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Description: Jack Wharton witnessed something beautiful, and yet impossible. In pursuit of an explanation, he explores a terrain just outside his front door that he’s never quite noticed before… and discovers quite a bit about himself as well. A 5,000-word story set in elegant Marblehead, Massachusetts, A Dance with Tilly follows fourteen-year-old Jack as he moves briskly through the bewitching worlds of ghosts, grief, and that perennial hair-raiser, girls.
Description: Talent Storm - A Fantasy Novel In a post-apocalyptic world, Jaden Stone dreamed of a relaxing life, with the woman he loved. He’s suddenly awoken to the horrors of reality when tragedy strikes the heart of him. In a flash, he perceives the world as it truly exists. His world isn’t safe; his world isn’t free. In his world, major players will stop at nothing to achieve control. In his world, the power struggle is waged with more than intelligence and strength; it’s waged with Talent—the powerful mental abilities that develop in a random few. Passion, love, betrayal, torture, mayhem... all are experienced in, “Talent Storm.”
Offered by oranburke (author): Hello, I'd like to offer 100 copies of Travels with Checkpoints in ebook form. The winners will receive a Smashwords coupon which will allow download of the book in several formats including mobi, epub and pdf.
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Description: “The captain had lost control of his spittle, which landed on my face as he spoke. He was also dribbling a bit. Plainclothes-man was trying to shout over the captain while the younger policeman just sat there smiling drunkenly, sporadically pointing at his lapel and saying ‘Politsia’. I was mostly silent now as opening my mouth would have resulted in a stream of saliva down my throat, and I didn’t feel our friendship had reached that level yet.”
Travelling to any country involves some contact with representatives of the government, be they police, army or immigration officers. Usually these officials are friendly and helpful but occasionally don’t act as expected.
Oran Burke has encountered a few too many of the latter type, from a cash-loving Uzbek doctor to a casually dressed Bolivian border guard. His journeys have taken him through remote desert checkpoints and busy land crossings, coming into contact with an assorted bunch of people who’ve both helped and hindered his passage. These meetings regularly gave an insight into the bureaucratic workings of a country but, above all, taught him to sit back when a drunken Kyrgyz policeman speaks.
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Offered by kelloish (author): Follow the White Rabbit is the first book in a series of five YA fantasy novellas. I am looking to find reviews for the first title to build interest in the series overall. Thanks!
Description: For centuries, Wonderland thrived as the domain of beautiful bedlam and unapologetic madness. It was a place like no other. All it took was one girl slipping in through the cracks of the universe to start chaos spiraling toward order. In the 150 years since Alice’s visit, the realm has become tainted—almost normal. Rabbits in waistcoats and playing card minions are little more than creatures of myth, and Wonderland is literally falling to pieces.
For Gwen, Rose, and Lucky, Wonderland is home, and yet they know little of its former glory. When the Alice prophecy resurfaces, they’ll have one chance to use Wonderland’s own legends to bring a little mayhem back into their reality. For she who controls Alice controls the fate of Wonderland.
Description: Elizabeth Bieler has always been second best in her family, especially when it comes to love. So when a local man takes a liking to her, she thinks things will finally be different. But after being dumped out of the blue, Elizabeth is forced back into the life of a single Amish girl and discovers that finding the true man of her dreams may be more difficult than she ever imagined possible.
Description: Everything was going right for Hannah Bieler. She just married the man of her dreams. She was getting ready to settle down and start a family. And she was enjoying the spoils of life. But Hannah's mother-in-law has different ideas about Hannah's life. The kind of ideas that could turn Hannah's life upside down.
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Offered by Gori (author): Warning! This book is very graphic. If you are easily offended or have a weak stomach, do not request this book!
Description: FOR ADULTS ONLY! The case of the Lakeshire Strangler baffles Detectives Tristan Rue and Silver Sorrow, until a survivor leads to a possible break in the case. Our victim, a teenage boy named Kiyoshi, is left in ruins, ravaged by the encounter. As Rue and Sorrow probe Kiyoshi for information, they find objectivity difficult to maintain. The truth proves damning, and Rue and Sorrow must make an impossible choice.
Linda was watching the news two summers ago when she saw her son's counselor on the Sunday Morning News speaking about the dangers of a designer drug that was hitting the streets. She wanted everyone to know how dangerous Bath Salts was. Seeing her and hearing what she had to say gave Linda the idea to write Road Salt.
While this book is completely fictional, the main idea of the teens taking the road trip south was sparked by an incident that happened in her daugter's life several years ago. Giving the reason why her daughter said, "Good book, but bad memories."
Description: There's nothing wrong with getting high, or so Carol and Karla felt in this Teen Contemporary, that is until Rod got high on Bath Salts.
Karla does not have a good relationship with her mother just like Carol. The two teen girls quickly become friends with two new boys on the block. They suggest taking a short vacation from parents and school and go on a road trip.
This trip quickly turns from being a fun time with friends and lovers to the worst time in their lives as they make their way across several states before it all falls apart. The mutual feeling about getting high begins to change for both Carol and Karla when Carol's boyfriend begins using Bath Salts. Their road trip goes to hell because of his usage of this new designer drug that neither of the girls have heard about.
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Offered by Tootsweet89: Hey everyone, I'm interested to get any and all feedback on my new young adult paranormal romance, Angel Diaries: Volume One. For anyone who reads the book, I'd love to get an honest review on whatever site you prefer (I would prefer Amazon). Thanks in advance! :)
Description: He was forbidden. Uncontrollable. Never to be seen, mentioned, or otherwise talked about. Until the nightmares began. Searing the screams, carnage and death into her skull. Forever.
Before this, Lindsey had a normal life. Somewhat. She had a boyfriend who was acting strange, an ex-boyfriend who has been too flirtatious and a best friend who turned psychic.
Once upon a time, the hardest decision Lindsey had to make was who she would take to the upcoming Winter Dance: her boyfriend, Phillip, or her ex, Luke. Now, she's not even human. She's an Angel.
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Offered by JCAndrijeski (author): I would like to provide some giveaway copies for the first book in my Allie's War series, Rook: Allie's War, Book One, to introduce people to the series and its characters, as well as to (hopefully) build up more of a review base for the book. Thanks much, and hope you enjoy it!
Description: Twenty-eight-year-old San Francisco native, Allie Taylor, knows she's got issues, but she at least thought she was human. Against a gritty and original backdrop of a modern-day San Francisco populated by a second race of beings, Allie discovers she is a member of an enslaved yet deeply powerful race, who believe Allie will free them from humanity. With her guide and bodyguard, Revik, a mysterious and deadly seer who kidnaps her before the authorities can arrest her for being not-human, Allie must learn how to harness the power of who she really is...or end up a slave like the rest of her race.
Description: Amish girl Clara Bieler has always been curious about the outside world. She has felt a calling that takes her beyond Lancaster. But in leaving the only home she's ever known for the city, Clara's life is about to change in ways she never imagined.
Hi - I'm A.B. Shepherd. I'm offering free ebook copies of my brand new sci-fi/suspense novel Lifeboat in hopes of getting some reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, Smashwords and anywhere else you'd like to leave one.
You don't have to be a sci-fi fan to love this book. It may have aliens and UFOs, but it is stronger on suspense and character than it is on sci-fi.
Just go to the link above and use the coupon code shown. It is good until May 31st. Thanks and I hope you enjoy my book.
Description: Cass Carmichael has lost everything; her husband, her son, and her will to live.
When natural disasters destroy the earth she is rescued by extra-terrestrials and taken to a new world where the human race can rebuild. But something is wrong here. Survivors are vanishing without a trace.
Can Cass unravel the riddle in time to save herself?
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Offered by MaryCFindley (author): Sophronia Belle Lyon is my grandmother's maiden name and my pen name for this series. This is the first in a Steampunk Literary Tribute series. The second book will be released May of this year, and I hope to get more reviews to help visibility.
Description: A literary dream team of crime fighters including nods to Dickens, Stevenson, Alcott, Austen, Kipling, Doyle, with plenty of homages to great books sprinkled throughout. Prowl the foggy London streets on the track of a ruthless enslaver of souls. Travel the Thames in a Giant Catfish. Soar over London in a stealth glider, and witness true redemptions and restorations no one ever imagined.
Offered by ABShepherd (author): Hi - I'm A.B. Shepherd. I'm giving away copies of my science fiction/suspense ebook, Lifeboat in hopes of garnering a few reviews. Even if you aren't a fan of science fiction as a rule, you will like this book. It may contain UFOs and aliens, but the suspense is the prevalent theme. I hope you will give it a try. :)
Description: Cass Carmichael has lost everything; her husband, her son, and her will to live.
When natural disasters destroy the earth she is rescued by extra-terrestrials and taken to a new world where the human race can rebuild. But something is wrong here. Survivors are vanishing without a trace.
Can Cass unravel the riddle in time to save herself?
The On Impulse series plays with the storytelling impulse: how we create our worlds, mold our minds, set our sights, and shape our legacies. In such a fast-paced culture each of us must be conscious of how words can operate for and against us. If you read the tag on a shirt and think, "Man. That's pretty manipulative," these books are for you. The series invites the reader to contemplate how we use language now: online, in full-length books, and with each other.
It would be great for some reviewers to read all the On Impulse books, to see whether the development of narrative really is successful over the course of the series.
But. Short of that, each book does stand on its own. If you enjoy short fiction, there should be something you’ll enjoy.
Three books are available now and two more are coming soon:
The War is Language: 101 Short Works 2000 Deciduous Trees: Memories of a Zine Love & Darts: Stories How to Cherish the Grief-Stricken: a Collection of Literary Short Stories Radar Road: the Best of On Impulse
The first book is raw, jumbled, and exists at the last limit of where an author conveys meaning to a reader. The fourth collection is refined, recognizable, and hopefully defends the import of craft in literary fiction.
Description: 2000 Deciduous Trees is an exploration of individual experience selected from Nath Jones’s ‘90s zine, The Skirt. The writing resists losing its balance during a time when gasoline was cheap and no one drove slowly on the cusp of the new millennium. The voice yearns for change. But nothing can be done in a twenty-something world where one-night stands get forgotten with execution-style murders.
Description: This boxed set features three Amish Romances including:
The Complete Elizabeth Bieler Collection Elizabeth Bieler has always been second best in her family, especially when it comes to love. So when a local man takes a liking to her, she thinks things will finally be different. But after being dumped out of the blue, Elizabeth is forced back into the life of a single Amish girl and discovers that finding the true man of her dreams may be more difficult than she ever imagined possible.
The Complete Hannah Bieler Collection Everything was going right for Hannah Bieler. She just married the man of her dreams. She was getting ready to settle down and start a family. And she was enjoying the spoils of life. But Hannah's mother-in-law has different ideas about Hannah's life. The kind of ideas that could turn Hannah's life upside down.
The Complete William Bieler Collection William Bieler has always wanted to forge his own path. He has rejected the legacy of becoming an Amish furniture maker just like his father. He's dreamed of a new life in the big city. But when a new Amish stranger rides into town and makes William's heart beat like no other, he has to evaluate what's most important to him.
Description: This set features all three Between Heaven & Hell stories.
Book 1 The year is 2195. Earth has been incinerated and human beings have built up a new empire halfway across the universe. But Nova Roma has grown too large to be sustained. The intergalactic senate rages wars throughout the galaxy while ignoring the brewing civil war at home.
Book 2 When one of the senators responsible for going to war with the Barbarans is poisoned at an orgy, Logan and Travner are thrown into an investigation that could rock the Nova Roman empire to its core. But for a war veteran like Travner, more than a homicide is at play.
Book 3 By 2198, it's clear the Nova Roman Empire will fall. The question is, do you stand tall until the end, or crumble under it's weight? For Logan and Travner, the deadly drug neurotox becomes their greatest enemy, leaving the most unlikely victims in it's wake.
Description: Charley wasn't about to let both his mother and girlfriend die on the same day. But when the rapture comes to the suburbs, it's an all out war for survival.
I'm really excited about my new book, "The PureLights of Ohm Totem". I'm giving away 100 copies in hope that you'll read it, enjoy it, and if you like it, write a review on Amazon or GoodReads or where ever else you like.
Thank you so much!
Brandon Ellis www.thepurelights.com
Description: Global Ebook Award Nominee, "The PureLights of Ohm Totem" by Brandon Ellis
PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS:
"One of the best books I have ever read, and probably the best I read so far this year." - Joana at Coffee Break
"I give this 5 out of 5...I highly recommend it." - Mindy Wall at Books, Books, and More Books.
DESCRIPTION:
"Two children from a forgotten land, ancestors of the Island of Ohm Totem, one being of the night walkers and the other of the sacred heart, will purify the energies, bring back the old ways, and unite the PureLights once again, putting an end to the coming Shiver."
~ Windstorm Prophecy
Zoey and Coda are like everyone else in their small town of Gladstone, but that's about to change - forever.
Zoey has a dream, one that feels far more real than it should. A strange wolf with a beautiful violet crystal embedded in his forehead visits her. "Please help us," the wolf implores with sad eyes. "Remember, Zoey, who you truly are." Zoey wakes up, dismissing it as a silly dream. However, she soon realizes that it was far more real than she could've ever imagined.
Coda is Zoey's older brother. Like many boys his age, he has a craving for adventure and a loathing for his younger sister. He can't stand it that she constantly gets in his way, joining in on all his fun, and ruining it in the process. The worst, according to Coda, is that Zoey gets all the attention from their parents. A big drag in his mind.
Then destiny arrives, one that Zoey and Coda must face together - if they want to survive.
Together, they journey to a place deep in the Cornell Forest, beyond the Snow Tree, through a patch of blackberry bushes concealing a secret portal that leads them to an ancient world called Ohm Totem - to the place of the PureLights, the race beckoning for their help. There, Zoey and Coda discover something so unique, so magical, and so sacred within themselves, that even those who called for them could not have known how powerful these two children really are.
Caught between an age old war and finding their way back home, Zoey and Coda go on an amazing adventure, taking them beyond the veils of everything they once knew, and into the terrifying grasp of the unknown.
With the storytelling creativity of authors like C.S. Lewis of the Chronicles of Narnia and the writing acumen of Erin Hunter of the Warriors and Seekers series, Brandon Ellis offers a captivating novel showcasing his skill and ingenuity as a storyteller. He's an author to watch.
The PureLights of Ohm Totem is Book I of an ongoing series. Book II, The PureLights & the PureLight Order, is soon to arrive on Amazon.
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Description: There’s nothing easy about being an eleven year old boy, especially for Jamie. As he takes the unsteady steps into adolescence, his days of knowing who his friends are and trusting the adults in his life are numbered. The only thing Jamie can really count on in this changing world is the love of his best friend, a horse named Acorn. Jamie and Acorn’s friendship has a magic that comes once in a lifetime—but the bullies around them want to rip that to shreds. Can their kindred connection survive as Jamie strives to carve out his identity?
This is book about bullying and true friendship that has already been endorsed by several anti-bullying organizations like: Schools Anti Bullying Web Gateway, End to Cyber Bullying Organization, Bullying Canada.
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Offered by John_E_Stith (author): To mark the 20th anniversary of the Tor Books hardcover edition of MANHATTAN TRANSFER, I hope to introduce the book to a new generation of readers. Giveaway winners will receive an Amazon Kindle ebook that's currently on sale for $2.99.
Description: When Manhattan—and everyone on it—is kidnapped into space by some unknown alien force, the humans trapped on the island are faced with a baffling (and terrifying) enigma. A new artificial dawn reveals that the city is encased in a bubble—resting on a vast plain, surrounded by dozens of other bubbles containing a multitude of alien cultures.
First published in hardcover by Tor Books and the Science Fiction Book Club in 1993. MANHATTAN TRANSFER was a Hugo Award Honorable Mention.
Stith's novel, REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS, was a Nebula Award finalist and features relativistic tricks as a sole crew member tries to foil a starship hijacking in an environment where the speed of light is ten meters per second.
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Description: Having been born in the 28th century, Mike Kepler never believed in the existence of Heaven or Hell. The myths of the old faiths had been abandoned and replaced with the teachings of The Church many centuries earlier. The young physicist is shocked to learn that there is an afterlife when he is recruited by the Taipei Corporation. It was created by a team of scientists rather than God.
Mike's job is to travel to the past and save people at the time of their deaths using advanced medical technology. The individuals are then brought back to the 28th century, judged on the sins they committed and sentenced to an eternity in the artificial Heaven or Hell. Mike quickly learns that the project is far less noble than it appears. He discovers that many of the people sentenced to eternal torment in Hell do not deserve their fate.
Description: “Janitor” is a story about a man whose skin pigments happen to be predominantly black, who exists in Southern society before the advent of a kinder and gentler America. Although he is not treated with respect at his custodial job or in town, he is the embodiment of affability and graciousness. One day, something dramatic happens to alter the shameful attitude of his fellow citizens toward him. “Love” is about the inviolate affection between a father and his daughter. As she lies dying on a hospital bed, he faithfully attends to her every need; it is here that we see their special bond, and the deep sorrow that compels him to desperate measures. “The Whispering Bells” is a tale about tiny creatures that seek adventure and excitement as they soar throughout the galaxies. Sometimes, they form long lines and watch young Bells catch meteoroids and perform entertaining routines on them. One of these Bells is not so cautious and he lands on a planet where he cannot fly, and this is where his real journey begins. “Crashing Into You” examines the life of a beautiful young woman and the consequences of her irresponsible actions. She speeds everywhere she goes, never thinking that her reckless driving might hurt someone; but one day she does hurt someone and goes to jail, and when she comes out, she is forced to examine her past life and the people she affected. “March of Life” takes place during World War II. American and Filipino soldiers are on a forced march by Japanese captors who mistreat and often murder those prisoners who displease them or who are unable to physically make the trek. One of the Japanese soldiers does not agree with this inhumane treatment. He finds a way to leave the island, but unfortunately lands on the Chinese coastline, and must somehow survive the very people his country is seeking to commit genocide against. “Autograph” profiles an old man who has had decades of nightmares about his role in the horrific bombing of another nation. He eventually realizes that he must go to this country and make amends with the people, but once there, he finds it is not an easy task. “Of Greater Significance than Mammon” begins with a dying man struggling to move along a snow-covered road. He is trying to get to the house where his wife and precious daughter live, but he soon collapses. A Good Samaritan comes along and learns from this man that there are assassins coming to kill the man’s family. The youth now must make a decision to run, merely help, or take action. “100” depicts the struggles of one hundred men in a bleak desert. They are cogitating on the methods to prevent a fast-moving truck with a deadly cargo from reaching a nearby city. These bald-headed men, dressed in beige clothes, have no weapons and very little time to resolve this dilemma. “Soul Love” begins with a man holding onto the railing of a boat, his other hand grasping his wife’s as she dangles above a tempestuous sea. Soon his grasp will weaken and she will fall into the boiling cauldron—but when his hold on her is gone, something miraculous happens. “A Purpose Given” profiles a wandering man who appears to be just like every bum or hobo who inhabits the landscape, but his past life was exemplary, and due to tragic circumstances, he has voluntarily left home and hearth to look for a greater purpose beyond his own life, and finds it.
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Description: Life is full of difficult choices. Decision-making is hard. Do I choose career "A" or career "B?" Do I spend money on "X" or "Y?" Should I stay; or, should I go? How to Find God's Will is a short, 3 step guide devoted to helping you confidently discern God's will in any decision in life.
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Offered by vangiewilliams (author): Be one of the first readers to experience Marguerite's journey to overcome decisions of the past that affect her future. Vangie Williams and Asypr Publishing is giving away 25 print copies of book 1 of the Broken Life Journals Series - A Fight For Forever.
We are looking for reviews on the book and it's description and would love for you to enter this giveaway. We request reviews be posted at Librarything, Amazon, Goodreads and any other venues where you post reviews. Thank you again for entering and enjoy.
Description: This is a romantic tale of steamy passion and boiling fervor, which also wraps itself in the arms of virtually unexplored history. Moreover, this zeal-filled story crosses time, racial, cultural lines as well as the vast Atlantic. From generation to generation, a special lineage of rare love is interrupted, entwined lives are broken, and fragile dreams are shattered because of an unrelenting curse rooted in the motherland. Upon possessing the box, she discovers the nearly elusive path to victory. Through a series of visions, which first take her to the mid 1800's, Marguerite sees the way...
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Description: Set in the slums of 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. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. 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 Oenzo (publisher): Winners will receive ebook copy of Beyond the Cave in digital format of their choice through email or they may elect to receive a Smashwords coupon. The author would be grateful if winners would leave a review on Amazon or/and Goodreads. Thanks.
Description: Beyond the Cave is a story about a woman's quest to see herself through a different lens after a difficult childhood. This is not a typical story of abuse, but is instead a story of discovery, hope and optimism that can come despite life's many challenges and roadblocks—offering insight for our heroine, Emma, who finds it is indeed her life's challenges that foster a unique path toward greater insight and wisdom.
Emma is a psychologist who takes on a new patient, Grace, a young woman with a distinctively troubled life. Emma immediately connects with her because they were both abandoned by their mothers when they were young and Emma remembers firsthand the pain and destruction she felt as a child. With the help of Emma, Grace prepares to leave her meth-manufacturing boyfriend for good, but before she gets out the door he and his friends drug, rape and beat her, leaving her in an unconscious pile at the hospital entrance.
Just as Emma commits to finding the perpetrators, she seeks out the help of two men that will offer her exactly what she needs for both herself and for Grace—Dr. Richard Peck, a well-known Psychologist and Grayson Beck, a Private Detective.
Emma's talks with Dr. Peck about who she became as a result of her chaotic and unpredictable young life in candid and sometimes disturbing dialogue. She tells him the story of her life in a unique way, using a combination of story-telling and therapeutic conversation that brings family history and contemporary themes together encapsulating a larger picture of personal relationships and the effects of abuse through time. After being abandoned by her mother at a young age, Emma was left alone with her mentally ill and oftentimes tyrannical father. The story unfolds around powerful, esoteric and gut-wrenching conversations as she struggles to find answers to some of life's most difficult questions. Through laughter and tears, pain and deep sorrow, Emma rediscovers the essence of who she always was—before and beyond the abuse. Will Emma learn to forgive and forget? Will she return to the cave and make amends with her family?
Through serendipitous moments, Emma meets Grayson Beck on her quest to help Grace. The handsome man with the nice energy whom Emma had spotted from a distance in the coffee shop, turns out to be the man who will come to the rescue. Their love story evolves as they focus on catching the bad guys while waiting and hoping Grace comes out of her coma. Will Grace get a second chance to rebuild her life? Will Emma learn to trust a man again?
Description: Groom Lake... Dreamland... The Skunk Works. Paradise Ranch... Watertown... Pittman Station. All names that refer to Area 51 - the secret and foreboding government installation that everyone, if they know anything about it at all, fears. Except Dr. Ross Gardner. A scientist at Area 51, he's trying to reverse-engineer the technology of the saucer that crashed at Roswell in 1947. It's the best job in the world, sure, but to him, Area 51 is just the office, his second favorite place in the world - after wherever his beautiful, devoted wife, Danse is. ...Until Dr. Gardner discovers the meaning of the strange sigils found in the saucer. That will set into motion a chain of events that will upset every facet of his well-ordered life. Then he'll know why people fear Area 51.
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MIKE W. BARR has contributed to some of pop culture's most enduring series, including Sherlock Holmes, Ellery Queen, Star Trek, Star Wars, Doc Savage, The Shadow, Captain America, The Hulk, Batman, Doctor Who and The Simpsons. He's also created a few, including the comic book series Camelot 3000, Batman and the Outsiders, The Maze Agency (nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards as "Best New Series") and Mantra. He has written Internet comics for Icebox and Stan Lee Media, and lived to tell the tale, as well as an Internet comic strip, Sorcerer of Fortune. With artist Jim Aparo he created the character Katana, who has appeared in Batman: the Brave and the Bold and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
Description: Margaret C. Carbuncle is the principal at Amethyst Elementary. She has an insatiable appetite for power and soon becomes a tyrant; she also develops a desire for prestige and glory, and she knows the only way to attain this is through high test scores for her elementary school. Therefore, she drives her Teachers into a frenzy as she demands that they instruct only those subjects that will be included on the all-important, all-consuming state examination. She is ruthless in her desire to achieve her lofty goals. She happily destroys the lives of anyone who gets in her way. Some of the Teachers fight back, and some of them are destroyed by her; still, she cannot be everywhere at every moment, but when cameras are put into the classrooms, the Teachers are nearly under her complete control. But then the Secret comes, and with it, the Teachers are able to carry on, and wait for the day they will be liberated and can educate as they know best; yes, they survive, but the school slowly dies, for no true learning occurs, only monotonous, repetitive lessons that inoculate the students with certain test-ready knowledge. And then one day, two small visitors come for Carbuncle and attempt to teach her a real lesson in civility and charity and give her a chance to repent for all she has done to the inhabitants of the school. Will Carbuncle reform? If she reforms, will she fight for the Teachers? If she refuses, what will be the consequences? And what is the Secret? Public schools are an easy target for anyone who has a yellow pen or a high position in society or politics and who decries the state of education in America, thereby crucifying every Teacher in every school and empowering principals like Carbuncle everywhere; yet, these people form their opinions about American schools from flawed childhood memories, unreliable anecdotes, and distortions of the truth. Read every word between the covers of this book and you will soon know what is really going on in the secret world of public schools, for the author of this tale is an educator, and reveals the unabashed, sordid truth, albeit in novel form, about America’s crumbling educational system.
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Offered by JCAndrijeski (author): I would like to offer Book 2 in my Allie's War series, Shield: Allie's War Book Two, both to introduce the characters and the world for this series, and also to build up more of a review base for these books. Hope you enjoy the book and the series, and thanks much!
Description: “And they say Death will live among them in the guise of a child....”
Grappling with her new identity as “Bridge,” a being meant to herald the end for all of humanity, isn’t even Allie’s biggest problem. She’s also coping with a whole new set of rules around her seer marriage, as well as the power-hungry Rook she helped put in the White House, who is currently doing his best to start a war with China.
Then the boy appears. A sociopath with all of the energetic markings of Syrimne, a highly dangerous telekinetic seer who killed thousands during World War I, he doesn’t appear to have aged in one hundred years.
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Offered by Antoinette.M-- (author): I'll be frank, good or bad, as long as they're honest, I'd love a review. I really like a good 2/3 star review--I learn a lot from them. I won't be sad if they're better. There are also a few references (Twilight is the easy one, but there's Toni Morrison and Bulgakov as well).
Description: Maria, desperate for some action, turns to internet dating. Her first date is going well until he tells her he’s a vampire and he intends to drink her dry.
Jamie hasn’t thought about sex in years, not until Maria is down on her knees in front of him tugging at his pants. He agrees to grant her final wish, a night of passion before her death. He surprises them both and turns her.
Now Maria is in his car on her way to a whole new life, and a new set of problems.
The Vampire’s Gallery is a paranormal romance that contains scenes of sex intermingled with blood, some light bondage, and M/F/M scene.
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Description: A set of books that identify full color images of roses. Due to the size of the completed books, we have broken Roses A to Z into two books, varieties that start with A through L and M through Z.
All identifications were made from tags attached to or near the rose bushes as they were photographed. Any bush without a tag is not included in this book.
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Description: Inspiration... In Photos and Quotes I have paired inspiring quotes with some of my photography and art in the hopes that between them we can help writers get over writer’s block or even just give people a place to read and relax.
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Not Just for Writers While the quotes included are aimed at writers, anyone can enjoy the photographs and art that are included, and the thought provoking quotes that are paired with the images.
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Description: Henry Lipton can’t talk to girls, but he’s next in line to become a god. Ram Rajathani thinks he knows everything about his best friend, Henry, but he doesn’t know about the god thing, or that Henry’s got a crush on a mysterious girl. The girl, ComixChik8, wants to know who keeps leaving cursed objects in her school locker. One of Ram’s sisters is friends with an immortal alien. His other sister has no friends, but she does have mad spy skills. And by the way, someone got the Mayan prophecy wrong, and the world is scheduled to end on December 21, 2015. These five teenagers must race against time to save humanity before the gods erase everything. No biggie.
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Description: In honour of his fortieth wedding anniversary , Mitchell Parker has acquired what is possibly the greatest anniversary present in history which he intended to unveil at the quiet but lavish evening he and Eileen had planned at their favourite hotel. Unfortunately the occasion isn't going as planned and he finds himself observing a table across the dining room where Molly Malone, the daughter of one of his oldest friends is spending the evening with her companion Paul Farnsworth. As he watches the young couple and reflects on the last forty years, Mitchell Parker realizes he has another gift to offer in celebration.
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Description: A girl's obsession turns into a shockingly real destiny in this YA paranormal thriller.
On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Violet Swanson is introduced to a world that she never knew existed. Thoughts of finals and college applications fly out the window when she finds out that the topic of her final term paper, the Fountain of Youth, may actually exist.
Together with her best friend Margo, and a pair of handsome, mysterious brothers, Violet is drawn into the search for the Fountain's location, which includes deciphering clues from her own family's history. All will be revealed on Violet's birthday, but only if she survives to see it.
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Description: Sherri Zwiefelhofertziegen (19) is on a field trip to the Mid-Eastern nation of Kharnstan for Arabic studies when a friend challenges her to steal some saffron from a sacred field. Foolishly, Sherri complies, but is immediately overwhelmed by a semi-corporeal “earth angel” who curses her and sends her back in time 1,500 years.
Sherri finds herself in a magnificent palace where she is befriended by the court sorcerer, Thaled. Just when she begins learning how to fit in the culture, a deadly situation arises: finding his wife, Aniz, having an affair with a cook, King Srayar orders her to be executed, but the king's son goes further. Prince Badir coerces his father into wedding a new wife each day, killing her the following morning. But the king's vizier, Zaman, loves Aniz, and arranges for the despised prince to die instead, as aided Thaled.
Though she just wants to go home, Sherri can’t avoid becoming involved: the chamberlain, Meszir, is aware of the situation, and will try to prove it by attacking the weakest link: Sherri. Meszir thus convinces Srayar that this foreign girl should become his first temporary wife. So, Sherri finds herself in bed with the naked king, who will enjoy “lusty coupling” with her all night, then have her beheaded in the morning. But Sherri begins telling a story that so enthralls the king he falls asleep. Sherri keeps her virginity, and her head.
This continues day after day because Sherri’s storytelling is so convincing that the king becomes addicted to her tales. Directly involved with Thaled and Zaman as they try to resolve palace intrigue, Sherri eventually falls in love with Zaman. He feels the same about her, but he might be adjudicated a traitor and executed. A resolution to this dilemma arrives in the form of “Badir”: Meszir has arranged for another wizard to disguise his deputy to so perfectly resemble the dead prince that even his father is convinced. When the false Badir demands that Zaman must be executed, Srayar agrees.
With Zaman bent over the chopping block, Sherri has opportunity to tell one more story. Going beyond conviction and vividness, Sherri manages to place Srayar in the final story. The scenes that she describes become the events of his life. Sherri controls the king's world, and knows his thoughts, but Srayar retains his willpower. In order to leave the story and reenter the true world of his life, Srayar must agree to Sherri's terms. If she succeeds, she will gain freedom for herself and her lover. If she fails, she will find herself beside Zaman beneath an axe.
Offered by BackyardHorse (author): Wind River Refuge is a Crime Mystery with a paranormal twist as well as a bit of romance. This subject matter is intended for adults 18+. The author is offering this e-book and requesting reviews in exchange. Note: This book is not for the squeamish.
Description: Jax runs for her life and is apprehended by the police. She’s sentenced to a juvenile detention facility, at the tender age of twelve. Lockup becomes an unexpected sanctuary for the traumatized child. It affords a safe harbor from her abuser, but she’s plagued by nightmares well into adulthood. Fate and her Grandmother step in to successfully reduce her sentence, and she’s paroled into a distant cousin’s custody, and relocated to a cattle ranch in Wyoming. The young parolee finds the transition difficult at first. She spends the next nine years learning the ropes, making friends, and a couple of powerful enemies.
She’s been on her own since the age of ten and has of necessity become a fighter, but her aggressive in your face attitude hides a fragile, mistrustful soul. She’s unnerved when instead of her long time friend, a dark imposing stranger shows up at the Denver airport to fly her home.
Garrett left home to attend college under a cloud of suspicion for a brutal crime. He returned more than a decade later wounded from a chopper crash in Vietnam. At odds with his father, he jumps at the chance to get away. His agreement to do a friend a favor changes his life
Jax discovers that Garrett is the sheriff’s prime suspect for the multiple attacks on her. She confronts him with the lawman’s accusation. Garrett turns on her, but he refuses to confirm or deny the law officer’s charge. The sheriff calls in the FBI to assist with the case. Bodies are unearthed, and the hunt is on to apprehend a murderer.
Harper Blackelk is in the minority among the residents of the Wind River Valley. He doesn’t think that Jax is mentally unbalanced. She ‘s troubled, but he also believes her to be brave, resourceful, and loyal. He alone knows that she will need all of her bravery and resourcefulness to navigate the dark pathways of the spirit world.
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Description: Raised in the World of Men, 18 year old Maggie has just discovered that she is a forbidden half-breed, a cross between fairies and demons that should have been annihilated before she was even born, before her mother could escape with her into the New World, the World of Men. She soon learns why her kind are so feared as she races to save a world she has never known yet feels intimately connected to. Will Maggie be able to save the Old World from a long dormant evil that will turn everything to ash and dust?
4/5 stars "I found The Pull a multifaceted plot with fabulous world building by Brooke Morris... This was a fabulous start to a very intriguing new fantasy." - Tome Tender Blog
5/5 stars "Beautifully written, this story draws you in, and the heroine makes a seamless transition between modern day America and another world. Peril, romance, baddies, magic, stunning settings, this story just about has it all. Looking forward to the next book, although this book has a definite conclusion, there is plenty of scope to explore this world further." E. Jaye Goodreads.com
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Description: Genre : Action/Adventure, Romance
Full-lenght novel : 96 500 words (325 pages)
Innocence is the first book in the Shadow War Trilogy.
Synopsis :
With a lifelong interest in martial arts, Rachel Flanagan is intrigued by the prospect of taking parkour classes. That is, until the sexy, infuriatingly arrogant instructor asks her is she’s picking a flyer for her brother! Annoyed, Rachel signs up, only to be drawn into a weeks-long flirtation with Adam Black, who hides more secrets than she can imagine.
Things are finally starting to heat up when a band of killers, intent on eliminating Adam, interrupts them at the worst possible moment. In between Adam's loft and the rooftops of St. Louis, Rachel stumbles into the middle of a war between two shadowy societies with the future of humanity at stake. Will she choose to trust Adam, or will she fall prey to those who covet her newfound knowledge?
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“Read Robert Sheppard's sprawling, supple novel, Spiritus Mundi, an epic story of global intrigue and sexual and spiritual revelation. Compelling characters, wisdom, insight, and beautiful depictions of locations all over the world will power you through the book. You'll exit wishing the story lines would go on and on.” May 13, 2012
Robert McDowell, Editor, Writer, Marketer, Editorial Cra, The Nature of Words
______________________________________________________ “Robert Sheppard's novel, "Spiritus Mundi," has everything. "Spiritus Mundi" is Latin, meaning "spirit" or "soul of the world." According to the Norton Anthology of English Literature, the phrase refers to "the spirit or soul of the universe" with which all individual souls are connected through the "Great Memory." This amazing novel is all inclusive and unceasingly riveting. If you are interested in politics, philosophy, human relationships, sex, intrigue, betrayal, poetry and even philosophy —- buy and read "Spiritus Mundi"!”November 18, 2012 Raymond P. Keen, School Psychologist, Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) ———————————————————————————————— “Robert Sheppard's new novel “Spiritus Mundi” is a new twist on a well-loved genre. Robert leaves no stone unturned in this compelling page turner you’ll experience mystery, suspense, thrills, and excitement. Robert touches on sexuality and spirituality in such a way that the reader is compelled to ask themselves “what would you do if faced with these trials?” Robert is a master at taking the reader out of their own lives and into the world he created. If you’re looking for a “can’t put down” read pick up Spiritus Mundi!” May 20, 2012
“Longing for a thrilling experience of the sexual and spiritual world? Expecting a thorough summoning of your inner heart? Aspiring to find an extraordinary voice to enlighten your understanding heart? Then you can’t miss this extraordinary novel, Spiritus Mundi by Robert Sheppard. The author will spirit you into a exciting world filled with fantasy, myth, conflicts and wisdom from a fresh perspective. Don’t hesitate, just turn to the 1st page and start out enjoying this marvellous journey.”November 17, 2012 Alina Mu Liu, Official Interpreter, Editor & Translator, HM Courts & Tribunal Service, London UK & the United Nations ———————————————————————————————————————
“Robert Sheppard's Spiritus Mundi is a literary novel for those with an extensive vocabulary, and who believe how you tell a story is as important as what occurs in it. It is as current as today's headlines.
Jaime Martinez-Tolentino, Writer” November 19, 2012
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“Robert Sheppard's exciting new novel, Spiritus Mundi, is an unforgettable read and epic journey of high adventure and self-discovery across the scarred landscape of the modern world and into the mysteries beyond. Its compelling saga reveals the sexual and spiritual lives of struggling global protesters and idealists overcoming despair, nuclear terrorism, espionage and a threatened World War III to bring the world together from the brink of destruction with a revolutionary United Nations Parliamentary Assembly and spiritual rebirth. This modern epic is a must read and compelling vision of the future for all Citizens of the Modern World and a beacon of hope pointing us all towards a better world struggling against all odds to be born.” May 19, 2012
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“Robert Sheppard's "Spiritus Mundi" is a book of major importance and depth. A must read for any thinking, compassionate human being living in these perilous times. I highly recommend this powerful testament of the current course of our so-called life on his planet. April 25, 2012 Doug Draime Writer, Freelance ___________________________________________________
“This new novel 'Spiritus Mundi' brings together history, politics, future society, and blends with a plausible World War Three scenario. I have read it and find it over the top fascinating. I am very glad to see Robert share his creativity with the world through this work of fiction, and know it will be a huge hit.” April 28, 2012 Jim Rogers, Owner and Director, AXL ______________________________________________ “Robert Sheppard is an exceptional thinker! His work should be read and made the subject of critical study.”May 26, 2012 Georgia Banks-Martin, Editor, New Mirage Journal ——————————————————————————————————————— “This novel rocks the reader with its supple strength. You want to say "No, No," and you end up saying, "Maybe." Political science fiction at its highest, most memorable level.”November 17, 2012 Carl Macki, Owner, Carl Macki Social Media ——————————————————————————————————————— “Robert Sheppard's Novel Spiritus Mundi confronts politics and philosophies of the world. He's examined multiple layers of personality in his characters; male, female, Chinese, Arab, English, and American melding them into a story of possible outcomes. How else can I convey the intelligent presentation of fiction woven with sensitivity to our world's governments, religious influences and sectarian principles? We must not forget the influence of a largely secular world. Robert tirelessly checked, rechecked and triple checked his resources in order to bring a fiction of occurrence, and psychological impact as set forth in his novel Spiritus Mundi.”November 18, 2012 Glenda Fralin, Author, Organization NWG __________________________________________________________ “Robert was one of my best guests. His novel is as wide ranging as are his interests and expertise. He can explain his various ideas with great clarity and he does this with compassion. Novel is worthwhile reading.”November 18, 2012 Dr. Robert Rose, Radio Show Host, www.blogtalkradio.com/icdrrose ________________________________________________________________
I write to introduce to your attention my double novel Spiritus Mundi, consisting of Spiritus Mundi, the Novel—Book I, and Spiritus Mundi, the Romance—Book II. Book I’s espionage-terror-political-religious thriller-action criss-crosses the globe from Beijing to London to Washington, Mexico City and Jerusalem presenting a vast panorama of the contemporary international world, including compelling action, deep and realistic characters and surreal adventures, while Book II dialates the setting and scope into a fantasy (though still rooted in the real) adventure where the protagonists embark on a quest to the realms of Middle Earth and its Crystal Bead Game and through a wormhole to the Council of the Immortals in the Amphitheater in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy in search of the crucial Silmaril Crystal, and to plead for the continuance of the human race in the face of threatened extinction from a nuclear World War III, all followed by a triple-somersault thriller ending in which a common garden-variety terrorist attack is first uncovered by MI6 and the CIA as the opening gambit a Greatpower Game of States threatening World War III and then, incredibly, as the nexus of a Time Travel conspiracy involving an attempt by fascist forces of the 23rd Century to alter a benign World History by a time-travelling raid on their past and our present to provoke that World War III, foiled by the heroic efforts of the democratic 23rd Century world government, the Senate of the United States of Earth, to hunt down the fascist interlopers before their history is irrevocably altered for evil.
When activist Robert Sartorius, leading a global campaign to create a European Parliament-style world-wide United Nations Parliamentary Assembly presses the proposal in New York on his old friend the UN Secretary-General and is rebuffed due to the hostile pressure of the conservative American administration, his Committee resolves to fight back by launching a celebrity-driven Bono-Geldof-Band Aid/Live 8-style “People Power” media campaign and telethon spearheaded by rock superstars Isis and Osiris and former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to mobilize global public support and pressure in alliance with the Occupy Wall Street Movements worldwide. The Blogs of Sartorius, activist Eva Strong and Committee Chairman Andreas Sarkozy reveal the campaign’s working struggle, their tangled love affairs, a loss of faith, attempted suicide, reconciliation of father and son after divorce, and recovery of personal love and faith.
Things fall apart as the idealists’ global crusade is infiltrated by a cell of jihadist terrorists using it as a cover, then counter-infiltrated by CIA agent Jack McKinsey and British MI6 agent Etienne Dearlove. A cat-and-mouse game of espionage and intrigue ensues pitting them against the Chinese MSS espionage network allied with the Iranian Quds Force crossing Beijing, London, Moscow, Washington and Jerusalem unleashing an uncontrollable series of events which sees the American Olympic Track and Field Team bombed on an airplane in London, uncovers a secret conspiracy of China, Russia and Iran to jointly seize the oil reserves of the Middle-East, and witnesses Presidents Clinton and Carter taken hostage with Sartorius, McKinsey, Eva and other activists at a Jerusalem telethon rally cut short by the explosion of a concealed atomic device in a loaned Chinese Terracotta Warrior, then flown by capturing terrorists to Qom, Iran as “human shields” to deter a retaliatory nuclear attack.
In Book II, Spiritus Mundi, the Romance they encounter Iran’s Supreme Leader in Qom as the world teeters on the brink of nuclear confrontation and World War III, while mysterious events unfold leading Sartorius and McKinsey from their captivity in the underground nuclear facilities of Qom into a hidden neo-mythic dimension that takes them to a vast ocean and land at the center of the world, Middle Earth, Inner Shambhala, and to involvement in a mysterious Castalian “Crystal Bead Game” linked to the destiny of the human race on earth. They then embark on a quest for the Silmaril, or Missing Seed Crystal to the central island of Omphalos in the Great Central Sea in the middle of the globe, aided by Goethe, the Chinese Monkey King, Captain Nemo, the African God-Hero Ogun, and a Sufi mystic they traverse a ‘wormhole’ at the center of the earth guarded by ‘The Mothers’ and the fallen angel tribe of the Grigori (Genesis 6:1-4) which leads the way to critical meeting of the “Council of the Immortals” at the Black Hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy to determine the final fate of the human species. The heroes battle and overcome the treacherous opposition of Mephisto and his satanic subaltern Mundus through their Underworld and Otherworld adventures and successfully plead the cause of the continuation of the human species before the Immortals, returning with the critical Silmaril Crystal, resolving the Crystal Bead Game and thereby inspiring through the Archangel Gabriel a dream in the mind of Iran’s Supreme Leader which brings a new Revelation causing him to release the hostages and an end the crisis. China and Russia stand down from aiding Iran in seizing the Mid-East oil reserves, but in a treacherous blow the Chinese instead utilize their forward-positioned armies to attack their former ally Russia and seize Siberia with its large oil and gas reserves instead. President Barret Osama, America’s newly-elected first black President then invites Russia, Japan and South Korea to join NATO and together they succeed in expelling the Chinese from Siberia and usher in a new Eurasian and global balance of power and a New World Order. Rock Superstar Osiris meanwhile, after undertaking a narcissistic Messianic mission in the wake of the Jerusalem atomic blast is dramatically assassinated on live world-wide television on Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa by a disillusioned follower. His wife and rock-star partner Isis then leads a spiritual movement to reconcile and unite the clashing religions and catalyze a common global spiritual Renaissance through a Global Progressive Spiritual Alliance which seeks to construct an Inter-faith Temple on the ruins of the atomic blast in Jerusalem. In counter-reaction to the cataclysmic events the world finally implements Sartorius’ crusade for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, but not before Sartorius has himself has died, Moses-like of a heart attack while helping to foil a metaconspiracy mediated by Time Travel in which a fascist agent from the 23rd Century who has time-transited back to our time to alter a benign history by causing WWIII and thus preventing the evolution of a democratic world government, the United States of Earth, which follows him through time and nabs him just in the “nick of time” to prevent Aramgeddon. The book ends with the opening ceremony of the UN Parliamentary Assembly which is attended in Sartorius’ name by his widow Eva Strong, whom Sartorius had fallen in love with and married in the course of the novel, and by their son Euphy, newborn after Sartorius’ death. They are joined in cinematic climax at the ceremony by newly chosen UN Secretary-General Clinton, President Osama and UN Parliamentary Assembly Committee Chairman Andreas Sarkozy who have just received the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in creation of the world’s first world parliamentary assembly within the United Nations, bringing together the representative voices of the peoples of the world in face-to-face assembly and dialogue for the first time in world history.
Highlights:
All the Highlights of the novel cannot be contained in such a short Introduction, but a few of them would include:
1. Spiritus Mundi is the first novel in world history to portray the creation of a United Nations Parliamentary Assemblyon the working model, inter alia, of the European Parliament and the first novel to portray the Occupy Wall Street Movement and related movements worldwide;
2. Spiritus Mundi is a prophetic geo-political WWIII novel of the near future forseeing a conflict and conspiratorial surprise attack by a resurgent “Axis” of China, Russia and Iran seeking by a decisive blow in jointly seizing the Middle-East oil fields to radically alter the global balance of power vis-a-vis the West in the world and Eurasia. Like Clancy’s The Bear and the Dragon, it forsees the inclusion of Russia in NATO, and goes far beyond in forseeing the inclusion of South Korea and Japan, following a joint Chinese-Russian occupation of a collapsing North Korea and the Axis strike at the Middle-Eastern oil fields; 3. Spiritus Mundi is an exciting espionage thriller involving the American CIA. British MI6, the Chinese MSS, or Ministry of State Security and the Russian SVR contending in a deul of intrigue and espionage;
4. Spiritus Mundi is a Spellbinding Terrorism/Counterterrorism novel involving a global plot to conceal an atomic bomb in a Chinese Teracotta Warrior to be detonated in Jerusalem;
5. Features the romantic and sexual searching and encounters of dozens of idealist activists, rock-stars, CIA and MI6 agents, public-relations spinmeisters and billionaires with a detour into the bi-sexual and gay scenes of Beijing, New York, California, London and Tokyo: 6. Establishes and grounds the new genre of the Global Novel written in Global English, the international language of the world,
7. Spiritus Mundi is a novel of Spiritual Searching featuring the religious searching of Sufi mystic Mohammad ala Rushdie, as well as the loss of faith, depression, attempted suicide and recovery of faith in life of protagonist Sartorius. Follows bogus religious cult leaders and the Messiah-Complex megalomanic-narcissistic mission of rock superstar Osiris that leads to his dramatic assassination on worldwide television in Jerusalem, followed by the religious conversion of his wife and rock-star parner Isis;
8. Features the search for love and sexual fulfillment of Eva Strong, a deeply and realistically portrayed divorced single mother involved in the United Nations campaign, who reveals her tortured heart and soul in her Blog throughout several disastrous sexual affairs and ultimately through her final attainment of love and marriage to Sartorius; 9. Features Sartorius’ experience of a bitter divorce, alienation and reconciliation with his son, his loss of faith and attempted suicide, his battle against drugs and alcoholism, his surreal and sexual adventures in Mexico City, and his subsequent redeeming love and marriage to Eva Strong;
10. Contains the in–depth literary conversations of Sartorius and his best friend, Literature Nobel Laureate Günther Gross, as they conduct worldwide interviews and research for at book they are jointly writing on the emergence of the new institution of World Literature, building on Goethe’s original concept of “Weltliteratur” and its foundations and contributions from all the world’s traditions and cultures;
11. Predicts the emergence of the institution and quest of “The Great Global Novel” as a successor to the prior quest after “The Great American Novel” in the newer age of the globalization of literature in Global English and generally;
12. Features the cross-cultural experiences and search for roots, sexual and spiritual fulfillment and authenticity of Asian-American character Jennie Zheng, and Pari Kasiwar of India;
13. For the first time incorporates in the dramatic narrative flow of action the mythic traditions of all the cultures and literatures of the world, including such figures as Goethe, The Chinese Monkey King, the African God-Hero Ogun, surreal adventures in the ‘Theatro Magico’ in Mexico City bringing to life figures from the Mayan-Aztec Popul Vuh, Hanuman from the Indian classic the Ramayana, and many more;
14. Book Two, Spiritus Mundi, the Romance is a fantastic Fantasy, Myth and Magical Realism Rollercoaster Ride: The more mythic Book Two utilizes a Wellsian motif of Time Travel to explore the making of history and its attempted unmaking (a la Terminator) by a hositile raid from the future on the past, our present, and the foiling of the fascist attempt by an alliance of men and women of goodwill and courage from past, present and future generations united in a Commonwealth of Human Destiny; Like Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day and Welles’ Journey to the Center of the Earth it involves a journey to an interior realm of the “Middle Earth;” it also contains a futuristic travel through a wormhole to the center of our Milky Way Galaxy for a meeting with the “Council of the Immortals” where the fate of the human race will be decided;
15. Is a fantastic read on a roller-coaster ride of high adventure and self-exploration!
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Offered by nunez882 (author): "Halls of Ivy: Pathfinder" is the second book in the "Halls of Ivy" mystery thriller series. It is set to release on June 21, 2013. I am giving away advance review copies of the E-book. Winners of the book will receive a Smashwords coupon code. If another delivery method is preferred, send me an email once you win. I would appreciate reviews to be posted on Amazon, as well as Librarything and Goodreads. Thanks for reading!
Description: Following last year's suicide scandals, Sun Valley University is finally taking its first steps to recovery.
Cheyenne Winters, now working for the university full time, decides to dig deeper to see what other secrets it hides. She gets involved in a budget war between the university's faculty and staff that surfaces a larger conspiracy involving everyone on campus.
Enlisting the help of science professor Steven Garcia, Cheyenne embarks to put an end to the madness once and for all. That is, unless Steven's own secrets get in the way.
Told through intertwining stories of Cheyenne and her students, Pathfinder continues the mystery thriller series which follows Sun Valley University's downfall.
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Description: “Moves at a solid clip. An overtly political story that succeeds as entertainment.” PACIFIC BOOK REVIEW
"Masterfully paints a grim landscape with believable detail and vivid characters." BOOKPLEASURES.COM
Description: A dystopian political thriller inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's account of a Soviet labor camp revolt in Gulag Archipelago, Volume III. The story of FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS follows political prisoners and security officials at a corrective labor camp in Kamas, Utah, where inmates seize control during the summer of 2024.
SYNOPSIS: Kamas, Utah. 2024. In the totalitarian dystopia that America has become after the Unionist Party's rise to power, the American West contains vast Restricted Zones dotted with ghost towns, scattered military garrisons and corrective labor camps where the regime disposes of its real and suspected enemies. Kamas is one such camp.
On a frigid March night, a former businessman from Pittsburgh, Paul Wagner, arrives at a labor camp in Utah's Kamas Valley, a dozen miles east of the deserted resort town of Park City, which prisoners are dismantling as part of a massive recycling project.
When Wagner arrives, he is unaware that his eleven-year-old daughter, Claire, has set off to Utah to find him after becoming separated from her mother at the Philadelphia Airport. By an odd quirk of fate, Claire has traveled on the same train that carried her father into internal exile.
Only after Wagner has renounced all hope of survival, cast his lot with anti-regime hard-liners and joined them in an unprecedented and suicidal revolt does he discover that Claire has become a servant in the home of the camp's Deputy Warden. Wagner is torn between his devotion to family and loyalty to his fellow rebels until, on the eve of an armored assault intended to crush the revolt, he faces an agonizing choice between a hero's death and a coward's freedom.
In FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS, author Preston Fleming offers a stirring portrait of a man determined to survive under the bleakest of conditions and against formidable odds. Fleming's gift for evocative prose brings the characters and events to life in a way that arouses emotional tension while also engaging the reader's intellect with fundamental questions about the future of American society.
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Offered by ingridricks (publisher): This is the second true story collection from our teen mentoring/publishing program - www.weareabsolutelynotokay.org The book launches June 6th on Amazon and BN.com and we would love reviews on both platforms if possible. Thank you for your interest!
Description: From the publishers of We Are Absolutely Not Okay
Labels can hurt and destroy—as the teen authors of this powerful true story collection know all too well. But are they true? Would you still think the same if you knew the challenges and circumstances these “labeled” teens have faced?
In You’ve Got It All Wrong, twenty-one teenagers take readers into their lives as they struggle with homelessness, abandonment, death, addiction, abuse, and peer pressure. Through their narratives, they share the circumstances they faced and the decisions they made during their darkest hours. By revisiting their past and sharing their stories, these high school students are taking charge of their futures in a positive, powerful way. They are also reaching out to other teens to remind them that they aren’t alone and that labels do not define who they are.
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Offered by RichardCKelley (author): This is my first mystery thriller, and the premiere of my series featuring Seattle Detective Miken Larsen. This is gritty, street-smart stuff, with legitimate police and CIA procedure and plausible high-tech components. Miken is 38, very sexy, and very fond of red wines from Walla Walla and the Columbia Valley. She is a kick, and I know you will love her. I hope you love the book, too! As you know, getting busy readers to sit down and write a review on Amazon or Barnes & Noble is one of the hardest things for a new author, and I appreciate your willingness to write one.
Description: "I couldn't put the damn thing down . . . gritty and gripping . . . the mystery/thriller genre has gained a real talent."-Gregg Loomis, author of The Sinai Secret.
SEATTLE DETECTIVE MIKEN LARSEN'S PROBE INTO THE DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN CHINATOWN TURNS INTO A BLOODY HUNT FOR A PROFESSIONAL KILLER INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL SEX SLAVE TRAFFICKING.
The young Chinese woman lying dead in the dank Seattle alley was murdered with no apparent motive. To find her killer Detective Miken Larsen must dive deep into the ugly world of human trafficking, and she soon discovers that young prostitutes are not the only commodity the traffickers smuggle. The CIA has a big piece of the puzzle, but their agenda does not include sharing information with local cops-not even when three more seemingly unconnected people die
"Compelling plot, riveting police procedure, intriguing Chinese and American characters."-Scott Griffith, author of Cold Spring
"Riveting...a book that takes you to a dangerous place. Keep the night-light on."-Jim Currie, In Dire Straits: Keeping Spirit Alive When the Wheels Come Off.
"Kelley expertly lures the reader into an alarming web of international intrigue and corruption."”-Pamela Beason, author of Undercurrents.
Editorial Reviews
Reviewer jdc, April 25, 2013 on Powell's Books: From the first page, the story sizzles. Kelley is a talented story-teller who draws you in with a sense of authentic horror—"someone who knows the shadow world about which he writes, full of silhouettes in the fog, gas lamps staving off the darkness, characters who aren't quite what they claim—"except for his relentless and dogged heroine who won't be diverted and fooled by all the misdirection and convenient evidence.
Readers will find the protagonist, Miken Larsen an original, a compelling combination of smart, wily, and indomitable, who breaks the mold for female characters in the genre. Her problem here is that she may have met her match in an evil other, a maestro in industrial espionage and how to defeat the bloodhounds, foil the lab tests and confound the coroner.
Kelley artfully weaves together plot and subplots, never missing a beat, with uncalled-for artifice. The story is the thing and he tells it with a touch that never seems self-conscious. Words match personality; dialogue is loaded and packed with dynamite; character wear the right brimmed-hats and slinky dresses.
This is the kind of book you might take on long train ride, a book to read in the club car with a Bloody Mary. It would probably be a good idea, however, to pay attention to who sits down next to you.
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Offered by trekfaerie (author): Hello! I am Morgan Dreiss, the author of this book, and I am giving away 20 copies for free. (Why 20? That's my age, so it seemed like a good number.) I'd like to share my book with a wider audience, and free stuff is a good way to get people's attention, so here I am! Enjoy!
(EDIT: I upped the number to 50, because I'd feel bad if anybody clicked the request button but didn't get anything!)
Description: Nasira Nassif is a vampire business magnate, living in New York City with her temperamental werewolf girlfriend, Annie Goldstein. All is not well in the city's supernatural world: someone is kidnapping paranormal women, dressing them in fine clothes, and leaving them on the side of the road with a very important part missing— their hearts. The police don't care much, and neither does Nasira— until Annie is the one missing.
Joined by Annie's veteran older brother, Nasira scours the city for her beloved, while Annie tries to keep the weird smiling guy from stabbing her to death in his basement.
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Offered by tombarrywrites (author): This giveaway is in exchange for an Amazon review. The giveaway works in two stages: winners will receive an eBook version in the first instance. When your review is posted to Amazon you will be sent a signed and dedicated paperback copy. The review may be posted on your local Amazon site or Amazon.com (http://amzn.to/OhkKKp). Amazon require a minimum of 20 words for a valid review.
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When wealthy but neglected Isobel is invited to a luxury Tuscan retreat owned by the enigmatic Jay, she imagines a life of excitement outside her stagnant marriage. She abandons herself in a passionate affair, but is soon trapped in a web of deception and betrayal as her desperate lover fights for survival. Hopelessly bound under Jay's spell, Isobel must discover if her lover is her saviour, or her nemesis.
An intelligent read, When The Siren Calls is a delicious expose of how the other half live: selfishly, sinfully and shamelessly.
Reviews:
“When The Siren Calls is a sexy, seductive book. There is love, betrayal, infidelity and unexpected twists. There is so much going on, it's like watching a really good movie. It’s brilliant.” - "Books and Reviews“
"The thinking woman's Fifty Shades" - "Female First."
"A very well-conceived story with interesting characters and a tantalizing pace. I couldn’t ask for more than that.” – Jennifer Custer, Literary Agent, A.M. Heath
“ A pacy, racy, romance novel that simultaneously feels like a critique of a particular social scene. The prose is very strong technically, and the characters are comprehensive and believable. Isobel is an effective and sympathetic protagonist, and her story is compelling.” – Tom Fletcher, author, ‘The Leaping’
““[The sex scenes in When the Siren Calls] are vital, pacy, and never gross or uncomfortable – as the annual Bad Sex Awards shows, this is rare in fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed the way the strands come together as the novel pushes towards climax." – Matthew Branton, author, ’The Love Parade’.
“A sexually-unfulfilled wife in a tricky situation and a handsome stranger coming to her rescue. Give me good old escapism any time.-” Alana Woods, author, ‘Imbroglio’.
“I loved this book! I am recommending it to all my friends who love smart, sensual stories with twists that keep you guessing.” – 'Erin Potter, Shamrock Editing.'
“This story grabs you by the throat from the start. The opening scene is every woman’s nightmare.” -'Kathleen Patel, Amazon Books.'
“Wow- Lady Chatterley meets Christian Grey ! It’s exciting to find a new writer who tells life like it is, but with a delectable twist of romance, sex and humour.” - Stephanie J Hale, author, ‘Millionaire Women, Millionaire You.’
“Witty, often deliciously self-conscious and smattered with the best sort of irony, When the Siren Calls is both seductive and funny. If ‘humourotica’ is a genre then Tom Barry is its king; if it does not yet exist then he is its creator.” – 'Book Connoisseur.'
“Tom Barry follows in the footsteps of the great Irish storytellers.” Ré Ó Laighléis, author, ‘Hooked.’
Description: Every city has its secrets. Ordinary people live their lives oblivious to the darkness that lurks just beneath the surface. In a world with no heroes, no saviors, a woman is snatched from her idyllic existence by a man she had called a friend. Left floundering and with no good options, she must find her own way back to the light. Will she discover the path that leads her to redemption, or do all choices lead to despair?
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Offered by nwdavies (author): I am the author of this book (one of my first releases back in 2010). Although I have had a lot of good personal feedback about the book, actual written reviews have been scarce. I'm hoping to increase the number of reviews and thereby increase people's awareness both of this book and of me as a writer. Thank you.
Description: There is a serial killer on the loose, torturing and butchering his way across the North of England. In the quiet Cheshire village of Taupington, Victoria Wheatcroft has found the house of her dreams. But the house holds more than simply memories, and the serial killer, and her own past, are closing in…
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Offered by Angus.Woodward (author): Winners receive a Smashwords coupon code for one free e-book download. Reviews are requested and appreciated but not required.
Description: In ten eccentric and tender short stories, Angus Woodward paints a portrait of south Louisiana.
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Offered by Mariel_Grey (author): I am the author of this book and would like to host a give- away. I hope people will enjoy my book and be willing to review it.
Description: Lucy Goodwin fears losing her individuality and independence to marriage under 1803 English law. Bereaved of her father, Lucy’s world revolves around her brother and his successful thoroughbred breeding business near London. Her security and independence are threatened when her brother is injured and Lucy is confronted by potential disgrace and scandalous allegations. Lucy's actions worsen the situation by exposing the reputation and honor of her brother's new business partner, the Marquis of Chalifour, to the potential scandal. Lucy is torn between protecting her brother and her heart, or Chalifour, the man she loves, from ruin.
Lord Philip Lyton, Marquis of Chalifour is a member of the prestigious Jockey Club. He seizes the opportunity to merge his horses with the Goodwin horses to create a superior strain of thoroughbreds. A serious injury to Lucy's brother forces Chalifour to deal with Lucy instead of her brother. Chalifour's growing sense of unease with the partnership conflicts with his growing feelings for Lucy. When he discovers Lucy has deceived him, Chalifour must decide whether he can believe in Lucy's goodness, despite appearances to the contrary. In order to extricate her and her brother from certain calamity and claim Lucy for his own, Chalifour must find a way to earn Lucy’s confidence and her heart.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Libertine Press is offering 30 copies of the first book in Marissa Carmel's 'Vis Vires' Trilogy. We are looking for reviews. If you are interested in finding out more about the author or would like to see more titles available please visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Lust. Anger. Hate. Desire. Love. Happiness. Joy. iFeel. Liv Christianni is isolated, alone, tortured and withdrawn, saddled with the torrential downpour of the world’s emotions.
Accepting of her providence Liv has lost all hope, until one day fate steps in and spins the course of her life like a spiraling top. Hunted by a Spirit Stalker, Liv is forced to gain control of herself and her surroundings, threatened by the touch of her immortal love; she must find a way to survive both physically and emotionally as her reality is shaken up like dice on a Craps table.
Can she find the courage to accept her true self? Can she love unconditionally cognizant of the condemning consequences? Can she rise from the ashes to become the person she was always meant to be?
Funny, witty, real, and poignant, iFeel rips into your soul, and sets your emotions on fire. If you are a fan of Charmed or Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries or The Secret Circle this series is for you!
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 30 copies of the amazing Dystopian/Apocalyptic Fantasy, "Rebirth" by author Debbie Brown. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Fleeing their homes in the city, three teens find themselves on the run with little kids in tow. As people vanish and buildings crumble, they seek shelter in the nearby mountains. Survival depends on their ability to adapt with nothing more than the items pilfered from a crumbling store. Hovering in the background is the constant threat of being discovered by the aliens, adding to the pressure the teens feel having no shelter, a limited supply of food and the well-being of three children to ensure. They must come up with some creative solutions before the inevitable onset of winter, while attempting to remain “invisible” to avoid capture. Being mature and responsible is no longer optional as they deal with their individual personalities, traumas, and learn to raise a baby. Unaware of the extent of the alien destruction, they can’t help but wonder if all their efforts are in vain.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 30 copies of the amazing Fantasy Romance, "Emma... To Begin Again" by author Debbie Brown. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: As an ER nurse, Emma knows life can change in the blink of an eye. When fate comes knocking, she finds herself far away from the city and back on the mountain ranch where she grew up -with the intention to close up and sell the house so she can move on. But fate isn’t done with her yet, and that’s when she finds him, the one Two-Feathers calls ‘Star Brother’. Wounded and unconscious, Emma assumes he’s a military test pilot, until he opens his amethyst eyes and stares into the very essence of her being.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): From the World of the Godling Chronicles comes Brian D. Anderson's first Novella that delves into the past of one of the series most prominent characters. Mythos Press is giving away 30 copies of this novella and we'd love reviews. Thank you for entering the giveaway and Good Luck!
For more information about Brian D. Anderson and the other authors of Mythos Press and GMTA Publishing please visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com.
Description: Filled with confidence and no small measure of arrogance, young Lee Starfinder, along with Millet Gristall, set off on their very first adventure. Lee quickly discovers that life beyond Hazrah can be far deadlier than he could have ever imagined. And soon he must learn that muscle and steel cannot replace loyalty, bravery and friendship.
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Offered by Gori (author): Atenção! Este livro é muito gráfico. Se você é facilmente ofendido ou tiver um estômago fraco, não solicitar este livro!
Description: SÓ PARA ADULTOS! O caso do Estrangulador de Lakeshire permanecia um desafio para o casal de detetives Tristan Rue e Silver Sorrow, até que uma das vítimas é encontrada com vida. Um adolescente chamado Kioshi teve o corpo seriamente ferido e mutilado, e está assustado e arrasado. Na medida em que a investigação prossegue, os detetives chegam a uma terrível conclusão. As provas são irrefutáveis, e Tristan e Silver agora devem fazer uma escolha muito difícil.
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Offered by PictureBookTom (author): WINNERS: You will receive the ebook in PDF format to download which will be delivered direct to your email address with the heading 'PictureBookTom has sent you...'
PDF includes Bonus Audio Link.
Reviews are always appreciated (LibraryThing/Amazon/Goodreads) but they are not required.
Description: A quick-tip, quick-start guide for aspiring children's picture book writers.
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Offered by sal79parody (author): This is a noir story about a dumb narrator who gets wrapped up with the wrong woman. It's not erotica, but more of a dark story of a bad woman taking advantage of a not-so-smart man. I hope you enjoy it. It's pretty different from my horror stuff. Reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, etc. are appreciated.
Description: A young man thinks he’s met the perfect one-night stand in Lacey, but she has a plan of her own, one that will last far longer than one night ...
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Offered by sal79parody (author): This is a really dark and violent novella. I hope you enjoy it! Reviews on Amazon, goodreads, etc. are appreciated.
Description: THE ULTIMATE HORROR HAS BEEN UNLEASHED UPON AN UNSUSPECTING CITY.
When an advertisement encourages Charlie to murder his boss, he begins to wonder whether he’s losing his grip on reality.
When an archangel visits Adam one night and reveals the evil skulking beneath the surface of society, it will alter his life in ways he never could have foreseen.
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Offered by Heidicvlach (author): This giveaway is for a Smashwords free download coupon. Render is available in .epub, .mobi and .pdf. Reviews would be greatly appreciated!
Description: Rue may be young, but she can see that her people have laid poor plans. The insect-like aemet race isn't known for rash choices — and yet Rue now lives in a new mountain village that can hardly feed itself. Her father left to seek otherkind aid and, years later, has not returned. Then the wolf attacks begin. Menaced by the forest they revere, fearful to set foot outside their homes, the aemets of Aloftway village look to Rue and her rumoured luck.
But Rue is sick of relying on such frail things as luck. With her chemistry skill, her analytical mind and a guard dog by her side, she begins searching for trade resources and possible solutions. She talks local recluse Felixi down from the sky: he is a dragon-like korvi, a hunter of wild game who can keep Aloftway's guard dogs fed. And as the wolves grow bolder, Rue suspects that Felixi knows more about the attacks than he is willing to share.
Render is part of the Stories of Aligare, a fantasy series set in a magical, human-free world. Each book is a stand-alone work.
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Offered by sal79parody (author): This is a fun, dark little werewolf story. Quick, violent, and to the point. I hope you enjoy it! Reviews on Amazon, goodreads, etc. are appreciated.
Description: Three boys think they’ve found their ticket to fortune and fame when they find the body of a werewolf near the woods. Then it disappears . . . which means there must be more of them out there. When a full moon hits and they decide to hunt one down, they’ll get more than they ever bargained for . . .
Description: Amari Prokop killed her first victim at age eight and had her own star ship at twenty-four. She started smuggling people from Earth to freedom on Europa for a price, but found that blackmail and murder paid even better. All that wealth should have made her happy. But it didn’t, nothing could fill that void she felt. She had to get out and start over.
Now on her last job, all she has to do was kidnap Cloee Thompson from a government prison ship and hold her until Amari’s employer was ready. The promise of a pardon from the United Nations was too good to pass up.
Colin Ross was an Interplanetary Space Security Force agent handpicked by the United Nations to recapture the mysterious terrorist Cloee and stop Amari, dead or alive.
Amari is an action packed dystopian science fiction novel with political intrigue, love, redemption, and betrayal.
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Offered by DianeLebow (agent): Hi and thank you for participating! Sherry Janes has asked me to give away some copies of her ebook, Spirit Song: Cape of the Red Jaguary, in exchange for your honest reviews.
GENRE: Paranormal Romance LENGTH: Novel
A little about Sherry:
In 1977, Sherry Janes began studying the rich material in the Edgar Cayce Readings, eventually becoming writer and editor for the Minnesota Cayce organization's community newsletter, and fell in love with writing.
Over the next thirty years, she studied spirituality and metaphysics, adding one healing modality after another to her resume, eventually working with a master spiritual healer and teacher, and learning the transformational, high frequency healing method she uses today.
Some of the information she learned over this time has found its way into her writing beginning with Spirit Song, Cape of the Red Jaguar. Book Two in the Spirit Song series is now available: Seeds in the Blood.
Her preferred sites for leaving a review are your blog, ***Amazon***, Goodreads, Smashwords, and LibraryThing.
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Description: A young blond anthropologist from Minnesota searches for the Sacred Cape of the Red Jaguar deep in the Venezuelan rainforest. Kidnapped and sold to a tribal chief who sees her as the fulfillment of the prophecy surrounding the cape, she is rescued by a dark-haired, green-eyed doctor who happens to be a powerful shaman. As a dormant volcano explodes, the two of them race toward safety down the treacherous Rio Caroni.
But a deeper mystery awaits them. An Orinoco crocodile, vampire bats and shamanic attacks by an evil sorcerer push them toward a discovery in the Inca Temple of the Sun, five hundred years and fifteen hundred miles from where it should be in Cusco, Peru. Deep in the tunnels under the gold-covered Solar Drum, they make a discovery that will not only solve an ancient mystery, but change lives and shatter beliefs. A fierce shamanic battle takes place as they leave the temple with their discovery, a contest of the Dark against the Light, played out against a recurring battle between Inca warriors and Spanish conquistadors.
Finally on their way home to Merida, high in the Venezuelan Andes, they encounter the race of beings that placed their find in its underground shrine and are given a mission that will affect the Earth–and put them in danger from those who wish to stop them.
Enter the world of love and magic, time travel and prophecy, where ayahuasca sends visions and the spirits send songs.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Space Opera/Utopian novel, "Having Nice Things" by author Angus H. Day. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: The Earth is hurting from radioactive wastelands, over crowding and a xenophobic fear of the intersystem alliance. While adapting Next You Interstellar LLC donated technological innovation to reclaim areas of Earth made uninhabitable by wars of the past, religious and ethical movements threaten to unleash more war. How many people are too many? What can aliens and alien technology do to nudge the balance between war and progress? Read Having Nice Things, a Next You novel, and find out.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Space Opera/Utopian novel, "Destined For Something" by author Angus H. Day. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: In the last year of mandatory school each soon to be graduate takes a multitude of tests to efficiently funnel them into the right career. Personality profiles showing you to be low IQ, bigoted and prone to senseless violence really increase your chances of being denied. Scores mean enough to tempt test takers to cheat using answer sets bought from sketchy characters. You don't always get what you pay for as Felix Dernoft discovers in Destined for...Something, a Next You novel.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Space Opera/Utopian novel, "Utopian Estates" by author Angus H. Day. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: The Martian Dream is to have your own home, work a nice steady job and raise 1.2 well behaved offspring. Fiona and Ashley feel well on their way to accomplishing this when they make a down payment on their new home. The dream state descends from there. Just add water and alien shenanigans will commence leading to an adventure of Extra-Solar dimensions. Don't forget to pay the Homeowner's Association fee as learn about the options in Utopian Estates, a Next You novel.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Space Opera/Utopian novel, "Next You Interstellar, LLC" by author Angus H. Day. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: If you had the option to come back after death, what would you want to be? Still want to be human or would you like to try something different? How much is it worth to you? Live in the extra-solar human civilization and experience your next incarnation in Next You Interstellar, LLC.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Space Opera/Utopian novel, "Legacy of Daddy" by author Angus H. Day. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: What happens when a Graduate student competes for a PhD in a dystopian society by experimenting with dangerous alien technology? Does humankind need technological help to leave Earth? These and other questions are awkwardly dealt with in The Legacy of Daddy.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Fantasy novel, "The Unseen Promise" by author Ellen Mae Franklin. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Set on the world Tarkeenia, this story marks the struggle between god and man, magic and indefinable evil. Monsters walk the shadows and the tip of balance between dark and light, good and evil. Even on a good day, living is tenuous.
Strangers become friends, uneasy alliances are tainted by betrayal and self gain. Unlikely heroes salvage what they can, in a world on the brink of chaos.
Flesh eating Specks, turn the living to dust, Murrdocks and Dwarves, Benzines and Magi all strive to make do in a world bubbling with wild magic. Will Tarkeenia survive the tug and pull of the very spoilt and the very wicked? Will those lost to the dark, find a way back to the light? Is it possible to forget, or forgive and begin again? All these questions and more are answered in this first book, as the reader walks Tarkeenia’s many paths.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Fantasy novel, "Fireflies" by author P.S. Bartlett. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Dr. Owen Whelan and his wife Sarah have seven bright and expressive children. However, one of them is very unique; he’s been followed since birth by lost souls. However peculiar Ennis Whelan has been for the first six years of his life, not until the day he found the bird did the degree of his strangeness become so tangible. When Ennis also reveals the gift of sight, he questions his father about visions of his past, including his voyage to America in 1844. Owen prayed he’d never have to share those tragic memories but he will share them, when he realizes he has no choice. Ennis’ life depends on it.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Libertine Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Romance novel, "Kilingiri" by author Janna Gray. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: 1968, Srinagar, Kashmir and Nina is devastated by the death of her new-born baby girl. Sister Angela and Father Michael at the mission hospital step in to nurse Nina back to health but when the friendship between Nina and Father Michael turns to love, Michael makes a decision which will resonate through the years. It is 1981 and in Kinsale, Ireland, Nina, devoted to her son Joshua, lives a loveless existence, but a chance encounter changes everything. Michael is back in her life, he leaves the priesthood and happiness is within their grasp.
But when past and present collide, their whole world is turned upside down. Only by facing the consequences of what has gone before, can Nina and Michael embrace the future. Janna Gray guides us masterfully through this poignant story of love, loss, betrayal and hope.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Libertine Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Fantasy/Paranormal Romance novel, "Terpsichore In Love: Bemused and Bedeviled" by author John Tucker. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: The nine traditional Greek Muses, who are now living on Earth, find their everyday lives disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious mortal who is developing powers beyond human capabilities. After Dan Gordon falls in love with Terpischore, he finds himself in the midst of a power struggle between the forces of Heaven and the denizens of Hades ñ with the winner claiming his heart and soul. Bemused and Bedeviled takes you into the drama-filled lives of the nine sisters, headed up by the impetuous Terpischore, oversexed Melpomene, irascible Calliope, and the impossibly cheerful Euterpe. On the dark side, Lucifer and his three Sirens ñ the level-headed Calypso, wrathful Celestia, and the effervescent Chanteuse ñ deal with their own darker issues. The representatives of good and evil vie for Danís loyalty and allegiance, despite family issues that threaten to rip the very fabric of the universe apart.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Enigma Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Mystery/Thriller novel, "Broken Strings" by St. Martin's Press author Nancy Means Wright. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: When puppeteer Marion collapses during a performance of Sleeping Beauty, her friend Fay Hubbard will carry on. But Fay already has her hands full with three demanding foster children—Apple and Beets, who have a fractious jailbird father, and sixteen-year-old Chance, who has a crush on an older guy in a band called Ghouls. And now Marion’s husband Cedric seems more interested in a drop-dead-gorgeous French teacher than with any string puppets. And who is the mysterious Skull-man who warns of death if the show goes on with one of Marion’s offbeat endings?
When an autopsy reveals that Marion had swallowed a dose of deadly crushed yew—and a friend finds her half-sister dangling from a rod like a marionette, a shocked Fay goes after the killers.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Enigma Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Mystery/Thriller novel, "Phantom Dreams" by author T.K. Harris. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: FBI Special Agent Jack Matthews finds himself on yet another serial killer case, having barely recovered from the last disastrous hunt. Still stiff from a gun shot wound in his leg, under investigation for a botched job, and having lost his fiancée when she walked out on him, Jack is beginning to wonder if it isn’t time to move on to something new. But, for Jack, these cases are personal and he can’t say no. Marketing specialist Kathy Gilliam leads a fairly boring life. If she’s not working or caring for her ailing father, then she is doing whatever it takes to avoid going anywhere near crowds of people. Her few distractions include her friend Margo Longfellow, occasional hiking trips, and her increasingly alarming dreams of women dying. As her nightmares cause her to begin to doubt her sanity, the media releases news of the “Coast-to-Coast Killer” and Kathy discovers her dreams may be related. In a moment of panic, Kathy does something that places her on the FBI’s “persons of interest” list. Suddenly, her life is set on a collision course with Jack who must decide if Kathy is the killer or destined to become a victim.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Grimoire Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Fantasy/Dark Horror/Dystopian novel, "Long Lost Song" by author Stephen C. Ormsby. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: A virus is decimating America today and Michael Decker is the culprit. Or is he?
Is it the work of a curse recorded into a song by 1930's blues musician Ricky Jensen?
Long Lost Song tells the story of Ricky and Michael as they battle their personal and real demons while the world reaches end times of biblical proportions.
One question remains. How do you stop a devil of a song made to break a crossroads deal?
People who love 'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?' and 'Carnivale' should love this too.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Grimoire Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Dark Horror novel, "Pendant: The Undead Hunters (Book One)" by author Stephen C. Ormsby. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Varnok the Great Wizard wants revenge against the people who burnt him at the stake for murder three hundred years before. He has waited patiently in Hell for his opportunity.
Now, the Pendant has come together, and the time to make the pay for their actions against him is here. He will release his power upon Earth.
Maggie finds half a pendant in a sea-side market and Logan is given his by family, forcing the two into a horrific world they had never imagined, and running for their lives.
Will they learn the secret of the Pendant before it is too late?
Will there new-found love be strong enough to stop Varnok, a three hundred year old Wizard from the pits of Hell?
Pendant is the first book in The Undead Hunters series.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Grimoire Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Dark Horror novel, "Road to Hell: The Undead Hunters (Novella)" by author Stephen C. Ormsby. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Road to Hell is a graphic depiction of love, hatred and the power of the heart, as we join Conrad in the sixteen hundreds, and follow him on his journey of self-destruction.
Once in love with his life, Conrad's world is rocked when he discovers his beloved is cheating on him. Using blood magic and power, Conrad seeks his revenge and pays the ultimate price in this brutal and violent tale of vengeance.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Polliwog Press is giving away 20 copies of the amazing Children's Picture Book, "Taeh Goes to the Vet" by author Wendy Hindmarch. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information about this author and their works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: In the first of many humorous books in this series we see through the eyes of Taeh the Dalmatian as she tries to conquer her fear of the vet. Come along on this adventure and see what awaits her. See as she tries to outwit her pets (humans) as they have a battle of wills to see who will triumph. Once read you will be hooked on Taeh's adventures and want to read more in the Taeh the Dalmatian series.
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Offered by tajrrr (publisher): Binks, the author, lives in northern California, and his sister, Ruby Begonia, the illustrator, lives in Salem, Oregon.Binks wrote this story to reflect his sister’s love for the wonderful world of animals. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Polk County 4H.
Keyed to children ages 4-8. Thank you.
Description: Auntie Sissy's chickens were the happiest chickens in the world. Their coop was big and warm and clean and safe. Each day, Aunt Sissy would bring her chickens their food and collect eggs. She did this every day, all year long.
Then she finds an egg that is much too big and far from the coop to belong to her chickens. Aunt Sissy takes the egg home to her chief hen, Hennie and thus starts a new episode of life in the coop.
Gander the goose grows to display bravery and independence. He inspires his fearful adoptive family, and encourages a spirit of adventure for the read-to-me audience.
This charming tale shows us what it means to understand who we really are and the importance of being true to that vision.
Binks wrote this story to reflect his sister’s love of the earth and its creatures. All proceeds from the first printing of this book will be donated to the Candalaria Elementary School library, after which a portion of all proceeds will go to the African Wildlife Fund.
Description: "Delightful drawings and a lovely outcome from a real-life story of independence and the support that love, adaptability, and encouragement can bring. The Girl with Chipmunk Hands is a charming and inspiring story of accepting what we are given in life and enabling ourselves to do great and wonderful things."
-Nancy Fish, Accessibility Specialist/Activist
This is a delightful tale about little Lee-Lee, a lovely young girl who was born with small, pointed fingers that had a dusting of soft fur. Because Lee-Lee's hands are different from other children's, her parents do all they can to make sure their daughter knows that she is loved unconditionally. That love is reflected in Lee-Lee's kindness to all the animals in the forest, who love her in return for her compassion.
The Girl with Chipmunk Hands is a story that can teach young children to practice the principles of caring, respect, and acceptance.
For the parents of children with any type of developmental disability, The Girl with Chipmunk Hands includes a list of organizations that provide information and a variety of resources for families with children who have special needs.
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Offered by maltaie (author): The author, Mahmoud Saeed, is giving away copies of his classic work, Ben Barka Lane, newly translated into English for the first time! Enter to win a copy of this Arabic literature classic.
Description: FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF AWARD-WINNING NOVEL BANNED IN IRAQ
In Ben Barka Lane we see the Morocco of the late 1960s through the eyes of a young political exile from Iraq—its beauty and misery, its unforgettable people. In this contemporary classic, Mahmoud Saeed offers us a unique portrait of a time and place, and a tale of the passion, politics, vengeance, and betrayal that take place there. "A landmark of the modern Arab novel," in the words of one critic, Ben Barka Lane is now, at last, in English translation, as compelling today as when first published.
Sharqi, a political refugee from Iraq, comes to Morocco in 1964 and finds work as a high-school teacher in the small city of al-Mohammadiya. But Morocco proves no safe haven: the country is in political and social turmoil, as the state suppresses the recent leftist opposition led by Mahdi ben Barka. The opposition is scattered and the Hassan government is cracking down everywhere. Al-Mahdi himself has been forced to flee and has disappeared; rumor claims he has been killed in France. Sharqi just intends to keep his head down, and ride out the chaos. But he meets Habib, a friend and comrade of al-Mahdi, who, despite a severe heart condition, is considered a threat by the government. Habib is living in a kind of internal exile; his residence is now restricted by the government to this small town. Under these difficult circumstances, Sharqi and Habib form a close bond of friendship. But this brief respite ends with the appearance of Ruqayya, a beautiful young woman whose mysterious motives will divide them, and set off a chain of events and intrigue that no one could foresee.
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 15 copies of the Amazon Bestselling Epic Fantasy "The Godling Chronicles: The Sword of Truth" by Brian D. Anderson. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information on Bestselling Author, Brian D. Anderson and his works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Darkness comes as a new power rises in Angrääl. The Dark Knight has betrayed the Gods and stolen The Sword of Truth, trapping them in heaven. With the power of the Sword he can reshape the world and bring death to all who oppose him.
Only one thing stands between the darkness and the light. Gewey Stedding. Only he has the power to stand against the oncoming storm.
Only he can mend the world. But only if he can discover his power....
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 15 copies of the Amazon Bestselling Epic Fantasy "The Godling Chronicles: Of Gods and Elves" by Brian D. Anderson. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information on Bestselling Author, Brian D. Anderson and his works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Armies gather for war in the frozen land of Angrääl threatening to set the world ablaze. The elves are divided and scattered and humans fall prey to the dark influence of the Reborn King. Now, Gewey is faced with his greatest challenge yet. Unite the world of elf and human before it is too late...
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Offered by GMTAPublishing (publisher): Mythos Press is giving away 15 copies of the Amazon Bestselling Epic Fantasy "The Godling Chronicles: The Shadow of Gods" by Brian D. Anderson. We are looking for reviews and would love for you to participate in this giveaway. For more information on Bestselling Author, Brian D. Anderson and his works visit: http://www.gmtapublishing.com
Description: Valshara has fallen, and the forces of Angraal are advancing. For the first time, human and elf must shed blood as one, in order to stem the tide of evil. But new hope has arisen. From across the Western Abyss, a people long forgotten have returned. However, hope comes at its own price. Gewey must choose between his bond of love, and his duty to the world he is struggling to save.
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Offered by PaulaatAME: We are the publicity firm working with Jenna to share her tween fiction with readers.
About the author: Jenna Zark’s play A Body of Water was published by Dramatists Play Service and produced nationwide after its debut at Circle Repertory in New York. Zark’s poetry has been published in StoneBoat literary journal and she is also a columnist for the TC Jewfolk blog. Columns have been reprinted in MinnPost, the Forward, and other blogs worldwide. Zark is a recipient of the Jane Chambers playwriting award and received prose and dramatic writing awards from the McKnight Foundation, Minnestoa State Arts Board and FieldReport.
Description: The last thing Ruby Tabeata expected on her way to a Jack Kerouac reading was to be hauled to the police station. Just a few weeks shy of her twelfth birthday in 1958, Ruby lives in Greenwich Village and dreams of meeting famous poets while writing her own poetry. Instead, she is accused of trying to steal fruit from a local vendor and forced to go into a children’s home. Her only choice is to follow her heart—and find the one thing she needs with the power to help her heal.
“Narrated by precocious eleven-year-old Beat girl Ruby, this coming-of-age tale, set in a world of rebels, rule-breakers and dream makers, is engaging and full of heart.” —Annie Wilder, author of House of Spirits and Whispers
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Offered by PaulaatAME: We are the publicity firm working with Michelle to share her novel - a mix of romance, dystopian, and speculative fiction - with readers.
About the author: Michelle Janine Robinson is the author of Color Me Grey, More Than Meets the Eye, and Serial Typical. Her short story “Mi Destino” was included in Zane’s New York Times bestseller Caramel Flava and her short story contribution “The Quiet Room” was a featured story in the New York Times bestseller Succulent: Chocolate Flava II. Michelle is a native New Yorker and the mother of identical twin boys.
Description: Traci and Bill Bianco were living the all-American dream, until the world as they knew it came crashing down.
Years after a black man is elected President of the United States and the Empire State building is toppled by an explosion, the nation is in a state of upheaval. But it’s Hurricane Molly in 2018 and The Stock Market Crash of 2020 that seals the country’s fate. Once the economy takes a nosedive, ordinary Americans must resort to the barter system to get by.
Food and shelter are exchanged for labor and initially it seems as though it may work, until the unscrupulous begin to take power and laws are changed. Though Traci and Bill actually fare better than most, economically, they are confronted with a new risk—interracial marriage is once again deemed unlawful and anyone caught is subject to arrest. Soon Traci and their four-year-old daughter are on the run.
Strange Fruit offers a post-cataclysmic world when desperation reigns supreme and people resort to the cruelties of the past to take control.
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Offered by PaulaatAME: We are the publicity firm working with Tamara to share her novel - a mix of humor, romance, spirituality, and personal development - with readers.
About the author: Tamara Dorris is the author of several personal development books and has been quoted as an expert in numerous publications. She is also an adjunct professor, radio host & long time real estate professional who likes wine and yoga & writing books.
Description: Meet Melissa Murphy: wine-drinking real estate agent who finds herself "accidentally" assuming the role of a spiritual blogger when her boyfriend leaves her for his yoga teacher. Can she keep her role secret while trying to win her man back? If the lying doesn't kill her, the poses might!
"...Achingly funny and impossibly wise..." Jenna McCarthy, author of, If It Was Easy They'd Call the Whole Damn Thing a Honeymoon; Living with and Loving the TV-Addicted, Sex-Obsessed, Not-so-handy Man You Married
If you're looking for a hilarious look at yoga, real estate and personal development, you'll love this book!
Profound insight on human nature delivered in what seems like a yoga book (it's not), a real estate book (no way), but instead is a woman's fiction, humor tale that will keep readers smiling and longing for more.
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Offered by emma.right.author (author): Hi Readers, My new book needs reviews (10 at least) to launch it. So if you or your 12-16- year old children would want a wholesome summer read that involves adventure, mystery and suspense, in a magical land, please try my book. I'd like to get 10 book reviews for this new young adult, high fantasy, Keeper of Reign, Book 1. If you need more information you can go to my site emmaright dot com to read more on it about it. And about me!
Description: Books written in blood. Most are lost, their Keepers with them. A curse that befell a people. A Kingdom with no King. Life couldn’t get more harrowing for the Elfies, a blend of Elves and Fairies. Or for sixteen-year-old Jules Blaze. Or could it? For Jules, the heir of a Keeper, no less, suspects his family hides a forgotten secret. It was bad enough that his people, the Elfies of Reign, triggered a curse which reduced the entire inhabitants to a mere inch centuries ago. All because of one Keeper who failed his purpose. Even the King’s Ancient Books, did not help ward off that anathema. Now, Gehzurolle, the evil lord, and his armies of Scorpents, seem bent on destroying Jules and his family. Why? Gehzurolle’s agents hunt for Jules as he journeys into enemy land to find the truth. Truth that could save him and his family, and possibly even reverse the age-long curse. Provided Jules doesn't get himself killed first.
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Offered by PaulaatAME: We are the publicity firm working with Penny to share her marketing expertise with readers.
About the author: Penny is a book marketing and media relations specialist. She coaches authors on projects, manuscripts and marketing plans and instructs a variety of courses on publishing and promotion. Her company, Author Marketing Experts, Inc, specializes in non-traditional promotion for exceptional results. Her own book: No More Rejections. Get Published Today! was released in July of 2005 to rave reviews. To learn more about her upcoming events, books or promotional services, log onto her website at www.amarketingexpert.com. To subscribe to her free ezine, send a blank email to: subscribe@amarketingexpert.com
Description: Authors, speakers, small business owners...you've got three choices:
1. Spend a fortune on advertising and other old-school marketing, and pray that you'll make back your investment, against all odds.
2. Fritter away two or three years blindly stumbling around, trying to figure out what works on your own, while competing for attention with more than 25,000,000,000 web pages.
3. Listen to an expert who can show you how to get your website noticed, visited, and purchased from—who can show you how to be smart and successful online while keeping your dollars in your own wallet, and whose own site is in the top 1 percent* for traffic of all the sites in the world.
Penny Sansevieri is that expert, and this book is your road map. In the rapidly changing world of Internet publicity, this book is up-to-the-minute (covering social media in detail—not just Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn but also recent powerhouse sites like Pinterest and Google Plus—even a chapter on the reputation-rating site Klout). You'll learn...
* How gain real visibility in Google, no matter how they shift their algorithms—and why that can make a tremendous difference in your business
* What to do on your own websites, what to do on social media, and how to make money in both of those worlds
* How to capture an online market far bigger than PC users (hint: look at what's clipped to your belt or inside your pocket)
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Offered by CameronLeigh (author): Author Cameron Leigh presents a historical suspense novel spanning four thousand years that will fill readers with suspense, knowledge, outrage and ultimately hope as new insights into the Bible are made known and portions of the Creation Code are revealed, and its mysteries unraveled to arm the world for the ultimate battle against those responsible for the most widespread cover-up in the history of man.
Description: This historical suspense novel follows Texas Pastor Brix Brighton, a combat veteran of World War II and of Israel's War of Independence who has spent his lifetime studying the ancient quest for control lurking underneath the surface of the powerful world religions, and Alan Taveler, who has just returned from captivity in Pakistan with a sudden hunger for the Bible that leads him to uncover concealed knowledge that the alphabet is the code-key to the Creation Code. Alan Taveler is genetically programmed to disturb the past in order to give Brix Brighton a chance to save the future. Both men have been put under surveillance. The Bible cautions that life is a thriller and all humans are in it. Possessing just a fragment of the Creation Code, supremacist empires of religion have relentlessly pursued concentrating power, owning the mind and directing the will of all mankind. Now in the twenty-first century, they finally have the technology to prevail by creating an electronic confessor state.
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Offered by JosiahBancroft (author): I'm giving away TEN FREE copies of my book Senlin Ascends which is the first book in a new Fantasy-Adventure/Steampunk series, The Books of Babel.
Description: The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel of the Silk Age. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of airships and engines, of unusual animals and mysterious machines.
While honeymooning in the Tower of Babel, Thomas Senlin, a mild-mannered headmaster, loses his wife in the crowd. Senlin’s search for Marya carries him through madhouses, ballrooms, and burlesque theaters. He must survive betrayal, assassination, and the long guns of a flying fortress in a pursuit that carries him ever higher up the spiraling Tower. But if Senlin hopes to find Marya, he will have to do more than just survive. This quiet man of letters will have to become a man of action.
P.S. If you win, please be sure to check your junk e-mail folder as sometimes my e-mails end up there.
Description: An inventor must use his wits and a box of electronic dragonflies to defeat a rival bent on revenge. To cheat death, a scientist uploads his mind online. Will his ideas endure or will they take everybody with him? A convict is sentenced to work at an intergalactic Bible factory, but will his attitude send him back home?
Corridors is a collection of science fiction tales set in a world of dreams and danger. It is a world inhabited by those who seek to push the limits of the mind. It is a world where technology comes to life or takes on a life of its own.
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Offered by PneumaSprings1 (publisher): Important Note: This Giveaway is only available in Apple iBook readable on Apple iOS devices – such as iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. There are 10 giveaway copies. The winners of this giveaway will be sent ePub on Apple iBookstore.
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Description: This is the true story of a nine year old boy who, at the height of the Birmingham blitz, is transported from his ‘all mod cons’ big city home to the safety of a house in a remote south Staffordshire hamlet, a mile and a half from nowhere, where he finds himself living in domestic and sanitary conditions that have remained unaltered for over a thousand years – the culture shock to end all culture shocks.
It describes his acceptance of and assimilation into the country ways of life; his struggle for an education in a village school built to house ninety local children, but then grossly overcrowded by more than a hundred evacuees from not one but two Birmingham schools; his first faltering love, and the adventures that he was able to undertake by virtue of the fearless freedom afforded to children in that far off time exactly seventy years ago.
A contagious affliction sees him whisked away from the now familiar village of Yoxall and he finds himself living in a grand country house where a whole new series of adventures begin, resulting in an episode that tests the resolution of a tough little ‘Brummie’ almost to the limit.
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Offered by PneumaSprings1 (publisher): Important Note: This Giveaway is only available in Apple iBook readable on Apple iOS devices – such as iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. There are 10 giveaway copies. The winners of this giveaway will be sent ePub on Apple iBookstore.
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Description: Looking for sophisticated and stylish entertainment to stimulate jaded brain-cells? LOOK NO FURTHER! Falconer has shown yet again that he can produce a top-rate whodunnit in the finest British traditions: urbane, cultured and witty.
The peaceful estate of Wichenford Court, in deepest Worcestershire, is convulsed by a bizarre murder which, it is discovered, mirrors in 1959 a murder committed on exactly the same spot in 1791. Inspector Wickfield and his new assistant, Sergeant Holbrook, undertake a baffling investigation in which the killer’s tracks are covered so successfully that the case is in danger of remaining unsolved The Buckenham family, who have farmed the estate for centuries, the estate workers, and the gracious and monied Lady Hick-Stevens in the wings, provide the detectives with a spectrum of characters who might all, for one reason or another, have murder in mind.
A suicide before the First World War, a university career cut short by drink and debt, a missed business opportunity, family antagonisms, a threat to jobs on the estate, all give the inspector and his sergeant food for thought – not to mention a headache – until the inspector rumbles the one tiny mistake that leads to the unmasking of the killer. A triumph of literary sophistication!
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Offered by PneumaSprings1 (publisher): Important Note: This Giveaway is only available in Apple iBook readable on Apple iOS devices – such as iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. There are 10 giveaway copies. The winners of this giveaway will be sent ePub on Apple iBookstore.
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Description: Sarah Hallam’s last term at University was wrecked by her conviction that she had a stalker, although nobody would take her seriously. After her finals, she takes refuge with her novelist cousin Paddy, who believes in both the stalker and Sarah’s fears.
Sarah takes a temporary job as a groom at Swallowfield Grange, a competition and livery yard in Derbyshire, owned by glamorous event rider Gussie Stanton and her husband Oliver. Sarah’s job proves to be much more than a groom in many ways. The advent of Gussie’s handsome nephew, Tim Walters, and his string of event horses, upsets Sarah’s new found equilibrium, while Tim appears to barely notice her existence, until her safety is threatened, when he acts with uncharacteristic and surprising gallantry.
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Description: The illegitimate birth of twin boys in 1945: the infamous Bible John slayings: two present day murders.
What is the terrifying link that connects all three?
During the late 1960’s, the actions of a vicious serial killer prophetically dubbed ‘Bible John’ caused mass hysteria among the young women of Glasgow, holding them in a chilling, vice-like grip of terror. Then, inexplicably, in late 1969, almost as quickly as they had begun, the killings stopped.
It is 2010 and two teenage girls are dead, strangled. On the surface the authorities appear to treat the murders as unrelated but ambitious young policeman, DCI Mason Blackwell, has other ideas...and a vested interest. A personal link to the original murders compels him to delve deeply to try and establish a connection between generations.
Blackwell, his good friend and colleague, DI Theresa Bremner, and ex-Special Forces agent, Tom Logan, now a top criminal psychologist, join forces to form a special unit designed to track down the killer.
In an age of recession and budget cuts, an already depleted police force is then stretched almost to breaking point by the emergence of another killer – one who randomly executes wife beaters and child abusers.
The scene is set for a nightmarish journey for Mason Blackwell and his team as the crime count threatens to spiral out of control. Expect the unexpected as the story dramatically twists and turns, sending all concerned towards a violent and terrifying conclusion...
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Description: On the night of a blizzard in January 1963, an elderly couple who live in a tiny Worcestershire village are summoned to their daughter’s cottage two and a half miles away at Longdon, on urgent but unspecified business. When eventually they reach their daughter’s cottage, exhausted and worried, they find it warm but empty. Unable to face the journey back home that night, they prepare a simple meal for themselves preparatory to retiring to bed in their daughter’s cottage. The following morning, the concerned neighbours find the couple still sitting at table, poisoned by a bottle of contaminated wine. A student is found to have been killed by the same rare poison in his London bed-sit within days of the Longdon murders. Coincidence? Surely not! Inspector Wickfield is appointed to find out.
His inquiry is hampered by the repeated appearance of the couple’s son, who is a senior officer in the Canadian force. Weaving his way round red herrings and dead ends, Wickfield requires all his ingenuity, prompted by a random crossword clue, to uncover a devious and intricate plot instigated by a determined criminal.
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Description: THE WISHING BOOK (for children 8 - 12 years old)
Back in 1940 on the Island of Tenerife, a young child - Pedro Armaz, is supernaturally given words for special book which made wishes come true. His family are very poor and so Pedro wishes for riches and great wealth which are granted.
Many years later, Zelmut, Chief and Highness of Planet Mars, discovers the existence of the wishing book and wants it for himself so that he can become the ruler of the whole universe. He sends a Martian warrior to find the book and bring it back to Mars, but the warrior keeps the book and uses the book for his own selfish ends and never returns to Mars.
Many years later, little John Carter aged 9, finds this book hidden under a floorboard in his bedroom. He tells his twin sister Penny and close friend Jimmy and together they have many small adventures and play pranks with the book.
Eventually, they wish to go to Planet Mars and they tell their science teacher about this. They trust him and he agrees to go on the trip with them. This is where the action picks up. The children face betrayal and terror as they are faced with Martian warriors and flying creatures called Termans who are intent on getting the book off them. To add to their fear, Zelmut releases his prized weapon - the Blattidae.
Eventually the children lose The Wishing Book and all hope of returning to Planet Earth is dashed. Zelmut seems intent on terminating them. Will he succeed?
This is an edge of the seat book that will keep the reader gripped right until the end. With the many twists, it is impossible to know who they can trust.
Description: Book 2 in the Aegean Mystery Series (2 years in the kindle top ten)
Springtime on a Greek Island. One missing foreign student. Seven days to find her.
Thalia and Petros are back in the second book of the Aegean Mystery Series.
On Katafigio, the community rally round to try and find the missing Canadian girl and kind hearted Thalia leads the search. Her enquiries lead to a shocking discovery about her own home town and takes her to other islands, including Santorini. Can Thalia find the Canadian girl in time or is it already too late?
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Offered by PaulaCappa (author): Welcome to Review The Dazzling Darkness, free ebook. If you like the supernatural (soft-core), you are probably a good candidate to review this story.
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Description: The Dazzling Darkness is a supernatural mystery.
Do you believe in consciousness after death? Do you believe in ghosts?
A secret lies buried beneath the haunting statuary in Old Willow Cemetery. In Concord, Massachusetts, the surrounding woods are alive with the spirits of transcendentalists Emerson, Thoreau, and Alcott. Elias Hatch, the cemetery keeper, is the last of modern-day transcendentalists. Does he know the secret power buried in Old Willow Cemetery? Would he ever reveal it?
Next door to this cemetery is a lovely gabled house. When the Brooke family moves in, the secret of Old Willow strikes. On a cold afternoon in March, five-year-old Henry Brooke does not arrive home from the school bus stop. Antonia Brooke is frantic her child is missing, or—-the unspeakable—-stolen. Adam Brooke spends a harrowing night searching the Concord woods, fear gripping him as hours pass with no leads.
Finally, a police dog tracks Henry’s scent inside Old Willow Cemetery. Detective Mike Balducci suspects that Elias Hatch knows the truth about what happened to Henry. Balducci knows Hatch’s metaphysical beliefs. What Balducci discovers buried in the cemetery is beyond the grave, beyond apparitions or shadowy drifts rushing through the pine trees.
There are the dazzled faces in the darkened air … and their secret.
Offered by HarperChildrens (publisher): Enter for a chance to win an advance copy of MY WEIRD WRITING TIPS, the funny, informative book from bestselling author Dan Gutman!
Description: The ability to put thoughts into writing is an essential skill vital to success in school—from elementary school through college. Bestselling author Dan Gutman helps kids master this important skill with his fun, informative writing guide, My Weird Writing Tips.
Dan offers tricks for spelling hard words, understanding the difference between similar words like “its” and “it’s,” and conquering grammar stumbling blocks like commas and apostrophes. He also teaches readers how to write an engaging story, in line with the grades 2–5 Common Core goals for writing a narrative.
With illustrated appearances from A.J. and Andrea, stars of his bestselling My Weird School series, and with his trademark wacky sense of humor, Dan makes learning the writing and storytelling basics so fun kids will forget they’re learning.
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Offered by IanMPindar (author): I have five copies of this book to give away. I will write a personal message of your choice. Check out my reviews on Amazon UK, where I have focused my marketing so far. I promise you will love this book, or I will find you and give you a large sum of money - a money back guarantee! Big love, Ian.
Description: Hedonistic rite of passage European road movie. Dealing with the big issues: love, relationships, drugs, death, sex,travel, morality and spiritual enlightenment.
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Offered by B_A_Palus (author): I am a self-published, independent author and I am trying to expose my book to a wider audience while working with a limited budget.
Description: For juvenile readers through adult.
A story of innocence and the joys, fears and dangers of childhood as two small boys find themselves all alone in a magical world.
Far above a magical land, an enormous pumpkin flies across a bright sky with five-year-old Owen and his three-year-old brother, Oliver, riding on top. The two boys hang on tightly and laugh with pure joy as the beauty and wonders of the land below nurture their innocence and their imaginations. Even so, there is a darkness that threatens to extinguish the light of their childhood.
Although they enjoy the home they have created in a cozy and shadowless cave, the boys miss their parents and long for a way back to them. Every night, the magic pumpkin sits motionless outside the entrance to the cave, keeping the boys safe from harm. But the pumpkin cannot protect Owen and Oliver from all danger. Shadow eyes wait in the darkness, and other, even more deadly, creatures. When the boys are torn from the pumpkin's safety, they must find strength and courage in their love for each other if they are to survive and find their way back home.
This poignant fantasy tale explores the bond of love between two young brothers as they take an enchanted journey through the extraordinary miracle of childhood, through its hardships and fears, its discoveries and triumphs, its vulnerability and its resiliency. With only each other to depend on, the brothers must find their way through the darkness, and back to the light.
Description: In this much-anticipated sequel to the award-winning "Matinicus" (Best Mystery, 2013 Indie Book Awards; Bronze Prize, Northeast Regional Fiction, 2013 IPPYS), five longtime friends—briefly freed from their complex lives for an annual, all-female retreat on Adria Jackman’s remote, 200-acre enclave of Mistake Island, Maine—are forced to put the partying on hold to host the hard-drinking, bachelor botanist, Gil Hodges, stranded there for what could be days.
A hopeless womanizer, Gil is secretly pleased at the layover, but soon finds Mistake’s deeply forested interior deceptively bucolic and the women a bit too intriguing for comfort, stirring both glorious memory and profound regret. When a diabolical stranger appears out of nowhere, insinuating himself into the fold to exact a twisted kind of revenge, it falls to Gil to keep the women safe, despite a dawning awareness that not everyone will make it off the island alive. “The best male protagonist to come along since Lee Child’s Jack Reacher!” — Cruising World Magazine
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Offered by BessGreenfield (author): In return for a free ebook, the author requests that winners of the giveaway write a fair and honest review and post it to Amazon, Goodreads and Library Thing.
Description: She set out to expose his true nature, but the secrets revealed were her own…
Paris, 1871. In the aftermath of war and revolution, cavalry officer Olivier Valencourt, the comte de Chaumenay, only wants peace. But his discovery of his deceased brother’s child in a Montmartre hovel leads to a battle of wills with the lovely but evasive American struggling to provide for him. Determined to gain custody of his nephew, Olivier sets out to win the audacious bohemian’s trust with patronage and patience, but her courage, wisdom, and innocent sensuality divert his agenda.
Painter Jeanne Delancy has good reason to despise the portrait-worthy count before she ever meets him. She believes he’s the man who seduced and deserted her friend long ago. Unfortunately, the talented and persuasive Olivier is hard to dislike or resist in person.
Conflicted by loyalty to her missing friend and her duty to the abandoned six-year-old she’s vowed to protect, Jeanne feels obligated to give the war hero the opportunity to prove he’s worthy of knowing his son. But the independent woman who thinks herself immune to temptation underestimates Olivier in many ways and reveals far more than she ever anticipates. While the strong-willed opposites struggle to reconcile their deepest longings, dangerous alliances and scandalous secrets threaten a tragic repetition of history.
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Offered by JKSCommunications: Three lucky winners will each win one advanced reader copy of Reba White Williams' Restrike.
Description: Cousins Coleman and Dinah Greene moved to New York City after college to make their mark on the art world, and they have—Coleman as the editor of an influential arts magazine, and Dinah as the owner of a print gallery in Greenwich Village. But challenges mount as Coleman discovers a staff writer selling story ideas to a competitor, while Dinah’s Greene Gallery slips into the red. When billionaire Heyward Bain arrives announcing plans to fund a fine print museum, Coleman is intrigued and plans to publish an article about him, and Dinah hopes to sell him prints. Then, unexpectedly, swindlers invade the art world to grab some of Bain’s money, and a print dealer dies under mysterious circumstances. Risking her own life, Coleman sets out to unravel the last deception threatening her, her friends, and the once-tranquil world of fine art prints.
Offered by johnwcassell (author): NO REVIEW IS REQUESTED. Just enjoy. Winners will receive their prize through the Amazon marketplace for faster service.
Description: An unsparing journey along the highways and through the crashpads and soup kitchens of the Age of Aquarius. The book combines authentic period storytelling with autobiography resulting in a reliving of this long gone era in all its ecstacy... in all its despair.
Mundell makes no excuses for his ever-restless characters, he just sets them in motion, allowing them to tell the tale. The emotions in this book are powerful. Aspirants should check out sample pages and reviews as this book is clearly not for everyone.
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Offered by JKSCommunications: This is a giveaway for 3 eBook copies of Rotten Pumpkin: A Rotten Tale in 15 Voices.
Description: Compost won't mean the same thing to you after you've seen the amazing transformation of Jack from grinning pumpkin to mold-mottled wreckage to hopeful green shoot. The story of decomposition is vividly told so that science comes to life (and death). Part story, part science, and a whole lot of fun.
Teacher guide in back of book, additional material (including instructions on how to put on a Rotten Pumpkin play in your school) on Creston and Author website.
Description: Teen violin prodigy Cassie has been tiptoeing around her father, whose moods have become increasingly explosive.After he destroys her beloved and valuable violin in a sudden rage, Cassie, shocked, runs away, eventually seeking refuge in a homeless shelter.She later learns that her father, a former violinist, was physically beaten as a child by her grandfather, a painful secret he's kept hidden from his family, and the cause of his violent outbursts. With all of their lives shattered in some way, Cassie's family must struggle to repair their broken relationships.As Cassie moves forward, she ultimately finds a way to help others, having developed compassion through her own painful experiences. Written in lyrical prose, SHATTERED tells the moving story of how one girl finds inner strength through music.
Description: This is a beginner's guide to real estate investment. It will provide the readers with decision making process and strategies for various real estate investment options. Filled with personal experiences and real life scenarios, this book not only offers what a beginner needs to know to get started but at the same time realize their dreams!
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Offered by sallyaa (author): I'm Sally, the author. I hope you enjoy the book. Please review it on Amazon when you're finished.
Description: Becky is a recent widow who lives with her beloved dog, Tawny. She falls in love with a man thirty years younger than her. Buddy is a handyman who seduces Becky. Follow their relationship to its shocking end.
Description: This book provides practical insights into challenges faced by process professionals and how to overcome them to attain success. This is a revised edition of the book with some editorial changes and enhanced content. It will teach you all you need to know about change management.
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Offered by RoeschLeisure: I received this review copy by accident. It needs a good home and a review.
Description: In My Greek Drama, Gianna Angelopoulos—known in her home country simply as ''Gianna''—has written a memoir that is as much about Greece's journey as her own.
From her childhood in Crete, to law school in Thessaloniki, to Athens, where she overcame male-dominated legal and political cultures to help redefine public service in Greece, Gianna worked her way into becoming one of the most respected women in Greek public life.
Balancing motherhood, business, and a place in the upper echelons of world society, Gianna never lost her passion for public service and brought the 2004 Olympic Games back from the brink of catastrophe to what was later called an ''unforgettable dream games.''
Her life, her Cinderella love story, and her intensity of will are equally unforgettable. From stories of handing out basil seeds on the streets of Athens to entertaining royalty and political leaders in London, Zurich, and Athens, My Greek Drama captures the burning ambition of the rebellious girl from the island of Crete who ''lit'' the Olympic torch. Her story should help rekindle the spirit of the Greek people, and of every person who has ever struggled to change the world.
Description: Set against the backdrop of World War II and growing racial tension in Tennessee, Chattanooga finds Mamie Buffon, her seven daughters, two son-in-laws, granddaughter, bed-ridden brother, and two black housekeepers packed together in a highly dysfunctional household fraught with marital, sexual and racial tension. None of them could possibly imagine what the summer of 1944 had in store for them as the novel hurtles towards its dramatic conclusion.
Description: Now you can enjoy tasty veggie cuisine with your friends and family.
Within the pages of Vegetarian Tapas you will find a tempting selection of dishes for your tapas, buffets, meze and picnics.
Along with tapas classics such as patatas bravas, tortilla and garlic mushrooms, you can treat yourself to savoury and sweet snacks from around the world, including: falafel, grissini, onion bhaji, gorditas and treacle tarts. They are all here.
All recipes are made using accessible, everyday ingredients.
Whether you are sharing with one other or a crowd, you are sure to find something to please.
Offered by Ronrose1: I'm clearing my shelves of some older ARC's. I know you'll enjoy this 2010 book by this years Edgar Award winner.
Description: This book hits you like an elbow to the nose. You'll remember the shock and power of it for days to come. If you like a fast paced, hard hitting action story, with a definite touch of reality and soft touch of humanity, then you will really enjoy this latest suspense story by Dennis Lehane. This is a follow up to Lehane's, "Gone, Baby, Gone", a story of the kidnapping and recovery of a four year old girl. The story left off with the question of whether it was better to leave the child with the kindhearted kidnappers or return her to a dysfunctional mother. Twelve years later, the girl is missing again and P.I.'s Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro who found her before, are asked to find her again. The now married investigators are torn over the question of whether they did the right thing the fist time and whether they will be able to tell what is right this time.
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Offered by tombarrywrites (author): This giveaway is in exchange for an Amazon review. The giveaway works in two stages: winners will receive an eBook version in the first instance. When your review is posted to Amazon you will be sent a signed and dedicated paperback copy. The review may be posted on your local Amazon site or Amazon.com (http://amzn.to/OhkKKp). Amazon require a minimum of 20 words for a valid review.
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When wealthy but neglected Isobel is invited to a luxury Tuscan retreat owned by the enigmatic Jay, she imagines a life of excitement outside her stagnant marriage. She abandons herself in a passionate affair, but is soon trapped in a web of deception and betrayal as her desperate lover fights for survival. Hopelessly bound under Jay's spell, Isobel must discover if her lover is her saviour, or her nemesis.
An intelligent read, When The Siren Calls is a delicious expose of how the other half live: selfishly, sinfully and shamelessly.
Reviews:
“When The Siren Calls is a sexy, seductive book. There is love, betrayal, infidelity and unexpected twists. There is so much going on, it's like watching a really good movie. It’s brilliant.” - "Books and Reviews“
"The thinking woman's Fifty Shades" - "Female First."
"A very well-conceived story with interesting characters and a tantalizing pace. I couldn’t ask for more than that.” – Jennifer Custer, Literary Agent, A.M. Heath
“ A pacy, racy, romance novel that simultaneously feels like a critique of a particular social scene. The prose is very strong technically, and the characters are comprehensive and believable. Isobel is an effective and sympathetic protagonist, and her story is compelling.” – Tom Fletcher, author, ‘The Leaping’
““[The sex scenes in When the Siren Calls] are vital, pacy, and never gross or uncomfortable – as the annual Bad Sex Awards shows, this is rare in fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed the way the strands come together as the novel pushes towards climax." – Matthew Branton, author, ’The Love Parade’.
“A sexually-unfulfilled wife in a tricky situation and a handsome stranger coming to her rescue. Give me good old escapism any time.-” Alana Woods, author, ‘Imbroglio’.
“I loved this book! I am recommending it to all my friends who love smart, sensual stories with twists that keep you guessing.” – 'Erin Potter, Shamrock Editing.'
“This story grabs you by the throat from the start. The opening scene is every woman’s nightmare.” -'Kathleen Patel, Amazon Books.'
“Wow- Lady Chatterley meets Christian Grey ! It’s exciting to find a new writer who tells life like it is, but with a delectable twist of romance, sex and humour.” - Stephanie J Hale, author, ‘Millionaire Women, Millionaire You.’
“Witty, often deliciously self-conscious and smattered with the best sort of irony, When the Siren Calls is both seductive and funny. If ‘humourotica’ is a genre then Tom Barry is its king; if it does not yet exist then he is its creator.” – 'Book Connoisseur.'
“Tom Barry follows in the footsteps of the great Irish storytellers.” Ré Ó Laighléis, author, ‘Hooked.’
Recipient is asked to provide a review in exchange for this book.
Offered by tombarrywrites (author): Winner will receive a signed and dedicated copy, with a complimentary bookmark. This giveaway is in exchange for an Amazon review. The giveaway works in two stages: winners will receive an eBook version in the first instance. When your review is posted to Amazon you will be sent a signed and dedicated paperback copy. The review may be posted on your local Amazon site or Amazon.com (http://amzn.to/OhkKKp). Amazon require a minimum of 20 words for a valid review.
Description: When wealthy but neglected Isobel is invited to a luxury Tuscan retreat owned by the enigmatic Jay, she imagines a life of excitement outside her stagnant marriage. She abandons herself in a passionate affair, but is soon trapped in a web of deception and betrayal as her desperate lover fights for survival. Hopelessly bound under Jay's spell, Isobel must discover if her lover is her saviour, or her nemesis.
An intelligent read, When The Siren Calls is a delicious expose of how the other half live: selfishly, sinfully and shamelessly.
Reviews:
“When The Siren Calls is a sexy, seductive book. There is love, betrayal, infidelity and unexpected twists. There is so much going on, it's like watching a really good movie. It’s brilliant.” - "Books and Reviews“
"The thinking woman's Fifty Shades" - "Female First."
"A very well-conceived story with interesting characters and a tantalizing pace. I couldn’t ask for more than that.” – Jennifer Custer, Literary Agent, A.M. Heath
“ A pacy, racy, romance novel that simultaneously feels like a critique of a particular social scene. The prose is very strong technically, and the characters are comprehensive and believable. Isobel is an effective and sympathetic protagonist, and her story is compelling.” – Tom Fletcher, author, ‘The Leaping’
““[The sex scenes in When the Siren Calls] are vital, pacy, and never gross or uncomfortable – as the annual Bad Sex Awards shows, this is rare in fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed the way the strands come together as the novel pushes towards climax." – Matthew Branton, author, ’The Love Parade’.
“A sexually-unfulfilled wife in a tricky situation and a handsome stranger coming to her rescue. Give me good old escapism any time.-” Alana Woods, author, ‘Imbroglio’.
“I loved this book! I am recommending it to all my friends who love smart, sensual stories with twists that keep you guessing.” – 'Erin Potter, Shamrock Editing.'
“This story grabs you by the throat from the start. The opening scene is every woman’s nightmare.” -'Kathleen Patel, Amazon Books.'
“Wow- Lady Chatterley meets Christian Grey ! It’s exciting to find a new writer who tells life like it is, but with a delectable twist of romance, sex and humour.” - Stephanie J Hale, author, ‘Millionaire Women, Millionaire You.’
“Witty, often deliciously self-conscious and smattered with the best sort of irony, When the Siren Calls is both seductive and funny. If ‘humourotica’ is a genre then Tom Barry is its king; if it does not yet exist then he is its creator.” – 'Book Connoisseur.'
“Tom Barry follows in the footsteps of the great Irish storytellers.” Ré Ó Laighléis, author, ‘Hooked.’
Description: ENTER THE WORLD OF VISTIRA IN THE FIRST PART OF THE NEW ADULT, ROMANTIC FANTASY SERIES.
Emily's past is a mystery. Left abandoned on the steps of a police precinct as a young girl, she is unaware of the love she left behind in another world. When she seeks hypnotherapy to deal with haunting dreams of a handsome stranger, she is thrown into memories of being kidnapped and almost murdered.
Kellus's heart is torn apart by the strange and devastating disappearance of the only woman he would ever love. A secret kept from him as a child turns out to be the catalyst in a devious plot to control the world of Vistira. But first, the power-hungry Dinora, aided by the traitorous Lionel, needed to eliminate the one woman who could prevent them from bending Kellus to their will.
With the help of their family, the young couple must find a way back to one another and end the threat posed by their enemies, not only for their own sakes, but also for the safety of their entire world.
This book is an eBook, not a physical book.
