SILJEEA MAGIC by Judith Pratt

Most people see nothing but trees and grass in those woods that line superhighways. But 13-year-old Andrea sees small people.
The Bokaaj live in the buffer zone woods between the highway and the big new house that Andrea’s family just moved into from the Boston suburbs. At first, Andrea is delighted to meet Erau, a Bokaaj boy about her age. He teaches her how to climb trees—he has extra toes—and how to eat acorns and ferns.
But then a new road full of houses begins to chew up the woods. Andrea is kidnapped and brought to the Bokaaj leader, who hates her for that destruction. She is rescued by the Siljeea, the shaman woman whose magic keeps the Bokaaj invisible.
It’s hard to be a hero while going to school, caring for your younger brother, and trying not to worry your over-protective parents. Andrea finds herself rescuing the Bokaaj from the machines of development, running away to help more of the Bokaaj and learning why only she can see them. Meanwhile, Andrea is tossed into a series of adventures that wreck her grades, mess up her health, and almost tear her family apart.

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I’ve been an actor, a director, a theatre professor, and a freelance writer. I’ve studied playwriting, theatre history, and how to teach actors. My plays have been produced in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Kansas City MO, and (I love this!) Cape Town, South Africa.
Then a character in one of my plays had a new story to tell—a story that would never fit on a stage. So I wrote a novel, The Dry Country. That was so much fun that I wrote another novel, Siljeea Magic, and got it published by Black Rose Writing! You can find both novels on Amazon.
Now I’m working on another novel, and another play. I live in Ithaca, NY, with a husband and three cockatiels.

About A Master Passion by Juliet Waldron

THE MASTER PASSION is the story of the marriage of our brilliant first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler. It begins with their whirlwind Revolutionary War courtship at Washington’s winter quarters.
After the war, Hamilton engages in nation building. Like all mission-driven men, he is preoccupied, often absent, and not the best provider.
Conflict is built into the marriage. It does not simply spring from Alexander’s childhood experience of bastardy, abuse, and abandonment. To quote Alexander Pope, Hamilton’s favorite poet:

And hence one Master Passion in the breast
Like Aaron’s serpent, swallows up all the rest…”

Betsy’s passion is for Alexander. Alexander loves his wife, but sometimes he loves America more.
Alexander Hamilton has been in my life since I was eleven, when I pulled a dusty 19th century novel out of the shelves of our local used book store and began to read it. I’ve done a great deal of research on him in the 50+ years since, reading my way through all 21 volumes of his correspondence and many other pieces of primary source. In the course of my fascination with him and his family, I learned that he was a prodigy, a boy who propelled himself from an orphaned, penniless merchant’s clerk who lived on a small West Indian island, to an aide de camp to General George Washington in a mere decade. His wife, too, lived an astonishing life, as a sort of American princess, so Alexander’s marriage, too, had a fairy-tale quality to it. As the American Dream was given impetus by his plans for the future of his adopted country and by administrative genius, none of us would live as we do today if Hamilton hadn’t existed. He was an imperfect human being, too, who made mistakes and made decisions which sent him to a dueling ground death. Long story short, I can’t imagine any better American subject for a novel. His whole life was an adventure.
As above, from many years of fascination, I know Hamilton and his wife very well. Because it’s important to me, I’ve worked to make these characters true to the breathing people that once lived. Again, I lean on letters, diaries, etc. for my understanding of emotional states. His wife burned much of their personal correspondence, as did other 18th Century women whose husbands were perceived to be “great men.” This writer does the best she can to fill in the gaps. Sometimes, of course, events remain obscure–200+ years and the natural desire of the famous man’s family to keep some things secret.

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“Not all who wander are lost.” Juliet Waldron earned a B. A. in English, but has worked at jobs ranging from artist’s model to brokerage. Thirty years ago, after the kids left home, she dropped out of 9-5 and began to write, hoping to create a genuine time travel experience for her readers. “Mozart’s Wife” won the 1st Independent e-Book Award and still, many years later, garners praise.”Not all who wander are lost.” Juliet Waldron’s Mom went traveling after a divorce, so Juliet went to school in Cornwall and Barbados. Returning stateside, she earned a B. A. in English, but has worked at jobs ranging from artist’s model to brokerage. Thirty years ago, after the kids left home, she dropped out of 9-5 and began to write in her favorite genre, historical fiction. Always a history geek–she likes reading academic works as well as all types of historical fiction–she hoped to create a genuine time travel experience for her readers.
Juliet enjoys playing door-woman for her beloved cats, long hikes, and reading non-fiction history and archeology. Sometimes, she gets to travel to the UK. Lately, she’s been attending magical summer camps, where hosts of history/mythology folk gather and study the past. She gardens, and sometimes cruises the back roads of PA behind her husband of fifty+ years on his “bucket list” ‘bike, a Hayabusa. Three granddaughters, grown, make her proud. The oldest is (!) married, the hard-working wife of a young back-to-the-land farmer. The second grand child won a Watty Award for her fan fiction, but now is working hard at UGA in pursuit of a professional life. The youngest grandchild dreams, too, but her dreams, because of autism, are more difficult to know.

Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set (Westward Series) – Books 4 – 6 by Linda Bridey

Books 4 -6 in the series that critics describe as a superb collection of heart-warming, humorous, romantic stories full of adventure which show strong women in difficult situations.

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Writing is a labor of love for Linda Bridey, whose works are consistently on several top 100 best-selling romance book lists. Since starting her writing career in earnest, Linda has written thirty-three books and counting, which have gained great popularity. Readers are drawn to her vivid writing of mail-order bride and historical romance stories, many of which deal with social issues, and always include humor and heart.

About Shadow City

Los Angeles is an apocalyptic wasteland. The few survivors of a horrific catastrophe live under the constant threat of radiation, mutated creatures, and worse… lurking in the shadows. Humans aren’t alone in this fight. Unexpected allies emerge from the shadows and in the final stand, the nameless stranger will decide humanities fate.

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Anna Mocikat was born in Warsaw, Poland, but spent most of her life in Germany where she attended film school, worked as a screenwriter and a game writer for several years.
Her “MUC” novels have been nominated for the most prestigious awards for Fantasy and Science-Fiction in Germany. In 2016 Anna Mocikat moved to the USA where she continued her writing career in English. She lives in Greenville, South Carolina.

About Cruising the Mississippi by Al & Sunny Lockwood

If you love travel, beauty, history, fabulous food, and genuine old-fashioned fun, you’ll love this amazing paddle wheel adventure along the mighty Mississippi River.

From a vibrant New Orleans’ Jazz concert at famous Preservation Hall, to the largest plantation mansion on the Mississippi (Nottoway Plantation), to eye-opening Civil War battlegrounds, this lively travel memoir brings American history and Southern culture to life.

The paddlewheeler itself is an enchanting antebellum masterpiece. Period furnishings. Tiffany lamps. An authentic steam calliope. And a huge front porch with comfy rocking chairs where you can relax and enjoy the natural wonder of America’s greatest waterway.

Riverside cities offer their own unique attractions, steeped in history and plantation grandeur.

Thrill at the beauty of Saint Mary’s Basilica in Natchez, Mississippi. Consecrated in 1886, it’s architecture and stained glass windows rival the churches of Europe.

Learn about the Republic of West Florida, the shortest-lived nation in North America.

Discover the opulence of cotton and cane sugar plantation owners.

Celebrate with the members of the Rosedown Baptist Church in St. Francisville, Louisiana.

Savor blue crab cakes with Cajun tasso or catfish with black-eyed peas and greens, or other local culinary specialties.

Share a lifetime’s experiences with two high-spirited seniors as they enthusiastically explore the most famous river in the U.S. and its fascinating waterside towns.

In this warm and personal travel memoir, you’ll learn things about America you never knew before.

Grab your reading glasses and come along on this unforgettable river cruise.

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Al and Sunny Lockwood have traveled by foot, car, rail, air and cruise ship. They’ve camped in national parks, hiked mountain trails, photographed springtime flowers in Death Valley and wintry surf along the rugged beaches of Northern California.

They’ve watched July 4th fireworks over Lake Tahoe, explored the Taos Pueblo and ridden the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad through forests ablaze with autumn colors.

They’ve ridden the amazing Falkirk Wheel in Scotland, the Flam Railway in Norway and Ushuaia’s train at the end of the world.

They’ve photographed the Barbary apes of Gibraltar and Gentoo Penguins frolicking in the surf on Falkland Island beaches.

From North Carolina’s Outer Banks to New Orleans’ Bourbon Street and Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, Al and Sunny love to wander and wonder and enjoy.

Everywhere they go, they capture unforgettable moments with their cameras and notebooks, moments to share with their readers. Their work has been published in magazines and newspapers. It has been recognized with awards from the National Federation of Press Women, the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Wishing Shelf Book Awards and Seven Sisters Book Awards.

“We write to encourage others to travel, to take a break from their ordinary routine and discover the many rewards of traveling with your eyes wide open,” Sunny said. “Go somewhere new, even if it’s only in the next county. And have fun exploring the sites, the sounds and flavors of the place. You’ll be amazed at how much fun you’ll have.”

Al added, “We also write to share the wonder of our own travels. To help you feel what it’s like to be on a cruise ship, or wandering the back alleys of Venice, Italy. We hope our books give readers a real sense of our travel adventures.”

About Siljeea Magic

Siljeea Magic is a magical realism fantasy for young adults, about difficult families, environmental issues, and growing up. The main character, Andrea, is starting 8th grade in a new town. But she has a secret. Most people see nothing but trees and grass in the woods that line superhighways. Andrea sees the Bokaaj, small people who live in the buffer zone woods between the highway and the big new house that Andrea’s family just moved into from the Boston suburbs. But Andrea must rescue the Bokaaj when their home is destroyed by development, while dealing with a new school, overprotective parents, and a bratty younger brother.

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I’ve been an actor, a director, a theatre professor, and a freelance writer. I’ve studied playwriting, theatre history, and how to teach actors. My plays have been produced in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Kansas City MO, and (I love this!) Cape Town, South Africa.
Then a character in one of my plays had a new story to tell—a story that would never fit on a stage. So I wrote a novel, The Dry Country. That was so much fun that I wrote another novel, Siljeea Magic, and got it published by Black Rose Writing! You can find both novels on Amazon.
Now I’m working on another novel, and another play.
I live in Ithaca, NY, with a husband and three cockatiels.

About Doppelgänger: the Legend Of Lee Harvey Oswald by George Schwimmer, Ph.D.

ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES – THE ENIGMA OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD – HAS BEEN SOLVED!

TWO ‘LEE HARVEY OSWALDS’ WERE AT THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963 – ONE WAS AN ASSASSIN ON THE SIXTH FLOOR, THE OTHER WAS A PATSY DOWNSTAIRS ON THE FRONT STEPS!

The photographs on the cover show the right side of Lee Oswald’s face (from a 1959 passport photo of ‘Lee Harvey Oswald’) and the left side of the face of ‘Harvey Oswald’ (from his Dallas booking photo in 1963), revealing that these were two different men!

The key to JFK’s assassination is not the guilt of Lee Oswald, a CIA contract agent – he was guilty of conspiracy, treason and murder – but the innocence of ‘Harvey Oswald,’ an employee of the Texas School Book Depository and an agent of the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the CIA and the FBI, who was murdered by Jack Ruby. Harvey’s innocence demonstrates that there indeed was a conspiracy to murder John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

There are 110 photographs/maps/floor plans, showing where everything took place on November 22 in Dallas, including a blowup of Harvey in the TSBD doorway, as well as a blowup of the face of the man in the “backyard photo,” clearly showing the picture was a forgery. There also are several photographs of two “Marguerite Oswalds” and two “Lee Harvey Oswalds,” revealing the doubles.

Exposed also are the lies of Dallas police, the CIA (demonstrating that “Lee Harvey Oswald” never went to the Cuban Consulate and the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City), the FBI (showing ‘Harvey’ and family never lived on Neely Street in Dallas), the Warren Commission, which altered much testimony to comply with its “lone nut” assertion, as well as the lies of several witnesses. More than 300 sources, including many testimonies & affidavits, were consulted, as well as John Armstrong’s massive research project HARVEY AND LEE.

One fact led to another, until a coherent picture began to emerge from the immense pile of puzzle pieces. That picture includes the background of Harvey as a juvenile immigrant fluent in Russian, and the creation of the second ‘Lee Harvey Oswald’ and the second ‘Marguerite Oswald.’ The picture continues with the recruitment of both Lee Oswald and Harvey Oswald by the ONI and the CIA, followed by Harvey’s assumption of Lee’s identity, his ‘defection’ to Russia, and Lee’s involvement with the Cuban revolution and the CIA.

The legend expands into New Orleans, where Harvey is “sheep-dipped” to seem like a fervent pro-Castro sympathizer and where he begins to be sucked into the Kennedy assassination plot by his renegade CIA handler. Finally, unable to control his destiny, he winds up on the steps of the Dallas School Book Depository, while Lee Oswald is inside on the sixth floor shooting at the president.

Harvey’s whereabouts on November 22, 1963 are tracked minute by minute, showing that he could not have been where the Warren Commission claimed he was. In the end, of course, Harvey was murdered by the same cabal that killed JFK and was falsely accused by the Warren Commission, the FBI, and the CIA of being a killer and traitor, when it was his accusers who were the killers and traitors. Some previously undisclosed conspirators in the Texas School Book Depository also are revealed.

358 pages, 62,300 words, 109 photographs/diagrams, annotated

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George Schwimmer, Ph.D. was a theatre director for thirty years, directing forty plays, as well as working as a professor of theatre at two colleges and a university. After his son David was lost at sea while kayaking, he turned to the study and practice of modern metaphysical practices, which he pursued for forty years. For more than ten years he has been writing books, plays and screenplays, most of which can be found on Amazon.com. He has been researching “Lee Harvey Oswald” for the past ten years. His books are generally rated by readers as four and five stars. He enjoys restoring antique military campaign writing slope boxes c. 1780-1840. He has written a play based on Doppelganger, which recently won first prize in a contest. His screenplays have won and placed in contests many times, and his books have won raves from reviewers and readers.

About This Is How Ian Rolls

Don’t miss this adorable book written by a child for children!
This is How Ian Rolls is a book about a little boy’s adventure with his banana friend. They ride together in a convertible through hills and plains and the countryside. Ian rolls in his donut car, with adventures all along the way. His fun riddles and jokes keep us company as he takes us many places. Let’s hop on and hear what he is up to. True friends have fun together and help each other. Read Ian’s riddles and jokes as you join their company. Let’s find out how they roll together!

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Ian M. Oommen loves his family, all things on wheels and donuts. He has been exploring the world of cars, race tracks and Legos since he was two. He loves building anything that can roll on wheels. He brings his imaginary characters to life with five or five hundred Lego pieces. Ian loves discovering, creating and inventing things. His biggest passion has been making riddles and telling jokes to anyone who will lend him an ear. He started drawing story characters with crayons at the young age of two. He loves entertaining his family with his jokes and riddles especially on car rides. He started writing his first book in kindergarten. He shares his passionate work with the world by publishing his first book. His fun riddles and jokes keep us company as he takes us many places. Let’s hop on and hear what he is up to.

About Beowulf’s Claim by Jessica Knight

I found out his secret and ran.
But there’s nothing Beowulf won’t do to have me.
Especially now that I’m carrying his baby.

Big, mysterious, and utterly captivating.
Beowulf is the beautiful Viking warrior from my past.
A broken man, full of battle scars…
We’re two people that should’ve never been together.
Yet, I fell for him.
The day we shared our first kiss, I was taken from my home.

Time has passed and after years of searching. He found me.
I was left in the woods unconscious, on the brink of death.
He brought me to his cabin and saved me.
I became a caretaker to an orphan boy that he was raising.
But when I recovered my memory and discovered his dark secret, I ran.
What was I thinking?
A poor girl like me isn’t meant to have a happily ever after…
Especially with a man so dangerous and wild.
I don’t care that he’d search the world for me.
I’d never be Beowulf’s Claim.

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About Hidden Hearts

Former Army Sergeant Holly Austin and her team at the HEARTS agency don’t normally find the police at their door. But it’s been weeks since a local woman vanished into thin air…and now there’s a second victim.

Police Detective Jack Tarek wasn’t officially working the Julia Frederickson case until a second victim made the matter personal. Holly is willing to cooperate with Jack “unofficially,” but she quickly becomes a distraction he can’t resist. The leads on their cases might be running cold, but the attraction between the investigators is sizzling hot.

With every lead a dead end, those close to the investigation grow increasingly impatient for answers. Just as hidden secrets come to light, one of the investigators vanishes without a trace. The HEARTS team has just hours to solve the case—or risk losing one of their own.

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As a teen, Marci Bolden skipped over young adult books and jumped right into reading romance novels. She never left.

Marci lives in the Midwest with her husband, kiddos, and numerous rescue pets. If she had an ounce of willpower, Marci would embrace healthy living, but until cupcakes and wine are no longer available at the local market, she will appease her guilt by reading self-help books and promising to join a gym "soon."

About Seeing Beyond: The Miracle of Clarity and Connection in Everyday Living by Adrien Fiorucci

Have you ever experienced a brief moment of intimate connection with nature or another person and wished it would last longer? Ever had the hunch there is more to life than you typically experience? Ever questioned what life’s all about and ended up empty-handed? In Seeing Beyond, Adrien Fiorucci explains – with great lucidity – just how intimate and intricate your role in life really is and how you can maintain a profound inner connection with it. He approaches this subject through the looking-glass of everyday reality to connect the mystical to the practical. His approach is encapsulated by the passage:
“We are immersed in a grand mystery beyond which our conventional senses can behold. This mystery is revealed only when we expand our perspective enough to see beyond our limited concept of who and what we think we are.”
Within this concise volume you will discover:
• How Authentic Personal Power is your key to all Joy, Peace and Connection
• The three limiting perspectives (Our Senses, Separation, and Fear) that govern much of human psychology and experience
• The Power that lies within you when you expand these three perspectives
• Clarity on how your limited perspectives develop and are interconnected
• The relationship between Vulnerability and your Authentic Personal Power
• 3 Poems of Contemplation for meditation to ignite a deeper relationship with each expanding perspective
• 3 actionable exercises for each perspective tailored to help you expand your self awareness skills

This short volume will inspire you to see that the effort you put into life is invaluable as it helps lead you to discover what is fundamental in life. It offers a fresh approach to spirituality with techniques you can implement each day to heighten your experience of connectivity. Will you accept the challenge and dedicate the time and effort required to uncover just how Powerful and Joyful your relationship to life can be?

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After reading a Hermann Hesse book at fourteen, Adrien Fiorucci experienced a minor awakening and felt his first pull to a higher calling. Never entirely forgetting this early revelation, he spent the next thirty-plus years as a small business owner and general contractor. His daily struggles with addiction, depression and anger became the backdrop to his spiritual pursuits and led to the discovery that the mystical dwelled within everyday practical living. Following no direct teacher or religion, Adrien slowly and consistently surrendered to the draw of the “still small voice”. After several deeper awakenings he was inspired to write a series of books and stepped into the public arena as a spiritual teacher. Adrien’s heartfelt mission is to share that if he can experience such a profound shift to What’s Real amid ordinary life, so can you!

About Red Light Special

From the moment they met, Bobby Cooke and Mercy Webster have wanted to be more than friends, if you could even call them that.

A weekend mix-up, that seems more like a setup, brings them to a point of no return. Bobby will use every skill at his disposal to stop Mercy from walking away. Mercy will give herself permission to let go, just this one time. Little do they know, the passion building between the two of them refuses to be confined to only a few days.

Bobby and Mercy will test the boundaries between friends with benefits. When need and desire are given free rein, the results are explosive.

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Reana Malori is a USA Today Bestselling Author of Multicultural / Interracial Contemporary Romance. She writes romance stories full of romance, love, and steam that pull the reader into her world. Her heroes are the kind of men you want to run away with and live happily-ever-after. The heroines are the type of ladies with whom you want to have a glass of wine. She began her writing journey in 2009, releasing her first novella, To Love a Marine. Since then, she has released more than 35 novels and novellas of varying lengths. Reana currently resides in Montclair, Virginia with her husband and two sons who keep her busy laughing, having fun, and making sure she doesn’t take herself too seriously.