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Baiba was born in Latvia, a satellite country in the now defunct USSR. Her home country gained independence from the USSR during the author’s teen years. As a result, the author grew up during a time of extreme chaos, change, and new beginnings. This included a shift from Soviet propaganda to freedom of speech and religion. Economically, her world went from a communist planning economy to capitalism.This led to 3 monetary system changes (all within Baiba’s lifetime). Most newly independent Latvians were left in a deep financial crisis. This turbulent time is reflected in Baiba’s career path; from working in hospital wards, to owning her own successful business, then driving a bus in the mountains of Norway, and now, her emerging writing career.

The Grunts of Wrath

About The Grunts of Wrath

Combat diaries from elite operators and commanding officers dominate the space. But what happens when regulars face the fire?

Ronny Bruce is a renaissance man: philosopher, drifter, Gen X rock ‘n’ roller, and gentleman. At thirty-two, divorced and burnt-out with the burbs, Ronny bails on his teaching career and seeks army infantry. It’s no joke when boot camp is mandatory since his marine corps’ service ended ten years beforehand. Assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Ronny’s platoon hunts an Afghan foe who’s never surrendered. Half collapse from wounds.

Ronny’s decade-long postwar journey examines victory and failure. Realities include grieving over friends’ deaths and processing crimes or addictions of old battle buddies. Six men expire before thirty-five as a result of four suicides, one unexplained death, and murder. Labels for the living include felon, vagrant, drunk, addict, depressed, and suicidal. Ronny checks some boxes. Graduate, businessman, engineer, teacher, accountant, and rich describes other paths. Ronny checks some of those too.

War through the eyes of this offbeat ATLien provides explosive payoffs that get smothered by each turning page – answering an age-old question: what drives warriors over the edge?

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Ronny Bruce is an OG ATLien (born in Atlanta, Georgia) and has served in the US Marine Corps and the US Army. He holds a degree from Kennesaw State University and taught high school social studies from 2004 – 2006, before his military reenlistment which jumpstarts the events in his memoir.

Old Mother West Wind Tales by Muz Murray

About Old Mother West Wind Tales by Muz Murray

The Bedtime Book that Begs to be Read Aloud
Old Mother West Wind Tales is an utterly delightful updated version of the century-old classic by Thornton W. Burgess, completely rewritten in a poetically lyrical and easier-to-read-aloud version for today’s parents.

Children delight in the mischievous antics of the animals and birds of the Grassy Green Meadow, the Pollywig Pool, and the Windily Wood. All the old favourites–Johnny Chuck, fly-gobbling Grandfather Frog, Jimmy Skunk, and sly Reddy Fox—are joined in their adventures by new characters such as Billy Brock, little Zoëy Otter and her brother Otty, Sneezle the Weasel, and Toby Cockles the Terrapin.

And fun facts about the real-life habits of the animals portrayed in the stories are found after each chapter, offering educational insights about wildlife.

Each chapter is a separate story, only ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes long; being ideal for bedtime reading suitable for 3-year-olds and upwards, and for early readers from 6 -12 years.

These wholesome stories encourage friendship, kindness, heroism, justice, and above all, a love of nature and respect for creatures of the wild. They also cover vanity, pride, wilfulness, mischievous pranks, bullying, boasting, and karmic comeback. The tales have gentle moral pointers that show the consequences of certain actions, such as, “Whatever you do, will come back on you.”

Discover…
• How the Merry Little Breezes Saved Mrs. Redwing’s Eggs
• Why Grandfather Frog has no tail
• Why Jimmy Skunk wears stripes
• How Pee-Tee the Prankster Rabbit got his Comeuppance
• How Reddy Fox had a Terrible Fright
• How Little Zoëy Otter Saved Grandfather Frog
• How Johnny Chuck Found the Best Thing in the World
• And many more amusingly quirky stories…

These whimsical and gentle rhyming tales from a timeless world also charm adults as well as children.

These wholesome stories encourage friendship, kindness, heroism, justice, and above all, a love of nature and respect for creatures of the wild. They also cover vanity, pride, wilfulness, bullying, boasting, mischievous pranks, and their karmic comeback. The tales have gentle moral pointers that show the consequences of certain actions, such as, “Whatever you do, will come back on you.”

The book will appeal to lovers of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, the Brambly Hedge books, the Fern Hollow series, and The Wind in the Willows.

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I began my career as a surrealist painter (when I lived on the Costa Brava and became friendly with Salvador Dali); then followed on as set and costume designer for theatre and film, actor, nightclub singer, elephant trainer, and a world-traveling adventurer hitch-hiking all down Africa, and overland to India, where I spent 3 years as a wandering monk studying meditation and mantra, and ending up as a yoga teacher and spiritual mentor. Now retired and living as a virtual hermit in the hills of southern Portugal, with a thousand geckos as my only companions.

The Christmas One Night Stand: Standalone Enemies to Lovers Forbidden Romance (Big Bad Billionaires)

About The Christmas One Night Stand: Standalone Enemies to Lovers Forbidden Romance (Big Bad Billionaires)

I got pregnant from a one-night-stand with my worst enemy
Then I walked into the office to find out he was my new boss…

In my defense, I hadn’t planned on having anything to do with Hunter Whittington again.
So what if his jaw can cut glass, his gaze is piercing and he has a body that haunted my dreams.
Our values are contradictory.
Our principles are contrasting.
Our upbringing couldn’t be more different.
He’s the entitled Oxbridge educated billionaire on track to become the leader of the country.
I’m the daughter of a shopkeeper, who by sheer determination rose to become a PR specialist.

We hated each other on sight.
Couldn’t spend time in the same room without getting into a fight.
Until we find ourselves double-booked…
…in the same house over Christmas.

What’s worse there’s only one bedroom.
And a snowstorm brewing outside.
Then the electricity goes out…
Only the chemistry between us takes off.

Unable to keep our hands off each other we make a pact…
…to spend one night together.
We wouldn’t speak about it afterwards.
Not to each other, not to the world.
We’d pretend it never happened.

Except for the pink line across the test in my hand…

This is Zara and Hunter’s story. A true enemies to lovers stand alone romance. Features a feisty, determined-to-stand-up-for-herself beauty and the grumpy billionaire who’ll tame her and lose his heart in the process. Guaranteed to give you all the feels, along with the grand gestures and the HEA you crave! 1-Click NOW

Tropes: Enemies to lovers, Boss – Employee, forbidden romance, one night stand, growly tattooed hero, strong female lead

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L. Steele writes romance novels with powerful men who find their match in strong, curvy, and, fiery women. When she's not writing, she swaps trivia with her filmmaker husband, watches tons of movies, and hikes nature trails.

She lives with her family in London.

Brian, Created Intelligence

About Brian, Created Intelligence

Within a four foot stainless steel cube, a bodiless brain is awake, thinking, computing, knowing. Brian was created by genetic engineer Dr. Ellie Parsons, and neuroscientist Tom Marshall, at biotechnology company Dipol Inc., in San Diego, CA. Ethical questions abound as they hide Brian’s true identity from him and the world around. To Brian, he’s merely artificial intelligence, tasked with creating even more intelligent systems. To Ellie and her company, he’s a means to an end, to create true artificial intelligence using his genius and the brain computer interface attached to his only true organ. All is as well as it can be until the day a psychotic agent of DARPA, Jonathan Volt, commandeers it for use in none other than militarization. Once Ellie neurally links herself to Brian, all bets are off to ensure his safety as his entire life is literally on the table.
The Brian, Created Intelligence e-book will be on sale starting December 15th for $0.99!

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AJ is a novelist maintaining (mostly) science fiction story lines based upon the brain-the final frontier of biology, and of our existence. The brain is the only entity which has named itself and is the most miraculous and confoundingly beautiful machine to have ever come to fruition. Currently, AJ has a handful of works awaiting publication, whether through the publishing houses or self-publishing, only time shall tell. With an amazing wife and weiner dog, AJ works in southern California in pharmaceuticals, cooking, writing, and traveling as much as possible.

A Beast So Beautiful

About A Beast So Beautiful

A darkness falls over the land when the Queen of Rurith dies. Consumed with grief, King Ivar blames their son, Prince Leif, for her demise, and locks him away in the castle. The Prince is left in total despair, until a girl, with hair the colour of a red sunset and green eyes shows him mercy. For six years she visits him in secret, giving him hope where none existed before. But Rurith hides many treacherous things that threaten to bring the Kingdom to its knees. Until the Prince and his beastly curse are released.

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Carlyle is a South African USA Today Bestselling, award-winning, and international bestselling author with a flair for mixing genres and adding loads of drama to every story she creates. she has traveled the world with her books in hopes of connecting with all kinds of book-loving people, to learn as much as she can from other book cultures with the hopes of bringing the knowledge back to her home country.
For now, she is happy to take over the world and convert non-Sci-fi believers.

Her goal as an author is to touch people’s lives and help others love their differences and one another by delivering strong messages of faith, love, and hope within every outrageous world she writes about.

“I love to swim, fight for the trees, and am a food lover who is driven by my passion for life. I dream that one day my stories will change the lives of countless teenagers and have them obsess over the world literacy can offer them instead of worrying about fitting in. Never sacrifice who you are, its in the dark times that the light comes to life.”

Affirmations for Wealth: 365 Daily Affirmations for Manifesting your Financial Abundance

About Affirmations for Wealth: 365 Daily Affirmations for Manifesting your Financial Abundance

This manifesting workbook has been designed for you to use daily. Once you learn how to surround your thoughts with positivity, you can attract and manifest all the things that you desire. Each affirmation includes a section for you to write down your own thoughts, plans, goals, dreams, wishes and aspirations.

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Sheila Chadwick, from the United States, is a writer, former music critic and entertainment news writer and host of "The Ghetto Cooking Show", an International online cooking program that focuses on using foods available in most people's cup boads. She holds an Associate Degree in Business Administration, a Bachelors Degree in Business Management and a Masters Degree in Educational Technology.

While her education has been in various fields, her love has always been in entertainment. In 2001, Sheila created the Word On The Street message board out of a desire to converse with other people online. She found that there was a market of other music and entertainment news lovers that shared her passion for celebrity gossip. Over time the board grew tremendously and was frequented by many news and radio personalities as they knew this was (at that time) one of the top sources for celebrity gossip.

Around 2004, Sheila began to summarize the news and forward onto her family and friends by way of a weekly email. The response was so great, that many of the people would not only forward it on to their friends but also request it more frequently. It was because of this venture that she came to contribute her journalistic talents to other sources such as Crystal Magazine, Mahogany Magazine and liner notes for the Midnight Soul compilation released on the Right Stuff Records label; a division of Capital Records.

It was her contribution to Mahogany Magazine that tapped into her true love of writing, allowing her to move from the gossip and onto celebrity interviewing. Mahogany Magazine owner Susan Harris, challenged Sheila to contribute some interviews even though she knew that Sheila had no prior connections and had never conducted any interviews. Sheila pulled it off by returning to Susan a week later, three interviews with Adina Howard, Mellow Man Ace and The Jungle Brothers. Mahogany Magazine’s first edition featured the Adina Howard Interview. Sadly, the untimely death of Mahogany Magazine owner Susan Harris brought everything to a halt.

Susan’s death prompted Sheila to evaluate her goals in life as she realized how important living out her dreams was so she decided to start her own magazine which she affectionately called Word On The Street. Word On The Street the magazine introduced in the fall of 2004.

In 2005, Sheila was profiled on Lifetime TV in their celebration of "Real Women, Real Lives” and in 2006, she was named Diva Soul Sista of the month by DivaSoulSista.com.

Over time, Sheila interviewed more than 30 singers, rappers and musicians and in 2007 after her final interview featuring Chaka Khan, she retired Word On The Street to finish her Graduate Degree and pursue other interests.

In 2008, Sheila wrote a book titled "Dramedy: Short Stories of Urban Chronicles Vol. I". The following year, Sheila met Comedian Royale Watkins on Facebook. Royale started a video blogging phenomenon with Sheila being one of his earliest followers. While looking for unique ways of promoting her book; Dramedy: Short Stories of Urban Chronicles Vol. I, Royale suggested that Sheila participate in video blogging herself. Instead of following the trend of being a face-on commentator, Sheila decided to follow her passion of cooking and this was the start of The Ghetto Cooking Show which focuses on preparing meals using whatever you have in your house. The show was an overnight hit and is well received by viewers.

The Ghetto Cooking Show ran from 2008 to 2022 and in true Sheila form, she moved on to other ventures. In January 2022 she wrote and self-published the book "IF IT DON'T MAKE DOLLAR$, IT DON'T MAKE SENSE: How To Turn Your Hobbies Into Profits" and in November 2022 she wrote and self-published a workbook titled "Affirmations for Wealth: 365 Daily Affirmations for Manifesting your Financial Abundance"

Sheila is a native of San Francisco, CA, married to a Successful Business Owner and living in the Bay Area.

Ashes: An Epic Sword & Sorcery Novel

About Ashes: An Epic Sword & Sorcery Novel

A most enticing mix of teeth-clenching action, tear-jerking tender moments and tastefully placed comedic relief’ – Goodreads review

Natalia and Athgar both have magical gifts — and equally powerful enemies. As they embark on a voyage to unearth a dark conspiracy, adventure and danger await in this action-packed sword & sorcery series starter.

Believable characters and enough action to make you keep wanting to turn those pages.’ – Amazon review

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Paul’s lifelong fascination with writing fantasy stories began in his early teen years when he happened upon the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons (D & D).

For years, he wrote adventures for his friends, but it was only in the past few years that he decided to share them with the world at large, beginning with his first book, Servant of the Crown.
Paul now has four series based in his fantasy world of Eiddenwerthe and looks forward to sharing many more tales with his readers.

A Light in the Darkness: Transcending Chronic

About A Light in the Darkness: Transcending Chronic

Diagnosed with a rare, debilitating immune disorder (dermatomyositis (DM)), singer-songwriter Lisa Sniderman struggled to maintain a normal life with a body in revolt. An inspirational story of the healing power of creativity and finding your true purpose, and a light in the darkness to anyone struggling with chronic illness or life challenges. FREE DOWNLOAD of EBOOK FROM DEC 15th-DEC 19th on Amazon!

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Lisa Sniderman, aka Aoede, is an award-winning, quirky, folk-pop artist, playwright, author, filmmaker, disabled artist advocate from San Francisco who obsessively creates to express, heal and empower others to grieve and thrive. She’s been honored with more than 100 accolades and awards for songwriting, audiobooks, films, stage plays, voiceover and books all while suffering from a rare autoimmune disease for 14 1/2 years: dermatomyositis, a progressive muscle weakness disease. Her memoir: A Light in the Darkness: Transcending Chronic Illness through the Power of Art and Attitude (Sep 2018), chronicles her 10-year journey living with chronic illness while creating to heal. In July 2020, she held a free two-week online summit to help others struggling with chronic illness thrive, attended by 1,800 participants. She released her ninth studio album, The Grieving Project, August 2020. She uses her arts and music to give a voice to, elevate and empower those with chronic illnesses and disabilities to improve their mental health and wellness, grieve and thrive.

All Roads Lead to Shepherd Grove by Dania Voss

About All Roads Lead to Shepherd Grove by Dania Voss

Who says you can’t find your soulmate when you’re five-years-old?

Melissa “Missy” Green and Noah “Shep” Shepherd’s fates were sealed as childhood sweethearts one fateful day on the playground when they were just kids.

When she’s forced to leave Shepherd Grove, Texas by Noah’s spiteful, wealthy parents after high school, Missy’s world is shattered. Leaving Texas, her family, and Noah behind, she shoves her heartbreak aside and creates a successful life for herself in Boston.

After ten years, Missy returns to attend her sister’s baby shower. The attraction between her and Shep is undeniable, but she’s torn. Is she open to a second chance at love or are the wounds of the past too deep to ignore?

Please note: All Roads Lead to Shepherd Grove is a small town, second chance romance short story, on the sweet side – about 10,000 words.

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Int'l Bestselling and award-winning author Dania Voss writes compelling, sexy romance with personality, heat, and heart. She's a lover of anything pink and a huge fan of 80's hair bands, living in Chicagoland.

Jack Mathias and the Boonetown Bandits

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He’s known as the class clown—the kid with a lot of nerve. And some believe thirteen-year-old Jack Mathias is too confident for his own good. His audacious practical jokes and impulsiveness frequently land him in hot water and growing up seems a world away. However, a sudden wild adventure with his unlikely companions, Gene (the nerd) and Edgar (the shy outcast), thrusts Jack towards maturity with more of a shove than everyday life would ever have managed. Will he meet the challenge?
The trio’s illicit and desperate quest to find long-hidden treasure leads them into great danger, challenging their collective wits and testing the limits of their physical and mental endurance. Will Jack, the natural, fearless leader, discover the ancient jewels and a different version of himself in the process? Or will he avoid personal responsibility for the rest of his life?

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