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Published: Sun, 12/06/15
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Death Sets Sail
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Cross the stormy Atlantic on a raucous and deadly awards cruise, as Hollywood film writers and world class authors race against time and death. In isolated international waters, fear grips the eccentric, competitive, and jealous group—from best selling heavyweights to amateur hangers-on. As bodies amass on the British five-star Queen Anne, an unlikely band of frantic mystery writers unite to stop the killings. Ignoring the dangers, amateur sleuth and aspiring novelist Veronica Kennicott leads their desperate battle against the drunken ship doctor’s corporate cover-up. ~~BUY NOW~~
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After a life time of writing poetry, books, nonfiction, and legal documents, it was author Ray Bradbury’s friendship and encouragement that finally inspired Dale E. Manolakas to pursue writing as a career. He taught her that the characters wrote the book–she didn’t. Raised just outside Los Angeles by a surgeon father and a homemaker-author mother, Dale E. Manolakas had always aspired to an acting career, but also had to make a living.
Dale E. Manolakas earned her B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the California Bar, had the privilege of clerking for The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was a litigator in two major Los Angeles law firms, and a senior appellate attorney at the California Court of Appeals, as well as an Administrative Law Judge.
Before that she was a teacher, primarily at the high school, adult school, and university levels, and holds a public administrative services credential. In addition, she has pursued her passion for acting, primarily on the stage, but also in film and television. She is a member of both Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. She also has raised three very independent daughters and lives with her husband, a retired attorney, in an otherwise animal-free environment in California.
Moscow Machination
In 1945, Stalin imprisoned a team of Nazi scientists and forced them to think beyond the nuke. Now seven decades later, they are finally ready.
A cornered Russian President, missing Siberian tigers, South Beach parties on aircraft carriers, shenanigans in Pyongyang make this macabre medley a delight for fans of Dr. Strangelove and Burn After Reading.
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Ian Maxwell grew up reading mysteries… mysteries like the Famous Five, Secret Seven, Hardy Boys and… Nancy Drew. But aging eventually forced Ian out of that cool universe into the grownup world of Archer, Forsyth and Craig Thomas.
Now, a decade later, Ian a consultant at large tries to mesh and meld and bend his world views into books.
Under a Tell-Tale Sky by R.E. McDermott
About Under a Tell-Tale Sky by R.E. McDermott:
The grid is down, the world is in flames, and FEMA is demanding his ship and cargo, but Captain Jordan Hughes isn’t buying it.
When the lights go out, seemingly for good, Hughes quickly finds being stranded far from home on a ship with working generators and a cargo of ten million gallons of irreplaceable fuel isn’t exactly a low profile position.
Faced with rising crew discontent, and surrounded by worsening violence ashore, things can’t get much worse — until they do.
As the remains of the federal government become increasingly corrupt and self-serving, Hughes joins a ragtag band of sailors, farmers, preppers ex-Coast Guardsmen, and dissident soldiers in an effort to re-unite his crew with their families and use remaining resources to rebuild a devastated society.
Along the way they face a desperate and starving population, rampant violence from street gangs and escaped convicts, and powerful warlords created as an unintended consequence of the federal government’s ill-advised use of mercenaries.
Under a Tell-Tale Sky is $0.99 for five days only, so grab your copy today and find out why for yourself why fans of all genres are starting to call this book ‘post-apocalyptic fiction at its very best!’ Still not convinced? Check out these comments from reader reviews (full reviews available on Amazon).
COMMENTS FROM READER REVIEWS
As a retired warrior (former Airborne Ranger and Federal Agent), and action novel enthusiast, I found this story plausible, captivating, and irresistible. Once I started reading, I couldn’t stop until I finished. I can hardly wait for the next installment. I was expecting something good with this book, but my expectations were surpassed! Excellent work!
David Doc Burns – Amazon – 5 Stars
There have been a fair number of post-apocalyptic novels recently; many with zombies, some without. Most, alas, tread the same well-worn path and are difficult to finish, let alone enjoy. Mr McDermott manages to avoid the worst of the cliches, and brings us a page-turner of a tale with several separate, interwoven threads, all involving very much alive characters.
Andrew Heenan – Amazon – 5 Stars
This was one of the best recreational reads I can remember. I’m a fan of David Baldacci, Brad Thor, Clive Cussler, and, back in the day, I was consistently entertained by John D. McDonald’s tales of Travis McGee. I think McDermott is right up there.
Keowee Harry – Amazon – 5 Stars
A distinct page-turner. Having lived through urban riots in Los Angeles and Seattle, I recognize the ever-present potential for civil collapse when anything goes just a bit wrong. Story reminds me of Watts 1965 on steroids.
S.A. Krueger – Amazon – 5 Stars
Well-researched, hard hitting and dramatic. Long, but needfully so, Mr. McDermott’s latest is the first of a series with easy-to-believe characters and more than the usual number of plot twists. Clearly a winner for those loving suspense and action.
Angel-7 – Amazon – 5 Stars
A marvelous read and this genre is not usually my cup of tea. Very human characters, both good and less so, and a well-constructed, realistic story line.
Mitch Rogers – Amazon – 5 Stars
Gripping. Fast paced. Suspenseful. Action packed. As in the Tom Dugan novels, R.E. McDermott really gets you to care about the characters in his story. He’s become one of my “Go To” authors on a list that includes Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, and Harry Turtledove. I can’t wait for the next installment to see what happens.
Ed Pauli – Amazon – 5 Stars
This is one of the BEST after-the-apocalypse novels I have read.
Dee – Amazon – 5 Stars
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R.E. McDermott grew up on the Gulf Coast and a seagoing career just came naturally. After graduation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, he sailed as a ship’s officer for a number of years and then spent a decade ashore in ship management before becoming an independent (i.e. self-employed) marine surveyor in 1986. Some years later he formed a company specializing in ship construction management and supervision. In his own words: “I’ve been a lot of places, seen interesting things, and lived for extended periods in both South America and the Far East (Singapore and China). By far the most interesting aspect of travel (and life in general) is the people you meet along the way, and I’ve had the good fortune to encounter a lot of interesting characters. Bits and pieces of some of them make their way into the characters of my novels. I write the type of stories I like to read. For me, that means ordinary people forced by circumstances into extraordinary situations. I dislike stories in which the hero is some combination of brain surgeon/nuclear physicist (or who has some equally far-fetched skill set) and who just coincidentally happens to be an ace helicopter pilot and a fifth degree black belt in several different martial arts. Like the rest of us mortals, my characters are normal people who screw up from time to time and have to live with the results.”
Witch at Heart: A Jinx Hamilton Witch Mystery Book 1 by Juliette Harper
About Witch at Heart: A Jinx Hamilton Witch Mystery Book 1by Juliette Harper
Jinx Hamilton has been minding her own business working as a waitress at Tom’s Cafe and keeping up with her four cats. Then she inherits her Aunt Fiona’s store in neighboring Briar Hollow, North Carolina and learns that her aunt has willed her some special “powers” as well. They say admitting you have a problem is the first step and Jinx has a major problem. She’s a brand new witch with no earthly clue what that means. Throw in a few homeless ghosts, a potential serial killer, and a resident rat and Jinx is almost at her wit’s end. Thankfully she has the unfailing support of her life-long BFF, Tori and it doesn’t hurt that there’s a hot guy living right next door.
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Juliette Harper is the pen name used by the writing team of Patricia Pauletti and Rana K. Williamson. As a writer, Juliette’s goal is to create strong female characters facing interesting, challenging, painful, and at times comical situations. Refusing to be bound by genre, her primary interest lies in telling good stories.
Six of Juliette’s series are currently available. The best-selling Lockwood Legacy, is a nine-book chronicle of the lives of three sisters who inherit a ranch in Central Texas following their father’s suicide. The first six novels appeared in 2015: Langston’s Daughters, Baxter’s Draw, Alice’s Portrait, Mandy’s Father, Irene’s Gift, and Jenny’s Choice. The seventh, Kate’s Journey, will be available early in 2016.
Descendants of the Rose is the first installment of the Selby Jensen Paranormal Mysteries. The second book, Lost in Room 636, will also be available in 2016. Selby’s business card reads “Private Investigator,” but to say the least, that downplays her real occupation where business as usual is anything but normal.
And don’t miss the hilariously funny “cozy” Study Club Mysteries, a light-hearted spin off of The Lockwood Legacy. Set in the 1960s, this series takes on the often-absurd eccentricities of small town life with good-natured, droll humor. The first book, You Can’t Get Blood Out of Shag Carpet, is already listed in the Amazon store with You Can’t Put a Corpse in a Parade coming soon.
Juliette has also made forays into the arena of short fiction arena with Before Marriage, a light, sweet romance and Langston’s Ghost, a short-story companion to The Lockwood Legacy books.
Fermata: The Winter is the first in a four-novella post-apocalyptic survival series. Five years after an unknown virus divided the world into the living and the dead, four survivors stumble into a winter sanctuary. Brought together by circumstance, but bound by the will to stay alive, a concert pianist and a girl from South Boston forge a friendship and a purpose to cope with their new reality.
Juliette’s newest series, The Jinx Hamilton Mysteries opens with Witch at Heart, a lighter paranormal tale featuring a heroine who possesses powers she never dreamed existed. Jinx has been minding her own business working as a waitress at Tom’s Cafe and keeping up with her four cats. Then she inherits her Aunt Fiona’s store in neighboring Briar Hollow, North Carolina and learns that her aunt has willed her special “powers” to Jinx as well. They say admitting you have a problem is the first step and Jinx has a major problem. She’s a new witch and she has no earthly clue what that means — until she’s given the opportunity to use her magic to do a good thing.
In Book 2, Witch at Odds, set to appear soon on Amazon, Jinx accepts her new life as a witch and is determined to make a success of both that and her new business. However, she has a great deal to learn. As the story unfolds, Jinx sets out to both study her craft and to get a real direction for her aunt’s haphazard approach to inventory. Although Jinx can call on Aunt Fiona’s ghost for help, the old lady is far too busy living a jet set afterlife to be worried about her niece’s learning curve. That sets Jinx up to make a major mistake and to figure out how to set things right again.
Forged Through Glory by DeZré Storm
About Forged Through Glory by DeZré Storm
Forged Through Glory is an erotic science-fiction action-adventure novel. Three characters (MMF) are brought together in a scientific research unit. They are sent on missions into interstellar space to collect and/or retrieve items of interest for the unit of government responsible for the housing, health and advancement of all modified humans throughout the galaxies.The team is brought together through duty, lust and destiny.
The novel explores the relationship of the heroine with one of the heroes but also leaves the reader intrigued with the second. Descriptive sexual encounters between characters set this book in the realm of erotica. However, deep woven plots, futuristic gadgets and space travel, as well as high powered and breathtaking action give the reader more than they can expect from a erotic novel.
This erotica book is available in ebook format.
SEDUCE ME SANTA!! by Albina Nahar
About SEDUCE ME SANTA!! by Albina Nahar:
Take a steamy sleigh ride with Sweet Prudence as she gives her all to save Christmas!
Prudence’s boudoir is always Santa’s favorite stop, but this year he’s vanished on the eve of their holiday hookup and Prudence knows he’d NEVER miss stuffing her stocking! Yuletide villainy is clearly afoot, and now it’s up to Prudence and her trusty BFF Veruca to rescue jolly Ole St. Nick. But to do it the gals have to jingle the bells of a lovelorn runaway elf, and cavort with a wooden soldier… who has plenty of wood! Then it’s off to Christmas Land where the reindeer fly and snowmen dance to battle the wicked and sultry Mrs. Claus. The halls are all decked with perils and pleasures in this hilarious Xmas-rated adventure.
All your favorite holiday clichés get a spicy makeover in a sensual holiday fantasy. SEDUCE ME SANTA!! is the perfect holiday treat to heat up a cold winter night, because when Prudence gets naughty… it’s oh so nice!
Great news! SEDUCE ME SANTA by Albina Nahar will be available for FREE on Amazon, Saturday December 5th and December 8th-11th.
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Canadian author and actress ALBINA NAHAR was born in Bangladesh and raised in Bangalore, India and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She appreciates just how taboo it is for a woman raised in such a traditional culture to write about sex. She embraces that dichotomy and hopes it inspires her readers to express their intimate desires more openly. She speaks fluent Hindi, Bengali and Urdu. She holds dual degrees in Psychology and Theatre & Performing Arts from the University of Toronto.
She’s an accomplished model and performer, winning the People’s Choice Award in the Miss Universe Canada competition. Her roles in independent films have graced the big screen at film festivals worldwide. She’s appeared in Maxim Magazine, commercials, music videos, short films and television shows including HBO’s Lingerie. Currently she’s developing her own original film projects. After starring in the cult comedy Sweet Prudence and the Erotic Adventure of Bigfoot she was inspired to further develop the film’s characters in her first novella Seduced by the Saucermen. Her second book The Keyhole explores the taboo world of underground sex clubs from a woman’s perspective. Her latest book Seduce Me Santa!! Is a steamy Sweet Prudence fun-fest.
Albina will continue exploring the world of literary erotica because, “I’ve had my fair share of challenges with relationships and I understand the struggle as I’m a very passionate lover. I find Women think more creatively when it comes to sex and if you unleash her mind and senses, there is no such thing as boring sex and faking orgasms.”
Roman Mask
Rome AD 9
Augustus Caesar rules Imperial Rome at the height of its power, as the Roman Empire stretches across the known world. Cassius, son of one of her most powerful families, is the personification of Rome’s imperial strength: wealthy, popular, a war hero with a decorated military career – none of Rome’s fashionable parties are complete without him – except, he hides a secret.
After his nerve is broken in Germany, the thought of genuine armed combat is enough to send him into a cold sweat of fear and shame. But this doesn’t dissuade him from living off a false reputation so he can continue a life of casual affairs, wine, and parties, as he is seduced by the many vices of Rome.
However his scandalous life is soon upset by a summons from the Emperor’s wife. It ends his happy decadent life and returns him to Germany to assist the Roman legions in their greatest ever trial, and the events that will resound down in history, in the dark forests of the Teutoburg…
“Brooke’s writing brings us both the decadence that eventually undermined and destroyed the seemingly invincible Romans, and the merciless military action that won Rome its mandate to rule in the first place.” Daily Mail – UK National Newspaper
“I loved this book. There’s no other way to say it. Filled with action and adventure, Roman Mask will keep you on the edge of your seat. Focused on a time that doesn’t always get a huge amount of attention in the historical fiction genre, author Thomas M.D. Brooke does such a fantastic job in drawing a picture of ancient Rome that when you look up from the novel you’ll wonder where your tunic is.” 5 Stars – Readersfavorite.com
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Thomas Brooke lives in London where he works in the exciting, and sometimes crazy, fashion world. He is also a committed writer and he spends as much time as he can in his beloved Northumbrian hills, where up until recently could be seen walking with his black Labrador Fergus, who sadly passed in January 2015. Fergus was a constant companion to the writing of the novel and prevented many writers’ tantrums.
As well as writing novels, he also writes a blog on both historical and fantasy genre novels.
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