About Lessons From My Mother’s Life

It was the 1950s. The war was over and women could go back to being happy housewives. But did they really want to?

Women should have been contented to live a Leave it to Beaver life in the mid-20th century. They should have been fulfilled. Women’s magazines told them so. Advertisers told them so. Doctors and psychologists told them so. Some were. But some weren’t.

In the 1950s, women were sold a bill of goods about who they were and who they should be as women. Some bought it. But some didn’t.

These five stories are about the women who didn’t.

A teenage bride sees her future mirrored in Circe’s twisted face. A woman’s tragic life serves as a warning about the dangers of too much maternal devotion. And the lives of two women intersect during two birthday parties, changing both of them. These and other moving tales of strength, discovery, and hope are about our mothers and grandmothers and the lessons their lives have to teach us.

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Tam May grew up in the United States and earned her B.A. and M.A in English. She worked as an English college instructor and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher before she became a full-time writer. She started writing when she was 14, and writing became her voice. She writes fiction characters who examine their past in order to move into their future and are influenced by the time in which they live.

Her first book, a collection of contemporary short stories, was nominated for a 2017 Summer Indie Book Award. A revised and expanded second edition of this book is now available under the title Lessons From My Mother’s Life. She is currently working on a Gilded Age family saga. The first book, The Specter, came out in June of 2019, and the second book, False Fathers, is also now available. Book 3 (The Claustrophobic Heart) and Book 4 (Dandelion Children) will be out in 2020. She is also working on a historical mystery series featuring a turn-of-the-century New Woman sleuth. Both series take place in Northern California.

She lives in Texas but calls San Francisco and the Bay Area “home”. When she’s not writing, she’s reading classic literature and historical fiction, watching classic films, or cooking up awesome vegetarian dishes.

About Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

Body is an inspirational-fiction comedy exploring body image and intuitive eating.

Hope is deep into the journey of the hero–she just doesn’t know it yet. She loves her family, HATES her body, and fools herself into thinking all will turn out well in the end–that is until her latest attempt at a crash diet unleashes mayhem in her life. Enter Joy, a quirky spiritual mentor driven by a mysterious past. She offers not an elixir of man, but Truth from above–ancient secrets revealed in steps leading back to the ultimate source of identity Hope so desperately needs to achieve harmony between her body and mind.

A movement is coalescing in reaction against the unrealistic body image promoted by the entertainment and weight loss industries. Figures such as Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Aniston, and Taryn Brumfitt (Body Image Movement) are garnering mass media attention exposing body-shaming as a cultural toxin–one that is leading to eating disorders and other mental illnesses for younger and younger people. Body takes this message one step further by offering a path to reset body image and establish a body-respecting approach to diet and exercise.

Body is a humorous novel, but it is also a self-help guide: By learning from the three women in this story–one in her teens, one in her mid-thirties, and one in her mid-fifties–readers can see themselves, explore their relationships with their bodies, and begin their own journeys to healthy eating and body image by following the seven principles laid out in the story.

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Sean Coons is an author, screenwriter, musician, and educator living in Redondo Beach, California. He has written for The Atlantic, Salon, and The Christian Post, covering topics ranging from history to culture to Hollywood, and has toured the US and abroad as an entertainer. His work in the field of body image is informed by personal experience as well as his study of psychology and social behavior at UC Irvine and counseling psychology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Sean’s novel, Body, is a faith-based comedy exploring body image and intuitive eating. Body offers readers a path to a healthier, more fulfilling life.

About LORI DANIELS MYSTERY: Lover Come Back

Police Sergeant Daniels leads a team of detectives that uncovers a plot by a corrupt city official, who uses murder and intimidation, to try to take control of both city hall and the largest crime gang in the city. Witnesses are refusing to talk and the body count is rising, while the team methodically zeros in on the diabolical mastermind, who will go to any extent to win power, including arson, torture and mass murder. No one is safe from violence, as the villain resorts to desperate measures to keep from being caught.

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When he is not writing novels, Tom Preschutti enjoys hiking, bicycling, cooking, baking and traveling around the country. Another passion is reading a good crime novel or watching a police drama. The author writes what he likes to read.

About Body: or, How Hope Confronts Her Shadow and Calls the Flutter Girl to Flight

Body is a humorous novel, but it is also a self-help guide: By learning from the three women in this story, readers can see themselves, explore their relationships with their bodies, and begin their own journeys to healthy eating and body image by following the seven principles laid out in the story.

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Sean Coons is an author, screenwriter, musician, and educator living in Redondo Beach, California with his wife and son. He has written for The Atlantic, Salon, and The Christian Post, covering topics ranging from history to culture to Hollywood, and has toured the US and abroad as an entertainer. His work in the field of body image is informed by personal experience as well as his study of psychology and social behavior at UC Irvine and counseling psychology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

About Featured Book: Colours of Death: Sergeant Thomas’ Casebook by Robert New

Which colour death would you fear the most?
From the author of Movemind and Incite Insight, comes a collection of nine detective stories where colour plays a role in the mystery. Including:
Blue Bloods: A high school awards ceremony turns to tragedy when the audience turns blue as they die.
The 11th Killer: A serial killer’s hair colour could be the key to their capture.
The Storyteller: An arsonist is trapping people in burning buildings, just to write a story about the rescuers.
Black Death: After a body is dumped in public, working out how the victim died is harder than decoding the intended message.
Fear the Red Man: An incident with the Red Man haunts Detective Thomas, but may also be the key to solving a new case.

Praise for Robert New’s Books:
“A super sleuth” (Peter Lingard, Author)
“Thrilling mystery” (SC Karakaltsas, Author)
“Grippingly readable” (Sara Stuart, Author)
“Interesting and authentic twists” (Robert Sayegh, Author)

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About Featured Book: The Devil's Game by Roman Koidl

Death an construction has haunted Michael Adams' family for centuries. Now with the help of Amanda, a beautiful demonologist, he is trying to unravel the mystery that has plagued his family for generations. Chased by Baal, a vicious mercenary of the 36 Legions of Demons sect, and by private eye Joe Harris, they travel through Europe and history on a adventurous scavenger hunt to save humanity and find out how the curse on his family is connected to the famous game of roulette.

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About Marked for Revenge: An Art Heist Thriller

When researcher Zelda Richardson begins working at a Dutch museum, she doesn’t expect to get entangled with an art theft, knocked unconscious by a forger, threatened by the mob, or stalked by drug dealers… A suspenseful, amateur sleuth mystery about stolen art, the mafia, and a father’s vengeance!

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Jennifer S. Alderson was born in San Francisco, raised in Seattle, and currently lives in Amsterdam. After traveling extensively around Asia, Oceania, and Central America, she moved to Darwin, Australia, before finally settling in the Netherlands. When not writing, she can be found in a museum, biking around Amsterdam, or enjoying a coffee along the canal while planning her next research trip.

Jennifer’s love of travel, art, and culture inspires her award-winning Zelda Richardson Mystery series, her Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mysteries, and her standalone stories.

Book One of the Zelda Richardson Mystery series—The Lover’s Portrait—is a suspenseful whodunit about Nazi-looted artwork that transports readers to WWII and present-day Amsterdam. Art, religion, and anthropology collide in Rituals of the Dead (Book Two), a thrilling artifact mystery set in Papua and the Netherlands. Her pulse-pounding adventure set in the Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, and Turkey—Marked for Revenge (Book Three)—is a story about stolen art, the mafia, and a father’s vengeance. Book Four—The Vermeer Deception—is a WWII-art mystery set in Germany and will be released on April 4, 2020.

About Deadly Dating by Sara Caudell

Cold Springs, Colorado: Hawk and Jackie the other horse trainers talked Georgia into going on a dating service to have a date for the holidays. She did and instead of a date, she ended up with two sheriff deputies at her door.

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Sara Caudell grew up in a small ranching community in Colorado. She was an artist, raised three children, managed offices, and started her own business before weaving her stories and experiences into novels. She now lives in central Texas with her patient husband and four cats. In her spare time she does genealogy research and nurses orphan kittens and injured cats for the local animal shelter.

About Matter Point

A young woman is forced to return to America to face a life she barely knows. Her new life unravels when she is forced into a love triangle between her new life and an outcast who is everything she shouldn’t want.

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GG Shalton has been writing short stories most of her life. Often entertaining friends and family. At their encouragement she wrote her first novel in 2016 for publication. Although, she received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, her real passion is history. Her fascination with different time periods is the inspiration for most her stories. GG is an avid reader and can often be found in various hiding places around her home enjoying a good book. She loves happy endings and most of her free time is spent developing story lines and writing. She is married to a wonderful husband who inspires her to pursue her passion. They met while both of them served in the US Navy. Her heart belongs to her two teenage sons who both promise that one day they may read one of her books. . She thanks Jesus for her multiple blessings each day, especially the gift of storytelling.

About The Devil’s Bedtime Stories Volume Three

This third volume of stories will shock, scare and make you think. From strange, evil toys to longtime friends you would be happy to never see again, open the pages and hide under the blankets…and hold on.

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Lorne McMillan grew up in Southern Ontario. He spent much of his time alone and books became his friend. Over time he discovered Stephen King, and thus birthed his love of horror. His favourite television shows were programs like Twilight Zone and Outer Limits.

He began writing superhero stories when he was very young and while most kids were asking for Ataris and dirt bikes, Lorne was begging for a typewriter. Soon after discovering the horror genre in the written word, he began writing scary stories.

Lorne now lives in St. Catharines, Ontario with his family. He watches hockey, reads books, and works on his first love…writing.

About Two to the Back by Cam Johns

Murder. Betrayal. Revenge.

Murder. That was the life I knew best. Born into a crime family that fed on the weaknesses of others, in order to gain the power attained today. Power that led me to kill for my father. My mafia family. The mafia family that ended up putting two shots in my back.

Betrayal at it’s finest. Deception that brought me a better life. A life full of happiness with the love of my life. A life that was built on the foundation of lies. How could I possibly believe my new life wouldn’t crumble? The truth always finds it’s way out.

That truth would become my revenge. My ruthlessness has risen to protect the life I’ve built. The women I love. And the family I don’t deserve. Vengeance will be mine by taking the one thing my assailant wants to control the most. His daughter.

*Although Two to the Back is a standalone with an HEA, it is only the SECOND book of a SIX-BOOK series. To get the full understanding of the plot and learn the full outcome of all characters, you should read the entire Escaping the Mafia series:
One Reason to Kill
Two to the Back
Three More Shots
Four in One
Five Wrong Moves
Six Deadly Steps

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Cam Johns began her career as a published author in 2016 with the release of her first book – Arousing Consequences – to the three-part series, The Arousing Series. However, actually publishing wasn't part of her plan. After her husband was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, she found that writing became a great way to relieve the tension and mounted pressures that come with watching someone she loves suffer from such a harsh diagnosis. It was her husband that pushed her to share her voice, regardless of how erotic that voice would become.

Live. Love. Laugh. A well-known mantra that has become her way of living. Live, by accepting the things you cannot change. Love, the ones closest to you as if there's no . tomorrow. Laugh, each day because sadness will get you no where!

About Let’s See Them Poems by Andrew Shaffer

For fans of SNL’S DEEP THOUGHTS BY JACK HANDEY and BILLY COLLINS, a new book of humor from New York Times bestseller Andrew Shaffer.

In his debut chapbook, bestselling humorist Andrew Shaffer explores alienation in its myriad forms, from cultural (“Don’t try to explain Fortnite to me/I don’t care”) to romantic (“We’ll always have that poem about Paris”).

Playful, hilarious, and affectingly human, Shaffer’s poetry will bring a smile to the face of anyone who has felt like an alien in this world.

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ANDREW SHAFFER is the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of HOPE NEVER DIES: AN OBAMA BIDEN MYSTERY and its sequel, HOPE RIDES AGAIN. He is a two-time semi-finalist and one-time finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards. He lives with his wife, novelist Tiffany Reisz, in Louisville, Kentucky, a magical land of horses, bourbon, and basketball.

About Saving Mitch by Emily Matthews

They say opposites attract. But do they always?
Officer Mitch MacDonald’s life is irrevocably changed when his partner is killed in the line of duty. He will stop at nothing to hunt down the murderer, and his obsession is about to cost him his job. When beautiful veterinarian Maggie Tucker witnesses a crime that could help Mitch catch the killer, he must set aside his growing attraction to her to find the killer and keep them both safe. When Maggie finds herself in danger, Mitch will do anything to save her. But when all is said and done, he’s left wondering who saved who.

After a death in the family, Maggie returns home to New York City, wanting to be closer to her loved ones. When Maggie meets Mitch, sparks fly, but not in a good way. He witnesses her most embarrassing moment and then writes her a ticket! She immediately dislikes him, but must soon rely on him to survive. Forced to spend time together, she begrudgingly finds herself falling for his sexy, bad-boy ways. Can she handle a purely physical relationship without falling in love? There’s only one way to find out.
Will sweet, clumsy Maggie and troubled, hotheaded Mitch find love amid the danger that surrounds them? Find out in this romantic, suspenseful, sometimes funny novel by Emily Matthews.

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Emily loves dark chocolate, dogs, and sitting on the back porch with a good book. She lives in Washington State with her husband of 20+ years and their dog, Stella. Their wonderful, brilliant children are both away at college, leaving them time to travel and do good in the community.

About The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Apple Search Ads: It’s easy if you do it smart

There are more than 2 million apps available on the App Store. Of course, you can acquire and rank for keywords highly relevant to you but building up organic performance takes time. Since searchers have a higher probability to buy, you can exponentially grow your ROI by targeting relevant search terms. With iOS now making up to 45% of the US smartphone market, it’s easy to see why marketers would be interested in App Store search ads to connect with iOS users. 70% of App Store visitors search for an app to find it. Why not be present when your potential customers are searching for you? They may not know you or your solution, which is why it is your job to show them how can you solve their problems!

With this ebook, you can learn everything about Apple Search Ads. From creating an account to optimizing a campaign, you have it all here.

You put your heart and soul in your business, why let the lack of awareness and marketing ruin it for you? This book can help you grow and scale your app’s presence on the App Store.

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Vedika is a product manager, marketer, UX enthusiast and a writer. She has been working extensively on Apple Search Ads for multiple firms. Through her years in the industry, Vedika learned how to run ads on the iOS App Store to maximize return on advertising spends.

Her passion for consumer behavior has helped businesses of all sizes increase their profits by understanding customers better.

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