About Taking America by Storm by John Dowdee:

A fast-paced science fiction thriller that will keep you turning pages! Have you wondered why we have recently had such extreme weather? Candice, a pugnacious environmental researcher, discovers that the intense storms buffeting the country are not natural phenomena. The weird weather has been secretly engineered by a cult of paranormal terrorists that threaten to unleash devastating tornados unless Congress enacts a series of draconian environmental protection laws.
A severe storm causes Luke, a graduate student and former Marine, to crash land his private plane in a remote mountain area. Luke’s life is dramatically changed when he observes mysterious laser beams coming from the peak of an enormous pyramid. He becomes the focus of a merciless plot that attempts to discredit him before he is murdered.
The action is nonstop as Luke teams with Michelle, a vivacious computer science professor who is an expert hacker. They begin unraveling a mystery that stretches from the most powerful men in Washington to the secrets of the ancient pyramids. As ruthless terrorists pursue them across the country, Michelle must confront her internal demons that have driven her away from her influential mother. If she cannot overcome her tormented past, the President and all members of Congress will be dead in less than three weeks.
The book will keep you guessing until the final chapter. Luke, Michelle, and Candice learn that the environmental demands are just the tip of the iceberg as they are thrust into a Byzantine maze of intrigue and deception. As a killer tornado heads toward Washington, they must draw on their innermost strengths to keep the terrorists from taking America by storm.

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John Dowdee is a scientist who loves to write fast-paced novels that straddle the thriller and science fiction genres. His books go beyond the boundaries of science but are grounded by research into what may be possible in the future.
John has a PhD in Engineering and has spent over 40 years as a program manager at a large aerospace company. He has worked on large, nationally important project ranging from ballistic missile defense to delivering situational awareness on the battlefield.
John is married to his soulmate, Teri, and has 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. In addition to traveling, he spends time writing novels and authoring non-fiction books on how to generate more retirement income. He has two websites: J3tpublications.com and SuperchargeRetirementIncome.com.

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About Fighting For Devlin by Jessica Lemmon:

Jessica Lemmon’s irresistible Lost Boys series kicks off with the story of a good girl who plays by the rules—and the bad boy who brings out her wild side.

Devlin Calvary makes his own luck. Orphaned as a young child, he was taken in by a crew of bookies and gamblers—and they became his family. They’re the reason Dev’s running a trendy bistro, living in a high rise, and enjoying the good life with a string of women who never ask for too much. Until, one night, he finds out how much it hurts to trust the wrong people. . . .

Rena Lewis sticks to the straight and narrow, determined not to slip up again . . . like the terrible night of partying four years ago that ended in tragedy. A waitress at Oak & Sage, she knows that sleeping with her boss is not a smart move. But when Dev shows up on her doorstep, beat up and clearly shaken, Rena’s not about to turn him down . . . or kick him out of bed.

Dev reawakens something primal within her—a need to go wild. And Rena soon finds out that the heart she’d sealed away years ago still has the power to fight for love.

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Jessica is a contemporary romance author, artist, dreamer, wife, and den mother.

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About The Captain and the Cheerleader:

Susan English can’t stand Robin Lanford! She’s so full of herself she irritates everyone on the faculty of Fairfield High. When Robin bets Susan fifty dollars that she can’t get a date with Kurt Deveraux, the head football coach, Susan jumps at the chance to put the little heifer in her place. She had no idea that teaching Robin a lesson would irrevocably change her life, strain treasured friendships, and throw two families into chaos.

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Elaine Cantrell’s Biography

Elaine Cantrell was born and raised in South Carolina. She holds a master’s degree in personnel services from Clemson University. She is a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary society for women educators and is also a member of Romance Writers of America. Her first novel, A New Leaf, was the 2003 winner of the Timeless Love Contest. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys reading, traveling, and collecting vintage Christmas ornaments.

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The newest ornament on the tree is from 1970.

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About The Abduction of Mary Rose:

THE ABDUCTION OF MARY ROSE

A suspense novel interwoven with threads of romance and paranormal.

Imagine discovering everything you believe about yourself to be a lie. And that the truth could stir a killer from his lair.

Following the death of the woman she believed to be her mother, 28-year-old Naomi Waters learns from a malicious aunt that she is not only adopted, but the product of a brutal rape that left her birth mother, Mary Rose Francis, a teenager of Micmac ancestry, in a coma for 8 months.

Dealing with a sense of betrayal and loss, but with new purpose in her life, Naomi vows to track down Mary Rose’s attackers and bring them to justice. She places her story in the local paper, asking for information from residents who might remember something of the case that has been cold for nearly three decades.

She is about to lose hope that her efforts will bear fruit, when she gets an anonymous phone call. Naomi has attracted the attention of one who remembers the case well.

But someone else has also read the article in the paper. The man whose DNA she carries.

And he has Naomi in his sights.

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I’ve always been drawn to the dark side of the human psyche, and devoured everything from Edgar Allan Poe to Shirley Jackson growing up. It is no surprise to me I turned out to be a writer of psychological suspense, often with threads of paranormal, mystery and romance.

I like to write about ordinary women who are at a difficult time in their lives, and are suddenly faced with an external evil force. Women who are stronger than they think they are. I didn’t think a whole lot about theme until I had written a couple of books, but I realized with the writing of my third novel ‘Chill Waters’ that my books generally have to do with betrayal and abandonment in some form, and learning to trust again. And more important, learning to trust oneself. Almost any good book will tell you something about the author herself. (Or himself.) You can’t avoid it. But first and foremost I want to give readers a roller-coaster ride, one that keeps them on the edge of that proverbial seats and resonates in the imagination long after the last page is read.

In addition to my critically aclaimed and award-winning novels, my articles and short stories have appeared in any many publications including The Toronto Star, Atlantic Advocate, Seek, Home Life Magazine, Mystery Scene. My short story Dark Reunion was anthologized in investigating Women, Published by Simon & Pierre.

I’ve held workshops and given talks at various schools and libraries, including New Brunswick Community College, and the University of New Brunswick. I am also a tutor with Winghill School, a distance education school in Ottawa for aspiring writers.

I’m a member of the Writer’s Federation of New Brunswick, past regional Vice-President of Crime Writers of Canada and International Thriller Writers.

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About Crimson Stars Genesis:

Leaving the city was Salina’s father’s choice. Going back was going to be her own. Now with her father’s failing health, she is forced to decide if running the family business is truly what she wants to do. Could she really become the head of the Crimson Stars? Would she even be interested in running the largest underground crime ring in Prosperity Beach?

At least there was a new diversion in her daily routine. A sexy new addition to the farm’s staff did just enough to catch her eye. Would he be interested in her if he had the slightest idea what her family actually did for a living? What if he found out that she could use magic?

Working the farm and protecting its people is all she has ever known. Was she really ready to leave it all behind?

That decision is made for her when someone hires some green skinned muscle to disrupt things at the farm. Now all that matters is making sure the people that tried to hurt her family pay for what they have done.

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Alexis Storm is the mother of three wonderful puppies and is married to another writer..She spends her time writing, that is when she isn’t working a full-time job, and putting her Kindle through a marathon reading session. She enjoys tv, especially the CW, and can be talked into a scary movie or two by a very persistent husband.

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About Fire and Blood:

Redemption has a high price. Sometimes, it can only be paid in blood. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, George Mackey faces the demons of the present as he and Sharon Price struggle to keep their relationship and love intact. The saga that began in ‘Eyes of the Predator’ comes full circle, reuniting Mackey with Lyn and Clay, the characters that were at the center of events in the first book of The Hunters Series.

Enlisted by Cy Purcell to find them and thwart the kidnapping and murders of Clay and Lyn, George embarks on a hunt that calls into play all of his investigative skills and experience. His dedication and sacrifice take him down paths few others would tread.

‘Fire and Blood’ is a suspense thriller that contrasts the darkness of the human experience with the inherent goodness and light in most of humanity. Along the way, George and the other the lost souls of the story face their demons and find their redemption.

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A native of the south, Glenn Trust was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1951, the first of five children.

His father’s work as a salesman filled his early years with moves from the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia to Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Petersburg, Virginia and Baltimore, until finally returning to the Atlanta area in 1965. From then on, he remained a Georgian, going to school and growing up in the Atlanta area.

Varied work and life experiences have given him an appreciation for the virtues and faults of people at all levels of society.

He says about his work, “For the record, I love people, the humanity that populates the world. People are infinitely interesting, all of them. I may not like certain individuals and I may hate the things they do, but as a group, I am fascinated by people.

“I do work at trying to understand human strengths and frailties, and try above all else in writing to bring life and reality to the characters in my stories. The white hats the heroes wear are intentionally spotted and grayed by their own demons and struggles. The bad guys are not always misunderstood Robin Hoods. Sometimes they are just truly bad with no possibility of social redemption.

“In the end, the stories are fiction, about fictional people. I believe that through fiction, some of the greatest truths may be discussed and discovered about our humanity, or the lack of it.

“Finally, like real people, the characters I try to paint are not completely good and rarely completely evil. Like most of us, they lie somewhere in between.”

To date, Glenn Trust has authored eight novels including The Hunters series of mystery/suspense thrillers and the Blue Eyes mystery/romance series featuring the exploits of Alice Trent, a woman making her way in a difficult world.

The work he considers his most important is Dying Embers, a novel about friendship, coming of age and overcoming the societal failings of the past. It is set during the turbulent days of the 1960’s in the south during desegregation, a time that he personally experienced.

Lightning in the Clouds, a collection of short stories dealing with “end of life” events was published in February 2015. Others are planned.

While writing is his passion, he is also an avid RVer, walker, guitar player and reader, he resides with his wife in Nevada where they make the most of every opportunity to get outdoors and enjoy this beautiful world.

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About Should’ve Said No by Tracy March:

This charming series debut introduces a small town where old secrets are revealed—and wounded hearts are opened to new love.

A year after being laid off from the Smithsonian, Lindsey Simms says yes to a job offer as curator of a heritage museum in Thistle Bend, Colorado (population 1,519). It could be worse—and it is. Because the new museum has escalated a dispute between the Karlssons, Lindsey’s relatives, and the Crenshaws, a blood feud which goes way back to a land deal that changed the fortunes of both families. Trying to stay objective, Lindsey can’t tell anyone about her conflict of interest—especially not the ruggedly handsome handyman fixing up her cabin, who seems to be keeping secrets of his own.

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Award-winning author Tracy March writes romantic thrillers influenced by her interest in science and politics, and lighthearted romances inspired by her real-life happily ever after.

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About Books to Die For: 3 Book Boxex Set:

3 Mysteries from an Amazon Top 100 Author

A View to Die For
Jake Martin is not your ordinary sleuth. He’s an ordinary guy with an extraordinary dog.
He’s trying to make the best of a divorce and mid-life crisis when he gets a call at two o’clock Sunday morning from his mother. His sister has been arrested for the murder of her fourth husband, and his father is near death. Thus begins an adventure that takes Jake and his golden retriever from their Colorado retreat to a backwater town in the Missouri Ozarks where they search for cold-blooded killers, a cache of gold coins buried by Jesse James, and the love of a beautiful nurse.

A Book to Die For
This time the story takes place in the foothills of Denver. Jake is accused of manslaughter and he has to prove the accident was really murder. Along the way he encounters a poaching ring and falls in love with a beautiful game warden.

A Treasure to Die For
There is a treasure high in the Colorado Rockies waiting for someone to find it. Jake Martin couldn’t care less. Since the death of his wife, all Jake wants is to be left alone in his mountain cabin where he and his dog, Fred, can get on with life. But when it becomes known that the location of the treasure is encrypted in a message left by a 19th century miner, people begin to die, and Jake’s good friend and neighbor becomes the number one suspect.

The old miner used a copy of Tom Sawyer as a key to his coded message, and the real murderer wants that edition so bad, he’s willing to kill for it. Can the amateur sleuths decode the message and stop the murderer, or have Jake and Fred finally met their match?

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Richard’s books have been Amazon best sellers numerous times, including paid Number One Cozy Mysteries, and the top free book in all of Amazon. He has also been listed in the Top 100 Mystery Authors several times.

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About A Glimpse from Christmas Past…Capture the Magic! by D. C. Donahue

Told in the first person…” A story of a magical encounter with Santa, while doing some last minute holiday shopping one Christmas Eve”

While doing some last minute shopping on Christmas Eve a man has a magical experience. He watches a child preparing to get on Santa’s lap through a shop window and is reminded about a special Christmas memory. When the child gets down Santa makes eye contact with the man and they are immediately taken back to a moment they had shared (in his past). So the story unfolds as he stares through a window of time at a Glimpse from Christmas Past…

This Children’s book is available in both ebook and print formats.

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About A Summer Deception by Denisa Carroll:

Gossip journalist Tara has been given an assignment – to uncover the truth about the rumored affair of hot Hollywood screenwriter, Brant Anderson, with famous movie actress, Venetia Varley. Success will guarantee the fabulous promotion she has been dreaming of. And all she has to do is spend a little time with Brant at his villa on a remote Spanish island, and seek out the necessary evidence – by fair means or foul.

But how will she feel about hoodwinking a man she has begun to fall for? And how will Brant react when he finds out that she has been deceiving him all along?

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Denisa lives in London with plenty of kids and dogs and one husband. She’s loved reading all her life, as she’s always liked to have a different world that she can slip into when the real one becomes a little challenging! She’s also written stories for as long as she can remember, and indeed her favourite activity is creating new situations and story-lines within which she gets to meet all the new characters, sharing their lives and their highs and their lows. When not writing or reading, you’re likely to find her dealing with squabbles, walking the dogs, or trying to persuade things to grow in the garden.

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About For the Love of Geese:

When pampered publishing princess, Rebecca Heller crashes her father’s Porsche, her parents are livid, doling out the punishment of the century. Being exiled to live with a grandmother she never knew existed is one thing, but to live in a house that can fit in her closet without electricity or running water? Insanity.

Enter Dylan Laugherty—an Adonis in tight jeans and flannel shirt. He’s sarcastic, funny, and hot enough to make hell boil over. Believing him the storybook knight in shining armor, she flaunts her style and grace, but instead of asking for her phone number, the farm boy showers her with hostility.

How can she be expected to survive a six-month banishment to a place where she can’t use a blow dryer and geese attack her Gucci shoes? Not to mention the brooding farm boy she can’t stop thinking about.

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As an author, Melissa Shirley believes in fairytales, happily ever after, and destiny. Born and raised in Illinois, and a mother of eight, she lives with her husband and three youngest children in a quiet town in the southern part of the state where she spends her time writing and watching her children grow into the people she has always dreamed.

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About Blue Light Series (Two Complete Novels) Books 1 and 2:

The Blue Light Series contains the entire text of Apocalypse Island and Soul Thief, the first two books in the series.

Although the books in the Blue Light Series are all different and are, in and of themselves, stand-alone novels, there are several common threads and characters that run through the entire series tying it together as one all encompassing body of work.

I am no more certain than you, dear reader, where this journey will lead, but I promise that together we will follow the blue light to its end.

Book descriptions:

Apocalypse Island:

Danny Wolf, a gifted musician with alcohol problems is witnessing brutal murder in his dreams. Someone is carving a cross on each of the young female victims before crucifying them.

Newly released from prison for a crime he did not commit, Wolf is having trouble adjusting to civilian life. He believes the dreams are a symptom of his adjustment until he discovers that they are real and that the victims are his own groupies. He soon begins to doubt his sanity. Could he be a homicidal madman?

Wolf has no memory of his early childhood but discovers that he spent his first eight years in a Catholic orphanage on a mysterious island off the coast of Maine. Is it possible that his early life and the murders are somehow connected?

Soon the killings become more bold and gruesome, as members of the church begin to die.

Enter Police Lieutenant Rick Jennings and his young assistant Laura Higgins. They discover a government conspiracy involving the Catholic Church, and a cold war CIA mind control program known as MK-Ultra where children were used as test subjects.

Danny Wolf becomes the number one suspect in the murders, but no one, not even Wolf, is prepared for what they discover on Apocalypse Island, a mind blowing secret that was supposed to stay hidden forever.

Apocalypse Island is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you guessing until the shocking conclusion.

Soul Thief:

The Brotherhood of the Order is one of the oldest and most mysterious organizations on earth. Its primary mission is to protect one of the most carefully guarded secrets in human history, an object so enigmatic and powerful that in the wrong hands it could wreak havoc upon the earth. In the right hands it just might have the power to save humanity from its own destructive impulses.

Doug McArthur, hit in the face by a young friend at the age of seven, is suddenly able to see a supernatural creature who calls itself Collector. Doug’s life is turned upside down when he realizes that it’s not just the creature he sees, but the atrocities it commits.

Since marrying Annie his visions have been quiet and Doug is grateful. Now Annie is pregnant with their first child—a child that promises to be special—and their world is in the process of coming apart, beginning with the destruction of their home and forcing them to run for their lives, back into the world of Annie’s childhood, the De Roché dynasty, to a murdered mother and a cruel and enigmatic father.

Doug, whose love for Annie borders on the obsessive, has a deep and abiding hate for her father. He is nearly insane with grief over their plight, but soon finds that De Roché is the least of his worries when he begins to hear the pleading voice of a lost child that he cannot possibly save.

And then, in the midst of Annie’s mother’s funeral, Doug is given a strange artifact, along with a dire warning by a dying priest. He must leave Annie and his unborn child and begin a sojourn into the darkest regions of the human heart.

In his attempt to save his wife and unborn child, Doug finds that there is much more at stake than the lives of two people, perhaps the very salvation of the human soul.

Soul Thief is the second novel in the Blue Light Series, a supernatural thriller that will keep you guessing until the stunning conclusion.

Individually the two books have more than 550 reviews on Amazon.

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Mark Edward Hall writes fast-paced thrillers with strong, relatable characters. His books have gained a steady following with readers who enjoy his blend of scifi, paranormal, occult, and suspense. His first book, “The Lost Village,” became popular enough for Mark to focus entirely on writing. Since that book, Mark’s popularity has grown, with “Apocalypse Island”, the first book in the “Blue Light Series” becoming his most-read book to date and an Amazon Bestseller. “Soul Thief”, the second book in the “Blue Light Series” is quickly gaining ground. Mark takes on big subjects with his books, dealing with government conspiracies, matters of faith and the heart. With his most recent book, “The Haunting of Sam Cabot” Mark presents a story that focuses on a small family, a haunted house and the father’s slow decent into madness. Mark draws compelling characters whom readers are sad to leave behind when the book is finished.

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About Greek Mythology by Nick Plesiotis:

DISCOUNTED GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOK! AVAILABLE FOR JUST $0.99 – NORMALLY $2.99!
PROMOTION ONLY RUNNING ON 25th & 26th OF NOVEMBER 2016!

Greek Mythology is a collection of Ancient Greek tales that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.
These stories once formed a major religion, and people worshiped the Gods you will soon learn of.

This book recounts some of the most famous Ancient Greek stories, and explains the journeys of different Gods, Demi-Gods, and Deities.
You will learn about the 12 labors of Hercules, the famous Trojan War, and the story of how fire was introduced to man, along with many other tales.
At the completion of this book you will have a great understanding of the Greek Mythology characters, their stories, and the different family trees!

Greek Mythology has helped to shape the plot-lines of many of today’s most famous books and movies. The stories presented within this book are meaningful, interesting, exciting, and most of all enjoyable to learn about.

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Nick Plesiotis grew up learning about Greek Mythology from his Grandmother. He loved the stories and became more and more passionate about the mythology as he grew older.
Eventually, he decided to put his passion into a book, and share it with the world.

His book: ‘Greek Mythology: The complete guide to Greek Mythology, Ancient Greece, Greek Gods, Zeus, Hercules, Titans, and more!’ is the result of Nick’s many years of dedicated study and passion for mythology, available in a simple and enjoyable format!

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