About Spirians—The Beginning by Rowena Portch

To see your true potential, you must look past your expectations.

Spirians–The Beginning marks the first of the Spirian Saga. It reveals where the Spirians came from and their purpose for being on Earth. This introductory novel dates back to the 1700s and tells the story of Shanuk, the most powerful Spirian in history.

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Spirians–The Beginning

Armen knew a time when Earth existed in peace. Now, the Shadows rule the Earth and Armen feels the threat of extinction—until Shanuk, a cocky young warrior, reveals gifts that were never before witnessed.

Shanuk shows promise, but power comes with a price. Shanuk can mature into the most powerful Spirian in history, or become a devastating Shadow. Like most Spirians with formidable gifts, venturing to the dark side is a tempting choice—one that has not escaped the Shadows’ notice. Bayour, Shadow leader and a puissant adversary, wants Shanuk to join his horde and rule by his side. If he succeeds, the Spirians will be annihilated.

Excerpt from Spirians–The Beginning

~ S h a n u k ~
My body shuddered in pain. The repercussions Talden had issued were nothing short of hell unleashed. It had happened two days ago, and still, every muscle in my body felt pulled and bruised. Simple movements were excruciating. Nevertheless, we were expected to contribute to the day’s tasks.
My training had been placed on hold for the remainder of the week. Instead, I was tasked with getting the new clansmen settled into their new homes and briefing them on the clan’s ways. There had been rumors about another raid, so the war party was on alert. I hadn’t seen Calla in camp, which escalated my concern. I had visited her chamber, but it was empty and her bed looked as if she hadn’t slept in it.
I saw Talden crossing the camp with purposeful strides. Perhaps he would know something? I called out to him telepathically. He stopped and turned to face me, waiting for me to approach.
“Shanuk.”
“Sire, I haven’t seen Calla. Mayhap you know of her whereabouts?”
“She stays with Tesla.”
“Thank you.”
When I turned to leave, his hand gripped my shoulder. “Shanuk, I will not tolerate another feud between you and Timult.”
My eyes narrowed. Talden did not speak words without meaning, and the words he had just spoken were not empty by any measure. “Did he hurt her?”
“I have addressed the issue.”
“Have you now?”
“Shanuk,” he growled in warning. “My last punishment nearly resulted in your death. Do you really want to challenge me further?”

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Author Bio:
Rowena has led an extraordinary life. Having lost her sight several years ago, she has delved into the deeper aspects of living. This led her to write her own story. Her character is introduced as Skye in book 2 of the Spirian Saga. Her mate is depicted as Khalen. Their trilogy completes in book 4 of the Spirian Saga. She decided to write her story as fiction, to make it more—believable. The truth is merely an illusion—it is what you choose to believe.

When Rowena is not writing novels, she loves to hike in the woods, create art with her hands, and nurture the garden. She volunteers for Learning Ally as a voiceover artist and teaches other blind people how to use technology to gain independence.

About Blind Faith by Rowena Portch

Rai’s worst day was not the one she woke up blind, but the moment she realized she’d married a monster.

For the past seven years, she has escaped Cliff, her corrupt, sociopathic husband who refuses to divorce her. The last thing she needs now is another relationship, but some men are hard to resist.

Gideon senses Rai’s apprehension, but that doesn’t deter him. It fuels his curiosity. What starts out as an innocent five-day cruise, soon turns into an attraction that could destroy them both.
Cliff is clever, deadly, and resourceful. To defeat him, Rai must find courage and trust Gideon, even though his protective devotion might get them both killed.

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Rowena lost her vision to Retinitis Pigmentosa, but her passion for writing stories never diminished. There is at least one blind character in each of her stories. She does this to help educate others about the mad skills blind people have and to offer an insight into how they live their lives.
In her spare time, she volunteers as an educator to blind students and records books for Learning Ally. She and her deaf husband live in Colorado.

About Blind in Love by Brenda Ford

I am her student
She’s twice my age
Sometimes…love is just blind
It all started with my fantasy for Miss Clark,
But that fantasy doesn’t stay in the class room, it follows me home.
She’s my next door neighbor,
I know it’s forbidden…her daughter is elder to me.
I know it’s dangerous…her ex is a stalker.
And yet, I want to lose my virginity only to her.
I’m falling for my teacher!
Good that she is in with me in this game and we decide to keep it a secret.
After all its only 2 weeks before I graduate and our relationship wouldn’t be illegal anymore,
But looks like destiny doesn’t want us to be together.
We are caught,
I am forced to move out to New York,
It’s been four long years, and I am back – to claim what’s mine.
But would she still be waiting for me?

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Brenda Ford is a romance author who loves to write steamy romance that will give you a fresh spice in your love life.
Her books revolve around Alpha Men, Billionaires and Bad Boys, whether they are rockstars or bikers or someone staying in the neighborhood.
Her focus is to deliver that special pleasure to what a woman wants from her partner in all her books.

About You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing UP Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson

How do you live an authentic life while keeping a secret?

This award-winning memoir chronicles Carol’s struggle to be true to herself as she grapples with the ramifications of accepting that she’s gay at a time when it was illegal and in opposition to all social and religious mores.

Candid and poignant, You Can’t Buy Love Like That reveals the complex invisible dynamics that arise for gay people who are forced to hide their true selves in order to survive and celebrates the hard-won rewards of finding one’s courageous heart and achieving self-acceptance and self-love.

You Can’t Buy Love Like That offers hope to those seeking to live truthfully as well as those who value the triumph of love over fear.

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Carol E. Anderson’s debut memoir, You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties, was hailed by Kirkus Reviews as a work that “movingly renders the complex emotional landscape of living in and out of the closet.” Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards named it Outstanding General Non-Fiction for 2018. And, BuzzFeed selected it as one of five books to celebrate LGBT History Month in 2017. Carol’s essays have appeared in Huffington Post, Curve Magazine, and The Advocate.

Carol has traveled the world extensively for work and pleasure, including on a philanthropic mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a photo safari in Kenya. She holds a doctorate in spiritual studies, and master’s degrees in psychology, organizational development, and creative nonfiction. She is the founder of Rebellious Dreamers, a twenty-year strong non-profit organization that has helped women realize dreams they’ve deferred and women of all ages come into their own. She lives with the love of her life and their sassy pup in a nature sanctuary in Ann Arbor, MI.

About The Hidden Genes of Professor K by Gabriel Farago

A medical breakthrough. A greedy pharmaceutical magnate. A brutal double-murder. One tangled web of lies.

World-renowned scientist, Professor K is close to a ground-breaking discovery. He’s also dying. With his last breath, he anoints Dr Alexandra Delacroix his successor and pleads with her to carry on his work.

But powerful forces will stop at nothing to possess the research, unwittingly plunging Delacroix into a treacherous world of unbridled ambition and greed.

Desperate and alone, she turns to celebrated author and journalist, Jack Rogan.

Rogan must help Delacroix while also assisting famous rock star Isis in the seemingly unrelated investigation into the brutal murder of her parents.

With the support of Isis’ resourceful PA, a former police officer, a tireless campaigner for the destitute and forgotten, and a gifted boy with psychic powers, Rogan exposes a complex web of fiercely guarded secrets and heinous crimes of the past that can ruin them all and change history.

Will the dreams of a visionary scientist with the power to change the future of medicine fall into the wrong hands, or will his genius benefit mankind and prevent untold misery and suffering for generations to come?

The Hidden Genes of Professor K is Book 3 in Jack Rogan Mysteries Series but can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel.

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Author Bio:
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.

‘I try to weave fact and fiction into a seamless storyline,’ he explains. ‘By blurring the boundaries between the two, the reader is never quite sure where one ends, and the other begins. This is of course quite deliberate as it creates the illusion of authenticity and reality in a work that is pure fiction. A successful work of fiction is a balancing act: reality must rub shoulders with imagination in a way that is both entertaining and plausible.’

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.’

If you like historical thrillers, excitement, mystery and suspense, if you enjoy exotic settings, colourful characters and fast-paced action, if you like to learn about interesting, well-researched subjects that tease your intellect and imagination, then once your step inside, Gabriel will show you his world; the world of the storyteller.

Shaped by a long legal career and experiences spanning several decades and continents, his is a mature voice that speaks in many tongues.

About Into God’s Light: My Experiences with a Modern Day Mystic

Without warning my world spontaneously dissolved into a space of bright light, where I was conscious yet unconscious, a condition that lasted anywhere from several seconds to several minutes – I really have no idea – but when it was over and conscious awareness of my surroundings returned, I somehow knew things I hadn’t known before. What I suddenly “knew” was the world was going to change in huge and dramatic ways. I had a part to play in it somehow, and to prepare myself for this uncertain future I was supposed to find a teacher.

So began my journey Into God’s Light. My search for a teacher led me to a woman unlike any human being I had ever met, someone who would guide my spiritual development for over 20 years. Her name was Lady Enubi, and her incredible connection to the beings of Light and to God Himself led me to experience things that some would say are impossible or simply don’t exist. Thanks to her, I learned that they did.

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My journey into God’s Light. My search for a teacher led me to a woman unlike any human being I had ever met, someone who would guide my spiritual development for over 20 years. Her name was Lady Enubi, and her incredible connection to the beings of Light and to God Himself led me to experience things that some would say are impossible or simply don’t exist. Thanks to her, I learned that they did.

About The Lost Tower

Laws are made for those who follow them, and those that believe in them.
Persephone is neither one.
Having rejected her family’s legacy, she set out to make her own future—ancient laws be damned.
Unfortunately, Persephone’s risky decisions might do her in. After she’s caught and forced to choose between two horrible options, she must come to grips with her reckless ways.
Or suffer forever.
Now, she must either hunt down an evil spell book, requiring her to recruit an exiled necromancer and head into a tower even her reckless self doesn’t think is a good idea—or she will be banished from her homeland forever.
If she chooses to try the impossible, will she survive? Or will those who want her gone get what their hearts desire?
Persephone may be reckless, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have what it takes when she needs to dig deep.

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I was born and raised in Laredo, Texas. After working as an attorney for five years, I quit to chase my dreams of being a writer, and it was the best decision I ever made. When I’m not writing or editing, I’m usually out looking for some good Texas BBQ.

About Piper – The Casanova Club

The Casanovas. Twelve of the world’s most eligible bachelors are personally invited to take a seat on this exclusive, private match-making club. (Piper: Sharing is caring?) The purpose? To find the perfect wife. Ten women are considered, but only one is chosen. Each of these men are after one lucky girl’s heart. Vetting these ladies is a year long event. Contests. Forms. Interviews. Demonstrations. Galas. (Piper: All of which I missed. Darn.) The prize? One million dollars or a ring from the bachelor of her choice after the yearlong mutli-engagement period is over. Lady’s choice. (Piper: Show me the money.) The problem? Me. I need cash more than anyone could possibly understand, and there’s no way in hell I’d ever be invited to woo twelve men for a chunk of change. (Piper: Good thing I know the coordinator.) The promise? To save my family from losing their house, their business and their hope. All I need is a shot at the position. (Piper: Determination, haircare products and a strut like I own the place will do the rest.) Piper: These boys are in for a treat. Maybe. Possibly. What did I just get myself into? The Casanova Club – Only one can win her heart.

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Author Bio:
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 Out Of His Mind

Edward Daniel Price is a rare visionary thinker – the Nostradamus of the evolution of modern healthcare.

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Kirstine McKay is an award winning journalist.

About Strategy in the Digital Age: How to Disrupt or Respond to Disruptors

In this comprehensive playbook, Strategy in the Digital Age:How to Disrupt or Respond to Disruptors,boards, CEOs, business leaders, executives, MBAs, consultants, incumbents,and startups will master the game-changing strategies for winning through rare insights, practical strategy and disruption frameworks — such as “TheDisruption Barometer for Strategic Responses” and “The Strategy Equation.”
· Incumbent will discover the powerful tools for beating disruptors and challengers at their own game while building the agile, digital, and analytics capabilities to deliver the sought-after customer experiences to become future-ready.
· Startups and challengers will learn how to upend an industry leader in our networked world through our systematic framework “The 5-Step Model to Disrupting a Digital PlatformLeader.”
· Companies will discover the time-tested approaches to be digital-first firms while discovering the pitfalls and roadblocks hindering their digital transformation across industries such as banking, health care, and retail through several case studies spanning industries, countries, and continents.
· Fintechs (mobile banking and payment firms, etc.) will learn the key insights to disrupt the financial industry verticals and win in an increasingly fragmented landscape. Banks will discover what they need to respond to the emerging challenges wanting to eat their lunch.
· Key players across the health care ecosystems will deepen their understanding of the disruptive forces and what strategies they need to thrive rather than survive in the emerging yet competitive digital health care across the globe.
· Business leaders will master how to build a winning culture for the digital age to execute their strategies through case studies of Amazon and SoftBank. In addition, they will discover several data-driven models for aligning their culture to their strategies.
· Indeed,in today’s dangerous and unpredictable geopolitical environment, where trade war is becoming the new normal, businesses’ fates increasingly depend on just one tweet from a president, nonmarket forces such as Brexit, activists, and EU General Data Protection Regulations and Europe Second Payments Directive (PSD2) can create winners and losers across industries such as banking overnight — CEOs and other business leaders need a new dynamic formula to win. Market strategies alone as taught in many business schools are no longer enough; firms need to strengthen their ability regarding what they can control at the firm level and build a dynamic scenario planning for our volatile, uncertain, ambiguous, and complex (VUCA) world. Yet they need nonmarket strategies to deter potential threats from nonmarket factors before they become a full-blown crisis or hamper their organization’s competitive edge. We will discuss all at these strategies, techniques, tools, and models in greater detail throughout the book.

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Cissoko Mamady is the best-selling author of “Strategy in The Digital Age: How to Disrupt or Respond to Disruptors.” He holds an MBA from GLOBIS Graduate School of Management — the #1 MBA program in Japan, and 4 Ivy League credentials, including the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

He is known for his expert insights and the practical applications he shares in his book(s) that have impacted the lives of thousands of organizations and executives around the world. Through these real-world solutions, Cissoko Mamady became one of the world’s renown and trusted strategy experts to whom the leading organizations, executives, even governments turn to for sound advice for many of their most challenging issues. Similarly, he is the go-to expert for what it takes to deliver high performance consistently in creating, capturing, and unlocking value — while exceeding the expected digital customer experience from modern organizations.

Cissoko Mamady’s work has been published in many leading publications — including The Japan Times. Moreover, in other instances, he has been quoted in business publications when expert perspectives are needed regarding strategic management — given his rare expertise in advising many leading firms in open banking (PSD2), financial technology (Fintech), digital platforms, mobile banking, payments, digital healthcare, and digital transformation.

Cissoko Mamady has written extensively regarding the digital and future-ready organizations in his best-selling book mentioned above. For this reason, he became the sought-after expert in the digital age regarding the convergence of the digital imperatives — such as scenario planning, corporate agility and digital culture needed for strategy execution in the digital age.

With his decades of experience and profound insights across industries, functions, and geographies, Cissoko Mamady travels a lot to help his clients with tailored and fresh approaches that are specific to the organization or executives’ circumstance by enhancing the top-and-bottom line.

For these reasons, he is the sought-after management consultant and business coach to whom several dozens of business leaders, CEOs, and executives turn to when looking for answers to their most challenging business questions. As such, through workshops and tailored training, Cissoko has helped dozens of business leaders in over 100+ countries by providing the necessary practical insights to become ambidextrous leaders ready for the digital age. That is, skills and competencies to manage and lead in our increasingly digital economy, where disruption — be it market or nonmarket — is the new normal.

As a staunch believer in philanthropy and making the world a better place, Cissoko Mamady uses his free time to contribute to many charitable causes that are dear to his heart—from eradicating extreme poverty to enhancing literacy across the globe.

About City of Red: Part 1

Alfonso Machetti had it all. He was feared, respected and loved. Then in one night in 1976 his world is burned down around him. A years long affair with the Mayor’s wife, and the strength of an army behind a man determined to reclaim his birthright sends Alfonso away with the knowledge that his actions led to the deaths of his family. Follow Alfonso as he rises from the depths of his own madness and returns to avenge his family.

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Chris Love was born and raised in Chester, SC. Since childhood, he has always dreamed of being a writer and now he is. At 35 years old, Chris is now a disabled combat veteran living in upstate NY with his wife of ten years and their four children. Chris has been a stay at home dad since 2010. As well as being a purple heart recipient, Chris was also elected as Trustee to his village in 2018.