About A Practical Guide to Writing & Publishing a Novel:

A Must book for any author. EVERY idea & address,phone #, website and name necessary to proofread, edit, format,print,get ISBN or ASIN #, get copyright, print and publish, It’s all here. Plus great ideas from this INDIE EXCELLENCE authors. Required text at Universities.

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Richard L. Wren, an INDIE EXCELLENCE author. Author of 3 novels, CASEY’S SLIP, JOSHUA’S REVENGE & JUSTICE FOR JOSHUA. Started writing at age 82 and published first book at age 85. CASEY’S SLIP has been scripted for a movie.

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About Rangers: Silver-Star Seduction by Ciana Stone

A two book box set featuring sexy men who wear the Silver Star of the Texas Rangers.

Meet Zeb and Kane, Texas Rangers with a code of justice that governs their lives and passions that are kept in check. They’ve enjoyed their share of passion with the women who pass through their lives, but neither expect to find lasting love.

Funny how life often dishes you up a plate of something you didn’t expect. Only these men are being served something way out of the ordinary. Women who inspire lust and love with near lethal force – and the dangers that follow them.

Come join Zeb and Kade as they discover that love is kin to justice – sometimes you have to fight for it. And hope you don’t have to die for it.

Book One: Zeb

*This book originally appeared in the box set Men of Calder County

Zebediah Childress would rather eat a bullet than go back to Calder County. He’d escaped it when he was eighteen and there was nothing there he wanted any part of.
Then he knocked on the door of the Hale house and Willa Hale opened it. He was immediately attracted. He’d have to be of a whole other sexual orientation not to find her sexy as homemade sin. So maybe there’d be some perks to being in Calder County for a while.

It wasn’t like he was going to fall in love, after all. Zeb wasn’t the marrying kind. He was first and foremost a Texas Ranger, a lawman. Everything else came second. Besides, he wasn’t looking for love. Or a woman who wasn’t quite normal. He didn’t object to getting her between the sheets, but that was as far as it’d ever go.

At least that’s what he thought. Life sometimes presents you with what you didn’t know you wanted most of all.

The test would be staying alive to claim it.

Book Two: Kade

When Cia Whitehorse walks into Kade Lawson’s office and announces she’s been assigned to help with a serial killer investigation, he’s damn sure he’s never met a federal agent as sexy.

Cia takes one look at Kade and makes up her mind that she’s going to have him in her bed. She might not be interested in love, but sex is definitely right up her alley and Kade looks like the kind of man who can give her just what she wants.

Kade is more than willing to deliver what Cia needs. She gets to him. Tough and sexy, with an unspoken promise in her look that says she’ll rock his world. But that look is covering something. And Kade’s a sucker for a mystery.

The problem is, solving the mystery of Cia Whitehorse comes with a price and this price just might be lethal.

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About Thaddeus Murfee Box Set 1-3 by John Ellsworth:

Books 1-3 of the Amazon bestselling Thaddeus Murfee series by John Ellsworth are offered in a box set at a very fair price. “The Defendants,” “Beyond a Reasonable Death,” and “Attorney at Large” have received a combined 500+ FIVE-STAR reviews from readers in less than fourteen months. All three of the novels are consistently rated among the top-50 bestselling legal thrillers, mystery, suspense, crime, and all three are among the most highly-rated novels on Amazon.

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All my professional life as a lawyer I have wanted to write legal thrillers. Thaddeus Murfee very much reflects the kinds of struggles I went through as a new, young lawyer in my twenties. I could strongly relate to his experiences with trying to learn how to do the nuts and bolts of law practice–something they don’t teach in law school. Most legal thrillers have a strong beginning, a fast-paced middle, and a thrilling ending. The Defendants is written in that style. Other attorneys who write legal thrillers have definitely shown me the way here and I am greatly indebted to them for their willingness to step up to the plate and try new things. Mysteries, suspense, and thrillers are a joy to write and I plan to keep at as long as I’m able. Thanks for reading The Defendants. And please, be sure to look for my new lawyer thriller, Beyond a Reasonable Death. It’s a follow-up to the Thaddeus Murfee series and I know you will love it.

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About Murder in Murloo:

When a popular young woman is strangled in her home in the seaside village of Murloo, the residents are sure an itinerant surfer who disappeared after the murder is the killer. However, one year later the surfer is still missing and the killer’s identity remains a mystery.

The victim’s family call in investigative journalist Dusty Kent who has an impeccable record in solving the cold cases she writes about. Dusty’s determination to investigate unresolved crime is fuelled by a personal connection through her own family tragedy. However, this case tests Dusty to the limit and she despairs of ever catching the callous killer who seems to be lurking nearby and yet…

A gripping mystery imbued with the ambience of Australia—from the mysterious wood carving found with the body, the captivating characters of a small town, to the coastal splendour of the Southern Ocean.

Murder in Murloo is a classic who-dun-it introducing Dusty Kent written by JB Rowley and published under the pseudonym Brigid George.

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Brigid George grew up in a small Australian town called Orbost in the state of Victoria. She spent her childhood chasing snakes and lizards down hollow logs, playing Hansel and Gretel in the bush with her brothers, climbing trees, searching the local rubbish tip for books to read and generally behaving like a feral child. To avoid her boisterous brothers she often escaped into the hayshed with a book. Hours and hours of reading from an early age trained her for life as a writer. In primary school her teachers called her ‘the one with the Enid Blyton touch’.
Her love of reading murder mysteries as an adult has now evolved into a love of writing them. As a teenager she had short stories published in one of Australia’s national magazines, New Idea. Since then she has won several awards for her stories which have also been published in anthologies.
Brigid still lives in the state of Victoria but is now in the capital city of Melbourne where her life is fertile with friends. Brigid George is the pseudonym of JB Rowley – author of Whisper My Secret, Mother of Ten and the children’s series Trapped in Gondwana.

Why Brigid George? Brigid because that was what JB’s father called her. George because that was his first name.

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About Low Tide by Dawn Lee McKenna:

Amazon bestseller in both Mysteries and Action/Adventure. Special launch week price of 99-cents through Sunday, June 14th.

” Florida writers need to watch out, or better still read Dawn McKenna’s books. She’s the real deal”……….Wayne Stinnett, author of the bestselling Jesse McDermitt series.

In Apalachicola, Florida, sinister things are afoot, as sinister things tend to be.

Lt. Maggie Redmond is called to a crime scene on St. George Island, where she is met with the body of Gregory Boudreaux. The medical examiner calls it a suicide, but no one knows that Maggie has a horrible connection to the dead man.

When Gregory’s uncle, Bennett Boudreaux, the richest and scariest man in town, takes a sudden interest in Maggie, people start to wonder, Maggie included. Maggie knows he may suspect her of killing his nephew, but she finds herself slowly drawn to the man.

As Maggie fights to help a young girl escape the clutches of a volatile drug dealer who’d love to see Maggie dead, she also struggles to hide her dark link to a dead man, and her burgeoning relationship with her boss, Sheriff Wyatt Hamilton.

Unfortunately, secrets have a way of revealing themselves at low tide.

Low Tide is the first book of the Forgotten Coast Florida Suspense series, with three more books due out between June 16th and July 6th. If you like your suspense with a lot of atmosphere and a decent amount of dark humor and romance, this is the series you want to read.

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Dawn Lee McKenna was raised in Florida and now lives in Tennessee. The south has always served as a main character in her books. Although crossing genres between literary fiction, women’s fiction and suspense, all of Dawn Lee’s books share a common thread of textured, quirky characters, crisp dialogue, vivid atmosphere and dry humor.

Dawn Lee has five children, four grandchildren, one onsane cat and one that is less so, but barely.

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About The Billionaire’s Step – Part One:

Julian: Calm, cool, and calculating, Julian Benedict has been able to rise from a childhood of nothing into the creator of an international empire. After years of hard work, he has become one of the world’s most powerful men.

And yet no matter the power or prestige he held, Julian somehow still could not find her. The one he had long ago sworn to protect, to rescue. And yet even with his millions, he can’t find a trace of her. How could he protect a memory?

Cora: Cora Rámon knows that life will only promise you heartache unless you fight back. Abuse, betrayal, abandonment, that was what life had taught her. Once, as a girl, she had believed in a boy’s promise. She had believed in his oath to protect. But she soon realized what a fantasy it was. She was on her own.

Now a grown woman, she was determined to carve out her own piece of the world. And damn anyone who gets in her way.

But everything changes when Cora finds herself interviewing to be Julian Benedict’s new personal assistant. Dominant and decisive meets bold and determined. Who will win?

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Michaela Adams has two passions: writing and her dogs. With her trusty schnoodle and Chihuahua mutt by her side, Michaela loves creating whole worlds through words alone. It’s one of her greatest joys to know she can share her works with other people who are just as passionate about reading and envisioning a story within their minds!

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About Diamonds & Desire by Angelita Gill:

Jordana Shaw thinks taking her sister’s place at a charity auction will be a fun alternative for a Saturday night. Little does she know this favor will change her world forever. Before the night is through, she’s got a diamond necklace in her purse, an unconscious handsome millionaire in bed, and an unbelievable story to tell him in the morning.

It’s not every day a man is rescued by a woman he just met. Logan Savant is not only grateful to Jordana, but also surprisingly enchanted, and eager to return the favor. Little does he know it’ll start with a trip to Vegas to stop her sister’s wedding. But that’s just the beginning. Because bringing her into his world is costing more than he’ll ever have in his bank account.

Diamonds & Desire will be free from June 10-12th!

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I write hot contemporary and paranormal romance. When I’m not magnetized to my keyboard, I love reading regency romance and imagining myself in an impossibly fashionable gown dancing with the most handsome rogue at the ball. Preferably with a secret garden so I can start a scandal.

I’m a proud Trekkie, lover of true crime documentaries, martinis with sprinkles, volunteering for the arts, learning to cook like the French, and writing letters to my friends all over the globe the old fashioned way.

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About Her Perfect Life by Vicki Hinze:

From the USA Today Bestselling Author Vicki Hinze comes The Reunited Hearts, a romantic suspense series of standalone novels with couples in dangerous situations who reunite in atypical ways.

In Her Perfect Life, ex-POW Katie Slater is finally rescued. But coming home isn’t the sweet reunion she’d dreamed it would be. Everything that had made her life perfect is gone. Her husband’s remarried, her kids are strangers who call another woman mom, and her former co-pilot and best friend, C.D. Quade—the sexy best friend who’d deserted her in the desert—is all she has left. How is she supposed to cobble together any kind of life?

Katie struggles to determine what’s real and what are tricks of the mind, to build a new life and rebuild relationships, and she makes an astounding discovery. Her perfect life hadn’t been so perfect. But when she sees C.D.’s memorial to her—that she forever walks in his soul—Katie realizes this new life holds promise and could be perfect—if she has the courage to face her past and claim her future. If she has the courage to dare to love…

Awards:
RITA® Award Finalist, Best Novel with a Romantic Element
RT Career Achievement Award Nomination for Series Romantic Adventure
Reviewers’ Choice Award
Readers’ Choice Award Finalist, Best Book of the Year
Holt Medallion Award Finalist, Best Mainstream Novel of the Year

“Her Perfect Life is the perfect read. From the very first sentence, I was hooked by this engaging and heartfelt story of a woman’s journey through danger, adventure and romance.” –Susan Wiggs

“An incredibly emotional read. Have Kleenex handy–you’ll need it. C.D. and Katie are wonderful protagonists and their story is the reason why one picks up a romance novel.” TOP PICK AWARD –RT Book Club

“I know I can always count on Vicki for an absorbing story I’ll remember long after I’ve closed the book…” –Kay Hooper

“[A] talent for transforming the unlikely into something beautiful.” –Publishers Weekly

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Vicki Hinze is the award-winning, bestselling author of over thirty books. She writes general fiction and inspiring fiction. She’s won seven RT Book Club Top Pick awards in a row and the coveted Gold Medal Award. Vicki mentors other writers and was named RWA’s first PRO Mentor of the Year. She sponsored International Thriller Writers, Christians Read, and served as a consultant on multiple boards. She loves the water, to remodel and is credited as a trail-blazer in creating new sub-genres. She loves softball and during the season, if you want to get in touch, your best shot is at the ball field.

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About Sweet Talk Boxed Set (Ten NEW Contemporary Romances by Bestselling Authors to Benefit Diabetes Research plus BONUS Novel):

In 2014, the boxed set curated by Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research (titled A SWEET LIFE), raised almost $100,000 net to the charity in only one month. This year we’re back for a second helping, and you can indulge, too! this heart-warming, limited edition collection features ten BRAND NEW contemporary romances by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors…

You can make a difference while you read! All proceeds from the sale of SWEET TALK will be donated to the Diabetes Research Institute via Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research.

Featuring a foreword by #1 NYT Bestselling Author Robyn Carr and a bonus story, the Brenda Novak classic, WHEN WE TOUCH, which kicks off her popular small-town contemporary Whiskey Creek series.
Don’t forget to check out SWEET DREAMS and SWEET SEDUCTION, two more limited edition collections from Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research, as well as LOVE THAT!, Brenda Novak’s new cookbook with Jan Coad, and SAFE HAVEN, a special edition novel from Lauren Hawkeye… read and help the fight against diabetes!

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Sherryl Woods

With two other careers to her credit before becoming a novelist and four states in which she’s lived for extended periods of time, Sherryl Woods has collected friends and memories, along with way too much unnecessary junk.

Author of more than 100 romance and mystery novels, Sherryl Woods grew up in Virginia. Over the years she had lived in Ohio and Florida, as well as California. Currently she divides her time between Key Biscayne, Florida and Colonial Beach, Virginia, the small, river-front town where she spent her childhood summers.

When she’s not writing or reading, Sherryl loves to garden, though she’s not at her best on a riding lawn mower. She also loves tennis, theater, and ballet, even though her top spin has long since vanished, she’s never set foot on a stage, and she’s way too uncoordinated to dance. She also loves baseball and claims anyone who’s ever seen Kevin Costner in “Bull Durham” can understand why.

Linda Lael Miller

As the daughter of a town marshal, Linda has come home to the western lifestyle that gave birth to one of today’s most successful authors. She left Washington years ago and pursued her wanderlust, living in Arizona and London and traveling the world. Now the author of more than 100 novels, the “First Lady of the West” is glad to be back home, writing contemporary and historical stories that have earned her awards and placements on all the national bestsellers lists.

Linda traces the birth of her writing career to the day when a Northport teacher told her that the stories she was writing were good, that she just might have a future in writing. Later, when she decided to write novels, she endured her share of rejection before she sold FLETCHER’S WOMAN in 1983 to Pocket Books. Since then, Linda has successfully published historicals, contemporaries, paranormals, and thrillers before coming home, in a literal sense, and concentrating on novels with a Western flavor. For her devotion to her craft, the Romance Writers of America awarded her their prestigious Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

Linda’s current contemporary Big Sky series—Big Sky Country, Big Sky Mountain, Big Sky River, Big Sky Summer and Big Sky Wedding—have all hit the New York Times bestseller lists. Linda will continue to follow the lives of the Parable, Montana, residents in Big Sky Secrets, a January 2014 release.

Melody Anne

Melody Anne is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She writes three well-loved fiction series: Billionaire Bachelors, Surrender, and Baby for Billionaire. She also authors three popular young adult series: Midnight Fire, Midnight Moon, and Midnight Storm- Rise of the Dark Angel.

Melody Anne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and left behind a career in the airline industry to peruse her longtime passion—writing. Her fascination with the corporate world and strong, powerful business men radiates through her captivating stories.

She sets many of her books in small-town locations, a reflection of her own upbringing. She hails from the picturesque coastal town of Florence, Oregon, and currently resides in Harrisburg, Oregon. She loves spending time with her family and friends in her small town, and is involved in many community projects. She will always be a country girl at heart.

Melody values her fans, and makes it a point to respond to each one. To find out more about Melody, visit her website at www.melodyanne.com

Melissa Foster

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes contemporary romance, new adult, contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the World Literary Café and Fostering Success. When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine.

Brenda Novak

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Brenda Novak is the author of more than fifty books. A four-time RITA™ nominee, she has won many awards, including the National Reader’s Choice, the Bookseller’s Best, the Book Buyer’s Best, the Daphne, and the Holt Medallion. She also runs an annual on-line auction for diabetes research every May at www.brendanovak.com (her youngest son has this disease). To date, she’s raised nearly $2.5 million.

Violet Duke

NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling author Violet Duke is a former professor of English Education who is ecstatic to now be on the other side of the page writing wickedly fun contemporary romance novels. Her NYT and USA Today bestselling books have been Top 10 bestsellers across the major eretailers both in the US and internationally. When she’s not writing or feeding her book-a-day reading addiction, Violet enjoys tackling reno projects with her power tools, trying pretty much anything without reading the directions first, and cooking ‘special edition’ dishes that laugh in the face of recipes. A born and raised island girl, she spends her days getting into creatively fun trouble in Hawai’i alongside her two cute kids (daughter Violet & son Duke) and similarly adorable husband. Find the latest on her books and fan giveaways at www.facebook.com/VioletDukeBooks

Gina L Maxwell

New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author, Gina L. Maxwell, is a shameless romance addict with no intentions of ever kicking the habit.

Growing up, she dreamed of helping people escape reality with her sublime acting abilities. It wasn’t until college when she realized she had none to speak of, thereby derailing her lifelong plans. Another ten years would pass before she discovered a different means to accomplishing the same dream: writing stories of love and passion for romance addicts just like her.

Thanks to the support of her amazing family, Gina is now the Boss of the world’s first organized romance mafia, the Maxwell Mob, and living her dream of bringing a little romantic fantasy to the world — one steamy novel at a time.

Steena Holmes

With her passion for storytelling, Steena Holmes took her dream of being a full-time writer and made it a reality, writing her first novel while working as a receptionist. She won the national Indie Excellence Book Award in 2012 for her bestselling novel Finding Emma. Now both a New York Times and USA Today Bestseller, Steena lives in Calgary, Alberta with her husband, three dogs and ever increasing family pets.

Rosalind James:

PERSONAL STUFF: I met my husband Rick at UC Berkeley when I was 21, so I really do believe in True Love and Happily Ever After—which helps a lot in writing about them! We renewed our vows two years ago with the help of our two grown sons. One is living in the little town of Albany, Western Australia with his girlfriend, working, surfing, and saving money for future travels, and the other is normally a science teacher, but is currently teaching English in Taiwan. We’re happy they’re having adventures, but we miss them! Our home base when we’re not having our own adventures is in Berkeley, California, where the summers are foggy and the food shopping is the greatest.

WHY NEW ZEALAND: My husband’s job as an engineer, and mine as a marketing consultant, have given us the opportunity to live in many different wonderful places in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.

During the latest stint, 15 months living and working in Auckland, I fell in love with New Zealand: the beauty and diversity of the landscape (not to mention the seascapes), the Maori culture and its integration into the country’s life, and, perhaps more than anything, the people: modest, good-humored, unfailingly polite and hospitable, and so very funny. I wanted to share what I loved so much about the country with everyone I knew—and didn’t know!

THE BOOKS: We had traveled to Wellington to watch the final of the Rugby World Cup in a pub as the start of a North Island holiday. I was absolutely overwhelmed by the intensity of All Black fever that gripped the entire nation during the World Cup, and the stature of the players themselves at all times. I had never seen anything remotely like it. I started wondering what it would be like to be so intensely admired and instantly recognizable in a country that has zero tolerance for bad behavior—and how hard it would be to find the right partner in that kind of spotlight. And that is where JUST THIS ONCE was born—walking through the rhododendron gardens of Mt. Taranaki, two days after the World Cup final. Writing that first page was terrifying, but within weeks, I knew that I’d finally figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up.

WHEN I’M NOT WRITING: I raise bantam chickens, foster Labrador Retrievers, and try to remember to cook dinner for my long-suffering husband.

Molly O’Keefe

Molly O’Keefe is a two-time, RITA Award winning author with 28 novels in publication. A favorite on the annual Best Of Lists, she has written steamy contemporary romance for Harlequin and Bantam Dell. Originally from Northern Illinois she now lives in Toronto, Canada with her family and the largest heap of dirty laundry in North America.

Nancy Naigle

USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle whips up small-town love stories with a dash of suspense and a whole lot of heart. She began her contemporary romance series, Adams Grove, while juggling a successful career in finance and life on a seventy-six-acre goat farm.

Now happily retired, she devotes her time to writing, antiquing, cooking, and the occasional spa day with friends. A native of Virginia Beach, she now calls North Carolina home.
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About The Catacombs:

Paris, France, is known as the City of Lights, a metropolis renowned for romance and beauty. Beneath the bustling streets and cafés, however, exists The Catacombs, a labyrinth of crumbling tunnels filled with six million dead.

When a video camera containing mysterious footage is discovered deep within their depths, a group of friends venture into the tunnels to investigate. But what starts out as a lighthearted adventure takes a turn for the worse when they reach their destination—and stumble upon the evil lurking there.

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Jeremy Bates is the award-winning author of several novels and short stories. He writes suspense, horror, and thrillers. The novels in his “World’s Scariest Places” series are set in real locations, and so far include Suicide Forest in Japan, The Catacombs in Paris, Helltown in Ohio, and (forthcoming) Island of the Dolls in Mexico. You can check out any of these places on the web, or visit his website at: JEREMYBATESBOOKS.COM

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