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Tokyo Black (Thomas Caine Series) by Andrew Warren  

TBsmallAbout Tokyo Black (Thomas Caine Series) by Andrew Warren

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A burned assassin must stop a yakuza cult from igniting an international conflict!

Thomas Caine lives in the shadows. Betrayed and left for dead, he has put his past as a CIA assassin behind him. Now, he makes a meager living as a smuggler, and hides from his dark past in the seedy underworld of Pattaya, Thailand.

But when local gangsters set him up for a crime he didn’t commit, he finds himself back in the clutches of the CIA. His old masters make him an offer he can’t refuse: rot in a hellish Thai prison, or accept a dangerous mission in the neon-lit metropolis of Tokyo, Japan.

As he hunts the city for a CIA asset’s missing daughter, he soon learns there is more to this assignment than meets the eye. Yakuza thugs, Japan’s Security Bureau, and even rogue CIA operatives all stand between him and his objective.

And looming in the shadows is Tokyo Black: a right wing terrorist cult whose members demonstrate their loyalty by burning their yakuza tattoos from their skin. This monstrous cabal is hunting the same girl as Caine, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake.

Can Thomas Caine defeat this fanatical enemy, before they ignite an international conflict that could kill thousands?

Tokyo Black is a high-octane thriller that takes readers on an action-packed ride filled with gun battles, car chases, and fascinating characters and locations. Fans of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher will love Thomas Caine! Reviews for the first book in the series say “A burning page turner! Swift and intense! If you like ACTION… Caine and Warren are your team!”

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Author Bio:
Andrew Warren was born in New Jersey, and studied film, English and psychology at the University of Miami. He has over a decade of experience in the television and motion picture industry, where he has worked as a post production supervisor, story producer, and writer. He currently lives in Southern California.



Time of the Draig by Lisa Dawn Wadler  

The-Draigs-Woman-400_edited-2About Time of the Draig by Lisa Dawn Wadler

In an attempt to save the world from destruction, physicist Major Samantha Sykes, opens a door in time. Her plan to travel into the past to change the future has unexpected consequences. Trapped in 11th century Scotland, her mission is complicated by the love she never knew she was seeking.

Laird Faolan of the Draig clan has one desire: to claim the woman who fell through time and make her his. He will do everything in his power to convince Samantha that she belongs with him for all time.

Opening the door in time brings Samantha and Faolan together. Fate, destiny, and responsibility are at odds. The forces that brought them together may be their undoing.

Will their love survive Samantha’s journey back to her world to save time, or will the centuries that stretch between them tear them apart?

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Pianist in a Bordello  

PIANIST-IN-A-BORDELLO4About Pianist in a Bordello:

Pianist in a Bordello

What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth?
Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just days before the election.
And what a life he’s had. Born in a commune and named Richard Milhous Nixon Youngblood as an angry shot at his absent father, Richard grows up in the spotlight, the son of an enigmatic fugitive and the grandson of a Republican senator. He’s kidnapped and rescued, kicked out of college for a prank involving turkeys, arrested in Hawaii while trying to deliver secrets to the CIA…Dick Nixon Youngblood’s ready to tell all.
He’ll even tell his readers about the Amandas—three women who share a name but not much else, and who each have helped shape and define the man he’s become.
Are voters really ready for the whole truth?
Are you?
Pianist in a Bordello is a hilarious political romp through the last four decades of American history, from a narrator who is full of surprises.

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Mike C. Erickson grew up in the idyllic college town of Logan, Utah, but because of a twist of fate he graduated from high school in Honolulu. He left Hawaii brimming with aloha and enrolled at Utah State, where he was awarded two degrees and self-proclaimed minor intellectual status, which was of dubious value when the US Army invited him to vacation in South-East Asia. Ten days after leaving Vietnam, he began decades of dispensing pearls of wisdom as a high school history teacher, academic decathlon coach, and on occasion, as a community college instructor in the Sacramento area. Mike and his wife Trudy, have two grown sons and a grandson born soon after this novel is published. When not in Hawaii or another exotic locale, they live in Gold River, California. This is his first novel.



I Wanted only to Live  

IOnlyWantedToLiveAbout I Wanted only to Live:

A unique account of a boy’s struggles to survive the Holocaust. The epic history is narrowed down to the struggle of a single boy nicknamed Leosz to survive the war. From age 7 to age 13, he endures all the horrors that the Holocaust brings upon the Jewish people. Life hangs on split-second timing, decision-making in impossibly cruel circumstances, incredible resourcefulness, luck and the help of others, even Germans.

In the Krakow Ghetto, Leosz is saved from three mass deportations to the death camps. He escapes the ghetto, survives for several weeks pretending to be a

Polish street child, and then goes into hiding. Although sentenced to die after being caught, he is instead miraculously reunited with his family in the Plaszow labor camp. A year later, father and son become slave laborers in the Gozen 2 camp in Austria, where his father perishes. Close to death himself, Leosz is finally liberated by the American army on May 5th, 1945.

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Arie Tamir, nicknamed Leosz, was born in Poland to a well-to-do family. World War II breaks out when he is all of seven years old, and for the next six years he undergoes all the levels of hell that the Holocaust brought upon the Jewish people.

The family first attempts to escape to eastern Poland. They reach in turn two cities – Lvov and Lublin which are heavily bombed. They then run to a village in which they spend several weeks and encounter the German army for the first time. Deciding to return to their home-town of Krakow, they spend the next year and a half living in an area full of German families. This German environment protects the family from harassment and anti-Jewish pogroms. During this time, Leosz lives in an illusion of being in one long adventure and even pretends at times to be a German child.

In March 1941, the family is forced into the Krakow Ghetto, where they live for the next two years Leosz undergoes an accelerated maturation process, learns to smuggle food and fight for his life, and is saved from three mass deportations to the death camps that catch most of his beloved aunts, uncles and cousins. With the liquidation of the ghetto in March 1943, when he is not even 11 years old, Leosz escapes alone, survives for several weeks while pretending to be a Polish street kid, and then hides for several months with a Christian family. At the end, he is caught and brought to the Plaszow labor camp to be executed. Miraculously, he manages to escape this death sentence as well, and is reunited with his father, mother and sister, who are all in the camp working as slave laborers.

For a year, he lives in Plaszow, battling daily to eat enough and survive. During this time, Leosz is saved from two “Actions” specifically aimed at catching children and sending them to their deaths. In August 1944, he is separated from his mother and sister and taken to the Gozen 2 camp in Austria together with his father.

Gozen 2 turns out to be human meat grinder, where torture, starvation, extremely hard labor, beatings and murder are the way of life. Leosz’s father is killed in this hell. Several weeks before the end of the war, Leosz is brought along with a group of other prisoners to a kind of secondary death camp right next to Mauthausen. Due to a lot of luck, good people, and resourcefulness, Leosz survives until the end of the war.

On May 5th, Leosz is freed by the American army, recovers quickly, returns to life, and enjoys his freedom with all his heart, mind and soul.



Life in a Nowhere Town (Sing Out 1)  

SO-Book-1-MediumAbout Life in a Nowhere Town (Sing Out 1):

The hit reality show, Singing Sensation, promises to make its winners big stars – but all Conor Gillis wants is to get out of his small town. It’s not the sort of place where a quiet, eighteen-year-old who loves the Beatles and playing guitar can expect to fit in.

Conor’s also pretty sure he’s the only gay person in town.

Well, except for one other person…

Derek Folsom is the kind of bad influence parents warn you about. He’s tough, rough, and always looking for a fight. He’s the last person anyone would suspect of being gay, in fact he’s likely to punch anyone who does suspect it. So why is he suddenly so interested in Conor?

Conor’s pinning all his hopes on auditioning for a TV show. It’s his only chance to realize his dreams, and escape all of these confusing feelings. But will he be able to find his voice… and his true self?

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Author Bio:
A writer-for-hire for more than ten years, Hanna Dare now writes what she loves to read: well-written, character-driven stories of men exploring their identities and discovering their own unique kind of happily ever afters… usually through sexytimes. Find Hanna on the internet enjoying pretty pictures, procrastination and caffeinated beverages.



Last Stop: Paris  

Last-Stop-Paris-Cover-LARGE-EBOOK-3About Last Stop: Paris:

“An exhilarating journey that will satisfy the most avid thriller reader” – Kirkus Reviews

The thrilling sequel to TREASURE OF SAINT-LAZARE

A full-throttle adventure through modern Europe and the Mediterranean … that’s part thriller, part mystery, and all rollicking ride.

The thrilling sequel to Treasure of Saint-Lazare. Book 2 of the Eddie Grant Series.

Pearce again accomplishes every thriller writer’s aim: creating characters that the readers can root for and a believable, fast-paced storyline. The climax and denouement bring the storylines together neatly, but fans will see that there may yet be room for another book in the series.

When readers last saw Eddie Grant in Treasure of Saint-Lazare (2012), he was hot on the trail of Nazi war loot in the company of his on-again, off-again lover, Jen. As readers return to Eddie’s shadowy world of undercover deals and thugs in the employ of crime bosses, they find a quieter, more mature Eddie, now married to Aurélie, a scholar of some note, and living in pleasant domestic bliss. Onto this romantic scene come several of Eddie’s friends, who alert him to suspicious activity within his social circle, involving a man with criminal intentions and an interest in gold. Shortly afterward, a mysterious murder implicates another character from Eddie’s past. As he looks into the matter, Aurélie soon finds herself in danger; at the same time, Jen reappears in Eddie’s life, and he’s simultaneously drawn to her and eager to avoid falling into bed with her again. Soon, he and his comrades must track down another ring of criminals and protect themselves from fatal retribution.

˃˃˃ The pacing races from chapter to chapter
Although sequels often suffer by having less energy than first installments, Pearce’s second foray into Eddie’s world has no such trouble. The pacing races from chapter to chapter as characters become more fully fleshed-out””particularly those in Eddie’s ring of friends. Jen provides a nice foil as an engaging modern woman who can take care of herself.

(Kirkus Reviews)

Editorial Reviews
Review
John Pearce’s first novel, Treasure of Saint-Lazare, set a high bar for international mystery, but his second, Last Stop: Paris, easily meets and surpasses it. This novel captures the very soul of contemporary Europe, crossing borders with apparently effortless aplomb. And his enterprising character, Eddie Grant, continues to fascinate with his combination of European sophistication and American ingenuity. But Paris too is a main character; Pearce must know that city even better than he knows the back of his hand. — Ronald Rosbottom, author of When Paris Went Dark

In Last Stop: Paris, Franco-American Eddie Grant, aided by his beautiful partner, Sorbonne professor Aurélie, crosses Paris – and Europe – in hot pursuit of the killers of his wife and son ten years earlier. Eddie’s Paris, which ranges from the sophisticated salons of the Ile Saint-Louis to the rue Picpus in a working class neighborhood, takes us beyond the usual tourist stops; as one who has lived in the City of Light for decades, I applaud the author’s knowledge of its varied quartiers. An intriguing romp – and now I get the double treat of going back to his prize-winning historical mystery Treasure of Saint-Lazare. — Harriet Welty Rochefort, author of French Fried, French Toast, and Joie de Vivre

John Pearce knows Paris: its glittering splendor, but also its shadowy underbelly, its sorrow, double dealing, and mayhem. Last Stop: Paris follows a twisting and turning course across the globe. It’s a gripping and complicated tale of international intrigue, terror and revenge. — Peter Steiner, author of The Resistance and the forthcoming The Capitalist. New Yorker cartoonist known for “On the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog.”

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John Pearce has been a Paris lover since his first visit forty years ago, and he now lives there part of each year. In addition, he developed a keen interest in World War II history during three years he spent as a journalist in Germany. Out of both passions came, at last, the Eddie Grant Series of novels.

He worked as a journalist in Washington before moving to Europe to write about economics and finance. After a business career in Sarasota, Florida, he took up the novels he had put off several years before.

Treasure of Saint-Lazare, his first, was chosen the top historical mystery of 2014 by Readers’ Favorite. Last Stop: Paris, the sequel, was a finalist in Shelf Unbound Magazine’s 2015 “Best Indie Book of the Year” competition. He plans to publish a third novel this year.



Stranded Box Set Books 1-3: A Stranded Novel Omnibus by Theresa Shaver  

StrandedBoxSet_ShaverAbout Stranded Box Set Books 1-3: A Stranded Novel Omnibus by Theresa Shaver:

Read the first 3 books of The Stranded Series for only 0.99!!!
Three days only
July 27-29

This Boxed Set includes the first 3 Stranded Novels with a combined 1680, 4 and 5 star ratings on Goodreads.

Five go by Land – Five go by Sea – The Survivors fight for Home

A group of teens on a class trip to Disneyland are left stranded. An EMP over North America has destroyed everything electronic. No cars, no planes, no phones, no electricity. Refusing to wait for someone else to help them, ten courageous young people take charge of their future and choose to begin the long journey home. 1500 miles of adventure and lawless country await. Will their determination be enough?

Home – Book 3 in the bestselling Stranded Series, sees the teens not only fighting for their own lives, but for the lives of their families as well.
Alex and Emily’s two groups are finally united after making their way home to Canada from Disneyland, but a peaceful, happy homecoming is not to be. The survivors are shocked to learn that their town is under siege and their families are both prisoners and slaves. After sneaking through town and the farms they grew up on, they witness the pain and suffering to which their families, friends and neighbours are being subjected. The group of teens have to decide just how far they are willing to go to save them. Vastly outnumbered, they need every advantage they can get if they have any chance to free their people. Life sucks when you are Home, but still Stranded.

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Theresa Shaver lives in South Central Alberta Canada.
As an avid reader, I used to dream about writing and sharing my own stories with the world. Publishing was a far off and intimidating goal until Amazon opened the gates! I love that I get real feed back from my fans on my books instead of some guy behind a desk who studies market trends. I write to share my dreams with the world and now I can. My first series is a Young Adult Post-apocalypse story. I love writing about the growth of characters faced with such huge challenges and plan to continue future stories in wrecked worlds. It’s a new do it yourself world in so many industries so never stop believing in your dreams and do it yourself!



Hooked: A Bad Boy MMA Romance  

hooked-600x900About Hooked: A Bad Boy MMA Romance:

Only bad boys go to prison …

To everyone else in town, Zack is just an ex-con. All he wants is to be an MMA fighter … and good girl Mia is the only one who knows he’s going to be a daddy.

Zack

I f*cked up. I lost a year of my life and my MMA career to prison, and I earned every day of that sentence.
But I did it for a woman.
To protect her and our unborn child.
And then I found out it was all a lie.
When I got out, I vowed I’d never make the same mistake again.
Until I met Mia.
I told myself no distractions. No complications. I was dedicating my life to training.
To fighting.
So why do I find myself wanting to fight for her?

Mia

If it wasn’t for Zack and his fierce right hook, I’d be dead right now.
I was a stranger to him …
drunk and alone in a dark alley with two guys who weren’t taking no for an answer.
He helped me and now I want to help him.
But I want more than that. I want all of him.
Strong, sexy, dangerous …
I’ve never been so hooked on a guy in my life.
But now things have gotten complicated and that’s exactly what he didn’t want.
It will ruin everything if I tell him I’m carrying his baby.
I love him, my father hates him, but our baby needs him.

Hooked: A Bad Boy romance is a standalone novel of 40,000 words with NO CHEATING, NO CLIFFHANGER and a HEA ending.

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Natasha Tanner is a hopeless romantic. She loves to write about bad boys and her stories always wind up with a happy ending and some steamy moments.

She resides in Vermont and hopes you enjoy every one of her books as she strives to become a full-time writer.

JB Duvane writes about tortured bad boys with a dark past ranging from hired killers to serial killers, as well as the non-lethal variety of bad boy. She wants everyone to have their HEA.



Protected: Alien Mate Index Book 2 by Evangeline Anderson  

Protected_coverAbout Protected: Alien Mate Index Book 2 by Evangeline Anderson:

Grav N’gol is many things. Murderer…ex-con…Alien half-breed…
And a Protector.
More than just a bodyguard, a Protector chooses a female to ward for life and swears an oath to die for her if necessary.

Enter Leah Roth. The luscious little Earth female is supposed to be just a quick surveillance gig for Grav. He’ll check on her and report back that she’s okay—it should be easy.

Only she’s not okay.

When Grav sees Leah’s abusive husband hurting her, he swings into action. Before he knows it, he has Leah aboard his ship. When he’s given a dangerous and difficult mission, Leah volunteers to come alone and help…and somehow Grav can’t say no.

But as much as he feels drawn to the lovely little human, Grav knows it can never be between them. For in his past lurks a bloody and savage secret that would turn even the most forgiving heart against him.

From his past and from his true nature Leah must be…Protected at all costs.

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Evangeline Anderson is the New York Times and USA Today Best Selling Author of the Brides of the Kindred, Alien Mate Index, and Born to Darkness series. She is thirty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal and Sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.



Spikes by Kelvin J. Kettle  

SPIKES-cover-July-2016About Spikes by Kelvin J. Kettle:

Spikes is the darker side of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’. It contains disturbing subject matter.
Set in present day Boston, Massachusetts. Detective John Quint is assigned to a brutal murder case that becomes plagued with elements of the supernatural. Quint and his partner, Bill Jennings soon learn of a suspect, a dangerous young woman named Spikes who dresses in black leather.
However, Spikes is only part of a frightening complex murder case that proves to be something far deadlier than anything Quint and Jennings have ever encountered before. And later the detectives discover that their own lives may be in danger…

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Kelvin Kettle has been writing stories all his life. He loves to entertain his readers. Kelvin likes reading, movies and music. His goal is to capture a readers attention from the very first page and take them on a journey to the very last. He has written 3 other books that are collections of short stories. Darker Side Endings 1 and 2 are collections of horror short stories and Journey to Imagination is a collection of fantasy short stories for younger readers.



EMERGENCY – Medical Romance Bundle  

EmergencyAbout EMERGENCY – Medical Romance Bundle:

This box set is on sale for just 99¢ until July 31st!

MEDICAL ROMANCE COLLECTION—EIGHT BOOKS FOR ONE LOW PRICE
This eight-book medical romance series is centered around St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Vancouver, B.C. Each exciting and emotional story highlights the lives and loves of those who choose to serve in the medical field.
THEY FACE LIFE AND DEATH ON A DAILY BASIS, STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN ONE AND DEFEAT THE OTHER.
Medicine can heal, doctors know that, but often they also need to learn that love has a power beyond our comprehension. All they—and all of us—have to know is how to give and receive it, unconditionally.
IF YOU LOVE ALL THINGS MEDICAL, IF YOU ENJOY ROMANCE AS GOOD MEDICINE, THESE BOOKS ARE FOR YOU.

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Bobby Hutchinson was born in a coal mining town in the Canadian Rockies, and she grew up reading and listening to her mom and dad tell outrageous stories. She wrote her first novel, Sheltering Bridges, at the age of 45, and it took her a year because she didn’t know how to type, or how to write romance, either.

She learned, however, and that first book sold to Harlequin Superromance. Drunk with instant success, she immediately (well, over a period of many years) wrote and sold 50 more romances while marrying and divorcing several times.



Raising Ryann (Bad Boy Reformed 1)  

RaiseRyann-NEW-iBooksAbout Raising Ryann (Bad Boy Reformed 1):

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! OVER 250 FIVE STAR REVIEWS! A friends to lovers romance!
He’s the stereotypical fighter- 100 percent alpha male. The kind of guy a girl should avoid at all costs. When he’s hired to privately train me, avoiding him isn’t an option. Most girls would love to drop their panties, even if it is just to catch a glimpse of his dimpled smile. I won’t fall victim to his charm. That’s what I tell myself at least, though it’s torture when my mind’s at war with my body. Something about the tattooed bad boy draws me in. It isn’t just the broad shoulders, piercing eyes, and muscular frame that has me entranced. Luke Ryann has a secret. And I plan to find out what it is.

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USA Today Bestselling author Alyssa Rae Taylor lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband, their three daughters, two English bulldogs and a miniature pig. Her hobbies include reading, writing, watching Sam & Dean Winchester, fight off scary creatures on the WB, Sons of Anarchy and reality television. She enjoys stories that tug at her emotions and include lots of sexual tension. Her dream is to travel the world with her husband and children beside her. The first time she started writing, she couldn’t stop, which leads to the publishing of the Bad Boy Reformed Series.


 
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