 people.
Description: Old MacDonald had a ... garden? Yes! Sing along with young Jo MacDonald as she grows healthy food for people and wild creatures. E-I-E-I-O! Find out how butterflies, bumblebees, and birds help a garden to thrive - and how you can help them too. And keep an eye on one mysterious plant. What will it become? Youngsters learn about garden ecosystems and stewardship through this playful adaptation of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm."
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Description: In the near future, the U.S. government has turned into a tyranny as the government agencies known as the EPA and TSA grow with ever more power, taking away the liberty many Americans had known for over two hundred years. They’re joined by a government agency, the Health Administration, which was put together in the mid-2010′s to regulate healthcare.
Told in first person point of view, Brian Atwood, our main character, is a field agent for the FBI in Omaha. His work involves mostly cyber terrorism and actual cases of potential real world terrorism. Eventually, his wife gives birth to their third child, who has Down’s Syndrome, which does not please the Health Administration because there are rules and regulations set-up in cases like these to prevent “genetic freaks” as they like to call them, from sucking up a lot of Health Admin money. Because the Atwoods are born again Christians, they never considered aborting the baby, so now the Health people have to take him away to deal with the problem later.
Meanwhile, the Secret Service decides to recruit Brian to be the personal agent of POTUS due to his great work involving a case that dealt with terrorism that would’ve involved Offutt Air Force Base. Brian’s faith is tested every day as he deals with a man that has no morals from what Brian can see, and is tested even more when his wife finds out that she’s dying from a fast growing form of breast cancer. Trouble in the rest of the world occurs as Iran attempts to nuke Israel, which fails spectacularly, so Israel takes care of the problem. This brings condemnation from everyone, including the US, which takes the side of Iran.
When the re-election of POTUS doesn’t turn out the way he wanted it, he and his people declare the election nullified because of supposed “irregularities” with the ballots. POTUS claims that the new President-elect may take the seat sometime in the middle of next year, if everything looks to be sorted out. POTUS purges his staff of what he considers unloyal people, including Brian. At the same time, he loses his wife, but regains the son he thought he had lost.
Brian moves back to his family home in Nebraska, where we follow what happens as the country slowly falls apart. Events play out as Brian and his family sees the End Times approach.
Description: Brooklyn cop Joe Rizzo is ready to retire and spend the rest of his days with his wife, doting on their grown-up girls. But when his youngest daughter Carol decides to follow her dad onto the force, Joe decides to stay on until she’s settled, calling in favors to get her assigned to the easiest house, the best training officer— anything to protect his baby girl.
And while there, he’s expected to work a few cases, though he never would’ve guessed that they’d include the most sensational one of his career, the murder of mob boss Louie Quattropa. If mob wars were the worst of his problems he could handle that, but with a daughter on patrol, Joe knows all too well what dangers await her and what little he can do about them. The authentic voice and their breath-takingly accurate portrayal of police work have won Lou Manfredo’s novel’s wide acclaim, and Rizzo’s Daughter raises the bar to a whole new level.
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Offered by eileenduhne: I am the publicist representing Wild Flower Press. We want to give away 15 copies in the US and Australia, where the authors live. We are giving it away to increase awareness. I get the books from the publisher, who will be responsible for sending out copies to US winners. Judy Carroll will send copies from Australia. Can we give 10 away in the US and 5 to Australia? Anyway it works, we're happy! If you need to talk, 415.459.2573 is my number. I'm new to this and welcome any input.
Description: “The Zeta Message” is a non-fiction account of author Judy Carroll’s lifelong contact with the extraterrestrial beings known as “Greys” or “Zetas”. It is also the story of an Australian family who found themselves caught up in full-on conscious contact with these mysterious beings. Helene Kaye, the co-author of “The Zeta Message”, is the mother of the family involved. This book is very different in that, for the first time, detailed answers and explanations are provided on the true meaning behind the ET contact and abduction scenario.
Feeling an instant and unexplained connection, Judy Carroll and Helene Kaye felt their worlds collide when fate brought them together in June of 2000. Judy, a Reiki practitioner and teacher, experienced contact her entire life with non-earthly beings she knows as Greys. Helene and her family had no such recall—all they knew was that suddenly, after several family Reiki attunements, strange and frightening things started happening in their home.
With her background, Judy was able to help them find deeper understanding and conscious awareness of their cosmic relationship with the visitors. In the process of sharing their life stories, their dual identities and purposes for being on Earth were revealed.
“The Zeta Message” explores Judy and Helene’s intimate experiences coming to grips with their association with ETs and their intricately interwoven background. The companion docudrama, “Human by Day, Zeta by Night”, presents the Zetas’ perspective of these events in a highly entertaining and easily read story, providing deeper teachings and knowledge about the ET presence on Earth.
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Offered by eileenduhne: Hi! I am the publicist for the book and publisher. I am authorized to set up giveaways. We would like to give away 15 books to both the US & Australian markets. How about 10 to US and 5 to Australia, or however it works best for LT. Thanks for letting me know.
Description: Some true stories are so impactful that they just have to be presented as fiction. “Human by Day, Zeta by Night” is such a story.
Enter into the two parallel worlds of Ali and Ashka as they discover their real identities and integrate their Earth Human lives as Australian women with their lives as Zetas reincarnated on Earth. As you enter their worlds, you enter the lives of the ETs with all of their humor, foibles and wisdom. Their purpose — to better understand us so they can help us, and our planet evolve spiritually.
What is the purpose of this book? To expand your mind to the vastness of the Universe and the Oneness that is reality. Raise your frequency and start using all your enormous capacity as an evolved Human.
A companion volume to “The Zeta Message”, “Human by Day, Zeta by Night” is a docudrama, which presents ET/Human contact from the ETs’ perspective. The medium of story-telling enables much deeper teachings, messages and information on all aspects of ET/Human contact to be conveyed. Alien implants and abduction, crop circles, star children, the Grey/Zeta culture and the expansion of Human consciousness through evolution are all covered in great detail.
While “The Zeta Message” explores Judy and Helene’s intimate experiences coming to grips with their association with ETs and their intricately interwoven background, the companion docudrama, “Human by Day, Zeta by Night”, presents the Zetas’ perspective of these events in a highly entertaining and easily read story, providing deeper teachings and knowledge about the ET presence on Earth. When Judy’s Zeta family told her to write “Human By Day, Zeta By Night”, they said, “Keep it light,” and “Please show the Earth people that we do have a sense of humor." Evidently the Zetas and other spiritually “evolved” beings and cultures are blessed with a highly developed sense of lightness and fun, which may come as a surprise to many.
Description: In Daniel Palmer’s electrifying, emotionally charged thriller, a high school soccer coach finds his world upended by shocking accusations and long buried secrets…
Nine years after he left Shilo, New Hampshire, former Navy Seal Tom Hawkins has moved back. It’s not an auspicious homecoming. Tom has returned to raise his teenage daughter, Jill, following the murder of his ex-wife, Kelly. Despite Tom’s efforts to stay close to Jill by coaching her high school soccer team, Kelly’s bitterness fractured their relationship. But together, they are on the mend, and life in Shilo is starting to shape up into something approaching normal.
Normal doesn’t last long. Shilo’s police sergeant makes it clear that Tom is his chief suspect in Kelly’s death. In the days that follow, an anonymous blog post alleges that Coach Hawkins is sleeping with one of his players, Internet rumors escalate, and incriminating evidence surfaces on Tom’s own computer and cell phone. Soon the FBI and police are investigating Tom for what appears to be a very disturbing and unprecedented series of crimes.
Someone is out to frame Tom—someone capable of destroying everything he loves without laying a finger on him. As he races to prove his innocence, he must unravel a tangle of lies about his family, the friends and colleagues he thought he knew, and about his past. For deep amid the secrets he’s been keeping—from a troubled tour of duty to the reason for his ex-wife’s death—is the truth that someone will gladly kill to protect…
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing Corp. is offering 15 copies of Isis Crawford latest mystery, A CATERED ST. PATRICK'S Day.
Description: Gastronomical dream team Bernie and Libby Simmons wade into a Celtic knot of malice and mayhem when a St. Patrick’s celebration goes terribly wrong…
To most of the people of little Longely, New York, St. Paddy’s Day means good food, great music, and plenty of Guinness. But when the lifeless body of Mike Sweeney floats to the top of a vat of green beer, it looks like the luck o’ the Irish has just run out.
Unfortunately for the Simmons sisters, the number one suspect is related to one of their very best catering customers, the pampered and powerful Bree Nottingham. When Bree visits A Little Taste of Heaven to beseech them to clear her nephew’s name, they just can’t say no.
But the more information Bernie and Libby stir up, the more Duncan Nottingham looks like a killer. Known for his hot temper and love of the drink, Duncan and the deceased were both part of the Corned Beef and Cabbage Club, a group with more buried history than the Emerald Isle. And each member—especially Duncan—had a motive to sing Sweeney his last Irish lullaby. A motive they don’t want anyone revealing.
For Bernie and Libby, the situation is deadly and in danger of boiling over. And they can’t count on good old Saint Pat to drive out the snake in their midst…they’ll have to do it themselves, before a murderer strikes again.
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing Corp. is offering 15 copies of Sherri Wood Emmons novel, THE SOMETIMES DAUGHTER.
Description: In this poignant and beautifully written novel, Sherri Wood Emmons, acclaimed author of Prayers and Lies, explores the complex bond between a daughter and her errant mother…
Judy Webster is born in a mud-splattered tent at Woodstock, just as Crosby, Stills, and Nash take the stage. Her mother, Cassie, is a beautiful, flawed flower-child who brings her little girl to anti-war protests and parties rather than enroll her in pre-school. But as Cassie’s husband, Kirk, gradually abandons ’60s ideals in favor of a steady home and a law degree, their once idyllic marriage crumbles.
Dragging Judy back from the Kentucky commune where Cassie has taken her, Kirk files for divorce and is awarded custody. When Cassie eventually moves to an ashram in India, Judy is grief-stricken. At school, she constructs lies to explain her unconventional home-life, trying desperately to fit in to the world her mother rejected.
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing Corp. is offering 15 copies of Christine Trent's latest novel, BY THE KING'S DESIGN.
Description: Strong-willed Annabelle Stirling is more than capable of running the family draper shop after the untimely death of her parents. Under her father’s tutelage, she became a talented cloth merchant, while her brother Wesley, the true heir, was busy philandering about Yorkshire. Knowing she must change with the times to survive, Belle installs new machinery that finishes twice the fabric in half the time it takes by hand. But not everyone is so enthusiastic.
Soon, riled up by Belle’s competitors, the outmoded workers seek violent revenge. Her shop destroyed, Belle travels to London to seek redress from Parliament. While there, the Prince Regent, future King George IV, commissions her to provide fabrics for his Royal Pavilion. As Belle’s renown spreads, she meets handsome cabinetmaker Putnam Boyce, but worries that marriage will mean sacrificing her now flourishing shop. And after Wesley plots to kidnap the newly-crowned King—whose indiscretions are surfacing—she finds herself entangled in a duplicitous world of shifting allegiances.
Painting a vivid portrait of life in the British Regency, Christine Trent spins a harrowing tale of ambition, vengeance, love, and complex loyalties against the dynamic backdrop of the early Industrial Revolution.
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing Corp. is offering 15 copies of Alyssa Goodnight's new quirky, sexy novel, AUSTENTATIOUS.
Description: In this quirky, sexy novel set against the lively, music-filled backdrop of Austin, Texas, a young woman learns that romance can wreak havoc with even the best laid plans…
It started innocently enough. While browsing in one of Austin’s funky little shops, Nicola James is intrigued by a blank vintage journal she finds hidden among a set of Jane Austen novels. Even though Nic is a straight-laced engineer, she’s still a sucker for anything Austen-esque. But her enthusiasm quickly turns to disbelief once she starts writing in the journal—because somehow, it’s writing her back…
Miss Nicola James will be sensible and indulge in a little romance. Those twelve tiny words hit Nic like a thunderbolt, as if her diary was channeling Austen herself! Itching for a bit of excitement, Nic decides to follow her “Fairy Jane’s” advice. The result: a red-hot romance with a sexy Scottish musician who charms his way into Nic’s heart in about five seconds flat.
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing Corp. is offering 15 copies of Erica O' Rourke's newest book in the "TORN" Series, TANGLED.
Description: Constance started to keen as the air around us began to thrash and twist, the caustic scent of ozone burning my nose. As I watched, her dark gold hair began to lift and kink into knots. “I’m here. It’ll be okay.”It was the last thing I said before my best friend’s little sister went supernova in the second-floor girls’ bathroom, taking me with her.
A month ago, Mo Fitzgerald risked her life to stop an ancient prophecy and avenge her best friend’s murder. Now, she only want to keep her loved ones safe. But the magic – and the Chicago Mob – have other plans.
Mysterious, green-eyed Luc is back, asking for help – and a second chance. Colin, her strongest protector, is hiding a shocking secret. And inside Constance, the magic is about to go terribly wrong. Tangled in a web of love and betrayal, Mo must choose between the life she’s dreamed of and the one she’s destined for.
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing Corp. is offering 15 copies of Mary Burton's latest novel, BEFORE SHE DIES.
Description: He Is Their Judge…
In death, they are purified. Holding his victims under water, he washes away their sins as they struggle for their last breath. Then he stakes their bodies to the ground, exposing them for what they really are. Witches, sent to tempt and to corrupt…
Jury…
No one knows about defense attorney Charlotte Wellington’s murdered sister, or about her childhood spent with the carnival that’s just arrived in town. For Charlotte, what’s past is past. But others don’t agree. And as a madman’s body count rises, she and Detective Daniel Rokov are drawn into a mission that’s become terrifyingly personal…
And Executioner
At last, she is within his reach. All his victims deserve their fate, but her guilt is greatest. And with every scream, he will make her see what it means to suffer and repent—before she dies…
Description: Layla James, a recent graduate and budding photographer, never knew anything about her father except that he named her for the iconic song by Eric Clapton. Her mother—steeped in a political activism that Layla rejects—kept their past shrouded in secrecy, and when she dies of cancer, she leaves only an enigmatic letter—the first in a series that will lead Layla through a cross-country network of ’60s radicals and closer to the bombshell at the heart of her parents’ past.
As Layla makes her way from the East Coast to a commune in the California desert, she discovers more about friendship, love, forgiveness, and the personal repercussions of political activism than she could ever have imagined. A stirring and panoramic story, viewed through the lens of the next generation, this exceptional debut novel brings the gestalt of the ’60s into focus and sheds new light on the era’s legacy in the new millennium.
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing is offering 15 copies of Mollie Cox Bryan's newest cozy mystery, SCRAPBOOK OF SECRETS.
Description: Having traded in her career as a successful investigative journalist for the life of a stay-at-home mom in picturesque Cumberland Creek, Virginia, Annie can’t help but feel that something’s missing. But she finds solace in a local “crop circle” of scrapbookers united by chore-shy husbands, demanding children, and occasional fantasies of their former single lives. And when the quiet idyll of their small town is shattered by a young mother’s suicide, they band together to find out what went wrong… Annie resurrects her reporting skills and discovers that Maggie Rae was a closet scrapbooker who left behind more than a few secrets—and perhaps a few enemies. As they sift through Maggie Rae’s mysteriously discarded scrapbooks, Annie and her “crop” sisters begin to suspect that her suicide may have been murder. It seems that something sinister is lurking beneath the town’s beguilingly calm façade—like a killer with unfinished business…
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing is offering 15 copies of Charlotte Hubbard's newest novel, SUMMER OF SECRETS.
Description: Welcome to Willow Ridge, Missouri! In this cozy Amish town along the banks of the river, the Old Ways are celebrated at the Sweet Seasons Bakery Café, and love is a gift God gives with grace… Summer Of Secrets
Summer has come to Willow Ridge, but Rachel Lantz is looking forward to a whole new season in her life—marriage to strapping carpenter Micah Brenneman, her childhood sweetheart. When a strange Englischer arrives in the café claiming to be the long-lost sister of Rachel and her twin Rhoda, Rachel feels the sturdy foundation of her future crumbling—including Micah’s steadfast love. As the days heat up and tempers flare, Rachel and Micah will learn that even when God’s plan isn’t clear, it will always lead them back to each other…
Description: Art Through him, they’ll live forever. His creation will be a testament to their perfection—and to his skill. Each victim has a rare innocence, worthy of being immortalized in his macabre work of art. A beauty worth killing for…
Imitates
Detective John Stallings can’t avoid getting drawn into his latest investigation. The parallels between the Jacksonville girl who just disappeared and his long-vanished daughter make every discovery a potential clue in his own painful mystery. Then one by one, bodies are discovered—all young women, strangled to fulfill a madman’s obsession…
Death
What began as a missing persons case has become a desperate race to find and stop Stallings’ most ruthless adversary yet. And the closer he gets to the answers, the more there is to fear—from a killer whose bloodlust is growing by the day, and a truth too terrifying to face…
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Offered by Kensington (publisher): Kensington Publishing is offering 15 copies of K. Bennett's Second Book in Zombie at Law, THE YEAR OF EATING DANGEROUSLY.
Description: The Dead Shall Rise… As a lawyer, Mallory Caine considers it her duty to defend the innocent. As a flesheating zombie, she knows how to take a bite out of crime. So when a scared ten-year-old boy asks for her help—claiming that his mother wants to eat him—Mallory rises to the occasion. Unfortunately, the occasion is a Satanic ritual, the mom is a monster, and the boy is a sacrifice.
…And Approach The Bench.
Before you can say “The devil made me do it,” Mallory is caught dead center between a family of freaks, fire-breathing demons, and the final battle of good versus evil. If she doesn’t have enough on her plate, the brain-chomping lawyer has to defend her zombie-hunting father in court. And, oh yeah: her flesh-eating secret is about to be exposed by a sexy LAPD detective who’s good enough to eat. What’s a zombie girl to do…?
Hexult is aimed at 12 - 15 year olds, but has been a refreshing read for many adults. The material is also suitable for reading to younger children; or for younger advanced readers.
Suitable for teens, with the warning they might find the lack of vampires or girlie angst, a little shocking.
The Earth is in another ice age and civilisation is restarting in a future so distant that the only traces left of our time are a few precious shards of glass. When the seas rose and the earth froze, much knowledge was lost.
Life on Hexult is about to change, with the arrival of the new young wizards and their strong magic; the new magic they call 'science'.
Sail with Aulf across the ice, through the frozen breath of the deadly Vajra crevasse and between the quarrelling isles of Hexult.
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Offered by frederickrlynch: I am the author's publicist. The publisher provided the giveaway copies. Frederick R. Lynch will be holding an Author's Chat on March 5, 2012 and welcomes all members who sign up for the giveaway to join in this important conversation that affects all of us.
Description: One Nation Under AARP: The Fight Over Medicare, Social Security and America's Future addresses hot-button topics that surely will be major issues in this year's presidential campaign. Yet almost half of aging baby boomers are financially ill-prepared for retirement and will likely be as dependent on those programs as their parents have been. Will boomers politically mobilize to defend those programs? Is AARP, with its 40 million members uniquely positioned to set the national agenda on these topics that matter most to baby boomers? Will it harness what could be the largest-ever senior voting bloc to defend threatened cutbacks to Social Security, Medicare and other pension systems? These are vital questions to our country's future and the future of every American, no matter at what age.
This book provides a fresh and evenhanded account of the newly modernized AARP that continues to set the national agenda for Medicare and Social Security. Frederick R. Lynch addresses AARP's courtship of 78 million aging baby boomers.
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Offered by PaulaatAME: We are the publicity firm working with Eugene the spread the word about his debut novel, a fast-paced thriller.
About the author: Eugene Bull loved reading thrillers from an early age. After several failed attempts to produce a novel, he realized that his writing was stymied because he lacked access to the information and experiences he needed as an author. Fast forward to 2007, after several years as a stockbroker and financial advisor, Eugene had completed law school and was in the midst of a busy legal career. His work included investigating high-profile international cases involving major publicly traded corporations. The facts in the cases often read like the fiction Eugene had been reading over the years. And by 2007, Eugene’s extensive international travel, his legal career, and the Internet had erased the disadvantages he had faced the first time he attempted a novel. The Persian Gambit, his first novel, was written in under a year.
Description: Mid-level State Department analyst, Peter Graser, is in a world of trouble. Nothing or no one is as it seems. He's been set up as the fall guy, and he's in way over his head. Graser is on the run through Europe and the Middle East for answers that will prove his innocence. But what he eventually finds is shocking. It will cause him to rethink basic truths about his friends and family. It will provide him the means to alter the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. And it will force him to confront an evil so terrible that it could result in the deaths of thousands.
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Offered by chrisvaccari (publisher): I hope you enjoy Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms as much as we do. I am Chris Vaccari, the Library Marketing Director of Sterling.
Description: Enter a wonderful world filled with real magic, mystery, and danger. As if being small and having S. Horten as his name isn't bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends.But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart's swept up in an extraordinary adventure: the quest to find his great-uncle Tony—a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth—and Tony's marvelous, long-lost workshop. Along the way, Stuart reluctantly accepts help from the annoying triplets next door… and encounters trouble from another magician who's also desperate to get hold of Tony's treasures. A quirky, smart, charming page-turner, Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms will enchant young readers—as well as teachers, librarians, and parents.
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Offered by BarryWilldorf (author): This is a giveaway as part of a book launch promotion. If you wish to read an excerpt it is available by looking up SEE YOU IN COURT! in the Scribd bookstore.
The giveaway is for ebooks only. No print available at this time.
Sorry, this book is not intended to be a substitute for an attorney's professional advice.
Description: Is there a courtroom scene in your upcoming novel? A trial in your future? Somebody busted, sued, divorced, subpoenaed, called to jury duty? (Hopefully, it isn’t you.) But let’s say you want to get it right in your story or just understand what’s going on in court. Now you can get the straight scoop. SEE YOU IN COURT! : What trial lawyers know about the courtroom experience that YOU should too? Written by a lawyer with more than 100 trials, both civil and criminal. Let me help you understand how lawyers pick juries, structure witness testimony and craft arguments in language everyone can understand.
This book is designed with U.S. courts in mind. Things are different in other countries.
THIS BOOK IS NOT INTENDED TO BE LEGAL SELF-HELP AND DOES NOT PURPORT TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GET WHEN YOU HIRE AN ATTORNEY.
"...enigmatic stories...pazzling and eerie..." — Kirkus Indie Reviews
FOUR D is a first book from the trilogy. It is a puzzle book. As storyline progress all characters will be interconnected... Four D consists of four chapters: “Space”, “Four Rooms”, “The Principle of Luidgi”, and “Guest”. “Space” is a story about disappearances. The characters lives in a world of disappearing people and objects, which might or might not be important. In such a flexible reality, one should not get used to or attached to anything. However, the main character falls in love and finds a best friend despite all risks. To top it all off, he is visited by Space—the power that stands behind all the disappearances. “Four Rooms” is a story about a young woman called Elise. Elise had always been a prisoner of her own mind. But at some point everything took a turn. She had to make a stand when she found herself at a life changing situation in a dark room with four doors. She has to open all doors and enter every room with its own mystery and secrets and has to do it immediately. Going through the four rooms is a challenge Elise has to complete to find something she needs so badly – the truth. “The Principle of Luidgi” is a story about Luidgi. Luidgi has everything: a beautiful girlfriend, a good job, a lovely apartment, trusted friends but instead of being happy and grateful he’s sick and tired of it all. Luidgi decide to change everything despite all costs. “Guest” is a story about the character who wants to meet the Guest. Finally one day he makes decision to do “it” and Guest arrives. Now all his questions are about to be answered, but is it really what he wants? These tense mysterious stories with incredibly engaging plots will not leave any reader feeling indifferent.
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Offered by ZackZage (publisher): Advanced review copies of Ambition's Not An Awful Word, offered by publisher, Ivy Court Press
Description: When Mrs. Grundy asks her fourth grade class what they want to be when they grow up, Zack Zage goes all out. To his dismay, his precocious dreams are not met with great enthusiasm. Your kids will love this story about an ambitious little kid with big dreams. Ambition’s Not An Awful Word will have you and your kids laughing out loud. The illustrations by Adam Watkins are fabulous. And, the glossary is unforgettably funny. It is a gift to all the parents who have struggled to stay awake while reading a bedtime story to the kids.
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Offered by suelander: My name is Sue, and I'm hosting this giveaway on behalf of my professor, the author of this book. He is a popular lecturer at school due to his expertise, humor, and ability to engage the students. When I read his first novel, I was so impressed that I became determined to get it out there and got copies of the book from him to give away so that others can enjoy it as well!
Description: At the height of the Roman Empire, legionaries try—and fail—to enslave the Celts of Northern Britain. In desperation, the Romans build a wall across the entire island. While her brothers lead the tribes in rebellion against the Empire's tyranny, Neeve spies in the key Roman fort above Antoninus' Wall. She loathes all things Roman, but is somehow drawn to the demanding young fort commander, Vectis. Meanwhile, political machinations in Rome threaten to destroy them both. In the end, Neeve must choose between loyalty to her people and her love for Vectis.
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Offered by JolieBeaumont (author): This is the first book in my new historical mystery series set in Regency England, and I would very much appreciate reviews on Amazon.com. Therefore, I'll be sending recipients an Amazon.com "gift card" for the Kindle ebook version. Thanks to all who are interesting in reading the book!
Description: It is the summer of 1812. Wellington is fighting Napoleon's army in Spain, Lord Byron is dazzling the Beau Monde with the first Canto of his Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - and Viscount Percy Ainsford Foster Ashe is discovered dead in a shabby boarding house in Brighton.
It is assumed that the young man, whose gambling debts were considerable, has committed suicide. But then a suspicious silver locket is discovered by Lady Charlotte Ashe, the dead lord's now penniless widow, and Theo Bryght, a Bow Street Runner from London, is called in to investigate what is now suspected to be murder.
Who would want to murder Viscount Ashe? Is there more to his gambling addiction than meets the eye? Is there any chance that Lady Ashe will ever recover her lost fortune? These questions haunt Lady Ashe after she returns to her home in the North York Moors - for as she soon finds out, her husband's death may be just the first canto in a deadly ode to revenge.
Description: On a chilly morning in Taos, New Mexico, a 17-year-old paperboy breaks the window of a 31-year-old hair stylist — an accident that marks the beginning of an instant, inexplicable bond between them. In the course of one high-desert summer, Joshua and Sabrina share confidences, intercede in each other’s love lives, go on a date that scandalizes the town, and confront questions of fidelity, desire, and the nature of love.
“With his trademark grace, elegance and economy, Al Riske captures the heart and teases the imagination in Sabrina’s Window.” — Greg Bardsley, author of Cash Out, forthcoming from Harper Perennial
“Sabrina’s Window is a pure pleasure to read. Al Riske does an excellent job of creating colorful, realistic characters. The story is brought to life while the author blends the story into the beautiful Taos scenery. Doing so gives the novel a very unique flavor and I highly recommend it.” — Paige Lovitt, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“This book invites you in and then shuts the door quietly behind you, allowing you to share moments between characters in a private space with an atmosphere of intimacy that may leave you afraid to breathe for fear of intruding.” — Douglas Edwards, author of I’m Feeling Lucky: the Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
“Al Riske captures the currents of love, desire and temptation coursing through all of us, and shows us how an unlikely friendship helps a boy become a man.” — Robert Baty, author of Vintage Conner and The Girl in the MGA
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Offered by par2323 (author): The second in my Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth mystery series, PAPOOSED is a light, cozy mystery.
Description: The Happy Haven Assisted Living Facility is a home for senior citizens—not newborn babies. So, when one of the kitchen workers asks ninety-year-old resident Essie Cobb to secretly care for his missing co-worker’s infant, she is flabbergasted, but determined. Along with her intrepid friends–-Marjorie, Opal, and Fay–-amateur sleuth Essie sets out to hide and protect the baby–and find his missing mother. Unfortunately, she isn’t expecting to have to deal with exterminators, suspicious neighbors, virus outbreaks, and the snowstorm of the century. Luckily, Essie is one smart cookie and if anyone can manage to reunite a mother and child right before Christmas–-it’s Essie.
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Offered by AGPadgett (author): The Necklace is the first book in the Archer Family Regency romantic mystery series. Each book stands alone and the others don't have to be read, or read in any particular order. The Necklace is being given away in honor of the upcoming release of the fourth book in the series, Escaping Notice which will be out in early March, 2012. Enjoy!
Description: A scoundrel tries to steal a vowel (an IOU) only to find his heart stolen instead.
When Oriana's uncle brings home a wounded associate, Mr. Chilton Dacy, to nurse, she can't help but wonder what sort of scoundrel he might be. Her uncle has a long and sad history of befriending miscreants of the worst sort. Then she finds a lost necklace and her worries only increase. The necklace bears a curse promising a hideous death to anyone who possesses it, and it seems as if it might come true when she's blamed for the murder of a virtual stranger.
Can Chilton prove her innocence, or is Oriana destined for a personal relationship with the hangman's noose?
Description: “The Art of Expectations” is a new perspective on the way we see human actions. As with Einstein’s theory of relativity where all actions have a similar reaction, so do our emotions. These emotions are controlled by expectations that cycle from one extreme to the other.
“The Art of Expectations” shows us how we cycle from high expectations to low and repeat the process through our entire lives thereby controlling our actions. Because we cycle from one extreme to another, our actions become predictable. It is at these extreme highs and lows where change in our lives lies.
Why does the Stock Market go Up and Down?
The simple answer is, market expectations. Wall Street wants us to believe that the stock market is a complicated economic forecaster, when in fact it is just a barometer of a group’s expectation.
When a group’s expectations are falling so does the markets value. When expectations are rising the market’s value is also rising. Change occurs at the extreme high or low in expectations. As with individual expectations, groups have expectations limits where conditions cannot get any worse or better.
You will learn three things in “The Art of Expectations”
1. How Expectations influence our decisions and shape our world and the world around us.
2. How to use expectation cycles to predict outcomes.
3. How to construct and track the NEW Stock Market Expectations Indicator.
Expectations make sense of the stock market’s movements and our own actions.
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Offered by Marla.Handy (publisher): Winners are asked to review this book on LibraryThing and/or to tell their friends about it, but only if they feel comfortable doing so.
Description: "Rarely can a person who has lived through trauma reflect on it with the clarity and perspective that leads to compassion and understanding without creating another tell-all memoir seeking pity. Marla Handy has a steady hand in her writing, chooses each word carefully, making this a compelling read. I read it in one sitting, unable to put the book down." — Judy Fitch Robert, Amazon Review
"The book is a compelling account of life during and after violation, told in voice that combines humor, rage, frustration and hard-earned wisdom." — Frank M. Ochberg, MD
"This book is great for someone who has PTSD or loves some one with it, particularly when the PTSD is non-combat related." — Cierra Shore, Amazon Review
No Comfort Zone: Notes on Living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Marla Handy
No Comfort Zone exposes a jagged slice of humanity that is all too present, but often shielded from our view. The author challenges us to see life as she does, so we can understand a bit of what it’s like to live with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). With insight and humor, she describes the fear and unpredictability of growing up in an unstable household, the terror of being raped as a young adult, and the confusion and shame of living with perceptions and reactions that are often so very different from others’. After years of treatment for depression, a diagnosis of PTSD came as a surprise. Isn’t this something that only happens to combat veterans? But it made sense. In writing this highly personal account, Marla Handy helps the rest of us understand what PTSD is and that it happens here at home, too.
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Offered by VernaClay (author): Dream Kisses kicks off the Romance on the Ranch Series. I have five PDF copies to give away. A review is appreciated.
Description: Sarah Carter, a.k.a Mims Murphy, meets Sage Tanner at Imaginings Publishing while he's posing for the cover of her soon-to-be-released romance novel. After being bulldozed into a coffee break with him by her publisher, Sissy Johansen, an embarrassing incident makes Sarah furious and she walks out. Of course, fate has a wonderful way of intervening in matters of the heart. After deciding her book needs realism, she signs up for "dude" lessons at Lazy M Dude Ranch. Imagine her chagrin when she discovers the owner of the ranch is none other than Mr. Tanner himself! Yep.
Description: When Millie Coldfield takes up the gun, it's a matter of family honor.
The Coldfield household is on the rocks. Mary Jane leaves Bill and her three children for his friend. Bill is too numb to take action. The teenage daughter, Millie, must act. She must keep the family clothed and fed. But that isn't so simple for a ranching family living in the Arizona desert.
And everyone insists on reminding Millie that her mother's a whore. What is she going to? Forget pain and hurt, stick with determination and grit, and raise her siblings with no help from Bill? Or succumb to the obviating passion of violence?
Read here in this novella, the bounty of the desert harvest.
Offered by sblerner (author): As an author/publisher I've found that while many people enjoy the book, men and women alike, it's difficult to get the word out. If you read it and like it, then please post a review! Or send me a note on my website (http://sblerner.com) or through librarything. It's great to hear from readers.
Description: (Available for Kindle only). An engrossing collection of funny, poignant and bittersweet stories about busy young women who find men in all the wrong places (the garage attendant across the street, the stay-at-home dad in the playground, the younger man at the diner counter) and discover something about themselves in the process.
The short stories and memoir were previously published in literary magazines and newspapers.
Description: Morgan Vallentyne is trapped. A direct descendent of Morgan le Fey, he knows he is destined for greatness — but cannot access the magical abilities that should be his. When he learns that he has only one month to achieve his full powers, he begins to lose hope. But after a violent storm throws a beautiful girl into his path, the magic begins. Adriana Hayden is desperate to be free. Born to paint the natural world with unprecedented passion and vision, she is fenced in by the conventions of 19th century English society. But after meeting the handsome and mysterious Morgan, her world begins to open to enchanted possibilities she could never have imagined. Brought together by the forces of nature, their love is fanned by the winds of fate. The only way to fulfill their destinies is for each to unlock the powers of the other — through the magical tempest of their passions.
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Offered by JKSCommunications: We have five ereader copies for giveaway, and will contact winners upon completion of the giveaway.
Description: Strange things can happen in Manhattan. My first novel, Trial of Tears, is a tough, funny, sexy and fast-paced story set in New York City. Think of ‘Pulp Fiction’ crossed with ‘This Is Spinal Tap’. Pete Watts is a former undercover narcotics cop who got way too close to his job. He now runs a music rehearsal studio in which all manner of eccentric musicians come through. His soon to be ex-girlfriend is a talented singer with a sleazy manager who is in the habit of giving his clients drug habits, occasionally overdosing them to move their recordings up the charts, with the full support of the shady entertainment company for whom he works. This universe of people is inexorably drawn into a war between two violent drug gangs, viewed through the perspective of the Napoleonic leader of one gang. He has recently signed on a strange, but beautiful ex-mercenary, who wears makeup in the form of multi-colored tears running down her face. These tears are, in fact, decals on which different poisons are concealed, hence the title. Some survive the Trial of Tears, some don’t. The story’s taut climax is set in a posh townhouse in which only the courageous will emerge unscathed.While it certainly has its share of humor, action and suspense, it is also a story of friendship and redemption, as well as being a love letter to New York City.
Description: Who invented the airplane? Hint: not the Wright Brothers. This gorgeous picture book tells the TRUE story. A Parents Choice Award winner. "Exciting!" says the Wall Street Journal. "One of Eight Books That Just Might Change Your Life" says Wyld About Books.
Description: “Funny, stylish, and always engrossing ... extraordinarily well-drawn and psychologically realistic. All in all, it's a vastly entertaining and also poignant work, and it made me very curious about and sympathetic to the worlds of BDSM and of drug-addled dreamers.” —Anna Biller, writer-director of the neo-sexploitation film, VIVA
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)
* A youthful bohemian satire, * a story of alienated nonconformists, * a "girls on the lam" story, * a sexploitation and S/M romp, * a spoof of cult celebrity and "true-life" tabloid sensationalism:
PERMANENT OBSCURITY
Inspired by the underground sexploitation films of the 1960s, this bold updating of the "roughie" subgenre and lampoon of auteur filmmaking largely takes place in New York City's East Village (circa the Bush era), and it chronicles the rise and fall of a unique and intense relationship. Dolores and Serena, two chemically dependent, down-and-out artists set out to take control of their lives by making a fetish-noir/femdom movie. Of course, things don't exactly turn out as planned.
Description: Set in downtown New York City, THE LOSERS' CLUB tells the story of Martin Sierra, an unlucky writer addicted to the personals. His journey brings us into the East Village, pre-9/11 — and in contact with Nikki, his dream woman, who remains unattainable romantically yet becomes his friend and confidant during his illuminating misadventures. A romantic comedy and coming-of-age story.
"Every generation must describe for itself what it means to be a young writer or artist struggling with anonymity and a mountain of rejection slips in a city like New York. Richard Perez's THE LOSERS' CLUB tracks the poet Martin Sierra's melancholy and yet somehow humorous and hopeful life with an acid, yet not unsympathetic, pen. Perez has written a sharp, quick-paced satire of the personal ads subculture and the generally doomed semi-relationships it leads to, the bizarre and manic club life, where slam-dancing and other dangerous sports fail to mask the chronic—one might say terminal—loneliness of the participants. I especially like how the kaleidoscopic whirl of people and objects energizes the author and delights the reader with an almost photographic sense of time and place." —Robert Siegel, author: Best-selling author of THE WHALESONG TRILOGY
"Richard Perez's THE LOSERS' CLUB moves fast without blurring, and documents New York City in all its self-invented variety: kitsch/retro bars and cafes, goth vampires, dyke rock bands, desperately clever personal ads, the endless cruise for a parking space, and loneliness so relentless its victims wind up feeling stillborn. In its quicksilver way, Perez's novel manages to be cheerful, bleak, and edgy all at once." —John Vernon, author: A BOOK OF REASONS, PETER DOYLE
"I was hooked. I couldn’t put it down until I finished.... I was simply impressed that these were real, instantly recognizable people ... poor lonely bastards of every stripe resorting to utter humiliation and personal endangerment in the barest hope of hooking up with a kindred spirit. It’s a brave book with a great deal of heart." —Poppy Z. Brite, author: LOST SOULS, LIQUOR: A NOVEL
"A story of youth, very well told, and it dwells in the mind long after a reader finishes it." —Joanne Greenberg, author: I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN
"A very beautiful valentine to a time and place almost faded from existence." —Mary Gaitskill, author: BAD BEHAVIOR, VERONICA
"THE LOSERS’ CLUB gives a complete panoramic view of the downtown New York scene of the '90s, and along with all its flamboyant extremes... this novel has an appealingly old fashioned love story at its core." —Madison Smartt Bell, author: ALL SOULS' RISING, TEN INDIANS
Description: A small American city is under siege. A group of starving artists- led by a reclusive, sweatpants-wearing billionaire- are determined to overthrow the government by any means necessary. With little hope for peace, a neurotic young gadabout- fresh off a failed suicide attempt- takes it upon himself to save his hometown from ruin. Along the way he encounters revolutionaries, nitwits, weirdos, perverts, dreamers, and something called Danceramics. Humorous, absurd, and often profound, The Great Peace takes on art, politics, philosophy, and class with unflinching verve and wit.
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Description: The year is 1968 and the Vietnam War is at its height. William Carson, a World War II veteran teaching in a small New England boarding school, has for more than two decades been haunted by nightmares whose content he has never shared with his wife, Anne, or their two sons, Joshua, a Marine on active duty in Vietnam, and Andrew, an ROTC college senior bound for active duty following graduation. When Joshua is reported missing in combat, the web of secrets and denial that has kept the family together for more than twenty years begins to unravel as Anne and William face the possible loss of their sons and Andrew must confront the tangle of love, obligation, and loyalty that he feels toward his country, his father, his brother, his mother, and himself. Nothing Left to Lose is a story of betrayal across generations – of fathers who send sons to war and mothers who let them go – and the redeeming power of love and forgiveness.
"Tragedy seems to beget more tragedy. Nothing Left to Lose is the story of the Carson family, as they cope with the pressures that come with the Vietnam War in 1968, as their son vanishes while fighting in the war. Wounds from World War II emerge, and the family seems to begin to implode upon itself as generations are pitted against one another, Nothing Left to Lose is a riveting read that will prove quite hard to put down, highly recommended." Midwest Book Review
"In Nothing Left To Lose, the hard teachings of the Vietnam War are reflected in one family’s anguished choices, and with a depth of compassion that reveals fresh meaning today. This beautiful and engrossing novel lets us see what war-making costs the soul of a nation, and especially its men. Here we find both a chronicle of an age and a prayer for our future, perfectly tuned to this historical moment." Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self
"Allan Johnson’s mournful yet ultimately hopeful novel captures beautifully what history textbooks always miss: that wars overseas exact enormous emotional and familial costs at home, and that for men especially, it can be just as heroic to resist wars as it is to fight in them." Jackson Katz, Ph.D., creator of the video, Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity, and author of The Macho Paradox
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Offered by Zachgo (author): I am the author of The Rocking Horse. Current reviews have been encouraging and I’m anxious to receive additional feedback.
Description: Can a family that has been savagely ripped apart find healing and redemption? Are the mysteries hidden in the human heart destined to reveal themselves? The Rocking Horse, Gloria Zachgo's spellbinding suspense novel, charts the harrowing emotional journey of one family that is torn asunder, then magically drawn together again.
Jenny Preston has been missing for twenty-two years after being taken at the age of two on the very night her mother Amanda, Aunt Ruth, and Uncle Don were brutally and senselessly murdered. While Jenny's grandparents learn to cope with the tragedies, the sheriff, Will Barclay, must grapple with his own guilt and secrets involving the murders. The crime, which rocked the small town of Shady Creek, Kansas, has never been solved.
More than two decades later, a woman who calls herself Julie Hendricks is led by a childhood toy to Shady Creek, where she finds refuge from an abusive husband. Living on her own for the first time in her life, she starts to regain her self esteem and make new friends. Her life is then turned upside down again when she discovers she may be the child that was abducted from this very town so many years ago.
With the encouragement of her new friends, and a very special someone, she returns to Chicago to learn the truth of her childhood history from her father. After a gripping turn of events, Julie returns to Shady Creek to wrestle with the emotional complexities of her new life and how her past life is starting to catch up with her. An unexpected hero comes to Julie's aid.
A story of family, home, and the grave consequences of actions, The Rocking Horse explores the aftermath of the most unimaginable heartache: the disappearance of a child. Fast-paced and full of intrigue, this riveting read mines the depths of the human heart on its road to recovery.
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Offered by BryanThomasS (author): 2 free personalized signed trade paperbacks of this book which made Honorable Mention on Barnes & Noble Book Club's Years Best SF Releases of 2011. All members who enter the giveaway can message the author with an email and receive a free sneak preview of book 2, The Returning.
Description: “If your reader’s heart longs for the Golden Age of Science Fiction–when good was good and bad was bad, and great characters fought against universal odds–then The Worker Prince is for you. Good, retro fun for the whole family.”— Jason Sanford, author Never Never Stories, Interzone What if everything you thought you knew about yourself and the world turned out to be wrong? For Davi Rhii, Prince of the Boralian people, that nightmare has become a reality. Freshly graduated from the prestigious Borali Military Academy, now he’s discovered a secret that calls into question everything he knew about himself. His quest to rediscover himself brings him into conflict with his friends and family, calling into question his cultural values and assumptions, and putting in jeopardy all he’s worked for his whole life. One thing’s for sure: he’s going to have to make decisions that will change his life forever…
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Don't Look Before You Leap is available in all electronic formats available at Amazon and also as a paperback.
My second book "This is NOT a Serious Book," should be out shortly. I hope you find it even funnier than the first.
I am requesting reviews posted to major sites, such as Amazon. Thanks and enjoy!
Description: Guaranteed at least a laugh per page! Also, you will receive answers to questions like: Why are people afraid of heights? Can junk food be the entire part of a healthy diet? How to get hired by a major airline? As an added bonus learn the five theorems of car ownership, full-proof advice on how to get rich, why you may NOT want to convert a vehicle to run on vegetable oil and much more...
Offered by LDC_Fitzgerald (author): I'm giving away two copies of DESTINATION DEALEY: Countdown to the Kennedy Conspiracy as KINDLE gift purchases. You can download a winning copy to your Kindle device, or Kindle for PC/Mac.
Best wishes, LDC Fitzgerald
Description: Fifty years ago in Dealey Plaza . . . WHO CONSPIRED TO KILL JFK?
A desperate escape from a tyrannical government. A mind-boggling journey to alter history. The shocking truth about a sinister conspiracy . . . revealed.
COUNTDOWN TO NOVEMBER 22, 1963: The year is 2013. Coerced to build a war-ending Anti-Matter weapon, female inmate scientists Iggy Mikos and Sera Banks blast out of federal prison. Americans have subsisted in an oppressive police state and a corrosive Russian war for fifty years. The bloody conflict ignited in 1963, when Soviet KGB operatives botched the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza.
With the US and Russia on the brink of Armageddon, Iggy and Sera recruit a team of wisecracking outlaws to embark on the ultimate mission: TO SAVE HUMANITY.
Relentlessly researched, the thrilling plotlines converge on the inescapable destination: Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Real-life eyewitnesses chronicle the events of November 22nd in pages ripped from their own testimony.
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Offered by HaroldTitus (author): The author, Harold Titus, wishes to give away 2 copies and requests book reviews in hopes of stimulating interest in his historical novel. He invites readers to read samples of his writing on other websites including his book URL and reviews of his book on amazon.com. Readers may read his author chat and a book review on his LibraryThing author's page by clicking "Crossing the River."
Description: "Crossing the River" brings to life General Thomas Gage's failed attempt Apr. 19, 1775, to seize and destroy military stores stockpiled at Concord, Massachusetts Colony. Characters of high and ordinary station, choosing to or forced to participate, must confront their worst fears. Revealing the hubris, stupidity, viciousness, cowardice, valor, resiliency, and empathy of many of the day's participants, "Crossing the River" is both a study of man experiencing intense conflict and the varied outcomes of high-risk decision-taking.
Description: Voted Best Sci-Fi Fantasy Novel in 2011 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll!
As Zero Time nears, only Keihla Benton can save two worlds from the powers of Darkness. But first she must unlock the secrets of Machu Picchu and her own past.
Xmucane leads an expedition to Earth to overcome a genetic flaw that threatens the people of Omeyocan with extinction, but she soon finds herself involved in a very personal battle that pits mother against daughter and sister against sister. With the help of the time-traveling Great Serpent Quetzalcoatl, she leaves the Southern Temples to arrive in present-day Machu Picchu as the expedition’s time-window closes.
When Philadelphia science writer Keihla Benton joins an archeological team at Machu Picchu, she learns the Andean prophesies about 2012 have special meaning for her. Only she can end the cycle of Darkness that endangers Earth at the end of the Mayan calendar. As she uncovers secrets from the past, which threaten her life and those she loves, Keihla struggles to keep the powerful Great Crystal from the Lord of Darkness and his consort.
Xmucane and Keihla work together as Earth and Omeyocan near alignment with the galaxy’s dark heart for the first time in 26,000 years. They must seize the last chance to restore the cycle of Light to Earth and return to the Pleiades with a cure, no matter what the cost to their hearts.
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Offered by CambriaHebert (author): Giveaway of one paperback copy of Masquerade (Heven and Hell #1). This giveaway is open to the residents of the USA and Canada.
Description: Before. Everything was so much better Before. I wasn’t haunted by nightmares, my place at school was secure and my face was flawless. Now, I’m a freak and everything has changed. The worst part is that I can’t remember the night I was sentenced to the shadows. The memory has been stolen from me and I just can’t shake the feeling that someone, something is out there -watching. Just when I think I have my life handled, Sam, with his intimidating golden stare and shiver inducing voice, makes me realize that I don’t know anything. He makes me see that my scars don’t matter. That they never mattered. I can’t help but fall for him, completely unknowing that he knows exactly how I got this way. Not knowing he was involved. *** Heven has no idea how closely death stalks her. She has no idea what I have done to keep her alive. I fear the day she learns my secrets, finds out what I really am. But even then I cannot stop, I vow to make things right. Finally her hunter will be hunted, Heaven and Hell, faith and sin will battle, and we will be victorious. But first, Heven must learn to be what she never imagined. I know her strength is there – I feel it. If we are to overcome all odds, she must push past her flaws - her frailties - to become much more.
Description: What price would you pay to revisit a crossroad in your life when you had made a terrible, life altering mistake? Would you give up an unfulfilled life for the chance of virtual happiness in a computer-generated alternate reality? Would you sacrifice everything if you could attain absolute knowledge? If so, could you live with the knowledge you attained? It is said that no person is an island, but what if even the least among us is a god in his/her own right? If an alien visitor offered you a lifetime of health and the gift of telepathy in exchange for a small service, would you be quick to accept? And if consciousness utilizes only a small portion of our brain, what function does the larger, presumably unused portion actually serve?
These are some of the questions explored in this collection of science fiction and speculative fiction short stories that probes the interrelationship between dreams and reality, the nature of reality itself, and the dangers attendant to the single-minded pursuit of wish fulfillment with its attendant unexpected and unwanted consequences.
Most of the short stories published here were written and revised over a period of more than thirty years (1977- 2011) and, with the exception of "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream," have not been previously published.
This is the paperback version of the book. A Kindle version is also available through Amazon.com.
Description: Four days before Valentine’s Day, Liese Hansfeld is determined to shut the door to her house, as well as her heart, for her annual four days of mourning her one true love. Little does she know her best friend Freytag Meier is just as determined to keep her from her ritual. He’s ready to pick the lock to her apartment door and camp in her living room if that’s what it takes.
What Freytag isn’t prepared for is the surge of deep-rooted emotions he feels for Liese, but two things stand in his way: the grief and guilt she still clutches close to her heart, and a man who threatens to snatch Liese from under Frey’s watchful eye. Frey is determined to distract her into forgetting her pain. But is that enough to ease her grief, or help her see he can be more than her best friend?
Description: In The Chase, Clive Cussler introduced an electrifying new hero, the tall, lean, no-nonsense detective Isaac Bell, who, driven by his sense of justice, travels early-twentieth-century America pursuing thieves and killers . . . and sometimes criminals much worse.
It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in his best man, and Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteur haunts the hobo jungles of the West, a man known as the Wrecker, who recruits accomplices from the down-and-out to attack the railroad, and then kills them afterward. The Wrecker traverses the vast spaces of the American West as if he had wings, striking wherever he pleases, causing untold damage and loss of human life. Who is he? What does he want? Is he a striker? An anarchist? A revolutionary determined to displace the "privileged few"? A criminal mastermind engineering some as yet unexplained scheme?
Whoever he is, whatever his motives, the Wrecker knows how to create maximum havoc, and Bell senses that he is far from done-that, in fact, the Wrecker is building up to a grand act unlike anything he has committed before. If Bell doesn't stop him in time, more than a railroad could be at risk-it could be the future of the entire country.
Filled with intricate plotting and dazzling set pieces, The Wrecker is one of the most entertaining thrillers in years.
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Offered by RoeschLeisure: Paperback edition in good condition. It is a 2011 publication, so a review would be nice.
Description: When the Fleet is challenged by an alien armada from the other side of the galaxy, the Fleet constructs the Stephen Hawking, an enormous mobile base for thousands of soldiers and warships... and the overstressed crew prepares for a direct assault by a deadly insectoid race. But the pressures of combat and close quarters have taken their toll, threatening to turn the crew to the enemy's prime advantage.
Description: Acclaimed author L. E. Modesitt, Jr. continues his new Recluce story in Mage-Guard of Hamor, the second of two volumes set mostly on the continent of Hamor, far across the sea from Recluce, where the story began.
Rahl was a young apprentice on the island of Recluce sent to the mages training school for testing, then banished to Hamor. His education now continues under dangerous circumstances. In Hamor, his powers have increased, but so has the amount of trouble he attracts.
The whole society of Hamor is a new culture for Modesitt—and Rahl—to explore, one in which magic is a monopoly of the state. Rahl is a mage now, powerful and still just as dangerous to himself and to others. This is the story of how he gains both more knowledge and power, and more self-control.
Description: Sara Douglass has won leagues of fans worldwide for her epic tales of sorcery, forbidden love, and heart-pounding action. She revealed her biggest story yet with the DarkGlass Mountain saga, and now, at last, the dramatic finale to the epic trilogy!
Tencendor is no more. The land is gone. But a few SunSoars still remain, and a new foe walks the world.
Ishbel Brunelle, priestess of the Serpent Coil, and Maximilian, the Lord of Elcho Falling, have raised the magic of Elcho Falling, and found new allies against the darkness in the mysterious Lealfast. And more crucially still, Axis SunSoar, former god and current hero, has rediscovered the magical Star Dance and revived his legendary Strike Force to push back the evil hordes commanded by the DarkGlass Mountain.
But their enemy grows stronger through blood and betrayal, the Lealfast have their own agenda, and when unexpected treachery threatens, Axis SunSoar must face a darkness greater than any he has ever known.
Description: Maeve Binchy is back with a tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community.
When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can’t do it alone.
Fortunately, he has a competent, caring network of friends, family and neighbors: Lisa, his unlucky-in-love classmate, who moves in with him to help him care for little Frankie around the clock; his American cousin, Emily, always there with a pep talk; the newly retired Dr. Hat, with more time on his hands than he knows what to do with; Dr. Declan and Fiona and their baby son, Frankie’s first friend; and many eager babysitters, including old friends Signora and Aidan and Frankie’s doting grandparents, Josie and Charles.
But not everyone is pleased with the unconventional arrangement, especially a nosy social worker, Moira, who is convinced that Frankie would be better off in a foster home. Now it’s up to Noel to persuade her that everyone in town has something special to offer when it comes to minding Frankie.
Description: short comic novel about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown during a blizzard. A wealthy and depressed man (thanks to the economy he-s not quite rich enough to expand his cache of paintings by Vincent Van Guy, the famed Dutch realist) bound for Christmas in the tropics is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota to visit an ailing aunt. He arrives just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard. The electricity goes out, and when it does, figures from his childhood appear, and historical figures too, for a festive candlelit holiday. In his reverie, our man reaches an epiphany worthy of the season-he hears the harkening angels sing, he is awed by the silence of the night (dead quiet: not even TV) and when he is finally rescued, leaves North Dakota resolved to simplify his life.
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Offered by ElizabethVoss (author): Win an autographed, 1st edition hardcover of this paranormal debut! “Plenty of thrills, chills”—Kirkus Reviews
Description: A tale of ghosts, madness and other strange happenings in the remote mountain hamlet of Winslow, Washington during the summer of 2010.
When a mysterious plague of madness strikes, young Hazel Winslow is stunned as the people she has known all her life become sudden strangers. Her brainsick father, the sheriff, takes to the woods to hunt a creature of his wild imagining. Her boyfriend Sean Adair disappears with his own delusions and guilt. Ghosts storm her grandmother's neglected mansion. And Hazel—terrified of falling ill and losing her mind too—watches the entire town unravel around her.
Hazel is soon trapped in a world where hysteria and history collide, where the dead demand justice from the living and insist that their stories finally be told. Was Hawkin Rhone's banishment warranted or unjust? Was death by Sean Adair's hand self-defense or murder?
Hazel searches for Sean in a once familiar landscape turned surreal—and dangerous. Sean had killed to protect her, so now she must protect him. But how can she protect Sean when Hawkin Rhone won't stay in his grave?
“A strikingly original idea”—Douglas Preston, New York Times Bestselling Author
“An entertaining small town supernatural thriller. The fun in the tale is following stunned Hazel as her family, friends and neighbors go insane leaving her as the last one standing.”—Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
On Library Journal’s list of First Novels | Fall Fundamentals—“First novels that promise good reading.”
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Alice, Summer, and Tiernan are ex-best friends. Back in middle school, the three girls were inseparable. They were also the number one fans of the rock band Level3. But when the band broke up, so did their friendship. Summer ran with the popular crowd, Tiernan was a rebellious wild-child, and Alice spent high school with her nose buried in books. Now, just as the girls are about to graduate, Level3 announces a one-time-only reunion show. Even though the concert’s 2000 miles away, Alice buys three tickets on impulse. And as it turns out, Summer and Tiernan have their own reasons for wanting to get out of town. But on the long drive cross-country, the girls hit more than a few bumps in the road. Will their friendship get an encore or is the show really over?
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Offered by uhume (author): I'm giving away a signed, first edition copy of my debut novel! You can find out more about it (and read Chapter One) on my website: www.ulricahume.com
Description: Where was my real soul mate, I wanted to know, and why were there no twitchy children on my lap, and how had I been so dumb to believe that beauty’s currency would never run out? So, Paris….
Justine’s life is uncertain when she meets Miles Peabody on the Eurostar. She has lost her job, her fiancé, everything except her dream of becoming an artist.
Miles Peabody, a retired librarian and beekeeper, has always led a cautious, philosophical life. Now, faced with his mortality, he needs a miracle.
Drawn inexplicably to each other, their relationship is tested when Miles invites Justine to join him on a Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage. But before she can answer, Miles goes missing. Desperate to find him, and nudged by the French police, Justine slips into a dark night of the soul.
An Uncertain Age by Ulrica Hume is a quirky, interfaith novel about astonishing grace, and longing in all its forms.
“Ulrica Hume is literate, smart, painfully honest, and often slyly, redemptively funny, and she has suffused her story with the rare urgency of a genuine spiritual quest.” ~Tim Farrington, The Monk Downstairs
“…And while the novel’s sophisticated layers of meaning engaged my adult mind, its wildly adventurous plot, its vivid descriptions of far-away places, and its cast of wonderfully eccentric characters drew me in to an experience of reading that I haven’t had since I was a child.” ~Noelle Oxenhandler, The Wishing Year
Description: The book Your Soul’s Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born by Robert Schwartz (www.yoursoulsplan.com) explores the premise that we are all eternal souls who plan our lives, including our greatest challenges, before we’re born for purposes of spiritual growth. The book contains ten true stories of people who planned physical illness, having disabled children, deafness, blindness, drug addiction, alcoholism, losing a loved one, and severe accidents. The information about their pre-birth plans was obtained by four gifted mediums and channels. The book presents the actual conversations people had with their future parents, children, spouses, friends, and other loved ones when they planned their lives together. For readers, suffering that once seemed purposeless becomes imbued with deep meaning. Wisdom may be acquired in a more conscious manner; feelings of anger, guilt, blame, and victimization are healed and replaced by acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, and peace.
Author Bio
In a personal session with a medium in 2003, author Robert Schwartz was astonished to speak with nonphysical beings who knew everything about him - not just what he had done in life, but also what he had thought and felt. They told him that he had planned many of his most difficult experiences before he was born. Realizing that a knowledge of pre-birth planning would bring great healing to people and allow them to understand the deeper purpose of their life challenges, he decided to devote his life to the study of pre-birth planning. The extraordinary insights that have emerged from his work speak to our heartfelt, universal yearning to know . . . why.
This book is an eBook, not a physical book.
