About Turtle And The Great Motion by Farica Aue

Tyler the turtle sang as he swam around the only home he’s ever known: the Laniakea Beach in Hawaii!

Ever since he was a baby turtle, his parents already told him that he should learn to appreciate his surroundings. Laniakea Beach is one of the cleanest beaches in the world—and one of the most beautiful, too!

The waters were a combination of turquoise, blue, and green. There were corals of every color imaginable, and a combination of different species of fish that made his home lively and colorful.

As a leatherback sea turtle with greenish-brown shell, or carapace, as his parents taught him, he sometimes envied how fish could swim so fast while he swims a little too slow. At first, he thought that it was normal, but when he saw how fish such as Angelfish, Butterflyfish, and Barracudas can swim so fast, he wondered why he could never be like them. He often asked his parents about this but they said that not everyone are created the same way, and that he should be thankful for who he is and what he has.

Join Tyler the Turtle in his adventures into the unknown in this story entitled “Turtle and the Great Motion!”

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About The Baptist:

The Baptist will be on offer at 99c on Friday 13th March.

A contemporary psychological thriller set in the medieval Irish city of Kilkenny.

The Baptist – he’s clever, calculating and uncatchable. If you hear a knocking on your door don’t let him in. John Baptist is cleansing a path for the Second Coming.
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To deliberately drown your brother in a bathtub is a terrible, if clean, thing. Might it not be excused, if he is the manifest son of Satan? But that wasn’t the view of the Authorities, when they committed John to Fairfield Mental Institution. It wasn’t all bad; they let him keep his hair long and he met Dirty Mary. Like an institutionalised Bonnie and Clyde, they roamed the Victorian asylum and grounds, fulfilling their deluded fantasies. There were casualties.
John and Mary loved, lost and left. Thank God for Care in the Community.
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When God shines a light, it burns. Feargal and his friends relight my fire.
The last prophet must wander, cleanse.
I am not the One. I am merely sent to prepare a way for the One.
I am The Baptist.

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I’ve pedaled the pushbike of life until the chain fell off. Now living in rural Ireland where the natives are friendly and the weather atrocious, I write crime fiction and thrillers.

My writing is dedicated to the memory of my late Scottish grandfather Robert ‘Ruby’ Aloysius Barnes.

By day I deal with the mental health of the Irish nation. By night I play guitar, write novels and practice karate including sword.

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About Pan’s Salvation:

Lark Rosario spent her entire life bailing her sister, Robin out of trouble. But this time, Robin’s addiction has them both in over their heads. Lark’s working as a drug mule to gain her sister’s freedom from a cartel when she gets caught in a shootout between rival bikers. Captured and given to the biker she injured, she’s at the mercy of a man she doesn’t know.
Battling addiction and self-loathing, Dueling Devils member, Hartley “Pan” Sumner can barely care for himself. The last thing he expected to be was a protector. Then he looks into the brown-eyed gaze of a woman struggling to survive and recognizes a kindred spirit, searching for freedom. Desperate for redemption, he takes his little bird under his wing and shows her the beauty of his darkness.

She’s trapped by her situation, and he’s running from his past. Together they may just have a future.

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Shyla Colt grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, but has lived a variety of different places thanks to her wanderlust, interesting careers, and marriage to a United States Marine. She’s always loved books and wrote her very first novel at the age of fifteen. She keeps a copy of her first submission letter on her desk for inspiration.

After a lifetime of traveling, she settled down and knew her time had come to write. Diving into her new career like she does everything else, with enthusiasm, research and a lot of prayers, she had her first book published in June of 2011. As a full-time writer, stay at home mother, and wife, there’s never a dull moment in her household.

She weaves her tales in spare moments and the evenings with a cup of coffee or tea at her side and the characters in her head for company. A self-professed rebel with a pen. Her goal is to diversify romance as she continues to genre hop, and offer up strong female characters.
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About From Shy to Hi by Michal Stawicki:

The quiet masses: the curse of being shy

Shyness exists in every corner of the world, every level of society, every workplace and school, in boardrooms, bars, churches and bus stops, in places large and small. The digital age, with all the interconnection it offers, has only made things worse. For those living under the shyness curse, life can be discomforting at best and terrifying at worst. While many people experiencing social anxiety simply resign themselves to the fact and retreat from social interaction, this need not be the case.

OK, so I am shy. So what? That’s just who I am.

While shyness may seem just as much a part of you as your elbow, the difference between your elbow and your shyness is that you weren’t born with your shyness. It was cultivated and fostered over the years (quite possibly unknowingly) through the processes of your (sneaky) mind. There is good news here for you. You might never succeed at thinking away your elbow, but you can apply your mind’s amazing power to banish your social anxiety for good!

I’ve tried overcoming my shyness before, I am just not sure it’s worth it.

OK, so there are shy people who live content lives despite their affliction. But how many of them could honestly claim to have lived a truly full and rewarding life? Experiencing the full richness and beauty of our world requires some measure of confidence and the ability to create real, meaningful human relationships. In addition to receiving what others have to offer, those comfortable interacting with new people are also able to give of themselves in enriching ways. Such symbiosis requires the ability to reach out to others, to trust the unknown.

But that unknown, that’s the uncomfortable part.

And that is ok! Growth often requires stepping outside of your comfort zone. Author Michal Stawicki knows this firsthand and has seen the extraordinary results. Michal was once painfully shy, and it limited him in his personal, professional, and social life. So, when he set out to change his life, he knew that his shyness had to go. And go it did! It wasn’t always comfortable, but it also wasn’t that difficult.

But it can’t be that easy, right?

From Shy to Hi follows Michal’s successful 10 Minutes Philosophy, a strategy that has helped Michal and thousands of his readers to bring about big changes in their lives through small, but sustained action. You will not go from “wallflower” to “the life of the party” overnight. Instead the book offers practical, easy-to-implement strategies to help you dismantle your social anxiety through daily, non-intimidating steps.

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Michal Stawicki is a busy, working parent of 3 amazing children and husband to one wonderful woman.
Michal is from Poland and grew up under communist rule when opportunity was scarce. His demanding job and long commute had taken its toll. So, Michal decided it was time to change his life, to get healthy physically and financially, to become more connected to his family and spirituality and, most importantly, to follow his passions.
Michal knew he felt a calling to help others, so he set out to change his life and start writing books to share his strategies for living a full and amazing life. He regularly blogs at www.expandbeyondyourself.com and the story of his life’s transformation was featured in the re-release of Jeff Olson’s “The Slight Edge.”
Michal is on a mission to help busy, working adults reclaim their time, their spirit and their passions!

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About Dead Doughboy Walking by Kevin J. Hallock:

One body, two minds: what could possibly go wrong?

Dead Doughboy Walking is about a soldier without a body, the girl he must marry, and his best friend who must make room for his mind.

Cecil loved life in the trenches as a doughboy. The dullness of a blood-stained blade. The thud of a bullet finding flesh. The exhilaration of rushing over the top. But as much as he loved his job, he loved his girl more. So after winning the war, he was headed home to Edna and they were going to be happily married.

Except Cecil woke up without a body.

Now, Cecil’s mind must navigate a wasteland of memories, crawl into a new body, and get back to Edna before it’s too late. Unfortunately, his best friend’s body is the first one he finds. It’s Cecil vs. Horace and Edna is the prize.

Dead Doughboy Walking is a Sojourning Souls short story.

Edited by Arlene Prunkl, 2011 Finalist for the Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence (www.penultimateword.com)
Cover Art by Steven Novak (novakillustration.com)

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Kevin J. Hallock was born in Missouri, homeschooled in rural Michigan, attended graduate school at the University of Michigan, and currently lives in Massachusetts with his lovely wife. He writes early each morning before going to work as a research scientist. Science has been a passion of his for as long as he can remember: collecting insects as a kid (gaining the nickname Walkingstick because he was also tall and scrawny), majoring in chemistry and math in undergraduate, and earning his Ph.D. in physical chemistry. His current hobbies include reading, writing, role-playing games, as well as the occasional video game.

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About The Eyes of Vengeance by Teri Riggs:

What happens in Vegas— Could be Murder…

Someone is methodically killing past members of The Consortium, a defunct group of ruthless businessmen. They’d made their fortunes buying and selling prime Las Vegas real estate during the era that saw the beginnings of the mega casino and luxury hotels. Homicide Detective, Kennedy O’Brien and her temporary partner, Reno Homicide Detective Hunt, race to stop a killer who claims a new victim every forty-eight hours. The search for clues seems easy—too easy Kennedy suspects.

While chasing the killer, Kennedy must try to control hot-headed Detective Hunt, who is hell-bent on finding out who killed his best friend’s father, the first victim. At the same time, she has to deal with a jealous Nick Campenelli, whom she may or may not be in a relationship with. Nick isn’t happy with Kennedy spending so much time in close contact with the very smitten, Detective Hunt. Tossed into the mix are her retired cop grandfather, her self-appointed personal slave, Elvis, and a boss who is demanding answers.

All reminders of why Kennedy doesn’t do relationships!

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As a child, Teri made up her own bedtime stories. When her children came along, Teri always tweaked the fairy tales she told her daughters, giving them a bit more punch and better endings when needed.

Now she spends her days turning her ideas into books. She lives in Marietta, GA with her husband.

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About Stealing Hearts:

A bartender who never mixes business with pleasure finds himself over his head–and head over heels–when he falls for his best friend’s sister, who is on the run from a dangerous boss.

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A native New Englander, Erika Marks now makes her home in Charlotte, NC, where she writes love stories set by the sea.

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About In This Life by Terri Herman-Ponce:

When psychologist Lottie Morgan meets Galen, their encounter is as intense as it is eye-opening. Something about him is familiar. His looks. His words. His touch…

Lottie can’t resist the urge to know more about him, or the smoldering memories that surface every time he’s near. Only Galen’s keeping a dangerous secret, one linked to a life shared thousands of years ago. One that could destroy the relationship Lottie has with her current lover David.

One that is about to cost Lottie her life—again.

Take a trip to mysterious ancient Egypt, where powerful passions ignite and deadly deceptions begin. The Past Life Series starts here.

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Terri looks for any opportunity to make stuff up. She thinks anything that can’t so easily be explained is worth an extra look and often makes a great story. She loves red wine, scotch, sunrises, Ancient Egypt, the beach—and a host of other stuff that would take too much real estate to talk about. The youngest of five children, Terri lives with her husband and son on Long Island. And, in her next life, if she hasn’t moved on to somewhere else, she wants to be an astronomer. Terri’s fascinated with the night skies almost as much as she’s fascinated with ancient Egypt.

Terri is a member of member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.

Contact Terri at terriponce.author@gmail.com. She’d love to hear from you!

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About 6th Grade Supernatural:

Discover a world where ghosts fly, demons lurk, and it’s up to two unlikely sixth graders to set everything right.
Zander Casey is not afraid of ghosts.

When you’re a parallel, and your whole world is full of the undead, it takes a lot to send shivers down your spine.

But when Abigail Stone arrives at Plainsbury Middle School, she brings with her an entire army of nasties, the type of ghost to send even the most experienced parallel running for the hills.

Now, Zander must convince her to partner with him and his mad-scientist father to close the gateway to the underworld she has accidentally opened. If they can’t protect Plainsbury from the coming invasion of nasties, everyone in town will learn their secret, and their once-protected neighbors will become the new targets of every evil ghoul this side of the Mississippi.

But getting Abigail to trust him won’t be easy. And it’s only a matter of time before the biggest nasty of them all breaks through, blowing the gateway open for good.

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When she was twelve, J. B. Cantwell flew across the field, bareback on the crazy mare who loved to run. She pushed her faster, faster, not caring if she might fall to the hard ground below. The joy came from the challenge of staying on, the pride of knowing that she had the skill and the heart and the courage to grip hard and ride.

Life is like that crazy mare. You never know if she’ll step right or left, or stay quietly still and give you a moment to breathe.

Everyone has a story to tell.

Please visit www.jbcantwell.com to learn about upcoming releases and sales.

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About Rapeseed:

Starting March 13, the ‘Rapeseed’ ebook is only .99 — a 91% discount!
A colorful novel of one woman’s self-discovery — about moving far away to finally find true heart and home. Named Book of the Year Finalist by Foreword Reviews in General Fiction, ‘Rapeseed’ is an unusual coming-of-age story about an extraordinary woman, her bright and quirky teenage son, and their family — because families mature and come of age too. Carolann Cooper is a synesthete with blended senses. She sees her letters and numbers and turbulent memories in color. Her family’s move from small town Kansas to London cracks open her complicated history and exposes secrets she’s been keeping with her husband — and from him as well — just as her son begins to enjoy dangerous new freedoms abroad. Carolann must urgently figure out who she really is to reconcile her past with her family’s future. ‘Rapeseed’ is a multi-colored, cross-cultural novel of fine contemporary fiction.
“A novel of resilience and heart, of teenaged indiscretions and marital discontentment, humor… and boundless compassion.” — Amber Dermont, New York Times bestselling author of The Starboard Sea
“Funny, engaging, and painfully true” — Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning author of The Shadow Tracer
“A tender and evocative novel about the slippery nature of home and inheritance… Nancy Freund writes with authority and charm.” — Nick Dybek, author of When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man
“A smart, sharply observed debut.” — Steve Himmer, author of The Bee-Loud Glade
“… at times heartbreaking… Rapeseed works to answer the age-old questions of what it means to be a family.” — Myfanwy Collins, author of Echolocation
Praise for Nancy Freund’s “Marcus,” winner of the 2013 Geneva Fiction Prize: “A full and rich and startling story.” — Bret Lott, Oprah book club author of Jewel

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Nancy Freund is a poet, editor, reviewer, and novelist. Born in New York, raised in Kansas City, and educated in Los Angeles, she was married in England, and today lives in French-speaking Switzerland. She is the author of debut novel ‘Rapeseed,’ published in 2013 by Gobreau Press, about synesthesia and expat experience. ‘Rapeseed’ was named a finalist by Foreword Reviews for Book of the Year in General Fiction. ‘Global Home Cooking’ was published in November, 2014. Coming out on US Mother’s Day, May 10th, 2015, is her slim novel ‘Mailbox: A Scattershot Novel of Racing, Dares and Danger, Occasional Nakedness, and Faith.’ Freund’s poetry and fiction have appeared in journals such as The Istanbul Review, Blood Lotus Journal, and Geneva’s Offshoots. In September 2012, she was the writer-in-residence for webjournal Necessary Fiction, where she is also a regular book critic. Her short story ‘Marcus’ won the Geneva Writers’ first fiction prize, selected by American novelist Bret Lott in June, 2013. She co-founded the Lavaux Literary Salon (serving readers, writers and artists representing 11 countries) and she is active in Community Literacy projects for teens and adults. She holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing and an M.Ed. from UCLA.

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About Run for the Money: A High Stakes Crime Thriller:

When 54 million dollars of client funds vanishes in the dark of night, San Francisco stockbroker Travis Black finds he’s been set up to take the fall in an international game of high stakes money laundering and deception.

Run for the Money takes Travis from San Francisco to the Caribbean in a race against time before the missing funds are scattered into offshore banks and shell corporations designed to hide money for good.

Enlisting the help of Chaz, a shadowy figure who knows his way through the web of criminal finance, Travis plunges head on in a globe-spanning quest to beat the clock, avoid capture and recover the money. Diamond dealers, femme fatales and high speed chases are just a few of the obstacles Travis and his accomplice must overcome in this international spiral of intrigue and revenge.

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Jon Gregory is the pen name of a financial advisor with a major Wall Street firm in Northern California. When he’s not scuba diving, sailing, spearfishing, abalone diving, cycling or spending time with his family, he’s found time to write.

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About Global Home Cooking by Nancy Freund:

GLOBAL HOME COOKING: International Families’ Favorite Recipes features 41 countries, 140 recipes, from 102 international families – in a gorgeous full color hardback cookbook and ebook. Founded in 1962, the International School of Lausanne, Switzerland celebrates an annual tradition of cultural exchange and good eating. This “International Day” compilation of school celebration pictures and wonderful family recipes from all over the world is a loving tribute to this spirit of sharing and global home cooking. Every recipe is authentic, every recipe is delicious, and many recipes are easy!

All purchases support the school’s important scholarship program — with the first two scholars from Tanzania on schedule to graduate in the International Baccalaureate in Switzerland this spring, 2015, both with outstanding grades and test scores.

“What is patriotism but the love of the good things we ate in our childhood.” – Lin Yutang.
“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” – Samuel Pepys

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Nancy Freund is a poet, editor, reviewer, and novelist. Born in New York, raised in Kansas City, and educated in Los Angeles, she was married in England, and today lives in French-speaking Switzerland. She is the author of debut novel ‘Rapeseed,’ published in 2013 by Gobreau Press, about synesthesia and expat experience. ‘Rapeseed’ was named a finalist by Foreword Reviews for Book of the Year in General Fiction. ‘Global Home Cooking’ was published in November, 2014. Coming out on US Mother’s Day, May 10th, 2015, is her slim novel ‘Mailbox: A Scattershot Novel of Racing, Dares and Danger, Occasional Nakedness, and Faith.’ Freund’s poetry and fiction have appeared in journals such as The Istanbul Review, Blood Lotus Journal, and Geneva’s Offshoots. In September 2012, she was the writer-in-residence for webjournal Necessary Fiction, where she is also a regular book critic. Her short story ‘Marcus’ won the Geneva Writers’ first fiction prize, selected by American novelist Bret Lott in June, 2013. She co-founded the Lavaux Literary Salon (serving readers, writers and artists representing 11 countries) and she is active in Community Literacy projects for teens and adults. She holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing and an M.Ed. from UCLA.

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