About Keep Smiling by Tiana Pongs

In her guide dedicated to prospective models, Tiana Pongs reveals important insider tips for a serious entry into the industry. The author shows how to build up a modeling career from a practical perspective. In an easy to understand step-by-step guide she explains how to identify your own type and how to find reputable agencies – and consequently get your first modeling contract. She provides a proven list of agencies from all over the world. By sharing personal experiences, as well as an overview of the various stages of the model industry, up-and-coming models can obtain valuable insights.

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Tiana Pongs, born in 1979 in Moenchengladbach, Germany, began a successful international career as a model in 2001. After graduating from high school, she worked in Milan, Paris, Cape Town, and New York and was featured in numerous fashion magazines as well as advertising and catalogue campaigns. Due to the astonishing amount of more than 1,000 ad productions in the span of her career, Tiana Pongs was Germany’s leading commercial face. Tiana Pongs currently lives with her son in Düsseldorf and commutes between Germany and the USA. She works as an actress and is the official ambassador of World Vision Germany.

About Bad Love Tigers

What would you tell President Roosevelt if you could travel back in time? This fun, sci-fi thriller is a cross between alien adventure and historical fiction, and comes with a suggested musical score!

Meet the Bad Love Gang, a passel of teens with a passion for history and time travel. As they assemble at the White Hole Project time machine to celebrate New Year’s Eve in 1975, they are ambushed by a Russian KGB agent bent on stealing the secrets of the White Hole Project. Faced with telling the authorities or going it alone, the Bad Love Gang travels back in time to meet with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) for his advice and direction. FDR appoints the Bad Love Gang to protect the future integrity and security of not only the White Hole Project, but also America’s top-secret Area 51. To accomplish FDR’s directives, the Gang must undertake a dangerous road trip across 1945 WWII America from Warm Springs, Georgia to Area 51 in Nevada. Russian, Chinese, and Indian espionage forces stand in their path. Their mission ends in June, 1942 WWII China, where at FDR’s mandate, the Bad Love Gang volunteer for the famous AVG Flying Tigers under General Claire Chennault. In the forests of southern China, they must protect the secrets of Area 51 and keep those secrets in America’s hands. Can they do it?

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Kevin L. Schewe, MD, FACRO is a board-certified cancer specialist who has been in the private practice of radiation oncology for over 32 years. He is an entrepreneur, having founded Elite Therapeutics and Bad Love Cosmetics Company, LLC. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of a small, publicly-traded, renewable, green energy and animal feed company called VIASPACE, Inc. Bad Love Tigers is the sequel to his bestselling debut novel Bad Love Strikes. You can connect with Schewe through his website.

About French Letters Virginia’s War

Voted as Best Historical Fiction by the Military Writers Society of America

Single, pretty, and taken for granted after her boyfriend leaves for the war, Virginia Sullivan decides to do something she wants – and it soon shows.

All the while her patriotic small town supports the war, fears the casualty lists, and loves its black market, cheating, and surprise elopement.

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Jack Woodville London is the author of four novels, including the acclaimed novel, French Letters: Children of a Good War, winner of the 2018 Gold Medal for Book of the Year in war and military fiction. He also wrote A Novel Approach, a non-fiction book on the craft of writing, is co-author of Texas Pattern Jury Charges, and author of more than thirty articles on history, literature, travel, law and art.

Jack studied the craft of fiction at the Academy of Fiction, St. Céré, France and at Oxford University. His writing career began with his appointment as managing editor during law school of the University of Texas International Law Journal.

In addition to writing, Jack teaches the craft to others. He is Director of Writing Education for Military Writers Society of America and regularly conducts writing programs for beginning writers, especially veterans.

Jack lives in Austin, Texas. 
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About Behind the Altar by P.C. Zick

A tattoo artist on a Harley. A do-gooder beauty. A forbidden passion. Love at first kiss.

Leah Bryant lives a quiet life helping others while preparing to marry the minister of her church. When her future mother-in-law, Geraldine, threatens her causes, she’s left confused by the hypocrisy and befuddled by a stranger who roars into town on a Harley.

Dean Davis, a famous tattoo artist from Miami, never wanted to return to his hometown. But when his father dies, he knows he must return and face his mother, Geraldine, and his ugly past filled with child abuse and neglect. When Leah discovers the stranger is the brother of her fiancé—who she’d been told was dead—she’s drawn to him and furious about the deception. Both are bowled over by an intense attraction to one another. The magnetic pull draws them into a passionate kiss within minutes of meeting. Leah, a homeless girl rescued by Geraldine, struggles to understand the cruelty of the older woman. Dean finally confronts the woman who threatens to destroy them all.

Leah’s controlled life and Dean’s emotional barriers both shatter and force them to examine their lives. Leah must choose between her safe engagement to Dean’s estranged brother, Jacob, and a dangerously passionate affair with Dean. And Dean must confront the demon from his childhood, his mother. Dean’s fear of loving and Leah’s need for security pull them together, rather than apart.

But none of it will matter if they can’t stop Geraldine, an unhinged woman on a destructive course to abolish everyone who opposes her thirst for power. When Dean and Leah, along with Jacob, threaten her, she goes on a rampage to destroy them all. The three of them must find a way to stop her first.

Behind the Altar is the first book in the Behind the Love contemporary steamy romance series that features sizzling attractions, dramatic confrontations, and intertwined and complicated lives. The romance set in small town Florida, show how friends stand up for one another and form families of their own choosing.

Buy Behind the Altar to discover how love can rise above hate to bring out the best in us all.

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Bestselling author P.C. Zick describes herself as a storyteller no matter what she writes. And she writes in a variety of genres, including romance, contemporary fiction, and creative nonfiction. She’s won various awards for her essays, columns, editorials, articles, and novels.

The three novels in her Florida Fiction Series contain stories of Florida and its people and environment, which she credits as giving her a rich base for her storytelling. She says, “Florida’s quirky and abundant wildlife–both human and animal–supply my fiction with tales almost too weird to be believable.”

P.C. writes both sweet and steamy romances. The sweet contemporary romances in her Smoky Mountain Romances, are set in southwest North Carolina. Another sweet romance series, Rivals in Love, contains seven stories about finding and keeping love alive. The novels follow the Crandall family of Chicago as the siblings find love despite their focus on successful careers.

Her steamy romances go from Florida to Long Island. The Behind the Love series, set in a small fictional town in Florida, feature a community of people who form bonds as they learn to overcome the challenges of their youth. Her Montauk Romances are set in and around Long Island and feature simple, yet sophisticated beach houses designed with romance in mind. The two books in this set are filled with steamy scenes as love grows and thrives.

Zick offers a variety of nonfiction books, which include a book on vegetable gardening, a compilation of her essays and short stories from her decades-long career as a writer, and a primer for writers on taking an idea and turning it into a published book. She has also published and annotated the journal of her great-grandfather based on his experiences as a Union soldier during the Civil War.

Her novels contain elements of romance with strong female characters, handsome heroes, and descriptive settings. And all of her works express her philosophy of living lightly upon this earth with love, laughter, and passion.

She and her husband split their time between Tallahassee, Florida, and the Smoky Mountains where they enjoy gardening, kayaking, and hiking.

About Gainer: Jagged Edge Series #6

When a person is at the end of their rope, the only thing left to do is survive. That is exactly what Emma Atwood had been doing for most of her life. Finally getting a break, she gets hired as a maid at a ritzy hotel, but finds that it is still not enough. Tired of living the life she was handed, she does the one thing that she soon regrets. Greed soon turns into tragedy when her mistake begins taking lives.

Reminded of the memories of his past, the only thing that Lou Gainer wanted to do was clear his mind. His thoughts get the best of him and he ends up running into a mysterious woman. Captivated by her beauty, he does everything he can to get close to Emma Atwood. Opportunity knocks when Jagged Edge is hired as additional security at the hotel she works at. Pieces begin to fall into place when Lou finally learns the truth about Emma and what she has been hiding.

Will his love for her be strong enough to keep her secrets or will his need to tell the truth prevail?

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Some would call me a little naughty but I see myself as a writer of spicy thoughts. Being an erotic romance writer is something that I never imagined I would be doing. There is nothing more rewarding than to put your thoughts down and share them. I began writing three years ago and have enjoyed every minute of it. When I first began writing, I really wasn’t sure what I was going to write. It didn’t take me long to realize that romance would be my niche. I believe that every life deserves a little bit of romance, a little spice doesn’t hurt either. When I am not writing, I enjoy the company of good friends and relaxing with a delicious glass of red wine.

About Craving A King

The woman or the crown-an impossible decision.

Ella Jenkins has a dream for every child to have the best education possible. When called to Ghana to pitch her charter school network to the Ashanti, she unexpectedly falls for the king.

Kofi is an Ashanti king. When he sees Ella, he knows he wants her to be his Queen. He works to get past her layers of defense, only to realize he has a past of his own to overcome.

When they finally come together; Kofi’s crown threatens to tear them apart.

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Hello! I’m Louise Lennox and I’m glad to be here!

I am a writer, true rabble rouser, hopeful romantic, wife, and mother of the cutest two dragons ever to walk the earth. I write to provide Black women with a diverse presence on romance novel pages. I am a voracious reader of contemporary romance. Often, I bemoan the lack of opportunities to see women like myself, friends, Spelman sisters, aunties and cousins on the page. I’m here to fix that!

I write what I like to call #happyblackromance. I highlight joys of our relationships. We should admire them for their strength and downright sexiness. It’s time to share some of our magic! My female characters are highly educated influencers, always seeking to change the world around them. My male characters are alphas committed to the responsibility of leading their homes and communities.

In my novels sparks will fly; the sex will amaze; and the characters will always leave the world better than they found it through their love.

About Land of the Friendly People

The true story of how I survived the notorious child abuse scandal at Anneewakee Treatment Center as a teen in the 1980’s. Forced labor, deprivation of education, physical abuse and molestation were suffered by hundreds of patients there between 1962 and 1986, protected all the while by the leadership of the state of Georgia.

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Rob Shulman grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and spent much of his career as a chef in New Orleans. He now resides in Tucson Arizona with three little dogs.

About Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg

Siege of Vicksburg, 1863: While the Yankees bomb her beloved city day and night, 13-year-old Anna Green fights to keep her younger brother and sister safe after the death of her ma, and her pa and older brother are gone with the Confederate Army. Anna and her siblings are forced to live with a neighbor, the old busybody Mrs. Franklin and her bratty son, Stuart. But worse than that, they must all live in a dark, damp cave, dug by slaves in the yellow clay Vicksburg hills. This is the only way to keep themselves safe from the Yankees’ bombs falling day and night. All Vicksburg citizens are living underground like prairie dogs. Some even eat rats to survive!

Anna realizes she must make sacrifices and be stronger than she ever has before, or her family will never be together again. Will she ever achieve the future she dreams of or will the Siege end her hopes and dreams?

This book is free August 18 to August 22 on Kindle and enrolled in KindleUnlimited. There is a prequel, Anna and the Baking Championship, which is a chapter-book for middle-grade readers that is being published on August 18 in ebook and later in August as a print book.

Middle-grade fans of historical fiction will love these characters who overcome their fears and stand up for what’s right in the history of the United States. This book is complete with notes from the author about the Siege of Vicksburg, discussion questions, and additional recommended resources. This book is perfect for children to read on their own, in a classroom setting, or with homeschool curriculum.

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Margo L. Dill has loved writing since she was a kid. When she became an elementary school teacher and then a parent, she kept writing stories for both kids and adults. Now she is currently the managing editor and an online writing instructor for WOW! Women on Writing and the author of Maggie Mae, Detective Extraordinaire: The Case of the Missing Cookies, a picture book, and the American Civil War Adventure middle-grade historical fiction series. She runs the publishing company, Editor-911 Books. She lives in St. Louis, MO, where she enjoys hanging out with her almost 10-year-old daughter and crazy lab mix dog, Sudsi.

About The Farm: On Practical Wisdom

The Farm, set in the second global energy crisis, juxtaposes Jack’s high-flying energy career with his pursuit of an idyllic life with his new bride, Anna. Russian spies, US counterterrorism teams, moles, and turncoats put Jack and everyone he knows at risk in an international game of deception and assassination. Together with Jack’s old philosophical friend, Ben, and Ben’s wife, Rebecca, Jack and Anna explore a path to practical wisdom in the nuclear age. Jack and Ben, learning from their jobs and their marriages, distill out from the noise and tumult seven essential criteria in achieving happiness and a good life, the measure of practical wisdom in all ages and cultures.

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George Benda grew up in the Chicago area. Born with a passion for the natural world and improving the environment, Benda studied first science, then politics, and ultimately philosophy to answer his burning question: how do we resolve the expanding conflict between human activity and the well-being of the planet on which we live?

Book clubs? Libraries? Academics? These are forums in which that burning question can be explored and answers formulated. Benda actively supports all of those pathways to broader understanding. He offers free readers guides, Zoom sessions, and more.

About Better Online Meetings: How to Facilitate Virtual Team Meetings in Easy Steps

This is a super-short book (will take you less than 30 minutes to read) that covers a step-by-step approach to running your meetings.

It also includes downloadable templates and scripts that will help save you time.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

*The one question to ask yourself before scheduling a meeting
*How to draft an effective agenda (and include a simple phrase to save you time)
*When to schedule meetings to minimize the number of interruptions (batching techniques)
*How to take helpful meeting minutes (note-taking strategies that save you time)
*How to schedule online meetings for team members in different time zones

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Hassan Osman is the Amazon Bestselling author of "Influencing Virtual Teams" and "Don't Reply All."

He is currently a PMO director at Cisco Systems*, where he leads global teams on delivering complex IT projects.

Prior to Cisco, Hassan was a manager at Ernst & Young LLP (now EY), where he analyzed failing projects at Fortune 500 companies and recommended solutions to fix them.

He was also a research assistant at Harvard University, where he studied issues related to virtual teams.

Hassan is a certified PMP, CSM and ITIL, and regularly blogs about managing remote teams.

He also runs a podcast about writing and publishing books while working a full-time job.

*Views are his own

About Yellow Means Stay: An anthology of love stories from Africa Edited by Allwell Uwazuruike

Yellow Means Stay is a collection of enthralling, sad, humorous, and heart-touching love stories from across Africa and the diaspora. It features new and award-winning writers from across the African continent and beyond. The stories are a dynamic blend of the poetic and narrative, the spousal and familial, the suggestive and explicit, the dramatic and measured, the straight and queer, the sad and humorous, the past and future, life and afterlife. Through its pages, readers enter the world of African literature, love, and romance.

“This anthology is effervescent! From tales of tender, forbidden love to those that elicit gasps from their reader, these stories of connection, intimacy and lust are a delicious read.” —Megan Ross, author of Milk Fever.

“The stories in this anthology are inventive, complex and funny. They leave one with the feeling of having encountered gifted storytellers.” — Gloria Mwaniga, Miles Morland Scholar

Pre-launch discount: 50% ($̶9̶.̶9̶9̶ $4.99) if ordered before August 29.

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Allwell Uwazuruike is the co-editor of Afritondo. He is also a lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston. He has always been passionate about sharing African stories with the world. One interesting fact about him: He got into university at fourteen. He also loves chess (and can play it blindfolded!). He plays the piano and reads a lot of fiction and non-fiction from every corner of the globe.

About Her Alien Rebel

He’s Deadly. He’s Ambitious. He’s the Enemy.
And he’s made conquering me his goal.

A man is the last thing I need in my life, even an intense alien cyborg who sweeps in to help me in a fight. Blue skin, muscles to die for, steely gaze — it doesn’t matter. I don’t want the complications.

As the security officer on the Ladies’ Choice, I fight my own battles. I shouldn’t be inviting more trouble in, even if Trouble is a badass with a rock-hard six pack, sexy scars, and a tail that does amazing things to me.

Okay, Mykor is tempting. Enough that I consider making an exception for him. Everything about him fits me perfectly… until I discover his implants are forcing him into a mission and will kill him if he fails. A mission to kill a member of my crew.

I won’t let him succeed. I can’t let him fail. And Mykor cannot step aside. Somehow, we have to find another option. The only thing we can think of is stupid, risky, and our best hope is that it’s so crazy no one will see it coming.

But if it works, we’ll be together. Forever.

**Her Alien Rebel is book two of the Salvaged Hearts Series. Each book is a complete science fiction romance story with no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happy ending guaranteed.**

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I’m Leslie Chase, author of science fiction and paranormal romances. I love writing, especially writing sexy romance!

Over the course of my life I’ve done a lot of things, from working with the elderly to studying sword fighting to teaching tai chi. And, always, reading reading reading!

When I’m not busy reading or writing, I’m busy thinking about what I’m going to write next or researching it—yes, damn it, looking at castles and swords and pictures of spaceships counts as research.