About Defying Destiny:

Cameron Burk has just broken up with his long-time girlfriend. But, determined not to miss out on the biggest event of the year, he flies solo to the senior prom. Rhyanna Paramore is onstage providing the entertainment along with her up-and-coming rock band, Defying Destiny. Cameron spends the evening entranced by Rhyanna’s talent and beauty. When they crash into each other after the dance, sparks fly. Though they come from two different worlds, their friendship quickly blossoms into romance.

After graduation, Cameron is off to law school while Rhyanna and her band hit the road, bound for stardom. The years bring them success, though distance and stress take a toll on them both. When the pressure of her nightly performances threatens Rhyanna’s health, a dark secret comes to light.

With their love tested, Cameron and Rhyanna must decide if their relationship is real and worth fighting for. Only by Defying Destiny can they find true happiness together.

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Author Bio:
Cherron Riser is a romance and paranormal romance author. When not hard at work on her next novel, she can be found with a good read in hand or trying to convince her puppy that she is in fact a dog and not a person. She is a wife and mother to two girls. Her family is unabashedly geeky and enjoys sharing a good board game or role-playing game.

Cherron’s published works include three short stories: “Escaping the Beast” appearing in the Winter 2014 Paradoor anthology, and “In the Heat of Escape” and “Engraved with Honeysuckle” in the Spring 2014 Paradoor anthology. Her first full-length novel, Defying Destiny, is set to release in March 10, 2015. Cherron can be found on the web at www.cheronriser.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CherronRiserAuthor.

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About The Elusive Wife by Callie Hutton:

USA Today Best Selling Book.
Jason, Earl of Coventry, needs to discreetly locate his unwanted and abandoned bride among London society to request an annulment. Too bad he can’t remember what she looks like because he was blind drunk at his arranged wedding and hasn’t see her since.

Newly arrived from the country for the Season, Lady Olivia is appalled to discover that her own husband, Lord Coventry, doesn’t even recognize her. She’s not about to tell the arrogant arse she his wife. Instead, she flirts with him by night and has her modiste send her mounting bills to him by day.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, except Lady Olivia finds her husband nearly irresistible.

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USA Today best selling author of The Elusive Wife, Callie Hutton writes both Western Historical and Regency romance, with “historic elements and sensory details” (The Romance Reviews). She also pens an occasional contemporary or two. Callie lives in Oklahoma with several rescue dogs, two adult children, and daughter-in-law (thankfully all not in the same house), and her top cheerleader husband of thirty-eight years. She also recently welcomed twin grandsons to her ever expanding family. Callie loves to hear from readers, and would welcome you as a “friend” on Facebook. You can contact her through her website: calliehutton.com, or write her directly at calliehutton11@gmail.com

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About MEDITATION: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SERENITY:

Meditation: A Beginner’s Guide to Serenity is the ultimate guide for embarking on the amazing journey of meditation.

• Channel peace amidst chaos
• Live Stress stress-free
• Find joy in the life you now have
• Enhance your productivity

Meditation develops the powerhouse twins of Mindfulness and Awareness which, when unleashed, elevate your life to dizzying heights.

What are your goals? What do you want to achieve?

Craft an affirmation that captures the essence of what self-actualization means to you; and use it to drive your meditation.

Do not live another day marching to someone else’s beat, learn how to harness the power of your mind to create the life you have always wanted.

This book answers all of your questions on how get started, it outlines different techniques and postures that you can choose from and it offers practical tips that make it easy for you to make meditation a regular part of your lifestyle.

Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – Benefits of Meditation
Chapter 3 – Getting Started
Chapter 4 – Basic Postures or Asanas
Chapter 5 – Techniques
Chapter 6 – The Meditation Lifestyle

Excerpt:
“Having carved out your regular meditation time, you will become accustomed to thinking about that time of the day as your ‘you’ time. But what if you could experience more of the same several times throughout your regular day? It could be at your desk at work, in between diaper changes or even at a red light. Cultivating a habit of taking short meditative pauses throughout the day can be very helpful in maintaining the composure that you achieve in your meditation sessions. Think about it – we spend so many mindless moments during the day when we are paused in traffic, waiting to use the copier at work or in line at the grocery store. There is a veritable treasure trove of time that is available to us that we can spend in quiet focus.
For these quick moments you will want to relax, bring your consciousness to your body – be aware of hunched shoulders or perhaps a clenched jaw. Breathing exercises are particularly good for these spot meditation sessions; even with only a few available moments you can take deep breaths, exhale slowly and achieve a deep level of relaxation. Punctuating each day with these brief ‘oasis’ moments is profoundly satisfying, but the benefit goes beyond that. Consistent with your desire to establish a meditation lifestyle, you are training your mind each time you do this, to shut down the internal chatter to allow you to get to that place of inner peace more quickly and with less effort.”

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Hugh Allen lives in Sacramento, California with his wife, Beth and two sons. He is a self-proclaimed social scientist who has long been fascinated with the mind and its power to effect change.

He has practiced meditation for over fifteen years and leads an informal group of meditation and yoga enthusiasts. Hugh collects vintage music and music paraphernalia and is a regular at local flea markets and estate sales.

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About Drink the Sky by Lesley Krueger:

The Austens—Todd, Holly and their two sons—have moved to Rio de Janeiro for two years. A committed environmentalist, Todd finds himself more often leading groups of celebrities on tours of the Amazon than fighting for its preservation. A visual artist, Holly is lost in her new home. Like Todd, she has always meant to be a good person. But as one of the celebrities tempts her into an affair, she’s in danger of losing track of what that means.

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Lesley Krueger is a Canadian novelist and filmmaker who writes about people trying to live good lives. She’s just released two new ebooks — one for adults and one for teens. Johnny Bey and the Mizzenglass World is a fantasy novel about a kid named Johnny who wants to fix his family after his brother, Brendan, goes missing. Entering a magic realm, Johnny plays a dangerous, high-stakes game to try to bring Brendan home. Daily Life is a mash-up novel about a woman named Leslie and her family who are crammed into a widesized house during a recession that never ends. Johnny Bey is available from Amazon and Smashwords, while Daily Life is available on Amazon, as are her previous novel, The Corner Garden, and her travel book, Foreign Correspondences. Lesley divides her time between reading books, watching movies and playing women’s beer-league hockey. She’s just back from a hockey tournament in Iceland, where her team almost won the championship. Really. (less)

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About Main Street Murder by Linda Crowder:

Accidental detectives Jake and Emma Rand are back in their second adventure. Spring is coming to their home in the shadow of Casper Mountain and Emma can’t wait to see tulips and daffodils crowd out the snow that has covered her flower beds all winter. Then the May Day Blizzard hits, trapping the citizens of Casper, Wyoming in their homes, closing roads and shutting down highways out of town.

When murder strikes in spite of the snow, Detective Matt Joyner of the Casper Police Department quickly turns up the heat on his prime suspect – Emma’s friend, Kristy Castle! As Casper celebrates the annual Summer Solstice Parade and Rodeo, Jake and Emma fight to prove Kristy’s innocence. She’s hiding a terrible secret, but is she a killer? A great read for fans of Cozy Mysteries!

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Linda grew up in Loveland, Colorado as the sixth of six children. She moved with her parents to California when she was 16 and spent the next 16 years of her life in the Bay Area before moving home to Colorado.

Linda devoted 20+ years to nonprofit human services before deciding to take a new direction in her life. She founded Focus Forward, LLC to do the things she most enjoys – management consulting for small business owners and nonprofits and career coaching.

In 2012, Linda realized a life-long dream when she published her first book, “Life Isn’t Just Luck: Getting from where you are to where you want to be.” In it, she explores what keeps us from achieving our goals and identifies strategies to overcome these roadblocks.

In 2013, Linda published the first Jake and Emma Mystery, “Too Cute to Kill.” The third in the series, “Justice for Katie,” will be released on March 20. Linda lives outside Casper, Wyoming with her husband, ten cats and one very patient dog.

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About Glory Days by Patrick J Szabo:

Matt is heading into his senior year of high school and has the world at his feet.

School comes easy for him. He’s the lead guitar player in a hard rock band, about to embark on their first gig. He has a job he likes, a car he doesn’t, a best friend he hopes to be friendlier with, and a pretty good set of parents. He has it all.

Until he doesn’t.

His dad suddenly begins acting strange and keeping odd hours. Matt has his own life to live, though, and doesn’t pay it much attention. Until he wakes up one morning to find his dad gone, leaving behind only a short note to his mother, setting into motion a chain of events that sends Matt down a dangerous path that could jeopardize his present as well as his future. Forced to quit a job he likes, he must take on a new job to help his mother out financially, but one that also eats into his ever important social life as well as school. Adding to his troubles, his best friend, Dawn, has a new boyfriend.

Matt can’t wait to become a member of the Class of 1989, but first he must get out of 1988 alive.

Glory Days is priced at only .99 cents from March 11th, 2015 until March 13th, 2015. After that it will go back to it’s normal price of $2.99.

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Patrick Szabo has been writing stories and novels for over two decades. His day job is driving truck and he writes in the mornings and night. He gets a few minutes of sleep between the two careers.

Originally an army brat from Ohio, he lived in Germany for 10 months, and then his father got stationed in Fort Jackson, SC. Patrick spent the next eight years in Columbia, SC and moved back to Ohio in 1990.

He has lived there ever since.

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About Gluten-Free Crock Pot Recipes: 50 Sensational Set & Forget Slow Cooker Recipes for a Gluten-Free Diet:

Gluten-Free Crock Pot Recipes That Everyone Will Love: Healthy, Delicious, and Easy!

Wouldn’t it be great if we all had as much time as we wanted to cook gluten-free meals for our families? The answer to that question is yes, but unfortunately most of us don’t have a lot of free time to prepare awesome meals.

That myth is about to be broken with all the great gluten-free crock pot recipes you are going to find in this book. A crock pot, or slow cooker, saves you a lot of time in preparing your meals. It is literally just set and forget. Simply put all the ingredients in the crock pot, let it cook for a few hours, and you have a healthy and delicious meal!

Another benefit of a crock pot is that there’s also much less to clean up after a meal because everything is cooked in one dish. And if you use a liner for the slow cooker, clean-up will be even faster and easier.

50 Sensational Slow Cooker Recipes for a Gluten-Free Diet

A gluten-free diet is hard enough as it is with all the things you can’t eat. But with a crock pot, preparing gluten-free meals will become a whole lot easier and more convenient! For this book, we picked some of the top gluten-free slow cooker recipes to get you started.

Some of the great recipes that you will find in this book include:

– Amazing Breakfasts
– Enticing Entrees
– Family Friendly Lunches
– Delicious Dinners

Use the “look inside” feature to get a preview of all the gluten-free crock pot recipes in this book.

Ready to Start Slow Cooking?

It’s a guarantee that you’ll find something for each and every picky eater in your family and that you’ll be getting requests for certain recipes. This book is ideal for the busy working single parents, stay at home moms, the two job household, and even the kids can learn some of these easy recipes to help out. Cooking is a form of art, but it doesn’t mean you have to make a disaster of your kitchen in the process of making a tasty, hearty meal.

So get ready to knock your taste buds out with these simple, satisfying, and delicious gluten-free crock pot recipes that have been picked just for you.

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Author Bio:
Mike Moreland is an author and life coach. His drive is to help people improve their lives and attain better health, wellness and balance. His specific interests include Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), self-help, fitness and nutrition.

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About Sol Shall Rise:

The Sol System was conquered and humans lived as slaves for 500 long years.

Now, after years of brutal warfare, humanity has been liberated. Liberation, however, comes at a cost. And the Sol System has become nothing more than a puppet state for a vast galactic empire.

For Jon Pike, a war hero who has lost everything, there is no substitute for freedom. He blames the aliens for humanity’s troubles, especially the one living inside him.

But when he is sent on a top secret mission into unexplored regions of the galaxy he discovers that humanity’s troubles are just getting started.

Can he find freedom for himself and humanity?

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I have been writing stories since I was a little kid, and am a lifelong reader of science fiction.

I enjoy writing books with lots of action, adventure, and plenty of suspense. I especially enjoy world building, and like inventing vast galactic empires and power struggles. I have studied history for years and much of what I’ve learned finds its way into my novels.

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About Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M. Lee:

In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret—she can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her “brother” has taken care of her ever since. Kai doesn’t know where her ability comes from—or where she came from. All that matters is that she and Reev stay together, and maybe one day move out of the freight container they call home, away from the metal walls of the Labyrinth. Kai’s only friend is Avan, the shopkeeper’s son with the scandalous reputation that both frightens and intrigues her.

Then Reev disappears. When keeping silent and safe means losing him forever, Kai vows to do whatever it takes to find him. She will leave the only home she’s ever known and risk getting caught up in a revolution centuries in the making. But to save Reev, Kai must unravel the threads of her past and face shocking truths about her brother, her friendship with Avan, and her unique power.

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Lori M. Lee is the author of the GATES OF THREAD AND STONE series. She has a borderline obsessive fascination with unicorns, is fond of talking in capslock, and loves to write about magic, manipulation, and family.

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About Sinners, Survivors, & Saviors by Blackie Noir:

Pressed for time? The stories within are short, but definitely not sweet.
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A woman defies both heaven and hell for love. – -Revenge burns fiercely when a homeless woman’s favor is repaid. – – The looming specter of the reaper only serves to forge an unbreakable bond. – – Their hosts may perish, but evil spirits are eternal. – – Holy men are often well disguised. – – Prey becomes predator. – – Be wary of self appointed messiahs. – – Bad things happen when inspiration turns to degradation. – – Misjudging by appearance can be fatal. – – Halos are often hidden behind the hideous.
Ten tales of risk, rage, and redemption, from the dark inkwell of Blackie Noir. A world where ugly can be divine, and beautiful is bad to the bone.

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Decades ago Raymond Chandler taught me the only French word I know . . . ‘noir.’

Ever since, I’ve been jonesing for dark, hard-boiled, pulp style, crime fiction. From the genre’s original innovators: Chandler, Hammett , Cain . . . to today’s neo-noir stalwarts: J. L. Burke, Connelly, Pelecanos, Leonard, Teran, Lehane, et al.

Call me voracious. I devoured their work. Inhaled the dark smoke permeated ambiance where it all played out.

I read, and continue to read, them all.

It was while reading the newcomers, the young turks, that I decided . . . reading was no longer enough. I had my own tales to tell. Characters that kept nagging at me, urging me, beseeching me, demanding that I bring them to the page. Those who have met them through my work know . . . these are not gentle folk. Their petitions aren’t meant to be taken lightly. So, in an attempt to appease those raucous demons, I sat down in 2000 and began my first novel . . . “Freeway Pigeons.”

I completed “Freeway Pigeons” in 2001. That was the opening of a mysterious and magical door. Just what was behind that door? Lady, or tiger? Funny, I’m still not certain. Still, I wouldn’t change things. I’d cross that threshold again in a heartbeat . . . undaunted. And why not, I’ve been blessed with a cornucopia of encouragement.

Who encouraged me?

Every writer, genius or plodder . . . visionary or hack, who ever made me laugh or cry, rage or sigh, become more aware or escape the doldrums. Every scribe, word-weaver or poet who had my heart trying to bang its way out of my chest or sing with the angels.

All of them. Man or woman, fresh or ancient, who moved me emotionally. Entertained and educated me. Kept long and sometimes lonely vigils with me. Gave me the unmitigated joy of a good read. THEY encouraged me . . . every last one.

I owe them.

I believe the best way I can repay that debt is through you, you the readers.
If I can deliver the joy, the escape, the spiritual catharsis of the coveted ‘good read’ to you, then at least a part of my debt has been paid.

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