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Published: Fri, 11/02/18

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Morning Madison Series Box Set: Books 1-4 by Ian Finn  

About Morning Madison Series Box Set: Books 1-4 by Ian Finn

I don’t have a boyfriend, but I have to pretend I do.
When my boss’s son starts hitting on me at work,
I have to figure a way out.
I lie and tell him I have a boyfriend.
So now I need a fake boyfriend.
The only person who comes to mind is my neighbor.
I don’t even know if he is gay, but he sure is hot.
And while I don’t want anything or anyone tying me down,
I’d sure as hell let him tie me up.
Can we pull off our fake relationship without pulling off each other’s clothes?
Or will this relationship blossom into something real?

This Morning Madison Series Box Set contains books one through four of the Morning Madison series, which are standalone male/male steamy romance books that can be read in any order but are best enjoyed together, and with a big glass of water nearby due to so much heat in addition to all those feels! They combine humor, heat and heart, and they have no cliffhangers and very happily ever afters. For those who have already read the books when they were first released, this box set contains updated and edited editions that include expanded story lines and even steamier scenes!

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Author Bio:
Ian Finn is a male/male contemporary romance author who writes books full of heat and feels.



Obsessed With Me by Eve Rabi  

About Obsessed With Me by Eve Rabi

Break her, bit by bit, reduce her to nothing. Then rescue her, fix her, become her hero, win her over. That was the plan.

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Tarago Jakobus was used to women throwing themselves at him. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was a billionaire and easy on the eye. So, when Tanin, a young waitress in one of his restaurants rejects him, he is shocked, then fascinated – no woman has ever turned him down before. What a worthy opponent! His fascination soon turns into obsession.
He decides to win her over his way – destroy all that is precious to her, so that she would have no choice but to need him. Then he will fix everything for her, become her hero and make her his. His plan works – he strips her of everything, forcing her into marrying him. Game over. Tarago has won! Well, that’s what he thinks.
When Tanin realizes his strategy, she is furious. Having little choice, she plays along, then quietly puts a hit out on her billionaire husband.
Trouble is, the more time she spends with Tarago, the less she hates him, and she no longer cares to be a wealthy widow. Problem is, the hit cannot be cancelled.

Praise for Obsessed:
“Bored with regular, same ol’ same ol’ romance? Try this author’s books. You won’t be sorry, trust me. They are like nothing you have ever read.” Amzn reviewer.
“When I wasn’t reading this book, I was thinking about it.”
“Can I rate 6 stars, maybe even 7 stars? How do you do it? Every time you amaze me at how good you are at writing, you pull me into the story and even after I stop reading, the story is still in my head! Well done!”
“Tarago is a bad boy. By far one of the baddest bad boys I have ever stumbled upon. I loved him, though.”
“Thank you for giving me hope that there are people who can write juicy stories. I was getting bored with modern day romance. Keep it hotttt!”
“I discovered Eve on Monday, I’m reading some of her ebooks, yet again. I plan to also get the other books. Wow!!!”

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Author Bio:
Eve Rabi is a screenwriter and author of 33 romantic crime and suspense novels.
Inspired by the likes of Sidney Sheldon and Gillian Flynn, her tales are bold, scandalous, controversial and often humorous.
To quote an Amazon reviewer: “When you pick up an Eve Rabi book, forget sleep. She writes gripping page turners that will keep you reading till the very end.”
If you’re bored of regular romance, if you like your romance with twists and turns, if you prefer your crime novels to have strong romantic themes, then you will enjoy Eve Rabi’s multi-genre books.
In her spare time, Eve likes to dance like no one is watching.
She also likes to eat like no one is watching. That’s why she has to dance so often.



Hot Seal by Lynn Raye Harris  

About Hot Seal by Lynn Raye Harris

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When a terrorist steals a drug submarine, Navy SEAL Dane “Viking” Erikson finds himself thrust into his first HOT mission with an unexpected partner: his ex-wife, DEA agent Ivy McGill. Still, Dane will do what he has to do to save the world, even if it means pretending to be a couple one last time.

Ivy’s on a mission of her own–to put the ruthless drug dealer she blames for her mother’s death out of business for good. If she has to work with Dane to get it done, she will. And she absolutely will not fall for his hard muscles and killer smile ever again. Once burned, twice shy.

But Dane and Ivy have never been able to keep their hands off each other. While they may believe that sex and love don’t intertwine, they’ll find out what’s real and what isn’t when a dangerous player takes matters into his own hands. They’ll need to be more than a team to survive what’s coming their way–and it’s not going to be easy!

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Double Swerve by Craig Whyel  

About Double Swerve by Craig Whyel

Draper Rollins is a small town police chief with a life full of aggravation. His estranged wife wants a divorce. His boss, a sultry lady mayor, hates his approach to work but has different notions about him in private moments. His parents scoff at his career choice, wanting him to join the family’s lucrative automotive dealership.
Things worsen when he investigates an assassination-style double murder. His initial hunch is that the killer might be a colleague. The truth is far worse and much closer to him than he could ever imagine.
Draper gets past the danger and the obstructions, unearthing a secret that changes many lives forever.

Double Swerve is the debut tale of the Draper Rollins Thriller Series.

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Author Bio:
A former freelance writer and journalist, Craig Whyel writes thriller novels from his home in Charleroi, Pennsylvania (south of Pittsburgh).



Soul Switch  

About Soul Switch

What would you do to save the woman you love? Max is still trying to master his newly discovered magic when he has to answer that question. To save Adreanna, he has to pursue her crazed kidnapper to unfamiliar worlds filled with unknown perils. Will he have the courage to take on dragons and exiled gods–and does he have any hope of beating them?

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Author Bio:
As far back as he can remember, Bill Hiatt had a love for reading so intense that he eventually ended up owning over eight thousand books–not counting e-books! He has also loved to write for almost that long. As an English teacher, he had little time to write, though he always felt there were stories within him that longed to get out, and he did manage to publish a few books near the end of his teaching career. Now that he is retired from teaching, the stories are even more anxious to get out into the world, and they will not be denied!

Since fantasy has always been Bill’s favorite genre, and since he spent thirty-six years in teaching, mostly at the high school level, it’s not surprising that his first published work would be young adult fantasy, though he plans to explore other genres in the future, including science-fiction, horror, and nonfiction related to education.



Deep Shadow  

About Deep Shadow

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Scuba divers travel from all over the world to visit the little island of Bonaire. After three years in the “Divers Paradise”, divemaster Boone Fischer thought he’d seen it all; but on a routine afternoon dive, he spots something that will turn his tranquil life upside down.
From the arid shores of the ABC Islands to the tropical jungles of Venezuela—from the ocean depths of the Southern Caribbean, to the lush islands of the Northern Leewards, Deep Shadow is an action-packed adventure filled with danger and suspense.
“When you get all the details right, and throw in just the right amounts of action, humor, romance, and suspense, you have a novel like this.” – Wayne Stinnett, best-selling author of the “Fallen” series.
“Every damn sentence in Deep Shadow vibrates with authenticity.” – Michael Reisig, best-selling author of the “Road to Key West” series.
“Deep Shadow will probably be up there with my Best of 2018 books.” – Brian’s Book Blog

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Born in East Tennessee, Nick Sullivan has spent most of his adult life as an actor in New York City, working in theater, television, film, and audiobooks. After recording hundreds of books over the last twenty years he decided to write one of his own. An avid scuba diver for many years, his travels to numerous Caribbean islands have inspired his best-selling book, “Deep Shadow.”



Intersextion  

About Intersextion

InterSEXtion is about multidimensional living every earthling experiences either consciously or subconsciously.
Hades and Hera, first generation Gods are still very fond of each other in every form. The first lives in a star gateway on Dubhe of the Big Dipper, getting ready to side with the family run Alpha & Omega Council while the latter is an earthling called Zeta. The two leap through events, learn and teach lessons and deal with different emotional traumas on the road of existence. The aim is the same: to make the Universe and Earth within, a better place to live. In the background of heated sexual encounters, teachings and everyday events, we have the privilege to get acquainted to many precious members of the Heavenly Parthenon.
As the addition to all the fun, Zeta sends her earthly student Zoltan up to Hades to learn and stir up events.
InterSEXtion makes you realize that in the Matrix of the Universe everything is interrelated and you only need to understand its structure to figure out your own Self and Life.
InterSEXtion is also a great reading for Self-search, Self-assessment and Relationship issues.

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I’ve been teaching the mysteries of life and the universe for over 25 years; I have also been a family and relationship counsellor for 20. I am on the quest of finding solutions for the miseries of earthlings and let them understand that Life is and extraordinary gift one should handle with CURIOSITY and FIRE. That is where writing steps in. Becoming an author is the amazing side-effect of my ever-moving, experiencing and emotionally rich lifestyle. A fantastic tool for sharing and helping. This way readers would become students and teachers at the same time.
My aim as a writer is to give you at least 5 valuable and memorable sentences in each of my books. Words that would trigger your mind and force you think. Then I am good. After that you either love me or hate me. Since they are mirrors to one another, doesn’t matter which one. You start the never-ending journey of understanding, experiencing and expanding. You will be on the path towards the state of mind we usually refer to as HAPPINESS.
I originate from the South of Hungary. My childhood background was extremely modest. My parents divorced very early in my life and I was sent to live with different members of the large family from year to year. Eventually I was left alone at the age of fourteen to look after myself. I studied Commerce and Management, earned my Diploma from the University of Circus and Performing Arts, have Certificates of all kinds of entertainment, became a professional fashion designer and at a stage a teacher of English language. In the meantime I pursued my fascination for the Universe and its Matrix. I created my own philosophy I call AKIA that is registered worldwide. It is a complex account of the Universe and earthlings within. Today I teach this philosophy with all the so called gifts given to earthlings: such as healing, seeing, astral travelling, dimension changing and many more beautiful abilities that comes from the Knowledge.
I am British and living in London.



Bullets and Bosses Don’t Have Friends: How to Navigate Tough Challenges in the Workplace by Toni Crowe  

About Bullets and Bosses Don’t Have Friends: How to Navigate Tough Challenges in the Workplace by Toni Crowe

Grab hold of the next rung on your business ladder today!

Are you worried that you’re too nice to get ahead in the corporate world? Discover how to play tough in the boardroom and take your career to the next level.

Does your office feel more like a minefield than a place to get things done? Are you confronted by tenacious colleagues and even more challenging situations every workday? With over 30 years of experience, award-winning executive Toni Crowe has climbed the ladder across multiple sectors, from high tech to aerospace. After ascending from the very bottom to the top, she’s here to share her experience, strategies, and wisdom for you to realize your own career triumph.

Bullets and Bosses Don’t Have Friends teaches you how to assume the edge needed to succeed in the business world. With a honest, compelling look at relationships with peers and bosses alike, discover a pragmatic approach to mastering your trek through management. Navigate common challenges in the workplace to conquer them with your personal style.

In Bullets and Bosses Don’t Have Friends, you’ll discover:
– A behind-the-scenes peek at corporate America that shows you what it’s really like at the top
– Which skills and attitudes you need to scale to the top of the business world
– How to cultivate a relationship with your boss that benefits both of you
– What you can do when confronted with difficult peers so you maintain control
– How you can and should deal with workplace treachery, and much, much more!

Bullets and Bosses Don’t Have Friends is a series of true stories from Toni Crowe’s life in the corporate world, each with a practical lesson and a set of exercises you can apply to your own career. If you like the personal approach of a mentor, tales of hard-won success, and real-world advice from a CEO with an amazing record of achievement, then you’ll love Toni Crowe’s second installment in the four-part My Journey from a Lady of the Night to the Lady of the Boardroom memoir!

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Author Bio:
Toni Crowe is an award winning and accomplished executive with 30 years of experience as a CEO/President, Vice-President, Director, Engineer, and Manager across multiple sectors including high tech, consumer and nuclear sensors, Aerospace, film production and glass. She has extensive experience in P&L, Manufacturing , Operations Management, and Lean. She has participated in a number of mergers and acquisitions. Toni is currently the CEO of Just One.



BIG Weddings SUCK!  

About BIG Weddings SUCK!

BIG Weddings SUCK! is a contrarian book for engaged millennials that takes on the BIG Wedding Industrial Complex and their condescending attitudes, predatory practices and upsell procedures. BIG Weddings SUCK! teaches engaged couples how to reduce the cost, energy, stress and time to plan their wedding.

“I know how because I eloped before eloping was cool,” says Westfall whose website has helped over 1.1 million couples save $25 billion on their weddings. “My experience provides me with a unique perspective on Where, What, When and How Much Engaged Couples are willing to spend.” Westfall’s research shows that the more a couple spends on the wedding, the higher their risk of divorce.

Why do BIG Weddings SUCK? They suck the life out of your Relationship by:
1. Sucking the MONEY out of your Wallet
2. Sucking the ENERGY out of your Body
3. Sucking your HAPPINESS and causing STRESS
4. Sucking the TIME out of your Week
As a result, the whole definition of what we call a “wedding” is undergoing a paradigm shift. The 21 Small Wedding Elopement Package alternatives presented in Dave Westfall’s book don’t SUCK because all the “wedding planning” has been done for you and all you have to do is show up with your marriage license.

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Author Bio:
Dave Westfall is a Speaker, Coach and Author. Dave’s areas of expertise include being an Elopement Expert, Certified Mastermind Small Business Coach, Internet Marketing Consultant and Website Developer. In his various assignments he has been cast in a wide variety of Senior Management Roles plus as a Blogger, Publisher, Wedding and Event Planner.



The Shadow Dance & the Astrological 7th House Workbook  

About The Shadow Dance & the Astrological 7th House Workbook

Do you find yourself asking: – Why did I attract him or her? – Why are all my bosses the same? – Why is this repeating in my life? Learning about our Shadow shows us: – The hidden part of us that we badly need to have healthy relationships. – How taking responsibility for our lives can lead to wholeness and healing. In this workbook you will learn: – The concept of the Shadow, a term coined by the eminent psychiatrist, Dr. Carl G. Jung, how it is formed and where it stems from. – Repetitive patterns in relationships and why they occur. The term “projection” and what that means to each individual. This can be relationships with spouses, bosses, siblings, friends, anyone so all relationships. – How to meet people halfway and discover your missing parts. – Astrology, a synchronistic model = A tool for self awareness that can help you in all your relationships as you see the many characters that you inherently are. How all these parts need a place to be expressed in your life. – How the Astrological 7th House, in particular can help you discover the parts of yourself that get projected whenever a “fascination” with a potential lover (or what drew two people together in the first place) occurs. Or a person you “hate” or “cannot stand” as both contain parts of our Shadow. – Some essential ingredients for communication and how each person can contribute to improving the quality of their relationship by owning their own Shadow. – Ultimately we will find out we are not victims, that all our relationships are purposeful and that the Universe brings to us exactly what we need to become conscious of our many “Selves” hidden in the unconscious part of us that Jung called our Shadow. This workbook is designed to help you do Shadow work. The planets in or ruling the 7th House and in aspect to Venus will give you details of what you are missing in yourself. These hidden parts will be projected onto our partners. Once you can own your own Shadow, then a conscious relationship can begin as two people have detailed information to help them learn to cooperate and compromise (two key Libra words). Rebeca uses astrology, psychology and personal anecdotes as well as examples of those who have taken her workshops.

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Rebeca E. Eigen is a Relationship Alchemist and Astrologer specializing in the 7th house (marriage) and aspects to Venus and the ruler of the 7th house. She uses astrology, psychology and personal stories to illustrate how we create patterns in our relationships. Her Shadow Dance workshops make this difficult concept easy to use in our everyday lives. She is also available to do individual consultations based on your birth data (time, place and date). Rebeca uses the astrological birth chart as a guide to evoke the symbolic and help you become more aware of your total Self. Your accurate birth time, date and place are necessary.



Summary & Analysis of Leadership in Turbulent Times by ZIP Reads  

About Summary & Analysis of Leadership in Turbulent Times by ZIP Reads

In her bestselling book, renowned presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin examines four historic American leaders and the crucibles of adversity that brought them to greatness. Learn intimate details of the lives, struggles, and successes of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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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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The Spinster and the Spy by Margaret Bennett  

About The Spinster and the Spy by Margaret Bennett

At four and twenty, Miss Jane Colborne is firmly on the shelf, much to the chagrin of her brother, Viscount Ridditch, who sees her independence as highly unseemly. While taking a moonlight stroll at a house party, she stumbles upon a notorious rake spying on French agents. Appalled by their plans, she offers her services to help the Home Office catch an English turncoat, thus turning her dull life as a spinster into one of adventure with plenty of intrigue. What she doesn’t expect is to fall in love with the roguish Owen Sheffield, the Earl of Blackmore.

Blackmore, who works for the Crown, is currently assigned to uncover a traitor among the aristocracy. As he’s spying on two French émigrés , he’s forced to pluck the most delectable spinster out of harm’s way and into the shrubbery. Now his job becomes doubly difficult, for he must keep his eyes on, but his hands off, the infuriatingly inquisitive Miss Colborne, who poses an even greater threat to Blackmore, this time to his heart.

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At a young age, Margaret began reading Regency romances by Barbara Cartland before discovering Georgette Heyer, who often provided humor with her historical details and engaging characters . She began writing Regency romance novels as a hobby, and enjoyed writing about strong, resourceful women in an age when it was thought that women were incapable of taking care of themselves and couldn’t own property.
Born in Fall River, MA, Margaret lived most of her life in Norfolk, VA. After earning a B. S. in Education from Old Dominion University, a Master of Education from the University of Virginia and certification with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Adolescents and Young Adulthood / English Language Arts, she taught middle and high school students for over twenty years, with nine years in alternative education for at-risk students.
Margaret Bennett lives retired with her husband in beautiful Beaufort, SC, and remains busy plotting her next novel.



The Forgotten Painting  

About The Forgotten Painting

***Gold Medal Winner at Readers’ Favorite 2018 International Book Awards Contest in Fiction Short Story/Novella Category***
***Outstanding Novella 2018 IAN Book of the Year Awards***

When celebrated author Jack Rogan stumbles upon a hidden diary, he can’t resist investigating. Honouring the last wish of a dying friend, he is irresistibly drawn into a web of intriguing clues, hinting at a long forgotten treasure.

Joining forces with Cecilia Crawford, a glamorous New York journalist, and Tristan, a remarkable boy with psychic powers, Jack soon finds himself on a precarious journey of discovery, exposing dark secrets from a distant, violent time, when life was cheap and cruelty ruled without mercy.

Will Rogan succeed? Can he find the forgotten treasure he has been searching for, or will it be lost forever, depriving the world of a masterpiece that belongs to all mankind?

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Gabriel Farago is the international, bestselling and multi-award-winning Australian author of the Jack Rogan mysteries and thrillers series for the thinking reader.

As a lawyer with a passion for history and archaeology, Gabriel had to wait for many years before being able to pursue another passion–writing–in earnest. However, his love of books and storytelling started long before that.
Born in Budapest, Gabriel grew up in post-War Europe, and after fleeing Hungary with his parents during the Revolution in 56, he went to school in Austria before arriving in Australia as a teenager. This allowed him to become multi-lingual and feel ‘at home’ in different countries and diverse cultures. Shaped by a long legal career and experiences spanning several decades and continents, his is a mature voice that speaks in many tongues.
Gabriel holds degrees in literature and law, speaks several languages and takes research and authenticity very seriously. Inquisitive by nature, he studied Egyptology and learned to read the hieroglyphs. He travels extensively and visits all of the locations mentioned in his books.

Gabriel lives in the Blue Mountains in Australia just outside Sydney, surrounded by a World Heritage National Park.
‘The beauty and solitude of this unique environment,’ he points out, ‘gives me inspiration and the energy to weave my thoughts and ideas into stories which, I sincerely hope, will in turn entertain and inspire my readers.’



PULSE: The Trial by Ryan Crawford  

About PULSE: The Trial by Ryan Crawford

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Marooned on an alien planet with just 3 days to escape, Earth’s finest women must prove themselves worthy of joining PULSE – the all-female galactic utopia.

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Basics Of Photography: No longer ask what does this term mean or how do they take those pictures. With this book, you too will be able to capture beautiful images. by Diego Garcia  

About Basics Of Photography: No longer ask what does this term mean or how do they take those pictures. With this book, you too will be able to capture beautiful images. by Diego Garcia

In this book, you will learn how to use your digital camera. Whether you recently bought a camera or merely want to improve your skills by learning the basics of photography. All the ideas you need to capture a great photograph.

For example:

What all the modes on your camera do

How to use manual mode

what drive mode to use

whether to choose jpeg or raw

The effects of white balances

How to compose your photograph

What lenses to use and why

What memory card to get

How to clean your camera and lenses

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I’m a photographer from California and wanted to help teach people interested in photography how to start taking stunning photographs. I got into photography when I was 12 years old and since then I’ve been learning the craft. I wanted to put all the information I found scattered around on the internet into one book that teaches everyone the basics of photography without being hard to understand.


 
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