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Published: Fri, 01/01/16
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Blood Stripe: The Susanna Marcasi Chronicles
About Blood Stripe: The Susanna Marcasi Chronicles:
(The book will be free on Kindle Jan 1-5, 2016)
Blood Stripe ignites with reports that a senior Marine officer has killed himself on the Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. It burns its way to Susanna Marcasi, an exiled Marine and Naval Academy alum, who battles dark forces to find truth. Her quest leads to a web of corruption and deceit. A physically and emotionally scarred Susanna finds herself toe-to-toe with Manfred Stahl, a retired Marine general, whom a cowering president has crowned defense secretary.
Stahl’s unabashed lust for power and emotional instability are eclipsed only by his vile and vindictive nature. Circumstances land the two on the deadly collision course they shared a lifetime earlier.
Sexual tension permeates an often violent backdrop. A risqué yet troubled senator satisfies her voracious need for sex with a Marine whom she summons even during meetings with foreign dignitaries. A megalomaniac with a penchant for South American prostitutes and Argentine tango, works naked in his office. Lost love reappears, but must battle brutal forces to survive.
Power proves an aphrodisiac to all, revealing an underlying tale of desire, yearning, and love—pure as well as demonic.
Amazon reviewer John Kelly in his critique of Blood Stripe writes: “Like a literary version of ‘A Few Good Men (and Women)’ on steroids, Gina Maria DiNicolo rips into your emotional core like a ‘kill shot’ from page one and never lets up for 217 pages. This book, not for the weak of heart, tells the story of strength, courage and no mercy in the most elite units of the U.S. Armed Forces.”
Grady Harp, a Top 100 Amazon Hall of Fame Reviewer calls Blood Stripe “One of the most controversial novels of the year. A brilliant thriller, a challenging and courageous novel, one that is headed for awards.”
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Baltimore native Gina Maria DiNicolo graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in history and an attraction to the unconventional. She accepted a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps where she worked in aviation, recruiting, history, and public affairs. As a fulltime author and historian, in addition to her two books, DiNicolo has written scores of articles for the Military Officer magazine and other publications. After publishing Blood Stripe, she sought to get her historian game on and accepted a one-year, work/study assignment as a senior writer/editor for the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C., producing studies on military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is a dancer specializing in Argentine Tango.
Double Mayhem
Seeing is Not Believing.
This highly rated action thriller romance introduces Doris Watson as a unique heroine. She is not a super spy, she is not a trained assassin. She is someone real and much more lethal, a smart woman pushed into a corner. They say for every person in the world there is a twin. For Doris Watson, that simple wisdom becomes a nightmare reality that threatens her and the ones she’s come to love. An ex-military engineer who leads a quiet life as an appliance designer, she is recruited to perform one uncomplicated task: take a handoff of secret plans from a Chinese agent who believes she is someone else. She accepts the assignment and the only person she can blame is herself. She opened the door. She said yes. Her lonely existence is shattered as headstrong men cross her path. Dangerous men with dangerous needs. Suddenly embroiled in mob killings, espionage, and police investigations, she has become a billion-dollar target of sadistic crooks, the FBI, the NSA, and her psychotic look-alike. It is up to her to protect herself and the mysterious psychic child who has been thrust into her life. No one is who they appear to be. No one is telling the truth, because the truth can make you dead. Forced to use all her training and wits, she must find a way to survive. Forced to uncover the secrets of her childhood, she must face a new reality. Some days you just shouldn’t answer the door.
Mystery, intriguing subplots, humor, heartwarming moments and a cast of highly memorable characters combine with a touch of the paranormal to weave a tapestry of memorable proportions in this contemporary jewel of romantic suspense.
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Sam Berretti was born and raised in the High Plains city of Lubbock, Texas. Cotton was king and oil wells and cattle were always close by. The land was as flat as his mother’s tattered ironing board and Spring was always ushered in with dust storms, tumble weeds and tornadoes. Sam moved to Florida to attend the University of Florida, met a woman who he says was gracious enough to allow him to marry her and raised two amazing children. Sam is an avid naturalist and photographer as well as an author. Although writing started at an early age and took many forms, mystery fiction has always been a favorite.
Saving Grace
Saving Grace kicks the Katie & Annalise series off with voodoo, laughs, and suspense. Think Stephanie Plum meets How Stella Got Her Groove Back in this free, best-selling mystery by USA Best Book award-winning author Pamela Fagan Hutchins. Saving Grace is a fan favorite with 2,041 reviews and a 4.4 rating on Amazon.
Katie Connell is a high-strung attorney whose sloppy drinking habits and stunted love life collide hilariously during a doomed celebrity case in Dallas. She flees Texas for the Caribbean and escapes professional humiliation, a broken heart, and a wicked Bloody Mary habit, but ends up trading one set of problems for another when she begins to investigate the suspicious deaths of her parents on the island of St. Marcos. She’s bewitched by the voodoo spirit of an abandoned house in the rainforest and discovers that she’s as much a danger to herself as the island’s bad guys are.
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Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes overly long emails, best-selling, award-winning mysteries (WINNER USA Best Book Award, Fiction: Cross Genre, Finalist) and hilarious nonfiction. The Houston Press named her as one of Houston’s Top 10 Authors (2014). She is a recovering attorney and investigator who resides deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and in the frozen north of Wyoming. Pamela has a passion for great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, traveling in the Bookmobile, and her Keurig.
Forgiveness Unforgettable by Nikki Lee Brannon
About Forgiveness Unforgettable by Nikki Lee Brannon
A chilling tale of a southern raised musician whose horrific childhood caused her great pain and distrust.Nikki Lee Brannon endured a life of extreme domestic violence fueled by alcoholism, sexual abuse, and poverty which fostered an atmosphere of complete chaos.Nikki was very fortunate to have an influential Christian mother who instilled the forgiveness of Christ into her life in spite of their daily struggle to survive the rage of her alcoholic father.
Take a walk into this riveting true story of terror,survival,faith and finally forgiveness as Nikki reveals explicit first-hand accounts of her memories.
This memoir is available in both print and ebook format. It is on sale from 1/1/2016 until 1/02/2016 for just 99 cents.
The Dinosaur Four by Geoff Jones
About The Dinosaur Four by Geoff Jones:
Ten strangers trapped in time…
A ticking sound fills the air as Tim MacGregor enters The Daily Edition Cafe, hoping to meet his new girlfriend for coffee. Moments later, the cafe is transported 67 million years into the past, along with everyone inside.
Time is running out as ten unlikely companions search for a way home, while one member of the group plots to keep them trapped in the past.
Who will survive?
Sink your teeth into this fast, fun sci-fi thriller with great characters, mysteries, surprises, and lots of dinosaur carnage.
4.0 out of 5 stars (450+ customer reviews)
$0.99 through January 3rd
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Now available at Audible and iTunes
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Geoff Jones graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado. His honors thesis was a novella about dragons taking over the world.
After graduation, Geoff worked as a video game designer, writing story and dialog for licenses such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Conan the Barbarian, LEGO, and Marvel Superheroes.
Geoff lives in Colorado with his wife and two daughters, and has begun work on his next novel, also about everyday folks trapped in an extraordinary (but quite different) situation.
Only in Vegas
Being Italian and being sexy is supposed to go hand in hand, but somewhere along the line twenty-six-year-old Angelina Rossi’s genes forgot their Italian love goddess heritage. And now everyone at her work knows what a failure she is as a woman thanks to her ex-boyfriend and co-worker at Sunset Travel who has given Angie the nickname of ‘Ice Princess’, claiming no man will ever thaw her.
Thirty-year-old business executive Trey Landers isn’t surprised by much his best friend and neighbor, Angelina Rossi, throws his way. But this time she throws him one hell of a curve ball. She not only wants him to accompany her on a business trip to Las Vegas, pretending to be her lover in front of her ex-boyfriend, she wants Trey to give her pointers on what it takes to seduce a man.
A man of his word, Trey’s fevered kisses in front of her ex has the ass regretting his decision to break up with Angie. Not that she’d ever consider going back to Rick. Especially after discovering true passion in Trey’s arms. With that passion comes the realization they’re no longer pretending as the lines of their longstanding friendship and newfound love begin to blur. If only what happened didn’t have to stay in Vegas.
Or does it?
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Romance author Lindsey Brookes is a four-time RWA Golden Heart finalist, as well as a past American Title III finalist, and winner of Harlequin’s Great American Romance Novel contest. She writes for Kensington Publishing, Amazon Publishing, and has indie-pubbed several of her young adult and adult contemporary romances. She is represented by Michelle Grajkowski with 3 Seas Literary Agency. Lindsey’s website: www.lindseybrookes.com
Strike of Lightning
WARNING: This book contains psychological triggers (abuse), if you are susceptible to these triggers please proceed with caution.
Utilising the tragic stories of true childhood experiences for many, this book weaves together tales of unimaginable pain and suffering as experienced by young Australians Michael, Sumaya and Charlie. Unexpected events see their lives changed forever as they are chosen by the Order of the Priori to join the fight for all that is good in the world.
The trio discover a deep, ancient and powerful presence lurking deep inside each of them. Having been transported from the western suburbs of Sydney to the Towers of Light, to be inducted and trained in the ways of the Priori, Michael, Charlie and Sumaya develop unbreakable bonds of friendship and kinship which only shared tragedy could forge. A dark prophecy is fulfilled when a member of the Priori is murdered setting loose a chain of events which will ultimately lead the world to a battle which will decide the fate of every human for generations to come.
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M. F. C. Assoum was born and raised in Sydney, Australia in 1989. He attended The University of Sydney where he completed a Bachelors of Science in 2011 and a Masters of International Public Health with Dissertation in 2013. He the attended The University of Queensland in Brisbane where he is currently completing his PhD in infectious diseases in child populations.
His love for writing and culture have taken him on journeys around the world, where he travelled to remote, untouched communities to learn of their stories and traditions. These experiences are captured in his works.
HELP ME!
A novella about a boy named Mick and his struggles with life. His parent’s divorce and a friend’s suicide make his world unbearable. Each “cut” has a deeper meaning. A cry for help.
“I spin my dad’s Ruger SP101 revolver on the wood floor of my bedroom. Sometimes, just to see what it feels like, I place the tip of the gun against my temple, but I never once pull the trigger. NO!”
“I’m more into the slice of the blade against my skin and the blood running down my arm.”
“It relieves so much pressure.”
“And I can breathe again…”
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Donna M. Zadunajsky started out writing children’s books before she accomplished and published her first novel, Broken Promises, in June 2012. She then has written several more novels and her first novella, HELP ME!, which is a subject about suicide and bullying.
Her third novel Family Secrets, “Secrets and Second Chances”, which is first in a series she is writing, was given a publishing contract through California Times Publishing.
The Zee Brothers : Curse of the Zombie Omelet
About The Zee Brothers : Curse of the Zombie Omelet:
This is the first story featuring the Zee Brother’s in which they meet the love of their lives, JJ and her magical puppy, Xanadu. They uncover the secrets of an ancient indian curse involving a zombie omelet, wait, amulet. They fail to rescue their first client of the day and end up keeping him as a pet instead.
All of this takes place in the small gated community of Winter Oaks, AZ, built atop the tribal burial ground of the Pakatini Tribe and right next to the county dump. Awakened when the obnoxious president of the home owners association disturbs an ancient artifact, the zombies return from their graves to reclaim their amulet.
Arriving in their extermination truck loaded with weapons and their strangely premonitory Magic 8-ball shifter, the brothers quickly get to work. Bodies and brains explode as they seek the answers to end the ancient zombie curse before it leads to a full on Zombie Apocalypse.
Before it is over, Jonah, Judas & JJ teach us about Zombie Bondage, Zombie Dental Hygiene & The Wonders of Orgasms and Chocolate, all while surviving being the target of an ever growing number of newly awakened undead.
Aided by JJ’s mysterious dog, the brother’s manage to get the amulet, but not before Jonah is marked for death by the Pakatini’s High Priest. It is going to take more than their really big gun, that they affectionately refer to as DeeDee, to get them out of this one.
Filled with nods to zombie pop culture, this book will keep you entertained and leave you smiling.
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The thing I love most about writing is being able to take people on an adventure. To take them to places they never would have gone before. That’s the heart and joy of writing for me, knowing that I get to share the little pieces of the world I have experienced and to entertain, scare and make laugh those who choose to read along.
I like reading all kinds of books, so my writing influences are varied. Everything from Stephen King to Arthur Conan Doyle, Tom Clancy, Terry Brooks, Terry Pratchett, Robert Kirkman, Brian K. Vaughn and so much more.
I also enjoy all kinds of music, but tend to lean toward bands on the heavy end of the spectrum like System of a Down, Frostbite and Tool, but frequently when I am writing you will hear things like cello’s or violins coming from my headphones.
When I’m not writing I am either working or adventuring with the love of my life and my muse. We have a great life together and many of our adventures and experiences end up directly influencing the direction of the stories I write.
Cognata
From The #1 Bestselling Author of Nyxe, comes Cognata – The Latest Vampire Romance Novel like no other.
Discover Vampires in a New, Extraordinary Premiere.
Vampires are not what you think. They aren’t your friends. They’re not supposed to be your lovers. Welcome to the dark world of true nightwalkers, where feeding on blood, will be the least of your worries.
Sam, a former writer finally meets his online girlfriend Alexia in person, but she unveils a dark secret – she’s a living, breathing vampire. Torn between his love for her and the inability to believe her outlandish claims, he finds himself driven by his heart to uncover the forbidden truths behind Alexia, and the shadow world she’s dabbled in that has secretly controlled mankind since the dawn of our modern civilization.
So, is she insane or is this all for real? Toss her perfect features aside and maybe, it’s a bit of both. Sam is about to find himself right at the beginning of a no-brakes rollercoaster that might just end up costing him his life, all because of his, aching, blood-soaked heart.
Silly humans…
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Amadea: One Spring in France by Michelle Granas
About Amadea: One Spring in France by Michelle Granas:
“A quick, entertaining, wonderful story”—Amazon review. Amadea takes a job as companion to an elderly aristocrat in the Pyrenees and becomes involved in the problems of a scholarly alcoholic, a thug, and a charming lawyer. This is a story of unusual friendships and the value of saying no. On Amazon bestseller lists and FREE with Kindle Unlimited.
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Michelle Granas is a writer and translator living in Warsaw. Her novels include Zaremba, or Love and the Rule of Law, Swans Are Fat Too, and Amadea.
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