About Murder by Munchausen Future Crime Mysteries by M.T. Bass

After Jake shoots and kills a murder suspect who turns out to be the son of a powerful city councilman, he finds himself demoted to the Artificial Crimes Unit, tracking down androids hacked and programmed to be hit men.

When his case of an “extra-judicial” divorce settlement takes a nasty turn with DNA from a hundred-year-old murder in Boston and a signature that harkens back to the very first serial killer ever in London, Jake finds himself tangled up in the brutal slayings of prostitutes being investigated by his former Robbery/Homicide partner, Maddie–w”ho is now his lover.

“It might not make sense, but the beloved Media tags it “Murder by Munchausen.” For a price, there are hackers out there who will reprogram a synthoid to do your dirty work. The bad news: no fingerprints or DNA left at the crime scene. The good news—at least for us—is that they’re like missiles: once they hit their target, they’re usually as harmless as empty brass. The trick is to get them before they melt down their core OS data, so you can get the unit into forensics for analysis and, hopefully, an arrest.” [excerpt from Murder by Munchausen]

Artificial Intelligence? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Artificial Evil has a name…Munchausen.

Around the time I started writing Murder by Munchausen, there was an awful lot of dire hand wringing in the news by famous tech guys like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawkings about how artificial intelligence is going to be the end of mankind as we know it…yada, yada, yada. It was also around this time that I must have read the third or fourth submission of a zombie apocalypse story in the writers groups I’m in and I distinctly remember thinking that, you know, this zombie thing has been played out and there’s got to be a new villainous apocalyptic threat to mankind somewhere out there. Not too long after that, Jake and EC are chasing synthoid hitmen and serial killers.

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M.T. Bass is a scribbler of fiction who holds fast to the notion that while victors may get to write history, novelists get to write/right reality. He lives, writes, flies and makes music in Mudcat Falls, USA.

Born in Athens, Ohio, M.T. Bass grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, majoring in English and Philosophy, then worked in the private sector (where they expect “results”) mainly in the Aerospace & Defense manufacturing market. During those years, Bass continued to write fiction. He is the author of six novels: My Brother’s Keeper, Crossroads, In the Black, Somethin’ for Nothin’, Murder by Munchausen, and The Darknet (Murder by Munchausen Mystery #2). His writing spans various genres, including Mystery, Adventure, Romance, Black Comedy and TechnoThrillers. A Commercial Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor, airplanes and pilots are featured in many of his stories. Bass currently lives on the shores of Lake Erie near Lorain, Ohio.

About King of Khoth by Brenda Trim & Tami Julka

Dragon shifter, Angus Callanach, is returning to his home realm after one of the Vampire Princes reopens the portal to Khoth. Having spent two hundred years as the majordomo at Zeum, he is ready to once again take up his mantle as the king of the Cuelebre.

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Brenda and Tami grew up on opposite sides of the country and became best friends when their lives brought them both to Texas over a decade ago. They both love everything paranormal, and it was as natural as drinking margaritas the first time they created a world involving a group of dangerously handsome supernaturals. Bringing it to life and writing over fifteen stories surrounding that world has been an epic adventure for them both!

About Claimed by Lulu Pratt

She’s got my name written on her, she belongs to me.

I’m toasting my army buddies who didn’t make it home when I notice this insanely hot chick.
Before long she’s wrapped in my arms back at my studio.
I doubt she’ll remember me in the morning so I tattoo my name on her ass.
She is claimed.
Whether she wants to be or not.

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Hello, gorgeous!

I’m thrilled you found me! I’m honored that my story Overlooked reached the top 50 in all of Amazon! Thank you for your support!

About White Woman Black Heart: Journey Home to Old Mapoon, A Memoir by Barbara Miller

Barbara often found herself saying, “the stork dropped me at the wrong house’ only to find she was repeating her mother’s words. In this riveting memoir exploring race relations and social change, Aboriginal elder Burnum Burnum, told her, “you may be white but you have a black heart, as you understand my people and feel our heart.’ He suggested to International Development Action that she take on the Mapoon project and played matchmaker by introducing her to Aboriginal teacher and Australian civil rights movement leader Mick Miller.

The Mapoon Aborigines were forcibly moved off their land by the Queensland government in NE Australia in 1963 to make way for mining. With an effective team behind her, Barbara helped them move back in 1974 to much government opposition which saw her under house arrest with Marjorie Wymarra. It also saw Jerry Hudson and Barbara taken to court.

In helping the Mapoon people return to their homeland, she found her home as part of an Aboriginal family, firstly Mick’s and later Norman’s as she remarried many years later, now being with her soulmate Norman about 30 years. It is a must read for those interested in ethnic studies and political science as an isolated outback community whose houses, school, health clinic, store and church were burnt to the ground rose from the ashes and rebuilt despite all the odds. It is a testimony to the Mapoon people’s strength.

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Barbara is an intriguing combination of pastor, social justice campaigner and researcher and her memoir is fascinating because of it. Passionate about people being free from the chains of oppression, her sociological training means she has a focus on changing structures in society that hold people groups back. As a pastor and psychologist, she has helped many people break free of mindsets that have prevented them reaching their full potential. As a mediator, she works with families, workplaces and large groups to sort out conflicts.

Barbara has worked at the coalface of Aboriginal affairs in Australia from her involvement in the Aboriginal Tent Embassy demonstrations in Canberra in 1972 to helping the Mapoon people move back to their land in 1974, to co-founding the North Queensland Land Council with former husband Mick Miller in 1977 to being CEO of the Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council (ACC) in the 1990’s and much more. The ACC was the only statutory advisory body to the Queensland government on Aboriginal affairs at the time and represented local government Aboriginal councils who had a land base.

Barbara and her husband Norman, an Aboriginal pastor and artist, travel the world with the message of social justice and reconciliation. They have a calling to heal groups from the wounds of history through the Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace they co-founded in 1998. This work has taken them to Israel, Jordan, Turkey, England, Zimbabwe, Canada, USA, PNG, Vanuatu and many other places.

They have been to Israel a dozen times, taking teams to Christian conferences and leading tour groups around Israel. Last October, they took a tour group of 50 from various nations to Israel for the 100th anniversary of Be’er-Sheva and the Australian Lighthorse connection. While there, they hosted an international conference in Jerusalem. They apologized to Yad Vashem in 2003 for Australia’s refusal to take Jewish refugees at the Evian conference and presented a plaque of apology to Yad Vashem in 2010. After a 10 year campaign of trying to get a government to government apology re Evian, Kevin Rudd, then foreign minister, did so in 2010 when William Cooper was honoured by Yad Vashem and the Millers were there. Barbara also wrote the book William Cooper Gentle Warrior: Standing Up for Australian Aborigines and Persecuted Jews.
Barbara has also written The European Quest to Find Terra Australia Incognita: Quiros, Torres and Janszoon (2014) and The Dying Days of Segregation in Australia: Case Study Yarrabah (2018) 2nd edition.

About Before You Go by Gerald Fadayomi

70% of young adults dropout of church after high school. Before You Go is about the 10 things every high school senior should know before they graduate if they want to maintain their faith through college. This book is a perfect gift for a college freshman, a current high school senior, or even for a parent or small group leader who wants to prepare their student for the journey ahead! Carey Nieuwhof said:

“There’s nothing quite like hearing from someone who’s been there, and Gerald Fadayomi has been there. Before You Go is filled with the kind of practical wisdom and advice every teen needs before they go to college, and before they decide to leave their faith too. I’m grateful for this book.”

CAREY NIEUWHOF
Founding pastor of Connexus Community Church and author of Didn’t See It Coming

This Christian Focused book is available in these Formats: Print

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About Aranya

Chained to a rock and tossed off a cliff. What if she did not die? What if she could spread her wings and fly?

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Marc is a South African-born dragon masquerading as an author, who loves writing about dragons and Africa, preferably both at the same time. He’s the author of 25 fantasy books in 5 languages including 10 rip-roaring dragon fantasy bestsellers. Dragonfriend won a Gold Award for Fantasy in the 2016 IPPY Book Awards.

Look out for The Dragon Librarian, his latest release, as well as Dragonfriend (Italian), Aranya, Shadow Dragon and The Pygmy Dragon (all Portuguese) and several Spanish Editions due this year. Aranya and The Pygmy Dragon are also available in Simplified Chinese.

The next release will be Chaos Shifter, a now standalone novel on Aranya’s timeline, and following that, Beautiful Fury, part #4 in Aranya’s tale.

About Impossible

As the men cheered loudly, there was a brilliant flash and thunderclap. Temporarily blinded, they stumbled back from the Humvee, pushed away by a blast of hot air and smoke. When the smoke cleared, their leader was gone. Where he stood was nothing but the smoldering, melted hood of the Humvee.

She slowly turned 360 degrees, sweeping her hand across the horizon. “Josh, there isn’t a soul in sight. No cars, airplanes or boats.” She paused. “Who do you think would be watching you?”
Looking down the beach and watching the surf erase their footprints, he sighed and said softly, “Not who … what.”

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Commander Dave Stevens was a nuclear weapons qualified fighter pilot. He served as the Strike Operations Officer for the Persian Gulf during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. With a Top Secret clearance, he led classified defense programs, test-piloted new F-18 fighters and earned an aviation patent. He’s been to over 30 countries, on six of the seven seas, 10 miles above the earth and 600 feet under the Atlantic and … survived

About Billion Dollar Man

I never wanted wealth, power, or the responsibility that goes with it.

Making a difference by fighting fires was my dream. That and a pretty girl to love at night.

But life didn’t ask me.

After struggling through the business world, I finally have a chance to return home to chase my dreams.

The girl next door, my best friend’s little sister, was there waiting. And she’s all grown up.

But she’s not too thrilled to see me back.

But I’ll change that. I can’t help but fight for what I know we could be, no matter what it costs me.

When I finally start to melt her heart, life calls me back to the city, back to the grind thanks to tragedy.

It’s her or my future, and I have no choice in the matter.

My father’s company is my only legacy, or is it?

A little life is growing inside of her, and that changes the game. My self sacrifice doesn’t seem so damn important anymore.

I might have been forced into becoming a billion dollar man, but I’ll always be a small town guy at heart.

And that pretty girl that stole my heart all those years ago?

She’s gonna be mine. Like she always has been.

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Ali Parker is a full-time contemporary and new adult romance writer with more than a hundred and twenty books behind her. She loves coffee, watching a great movie and hanging out with her hubs. By hanging out, she means making out. Hanging out is for those little creepy elves at Christmas. No tight green stockings for her.

She’s an entrepreneur at heart and loves coming up with more ideas than any one person should be allowed to access. She lives in Texas with her hubs and three kiddos and looks forward to traveling the world in a few years.

About From The Baroness’s Diary II

Lady Chloé has learned that innocent flirtations in Beardley Manor can easily become erotic sex escapades. But she has yet to resolve the mystery of her husband’s frequent business trips and why he’s desperate to create an heir. And, of course, she wants more than just a tryst with her gardener lover. She wants love!

But little does Chloé know that her search will bring great adventures—and misadventures.

Sequel to The Erotic Escapades of Baron Beardley’s Wife, the second volume of a young woman’s secret diary collection, The Adventures—and Misadventures—of Lady Chloé, brings a more mature, not-so-innocent-anymore woman still in search of answers to the world’s most questioned topics: the pleasures of sex and the mysteries of love!

If you are a fan of the romantic Misadventures Series and Calendar Girl, you will love this scandalous, refreshing, and, of course, incredibly sexy romance. Buy this quick-blush, perfect bedside read by USA Today bestselling author Cristiane Serruya today!

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USA TODAY and Amazon bestselling romance author Cristiane Serruya—or just Cris—is Brazilian and lives in Rio de Janeiro, with her husband, two teenage daughters, and Loki, her Shetland Sheepdog. She has studied in England, France, Italy, and Switzerland and graduated in Law, with a Master’s in Business Law and a BA in Fine Arts. In 2012, she published her first romance, and is proud of the awards her novels have received. She still works as a lawyer, but writing has become an essential part of her life, and a fulfilling adventure, as it allows her to make friends all over the world.

About Revenge!

Natalie McMasters is twenty, short and blonde (OK, it’s bleached), a way cute former stripper and a pre-law student at State. Nattie also works as a private detective at her uncle’s 3M Detective Agency. She’s deeply in love with her girlfriend Lupe, also a former stripper and undocumented immigrant, who’s now a pole-dancing instructor at a local gym. They’ve finally gotten Lupe’s eight-year-old son Eduardo into public school, and it looks like the American Dream may soon become a reality for their little family.
That is until a steamy video of Nattie and Lupe appears on the campus-wide closed-circuit TV system. The video is only the first of a series of distressing events that affects every aspect of Nattie’s life and threatens the well-being of her family and friends as well. What could Nattie have possibly done in her short life to deserve the callous revenge her unseen tormentor is so brutally exacting?
Revenge! is ripped from today’s headlines and full of the unexpected plot twists and non-stop action that Nattie’s fans have come to expect. It has a shocking ending that you won’t see coming, even though all the clues are there.

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As a kid, Tom started reading mysteries with the Hardy Boys, Ken Holt and Rick Brant, and graduated to the classic stories by authors such as A. Conan Doyle, , John Dickson Carr, Erle Stanley Gardner and Rex Stout, to name a few. Tom has written fiction as a hobby all of his life, starting in marble-backed copybooks in grade school. He built a career as a writer, doing technical writing, science writing and editing for nearly thirty years in industry and government. Now that he’s truly on my own as a freelance science writer and editor, he’s excited to publish his own mystery series as well.

About The Salamander Prince by S.R. Nulton

On Sale until 8/27!

Grace has never had the best home life. Her mother is beyond evil, her father died years before and her sister is… flakey and understandably obsessed with self-preservation.

Luckily, Grace has a lovely little cottage to escape to and avoid dealing with the frustrations of family while she earns her living as an enchantress of quite some renown.

Then her quite life gets interrupted by the most unusual circumstances…

What would you do if you found yourself married to a salamander? What if you were traveling with said amphibian spouse to find his froggy brother? How do you learn to trust a complete stranger?

This is a retelling of “The Frog Prince” and “King Thrushbeard”

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S.R. Nulton, also known as Sarah Rose, is a true California native. She was born in southern California, raised in northern California, and went to college on the central coast. She has written off and on since junior high, but truly got into it again when she was working at school over summer in college. She was too broke to buy a new story to read so she started writing her own to stay entertained. The rest is history. Or it will be in about two decades.

About Feral Animals by Joel Sadler

Feral Animals will take you on a colourful tour of Manchester by day and night where you will the rainbow of fabulous creatures that reside in this urban jungle.

Feral Animals is the second #1 selling LGBT poetry collection from Mancunian author, Joel Sadler Puckering.

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Joel Sadler-Puckering is a Manchester based teacher, poet and author and founder of Hidden Voice Publishing. His work incorporates comedy, realism and social commentary to explore the themes of freedom in Modern Britain. Joel takes personal experiences and the life’s of individuals and weaves them in with political messages.

About Summary & Analysis of Unthinkable by ZIP Reads

Helen Thomson’s first book, Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World’s Strangest Brains, is the tale of nine of the most unbelievable brain phenomena ever recorded. From a woman who gets lost in her own house to a man who believed he was dead, this part-neuroscience, part-narrative dives deep into the personal stories of each of these cases. Rather than present just the science behind these extraordinary phenomena, Thomson takes an intimate approach to unravel more about what these conditions can teach us about our own brains.

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We cover books in self-help, business, personal development, science & technology, health & fitness, history, and memoir/biography. Our books are expertly written and professionally edited to provide top-notch content. We’re here to help you decide which books to invest your time and money reading.

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About Carpe Sodium by Penn S. Mightier

Have you ever felt that something is so common or obvious that there must be a word for it? Well, there is now. This is a compilation of new word amalgamations, neologisms, portmanteaus and modified phrases which simply pokes fun at the madness of the evolution of PC culture and social justice. It is all in the service of humor and any sense of racism, sexism or other bigotry is meant to be ironic or to reflect the hypocrisy of the word or phrase being parodied.

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Just someone fed up with the current trend toward censorship and a corruption of language as we knew it.

About The Last Checkout

NOW A CURRENT SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE 2018 DEL SOL PRESS PRIZE FOR FIRST NOVEL

If there ever was a bad time to fall in love, dangling by the neck from a rope tied to a chandelier would be it, but love just doesn’t care…

By the year 2031, global warming cooks the planet, endless wars sweep the globe and pollution tries to finish everybody off. Science has declared re-incarnation a fact and legally sanctioned death houses have sprouted up like mushrooms in overcrowded cities. Those so-called ‘Last Resorts’ provide the paying guest with the tools and the know-how for a successful exit from life—with one simple rule: once checked in, the check-out is feet-first only.

Nobody leaves a ‘Last Resort’ alive.

Ansel Grayson has been a resident at the ‘Hotel Terminus’ for over twelve years, unable to take the last step. On the day he finally works up the nerve to check out and hang himself, he is interrupted by Nikki Forlan, the most recent addition to the guest list.
Ansel and Nikki, broken by life, find themselves drawn into each other’s orbit, and with their final check-outs looming, they try to discover a reason to live, certain they will have to die.

On Sale for $0.99 (regularly $7.99) August 23rd through August 29th

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Peter is a Film Trailer Editor for Universal Pictures in Los Angeles as well as an award-winning Filmmaker. His films have played on Television and in festivals all over the world, garnering more than 70 awards. He’s also a writer, and his last three screenplays have placed in the Quarter- and Semi-finals of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships, the most prestigious screenplay competition in the world. “The Last Checkout” is Peter’s first novel, marking his debut in the world of prose fiction.

About Brianna and the Behavior Chart

Brianna wants to pay attention in class, but she also wants to look out the window, play with her shoe clip, and chat with her friends. Now her spot on Mrs. Norton’s behavior chart is dropping fast and Brianna must act. It’s a desperate race against the chart as Brianna rushes to get back on her teacher’s good side before her clothespin reaches the dreaded bottom row. Rich, textured illustrations accompany this humorous take on anxiety, classroom rules, and good behavior for early readers. The e-book is free from August 23 to August 24.

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Author Georgia Ball and illustrator Scott Ball graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1998. They have written and illustrated for many popular children’s properties, including Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, and Transformers. They live with their daughter in a small town near Seattle, Washington, with their cat, Figaro, and their dog, Zoe.

About Secrets at Synergy

A company she didn’t want. A romance he didn’t plan for. An embezzler who’s willing to cover his tracks with blood…

Jade is a college senior without a care in the world. At least, until her grandmother wills her the family business. After a financial audit reveals an embezzler in the company, her new resentful coworkers refuse to help. The only person she can trust is Bryce, her COO and long-time crush. But when the paper trail leads to a string of suspicious deaths, their hunt for fraud turns into something much more dangerous.

When half the company was passed over for the COO promotion, Bryce knew there’d be a target on his back. So he wasn’t about to give them any fuel to sabotage his career… especially violating the work policy that expressly forbids office relationships. But when Jade and Bryce start working overtime to save the company, Bryce longs to mix business with pleasure.

After the embezzler takes a personal shot at Jade, he’s torn between his desire to protect the woman he loves and the job he can’t live without. To save the company from the deadly conspiracy bleeding it dry, Jade and Bryce must bring down the embezzler before they too are in the red.

Secrets at Synergy is the first book in the compelling U-District romantic suspense series. If you like corporate intrigue, eccentric heroines, and blazing chemistry, then you’ll love Jodi Ashland’s high-powered romantic mystery thriller.

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Jodi Ashland is an award-winning author of romantic suspense. If you enjoy reading about empowered women who overcome adversity, flawed sexy heroes who love them, and action packed mystery and suspense, then you’ll love Jodi Ashland’s books. Jodi has a B.S. in Information Systems and an M.B.A. but has pursued her true passion writing novels and poems. She is a mother of two, cancer survivor, kayaker, skier, gardener, camper, and lover of all things outdoors.