About Soft Case by John Misak:

Famous, successful, rich people usually don’t kill themselves. This is the thought that runs through John Keegan’s mind when he learns his partner, Rick Calhill, has scored them the Ronald Mullins case. Mullins had it all, money, power, and a beautiful wife. If anyone had a reason to commit suicide, it wasn’t Mullins. Despite this, the mayor, a good friend of Mullins, is convinced the one-time tycoon killed himself. So is practically everyone else. Except Keegan’s partner. At first, it appears Calhill hopes to use this case to catapult up the NYPD ladder. Then, a case full of corruption and intrigue unravels.

So does Keegan’s life.

Keegan and Calhill investigate further, and find out Mullins was preparing a Senate run. They also discover marital problems, and friction between Mullins and his business partner. All of a sudden they can point a finger at half a dozen people who would want the software mogul dead. There is a pattern of corruption in Mullins’ life and in city government, it seems, but before Keegan can make it near an answer, he is in handcuffs, framed, with his whole life falling to pieces around him.

Suspended, threatened, and betrayed, Keegan decides to go it alone, armed only with his belief in justice, and a handful of people he has no choice but to trust. He learns truths about the people he respected most, truths he doesn’t want to know. In the end, he risks his job, his friends, his family, and his life to solve the biggest case the city has seen in decades

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Author Bio:
I am a college English professor and live on Long Island. Mysteries always interested me, but I never thought I could write them. Then, on a whim, I took a chance. Soft Case represents that first attempt, and it was published, much to my surprise. It’s been a great ride since then, and I hope to keep writing.

My desire is to entertain. I think that a little humor and some slice-of-life situations can really help turn pages, so I incorporate them when I can. Sometimes I use personal experience, but most of it comes out of my head. That scares people close to me. I wonder if they have a point.

Writing the next John Keegan novel has been a bit of a struggle, but my wife prods me enough to give her reading material, so it should be done soon. The voices in my head are there, they just need to be let out. This is a good thing, I think.

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About Torrent (Rust & Relics, Book 1):

When Delia chose to major in archaeology, she imagined herself as the female Indiana Jones of the Southwest. She didn’t imagine herself crawling through abandoned mine shafts, scrounging for rusty pickaxes and gold pans to sell on auction sites, but Indiana Jones didn’t have to make student loan payments.

Scouring the mountains of Arizona with Simon, her best friend and computer geek extraordinaire, Delia dreams of turning their scavenging enterprise into a legitimate business. What she doesn’t dream of is stumbling across a decapitated body in an old mine near Prescott.

Something dangerous has come to the mountains, and a pair of Harley-riding strangers are the only ones who seem to have a clue. They speak a language Delia has never heard and carry mysterious artifacts she’s never seen. Investigating these strangers might lead her to discoveries that change the face of archaeology forever… or it might lead her and her best friend into a deadly monster’s lair.

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Lindsay is a full-time independent fantasy author who loves travel, hiking, tennis, and vizslas. She grew up in the Seattle area but moved to Arizona when she realized she was solar-powered.

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About What Do You Think? Volume 1: Conversation Starters and Icebreakers:

A collection of 100 fun, unique, and offbeat questions to start interesting and memorable conversations. Unlike most question books that ask questions designed for you to talk about yourself, these questions ask what you think about ethical, offbeat, and awkward predicaments in a way that make people eager to join the conversation and offer their opinion. So if you’re looking for a great way to put the fun back into family game night, make an office party unforgettable, or keep a road trip interesting, the questions in What Do You Think? are sure to invite lively, entertaining, and spirited discussions on a variety of topics.

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The author is from sunny Southern California and mother to two wonderfully awesome sons.

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About Wild Irish Heart:

It is time…

An ancient book, a power untouched, and a heart unloved lead Keelin O’Brien from her graduate studies in Boston to a small village on the coast of Southern Ireland. Determined to unearth the secrets lying hidden in the enchanted waters of the cove, Keelin has little time for a surly Irishman who infuriates her during the day and haunts her fantasies at night.

Inexplicably drawn to the woman who has stepped from his dreams and into his world, Flynn fights a stubborn battle against his increasing attraction for Keelin. Forces unknown have better plans for the two.

Only the secrets of the cove can show Keelin who she really is, the beauty of her mysterious power, and a love that will break the bounds of what she knows.

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A New York Times Bestselling author, Tricia O’Malley lives in Milwaukee with her husband Josh, and their much doted-upon dogs, Briggs and Blue. On a typical day you will find her lost in the worlds of her making or working with up-and-coming authors. She loves the entrepreneurial life, is strongly resistant to the cubicle-world, and thrives on creating the life that she’s always wanted to live.

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About Anti-Soviet Activities by Jim Williams:

For Colonel Pyotr Andreevitch Kirov there is only one inescapable truth in modern Russia – if the old order does not change, it is impossible to bury the past.

When Kirov’s routine investigation into black market antibiotics is linked to the former head of the KGB – and Kirov himself is put under investigation by his own men – the course for collision is set.

As the old and new factions in the Soviet machine grapple for power, the stock in trade is the hardest currency known to the Socialist Republic … murder. Will Mikhail Gorbachev share the same fate?

Anti-Soviet Activities is the second of Jim Williams’s astonishingly prophetic novels about the decline and fall of the Soviet Union.

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Jim Williams first hit the news when his early novels had the uncanny knack of coming true. The Hitler Diaries was published nine months before the celebrated forgery came out in 1983. Farewell to Russia dealt with a nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union months before the Chernobyl disaster. Lara’s Child, his sequel to Doctor Zhivago, provoked an international literary scandal and led to his being a guest speaker at the Cheltenham Festival. Scherzo, a witty and elegant mystery set in eighteenth century Venice, was nominated for the Booker Prize. All of his fiction has been published internationally.

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About Everything Beautiful: And Other Stories:

Everything Beautiful is a spiritual book, though a very subtle one. What gives hope to the paralytic? Does true love sometimes mean walking away? What would you do if you knew your future?

In these stories the reader will find characters searching for beauty in the midst of their circumstances. And in the search for beauty is found the search for God.

“Great writing knows the intimate language of the soul, occupies your thoughts, and draws you back to its words over and over again. Jeremy Lane’s style has a Raymond Carver quality that impresses with every word.”
– Jamie Guiney, Author of Pushcart Prize Nominated A Quarter Yellow Sun

“He sensitively investigates the human condition, uncovering the most intimate moments, allowing the reader to share the emotional rollercoaster his characters experience.”
– Annie Evett, Author of Lonely in Paradise

“Resignation and a sense of hope often go hand in hand in this powerful collection. Dealing with big themes, Jeremy’s characters remain unfailingly warm and doggedly inspirational.”
– Lynsey May, Author of It Starts So Sweetly

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Jeremy Lane is a writer living in North Texas with his wife and three children.

His work has been featured in many literary sites and journals, including MUSCADINE LINES: A SOUTHERN JOURNAL.

Jeremy’s first collection of fiction, entitled “While I’m Still Myself”, was published in paperback by Tate Publishing early in 2012. A second collection, entitled “Everything Beautiful” is being released in 2015.

A devotional and prayer book are planned for release in 2016.

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About Starlight: Book 1 of the Dark Elf War by William Stacey:

A secret power. The revival of magic. An ancient evil stirs.

Twenty-year-old university dropout Cassie Rogan has returned to her small British Columbia home. Tortured by an accident that killed her parents, she drifts, failing life at every turn. When an impossibly localized lightning storm hits the surrounding forest, Cassie discovers her supernatural side.

After centuries of atrophy, the forces of magic are flowing back into our world, and Cassie can wield arcane powers. Her life seems destined to turn around, until the downside of magic brings everything to a screeching halt. Horrifying mythical beasts now prowl the northern wilderness—including the Basilisk—an enormous eight-legged lizard that can turn its prey to stone.

Recruited by a secretive agency, Cassie must quickly master her powers to protect mankind. As she develops her skills, a dark power secretly watches from the shadows. The Fae Seelie (a.k.a. the Dark Elves)—humanity’s ancient enemy—have returned to settle the score.

Starlight is the first book in the Dark Elf War series, an epic urban fantasy and coming of age series that features fast-paced action, mysterious creatures, careful world-building, and breathless pacing. Author William Stacey is a 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist.

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William Stacey is a former Canadian army intelligence officer who served his country for more than thirty years with operational tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan. He is a husband, father, and avid reader, with a love for the macabre. He is an avid fitness enthusiast, a martial artist, and a fan of all things medieval and violent. He can often be found walking his German shepherd Thor in his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario.

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About We Need To Talk:

This book takes you on the road to discovery. The Universe is constantly shifting and changing, and we shift with it. What matters is what side of the shift we want to be on. The right side is the discovery side and this book explains how to take that road of discovery in order to become the best you can be. Radical self acceptance.

We Need to Talk book shows you how to accomplish great things in your life and offers guidance through self-acceptance. In order to improve yourself and your life, you have to accept who you already are.

This book teaches you about the power of self-acceptance, responsibility, and decision making.

Every person is destined to do great things and with true guidance, motivation, and effort, you can accomplish a lot.

If you have ever wanted to change something in your life and become even better, there is no reason to wait. Start now.

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Author Bio:
#1 Amazon Best Selling Author ★ Motivational Speaker ★ Certified Life Coach ★

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✔ 30+ years of Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Motivational Expert experience in diverse industries and functions repeatedly yielding exceptional results. ✔ Author of “I Know You Hear Me, But Are You Listening?” looking to transform others’ lives in every way possible. Audience Review Excerpt: ◄ “The motivational public speaker and certified life coach writes in a most approachable manner about what it takes to enjoy the process of self-mastery. Inspirational by all means the self-help book is a quick read poised to change the reader forever. Dedicated to bolstering how people view the pursuit of their dreams Bumpass is a veritable author, teacher and new-found friend to all who spends a few moments with his resourceful words.” ►

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About Christi Bell:

From a 5 star review:

Christi Bell is an intelligent and helpful, but innately humorous — even whacky — weird, and wonderful individual. The things that happen to her are sometimes so goofy that they’re like the things that happen to us — you know, the ones we can hardly talk about — except now, when someone asks, I can answer, “I’m having a Christi-Bell Day!” Christi Bell is an underpaid graphic designer and squeegee-puller in what without her really loyal friends and the appeal of the old building itself, would be an intolerable workplace. She’s also an ace pitcher on a local team. But reeling from the recent death by suicide of a kindred spirit, she does strange and potentially dangerous things…. That’s the situation at book’s opening, after dark, when she’s balanced on a bridge railing high above a rocky stream in a deserted park. Only it’s not quite deserted. But who else is there? The Johnson Park Predator? Or a local madman? And what’s with the goggles? This book flows, so go with the flow! Buy it, read it, invite others to experience it. Laugh, cry, rescue an animal, and… make the world a better place.

Books is also on sale now at only .99!!

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I’ll always be a country girl at heart. Growing up on a small farm in Wayland, Michigan was a surreal experience; our excitement consisted of such things as riding a bow-legged cow named Raisin, sitting in the crow’s nest of a magic apple tree and reading comic books, or building leaf forts and Koolaid-Machines. Yet I still found time to write goofy plays that my sisters and neighbors would act out beneath the boughs of the huge maple trees rimming the yard of our humble farm house. That’s when the writing bug really started,and continues to this day. Our magic apple tree (sniff) is long gone, but stories fill my head nonetheless. My hope is that the peculiarities of my life have lead to an originality in my stories that people will connect with and love.

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About The Average Girl by Angelina Goode:

Sometimes being average can lead to wonderful things…

Olivia Fowler, helper of the star-struck, runs a successful business helping average people meet celebrities in everyday ways. Flawless at what she does, the celebrities don’t have a clue they’re part of a pre-planned meeting. Business is booming and Olivia knows everything there is to know about Hollywood’s famous and their behavior. Her clients trust her because she is just like them, not famous. She understands how her clients feel because she clearly remembers the pound of the heart and the rush of emotions that she felt when she met her favorite celebrity… and the let down when she realized she was just another fan.

But when Olivia accidentally meets the uber-famous Alexander Young at the grocery store, her world is flipped upside-down. She can’t possibly resist those charming eyes and sexy arms. Soon she finds herself alternating between a world of tabloids and adoring fanatics, and a world where learning the proper red carpet etiquette is essential. As their romance blossoms and Alexander shows Olivia that celebrities aren’t always all glitter and no gold, Olivia learns she may not know as much as she thought she did about celebrities and their ways.

Then Olivia’s most important and loyal client unsuspectingly requests to meet the famous Alexander. Can Olivia pull the meeting off without Alexander knowing? Or is it too much to risk her growing feelings for Alexander? Olivia is almost convinced that he will understand the passion that drives her work… until an unfortunate run-in with the paparazzi that leaves her doubting him. Now Olivia is forced to choose between her love and her business.

Will Olivia be able to keep her surreptitious matchmaking and booming business a secret from her soon-to-be boyfriend? Will her clients still trust her if she is no longer the average girl?

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Angelina Goode began writing as a teenager. Though her first works were poems about love-struck teenagers, she grew her craft while earning her degree in Journalism and Creative Writing. A former grade school teacher that loved teaching children to write, she enjoys finding creative ways to present everyday events. Now she primarily writes light-hearted contemporary women’s fiction. She lives in Los Angeles where she enjoys the occasional celebrity sighting and year-round sun.

Angelina started gaining first-hand fan and celebrity experience as a devoted follower of her generation’s boy band. Her experience shifted in college when she interned in the promotions department for a Los Angeles based radio station and for the public relations department of a network television station. There she was able to learn about the ins and outs of promoting celebrities and all the backstage activities that are rarely seen by the public eye. She was also able to observe fans’ behavior from an objective perspective, seeing what it looks like to an outside observer.

Now she combines her experience as a loyal fan attending numerous concerts and meet and greets every year, her brief but educational stint in the entertainment industry, and a highly active imagination to create fiction for celebrity lovers of all ages.

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