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Published: Tue, 05/17/16

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Wrong then Right by Jodi Watters  

Wrong-Then-Right-2016-EbookAbout Wrong then Right by Jodi Watters

Hope Coleson is having a doozy of a day.
Wrongly terminated from her menial waitressing job? Check
Abruptly evicted from her run down apartment with prime views of the graffiti painted dumpster? Double check.
Thoroughly bedded by a smoking hot man with smooth moves and zero communication skills? Triple X check.
And it doesn’t end there. Estranged family members are showing up like bad pennies, her precious savings account has been wiped clean, and she may or may not have a stalker.
So what’s a desperate girl to do, but try her hand at love?

Retired Navy SEAL Beckett Smith doesn’t make mistakes.
Yes, he drinks his way to the bottom of a beer bottle or six, on one too many occasions.
Sure, he’s a well educated man who prefers to communicate at a level only slighter higher than your average poodle.
And yeah, he lost his legendary control and slept with his boss’s sister, stripping her of more than just her clothes before making a quick getaway.
Only it doesn’t end there. Isolation isn’t providing the peace he’s seeking, the boss he considers a friend is ready to hand him a beat down and a pink slip, and the girl he can’t stop thinking about is suddenly parked on his doorstep.
So what’s a jaded guy to do, but take a chance on love?

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Author Bio:
My love for steamy romance began when I was in junior high. A friend and I came upon a dumpster of discarded paperbacks behind our small town’s Ben Franklin store. The covers were missing and each book was torn in two, split right down the center of the spline, but I found that to be no obstacle as I scanned each page looking for any love or lust words—and curse words, too. It wasn’t long before I was scouring the public library and our local discount store, devouring anything labeled romance. I said a tearfully grateful goodbye to Judy Bloom as Jackie Collins began ruling my world.

I live with my high school sweetheart turned husband and our three, beloved DVR’s, in the desert Southwest. Otherwise known as the surface of the sun during the summer months.

My life long goals are to think before I speak, smile more and swear less, and actually weigh what my driver’s license states I do. And I have been contemplating a hair color change for the last decade. I’m thinking red.

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The Grass Sweeper God  

aegis-strife-final-book-cover-1600x2400-for-smashwords-uploadgrass-sweeper-god-cover-1600-001About The Grass Sweeper God:

Sixteen-year-old Smiley Hanlon is a young woman trapped in a young man’s body. In the 1950’s Appalachia coal fields of Solitude, Virginia, Smiley is placed in the “Mentally Retarded Class” because he is effeminate and wears a blouse and saddle shoes to school.

Smiley is backed by his best friend, Lee Moore who protects Smiley from a father and many townspeople who hate him. Smiley has dreams of becoming an entertainer. Raised by his aunt in a juke joint, as a child Smiley sings and dances on the Formica bar top into the wee hours. Chosen as the female lead, Dorothy, in a new town production called Dorothy of Oz Coal Camp, his dream is being realized. The triumph of the play and his dream is sabotaged by his father and classmate bullies culminating in a tragic and horrific moment that changes both Smiley and Lee, forever.

Smiley and Lee flee to NYC. They learn that prejudice is prejudice whether in the coal fields of Virginia or on the streets of NYC. Smiley suffers at the hands of his real mother who is a religious zealot. She tries to change who Smiley is because he is a boil on the body of Christ. Lee suffers at the hands of psychologists who practice Aversion Therapy-electric shock treatment to cure his homosexuality.

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Both Smiley and Lee become forces of change as do countless others. In 1969, Smiley Hanlon and his friend, Lee emerge as leaders of a gay revolution, The Stonewall Riots. The riots are vicious but the real battle will be won or lost on another continent: Solitude, Virginia.

The Grass Sweeper God is a force of nature that flows through all things…straightens out that which is bent…which is sick…

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Author, Doug Howery penned the novel with insight into his own struggle for sexual identity and personal tragedy. His mother committed suicide in 1982, blaming her two sons’ sexual identity in a letter, and declaring herself a martyr for intolerance and social bigotry. She referred to her own sons as “Gutter Rats that Could Rot in Hell” and represents the hate and mistrust that have plagued society.



Clara’s Return by Suzanna J. Linton  

ClarasReturn2_Final-FJM_Mid_Res_1000x1500About Clara’s Return by Suzanna J. Linton:

Clara, lost and disillusioned from the civil war, hopes to discover answers about her lineage and abilities in the quiet village of Bluebell, where she once lived before being sold into slavery. However, as she and the Captain of the Royal Guard make their journey, a new threat to the kingdom arises in the form of a traitor.

Patiently brewing since the fall of the sorceror-king Marduk, there are careful plans now coming to fruition. Riots break out, a giant is sighted, and double agents quietly take their places. King Emmerich’s struggles with his new role and his ever-present nightmares leave him feeling inadequate to the task. What he needs most is Clara.

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Author Bio:
Suzanna J. Linton grew up in rural South Carolina, reading books and listening to stories. After encountering Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, she was inspired to become an author. Her dream was to be traditionally published but months of rejection letters led to her flinging her novel into the sea of indie publishing.

Linton continues to live in South Carolina with her husband and their assorted pets. Clara’s Return is the sequel to her debut novel, Clara.



Roped In  

RopedIn_Final-ebooksmAbout Roped In:

Who says a wild heart can’t be tamed?

For years, I lived for the job and let it control me. Violence was all I knew. I protected, killed, and served. My name is Blake Evans, one of the best undercover cops in the country. I thought I was about to live a quiet life on my ranch in Wyoming until an old friend showed up and changed everything. He brought me her, Hadley Rivers, country music sensation and the one woman I couldn’t have. I didn’t want her but she had me completely roped in.

My job is to protect her, to keep her away from some psycho who wants her for himself. However, there’s more to her story than I was led to believe. I promised to keep her safe and I won’t back down . . . even if I have to die trying. I can’t let him have her.

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, L.P. Dover, is a southern belle residing in North Carolina along with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she even began her literary journey she worked in Periodontics enjoying the wonderment of dental surgeries.

Not only does she love to write, but she loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes, white water rafting, and you can’t forget the passion for singing. Her two number one fans expect a concert each and every night before bedtime and those songs usually consist of Christmas carols.

Aside from being a wife and mother, L.P. Dover has written countless novels including her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances series, the Gloves Off series, the Armed and Dangerous series, the Royal Shifters series, and her standalone novel, Love, Lies, and Deception. Her favorite genre to read is romantic suspense and she also loves writing it. However, if she had to choose a setting to live in it would have to be with her faeries in the Land of the Fae.

 



Selah’s Sweet Dream  

feathered-quillAbout Selah’s Sweet Dream:

Twelve-Year-Old SELAH (Say-la) aspires to be an equestrian superstar. That would require a horse. HER DILEMMA: Grandpa wants nothing to do with horses. THEN: Selah sees buzzards circling the grasslands behind Grandpa’s farm. They are stalking a horse trapped in wire and Selah is its only hope. DANGEROUS: The horse is wild and defiant – jeopardizing Selah’s dreams. FOILED: The legal owner searched for the horse for two years and wants it back. BUT: Selah is confident that God will provide her heart’s desire. MEMORIES: Grandpa shows Selah a video, from long ago, of a phenomenal equestrian. Selah declares that she wants to be like her and Grandpa explains the rider was her grandmother. HOPE: A world renowned horse trainer offers to train SweetDream and Selah. FOILED AGAIN: Her parents could ruin everything unless Sweet Dream’s unruly behavior ruins it first. LOST: Selah’s opportunity to mirror the equestrian talent of her renowned grandmother evaporates when the horse causes mayhem at the trainer’s facility. NEVER GIVE UP: Will Selah gather her courage and face up to the trainer to save her aspirations?

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As a young girl, The Black Stallion series captivated me. Ownership of a real horse was beyond my grasp, so I consumed horse books. I am still a devoted student of equine training techniques of all disciplines and an avid equestrian.

The only thing more fun than riding horses is writing stories about them.
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An Elf’s Homecoming (The Goldenfell Saga – Book 1) by Laurie Cook  

An-Elfs-HomecomingAbout An Elf’s Homecoming (The Goldenfell Saga – Book 1) by Laurie Cook:

The Elven warrior Thomaline, had long been living in the world of Men, alone and in disguise. Her latest mission for her Lord had gone awry, resulting in her being injured and taken captive by bandits, until a lone Man stepped in to save her life. The night Brandt came upon the scene of an ambush in the woods changed his life forever. She would feel the need to answer a Call to return to her home while he was looking for adventure. Together they would undertake the long journey to Thomaline’s homeland of Goldenfell. It would lead them into unexpected danger, but the true reason for Thomaline being recalled home was something that neither expected.

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Laurie Cook is a new Canadian author of epic fantasy and mystery novels. After retirement, she began to write the types of novels she loves to read. Growing up on the family farm in Saskatchewan and later in her own rural life, she has gathered many memories of the numerous pets and other animals with which she has filled her life. She likes to includes elements of these stories in her novels. Laurie likes to include a little mystery in her fantasy stories and a little fantasy in her mysteries. When she is not writing, Laurie tries to keep busy with her pets, reading and many hand crafts. She lives with her husband, two cats and a dog.



Rock Hard  

COVER_FINAL_Rock_hardAbout Rock Hard:

Alex

He’s cocky, arrogant, and a total player. So why do I find him so irresistible?

I’m a good girl, not one of those groupie, bimbos that are constantly throwing themselves at him.

Is it the rock hard abs? His rugged good looks and the way he’s so sure he’s going to make me his — or is it our secret past?

Not many people know, but Tommy King had a crush on me back in high school, when he was Tommy McPherson. He asked me to the dance and then disappeared, formed his band and went on the road, leaving me to wonder for years.

And now he’s a celebrity, and I’m a struggling photography assistant assigned to document his U.S. tour.

Is the Tommy I remember still in there, or is he just a vain, egotistical jerk now? I guess there’s only one way to find out…

Tommy King

I never thought I’d see Alex again, but when she burst into my dressing room before the photoshoot, I knew I had to have her.

I had my eye on her back in high school, but I never got a chance to follow through. I ran away from home, formed the band, and the rest is history. Since then my life has been nothing but righteous babes and rock n’ roll.

No kids. No commitments. That’s my motto.

But something about Alex makes my head spin.

She’s sweet, professional…innocent. She’s everything the girls I get with aren’t, and it’s driving me wild, and no matter how hard she tries to deny it, I know she still wants me.

We never got to finish what we started – Hell, we never even got our start. But now she’s back, and she’s not going anywhere.

Rock Hard is a bad boy/rockstar/second chance romance with a VERY ALPHA-MALE, fiery romance with a dose of steam, and a HEA!

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Autumn Avery is just a gal who likes writing romance. Loves bad boys, second chances and fiery main characters.



Transformed: San Francisco by Suzanne Falter & Jack Harvey  

Transformed-cover-thumbnailAbout Transformed: San Francisco by Suzanne Falter & Jack Harvey:

Charley McElroy is a handsome, well-heeled travel writer and CIA informant who also happens to be an F-to-M transman. And he’s been recently benched by the Agency for not paying his taxes. On the other side of San Francisco, Electra, a Manhattan socialite-turned-dominatrix has just arrived to rebuild her life. Meanwhile Frankie is a lesbian police sergeant on the outs with the SFPD and trying to recover from the death of her wife. Against all odds, the three meet and uncover a Christian fundamentalist’s plot to destroy the ‘hedonists’ of San Francisco. Together, they set out to foil the terrorist’s plot – but can they get anyone to listen to them? Or are they on their own? Find out in this fast, funny thriller filled with San Francisco’s spectacular scenery and inimitable, quirky characters.

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Suzanne Falter is a lesbian author, speaker and blogger who has published both fiction and non-fiction. Her first novel, was Doin’ the Box Step (Random House.) Her non-fiction titles include How Much Joy Can You Stand? and Living Your Joy (both Ballantine) and more recently, Surrendering to Joy. Suzanne’s online writing and videos can be found on Facebook, Google +, YouTube, Pinterest and on her blog at www.suzannefalter.com. Suzanne lives with her partner in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Following retirement from a successful career on Wall Street in corporate finance and venture capital, Jack Harvey has turned his attention to fiction and the increasingly popular area of gender dynamics. In his first novel, Transformed, he is partnering with his cousin, author Suzanne Falter. Jack and his wife have two grown daughters and live in Manhattan and Connecticut.



Played: A Gaming The System Box Set by Brenna Aubrey  

Played-AmazonAbout Played: A Gaming The System Box Set by Brenna Aubrey:

The PLAYED trilogy follows the story of tech millionaire Adam Drake and proud geek-girl Mia Strong, from their first scandalous meeting to the love of a lifetime. This boxset contains the first three books in the bestselling Gaming The System series. At Any Price, At Any Turn, and At Any Moment.

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Brenna Aubrey is a USA TODAY Bestselling Author of contemporary romance stories that center on geek culture.

She has always sought comfort in good books and the long, involved stories she weaves in her head. Brenna is a city girl with a nature-lover’s heart. She therefore finds herself out in green open spaces any chance she can get. She’s also a mom, teacher, geek girl, Francophile, unabashed video-game addict & eBook hoarder.

She currently resides on the west coast with her husband, two children, two adorable golden retriever pups, a bird and some fish.

 



The Art of Staying Dead by Joel Hames  

JB-Cover-TheArtofStayingDead-Final-ShrunkAbout The Art of Staying Dead by Joel Hames:

“A non-stop thriller that gets your heart racing from page one and doesn’t let up until the end. Fans of Connelly, Child or Grisham will love this book.”

A prisoner who doesn’t exist.
A lawyer who doesn’t care.
A secret buried for thirty years.

Sam Williams’ idea of an important decision is whether to have another kebab for lunch. He’s spent ten years running away from other people’s pain, and he’s learned not to look back. Sam needs a client, and for a human rights lawyer with a flexible conscience and an impatient landlord, a high security prison seems a decent bet to find one. But now the bodies are mounting up, the decisions are getting serious, and the pain isn’t someone else’s any more.

Someone wants him dead, the police would like a word, and there’s nowhere left in London to hide. If Sam wants to stay alive, he’s going to have to stop running and figure out why.

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Joel Hames lives in rural Lancashire, England, with his wife and two daughters, where he works hard at looking serious and pretending to be a proper novelist. Joel writes what he wants, when he wants to (which by coincidence is when the rest of the family choose to let him). His first novel, Bankers Town, was published in 2014, and The Art of Staying Dead followed in 2015.



The Irish End Games, 1-3  

NewIrishEG123About The Irish End Games, 1-3:

The first three books of the Irish End Games take an average American family and puts them in the middle of a post-apocalyptic meltdown in a rural setting in Ireland. Free Falling shows the family “when the bomb drops” and how they’re able to learn what they need to do to survive. Going Gone continues their story when Sarah is brutally taken from the home she has created in Ireland and risks life, limb and much more to return to her family. Heading Hometells the story of rescue finally coming–and how that turns into the biggest upheaval of all.
These books are thrilling page-turners that will have you stocking your pantry for the apocalypse and wondering how well you really know your neighbors.

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Susan Kiernan-Lewis takes her passions–horses, France, cooking, travel, and writing–and puts them in novels that always involve an adventurous protagonist faced with the challenge of new and often dangerous situations. Her popular fiction series include the Maggie Newberry Mysteries set in France, the dystopian Irish End Games, the Mia Kazmaroff Mysteries, and the Ella Out of Time historical romance time travel series.

 



The Beast of the North  

THE-BEAST-OF-THE-NORTH-COMPLETEAbout The Beast of the North:

In this medieval dark fantasy action novel we follow thieves Maskan and Sand in their quest to survive the wrath of a king. The Nine Worlds have been sundered from each other and the gods during the goddess Hel’s War thousands of years ago, but in the land of Midgard the years have passed relatively peacefully.

For Red Midgard, times are changing, however. The harsh, freedom-loving northern land faces the animosity of the mighty High King, but also a threat of war with its few allies, as King Morag is rumored to look for any reason to go to war with his allies. Maskan and Sand, thieves of Dagnar, discover a web of conspiracies to topple the king before it is too late, and soon, they have a good reason to tie their fates with those who would fight the king.

But not all is as it seems, and layers of truths and lies make the road dark and dangerous. Our heroes must navigate very murky waters of betrayal, elemental magic, love, and loyalty to save their land and to find revenge.

“Just loved this book! The story is absolutely amazing, all the twists and turns (sometimes quite surprising results) – marvellous! I wonder what Maskan and his companions get into next 🙂 This book is a must read if you like fantasy, I’m already waiting for the next part” – Amazon customer.

The Beast of the North is a 2015 bestselling medieval dark fantasy book based on norse mythology

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Alaric Longward was born 1970, which makes him as old as computer floppy disks. Do not worry if you don’t know what they are.

Throughout his childhood, he found himself curiously attracted to books. This strange hobby did not take anything away from the computer gaming and occasional sports, but the books stayed and the wonderful stories that could be found in his father’s vast library would inspire him throughout his life to appreciate the power of story telling. He loved history, fantasy, and sci-fi.

As time moved on, he graduated from the university with a degree of Master of Political Science, dreamed of a career in diplomacy and ended up making computer games in Nokia N-Gage. He stayed on after the demise of the first serious swing at mobile gaming, and worked as a senior manager and product manager in ICT sector for over a decade, specialising in internet services, innovation solutions, and crowdsourcing.

One day he decided to drive his family nuts, and quit his job to become an author. Now, as a bestselling author of eight books, he hopes to provide you with exciting adventure stories. He is a dad, a husband, and a full time author.



A Shadowed Spirit  

Shadowed-Spirit-coverSmallAbout A Shadowed Spirit:

She used to be called Emelyn. She used to be nobody. Now she is Siyan–a creature of magic known as an And’estar. But Siyan doesn’t understand what that means, just as she can’t control the power that has woken within her.

Addigan worked her entire life to master the Art of magic and become a respected Magister, only to fail her final test. Scarred and desperate to prove her worth, Addigan pursues rumors of trees of power and a mysterious people called And’estar.

When Siyan heads into the dense and dangerous forest searching for answers, she doesn’t realize Addigan is coming for her. In this twisting chase of hunter against hunted, Addigan must choose how far she is willing to go to prove herself. And Siyan must let go of everything she knows–and everything she loves–if she is to gain control over her power. Even if it kills her.

In a journey that follows the intertwined lives of two women, A Shadowed Spirit is a mystical tale that redefines the boundaries between life and death, dreams and reality, and what one is willing to sacrifice to achieve the happiness she seeks.

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Sara C. Snider was born and raised in northern California before making the move to Sweden at age 25. She is a published author of two fantasy novels—The Thirteenth Tower and A Shadowed Spirit—and the dark fantasy novella, The Forgotten Web, which won best novella in the 2015 Lyra Contest. She has a bachelor’s degree in Archives and Information Science that is largely being ignored as she pursues writing full-time.

Sara’s writing is heavily influenced by nature where she likes to explore the relationship between man and a greater wild world. Her stories sometimes venture into the surreal and metaphysical, while other times remaining quirky and light-hearted.

When she’s not writing, Sara loves wandering out in the woods, puttering around in the kitchen, and spending far too much time playing video games.



Death At A Diner  

A-Murder-In-Milburn-Book-1-Death-At-A-Diner-COVERAbout Death At A Diner:

Nora Newberry has been working to make her dreams come true and finally, after 10 years, it’s time! She’s moved back to her hometown of Milburn, Wyoming, and, together with her lifelong best friend, Raquel Madden, is opening the diner they’ve been planning since high school. Life couldn’t be better…and it’s time to celebrate!

Sadly, the celebration doesn’t last long. Just three days before the diner is set to open its doors, Raquel is found murdered. And with no clear motive and little cooperation from the townspeople, Nora is thrown into a murder investigation that just may cause her to lose her own life.

Death At A Diner is the first book in Nancy McGovern’s new culinary cozy mystery series, “A Murder In Milburn”. Book 2, Death Of A Deputy, is also available on Amazon!

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I’m a mother, wife, homemaker, pet lover, teacher, reader, writer, drinker of tea & wine (depending on the time of day) and sleep-deprived dreamer.


 
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